Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, the US private equity firm, is to reap a profit of about $1.25bn (€1bn) from the sale of Kinko's, the US office services company, to Fedex.
Fedex, the US postal services company, has agreed to pay $2.4bn to buy all outstanding shares in Kinko's. The sale values Clayton, Dubilier's 75% stake at $1.8bn.