Oracle Moves One Step Closer in Its Bid to Take Over a Rival
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Oracle proclaimed a symbolic victory Saturday after 61 percent of PeopleSoft stockholders accepted its $9.2 billion takeover offer.
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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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Oracle Corp.&#39;s hostile bid to acquire rival enterprise software maker PeopleSoft Inc. for $7.7 billion is set to continue for a bit longer.
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Software giant Oracle has finally taken control of rival PeopleSoft after an 18-month takeover battle. Wednesday, Oracle said that 75% of PeopleSoft shareholders have tendered their shares.
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Oracle won a key legal victory in its quest to buy PeopleSoft last week, but the grueling war for control of its software rival is far from over, industry analysts say.
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Takeover battle likely to drag on as Oracle faces other obstacles in merger quest.
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Less than a month after a federal court ruled that Oracle could pursue its hostile takeover of PeopleSoft, and almost immediately after PeopleSoft on Friday fired Craig Conway, its chief executive, the skirmish between the two companies is shifting to a
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Oracle Corp. has completed its acquisition of rival business software maker PeopleSoft Inc., bringing a formal end to a tumultuous takeover saga.
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Oracle&#39;s hostile takeover bid for PeopleSoft has sparked plenty of fireworks over the past 18 months. It also has highlighted a more subtle dilemma: Oracle&#39;s struggles to expand in a maturing software industry.
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Bolstered by investors, Oracle Corp. appears destined to complete its long-sought takeover of PeopleSoft Inc. unless its rival becomes more profitable and proves it is worth more than the &#36;9.2 billion bid currently on the table.
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Oracle Corp. CEO Larry Ellison is girding for a showdown with business applications software leader SAP AG and becoming more friendly with frequent rival IBM Corp. as his software company seeks higher profits from its recently completed takeover of PeopleSoft Inc.
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Washington, Nov. 20 : After a bitter 18-month battle, Oracle has succeeded in taking control of more than 60 per cent of outstanding shares of rival business software group PeopleSoft, but obstacles to the hostile takeover remain.
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Even as it works to clear the last hurdles of its $10.3 billion takeover of PeopleSoft, Oracle is working to decide how best to execute on the merger and handle customer requests.
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For the past 18 months, Oracle has been locked in a battle to acquire rival PeopleSoft involving courtroom drama, poison pills, personal enmity and, recently, the departure of PeopleSoft&#39;s CEO Craig Conway.
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WASHINGTON, NOV 20 : After a bitter 18-month battle Oracle Corporation has succeeded in taking control of more than 60% of outstanding shares of rival business software group PeopleSoft, but obstacles to the hostile takeover remain.
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SAN FRANCISCO Oracle Corporation appears destined to complete its long-sought takeover of rival PeopleSoft. To fight the takeover, PeopleSoft will have to become more profitable and prove it&#39;s worth more than
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SAN FRANCISCO -- Bolstered by investors, Oracle Corp. appears destined to complete its long-sought takeover of PeopleSoft Inc. unless its rival becomes more profitable and proves it's worth more than the $9.2 billion bid currently on the table.