Peoplesoft bid battle heats up
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The battle for PeopleSoft intensified on Tuesday, with the company&#39;s two top shareholders said to be taking opposite sides in the software maker&#39;s struggle against an $8.8 billion hostile bid by its bigger rival Oracle.
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No one can envy the position of PeopleSoft (Nasdaq: PSFT) executives as they enter their annual Connect user conference this week. Last year's show was dominated by speculation over Oracle's (Nasdaq: ORCL) hostile takeover bid for the company -- a prospect they hoped would be squelched by this year.
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Oracle Corp. (ORCL.O: Quote, Profile, Research) on Monday raised its hostile takeover offer for rival software company PeopleSoft Inc.
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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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A battle between rival shareholder groups is brewing in advance of Friday&#39;s final deadline for tendering shares to Oracle in support of its $9bn hostile takeover bid for rival PeopleSoft.
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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 set the clock on Friday on what may be the final battle in a prolonged war with Oracle. The software firm plans to hold its annual shareholder meeting on March 25, when the firm&#39;s shareholders may
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PeopleSoft said Thursday that it would begin meeting with investors to lobby for their rejection of Oracle&#39;s hostile $8.8 billion acquisition offer.
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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.
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Oracle raised its hostile tender offer for PeopleSoft today to $24 a share from $21 a share. The higher bid, which values Peoplesoft at $9.
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The battle for who will ultimately control business software maker PeopleSoft (Nasdaq: PSFT) is reaching a fever pitch not seen since the red state-blue state smackdown from earlier this month.
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Oracle Corp. Chief Executive Larry Ellison&#39;s $8.8 billion hostile bid to buy PeopleSoft Inc. may benefit from arbitragers who have loaded up on the stock and are likely to tender their shares.
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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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PeopleSoft's board is willing to talk about a deal if the price is right.
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The stakes are so high in Oracle&#39;s interminable campaign to buy out PeopleSoft that both companies could end up bleeding themselves to exhaustion in this war of attrition.
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Oracle has opened a new front in its 17-month battle to take over PeopleSoft, announcing a slate of nominees to challenge the rival software companyâs existing board of directors at its annual meeting next year.
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Software giant Oracle Corp. began its legal battle with rival PeopleSoft Inc. in Delaware Chancery Court Monday, the first of two cases expected to bring the national business media to the state&#39;s famed court of equity this month.