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Company Overview of Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Inc.

Company Overview

Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Inc. is a private equity firm specializing in buyouts, acquisitions, and growth capital financings of mature and underperforming companies. It invests in the manufacturing, services, information technology, chemicals, new materials, industrial automation, industrial properties and services, and consumer goods sectors. The firm invests in companies based in North America with a focus on the United States and Canada; and Europe with a focus on the United Kingdom, Germany, and Italy. It also identifies and evaluates potential opportunities in France, the Benelux countries, and Asia. It focuses on non-core divisions of large corporations. Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Inc. ...

Detailed Description

375 Park Avenue

18th Floor

New York, NY 10152

United States

Founded in 1978

Phone:

212-407-5200

Fax:

212-407-5252

www.cdr-inc.com

Key Executives for Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Inc.

President
Age: 62
Co-Founder
Age: 80
Managing Partner and Chairman of Investment Screening Committee
Age: 53
Managing Director
Partner and Chairman of Europe
Age: 63
Compensation as of Fiscal Year 2012.

Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Inc. Key Developments

Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Inc. Presents at The Electrical Products Group Conference, May-21-2013 01:15 PM
May 16 13

Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Inc. Presents at The Electrical Products Group Conference, May-21-2013 01:15 PM. Venue: The Resort at Longboat Key Club, Longboat Key, Florida, United States. Speakers: David H. Wasserman, Partner.

Bain Capital Reportedly In Lead To Acquire Yankee Candle
May 15 13

Bain Capital, LLC is reportedly in lead to acquire The Yankee Candle Company, Inc. from Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC, three people familiar with the matter said. The final bids for Yankee Candle are due this week and the people added. The other buyout firms like Advent International Corporation, Ares Management LLC, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Inc. and CVC Capital Partners Limited had lost thier interest. As a result, Yankee Candle would be unlikely to fetch more than $2 billion, said the people, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the process is confidential. Madison Dearborn may decide not to sell the company for now, they added. Yankee Candle declined to comment while representatives of the private equity firms did not immediately respond to requests for comment, Reuters said.

Investors Reportedly Bids For Yankee
Apr 6 13

The Yankee Candle Company, Inc. has attracted offers from several private equity firms in a sale process that could value the company at about $2 billion, people familiar with the matter said. Advent International Corporation; Ares Management LLC; Bain Capital, LLC; Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Inc.; and CVC Capital Partners Limited have made it through the first round of bidding and are set to meet with Yankee Candle's management over the next few weeks, the sources added. Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC acquired The Yankee Candle Company, Inc. in 2006.

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