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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

The firm is acting for the Just Group in its £2.4 billion sale, a month after it helped conclude the sale of Spectris to a ...