Oracle boosts hostile bid for PeopleSoft to $8.8bn
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Oracle raised its hostile bid for rival business software maker PeopleSoft by 14 percent yesterday, aiming to bring a resolution to the long-running takeover battle between the foes.
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Oracle Corp. ORCL.O on Thursday  won the backing of a key public pension fund in its  $8.8-billion takeover bid for PeopleSoft Inc. PSFT.O and  analysts said they expected a majority of shares to be tendered  its way ahead of a Friday deadline.
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Oracle's $7.7 billion takeover offer for PeopleSoft has been extended several times already and was set to expire today.
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At its user conference yesterday, Oracle continued to send out mixed messages about how it will support PeopleSoft products if it succeeds in its $9.2bn (Â£4.8bn) takeover bid for its rival.
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Oracle finally clinched its bid to scoop up PeopleSoft on Monday, saying it had agreed to purchase the rival business software group for $26.50 a share or $10.3bn.
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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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European Union antitrust regulators have cleared Oracle Corp&#39;s hostile $US7.7 billion ($A10.31 billion) bid for rival business software maker PeopleSoft Inc, removing one of the last major hurdles to the contested merger.
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Updated: Oracle receives tender offers for more than 60 percent of the outstanding PeopleSoft shares and calls for talks to reach a formal buyout agreement.
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The success of Oracle Corp&#39;s (ORCL.O: Quote, Profile, Research) $8.8 billion hostile takeover bid for rival software maker PeopleSoft Inc.
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SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- Oracle late Thursday extended its hostile bid for PeopleSoft for the 13th time, leaving its $7.7 billion offer unchanged at $21 per share.
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ORACLE chief executive Larry Ellison has increased his companyâs offer for rival software company PeopleSoft, and set a deadline for the first time since the hostile takeover bid began in June 2003.
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Oracle sweetened its hostile bid for rival business software maker PeopleSoft to $9.2 billion, a 14% increase aimed at resolving the long-running takeover battle between the bitter foes.
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PeopleSoft finally gave in yesterday and accepted a $10.3bn (Â£5.4bn) takeover proposal from its larger rival Oracle, ending a pursuit that has lasted 18 months and has been marked by bitter personal insults and a series of courtroom battles.
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Oracle Corp. on Monday raised its hostile bid for Peoplesoft Inc. to $9.2 billion, a 14 percent increase over its earlier $7.7 billion bid, which it called its &quot;best and final offer&quot; in the 17-month saga.
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Oracle Corp. has extended its $7.7 billion hostile takeover bid for Pleasanton&#39;s PeopleSoft Inc. until Sept. 10. Redwood City-based Oracle&#39;s previous offer would have expired at 9 pm Friday.
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Oracle yesterday raised its hostile takeover offer for rival software company PeopleSoft by 14%, to $8.8bn (Â£4.37bn), and for the first time set a deadline for acceptance of the bid.
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PeopleSoftÂs top shareholder, Capital Guardian Trust, has decided to support OracleÂs $8.8 billion hostile takeover, but the No. 2 holder, Private Capital Management, has decided against it.