Current portfolio and major acquisitions
Carlyle has investments spread out over several different industries, with about 22% of their investments
in energy and power, 19% in real estate, 15% in technology and business services, 8% in consumer and
retail, 8% in industrial, 6% in telecommunications and media, 6% in transportation, 6% in healthcare,
5% in aerospace, and 4% devoted to otherindustries, according to their 2008 annual report.
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Noted current and former portfolio companies include Dex Media, the formerdirectories business of
Qwest Communications; Willcom, a Japanese wireless company; Casema, a Dutch cable company; and
Insight Communications, the ninth largest cable company in the U.S. The Carlyle Group was once a
major investor in US Investigations Services, which is the privatized arm of the United States Office of
Personnel Management's Office of Federal Investigations, but has since divested itself, selling its stake
to Providence Equity Partners in 2007.
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Brand-name consumer companies that Carlyle owns include: Dunkin' Brands, which owns Dunkin'
Donuts and Baskin-Robbins, as well as oral hygiene company Water Pik Technologies.
In March 2006, Carlyle acquired UC4 Software and became a majority shareholder in the company.
In 2006 Carlyle acquired 68 percent interest in Oriental Trading Company which declared bankruptcy in
August 2010.
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In Octobe
r 1997 Carlyle acquired United Defense Industries, bringing in over 60% of Carlyle's defense
business. United Defense went public on the New York Stock Exchange in December 2001 with Carlyle
retaining a stock ownership position. Carlyle completed the sale of all of its United Defense stock and
exited the investment in April 2004.
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(One major United Defense program was the XM2001 Crusader
self-propelled howitzer which was canceled by Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld in early 2002
causing United Defense stock prices to fall 27 percent.
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) Since then, The Carlyle Group has divested
the ma
jority of its interest from the defense industry.
In July 2004, Carlyle formed DHS Technologies LLC, when itbecame a major investor in DHS
Systems, the manufacturer of Deployable Rapid Assembly Shelter, or DRASH, military shelters and
support equipment, and Reeves EMS emergency medical supplies.
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In September 2006, Carlyle acquired Forba Dental Management, the owner of Small Smiles Dental
Centers, the largest US chain of dental clinics for children.
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On January 29, 2007, Carlyle announced that it would acquire Synagro Technologies, Inc, which
according to Synagro's website is "the largest recycler of biosolids and other organic residuals in the
United States". The total enterprise value of the transaction, including the assumption of debt, is $772
million.
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On June 28, 2007, Carlyle announced that it would partner with Onex Corporation to buy the Allison
Transmission unit from General Motors for $5.6 billion.
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In June 2007, Carlyle agrees to acquire HD Supply for $10.3 billion, along with Bain Capital and
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (with each agreeing to buy a one-third stake in the division). Home Depot sold
their wholesale construction suppl
y business to fund a stock repurchase estimated at $40 billion
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