Investor Group Led by CC Capital, Cannae Holdings, Bilcar, Black Knight and Thomas H. Lee Partners Completes
Acquisition of Dun & Bradstreet
William P. Foley II Appointed Executive Chairman of Board of Directors
Black Knight CEO Anthony Jabbour to Serve as CEO
Stephen C. Daffron Named President
Dun & Bradstreet (NYSE: DNB) (the “Company”), the global leader in commercial data, analytics and insights for businesses,
and an investor group (the “Investor Group”) led by CC Capital Partners, LLC (“CC Capital”), Cannae Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CNNE),
Bilcar, LLC, Black Knight, Inc. (NYSE: BKI) and funds affiliated with Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P. (“THL”), along with a group of
other investors, today announced the completion of the Investor Group’s previously announced acquisition of Dun &
Bradstreet.
In connection with the closing, William P. Foley II, Chairman of Cannae Holdings and Executive Chairman of Black Knight, has
been appointed Executive Chairman of Dun & Bradstreet’s Board of Directors. Anthony Jabbour, Black Knight’s Chief Executive
Officer, was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Dun & Bradstreet and will remain in his current role at Black Knight.
Additionally, Stephen C. Daffron, a Co-Founder of Motive Partners and former President and Chief Executive Officer of Interactive
Data Corporation, has been appointed President of Dun & Bradstreet.
“We are pleased to have completed this momentous transaction for the benefit of all stakeholders and look forward to the next
chapter in Dun & Bradstreet’s storied, 177-year history,” said Chinh Chu, Senior Managing Director and Founder of CC Capital.
“With Bill, Anthony and Stephen at the helm, we are confident that we have the best leadership team in place to unlock the
Company’s significant potential and create tremendous value.”
“As a private company, Dun & Bradstreet is well positioned to reinvigorate growth and I look forward to partnering with
Anthony, Stephen and the Board in my new role,” stated William P. Foley II, Executive Chairman of Dun & Bradstreet’s Board of
Directors. “Building on the Company’s strong platform as a global leader in business insights, I look forward to improving growth
and customers’ experience, while increasing operating efficiencies to deliver enhanced business solutions across the world."
“Over the last two decades, members of our investor group have worked extensively with one another, and it is a privilege to
partner once again as we solidify Dun & Bradstreet’s leadership position in trade credit and other data analytic businesses,”
added Thomas Hagerty, a Managing Director at THL. “I am confident that with the Investor Group’s proven track record and the
leadership team’s deep expertise, the Company is poised for continued growth and success.”
Financial advisors to the Investor Group included BofA Merrill Lynch, Citigroup and RBC Capital Markets, and Kirkland &
Ellis LLP acted as legal advisor to the Investor Group. J.P. Morgan served as financial advisor to Dun & Bradstreet, and Cleary
Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP served as legal counsel.
As a result of the completion of the transaction, shares of Dun & Bradstreet common stock ceased trading on the New York
Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) prior to the opening of the NYSE today.
About Dun & Bradstreet
Dun & Bradstreet, the global leader in commercial 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.
About CC Capital
CC Capital is a private investment firm founded in 2016 by Chinh Chu, with a focus on investing in and operating high-quality
companies for the long term. Prior to founding CC Capital, Mr. Chu had a successful 25-year career at Blackstone and played an
instrumental role in building its Private Equity business. Over the course of his career at Blackstone, Mr. Chu led several
industry verticals for the Private Equity group, including financial services, technology, chemicals, and healthcare products. He
served as co-chairman of the firm’s Private Equity Investment Committee and served on the firm’s Executive Committee. More
information about CC Capital can be found at
www.cc.capital.
About Cannae Holdings, Inc.
Cannae (NYSE: CNNE) is a diversified holding company with over $1 billion in book value in assets and boasts a strong track
record of investing in a diverse range of assets. Cannae holds majority and minority equity investment stakes in a number of
entities, including Ceridian Holdings, LLC, American Blue Ribbon Holdings, LLC and T-System Holding LLC. Principals at Cannae have
successfully acquired over 100 companies with aggregate consideration in excess of $30 billion for Fidelity National Financial.
Inc., Cannae and related companies over the last 20 years. More information about Cannae can be found at
www.cannaeholdings.com.
About Bilcar
Bilcar is a partnership owned by William and Carol Foley. Bilcar’s assets include various investments and business interests.
Mr. Foley will serve as our Executive Chairman of the Board after the closing of the Merger. Mr. Foley is the Chairman of the Board
of Fidelity National Financial, Inc. (“FNF”) and Cannae Holdings, Executive Chairman of Black Knight and Co-Chairman of FGL
Holdings. Mr. Foley brings over 30 years of experience and has demonstrated operational expertise throughout his career. Mr. Foley
and his team achieved $312 million in cost reductions, which was 208% of the initial target of $150 million, from FNF’s acquisition
of Lender Processing Services Inc., and has achieved approximately 1.3x targeted synergies in over 8 large transactions. He also
led the growth of FNF, which transformed into the largest title insurance company with industry leading margins.
About Black Knight
Black Knight (NYSE: BKI) is a leading provider of integrated software, data and analytics solutions that facilitate and automate
many of the business processes across the homeownership life cycle.
As a leading fintech, Black Knight is committed to being a premier business partner that clients rely on to achieve their
strategic goals, realize greater success and better serve their customers by delivering best-in-class software, services and
insights with a relentless commitment to excellence, innovation, integrity and leadership. For more information on Black Knight,
please visit
www.blackknightinc.com.
About Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P.
Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P. is a premier private equity firm investing in growth companies, headquartered in North America,
exclusively in four industry sectors: Business & Financial Services, Consumer & Retail, Healthcare, and Media, Information
Services & Technology. Using the firm's deep domain expertise and the internal operating capabilities of its Strategic Resource
Group, THL seeks to create deal sourcing advantages, and to accelerate growth and improve operations in its portfolio companies in
partnership with management teams. Since its founding in 1974, THL has raised over $25 billion of equity capital, acquired over 140
portfolio companies and completed over 360 add-on acquisitions which collectively represent a combined enterprise value at the time
of acquisition of over $200 billion.
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