Oracle, PeopleSoft prepared for midnight offer deadline
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NOVEMBER 19, 2004 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - The midnight expiration of Oracle Corp.&#39;s tender offer to PeopleSoft Inc.&#39;s shareholders for control of the company will either end the software rivals&#39; bitter, 17-month battle tonight -- or increase its ferocity.
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Ending 18 months of bad blood, Oracle raised its takeover bid for bitter rival PeopleSoft by 10 percent to seal a $10.3 billion deal that will create the world&#39;s second largest maker of business applications software.
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Oracle Corp. Friday said 61  percent of PeopleSoft Inc. shares were tendered for its  $24-a-share offer, strengthening Oracle's hostile bid position  as it waits to see if PeopleSoft's board will remove the final  barrier to a deal.
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Business software maker  Oracle  Corp. ORCL.O said on Thursday it extended again its $7.7  billion hostile tender offer for PeopleSoft Inc. PSFT.O, to  Sept. 10, as it awaits a U.S. District Court judge's ruling on  whether the takeover attempt can move forward.
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PeopleSoft said it could accept a takeover bid from Oracle and now needs time to weigh on it. Oracle has been haunting PeopleSoft for 15 months with the possible bid of $7.
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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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With Oracle&#39;s (ORCL:Nasdaq - news - research) $24-a-share offer for PeopleSoft (PSFT:Nasdaq - news - research) set to expire late Friday night, the database giant has thrown cold water on the notion that the price could go higher.
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Oracle Corp. announced on Wednesday the end of an 18-month fight for the takeover of software maker PeopleSoft as 75% of the competitorâs shareholders have agreed to tender their shares to Oracle.
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REDWOOD SHORES, Calif. (Dow Jones/AP) -- Oracle Corp. extended its hostile bid for PeopleSoft Inc. for the 12th time, pushing the tender offer through Oct. 8. In a press release Thursday, Oracle said about
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Oracle Corp. extended its tender offer for PeopleSoft Inc.'s outstanding shares until tomorrow night, after narrowly missing the volume of shares it requires to bring the merger to a speedy close.
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Oracle Corp. went a step closer late Friday night to realising Chief Executive Larry Ellison&#39;s dream of acquiring PeopleSoft Inc.
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SAN FRANCISCO -- Business software maker Oracle Corp. said on Thursday it extended again its $7.7 billion hostile tender offer for PeopleSoft Inc.
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The European Union's competition commissioner is ready to allow Oracle to proceed with its $7.7 billion hostile takeover bid for PeopleSoft, people close to the case said Friday
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Oracle says its latest bid to purchase PeopleSoft is its &quot;best and final offer.&quot; At $24 per share, Oracle&#39;s offer is higher than PeopleSoft&#39;s 24-week high.
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UNDATED The Wall Street Journal reports PeopleSoft is getting ready for a proxy fight at its annual meeting next spring over the Oracle takeover bid.
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The European Union on Thursday set a new deadline of Nov. 9 to conclude its antitrust review of Oracle Corp.'s &#36;7.7 billion takeover bid for rival business software maker PeopleSoft Inc.
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While it waits for a federal court to rule on its hostile bid for PeopleSoft, Oracle (Quote, Chart) is keeping the deal in play. The database giant extended its previously announced tender offer of $21 for