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  • January 2008

    • Oracle Wins BEA With Sweetened $8.5B Bid

      Bloomberg  |  Jan 16, 08 7:51 AM CST

      Oracle Wins BEA With Sweetened $8.5B Bid

      (Newser) - Business software maker Oracle continued its yearlong buying spree, closing a contentious deal with middleware maker BEA Systems after raising its offer to $8.5 billion, or $19.38 a share, Bloomberg reports. In October, Oracle offered BEA $6.7 billion, or $17 per share, and was rejected. Instead BEA, one of the Silicon Valley's last midsize independents, demanded what Oracle termed an "impossibly high" $21. More »

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      Nasdaq  • acquisitions  • Silicon Valley  • software  • Oracle  • BEA Systems  • Larry Ellison  • middleware

  • October 2007

    • BEA Says It’s Worth $8.2B

      Wall Street Journal  |  Oct 25, 07 3:07 PM CDT

      BEA Says It’s Worth $8.2B

      (Newser) - The board of BEA Systems responded to a time-sensitive takeover offer from Oracle today, valuing itself at $8.2 billion—fully $1.5 billion more than the database giant's bid. Oracle’s $17-a-share offer, now two weeks old, will expire on Sunday evening if BEA doesn’t act on it. But the fiercely independent middleware company says a sale at that figure simply isn’t in its “best interests,” the Journal reports. More »

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      mergers and acquisitions  • software  • Carl Icahn  • Oracle  • BEA Systems  • middleware

    • Software Titan Oracle Eyes Another Conquest

      New York Times  |  Oct 13, 07 1:03 PM CDT

      Software Titan Oracle Eyes Another Conquest

      (Newser) - Software maker BEA Systems is under pressure from shareholder Carl Icahn to sell, but executives say this week’s $6.7 billion offer by Oracle is too low. Icahn agreed the unsolicited bid wasn’t good enough but said he was pleased an offer was made, the New York Times reports. Analysts expect Oracle to raise its offer and get BEA. More »

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      software  • Carl Icahn  • takeover  • Oracle  • BEA Systems  • middleware

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