PeopleSoft gives in to Oracle, takes bid
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PeopleSoft Inc. capitulated to Oracle Corp., accepting a sweetened $10.3 billion takeover offer to end an 18-month battle that pitted PeopleSoft against its investors and led to the ouster of its chief executive.
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It&#39;s finally over. Business-software maker PeopleSoft (PSFT) agreed to be acquired by rival Oracle (ORCL) for $10.3 billion Monday, ending 18
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PeopleSoft Inc.&#39;s board of directors unanimously rejected Oracle Corp.&#39;s takeover offer Saturday, Nov. 20, only hours after PeopleSoft stockholders tendered a majority of their shares in favor of the deal.
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The Oracle-PeopleSoft takeover battle may have finally entered its endgame, with Oracle Corp upping its bid and for the first time imposing a deadline for PeopleSoft Inc shareholders to accept it.
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PeopleSoft Inc. on Monday agreed  to a sweetened $10.3 billion buyout by rival software maker  Oracle Corp., relenting after a 18-month takeover saga that  included the ouster of PeopleSoft's chief executive.
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Oracle Corp. finally scooped up bitter rival PeopleSoft Inc. after 18 months of legal and verbal strife, ending a nasty feud with a &#36;10.3 billion deal that promises to shake up the business software industry.
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UPDATED: Oracle (Quote, Chart) has upped its offer for PeopleSoft (Quote, Chart) to $24 per share, in what it called its final bid for the elusive enterprise applications company it has been trying to acquire since June 2003.
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Oracle has signed an agreement to acquire PeopleSoft for about $10.3 billion, the companies said this morning.
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PeopleSoft Inc. on Monday agreed to a sweetened $10.3 billion buyout by rival software maker Oracle Corp., relenting after a 18-month takeover saga that included the ouster of PeopleSoft&#39;s chief executive.
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Oracle Corp. said on Wednesday it has  taken control of PeopleSoft Inc., now that about 75 percent of  shareholders of the rival software maker have tendered their  shares.
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Oracle Corp.&#39;s 18-month struggle to gain control of PeopleSoft Inc. drew to a close this morning when PeopleSoft&#39;s board agreed to a new $10.3 billion takeover offer.
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Oracle made its âbest and finalâ offer of $24 per share of PeopleSoft today (November 1). The all-cash offer values PeopleSoft at $9.
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A PeopleSoft Inc.  board member told a Delaware court on Tuesday that the software maker would consider a bid from its rival Oracle Corp.  provided the price was right and a deal closed quickly.
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SAN FRANCISCO -- Ending 18 months of hostility, Oracle Corp. has raised its takeover bid for rival PeopleSoft Inc. by 10 per cent to seal a $10.3-billion US deal that will create the world&#39;s second-largest maker of business applications software.
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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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PeopleSoft Inc. PSFT.O on  Monday agreed to a sweetened $10.3 billion buyout by rival  software maker Oracle Corp. ORCL.O, relenting after a  18-month takeover saga marked by personal insults, courtroom  battles and the ouster of PeopleSoft's chief executive.
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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.