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In June, a bidding war for Spectris began with an initial offer from Advent. After KKR entered the fray with its own bid, the British company's board repeatedly changed its recommendation between the ...

Spectris has failed to achieve such ratings as a public company due to weaker profitability, low scale and relative ...

In other corporate news, Smith & Nephew PLC (LON: SN) shares surged 15% after reporting an 11.2% rise in first-half trading ...

As of 1213 GMT, the blue-chip index FTSE 100 fell 0.9% and the British pound gained 0.5% against the dollar to 1.34. DAX index in Germany rose 1.8%, the CAC 40 in France gained over 1%. The Bank of ...

Spectris raised its interim dividend by 5.3% to 28 pence per share from 26.6p. Spectris on Tuesday withdrew its recommendation of a takeover offer from Advent International LP and instead backed an ...

Spectris (LON: SXS) plc, the precision measurement specialist, on Thursday reported an 8% increase in first-half sales and maintained its full-year profit guidanc ...

Precision instrumentation supplier Spectris said on Thursday that second-quarter momentum and strategic cost savings had ...

KKR has upped its offer for British scientific instruments maker Spectris to £4.8bn, regaining backing from the company over ...

The financial sector traded modestly lower as President Trump attacks major lenders and government statistics agencies.

How jolly good it is that financial justice has finally caught up with disgraced investment guru Neil Woodford.

Global dealmaking has reached $2.6 trillion, the highest for the first seven months of the year since the 2021 pandemic-era peak, as a quest for growth in corporate boardrooms and the impact of a ...