Peoplesoft bid battle heats up
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Peoplesoft forecasts stronger-than-expected sales as it prepares to fight a takeover bid from Oracle in court.
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The door is open for Oracle to win its bid for PeopleSoft, and for midmarket ERP vendors to increase their business. By Elena Malykhina.
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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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Oracle is to raise its hostile bid for rival business software maker PeopleSoft to $8.8 billion, calling this its &#39;best and final&#39; offer.
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A major battle is over, but the war for PeopleSoft (PSFT:Nasdaq - news - research) rages on. Executives of the business software giant continued to resist Oracle&#39;s (ORCL:Nasdaq - news - research) $9 billion
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PeopleSoft CEO Craig Conway, who has spent 15 months fighting off Oracle&#39;s hostile takeover attempt, said his company is digging in for a battle it expects to last many more months.
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Oracle has extended the deadline for PeopleSoft investors to tender their shares in its hostile bid to acquire its business software rival--the 11th extension of the offer since Oracle launched the bid more than 15 months ago.
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With PeopleSoft stocksholders reportedly tendering some 60 percent of the company&#39;s shares, Oracle is pressing forward with its proposed hostile takeover.
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PeopleSoft will push ahead with a new marketing alliance and other initiatives in the face of a court ruling that raises the chance that Oracleâs $7.
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Investors continued to bet Friday that most PeopleSoft Inc. shareholders will back Oracle Corp.'s &#36;9.2 billion takeover bid for its bitter rival, further extending a bruising battle that already has dragged on for more than 17 months.
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PeopleSoft Inc. has scheduled its annual meeting for March 25, setting the date for a potentially decisive showdown in a fierce battle to fend off rival Oracle Corp.
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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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PeopleSoft Inc. is trying to create a party-like atmosphere at its annual customer conference, but this week's gathering may feel more like a wake with rival Oracle Corp.'s &#36;7.7 billion takeover bid looming larger than ever.
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ORACLE has extended its hostile bid for PeopleSoft for the 12th time, pushing the tender offer through to October 8. Oracle said in a press release that about 23.
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PeopleSoft CEO Craig Conway, who has spent 15 months fighting off Oracle's hostile takeover attempt, said his company is digging in for a battle it expects to last many more months.
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Oracle&#39;s hostile bid to acquire rival enterprise software maker PeopleSoft for $7.7bn (Â£4.3bn) is set to continue for a bit longer.
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Following its latest rejection, the next stage in Oracle&#39;s battle to buy PeopleSoft is set to begin in a courtroom on Wednesday.