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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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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...
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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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Press Release

October 31, 2012
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (“CD&R”) today announced the close of an investment in Wilsonart International Holding, LLC (“Wilsonart”), formerly ITW’s Decorative Surfaces business. ITW retains an ongoing ownership stake in the new, independent...
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October 11, 2012
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice announced today that it completed the acquisition of David’s Bridal, Inc., the leading specialty retailer of bridal gown and wedding-related apparel and accessories in the United States. The transaction values the...
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Press Release

August 28, 2012
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice today announced a definitive agreement to acquire David’s Bridal, Inc., the leading specialty retailer of bridal gown and wedding-related apparel and accessories in North America. Leonard Green & Partners will...
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August 16, 2012
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice ("CD&R") and Illinois Tool Works Inc. (NYSE:ITW) today announced an agreement under which ITW's Decorative Surfaces business will become a new, independent company operating as Wilsonart International Holdings, LLC...
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Press Release

July 31, 2012
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC today announced the appointment of John Krenicki, Jr. (50), Vice Chairman of GE (NYSE: GE) and the President and Chief Executive Officer of GE Energy, as a Senior Operating Partner based in New York effective...
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July 23, 2012
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (together with its affiliates, “CD&R”) today announced total proceeds of $1.9 billion from its 2006 investment in Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:SBH) (“Sally”). Including a secondary offering completed today, CD...
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May 31, 2012
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC (“CD&R”) and Roofing Supply Group (“RSG” or the “Company”) today announced that funds managed by CD&R have acquired RSG, a leading distributor of residential and non-residential roofing materials in the U.S...
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Media Coverage

CD&R Receives 2012 Award for Operational Excellence Private Equity International Sally Beauty
January 1, 2012
As a measure of the Firm’s success in driving business improvements, Private Equity International recognized CD&R with an award for Operational Excellence in October 2012 for its investment in Sally Beauty. Under CD&R’s ownership, revenues...
Management in 10 Words

Perspectives

January 1, 2012
In Management in 10 Words, CD&R Senior Advisor Terry Leahy draws on his fourteen years as CEO of Tesco to pinpoint the ten vital attributes that make successful managers and underlie great organisations. He tackles the challenges that every...
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Press Release

October 3, 2011
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC completed a transaction effective Friday, September 30 in which funds managed by CD&R will acquire a 60 percent ownership stake in Hussmann International, Inc., a leading manufacturer of refrigerated display...
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