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KKR Tops Advent Bid With £4.1 Billion Offer for Spectris
KKR & Co. has agreed to buy Spectris Plc in a deal that values the UK maker of precision and testing equipment and software ...
KKR outbids Advent in $6.5 billion battle to buy UK's Spectris
The offer values Spectris at 40 pounds per share, including dividends, and is a 6.3% premium to Advent's 37.63 pounds per ...
Spectris stock rises following KKR’s £4.1 billion takeover offer, outbidding Advent
Spectris (SEPJF) stock surged 5% as the UK firm backed KKR's improved £4.1B takeover bid, valuing shares at £40 and ...
KKR pips Advent with £4.7bn offer for UK industrial company Spectris
KKR has pipped rival private equity firm Advent International to a takeover of UK industrial company Spectris with a £4.7bn ...
KKR clinches backing from Spectris for £4.1bn higher bid
Spectris had previously agreed a deal with US investment firm Advent International, which valued the firm at about £3.8 ...
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£4.1bn KKR offer recommended as Spectris board withdraws backing for Advent deal
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 ...
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KKR tops Advent with £4.1bn equity valuation for Spectris as confidence returns to large-cap; Graphite Capital completes sale of education biz
Morning all, Craig McGlashan bringing you the Europe Wire from the London newsroom. KKR’s competition with Advent to take ...
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KKR makes £4.1bn offer to buy Spectris
KKR has agreed on the terms of a recommended cash acquisition of Spectris, a global precision measurement company.
KKR to buy Spectris in £4.7bn deal, Greggs warns of potential drop in FY operating profits
OPEN The FTSE 100 was expected to open 23.9 points higher ahead of the bell on Wednesday after wrapping up the previous ...
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Spectris Agrees to $5.64 Billion KKR Takeover; Withdraws Advent Recommendation - WSJ
The precision-measurement company said Wednesday that under the KKR KKR 3.03% deal, accepting shareholders will get 39.72 pounds in cash for each Spectris share and an interim dividend of 28 pence ...