Oracle clears US hurdle for PeopleSoft
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Oracle has made a huge step towards victory in its hostile takeover bid for rival business software company PeopleSoft, as the US federal courts rejected the Department of Justice&#39;s attempt to block the takeover bid.
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Following a U.S. judge's lead, regulators eliminate final regulatory hurdle to Oracle's hostile takeover bid.
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The European Commission is set to give US software giant Oracle the go-ahead to take over arch-rival PeopleSoft in a $7.7 billion (4.
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Oracle chalked up a key victory Friday in its battle to acquire PeopleSoft, with investors agreeing to sell the suitor 60 percent of PeopleSoft&#39;s outstanding shares.
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WASHINGTON : After a bitter 18-month battle Oracle Corp has succeeded in taking control of more than 60 percent of outstanding shares of rival business software group PeopleSoft, but obstacles to the hostile takeover remain.
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Oracle Corp. will win unconditional European Union approval for its $7.7 billion bid for PeopleSoft Inc., ending the longest-ever merger review by EU antitrust regulators, according to people familiar with the situation.
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Oracle Corp. finally scooped up rival PeopleSoft Inc. after 18 months of legal and verbal strife, ending a nasty feud with a $10.3 billion deal that promises to shake up the business software industry.
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The judge presiding over the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) attempt to block Oracle Corp.'s proposed takeover of rival software maker PeopleSoft Inc. ruled in Oracle's favor on Thursday, removing one obstacle preventing the hostile acquisition.  The decision means Oracle's fifteen-month campaign to buy PeopleSoft through a $7.7 billion cash tender offer to PeopleSoft's shareholders will continue.  "Because plaintiffs have not shown by a preponderance of the evidence that the merger of Oracle and PeopleSoft is likely substantially to lessen competition in a relevant product and geographic market ... the court directs the entry of judgment against plaintiffs and in favor of defendant Oracle," U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California Judge Vaughn Walker wrote in his ruling.  The decision is a setback for PeopleSoft and a significant blow to the DOJ, but it's far from a green light for Oracle. From the start, the biggest obstacle to the deal has been PeopleSoft's "poison pill," an anti-takeover provision in its bylaws that allows it to manipulate its shares to make a hostile acquisition prohibitively expensive. Oracle is challenging the legality of PeopleSoft's poison pill; trial on that case is scheduled to commence Sept. 27 in Delaware's Court of Chancery.  Oracle in a first reaction to the ruling said that it removes a significant roadblock to the acquisition. "This decision puts the onus squarely on the board of PeopleSoft to meet with us and to redeem their poison pill so that the shareholders can accept our offer," Oracle Chairman Jeffrey Henley said in a statement.  However, Oracle also has to convince PeopleSoft's shareholders to take advantage of its buyout offer. The company is offering $21 per share. So far, only 21.7 million of PeopleSoft's shares, 6 percent of the company's outstanding total, had been tendered into Oracle's offer as of Aug 27. That percentage may rise with the DOJ's defeat, as shareholders anticipate a better chance Oracle's bid will be successful.  PeopleSoft's shares (PSFT) ended trading Thursday on the Nasdaq exchange at $17.95. The shares bounced up 15.26 percent in after-hours trading to $20.69.  Oracle and PeopleSoft also remain locked in another legal battle in California's Alameda County Superior Court, where PeopleSoft has charged Oracle with unfair business practices. Oracle countered with a complaint accusing PeopleSoft of illegally refusing to seriously evaluate Oracle's bid, and of improperly creating a "customer assurance program" that could make an Oracle acquisition of PeopleSoft very costly if Oracle. The case is schedule for trial in November.
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European antitrust regulators ruled Tuesday that Oracle can proceed with its hostile takeover bid for PeopleSoft, clearing the last regulatory hurdle in the protracted and sometimes tumultuous battle.
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Larry Ellison&#39;s software maker Oracle yesterday got the green light from a US federal judge for its US$7.7 billion takeover of smaller rival PeopleSoft, sending PeopleSoft shares up 15 per cent.
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US stocks rallied on Monday after software maker PeopleSoft Inc. (PSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) accepted rival Oracle Corp.&#39;s (ORCL.
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DECEMBER 29, 2004 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - Oracle Corp. has taken over control of PeopleSoft Inc. by buying 75% of the PeopleSoft&#39;s outstanding shares from its stockholders, Oracle announced today.
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â¢ 2004-11-22 â¢ Oracle has won a key victory in its battle to acquire PeopleSoft, with PeopleSoft&#39;s investors agreeing to sell Oracle 60 per cent of PeopleSoft&#39;s outstanding shares.
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Oracle Corp. announced on Wednesday the end of an 18-month fight for the takeover of software maker PeopleSoft as 75% of the competitorâs shareholders have agreed to tender their shares to Oracle.
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Oracle is one step closer to taking over rival PeopleSoft now that a federal judge has ruled against the federal government&#39;s effort to thwart the $7.
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SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON  - A U.S. federal judge  on Thursday gave Oracle Corp. a green light to proceed with its  hostile bid to take over rival business software maker  PeopleSoft Inc., rejecting the government's bid to block the  $7.7 billion deal.
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PeopleSoft&#39;s board of directors has approved a takeover deal from Oracle worth around $10.3 billion, ending a bitter takeover attemptthat started more than a year ago and creating a major software maker.