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 ...

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

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 ...

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, ...

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

The investor has been gathering up assets across Europe, most recently bidding for Spectris and target is a Tel-Aviv-based ...

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

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

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

KKR first approached Spectris on June 2. It said it had no plans for large scale job cuts following the deal, saying it “does not intend to make any material reduction to the headcount or any ...