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Report: Banks Reluctant to Lend Money in HD Supply Deal

According to news reports, Home Depot negotiations with a trio of private equity firms that had agreed to buy HD Supply are still in the works. The parties could lower the price by at least $1 billion, or the sale could fall through, Bloomberg reports.
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Apparently, the banks involved -Merrill Lynch & Co, JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. -are reluctant to lend the money to enable the buy due to a tightening credit market.
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The deal for the $12 billion unit was scheduled to close Thursday, but no parties have announced a resolution.

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Report: No Agreement Yet in HD Supply Negotiation

The Financial Times has reported that the buyers of HD Supply want a more than $1 billion price cut to the agreed-upon $10.3 billion purchase price. The parties recently moved the closing date for the sale by Home Depot&nbsp ; back to Thursday, Aug. 23 -tomorrow.
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The paper reported that one market investor expects the new price could be closer to $8.5 billion, a sentiment echoed earlier this month by industry analysts.
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At the original price of $10.3 billion, the buyers would have paid 10X-12X EBITDA. Tightening credit markets forced the deal-makers back to the table.
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The buyers would have to pay a $310 million break-up fee if they decide to walk away from the deal, FT said.
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Home Depot in Talks to Restructure HD Supply Deal

The Home Depot, Atlanta, GA, announced it is in discussions with Bain Capital Partners, The Carlyle Group and Clayton, Dubilier & Rice with the aim of restructuring their agreement for the sale of HD Supply.
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These discussions could result, among other things, in a reduction in the $10.3 billion purchase price. The announcement&nbsp ; may be a result of tightening credit markets,&nbsp ; which would make it more difficult to raise the cash needed to buy the unit.

No other details on the discussions were released.
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In mid-June, Home Depot announced it would sell its wholesale division, a $12 billion unit, to the trio of private equity firms for roughly 10X-12X EBITDA. Read the original article here. …

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Home Depot Sells Off Supply Unit

After months of speculation, The Home Depot has agreed to sell its wholesale division, HD Supply, and bring its focus back to the performance of its retail core. Three private equity firms will buy the $12 billion unit.

The Home Depot, Atlanta, GA, has agreed to sell HD Supply to a team of private equity firms – Bain Capital LLC, Carlyle Group and Clayton Dubilier & Rice Inc. – for $10.3 billion, or roughly 10X-12X EBITDA. The firms are splitting the investment equally.

The sale has been expected for weeks now, with a number of private equity firms rumored to have bid for the unit and several to have bowed out due to the down housing market – one of HD Supply's core customer bases. HD Supply reported a decrease in organic sales in the recent …

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Commentary: Dust Won’t Settle on HD Supply

Be careful not to get a sugar high from the HD Supply spin-off announced this past week. After a deal of this magnitude, it’s easy to get excited about what it means once the dust settles. But the dust won’t settle on HD Supply. If anything, the non-contributing or distracting units will be shed and a leaner, more focused business will emerge. It was not purchased to be gutted or dismantled. The remaining entity, while smaller in size, will likely continue as the lead consolidator in a narrower band of distribution verticals.

The deal will have a large impact in a few sectors, and virtually no impact in others beyond the perceived valuation halo effect. Some had anticipated the price for HD Supply might cool slightly due to the weakness of residential markets in North America. …

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New Owners: HD Supply Will Maintain Acquisitive Strategy

HD Supply’s new owners said that it is premature to say whether they will divest any of the $12 billion distributor’s assets after taking full ownership, said David Novak, a partner at Clayton Dubilier & Rice, one of the three private equity firms that have agreed to buy the unit from The Home Depot Inc. for $10.3 billion.
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Bain Capital LLC, Carlyle Group and CD & R are splitting the investment evenly, Novak said.
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Though there are no immediate plans for HD Supply’s current assets, the new owners do plan to continue building the company through acquisitions. That we will certainly do,” Novak told MDM. “Local scale is very important for productivity and service levels.”
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That means that HD Supply, with $12 billion in sales in 2006, will continue …

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Home Depot: Selling Supply Not an Easy Decision

Home Depot CEO Frank Blake said Wednesday that selling HD Supply in pieces would have been&nbsp ; time-consuming and&nbsp ; distracting, with an added cost of separating the businesses. An IPO would have resulted in a multiple discount relative to the sale of the entire business.
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This was not an easy decision,” Blake said about the announcement Tuesday that Home Depot would sell its $12 billion wholesale division in its entirety for $10.3 billion to a group of three private equity firms. “(HD Supply chief) Joe DeAngelo and his team have built a world-class operation over the last few years. We gave careful consideration to a number of options, including holding onto the business.”
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The three private equity firms buying HD Supply for roughly 10X-12X EBITDA are …

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Takeaways from the $10B HD Supply Deal

Home Depot’s announcement that it is selling its wholesale division HD Supply for $10.3 billion to a trio of private equity firms -Bain Capital, Carlyle Group and Clayton Dubilier & Rice -is hardly a surprise, given the media coverage that led up to it. Though we don’t know all the details yet, there are already a few takeaways from the news:
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1. As Grainger President and COO Jim Ryan said in mid-May (Grainger: Consolidation is Changing Marketplace), just because HD Supply has been been sold does not mean that it disappears as a player in the market. Still, HD Supply’s new owners will have the same …

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Home Depot to Sell HD Supply for $10.3B (updated)

The Home Depot, Atlanta, GA, has agreed to sell HD Supply to a team of private equity firms -Bain Capital LLC, Carlyle Group and Clayton Dubilier & Rice Inc. -for $10.3 billion, or roughly 10X-12X EBITDA.
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The sale has been expected for weeks now, with a number of private equity firms rumored to have bid for the unit and several to have bowed out due to the down housing market -one of HD Supply’s key customer bases. HD Supply reported a decrease in organic sales in the recent quarter.
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For that reason, the firms likely paid closer to 12X EBITDA, according to Jim Miller, principal and a managing director at investment banking firm Vetus Partners, Cleveland, OH. When they started this process, I believe they were touting approximately $1 billion of EBITDA …

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Report: HD Supply Final Bids Due Today

Bloomberg News has reported that two groups of private equity firms are prepared to submit final bids&nbsp ; of $10 billion&nbsp ; for Home Depot’s wholesale business, HD Supply. They are: Bain Capital LLC, Carlyle Group and Clayton Dubilier & Rice Inc.; and the pairing of&nbsp ; Thomas H. Lee Partners LP and CCMP Capital Advisors LLC.

Final bids are apparently due Friday. This report is similar to that reported by MDM&nbsp ; in early March.

Clayton Dubilier & Rice is the most recognizable among the teams in the distribution world, as it most recently invested in global electrical distributor Rexel Inc., and recently <a ...

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HD Supply Downsizes Plans in South Carolina

HD Supply, The Home Depot’s wholesale division, is cutting back on plans to grow in Charleston, SC. HD Supply’s lumber and building materials unit announced this week it will open a warehouse for contractors in North Charleston, according to the Charleston Post and Courier.
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The project replaces a larger one the company was planning. The location will be in an existing 65,000-square-foot building on five acres near Interstate 26.
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The scrapped project was to include a new lumber distribution center and manufacturing plant on 51 acres off of U.S. Highway 78, the paper reported.

In February, Home Depot announced it was considering strategic alternatives for HD Supply, including a possible sale or IPO. Home Depot has also – like other building …

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Beyond the HD Supply Factor


The volume of mergers and acquisitions activity in distribution has increased substantially over the past 12 months. Along with a continued increase in interest from private equity firms, strategic buyers have reentered the fray, both in the U.S. and overseas. The market will likely plateau or even soften in the next year or so, especially in sectors affected by the downturn in residential construction. Right now though, the market is hot -maybe even too hot, according to some industry experts. What’s more, an HD Supply spin-off could have an impact on valuations and provide opportunity to competitors of its diverse units.


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Home Depot’s potential spin-off of its $12-billion wholesale division -announced in February by the $90-billion …

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HD Supply Organic Sales Down 6.5%

The Home Depot, Atlanta, GA, reported first-quarter profit of $1 billion, compared with $1.5 billion in the same period in fiscal 2006.
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Sales for the first quarter totaled $21.6 billion, a 0.6% increase from the first quarter of fiscal 2006. Total sales in the retail segment declined 4.3% to $18.5 billion, and comparable store sales declined 7.6%.

Total sales in the HD Supply segment grew by 46% to $3.1 billion, reflecting sales from acquired businesses. Organic sales were down 6.5%.
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The housing market continues to be a challenge, and erratic weather conditions across the United States negatively affected our spring selling season,” said Frank Blake, chairman & CEO.
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Earlier this year Home Depot announced that it was conducting …

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Value Lessons from HD Supply

Value Lessons from HD Supply
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What’s the value of a $12-billion distribution roll-up of a couple dozen companies, roughly doubling in size the past two years, consisting of a highly diversified portfolio of both branch-based and catalog models, in more than half a dozen product categories?
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Rumors are floating $9-11 billion as a potential price. With HDS estimated EBITDA somewhere around $1 billion, that puts the valuation in the range of 9-11X EBITDA. Home Depot paid around 12X EBITDA for Hughes Supply a year ago. But this is definitely a seller’s market. HD may feel some Wall Street pressure to jettison the unit quickly, but it also is in the catbird seat. As reported by the Financial Times and <a ...

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HD Supply Ship About to Sale

While countless offices in this country have the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship pool sapping the life out of productivity this week, I’m guessing there are at least a few pools estimating the date of sale for Home Depot Supply. I don’t know what the Vegas odds are, but the probability is close to 100 percent in my book that we see a deal happen. Here’s why I think it will be sooner rather than later.

Home Depot CEO Frank Blake said that it was important to determine a course of action for HD Supply so that the company didn’t have a foot on the dock and a foot on the boat, as MDM reported on the company’s refocus on retail.

Let’s get out the spyglass and look at that statement. If …

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Potential Buyers for HD Supply?

The Financial Times is reporting that three teams of private equity firms are preparing for possible bids for HD Supply. Teams include: Bain Capital, Carlyle Group and Clayton Dubilier & Rice (owner of Rexel); Thomas H Lee Partners, Goldman Sachs and CCMP; and Blackstone, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, Leonard Green Partners and Texas Pacific Group.


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Home Depot CEO Frank Blake told analysts and investors at the annual meeting this week that HD has not yet made a decision to sell. The Financial Times reports that the unit could get up to $11 billion.FT says Bain and Carlyle could be naturals for the ownership of HD Supply because of their investments in retail organizations – that said, HD Supply is a wholesale business, with a different operating structure from …

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HD Supply White Cap Agrees to Buy GSI

HD Supply White Cap Construction Supply, a business of HD Supply, has agreed to acquire GSI General Materials LLC, a distributor of concrete accessories, forming systems and fabricated rebar.


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GSI operates two North Carolina facilities and two South Carolina locations, and employs 72.


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HD Supply White Cap Construction Supply is the construction supply business unit within The Home Depot’s HD Supply Division, a distributor of specialty hardware, tools and materials targeting construction contractors.


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With the addition of GSI General Materials, HD Supply White Cap Construction Supply will operate 160 branches in 27 states.



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HD Supply Hits $12.07B in 2006

HD Supply reported sales of $12.07 billion in fiscal 2006, an increase of 161.6% over 2005. Most of that growth was driven by the almost $4 billion in acquisitions made in the past year.


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HD Supply bought diversified distributor Hughes Supply last year at a premium of $3.4 billion. Hughes had sales of $5.4 billion in 2005.


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In 2006, the retail division had sales of $79 billion, up 2.6%.


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Overall, sales at The Home Depot were $90.8 billion, 11.4% over last year, with profit at $5.8 billion. Comparable store sales for the year were down 2.8%.


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In the fourth quarter 2006, sales for HD Supply grew by 64.4% to $2.9 billion, reflecting sales from acquisitions.


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Report: Buyout Firms Have Approached Home Depot

The New York Times reported today that some of the country’s biggest buyout firms have approached Home Depot CEO Frank Blake – put in place after Robert Nardelli resigned&nbsp ; – with proposals to buy $12 billion HD Supply.


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The Times says analysts expect HD could sell the fast-growing division for $9 billion.


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The article goes on to discuss HD Supply’s profit margins as slimmer than retail, and HD’s need to find a way to grow the retail side of the company. Synergies between wholesale and retail have yet to be realized, according to the piece.


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Home Depot announced Monday that it was considering strategic alternatives for HD Supply, including a possible sale, spin off or initial public offering.

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HD to Evaluate Strategic Alternatives for HD Supply Business

The Home Depot, Atlanta, GA, has announced it will evaluate strategic alternatives” for its HD Supply business, including a possible sale, spin or initial public offering of the business.


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In a release, the company said a transaction is not definite. HD has retained Lehman Brothers as its financial advisor. HD said it would not disclose further developments with respect to HD Supply unless the board of directors has approved a definite transaction.


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“Today’s announcement is a continuation of the strategic review we did in November,” said CEO Frank Blake. “We are undertaking this action today because of our desire to increase our …

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