Deal Dispatch: Performance Food Group And Claire's Lead A Week Of Big Auctions, Retail Woes For the previous edition of Deal Dispatch, click here. Benzinga · Aug 8, 2025
London is leaving the door wide open to private equity raiders KKR’s acquisition of Spectris at 96% premium sums up the failings of the UK stock market in a nutshell The Guardian - UK · Jul 2, 2025
KKR clinches backing from Spectris for £4.1bn higher bid Spectris had previously agreed a deal with US investment firm Advent International, which valued the firm at about £3.8 billion. The Independent UK · Jul 2, 2025
Stocks falter but avoid sell-off after US strikes on Iranian nuclear sites The FTSE 100 index closed down 16.61 points, 0.2%, at 8,758.04. Evening Standard · Jun 23, 2025
Up 15% in one day: London Stock Exchange set for another £3.8bn loss as Spectris accepts huge bid Spectris is a firm which makes industrial technology specialist equipment The Independent UK · Jun 23, 2025
Spectris agrees £3.8bn takeover by Advent as KKR mulls rival bid Advent will pay £37.63 per share for the FTSE 250-listed company, valuing Spectris at £3.8 billion, or around £4.4 billion including debts. Evening Standard · Jun 23, 2025
FTSE 100 dips while markets watch for US-China talks progress The FTSE 100 index fell 5.63 points, 0.1%, at 8,832.28 Evening Standard · Jun 9, 2025
Engineer Spectris scraps £1.7 billion bid for rival over Ukraine uncertainty The firm’s boss, Andrew Heath, said the decision was taken because the “world has changed” since its bid for rival firm Oxford Instruments Evening Standard · Mar 7, 2022