PeopleSoft To Oracle: Sweeten The Pot
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To probably no one&#39;s surprise, the PeopleSoft board again has rejected Oracle&#39;s $9.2 billion bid for the company as insufficient.
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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.
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Oracle Corp.  on Monday said rival business software maker PeopleSoft Inc.'s  board has accepted a sweetened purchase offer of about &#36;10.3 billion, ending a long and bitter hostile takeover battle.
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SEPTEMBER 23, 2004  - SAN FRANCISCO -- Embattled PeopleSoft Inc. is offering a sweetener to customers to migrate to the latest versions of its products, hopefully allowing it to close more sales
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Under threat of hostile takeover, PeopleSoft offers freebies to customers that migrate to latest software release
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To hear Oracle (Nasdaq: ORCL) tell it, PeopleSoft (Nasdaq: PSFT) users, as well as its stockholders, are becoming more comfortable with -- or at least resigned to -- the idea of Oracle's proposed acquisition of the enterprise software company.
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Oracle&#39;s agreement to buy PeopleSoft for $26.50 per share, or approximately $10.3 billion, means a new era for users of PeopleSoft&#39;s enterprise applications.
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special coverage Assuming Oracle will win its antitrust suit, traders are scooping up PeopleSoft options.
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The bruising takeover battle is over. The blood-letting of 5,000 layoffs has started. Now comes the "soft" sell -- Oracle's strategic sweet talk to convince customers of the benefits of its acquisition of business-software rival PeopleSoft.
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WILMINGTON, Del.  - Oracle Corp. ORCL.O Chief  Executive Larry Ellison said on Friday his company has talked  about revising its current $21-per-share offer to buy rival  PeopleSoft Inc. PSFT.O, although it has focused more on  lowering the bid instead of raising it.
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PeopleSoft Inc. agreed to be bought by Oracle Corp. for $10.3 billion, giving up an 18-month battle that pitted PeopleSoft against its shareholders, drove away customers and led to the ouster of its chief executive.
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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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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 marked  by personal insults, courtroom battles and the ouster of  PeopleSoft's chief executive.
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Sorry to say, one good guy is history at PeopleSoft. And from what can be heard from the company&#39;s board, soon, the exceptional software company itself will soon be a footnote in Oracle&#39;s annual report.
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There are some business stories that read like steamy novels. The torrid, and often sordid, affair that has been the imbroglio between database king Oracle (Nasdaq: ORCL) and
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Oracle dislikes what PeopleSoft is doing, but it's still buying.
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With a major hurdle out of the way but a few more tough ones up ahead, Oracle&#39;s bid to buy PeopleSoft could boil down to one question: What price is right?