Dun & Bradstreet Enters Into a Definitive Agreement To Be Acquired by Clearlake Capital Group

Clearlake Capital Group, L.P., announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc., a leading global provider of business decisioning data and analytics, in a transaction valued at $7.7 billion, including outstanding debt / with an equity value of $4.1 billion.

Under the terms of the agreement, which has been unanimously approved by Dun & Bradstreet’s Board of Directors, Dun & Bradstreet shareholders will receive $9.15 in cash for each share of common stock they own.

 “We have been on a strategic journey over the last six years, executing a major transformation that has strengthened our business and financial results. We have grown revenue by approximately 40%, EBITDA by 60%, expanded margins by nearly 600 basis points, and leverage has come down from 9 times to 3.6 times, all while extending our lead in data breadth, depth and quality,” said Anthony Jabbour, CEO of Dun & Bradstreet. “We are pleased to be partnering with Clearlake on this new leg of that journey. With their support, our team looks forward to evolving and growing the company with new ways to put our trusted, proprietary and mission-critical data assets to work for our clients.”

“Dun & Bradstreet has built a trusted, globally recognized brand and has amassed a preeminent set of data and analytics that empower organizations of all sizes. As companies become more data-centric in their decisioning in this fast-paced world, we see vast potential for Dun & Bradstreet to deliver AI-powered solutions to their global client base,” said Behdad Eghbali, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, and James Pade, Partner, at Clearlake. “We are excited to partner with Anthony and his team to support the company in unlocking its full potential.”

Dun & Bradstreet, a leading global provider of business decisioning data and analytics, enables companies around the world to improve their business performance. Dun & Bradstreet’s Data Cloud fuels solutions and delivers insights that empower customers to accelerate revenue, lower cost, mitigate risk, and transform their businesses. Since 1841, companies of every size have relied on Dun & Bradstreet to help them manage risk and reveal opportunity.