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Investor group led by CC Capital, Cannae Holdings and Thomas H. Lee Partners acquire Dun & Bradstreet for $6.9bn
Thursday, August 09, 2018

Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York:

An investor group led by led by CC Capital, Cannae Holdings and funds affiliated with Thomas H. Lee Partners, will acquire business data provider Dun & Bradstreet. Dun & Bradstreet shareholders will receive $145.00 per share, which puts the acquisition price at $6.9 billion.

CC Capital is a private investment firm founded in 2016 by Chinh Chu. Chu previously led the private equity group at Blackstone.

The purchase price represents a premium of approximately 30% over Dun & Bradstreet's closing share price of $111.63 on February 12, 2018, which is when the company announced it was undergoing a strategic review of the deal. Dun & Bra......................

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