PeopleSoft shareholders back Oracle bid
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Oracle Corp CEO Larry Ellison won the backing of PeopleSoft Inc shareholders for his US$8.8 billion hostile takeover bid, taking him a step closer to clinching the deal after a 17-month fight.
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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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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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The European Commission approved Oracle&#39;s proposed $7.7 billion hostile takeover of rival software company PeopleSoft on Tuesday, knocking down the last competition hurdle to the deal.
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Oracle Corp.  on Monday said rival business software maker PeopleSoft Inc.'s  board has accepted a sweetened purchase offer of about &#36;10.3 billion, ending a long and bitter hostile takeover battle.
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Peoplesoft agrees a $10.3bn takeover bid from rival business software firm Oracle, after an 18-month corporate battle.
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PeopleSoft Inc.&#39;s board of directors unanimously rejected Oracle Corp.&#39;s takeover offer Saturday, Nov. 20, only hours after PeopleSoft stockholders tendered a majority of their shares in favor of the deal.
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At its user conference yesterday, Oracle continued to send out mixed messages about how it will support PeopleSoft products if it succeeds in its $9.2bn (Â£4.8bn) takeover bid for its rival.
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PeopleSoft Inc.'s board of directors said it rejected Oracle Corp.'s &#36;9.2 billion takeover bid Saturday, continuing its staunch resistance a day after the company's own shareholders tendered more than 60 percent of stock to Oracle.
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A majority of PeopleSoft'sÂ shareholders gave OracleÂ the green light to continue its hostile bid for control of the company, tendering more than 60 percent of PeopleSoft's outstanding shares into Oracle's $24 per share cash offer by the Friday deadline.
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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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S&amp;P Equity Research maintained ratings for PeopleSoft (nasdaq: PSFT - news - people ) and Oracle (nasdaq: ORCL - news - people ). On Saturday, 61% of PeopleSoft shareholders tendered their stock in favor of Oracle&#39;s offer of $24 a share for the company.
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Software giant Oracle Corp. said Wednesday that stockholders of rival PeopleSoft Inc. have tendered about 75 percent of the company's outstanding shares, granting Oracle control of the company.
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PeopleSoft&#39;s board of directors has approved a takeover deal from Oracle worth around $10.3 billion, ending a bitter takeover attemptthat started more than a year ago and creating a major software maker.
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In the final days before shareholders decide on Oracle's takeover bid for rival software maker PeopleSoft,  PeopleSoft is bracing for the worst. Oracle officials say they won't know until shortly before a  Nov. 19 deadline if a majority of PeopleSoft shareholders support the &#36;8.8 billion offer.
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Oracle Corp. ORCL.O on Monday said  rival business software maker PeopleSoft Inc.'s PSFT.O board  has accepted a sweetened purchase offer of about $10.3 billion,  ending a long and bitter hostile takeover battle.
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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.