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December 24, 2009
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC today announced a definitive agreement to acquire BCA, Europe's leading vehicle auctions and remarketing company from Montagu Private Equity. With 45 remarketing centers spread across 12 countries, BCA annually...

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December 15, 2009
Industries with private equity activity grow more rapidly (as measured by total production, value added and employment) and experience no more volatility in the face of industry cycles than other industries. In some cases, industries with private...
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November 24, 2009
JohnsonDiversey, Inc. and Clayton Dubilier & Rice, LLC ("CD&R") today announced the completion of a previously announced agreement under which CD&R-managed funds are investing $477 million for an approximate 46 percent equity interest in...
NCI Building Systems

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October 20, 2009
NCI Building Systems, Inc. (NYSE: NCS) and Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Inc. today announced the completion of the previously-announced $250 million equity investment in the Company by CD&R-managed funds. The CD&R-managed funds acquired...
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October 7, 2009
JohnsonDiversey, Inc. and Clayton Dubilier & Rice, Inc. ("CD&R") today announced an agreement under which a CD&R-managed fund will invest $477 million for a 46 percent equity interest in the company as part of a broader recapitalization...
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August 14, 2009
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - NCI Building Systems, Inc. (NYSE: NCS) today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Clayton, Dubilier & Rice Fund VIII, L.P. (“the CD&R Fund”), a fund managed by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice,...

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July 14, 2009
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice today announced that seasoned consumer products, leisure and retail executive, Paul S. Pressler, has joined the Firm as an advisor. Mr. Pressler has extensive operating and consumer marketing experience in leading some...

Perspectives

January 16, 2009
In financing our portfolio companies, we want to ensure that management always has the balance sheet flexibility to execute long-term business building strategies even in challenging times.
The Masters of Private Equity and Venture Capital

Perspectives

January 1, 2009
In The Masters of Private Equity and Venture Capital, Robert Finkel aggregates management lessons from ten pioneers of private equity. The book is filled with colorful stories on the subjects that most matter to high-level investors, such as...

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Christian Rochat, Robert Quarta PQR, December 2008
December 1, 2008
A talk with Clayton, Dubilier & Rice’s Roberto Quarta & Christian Rochat
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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...

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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-...
The Talent Masters

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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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