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, ...

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

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 ...

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

Private equity giant KKR has trumped rival Advent's takeover bid for British scientific instruments maker Spectris with an ...

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 ...

The private equity bidding war for precision instrument business Spectris has stepped up a gear after New York-based KKR ...

In June, a bidding war for Spectris began with an initial offer from Advent. After KKR entered the fray with its own bid, the British company's board repeatedly changed its recommendation between the ...

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

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