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Press Release

March 9, 2015
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (“CD&R”) today announced the appointment of Jillian Griffiths as Chief Operating Officer, effective March 4. Ms. Griffiths is a 22-year veteran and former partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers (“PwC”). She will assume...
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Press Release

March 6, 2015
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (“CD&R”) today announced that Ravi Sachdev, former Managing Director for Healthcare Coverage and Co-Head of Healthcare Services at J.P. Morgan, will join the Firm as a Partner. Mr. Sachdev brings to CD&R...
Private Equity International Awards 2014

Media Coverage

November 2, 2014
As part of its annual Awards for Operational Excellence, Private Equity International recognized CD&R’s Rexel investment in October 2014. Under CD&R’s ownership, Rexel built market leadership positions in developed and emerging markets...
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Press Release

August 24, 2014
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (“CD&R”) and MAUSER Group (“MAUSER”) announced today that funds managed by CD&R have completed the previously-announced acquisition of MAUSER, one of the world;s leading industrial packaging companies. The...
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Press Release

August 21, 2014
CHC Group Ltd. (NYSE: HELI) and Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) today announced they have entered into definitive agreements for CD&R managed funds to invest $500 million in CHC through the purchase of convertible preferred shares to be...
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Press Release

August 1, 2014
Ashland Water Technologies has a new name - Solenis. Rooted in “solutions” and “genesis,” the name underscores the company’s mission to be at the source - the genesis - of solutions for its customers. The name change coincides with the acquisition...
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Press Release

July 1, 2014
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (“CD&R”) and Healogics Holding Corp. (“Healogics”) announced today that funds managed by CD&R have completed the previously-announced acquisition of Healogics, the largest advanced wound care services provider in...

Press Release

May 9, 2014
As an extraordinarily effective and inspirational executive, B. Charles “Chuck” Ames has used his leadership position and vast knowledge to help educate and assist the next generation of management leaders as a mentor, collaborator, author and...

Press Release

February 18, 2014
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (“CD&R”) and Ashland Inc. (NYSE:ASH) today announced an agreement under which a CD&R-managed fund will acquire Ashland Water Technologies (“AWT”), a leading global supplier of specialty chemicals for process,...
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Press Release

January 29, 2014
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (“CD&R”) today announced the close of an investment in PharMEDium Healthcare Corporation (“PharMEDium” or the “Company”), the leading national provider of hospital pharmacy-outsourced sterile compounding services....
Private Equity International Awards 2007

Media Coverage

CD&R Receives 2007 North American LBO Firm of the Year Award Private Equity International
December 31, 2007
2007 has been an exceptionally productive year for CD&R in terms of realizations, new investments, creating value in the portfolio and building the organization. The Firm has announced realizations generating over $3 billion and deployed (or...

Perspectives

January 1, 2007
All private equity firms seek to maximize the value of their investments. However, there are many different models or routes to this end. What shall be referred to as the “industrial approach” in this chapter is a distinctive model which is based on...

Perspectives

November 27, 2006
What's so good about private equity? A lot.

Media Coverage

The Times (UK)
July 29, 2006
Since 1978, CD&R has been identifying opportunities to acquire non-core corporate orphans – businesses whose operating and financial performance can be enhanced dramatically by the Firm's proactive ownership model. The Times (UK) profiles CD...
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Private Equity International, 2005 Private Equity Analyst, 2005 Buyouts, 2005 The Deal, 2005
December 31, 2005
CD&R Receives 2005 Deal of the Year Awards: Hertz  In December 2005, a CD&R-led investor group completed the acquisition of The Hertz Corporation in a transaction valued at $15 billion. Hertz, formerly a subsidiary of Ford Motor Company (...

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Private Equity International, June 2005
June 1, 2005
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 Private Equity International
March 1, 2004
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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CD&R Receives 2001 Exit of the Year Award: Alliant Exchange Buyouts Newsletter
November 1, 2001
In November 2001, CD&R completed the sale of Alliant Exchange, Inc., one of the largest foodservice providers in the U.S.  [Buyouts Logo] with sales of approximately $6.7 billion, to Royal Ahold (NYSE: AHO), the international food retail and...
Donald J. Gogel (left), Chief Executive Officer of Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, receives the Private Equity Hall of Fame Award from Steven P. Galante, President of Asset Alternatives, Inc.

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CDR Inducted into Private Equity Hall of Fame
May 1, 2000
Donald J. Gogel (left), Chief Executive Officer of Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, receives the Private Equity Hall of Fame Award from Steven P. Galante, President of Asset Alternatives, Inc., publisher of The Private Equity Analyst. Inducted in 2000...
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Perspectives

January 1, 2000
As Yale's chief investment officer, David F. Swensen transformed the management of the university's portfolio, largely by focusing on nonconventional strategies, including a heavy allocation to private equity. Swensen’s chapter on CD&R’s...
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