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• Wolseley outbids competition for PBM.

  - 2003-04-24

  Byline: Guy Paisner in Paris and Janine Brewis Wolseley, the UK building materials distributor, has beaten stiff competition from both trade buyers and private equity houses to enter exclusive talks with Pinault Printemps Redoute for the acquisition of its building materials subsidiary.Wolseley has offered...

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• Wolseley buys Westburne Plumbing.(Brief Article)

  - 2001-07-01

  The London-based Wolseley plc, parent company to Ferguson Enterprises (Newport News, Va.) and Familian Northwest (Portland, Ore.), signed a conditional contract to buy the plumbing, waterworks, refrigeration, HVAC, and industrial products distribution businesses of Rexel Canada formerly Westburne. Rexel S.A. (parent company to...

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• Late-breaking news: Wolseley buys Westburne.(Brief Article)

  - 2001-06-01

  A conditional contract has been signed to enable Wolseley plc (London, England), parent company of Ferguson Enterprises (Newport News, Va.) to acquire the share capital of The Westburne Group from Paris-based Rexel S.A. The acquisition, which includes Westburne Plumbing & Waterworks in Canada, Westburne Supply in...

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