Oracle takes control of PeopleSoft -- finally
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Business software group Oracle Corp. announced that it had taken control of rival PeopleSoft by grabbing 75 percent of its stock, ending a rancorous 18-month struggle.
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Oracle Corp. won European Union approval for its hostile $7.7 billion takeover offer for PeopleSoft Inc., removing the last regulatory hurdle to the bid.
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Finally! After 18 months, PeopleSoft Inc. has agreed to be acquired by Oracle Corp. for $26.50 a share in cash, or around $10.3 billion, after rebuffing several offers and being taken to court for instituting a controversial takeover defense.
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Oracle has signed a definitive agreement to acquire PeopleSoftÂ for $26.50 per share, or approximately $10.3 billion, the companies said Monday, ending an acrimonious takeover battle that has lasted for more than 18 months.
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December 30, 2004 - One day after PeopleSoft Chief Executive Dave Duffield resigned, Oracle announced that it has taken control of its rival, as 75 percent of PeopleSoft shareholders have tendered their shares.
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Software giant Oracle Corp. said Wednesday that stockholders of rival PeopleSoft Inc. have tendered about 75 percent of the company's outstanding shares, granting Oracle control of the company.
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Oracle Corp. has taken control of PeopleSoft Inc. , ending an 18-month fight and making Oracle the world's number two maker of business management software.
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DECEMBER 15, 2004  - For the first time since closing a deal to purchase rival PeopleSoft Inc. for $13.3 billion, Oracle Corp.
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PeopleSoft Inc.  on Monday agreed to a sweetened &#36;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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Yesterday, Oracle said 75 percent of PeopleSoft shareholders tendered their shares. That officially puts Oracle in charge, moving it closer to closing the contentious $10.3 billion deal.
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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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Oracle has boldly claimed that it now has full control of PeopleSoft, although its takeover is actually not quite done. Oracle on Tuesday revealed that close to 75 per cent of PeopleSoft shares had been tendered by investors.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 13 -- Software maker PeopleSoft Inc. announced Monday that it had agreed to be acquired by Oracle Corp. in a &#36;10.3 billion deal, ending one of the longest and nastiest takeover battles in recent corporate history.
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When Craig Conway took charge at PeopleSoft in 1999, the maverick ex-Oracle salesman was given free rein to turn around the software maker's country-club atmosphere and whip it into shape for fierce competition. And, in large part, he succeeded.
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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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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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The news that Oracle has formerly taken control of PeopleSoft and that David Duffield has resigned as PeopleSoft&#39;s CEO comes as no surprise.