Oracle to PeopleSoft: &#39;Best and Final Offer&#39;
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UPDATED: Oracle (Quote, Chart) has upped its offer for PeopleSoft (Quote, Chart) to $24 per share, in what it called its final bid for the elusive enterprise applications company it has been trying to acquire since June 2003.
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The Oracle-PeopleSoft takeover battle may have finally entered its endgame, with Oracle Corp upping its bid and for the first time imposing a deadline for PeopleSoft Inc shareholders to accept it.
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PeopleSoft Inc. capitulated to Oracle Corp., accepting a sweetened $10.3 billion offer to end an 18- month battle that pitted PeopleSoft against its shareholders and led to the ouster of its chief executive.
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Oracle (Quote, Chart) issued a final $24 per share offer for PeopleSoft (Quote, Chart), gearing up for a final run at the elusive enterprise applications company it has been trying to acquire since June 2003.
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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 &#36;10.3 billion deal that promises to shake up the business software industry.
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Business software giant Oracle Corp. announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire rival PeopleSoft Inc. after sweetening its offer by 10 percent to approximately $10.3 billion. -The Washington Post
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After 18 months of rancor, Oracle makes PeopleSoft an offer it can't refuse.  Also: IBM, AMD find ways to boost the performance of silicon chips & hellip;.  Survey ranks the most IT savvy countries; U.S. slips to 7th place & hellip;. and more.
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Oracle (nasdaq: ORCL - news - people ) presented its &quot;best and final offer&quot; for takeover prey PeopleSoft (nasdaq: PSFT - news - people ) Monday.
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SAN FRANCISCO -- Ending 18 months of hostility, Oracle Corp. has raised its takeover bid for rival PeopleSoft Inc. by 10 per cent to seal a $10.3-billion US deal that will create the world&#39;s second-largest maker of business applications software.
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PeopleSoft Inc. agreed to be bought by Oracle Corp. for $10.3 billion, giving up an 18-month battle that pitted PeopleSoft against its shareholders, drove away customers and led to the ouster of its chief executive.
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The last antitrust obstacle to Oracle&#39;s takeover bid has been cleared. Now, one way or another, investors want this soap opera to end.
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Oracle has put up its &quot;best and final&quot; offer for PeopleSoft at US$24 per share. The new price is up $3 from Oracle&#39;s last offer, and is in excess of PeopleSoft&#39;s 52-week closing price high.
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Oracle chalked up a key victory Friday in its battle to acquire PeopleSoft, with investors agreeing to sell the suitor 60 percent of PeopleSoft&#39;s outstanding shares.
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Software maker PeopleSoft Inc. announced Monday that it had agreed to be acquired by Oracle Corp. in a $10.3 billion deal, ending one of the longest and nastiest takeover battles in recent corporate history.
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&quot;The board concluded that PeopleSoft is worth substantially more than Oracle&#39;s latest offer. We are a vibrant, strong company with a focused, motivated management
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An end to the takeover squabble between Oracle and PeopleSoft may not be in sight even though, in what it called a &quot;best and final&quot; offer, Oracle upped its unsolicited bid by 14 percent, to $24 per share.
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With PeopleSoft&#39;s stockholders tendering more than 60 percent of shares, Oracle&#39;s takeover bid looks poised for success. By Associated Press.