Oracle finally takes control at PeopleSoft
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Eighteen months, three weeks and two days after launching its hostile takeover bid for PeopleSoft, Oracle finally took control of its software rival early on Wednesday.
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After 18 months of playing hard to get, business software maker PeopleSoft (Nasdaq: PSFT) finally decided yesterday to glam itself up in the hope that suitor Oracle (Nasdaq: ORCL) might give it one more look.
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Oracle Corp. ORCL.O said on  Wednesday it has taken control of PeopleSoft Inc. PSFT.O, now  that about 75 percent of shareholders of the rival software  maker have tendered their shares.
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After 18 months of bickering, litigation, executive shuffling, antitrust rulings, and revised offers from Oracle, the PeopleSoft Board finally decided to accept Oracle&#39;s most recent offer of $26.50 per share.
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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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Oracle Corp. finally scooped up bitter 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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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.
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European antitrust regulators ruled Tuesday that Oracle can proceed with its hostile takeover bid for PeopleSoft, clearing the last regulatory hurdle in the protracted and sometimes tumultuous battle.
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Oracle proclaimed a symbolic victory Saturday after 61 percent of PeopleSoft stockholders accepted its $9.2 billion takeover offer.
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SAN FRANCISCO - Oracle Corp. finally scooped up rival PeopleSoft Inc. after 18 months of legal and verbal strife, ending a feud with a $10.3 billion deal that promises to shake up the business software industry.
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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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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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The long-running battle for control of business software company PeopleSoft looks to have finally been concluded in rival Oracle&#39;s favour.
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Oracle Corp.&#39;s $9.2 billion takeover of rival PeopleSoft Inc. neared the finish line early Saturday morning when a majority of stockholders agreed to tender their PeopleSoft shares.
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Software giant Oracle has finally taken control of rival PeopleSoft after an 18-month takeover battle. Wednesday, Oracle said that 75% of PeopleSoft shareholders have tendered their shares. That officially puts Oracle in charge, moving it one step closer to closing the contentious &#36;10.3 billion deal.
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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.