The U.K. precision-measurement company agreed to the terms of an improved cash offer from KKR valuing the target at 4.2 billion pound ($5.65 billion)--or 41.75 pounds a share--last week. On Tuesday, ...

The sweetened offer comes days after Advent improved its bid for Spectris, prompting the target to withdraw its ...

LONDON (Reuters) -British scientific instruments maker Spectris has agreed to a sweetened offer from U.S. private equity firm ...

There is an old saying that bull markets only end when the money runs out. Right now, however, the UK stock market is ...

KKR ups its bid for Spectris to £4.2 billion, overtaking Advent in a fierce takeover race for the UK scientific instruments ...

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

Advent International has outbid KKR in a private equity bidding war for Spectris after the UK industrial group accepted its ...

Spectris plc(LON:SXS) is about to trade ex-dividend in the next 3 days. The ex-dividend date occurs one day before the record date which is the day on which shareholders need to be on the company ...

Spectris has failed to achieve such ratings as a public company due to weaker profitability, low scale and relative ...

Precision instrumentation supplier Spectris said on Thursday that second-quarter momentum and strategic cost savings had ...

Advent International said it increased its takeover bid for precision-measurement company Spectris to 4.2 billion pounds ($5.55 billion).

Spectris PLC Thursday said it has bought Concurrent Real-Time from Battery Ventures for $166.7 million in cash. “The transaction is in line with Spectris’ strategy to make synergistic ...