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Bain, Carlyle, CD&R to acquire HD Supply from The Home Depot for $10bn20/06/2007. Source: AltAssets. 
 Bain Capital Partners, The Carlyle Group and Clayton, Dubilier & Rice have agreed to acquire The Home Depot's wholesale distribution business, HD Supply, for $10.3bn. The three US buy-out firms will invest equal amounts of equity in the transaction.
HD Supply is a distributor of construction, industrial and maintenance supplies in North America. The company has nearly 1,000 locations in North America and employs 26,000 associates. HD Supply had revenues of more than $12bn in 2006.
Bain Capital manages several pools of capital including private equity, high-yield assets, mezzanine capital and public equity with approximately $50bn in assets under management.
Carlyle has $58.5bn under management. The Group invests in buy-outs, venture and growth capital, real estate and leveraged finance in Asia, Europe and North America.
CD&R focuses on investing in non-core divisions of large corporations, and on businesses facing significant strategic challenges.
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