Freedonia Analyst Weighs In on Leonard Green and Partners’ Acquisition of SRS Distribution PR Newswire CLEVELAND, April 27, 2018 CLEVELAND , April 27, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Leonard Green and Partners, a leading private equity firm, announced today that it had entered into an agreement to purchase SRS Distribution – the third largest roofing products distributor in the US – from Berkshire Hathaway for $3 billion . According to Freedonia Group industry analyst Matt Zielenski , “By purchasing one of the leading distributors of roofing products, Leonard Green and Partners will immediately play a key role in the US roofing industry.” Furthermore, notes Zielenski, this is a particularly auspicious time to enter the roofing distribution segment of the industry, as reroofing activity is expected to grow at an elevated level in 2018. […]