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

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

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 ...

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

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 has agreed to a sweetened offer from U.S. private equity firm KKR valuing it at ...

Spectris plc, which is the subject of a takeover by US private equity firm KKR, has secured an increased offer which values the listed industrial group at about £4.8bn.

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

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 ...

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

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

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