Majority of PeopleSoft shareholders accept Oracle bid
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NOVEMBER 20, 2004 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - A majority of PeopleSoft Inc.&#39;s shareholders gave Oracle Corp. the green light to continue its hostile bid for control of the company, tendering more than 60 percent
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Oracle (Quote, Chart) has taken majority ownership of PeopleSoft (Quote, Chart) after that company&#39;s stockholders tendered roughly 75 percent of their shares in favor of the $10.3 billion acquisition.
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Updated: Oracle receives tender offers for more than 60 percent of the outstanding PeopleSoft shares and calls for talks to reach a formal buyout agreement.
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Yesterday, Oracle said 75 percent of PeopleSoft shareholders tendered their shares. That officially puts Oracle in charge, moving it closer to closing the contentious $10.3 billion deal.
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PeopleSoft Inc. (PSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) on Monday agreed to a sweetened $10.3 billion buyout by rival software maker Oracle Corp.
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Oracle has won backing from slightly more than 60% of PeopleSoft Inc. shareholders in its $9.2 billion hostile takeover. Friday evening, the software maker announced that 228.7 million out of the roughly 376
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Oracle Corp. early Wednesday declared that it had won control of PeopleSoft Inc. after stockholders tendered about 75 percent of the outstanding shares of the Pleasanton, Calif.
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Oracle has signed a definitive agreement to acquire PeopleSoftÂ for $26.50 per share, or approximately $10.3 billion, the companies said Monday, ending an acrimonious takeover battle that has lasted for more than 18 months.
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Investors welcomed the end of Oracle Corp.'s 18-month battle to take over PeopleSoft Inc., pushing stocks higher Monday. A better-than-expected survey of retail sales also helped the markets.
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PLEASANTON, California The board of directors of PeopleSoft has rejected Oracle&#39;s $9.2 billion takeover bid, continuing its resistance a day after the company&#39;s own shareholders tendered more than 60 percent of stock to Oracle.
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Oracle Corp. Friday said 61 percent of PeopleSoft Inc. shares were tendered for its $24-a-share offer, strengthening Oracle&#39;s hostile bid position as it waits to
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SAN FRANCISCO -- PeopleSoft Inc.'s board of directors rejected Oracle Corp.'s $9.2 billion takeover bid yesterday, thrusting the business software maker's fate into the hands of its shareholders.
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PeopleSoft Inc.&#39;s shareholders have spoken: They want to sell their company to Oracle Corp. for $24 per share. In another victory for Oracle Chief Executive Officer Larry Ellison in his bid to buy PeopleSoft
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Oracle Corp. ORCL.O said on  Wednesday it has taken control of PeopleSoft Inc. PSFT.O, now  that about 75 percent of PeopleSoft's shareholders have  tendered their shares.
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Oracle Corp. recently learned that PeopleSoft will reject Oracle&#39;s $24.00 a share- its best and final offer. The cash tender offer to purchase all of the outstanding shares of PeopleSoft, Inc.
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The European Commission said Tuesday that it has approved Oracle Corp.&#39;s $7.7 billion bid for PeopleSoft Inc., removing the last antitrust obstacle to the hostile takeover attempt.
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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