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16 Jan 2008

Oracle pays $8.5B to acquire BEA Systems.  It’s not Oracle’s biggest deal, in 2005, Larry Ellison shelled out a whopping $10.3B to acquire Peoplesoft.

To see where this deal sits in terms of other M&A in the same range (not adjusted for inflation), see our snapshot of M&A deals:

And to see a comprehensive list of the largest M&As of all time, click here.

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