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

The U.K. precision-measurement company agreed to the terms of an improved cash offer from KKR valuing the target at 4.2 billion pound ($5.65 billion)--or 41.75 pounds a share--last week. On Tuesday, ...

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

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

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

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

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

There is an old saying that bull markets only end when the money runs out. Right now, however, the UK stock market is ...

The private equity bidding war for precision instrument business Spectris has stepped up a gear after KKR submitted a fresh ...

Spectris has failed to achieve such ratings as a public company due to weaker profitability, low scale and relative ...

Advent’s increased offer represents a 2.5 percent increase to the KKR offer. This means the shareholders will receive an additional £1.00 per share, amounting to a total increase of £101.5 million ...

Precision instrument maker Spectris has agreed to be bought by Advent International after it trumped an offer from US ...