Spectris agreed to a 4.1 billion pound ($5.64 billion) takeover by private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and withdrew its recommendation for its previously agreed takeover offer from ...

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 been ...

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 been… ...

Spectris' takeover offers highlight how deeply undervalued UK small- and mid-cap stocks are, especially versus US peers. Read why SEPJF stock is a Hold.

Investing.com -- Spectris (LON: SXS) shares rose over 4% on Wednesday following the announcement that U.S. private equity firm KKR will acquire the company in a £4.7 billion cash deal.

Morning all, Craig McGlashan bringing you the Europe Wire from the London newsroom. KKR’s competition with Advent to take precision instruments provider Spectris private is heating up, with the ...

Industrial group Spectris has agreed to a takeover by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) worth more than £4 billion after the private equity giant muscled out rival bidder Advent International ...

The battle for Spectris, Britain's largest takeover target this year, heated up after KKR last week tabled a bid valuing Spectris at 40 pounds per share including dividends, 6.3% higher than ...

Industrial group Spectris has agreed to a takeover by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) worth more than £4bn after the private equity giant muscled out rival bidder Advent International.

KKR & Co has agreed to buy Spectris Plc in a deal that values the UK maker of precision and testing equipment and software at about £4.1bil (US$5.6bil), surpassing an earlier bid by a consortium ...

Private equity giant KKR has trumped Advent with a £4.7billion takeover bid for Spectris. In another blow to the City, the British scientific testing kit maker is the latest firm to leave the ...

June 23 (Reuters) - Precision instruments maker Spectris agreed on Monday to a 4.4 billion pound ($5.9 billion) debt-inclusive takeover deal by private equity firm Advent over a rival proposal ...