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takeover offer from U.S. investment firm KKR valuing it at 4.7 billion pounds ($6.46 billion) including debt, and has withdrawn its ...

KKR & Co. (NYSE:KKR) has reached a deal to acquire Spectris (OTCPK:SEPJF), valuing the UK-based maker of precision ...

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

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

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

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 ...

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

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 ...