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October 1, 2011
The foundation for sustainable investment returns in private equity has always been improved operating performance. Businesses where efficiencies are created, margins are improved and innovative growth strategies are employed – in other words...
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August 30, 2011
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) and its partners AXA Private Equity and Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec today announced the closing of the acquisition of French based multi technical services company, SPIE, from PAI partners. On May...
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August 8, 2011
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC and Ingersoll–Rand plc [NYSE:IR] today announced a definitive agreement under which funds managed by CD&R will acquire a 60 percent ownership stake in Hussmann International, Inc., a leading manufacturer of...
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June 1, 2011
Sealed Air Corporation (“Sealed Air”) (NYSE: SEE) and Diversey Holdings, Inc. (“Diversey”) announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Sealed Air will acquire Diversey, a leading solutions provider to the global cleaning...
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May 31, 2011
An exclusivity agreement for the contemplated sale of SPIE has been granted by PAI partners to a consortium led by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice together with AXA Private Equity and Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, for a total consideration of...
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May 25, 2011
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC (“CD&R”) announced today that an affiliate of CD&R has acquired Emergency Medical Services Corporation (“EMSC” or “the Company”), the leading provider of facility-based physician services and medical...
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March 17, 2011
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, the pioneering private equity firm recognized for combining operating management skills and investment capabilities, today announced that Sir Terry Leahy, former chief executive of Tesco plc (LSE: TSCO.L), has become a...
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February 14, 2011
Emergency Medical Services Corporation (NYSE: EMS) (“EMSC” or “the Company”) and Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC (CD&R) announced today a definitive merger agreement under which an affiliate of CD&R formed to complete the merger will...

Perspectives

February 1, 2011
Vindi Banga discusses the operating model at PEI Media’s Emerging Markets Investor Forum in New York.

Perspectives

January 1, 2011
The challenge for corporate boardrooms is not to find younger directors, per se, but directors who are highly motivated to challenge conventional wisdom and practice. 
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December 22, 2010
Tyco International Ltd. (NYSE: TYC) today announced that it has completed the sale of a 51% stake in its Electrical and Metal Products business to the private equity firm Clayton Dubilier & Rice, LLC (CD&R). Under terms of the transaction...
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November 30, 2010
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC today completed a transaction in which CD&R-managed funds acquired a 42.5% ownership interest in Univar, a leading global distributor of commodity and specialty chemicals to a broad array of end markets. The...
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November 9, 2010
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC today announced a definitive agreement to acquire a 51% ownership stake in Tyco International’s Electrical and Metal Products business. The transaction in which a CD&R-managed fund will invest $306 million...
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October 1, 2010
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC (“CD&R”) and GS Capital Partners (“GSCP”) today completed the acquisition of medical supplies distributor, HGI Holding, Inc. (“HGI”). Terms were not disclosed. HGI is a leading mail-order, direct-to-home...
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September 2, 2010
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC and CVC Capital Partners today announced a definitive agreement for CD&R to acquire a 42.5% ownership interest in Univar, a leading global distributor of commodity and specialty chemicals to a broad array of end...
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July 27, 2010
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC (“CD&R”) and GS Capital Partners (“GSCP”) today announced a definitive agreement to acquire HGI Holdings, Inc. (“HGI”) from The Jordan Company and members of the Harrington family. HGI is a leading mail-order,...

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June 24, 2010
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC today announced that Manvinder (“Vindi”) Singh Banga, former President, Foods, Home and Personal Care and member of the Unilever plc (NYSE: UL) Executive Board, will join the Firm as an Operating Partner based in...

Media Coverage

Private Equity International, May 2010
May 1, 2010
Private equity limited partners are now more likely than ever to say they want real operating talent in their private equity firms, in addition to “financial engineering”.  
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February 24, 2010
CD&R has completed the acquisition of BCA, Europe’s leading vehicle auctions and remarketing company. With 45 remarketing centers spread across 12 countries, BCA annually sells over £4 billion of used vehicles, ranging from nearly-new and ex-...
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Perspectives

January 1, 2010
In The Talent Masters, CD&R advisor Bill Conaty employs his 40+ year career at General Electric and explores how to accurately judge, as well as encourage, raw human talent. The book describes how true talent masters put people before numbers...
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