Ellison: Oracle may cut its PeopleSoft bid
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Soon after an Oracle director said Oracle&#39;s current US$21 per share offer for control of PeopleSoft may not be its final bid, Oracle Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Larry Ellison countered that the company is as likely to lower its bid as to raise it.
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Two of PeopleSoft's largest shareholders indicated Tuesday that they would split on supporting Oracle's &#36;8.8 billion takeover bid for its business software rival, plunging the deal into uncertainty.
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Peoplesoft Inc does not believe Oracle Corp will back away if shareholders refuse what Oracle has stated is its last and best offer, and it is taking steps to engage in a proxy war next spring if need be.
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Oracle Corp. CEO Larry Ellison raised his company&#39;s offer for rival PeopleSoft Inc. to $24 a share, or $9.2 billion, calling the fifth bid over a 17-month takeover battle the &quot;best and final&quot; offer.
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Can you feel the love? Oracle (nasdaq: ORCL - news - people ) Chief Executive Larry Ellison said again yesterday that that he intends to prevail in his takeover of PeopleSoft (nasdaq: PSFT - news - people
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WILMINGTON, Del. A director at PeopleSoft says the company&#39;s board is ready to drop its resistance to Oracle&#39;s hostile takeover bid -- if it can strike a better deal.
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Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, testifying in a Delaware court as part of Oracle's efforts to get PeopleSoft to pull back anti-takeover measures, denied that his company is trying to kill off its smaller software rival.
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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.
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A source close to the case says a ruling in Justice Dept.'s antitrust suit to stop Oracle from acquiring PeopleSoft may come this week.
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Oracle Corp., bidding $8.8 billion for PeopleSoft Inc., will drop a court battle to strike down PeopleSoft&#39;s takeover defenses unless 50 percent of shares are tendered by Nov. 19.
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Some users and analysts fear that Oracle&#8217;s planned $3.3 billion purchase of Hyperion will cut the negotiating leverage of customers and result in a decrease in product upgrades.
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A director of the Oracle Corporation testified that the company's $7.7 billion hostile bid for PeopleSoft might not be the final offer.
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Oracle Corp. CEO Larry Ellison testified yesterday that the business software maker is leaning toward lowering its $7.7 billion bid for rival PeopleSoft
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Oracle Corp.'s hostile $7.7 billion bid for rival software maker PeopleSoft Inc. could drop by one-third to one-fourth, Oracle copresident Safra Catz said yesterday.
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A PeopleSoft director testified on Tuesday that he would be open to considering Oracle's $7.7 billion offer. But, PeopleSoft executives said the company remains opposed.
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Oracle Corp. on Monday said it asked Peoplesoft Inc.&#39;s board of directors to rescind an anti-takeover provision, two days after a majority of PeopleSoft shareholders tendered their
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PeopleSoft&#39;s profit may drop &quot;significantly&quot; this year and may have trouble surviving on its own, according to testimony Monday by an Oracle executive.