E.U. Regulators Approve Oracle's PeopleSoft Bid
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European Union antitrust regulators on Tuesday cleared Oracle Corp.'s hostile $7.7 billion bid for rival business software maker PeopleSoft Inc., removing one of the last major hurdles to the contested takeover proposal.
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European Union regulators suggested Monday they are not bound by a U.S. decision to allow Oracle Corp. to pursue its &#36;7.7 billion bid for rival business software maker PeopleSoft Inc. and are continuing to collect data on the deal.
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The European commission yesterday approved Oracle Corp&#39;s proposed $7.7bn hostile takeover of rival software company PeopleSoft, clearing the last competition hurdle to the deal.
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A federal judge has ruled that Oracle can proceed with its bid to acquire PeopleSoft, saying that the merger would not stifle competition in the market.
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The European Union is set to approve Oracle&#39;s hostile $7.7bn takeover of enterprise apps vendor PeopleSoft, according to Reuters and the Financial Times , both of which cite unnamed sources.
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REDWOOD SHORES, Calif. -- Software giant Oracle Corp. said Wednesday that stockholders of rival PeopleSoft Inc. have tendered about 75 percent of the company&#39;s outstanding shares, granting Oracle control of the company.
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As expected, the European Commission announced Tuesday it has ruled that Oracle Corp. can proceed with its hostile acquisition attempt of PeopleSoft Inc.
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The European Commission gives US software giant Oracle the green light to continue with its takeover for American rival Peoplesoft.
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The California Employees' Retirement System voted Wednesday to tender its 1.5 million PeopleSoft shares to Oracle, giving the hostile suitor a boost in the final days of its takeover bid.
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It looks as though the European Commission is getting ready to permit  Oracle's (Nasdaq: ORCL) US&#36;7.7 billion hostile takeover bid of PeopleSoft (Nasdaq: PSFT). The ruling, which has been  widely anticipated after a similar consideration in the United States also  paved the way for Oracle's takeover, is expected to be handed down before the  end of October.
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Oracle has announced that, as of midnight (US Eastern Standard Time) on Friday 19 November, 228,702,471 shares of PeopleSoft common stock, representing more than 60 per cent of the outstanding shares, had been validly tendered in support of its all-cash
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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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Oracle has taken official control of rival PeopleSoft following this week&#39;s decision by PeopleSoft shareholders to tender 75 percent of outstanding stock holdings to the US database and applications giant.
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EURO UNION antitrust regulators have given the thumbs up for Oracle to carry on with its hostile $7.7 billion bid to buy PeopleSoft.
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STRASBOURG/SAN FRANCISCO - The European Commission on Tuesday approved Oracle Corp.&#39;sproposed US$7.7 billion ($11 billion) hostile takeover of rival business software company PeopleSoft Inc.
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The European Commission on Tuesday cleared Oracle's hostile &#36;7.7 billion bid for rival business-software maker PeopleSoft, lowering the last antitrust hurdle to the contested deal. "There is an absence of sufficient evidence of competitive harm," regulators said in a statement.
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Oracle Corp. ORCL.O on Monday said  rival business software maker PeopleSoft Inc.'s PSFT.O board  has accepted a sweetened purchase offer of about $10.3 billion,  ending a long and bitter hostile takeover battle.