Oracle's Hostile Bid for PeopleSoft

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In a paper of three pages, the author sought to answer the following questions: 1. In what ways was the Oracle bid for PeopleSoft unusual? 2. What were the relevant conditions that needed to be considered by the PeopleSoft independent board of directors in determining if the sale of the company was in the best interest of the shareholders? 3. What was the "poison pill" that had been adopted by PeopleSoft board of directors? There are three sources used in this paper.