M&A Deal Summary

Oracle Acquires PeopleSoft

On December 13, 2004, Oracle acquired software company PeopleSoft for 10.3B USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Oracle’s 2nd transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is Oracle’s 2nd largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Oracle’s 3rd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Oracle’s 3rd transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2004-12-13
Target PeopleSoft
Sector Software
Buyer(s) Oracle
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 10.3B USD

Target

PeopleSoft

Pleasanton, California, United States
PeopleSoft designs, develops, markets and supports enterprise application software products for use throughout large and medium sized organizations worldwide. These organizations include corporations, educational institutions and national, state, provincial and local government agencies. PeopleSoft offers applications that enable organizations to manage critical business processes and analyze and enhance their relationships with customers, suppliers, employees and partners as well as consulting services to assist customers with implementation, training and support. PeopleSoft was formed in 1987 and was based in Pleasanton, California.

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Buyer

Oracle

Austin, Texas, United States
Category Company
Founded 1977
Sector Software
Employees159,000
Revenue 53.0B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION
Oracle's headquarters in Austin, Texas.
Oracle's headquarters in Austin, Texas.

Oracle provides products and services that address corporate information technology (IT) environments including applications, platforms, and infrastructure. Oracle's products and services are available to customers via cloud computing or on-premises deployment models. Products include database and middleware software, application software, cloud infrastructure software and hardware systems (Oracle Engineered Systems, servers, storage, networking and industry specific products), along with support and related services. Oracle was formed in 1977 and is based in Austin, Texas.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 132
Sector (Software) 2 of 73
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 2 of 124
State (California) 3 of 52
Country (United States) 3 of 114
Year (2004) 2 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 2 of 25
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2004-06-22 Proteus Digital Health

Redwood City, California, United States

Proteus Digital Health is a developer of digital products that collect and aggregate various behavioral, physiological and therapeutic metrics. Proteus Digital Health is based in Redwood City, California.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-03-21 Retek

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Retek and Oracle will accelerate and deliver innovative solutions that streamline and integrate all aspects of retail businesses.

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