Oracle Corporation (NYSE: ORCL) today announced the pricing of its sale of $2,750,000,000 of 1.650% Notes due 2026 (the “2026 Notes”), $2,000,000,000 of 2.300% Notes due 2028 (the “2028 Notes”), $3,250,000,000 of 2.875% Notes due 2031 (the “2031 Notes”), $2,250,000,000 of 3.650% Notes due 2041 (the “2041 Notes”), $3,250,000,000 of 3.950% Notes due 2051 (the “2051 Notes”) and $1,500,000,000 of 4.100% Notes due 2061 (the “2061 Notes”). The offering is expected to settle on March 24, 2021, subject to customary closing conditions.
The 2026 Notes will bear interest at the rate of 1.650% per year, the 2028 Notes will bear interest at the rate of 2.300% per year, the 2031 Notes will bear interest at the rate of 2.875% per year, the 2041 Notes will bear interest at the rate of 3.650% per year, the 2051 Notes will bear interest at the rate of 3.950% per year and the 2061 Notes will bear interest at the rate of 4.100% per year. Interest on each series of notes will be payable semi-annually on March 25 and September 25, commencing September 25, 2021.
Oracle intends to use the net proceeds of the offering for general corporate purposes, which includes the repayment of indebtedness, and may also include payment of cash dividends on its common stock, stock repurchases and future acquisitions.
The offering is being made through an underwriting syndicate led by BofA Securities, Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC.
The offering of these securities is made only by means of a prospectus, copies of which may be obtained by contacting: BofA Securities, Inc., NC1-004-03-43, 200 North College Street – 3rd Floor, Charlotte, North Carolina 28255-0001, Attn: Prospectus Department, Telephone: 1-800-294-1322, Email: [email protected]; Citigroup Global Markets Inc., c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717, Telephone: (800) 831-9146; [email protected]; Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Attention: Prospectus Group, 60 Wall Street, New York, NY10005-2836, Toll-Free: (800) 503-4611; [email protected]; J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, 383 Madison Avenue New York, New York 10179, Telephone: 1-212-834-4533; or Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, 608 2nd Avenue South, Suite 1000, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402, Attn: WFS Customer Service, E-Mail: [email protected], Toll-Free: 1-800-645-3751.
The notes are being offered pursuant to an automatically effective shelf registration statement filed by Oracle Corporation with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on March 11, 2021.
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