KKR, CD&R nearing deal to buy out Cloudera - reports

Reuters

Published May 31, 2021 11:35PM ET

(Reuters) -Private-equity firms KKR & Co (NYSE:KKR) and Clayton Dubilier & Rice LLC (CD&R) are nearing a deal to take Cloudera (NYSE:CLDR) Inc private at a valuation of $4.7 billion, Bloomberg News reported https://bloom.bg/3vDLa5Z on Monday, citing a person familiar with the matter.

The private-equity giants are likely to finalise a deal on Tuesday to acquire the software firm at $16 a share, or about a 24% premium to its previous close, according to the report.

Cloudera - which has activist investor Carl Icahn as its largest shareholder - has explored a sale since mid-2020 after receiving takeover interest, the report said.