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...Spectris said it had decided to terminate talks with its smaller rival a week after the offer was first announced....
...Oxford Instruments’ shares have been on a rollercoaster ride this year — partly the result of an aborted 3,100p bid by Spectris, which got cold feet after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine....
...Spectris is required to make a formal offer or drop its pursuit of Oxford by March 28....
...And it, too, was subject to M&A speculation after tech rival Spectris had lined up a possible 3,100p a share bid, subsequently withdrawn due to the situation in Ukraine....
...Genuit’s chief executive Joe Vorih, who was appointed in February after previously running the HBK testing business owned by Spectris, is backing himself to continue expanding the business, buying £88,000...
...Spectris said it will firstly use the proceeds to further strengthen its balance sheet....
...Spectris, the precision instrument maker, said fourth-quarter trading had been stronger than management’s expectations particularly in December....
...The larger Spectris, for example, has moved into simulators and owns vehicle testing grounds. However, the smaller ABD is growing faster and far more profitably....
...The names that top the list of potential candidates for a break-up or restructuring include FTSE 100 engineer Smiths Group and FTSE 250 groups, Spectris, Weir and IMI....
...Alstom, Outotec, Signify and Smiths all go on to the “buy” list while Legrand and Spectris go down to “underperform”....
...He has also held executive roles at engineering companies Invensys and Spectris....
...● In brief: Ocado raised to “neutral” at UBS; Fuller Smith & Turner upgraded to “buy” at Panmure Gordon; EI Group upgraded to “overweight” at Barclays; SKF downgraded to “neutral” at Merrill Lynch; Spectris...
...cuts Deutsche Telekom to “equal weight”— Cie Automotive cut to “sell” at Société Générale — Credit Suisse starts coverage of ProSieben with “underperform” — BMO raises President Energy to “outperform” — Spectris...
...Exane remains positive on Weir , “a stock where the scale of a 2018 [oil and gas equipment] recovery remains under-appreciated by consensus”, as well as seeing Melrose , Spectris and Vesuvius as good value...
...to “hold” at Berenberg — Credit Suisse cuts Reckitt Benckiser to “neutral” — Investec raises Reckitt Benckiser to “neutral” — Panmure Gordon starts coverage of Seeing Machines and Ricardo with “buy” — Spectris...
...Spectris upgraded to “overweight” at JPMorgan Cazenove. Royal Bank of Scotland raised to “hold” at Investec. Stifel raises Spirax Sarco to “buy”. Macquarie raises Diageo to “neutral”....
...Through its supply of equipment designed to enhance productivity in manufacturing processes, Spectris is reliant upon the wider macroeconomic environment....
...Controls maker Spectris rallied 8.8 per cent to £16.48 after its full-year results matched forecasts....
...The broker also moved to “neutral” on GKN, off 2.7 per cent to 285p, and Spectris, down 4.3 per cent to £15.54....
...selected and I put a particular emphasis on the ‘cheapest’ five, in descending order below: SDL, LSL Property Services, Senior, Anglo-Eastern Plantations and Schroders The other 15 stocks are as follows: Spectris...
...UBS also moved to “sell” ratings on Spectris, down 1.4 per cent to £22.90, and Morgan Advanced Materials, which slipped 2.5 per cent to 345.2p....
...More imaginative speculation reaches as far as Spectris, which makes electrical equipment. But this hope is expressed every time a mid-cap industrial receives a bid, and is realised less often....
...Some analysts have suggested that Melrose, Weir and IMI are likely to be the main contenders making big purchases this year, with smaller acquisitions likely at GKN, Smiths and Spectris....
...Stephen Blair made his second purchase in E2V Technologies this week, having joined the company this year from Spectris, a senior sector peer....
...Spectris, the maker of electrical equipment fell 7.7 per cent to £19.34 after reporting a 10 per cent fall in first half pre-tax profit to £67.3m....
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