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Press Release

June 22, 2017
Brand Energy & Infrastructure Services (“BEIS”) and Safway Group (“Safway”) have completed their previously announced merger effective today. Brand Industrial Services, Inc. (“Brand”) will be the new name for the combined company. With nearly $5...
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Press Release

June 6, 2017
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (“CD&R”) today announced an agreement with HD Supply Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:HDS) to acquire its Waterworks business unit (“Waterworks”), the nation’s largest distributor of water, sewer, storm and fire protection...
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Press Release

May 23, 2017
Key facts: Capco to become an independent company. FIS will receive cash proceeds of $477 million. CD&R to acquire 60 percent equity interest; FIS to retain 40 percent. FIS™ (NYSE: FIS), a global leader in financial services technology, and...
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Press Release

April 13, 2017
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and CareCapital Advisors Limited, a specialist investment platform focused on dental and consumer health in Asia and part of Hillhouse Capital Management, today announced an agreement to acquire Carestream’s dental...
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Press Release

April 3, 2017
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice announced today the completion of the previously-announced sale of Mauser Group N.V. to Stone Canyon Industries, LLC in an all-cash transaction valued at $2.3 billion. Mauser, acquired by CD&R funds in 2014, is a...
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Press Release

January 6, 2017
Following an active period over the past 24 months, which included nine new platform investments and a series of experienced operating executive additions, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice announced the appointment of four new partners with average...
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Press Release

January 4, 2017
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice announced today the completion of the previously announced equity investment by CD&R-managed funds and existing management in Drive DeVilbiss Healthcare. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The new...
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Press Release

November 18, 2016
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (“CD&R”) completed today the previously announced acquisition of BUT, the largest furniture retailer network in France, in a 50:50 partnership with WM Holding, a company related to XXXLutz Group, one of Europe’s...
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Press Release

October 4, 2016
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice announced today the formation of agilon health, a new healthcare technology and services platform aiming to accelerate the conversion to value-based healthcare in the United States. The company brings together...
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Press Release

August 30, 2016
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (“CD&R”) announced an agreement today under which CD&R-managed funds will make a significant equity investment alongside existing management in Drive DeVilbiss Healthcare (“Drive”), a global manufacturer of...
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Press Release

July 24, 2018
LONDON — July 24, 2018 — Clayton, Dubilier & Rice today is pleased to announce the appointment of Bruno Deschamps, a seasoned executive with a distinguished career leading and advising both public and private industrial and services enterprises...
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Media Coverage

Isobel Markham
July 23, 2018
Thomas Franco, an industry veteran, discusses the most important thing in investor relations – and it’s not asset aggregation. Thomas Franco is a veteran of the private equity industry. Having advised CD&R for 15 years, he officially joined the...
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Press Release

July 18, 2018
ADDISON, IL – July 18, 2018 – SunSource Holdings, Inc. (“SunSource”), a leading distributor of fluid power and fluid process components and systems in the U.S. and Canada, today announced a definitive agreement to acquire The United Distribution...
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Press Release

July 17, 2018
HOUSTON, TX and CARY, NC, July 17, 2018 – NCI Building Systems, Inc. (NYSE: NCS), a leading manufacturer of exterior building products for commercial construction (“NCI”), and Ply Gem Parent, LLC, a leading manufacturer of exterior building products...
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Press Release

June 13, 2018
DUBLIN, OH and NEW YORK, NY, June 13, 2018 — Cardinal Health, Inc. (NYSE: CAH) and Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (“CD&R”) announced today that CD&R-managed funds will jointly invest with Cardinal Health in naviHealth, the largest manager of...
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Press Release

April 23, 2018
Henry Schein, Inc. and Vets First Choice announced plans today for Henry Schein to spin off its Animal Health business and merge it with Vets First Choice, creating an innovative approach to advancing the delivery of animal health care designed to...
Harvard Business School - Rock Center for Entrepreneurship

Press Release

April 19, 2018
Yesterday evening in Harvard Business School’s Shad Hall, 12 student and alumni finalist teams made their pitches for $315,000 in cash prizes, plus in-kind prizes, at the Finale of the 21st annual HBS New Venture Competition (NVC). The top prize in...
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Press Release

April 6, 2018
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and American Greetings Corporation today completed the previously-announced transaction in which CD&R-managed funds acquired a 60% ownership stake in American Greetings, a designer, manufacturer and distributor of...
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Press Release

February 27, 2018
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice-Backed Motor Fuel Group ("MFG" or the "Company") today announced the acquisition of MRH, the U.K.'s largest petrol station and convenience retail operator. The transaction will create the U.K.'s #1 operator by number of...
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Perspectives

February 22, 2018
A conversation with Jillian Griffiths, chief operating officer of Clayton, Dubilier & Rice
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