The Leaders behind Europe's Largest Public-to-Private Transaction Wil

    Business Editors
    Limited Partners Summit Europe

    PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 14, 2005--

    Event by Dow Jones Private Equity Analyst Brings the World's Leading Institutional Investors, Fund of Fund Managers and Advisers to
    Paris on May 17 and 18.

    Two of the leaders who successfully orchestrated the largest ever public-to-private transaction in Europe--David Novak and Roberto Quarta, partners at Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Inc.--will be featured in a keynote interview at the Limited Partners Summit Europe conference being held May 17 and 18 at the Le Parc Paris Sofitel Demeure in Paris.
    Produced by Dow Jones Private Equity Analyst, this must-attend event is in its second year in Europe, bringing together hundreds of institutional investors, fund of fund managers, and advisers for two days of networking and learning opportunities.
    Mr. Novak and Mr. Quarta will be providing exclusive insight into last month's transaction when their firm--in partnership with Eurazeo and Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity--successfully completed the EUR 3.7 billion acquisition of Rexel SA, a global leader in the wholesale distribution of electronic parts. Gabriella Stern, senior editor for Dow Jones Newswires, will conduct an onstage interview with both men that also will focus on how the European private-equity landscape is changing and where the best opportunities are for finding big returns.
    "This keynote interview will take attendees behind the scenes of Clayton, Dubilier's record-breaking deal and will provide valuable insight into additional opportunities for taking companies private--both in Europe and on the other side of the Atlantic," said David Toll, editor of the Private Equity Analyst newsletter.
    For more information, or if you are interested in attending this year's summit, please go to http://www.lpsummiteurope.com

    About Private Equity Analyst

    The Private Equity Analyst (www.PrivateEquityAnalyst.com), published by Dow Jones & Company, Inc., is the leading provider of data, news and analysis for private equity professionals. Related products include The Venture Capital Analyst (Technology and Health Care editions); a series of senior level executive conferences including the Private Equity Analyst Conference (NY), the Private Equity Analyst Outlook Conference (NY) and The Limited Partners Summit series (NY, SF, Zurich); cutting edge research reports on critical private equity topics such as terms and conditions, compensation and liquidity trends; and, the most respected and referenced directories for the industry including Galante's Venture Capital & Private Equity Directory and The Directory of Alternative Investment Programs.

    About Dow Jones Newswires

    Through its Dow Jones Newswires unit, Dow Jones (www.djnewsletters.com) produces focused, sector-specific online databases, newsletters and industry events as well as providing (www.djnewswires.com) real-time news for financial professionals in the equities, fixed-income, foreign exchange and energy markets, and also offers news for financial firms' Web sites. Newsletters published by Dow Jones include Private Equity Analyst, VentureWire Professional, and Daily Bankruptcy Review. In addition to Dow Jones Newswires, Dow Jones & Company (NYSE: DJ) publishes The Wall Street Journal and its international and online editions, Barron's and the Far Eastern Economic Review, Dow Jones Indexes, MarketWatch, and the Ottaway group of community newspapers. Dow Jones is co-owner with Reuters Group of Factiva, with Hearst of SmartMoney and with NBC Universal of CNBC television operations in Asia and Europe. Dow Jones also provides news content to CNBC and radio stations in the U.S.

    Copyright (C) 2005

--30--CT/ny*

CONTACT: Dow Jones Michelle Jeffers, 415-538-2658 michelle.jeffers@dowjones.com

KEYWORD: FRANCE INTERNATIONAL EUROPE TRACK INDUSTRY KEYWORD: PUBLISHING BANKING SOFTWARE INTERNET E-COMMERCE TRADESHOW SOURCE: Dow Jones

Copyright Business Wire 2005