2 major PeopleSoft shareholders split on Oracle deal
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Two of PeopleSoft&#39;s (PSFT) largest shareholders indicated Tuesday that they would split on supporting Oracle&#39;s (ORCL) $8.8 billion takeover bid for its business software rival, plunging the deal into uncertainty.
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The investors have spoken and decided that Oracle buying PeopleSoft for $9.2bn in cash sounds like a pretty good deal. More than 60 percent of PeopleSoft investors tendered their shares to Oracle, giving the
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Business software maker Oracle Corp. is trying to sway the outcome of its &#36;9.2 billion bid for PeopleSoft Inc. by meeting directly with its rival's major shareholders, hoping to persuade them the all-cash offer is their best remaining option.
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PeopleSoft shareholders have until midnight tonight to decide whether to tender their stock in support of Oracle&#39;s $24-per-share offer for the business software concern.
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Oracle Corp.&#39;s epic quest to acquire PeopleSoft Inc. intensified Tuesday when the two warring companies said major institutional investors are taking sides in the battle.
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â¢ 2004-11-22 â¢ Oracle has won a key victory in its battle to acquire PeopleSoft, with PeopleSoft&#39;s investors agreeing to sell Oracle 60 per cent of PeopleSoft&#39;s outstanding shares.
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Decision by Private Capital Management, one of PeopleSoft's largest institutional investors, hurts Oracle's takeover bid.
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The battle for PeopleSoft intensified on Tuesday, with the company&#39;s two top shareholders said to be taking opposite sides in the software maker&#39;s struggle against an $8.8 billion hostile bid by its bigger rival Oracle.
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Calpers joins group of big PeopleSoft investors backing a $9.2 billion Oracle buyout.
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It&#39;s an early Christmas for Oracle Corp.âand PeopleSoft Inc. shareholders. The two companies announced early Monday morning a definitive merger agreement whereby Oracle will acquire PeopleSoft for $26.50 per share, or $10.3 billion.
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Though the long-running Oracle bid to acquire PeopleSoft finally achieved closure, solution providers on Monday had mixed reactions to the deal, expressing both hopes and fears about how it would impact the business applications market.
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Oracle dislikes what PeopleSoft is doing, but it's still buying.
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NOVEMBER 29, 2004  - Embattled ERP software vendor PeopleSoft Inc. last week refused to capitulate in its long-running battle with potential purchaser Oracle Corp.
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Oracle Corp. said it is at an impasse with PeopleSoft Inc., signaling the two software makers will wage a proxy battle to resolve Oracle&#39;s $8.8 billion takeover bid.
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PeopleSoft board of directors might not be supporting it, but almost 60% of the shareholders have given their support to the Oracleâs bid to take over PeopleSoft.
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US software giant Oracle&#39;s $9.2bn (Â£4.9bn) bid for rival Peoplesoft was hanging in the balance on Friday as investors pondered its takeover offer.
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NEW YORK, November 16  - PeopleSoft&#39;s (PSFT.NAS) leading shareholders have disclosed different views on Oracle&#39;s (ORCL) $8.