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February 13, 2018
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and American Greetings Corporation announced today an agreement under which CD&R-managed funds will acquire a 60% ownership stake in American Greetings, a designer, manufacturer and distributor of greeting cards, as...
Press Release
February 7, 2018
LONDON — February 7, 2018 — D’Ieteren and Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (“CD&R”) completed today the previously announced acquisition by CD&R-managed funds of a 40% ownership interest in the Belron group, the global leader in the vehicle...
Press Release
Ply Gem Holdings, Inc. Enters into a Definitive Agreement to be Acquired by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice
January 31, 2018
Ply Gem Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:PGEM), a leading North American building products manufacturer, and Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) announced today a definitive agreement under which CD&R funds will acquire all of the outstanding shares of...
Press Release
December 18, 2017
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice announced today that Eric Rouzier has been named a Partner of the Firm.
Over his 12-year career at CD&R, Mr. Rouzier has been actively involved in sourcing and evaluating new investments across Europe, as well as...
Press Release
December 11, 2017
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice funds today completed the previously announced acquisition of a majority stake in SunSource Holdings, Inc., a distributor of hydraulic and pneumatic fluid power products in the U.S. and Canada. Terms of the transaction...
Press Release
November 19, 2017
D’Ieteren and Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (“CD&R”), a global private investment firm, today announced that they have entered into exclusive discussions under which CD&R-managed funds would acquire a 40% ownership interest in the Belron...
Press Release
November 2, 2017
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice announced an agreement today under which CD&R-managed funds will acquire a majority stake in SunSource Holdings, Inc., a distributor of hydraulic and pneumatic fluid power products in the U.S. and Canada. Terms of...
Press Release
September 1, 2017
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and CareCapital Advisors Limited (part of Hillhouse Capital Management), today completed the previously-announced acquisition of Carestream Dental, the dental digital business of Carestream Health. The carve-out...
Press Release
August 24, 2017
Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. (Nasdaq: BECN) (“Beacon” or the “Company”), the largest publicly traded distributor of roofing and complementary building products in North America, today announced that the Company has entered into a definitive purchase...
Press Release
August 1, 2017
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (“CD&R”) today completed the previously-announced acquisition of HD Supply Holdings, Inc.’s (NASDAQ:HDS) Waterworks business unit (“Waterworks”), the nation’s largest distributor of water, sewer, storm and fire...
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CD&R believes its breadth and depth of management experience position it well to acquire businesses across a wide range of industries and with various business characteristics. CD&R's operating partner have broad industry experience that can...
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CD&R Receives 2003 Exit of the Year Award: Kinko’s
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In February 2004, CD&R completed the sale of Kinkos to FedEx Corporation (NYSE: FDX) for $2.4 billion in cash. CD&R's investment [PEI Exit of the Year] in Kinko's dates back to December 1996, when a CD&R-managed fund initially acquired...
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January 1, 2000
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