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, ...

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 ...

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

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

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

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

Precision instrumentation supplier Spectris said on Thursday that second-quarter momentum and strategic cost savings had ...

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

UK's Spectris drops Advent offer in favour of KKR British scientific instruments maker Spectris said on Friday it had decided against proceeding with U.S. private equity firm Advent's buyout ...

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

Private-equity firm KKR KKR 0.34% nudged up its offer for Spectris to around 4.2 billion pounds ($5.58 billion), marking the latest development in a protracted bidding war with Advent ...