As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 14, 2006

Registration No. 333-

 

 

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
The Securities Act of 1933

 

Oracle Corporation

Delaware		54-2185193
(State or Other Jurisdiction of		(I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or Organization)		Identification No.)

500 Oracle Parkway
Redwood City, California 94065
(Address, Including Zip Code, of Registrant’s Principal Executive Offices)

SPL WorldGroup Holdings, LLC 2005 Option Plan
SPL WorldGroup Holdings, LLC 2004 Equity Incentive Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)

Daniel Cooperman
Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary
Oracle Corporation
500 Oracle Parkway
Redwood City, California 94065
(650) 506-7000
(Name, Address and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)

copies to:
William Kelly, Esq.
Davis Polk & Wardwell
1600 El Camino Real
Menlo Park, California 94025
Telephone: (650) 752-2000

Proposed Maximum

Proposed Maximum

Amount Of

Title of Securities

Amount To Be

Offering Price

Aggregate Offering

Registration

To Be Registered

Registered (1)(2)(3)

Per Share

Price

Fee

Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (1)

1,473,500

$

18.74

(4)

$

27,613,390

$

2,955

(1) This registration statement (the “Registration Statement”) registers the issuance of an aggregate of 1,473,500 shares of the common stock of Oracle Corporation (the “Registrant”), par value $0.01 (the “Common Stock”), issuable pursuant to equity awards assumed by the Registrant in connection with its acquisition of SPL WorldGroup Holdings, LLC.

(2) Includes rights (“Rights”) issuable pursuant to the Preferred Share Rights Agreement dated January 31, 2006.

(3) Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate number of additional shares that may be offered or issued as a result of stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.

(4) Computed solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rules 457(c) and 457(h) under the Securities Act on the basis of the average of the high and low sale prices of the common stock as reported on the NASDAQ Global Select Market on November 10, 2006.

 

 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

As a result of the consummation on November 2, 2006, of the transactions contemplated by the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of November 2, 2006 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among Oracle Systems Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Registrant and formerly known as Oracle Corporation (“Oracle Systems”), Oracle Acquisition XI Corporation, SPL WorldGroup Holdings, LLC (“SPL”) and OCM/GFI Power Opportunities Fund II, L.P., as the representative of the equityholders of SPL, the Registrant assumed the outstanding equity awards of SPL.

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference

     The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) are incorporated herein by reference:

	1.		The Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2006 filed with the Commission on July 21, 2006 pursuant to Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).
	2.		The Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended August 31, 2006 filed with the Commission on September 25, 2006 pursuant to Section 13 of the Exchange Act.
	3.		The Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on July 14, 2006 pursuant to Section 13 of the Exchange Act.
	4.		The Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on August 16, 2006 pursuant to Section 13 of the Exchange Act.
	5.		The Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on August 21, 2006 pursuant to Section 13 of the Exchange Act.
	6.		The Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on August 23, 2006 pursuant to Section 13 of the Exchange Act.
	7.		The Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on October 12, 2006 pursuant to Section 13 of the Exchange Act.
	8.		The description of the Registrant’s Common Stock included in the Registrant’s registration statement on pages 101 through 102 of Form S-4, as amended (Reg. No. 333-129139), filed with the Commission on December 29, 2005, and the description of the Rights included in the registration statements of Oracle Systems on Form 8-A (as amended) filed on December 10, 1990, January 24, 1994, March 31, 1998 and March 22, 1999, including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such descriptions.

     All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this Registration Statement, and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.

Item 4. Description of Securities

     Not applicable.

Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel

     Christopher Ing, who is issuing the opinion of the Registrant’s Legal Department on the legality of the Registrant’s Common Stock offered hereby, is a Senior Corporate Counsel of the Registrant and holds Common Stock of the Registrant and employee stock options to purchase Common Stock of the Registrant.

Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers

     As permitted by Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law, the Registrant’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation includes a provision that eliminates the personal liability of each of its directors for monetary damages for breach of such director’s fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability: (a) for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the Registrant or its stockholders; (b) for acts of omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of the law; (c) under Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law; or (d) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. The directors’ liability will be further limited to the extent permitted by any future amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law authorizing the further limitation or elimination of the liability of directors. In addition, as permitted by Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, the Bylaws of the Registrant provide that: (i) the Registrant is required to indemnify its directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law, including those circumstances in which indemnification would otherwise be discretionary; (ii) the Registrant is required to advance expenses, as incurred, to such directors and officers in connection with defending a proceeding (except that it is not required to advance expenses to a person against whom the Registrant brings a claim for breach of the duty of loyalty, failure to act in good faith, intentional misconduct, knowing violation of the law or deriving an improper personal benefit); (iii) the rights conferred in the Bylaws are not exclusive and the Registrant is authorized to enter into indemnification agreements with such directors, officers and employees; (iv) the Registrant is required to maintain director and officer liability insurance to the extent it determines that such insurance is reasonably available; and (v) the Registrant may not retroactively amend the Bylaw provisions in a way that is adverse to such directors and officers.

     The Registrant has entered into indemnification agreements with its directors and a number of its officers containing provisions which provide for the indemnification of such director or officer, as applicable, to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law.

     The indemnification provisions in the Bylaws, and any indemnification agreements entered into between the Registrant and its directors or officers, may be sufficiently broad to permit indemnification of the Registrant’s directors and officers for liabilities arising under the Securities Act.

Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed

     Not Applicable.

Item 8. Exhibits

Exhibit No.		Description
4.1		Preferred Shares Rights Agreement, dated January 31, 2006 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant’s Form 8-K filed on February 6, 2006)
5.1		Opinion of Counsel
23.1		Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2		Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
24.1		Power of Attorney (included on signature page hereto)

Item 9. Undertakings

     The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

     (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made pursuant to this Registration Statement, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:

          (i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;

          (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which is registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement;

          (iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this Registration Statement;

provided, however, that paragraphs (i) and (ii) above do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.

     (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

     (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

     The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

     Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the provisions described under “Item 6—Indemnification of Directors and Officers”, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Redwood City, State of California, on this 14th day of November, 2006.

POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Safra A. Catz and Daniel Cooperman, and each of them, as his or her attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution in each, for him or her in any and all capacities, to sign any amendments to this registration statement on Form S-8 and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature		Title		Date
/s/ Lawrence J. Ellison   Lawrence J. Ellison		Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)		November 13, 2006
/s/ Safra A. Catz   Safra A. Catz		President and Chief Financial Officer and Director (Principal Financial Officer)		November 10, 2006
/s/ Thomas S. Olinger   Thomas Olinger		Vice President, Corporate Controller		November 10, 2006
/s/ Jeffrey O. Henley   Jeffrey O. Henley		Chairman of the Board of Directors		November 10, 2006
/s/ Jeffrey Berg   Jeffrey Berg		Director		November 9, 2006

Signature		Title		Date
/s/ H. Raymond Bingham   H. Raymond Bingham		Director		November 9, 2006
/s/ Michael J. Boskin   Michael J. Boskin		Director		November 10, 2006
/s/ Hector Garcia-Molina   Hector Garcia-Molina		Director		November 10, 2006
/s/ Jack F. Kemp   Jack F. Kemp		Director		November 13, 2006
/s/ Donald L. Lucas   Donald L. Lucas		Director		November 10, 2006
/s/ Charles E. Phillips, Jr.   Charles E. Phillips, Jr.		Director		November 13, 2006
/s/ Naomi O. Seligman   Naomi O. Seligman		Director		November 13, 2006

Exhibit Index

Exhibit No.		Description
4.1		Preferred Shares Rights Agreement, dated January 31, 2006 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant’s Form 8-K filed on February 6, 2006)
5.1		Opinion of Counsel
23.1		Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2		Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
24.1		Power of Attorney (included on signature page hereto)