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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

Spectris PLC Thursday said it has bought Concurrent Real-Time from Battery Ventures for $166.7 million in cash. “The transaction is in line with Spectris’ strategy to make synergistic ...