Spectris agrees £3.8bn takeover by Advent as KKR mulls rival bid - Advent will pay £37.63 per share for the FTSE 250-listed ...

Advent International made a formal offer for Spectris valuing the precision-measurement company's share capital at 3.8 billion pounds ($5.11 billion). The private equity firm is offering 37.63 pounds ...

Advent International is set to win the race to buy British scientific instruments maker Spectris after the two companies ...

The potential for a bidding war for Spectris (SXS), the FTSE 250 instrumentation and testing manufacturer that traces its roots back to 1915 as the Fairy Aviation company, looks less likely after the ...

Scientific testing kit maker Spectris accepted a £4.4bn bid from US private equity group Advent in the biggest takeover deal ...

A U.S. buyer house has acquired another Slaughter and May client, as Stateside entities continue to pick up U.K. assets.

Shares in instrumentation business Spectris were up more than 15% in early trading after a bidding war between Advent and KKR ...

London-based Spectris focuses on two divisions, with a global network of around 2,200 sales and service employees and manufacturing facilities and labs. It reported sales of £1.3 billion, EBITDA of ...

The scientific instruments maker is the latest in a flurry of deals inked by Advent in the industrial and engineering sectors ...

Shares in Spectris rallied on Monday after it rebuffed a takeover approach from US private equity giant KKR, fuelling hopes ...

Spectris said it received a takeover approach from Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., which it rejected.

UK shares were lackluster as investors eyed Middle East tensions. Spectris surged after a takeover agreement. Investors ...