KKR ups its bid for Spectris to £4.2 billion, overtaking Advent in a fierce takeover race for the UK scientific instruments ...

KKR has agreed on a recommended increased cash offer for Spectris at an offer value of £41.75 per share. This values the entire issued and to be issued share capital of Spectris at around £4.2 billion ...

LONDON (Reuters) -British scientific instruments maker Spectris has agreed to a sweetened offer from U.S. private equity firm ...

The sweetened offer comes days after Advent improved its bid for Spectris, prompting the target to withdraw its ...

US private equity group’s offer nudges out rival bidder once again in race to acquire UK scientific instruments maker ...

British scientific instruments maker Spectris SXS.L has agreed to private equity firm Advent's sweetened takeover offer worth ...

On Friday last week, Spectris had accepted the increased offer from Advent and withdrew its recommendation of a GBP40 per share bid from KKR but switched horses again on Tuesday. The acquisition is ...

Advent International has outbid KKR in a private equity bidding war for Spectris after the UK industrial group accepted its ...

Maven Capital Partners has sold UAP, a designer and supplier of door and window hardware, to global security and access ...

Advent International said it increased its takeover bid for precision-measurement company Spectris to 4.2 billion pounds ($5.55 billion).

Spectris PLC Thursday said it has bought Concurrent Real-Time from Battery Ventures for $166.7 million in cash. “The transaction is in line with Spectris’ strategy to make synergistic ...

Spectris PLC said on Thursday that it has agreed to sell a 50% stake in its environmental monitoring business EMS Bruel & Kjaer to Macquarie Capital, a branch of Macquarie Group Ltd., for 76.6 ...