takeover shareholders
Oracle pumps up prices, BEA takes the hit
News BEA shareholders had originally resisted the takeover before finally agreeing to a purchase price of $8.5bn - up from an original offer of $6.7bn. Many Oracle customers only became customers of the company when its fraught takeover of BEA Systems... [24 Jun 2008]
Yahoo! vs Icahn: War of words
News to rescind anti-takeover defences and merge with Microsoft, writing "even I am amazed at the length Jerry Yang and the Yahoo! The company labelled as "patently untrue" key assertions contained in the complaint filed by lawyers for two US pension... [05 Jun 2008]
Microsoft board meets over Yahoo! - but no decisions
News over its takeover bid but failed to reach a decision on what to do next, according to a Wall Street Journal report. s major shareholders are looking for. and its major shareholders want significantly more money, according to the Journal. [01 May 2008]
Microsoft dashes Yahoo!'s hopes of higher bid
News no hope of a higher takeover price, and said it is ready to go hostile or even call off its bid if Yahoo! shareholders if a deal is not reached by this Saturday. shareholders or to withdraw our proposal and focus on other opportunities," either... [25 Apr 2008]
Yahoo! reports positive profits - Microsoft unconcerned
News posted a better-than-expected quarterly profit yesterday but failed to deliver the outstanding results its shareholders hoped might force Microsoft to raise its takeover bid. to strike a deal or face a hostile takeover battle and a lower offer. [23 Apr 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 08.02.08
Round-Up takeover bid is about advertising isn't it? For more chinwaggin' on the takeover bid, get an earful of the silicon.com podcast. But what about Microsoft shareholders? Redmond, Seattle. The office of Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. [08 Feb 2008]
Yahoo! bides its time with Microsoft bid
News has said its response to Microsoft's unsolicited $44.6bn takeover bid will not be immediate. That process will take some time but the Board will ultimately pursue the option that it believes can best maximise value for our shareholders," Yahoo! [04 Feb 2008]
Oracle warns BEA it won't wait forever
News Oracle is no stranger to hostile-takeover battles, after waging an 18-month proxy fight to acquire PeopleSoft in 2004, a campaign that included a legal tangle with antitrust regulators who opposed the deal. [24 Oct 2007]
iSoft's Oz takeover gets shareholder thumbs-up
News NHS software supplier iSoft's shareholders have "overwhelmingly" approved IBA Health's £166m takeover offer. The takeover will make IBA the world's fourth largest e-health group. The deal offers iSoft shareholders 69p cash for each share... [08 Oct 2007]
Surprise bidder makes a play for iSoft
News In an abrupt about-turn, medical software company iSoft has advised its shareholders against a takeover offer from the Australian group IBA - instead recommending a bid from German company CompuGroup. [23 Jul 2007]
iSoft bought by Oz healthcare company
News The possibility of a takeover of iSoft has been apparent for months, and has played a part in revitalising the company's share price - valued in the terms of the IBA deal at 58.1p per share. Henry will have overall responsibility for the... [17 May 2007]
iSoft the target of takeover talks?
News The AIDB is probing the actions of several current and former executives.iSoft said last week that it is "continuing to consider a number of options to determine the most appropriate route forward for the company and its shareholders" - an... [19 Feb 2007]
Virgin Mobile-NTL deal to go through this week?
News NTL's attempted takeover of Virgin Mobile could be going ahead as early as this week. The Financial Times also reported that Virgin Mobile's CEO Tom Alexander has been persuaded to stay on once the takeover has been agreed. [20 Feb 2006]
NTL raids Branson's piggybank for new Virgin bid
News It's thought the increased bid will persuade Virgin Mobile's shareholders to accept the takeover. Branson will fund the extra 12p per share from the proceeds he will receive from the sale of Virgin Mobile, and will go on to hold 13 per cent of NTL... [16 Jan 2006]
Swisscom's Irish buy in jeopardy
News It's since come to light that the Swiss government's representative on Swisscom's board has been instructed to vote against the takeover, in favour of distributing the cash required for the buy among shareholders. [28 Nov 2005]
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