Clayton, Dubilier & Rice Acquires Huntsworth plc

Clayton, Dubilier & Rice Acquires Wolseley UK from Ferguson plc

February 1, 2021

Building Products

Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) completed the acquisition of Wolseley UK from Ferguson plc in a carve-out divestiture valued at £308 million. Wolseley — a leading UK distributor of plumbing, heating, climate control, pipe and infrastructure products with ~542 branches, ~5,000 employees and ~£1.5 billion revenue in FY2020 — will be owned by CD&R funds alongside Wolseley management and run as an independent company to accelerate growth and pursue operational improvements.

Clayton, Dubilier & Rice Acquires Majority Stake in Sirius Computer Solutions

July 1, 2019

IT Services

Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) acquired a majority equity interest in Sirius Computer Solutions from funds affiliated with Kelso & Company. The partnership positions CD&R to support Sirius’ continued growth and expand its managed services, cloud, security and solutions offerings while Joe Mertens remains CEO.

Clayton, Dubilier & Rice to Acquire Cynosure from Hologic

November 20, 2019

Medical Devices

Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) has agreed to acquire Cynosure, LLC, a leading developer and manufacturer of medical aesthetic treatment systems, from Hologic, Inc. The transaction is a divestiture of Hologic’s aesthetic devices business and will enable CD&R to invest behind Cynosure’s product portfolio, expand sales and marketing, and pursue tuck-in acquisitions to accelerate growth.

Clayton, Dubilier & Rice Acquires Focus Financial Partners

February 27, 2023

Wealth Management

Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R), with continued investment from Stone Point Capital, agreed to acquire Focus Financial Partners in an all-cash transaction valuing the company at an enterprise value in excess of $7 billion. Focus stockholders will receive $53 per share; Stone Point will retain a portion of its investment and provide new equity financing to support Focus as a private company, which the buyers say will provide greater financial and operating flexibility to grow the partner-firm network.

Clayton, Dubilier & Rice Partners with Vera Whole Health

July 1, 2021

Healthcare Services

Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) has entered into an investment partnership with Vera Whole Health to support Vera's expansion of its value-based, primary care-focused model. Terms were not disclosed; existing minority investors Transformation Capital and Archimedes Health Investors will remain as minority stakeholders while CD&R will support growth and board leadership changes.

Cloudera Acquired by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and KKR for $5.3B

October 8, 2021

Cloud & SaaS

Affiliates of private equity firms Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) and KKR have completed the all-cash acquisition of Cloudera for approximately $5.3 billion, taking the enterprise data cloud company private. Cloudera will continue to be led by CEO Rob Bearden and will focus on accelerating product innovation, cloud transformation and customer growth with support from its new owners.