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

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

British scientific instruments maker Spectris SXS.L has agreed to private equity firm Advent's sweetened takeover offer worth ...

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

British scientific instruments maker Spectris has agreed to a sweetened offer from U.S. private equity firm KKR valuing it at ...

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.

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

KKR has agreed on a recommended increased cash offer for Spectris at an offer value of £41.75 per share. This values the entire issued and to be issued share capital of Spectris at around £4.2 billion ...

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KKR (NYSE:KKR) is swinging hard again. After a streak of misses in the UK, the U.S. private equity giant just put 4.1 billion ($5.6 billion) on the table to acquire Spectris Plcthe British ...

Spectris said its board has decided to withdraw its recommendation of Advent's 4.4-billion-pound offer in favour of the higher bid from KKR, which had made two prior takeover proposals for the ...