M&A Deal Summary

PeopleSoft Acquires J.D. Edwards

On June 2, 2003, PeopleSoft acquired software company J.D. Edwards for 1.8B USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is PeopleSoft’s 6th transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is PeopleSoft’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is PeopleSoft’s 6th transaction in the United States.
  • This is PeopleSoft’s 1st transaction in Colorado.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2003-06-02
Target J.D. Edwards
Sector Software
Buyer(s) PeopleSoft
Deal Type Merger
Deal Value 1.8B USD

Target

J.D. Edwards

Denver, Colorado, United States
J.D. Edwards was a provider of manufacturing-integration software for mid-sized enterprise customers.

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Buyer

PeopleSoft

Pleasanton, California, United States

Category Company
Founded 1987
Sector Software
Employees12,100
DESCRIPTION

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.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 6 of 7
Sector (Software) 6 of 7
Type (Merger) 2 of 2
State (Colorado) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 6 of 7
Year (2003) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2002-01-11 Annuncio Software

Mountain View, California, United States

Annuncio provides marketing automation solutions for email and web customer interaction that enables companies to automate and personalize online customer business interactions a single integrated CRM solution.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-01-13 Distinction Software

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Distinction Software Inc. is a producer of supply-chain planning systems and solutions.

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