The sweetened offer comes days after Advent improved its bid for Spectris, prompting the target to withdraw its ...

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

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

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

On Friday last week, Spectris had accepted the increased offer from Advent and withdrew its recommendation of a GBP40 per share bid from KKR but switched horses again on Tuesday. The acquisition is ...

Spectris plc, which is the subject of a takeover by US private equity firm KKR, has secured an increased offer which values the listed industrial group at about £4.8bn.

Maven Capital Partners has sold UAP, a designer and supplier of door and window hardware, to global security and access ...

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

Advent’s increased offer represents a 2.5 percent increase to the KKR offer. This means the shareholders will receive an additional £1.00 per share, amounting to a total increase of £101.5 million ...

The increased offer from KKR, which will be implemented through a court-sanctioned scheme of arrangement, represents a substantial premium of 104.9% to Spectris’ closing price of £20.38 on June 6, ...

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

Spectris agrees £3.8bn takeover by Advent as KKR mulls rival bid - Advent will pay £37.63 per share for the FTSE 250-listed company, valuing Spectris at £3.8 billion, or around £4.4 billion ...