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

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

The private equity bidding war for precision instrument business Spectris has stepped up a gear after KKR submitted a fresh ...

US private equity group’s offer nudges out rival bidder once again in race to acquire UK scientific instruments maker ...

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

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 ...

On Friday last week, Spectris had accepted the increased offer from Advent and withdrew its recommendation of a GBP40 per share bid from KKR but switched horses again on Tuesday. The acquisition is ...

Spectris plc, which is the subject of a takeover by US private equity firm KKR, has secured an increased offer which values the listed industrial group at about £4.8bn.

Precision instrument maker Spectris has agreed to be bought by Advent International after it trumped an offer from US ...

OPEN The FTSE 100 was expected to open 35.1 points higher ahead of the bell on Tuesday after wrapping up the previous session 0.66% firmer at 9,128.30.