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

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

Advent’s increased offer represents a 2.5 percent increase to the KKR offer. This means the shareholders will receive an additional £1.00 per share, amounting to a total increase of £101.5 million ...

(Reuters) -British scientific instruments maker Spectris has agreed to private equity firm Advent's sweetened takeover offer ...