KKR clinches backing from Spectris for £4.1bn higher bid - Spectris had previously agreed a deal with US investment firm Advent International, which valued the firm at about £3.8 billion.

The precision-measurement company has withdrawn its recommendation for its previously agreed takeover offer from Advent International.

KKR has pipped rival private equity firm Advent International to a takeover of UK industrial company Spectris with a £4.7bn ...

Spectris' takeover offers highlight how deeply undervalued UK small- and mid-cap stocks are, especially versus US peers. Read ...

British scientific instruments maker Spectris has agreed to a takeover offer from U.S. investment firm KKR valuing it at 4.7 billion pounds ($6.46 billion) including debt, and has withdrawn its ...

Industrial group Spectris has agreed to a takeover by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) worth more than £4bn after the private ...

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US private equity giant KKR is set to acquire UK tech star Spectris for £4.7billion, marking one of the largest recent deals ...

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 from KKR , marking the ...

KKR has agreed on the terms of a recommended cash acquisition of Spectris, a global precision measurement company.

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 former ...

Spectris has agreed to a £3.8bn takeover by Advent but may find itself at the centre of a private equity bidding war as KKR looms.