BEA will talk to anyone for $8.3bn
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We've already established what you are, now we're just working out a price BEA blinked this morning and said it would enter takeover negotiations with Oracle, and anyone else thatâs interested, at a floor of $21 per share.â¦
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The deal, estimated in the past at some $8 billion, should warm relations between the world's top two energy consumers, who have clashed lately over a range of issues from the yuan currency to the Chinese bid ...Comment
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Company carrying out Â£17bn upgrade of network to hold emergency meeting.
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Natalie Massenet of Net-a-porter.com canât wait to get a piece of RM.
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BEA Systems replied Monday to investor Carl Icahn&#39;s demand for a shareholder vote on purchase bids for the company.&quot;The Board and management of BEA Systems are not opposed to an acquisition of the company. In fact, we are currently exploring ways to maximize shareholder value, including the possible sale of the company,&quot; the statement reads in part.The board goes on to repeat its argument that Oracle&#39;s US$17 per share offer, which expired Sunday, was too low. BEA has asked for $21 per share but received no takers to date, or indeed any other public bids at all. Oracle&#39;s offer was worth $6.7 billion, as opposed to the approximately $8.3 billion BEA&#39;s asking price would command.BEA emphasized that it is open to being acquired. &quot;It is important that there be no misunderstanding of the Board&#39;s position. We are opposed to selling the company at $17.00 per share. We are not opposed to selling the company.&quot;Icahn is BEA&#39;s largest shareholder. He said in a statement Friday that he had filed suit in Delaware to force a shareholder meeting. The investor wants BEA&#39;s board to hold an auction sale, at which shareholders could consider offers from the highest bidder.To that end, Oracle did not rule out further bids in a statement released Sunday: &quot;The BEA shareholders should not assume that Oracle will renew its $17 per share offer in the future. Over time many things can change: BEA&#39;s business might materially weaken, the stock market can fall further from its recent record highs, or Oracle may have committed its capital elsewhere.&quot;BEA users have speculated over what might happen to the company&#39;s middleware technologies, should a sale to Oracle or another party go through.BEA&#39;s stock was trading at about $16.70 per share midday Monday.
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BEA agreed to be acquired by Oracle for $8.5 billion, three months after rejecting the database vendor's $6.7 billion offer.
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Oracle has agreed to buy BEA Systems for about $8.5 billion, or $19.375 per share, the companies announced.
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Business software maker Oracle Corp. said Wednesday it agreed to buy BEA Systems Inc. for about $7.85 billion, a compromise price that ends a months-long dispute over the value of the software company.
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BARCELONA, Spain, 3GSM WORLD CONGRESS, Feb. 13  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Italtel, a leading provider of solutions, products and services for next generation IP networks, and BEA Systems, Inc.
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Just three months after BEA handily rejected its original unsolicited bid, Oracle said it would acquire BEA Systems for $8.5 billion.
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Media & professional: After eight years of lobbying, firm wins permission to sell device in world's most populous country.
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Business software maker BEA Systems has agreed to be acquired by Oracle Corp for $8.5 billion, ending a long negotiation over the value of the company.
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BEA Systems Inc  said on  Thursday it is prepared to sell itself for $8.2 billion, which  is a 24 percent premium to a bid from Oracle Corp  that  the business software maker rejected.
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India's state-owned telecom provider signs $8.2 million contract with the company.
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BEA Systems replied Monday to investor Carl Icahn&#39;s demand for a shareholder vote on purchase bids for the company.
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Prices for entry-level model will start at about $800.
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Activist investor Carl Icahn on Friday called for BEA Systems Inc  to auction itself to the highest bidder and let shareholders decide its fate, two days before a $6.7 billion offer from Oracle Corp  was set to lapse.