Tagged: 'Advent'

Cillit Bang

KKR trumps Advent bid for Spectris with £4.1 billion offer

Wednesday, 02 July 2025 7:19 am

After being outmanoeuvred in its attempt to buy London-listed property company Assura, KKR is now now trying to outmanoeuvre rival private equity house Advent to get its hands on Spectris, the FTSE 250-listed supplier of precision instruments and controls.

KKR preparing rival £3.7 billion bid for Spectris, reveals WSJ

Saturday, 14 June 2025 10:52 am

Hacks at the venerable Wall Street Journal dug out a cracking new line about the Spectris takeover situation yesterday afternoon.

Advent International's Cobham weighs Mercury Systems takeover, reports Bloomberg

Wednesday, 01 February 2023 2:22 pmYou don't very often see senior executives in private equity firms and stuffy corporates talk on the record much about carrying out potential deals with rivals before the transaction is announced.

Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings Inc

Mercury Systems

Deals, Deals, Deals ... in a bear market - Part 35

Monday, 19 December 2022 9:30 amDealmaking in Europe may have slowed over the last few months but over in the US the takeover transactions keep on coming.

L3 Harris

Maxar Technologies

UNCOOKED ALERT: GB Group said to ... - Part 4

Tuesday, 20 September 2022 10:14 amGB Group's shares have perked up almost 4pc this morning.

McAfee Corporation close to being sold to Advent International for $10 billion, reveals, er, Bloomberg - Part 2

Tuesday, 09 November 2021 8:30 amLittle old Betaville would like to clarify a point of confusion that arose last week as the two big beasts of the American financial media industry got stuck into the McAfee $10 billion take private scoop.

McAfee

UNCOOKED ALERT: Ultra Electronics said to ... - Part 5

Friday, 23 July 2021 9:49 amLoyal readers of little old Betaville won't be too surprised to read this morning that Ultra Electronics is in talks to be bought by Advent International-backed Cobham.

UNCOOKED ALERT: Ultra Electronics said to ... - Part 3

Friday, 25 June 2021 6:40 pmBizarre goings on following little old Betaville's scoop about Advent International's potential £2 billion plus takeover bid of Ultra Electronics earlier today.

Buy-out buccaneers making moves at Cobham

Thursday, 18 June 2020 8:58 pmIt's not even a year since Advent International bought defence and aerospace group Cobham as part of controversial £4 billion take private deal.

Abu Dhabi Investment Authority

UNCOOKED ALERT: Clinigen said to ... - Part 3

Monday, 15 June 2020 10:25 pmIt would appear former colleagues at The Sunday Times got wind of the Clinigen takeover tale, too.

Elevator M&A...

Wednesday, 18 September 2019 8:27 amThank goodness the venerable Financial Times has temporarily lifted its paywall.

Cinven

ThyssenKrupp

A Cobham/Meggitt observation... - Part 2

Saturday, 27 July 2019 11:49 pmIf you have a spare moment over the weekend and are interested in the Cobham / Advent bid situation then do click on the link below for a follow up piece in the Mail on Sunday's business section by yours truly and Jamie "Nimmers" Nimmo.

Meggitt

Advent International fund builds stake in Spire Healthcare...

Wednesday, 31 October 2018 8:19 pmSpire Healthcare has been on Betaville's radar since 2016. That's because it's often talked about as a potential takeover target for a variety of potential suitors, including Mediclinic.

Spire Healthcare

Deals, deals, deals ... in a bear market - Part 76

Wednesday, 13 August 2025 5:47 pm

Punchy stuff from AI start up Perplexity in the middle of the dog days of August.

Sapiens

Reckitt Benckiser sells Cillit Bang maker to Advent for up to $4.8 billion

Friday, 18 July 2025 7:13 am

Reckitt Benckiser has struck a deal with to sell its Essential Home unit to an American private equity house for up to $4.8 billion.

Reckitt Benckiser

Cillit Bang

KKR trumps Advent bid for Spectris with £4.1 billion offer

Wednesday, 02 July 2025 7:19 am

KKR preparing rival £3.7 billion bid for Spectris, reveals WSJ

Saturday, 14 June 2025 10:52 am

Hacks at the venerable Wall Street Journal dug out a cracking new line about the Spectris takeover situation yesterday afternoon.

Advent International's Cobham weighs Mercury Systems takeover, reports Bloomberg

Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings Inc

Mercury Systems

Deals, Deals, Deals ... in a bear market - Part 35

Monday, 19 December 2022 9:30 amDealmaking in Europe may have slowed over the last few months but over in the US the takeover transactions keep on coming.

L3 Harris

Maxar Technologies

UNCOOKED ALERT: GB Group said to ... - Part 4

Tuesday, 20 September 2022 10:14 amGB Group's shares have perked up almost 4pc this morning.

McAfee Corporation close to being sold to Advent International for $10 billion, reveals, er, Bloomberg - Part 2

McAfee

UNCOOKED ALERT: Ultra Electronics said to ... - Part 5

Friday, 23 July 2021 9:49 amLoyal readers of little old Betaville won't be too surprised to read this morning that Ultra Electronics is in talks to be bought by Advent International-backed Cobham.

UNCOOKED ALERT: Ultra Electronics said to ... - Part 3

Friday, 25 June 2021 6:40 pmBizarre goings on following little old Betaville's scoop about Advent International's potential £2 billion plus takeover bid of Ultra Electronics earlier today.

Buy-out buccaneers making moves at Cobham

Thursday, 18 June 2020 8:58 pmIt's not even a year since Advent International bought defence and aerospace group Cobham as part of controversial £4 billion take private deal.