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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 ...

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.

The Spectris directors, who have been advised by Goldman Sachs, Rothschild & Co, and BofA Securities, consider the terms of the acquisition to be fair and reasonable and intend to unanimously ...

Industrial group Spectris has agreed to a £3.8bn takeover by US private equity Advent but a bidding war could be brewing as KKR mulls a rival offer. The FTSE 250 firm has been valued at £37.73 per ...

Spectris said it received a takeover approach from Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., which it rejected. The FTSE 250-listed precision-measurement company said late Friday that it received the ...

Spectris did not provide details on KKR's proposal, noting only that it was the second proposal by the private equity firm it had rejected. The company, which provides hardware and software solutions ...

KKR confirmed it has been engaging with Spectris’s board since submitting its initial proposal to acquire the entire issued and to-be-issued share capital on June 2, 2025.

By Yadarisa Shabong and DhanushVignesh Babu (Reuters) -British scientific instruments maker Spectris said it would accept a 3.73 billion pound ($5.06 billion) bid from Advent if the U.S. private ...

Spectris, which is headquartered and listed in London, reported revenue of £1.3 billion in 2024 and pre-tax profit of £303 million.

Spectris investors will receive £37.63 cash per share under the deal recommended by both boards, an 83% premium to the volume-weighted average price in the month to June 6.