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Clearlake Capital to buy analytics firm Dun & Bradstreet

Clearlake Capital Group has agreed to acquire Dun & Bradstreet for $4.1 billion, marking its second time becoming a private company in seven years.
Shareholders of Dun & Bradstreet will receive $9.15 per share in cash, a premium over the company's current value.
The total business valuation, including debt, is approximately $7.7 billion, indicating an increase in worth.
The deal is expected to close in the third quarter of 2025, allowing Dun & Bradstreet a period to receive alternative proposals.

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Dun & Bradstreet (DNB) Stock Surges After Clearlake Announces $4.1 Billion Buyout Deal

Dun & Bradstreet’s (DNB) stock saw a significant uptick this morning following news of a major acquisition. Clearlake Capital Group, a private equity firm, has agreed to purchase the Jacksonville, Florida-based company for $4.1 billion, marking the second time in just seven years that Dun & Bradstreet has gone private. Under the terms of the deal, Clearlake will pay $9.15 per share in cash, a premium over the company’s current market value. As o…

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The Globe & Mail

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Clearlake Capital to buy analytics firm Dun & Bradstreet in US$7.7-billion deal

The data and analytics provider’s shareholders will get US$9.15 in cash, Dun & Bradstreet said, adding that the equity value of the deal was US$4.1-billion

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Clearlake Capital to buy analytics firm Dun & Bradstreet

Dun & Bradstreet has entered an agreement to be acquired by private equity firm Clearlake Capital in a $7.7 billion deal, the data and analytics provider said today, sending its shares up about 3% before the bell.

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Bloomberg

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Clearlake Agrees Deal to Buy Dun & Bradstreet for $4.1 Billion

Clearlake Capital Group has agreed to acquire Dun & Bradstreet Holdings Inc. in a deal that values one of Wall Street’s oldest data and analytics providers at $4.1 billion.

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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Blackstone has made a final £489mn bid to acquire listed landlord Warehouse Reit, in private equity’s latest swoop on the commercial property sector following a brutal downturn. The US group, which is the world’s largest […]

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breakingviews.com

Dun & Bradstreet crystallizes buyout-shop woes

The business-data cruncher, whose roots go back to 1841, is being bought again, this time by private equity firm Clearlake. At $8 bln, the price is about the same as its pre-IPO sale five years ago. A lower multiple and knottier funding typify the stress in such deals nowadays.

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