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...Private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice has appointed former Ball Corporation chief John Hayes as an operating adviser....
...The private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice has agreed to buy the software company Epicor from KKR, in a $4.7bn deal that is among the largest software acquisitions this year....
...In 2008, as delinquencies and defaults mounted in the US housing market, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac needed capital....
...“And this is Polly Maggoo [Dorothy McGowan, the star of his 1966 fashion film Qui êtes-vous, Polly Maggoo?] She’s all over the book.”...
...“We want home ownership, not just home buying,” said Tom Lund, executive vice-president at Fannie Mae....
...In exchange, the private equity consortium, composed of Bain Capital, Carlyle and Clayton Dubilier & Rice, added nearly $500m of equity to the deal in an effort to make the capital structure less geared...
...are seen as a litmus test for other pending leveraged buy-outs, including the $45bn takeover of TXU, which will be put to a shareholder vote in Dallas, Texas, on Friday, and the $26bn purchase of Sallie Mae...
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