Oracle May Drop Its PeopleSoft Bid Lower
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Oracle co-president Safra Catz said today Oracle's hostile $7.7 billion bid for PeopleSoft could drop by one-third to one-fourth.
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Oracle said clearance for the bid from the European Union, granted last week, prompted the move. Oracle hopes the higher price will persuade PeopleSoft to drop its remaining obstacles to the deal.
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WILMINGTON, Delaware A co-president of Oracle has testified that she expects PeopleSoft&#39;s earnings to continue dropping and suggested that Oracle may lower its hostile bid of $21 a share even though she acknowledged that a new price is not before the board
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After much speculation that it would raise its bid yet again, Oracle Corp. Monday morning announced its latest offer for PeopleSoft Inc.
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With Oracle&#39;s (ORCL:Nasdaq - news - research) $24-a-share offer for PeopleSoft (PSFT:Nasdaq - news - research) set to expire late Friday night, the database giant has thrown cold water on the notion that the price could go higher.
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The board of PeopleSoft Inc. Wednesday rejected Oracle Corp.'s $24-a-share hostile takeover bid as too cheap, but said it was open to a deal at a higher price. -The Washington Post
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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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Oracle Corp could reduce its offer for PeopleSoft Inc by as much as a third, to $2.5 billion or $14 a share, to reflect declining performance at the rival company, an Oracle executive reportedly testified yesterday.
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PeopleSoft Inc. said its board remains convinced Oracle Inc.&#39;s $24-a-share takeover bid is ``inadequate&#39;&#39; and said it will not sell the company for less than it&#39;s worth.
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WILMINGTON, Del. Oct. 5, 2004 - PeopleSoft Inc., which has resisted hostile takeover advances from Oracle Corp. for 16 months, is willing to talk about a deal at the right price, a member of PeopleSoft&#39;s board said Tuesday.
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Oracle Corp., the world&#39;s second-largest software firm, made what it called its last and best offer for rival PeopleSoft Inc. on Monday in a takeover battle that has now raged for almost a year and a half.
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SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) - PeopleSoft shares fell in premarket trade Thursday after the company rejected Oracle&#39;s latest takeover offer of $24 a share, worth at least $8.
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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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PeopleSoft Inc. said it&#39;s willing to discuss a bid by Oracle Corp. at the ``right&#39;&#39; price, the first time officials have raised the possibility of ending the companies&#39; 16-month takeover fight.
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The board of PeopleSoft Inc. yesterday rejected Oracle Corp.'s &#36;24-a-share hostile takeover bid as too cheap, but said it was open to a deal at a higher price.
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SAN FRANCISCO - While it has so far rejected each of Oracle Corp.'s takeover offers, PeopleSoft Inc.'s board of directors is willing to talk about a deal at the right price, a member of PeopleSoft's board said Tuesday.
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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.