CVC announces sales of its remaining shares of Univar Inc.

New York; London – 15 August, 2016 - CVC Capital Partners ("CVC"), announced today that certain investors of Univar Inc., including Univar N.V., an investment vehicle managed by CVC and indirectly owned by funds advised by CVC and certain other co-investors, have agreed to sell 21 million shares of common stock of Univar Inc. CVC anticipates that the transaction will settle on August 18, 2016, subject to satisfaction of certain conditions.

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This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.