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

KKR & Co. (KKR) on Wednesday agreed to buy UK-based Spectris for 4.1 billion euros ($5.6 billion), outbidding an earlier ...

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takeover offer from U.S. investment firm KKR valuing it at 4.7 billion pounds ($6.46 billion) including debt, and has withdrawn its ...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

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

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.

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 ...