KKR & Co. has agreed to buy Spectris Plc in a deal that values the UK maker of precision and testing equipment and software ...

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

KKR clinches backing from Spectris for £4.1bn higher bid - Spectris had previously agreed a deal with US investment firm ...

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a takeover offer from U.S. investment firm KKR valuing it at 4.7 billion pounds ($6.46 billion) including debt, and has withdrawn its ...

Spectris (SEPJF) stock surged 5% as the UK firm backed KKR's improved £4.1B takeover bid, valuing shares at £40 and ...

Morning all, Craig McGlashan bringing you the Europe Wire from the London newsroom. KKR’s competition with Advent to take ...

Britain's Spectris has accepted an improved takeover offer from U.S. private equity firm KKR, valuing the scientific ...

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

KKR is swinging hard again. After a streak of misses in the UK, the U.S. private equity giant just put 4.1 billion ($5.6 ...

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

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

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 ...