The offer values Spectris at 40 pounds per share, including dividends, and is a 6.3% premium to Advent's 37.63 pounds per ...

KKR & Co. has agreed to buy Spectris Plc in a deal that values the UK maker of precision and testing equipment and software ...

KKR has pipped rival private equity firm Advent International to a takeover of UK industrial company Spectris with a £4.7bn ...

Spectris (SEPJF) stock surged 5% as the UK firm backed KKR's improved £4.1B takeover bid, valuing shares at £40 and ...

The precision-measurement company has withdrawn its recommendation for its previously agreed takeover offer from Advent ...

Morning all, Craig McGlashan bringing you the Europe Wire from the London newsroom. KKR’s competition with Advent to take ...

An offer from global investment firm KKR has been recommended to shareholders of listed industrial group Spectris plc. A recommendation for an earlier offer from Advent International has ...

The move for the scientific instruments maker comes just a week after Advent had agreed a £3.8bn deal for FTSE 250 company ...

Spectris had previously agreed a deal with US investment firm Advent International, which valued the firm at about £3.8 ...

KKR & Co has agreed to buy Spectris Plc in a deal that values the UK maker of precision and testing equipment and software at ...