Oracle Corp 10-Q for FY2024 Q1
Oracle Corp (ORCL)
About this 10-Q
Oracle Corp filed this 10-Q on September 12, 2023, covering the quarter ended August 31, 2023 (FY2024 Q1).
Headline figures
Quarter ended August 31, 2023, as reported in this filing, compared with the same period a year earlier where the filing states it.
- Revenue
- $12.45B
- up 8.8% from $11.45B a year earlier
- Net income
- $2.42B
- up 56.3% from net income of $1.55B a year earlier
- Diluted EPS
- $0.86
- up 53.6% from $0.56 a year earlier
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ORACLE CORPORATION
FORM 10-Q QUARTERLY REPORT
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of August 31, 2023 and May 31, 2023 |
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Cautionary Note on Forward-Looking Statements
For purposes of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (this Quarterly Report), the terms “Oracle,” “we,” “us” and “our” refer to Oracle Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries. This Quarterly Report contains statements that are not historical in nature, are predictive in nature, or that depend upon or refer to future events or conditions or otherwise contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), and Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act). These include, among other things, statements regarding:
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as well as other statements regarding our future operations, financial condition and prospects, and business strategies. Forward-looking statements may be preceded by, followed by or include the words “anticipates,” “believes,” “endeavors,” “estimates,” “expects,” “intends,” “is designed to,” “plans,” “seeks,” “should,” “strives,” “will” and similar expressions. We claim the protection of the safe harbor for forward-looking statements contained in the Exchange Act and the Securities Act for all forward-looking statements. We have based these forward-looking statements on our current expectations and projections about future events. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions about our business that could affect our future results and could cause those results or other outcomes to differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, those discussed in “Risk Factors” included in documents we file from time to time with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2023 and our other Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q to be filed by us in our fiscal 2024, which runs from June 1, 2023 to May 31, 2024.
We have no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or risks, except to the extent required by applicable securities laws. If we do update one or more forward-looking statements, no inference should be drawn that we will make additional updates with respect to those or other forward-looking statements. New information, future events or risks could cause the forward-looking events we discuss in this Quarterly Report not to occur. You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which reflect our expectations only as of the date of this Quarterly Report.
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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Financial Statements (Unaudited)
ORACLE CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
As of August 31, 2023 and May 31, 2023
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Oracle Corporation stockholders’ equity: |
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ORACLE CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
For the Three Months Ended August 31, 2023 and 2022
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Operating expenses: |
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Cloud services and license support(1) |
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Research and development |
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Operating income |
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Interest expense |
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Net income |
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Earnings per share: |
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Weighted average common shares outstanding: |
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ORACLE CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
For the Three Months Ended August 31, 2023 and 2022
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Net income |
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Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax: |
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Comprehensive income |
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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIT)
For the Three Months Ended August 31, 2023 and 2022
(Unaudited)
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Balance, beginning of period |
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Other, net |
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Balance, beginning of period |
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Repurchases of common stock |
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Net income |
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Balance, end of period |
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Other stockholders’ equity (deficit), net |
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Balance, beginning of period |
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Other comprehensive income (loss), net |
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Other, net |
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Balance, end of period |
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Total stockholders’ equity (deficit) |
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Cash dividends declared per common share |
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ORACLE CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
For the Three Months Ended August 31, 2023 and 2022
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Cash flows from operating activities: |
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Net income |
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Other, net |
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Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of effects from acquisitions: |
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Decrease in trade receivables, net |
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Decrease in prepaid expenses and other assets |
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Net cash provided by operating activities |
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Proceeds from sales and maturities of marketable securities and other investments |
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Acquisitions, net of cash acquired |
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Net cash used for investing activities |
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Cash flows from financing activities: |
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Payments for repurchases of common stock |
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Proceeds from issuances of common stock |
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Other, net |
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Fair values of stock awards assumed in connection with acquisitions |
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ORACLE CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
August 31, 2023
(Unaudited)
Basis of Presentation
We have prepared the condensed consolidated financial statements included herein pursuant to the rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC). Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations. However, we believe that the disclosures herein are adequate to ensure the information presented is not misleading. These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2023.
We believe that all necessary adjustments, which consisted only of normal recurring items, have been included in the accompanying financial statements to present fairly the results of the interim periods. The results of operations for the interim periods presented are not necessarily indicative of the operating results to be expected for any subsequent interim period or for the fiscal year ending May 31, 2024.
During the first quarter of fiscal 2024, we finalized our
Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash
Restricted cash that was included within cash and cash equivalents as presented within our condensed consolidated balance sheets as of August 31, 2023 and May 31, 2023 and our condensed consolidated statements of cash flows for the three months ended August 31, 2023 and 2022 was nominal.
Remaining Performance Obligations from Contracts with Customers
Trade receivables, net of allowance for credit losses, and deferred revenues are reported net of related uncollected deferred revenues in our condensed consolidated balance sheets as of August 31, 2023 and May 31, 2023. The revenues recognized during the three months ended August 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively, that were included in the opening deferred revenues balances as of May 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively, were approximately $
Remaining performance obligations, as defined in Note 1 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2023, were $
Sales of Financing Receivables
We offer certain of our customers the option to acquire certain of our cloud and license, hardware and services offerings through separate long-term payment contracts. We generally sell these contracts that we have financed for our customers on a non-recourse basis to financial institutions within 90 days of the contracts’ dates of execution. We record the transfers of amounts due from customers to financial institutions as sales of financing receivables
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ORACLE CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)
August 31, 2023
(Unaudited)
because we are considered to have surrendered control of these financing receivables. Financing receivables sold to financial institutions were $
Non-Marketable Investments
Our non-marketable debt investments and equity securities and related instruments totaled $
Acquisition Related and Other Expenses
Acquisition related and other expenses primarily consist of personnel related costs for transitional and certain other employees, certain business combination adjustments, including adjustments after the measurement period has ended, and certain other operating items, net.
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Non-Operating Expenses, net
Non-operating expenses, net consists primarily of interest income, net foreign currency exchange losses, the noncontrolling interests in the net profits of our majority-owned subsidiaries (primarily Oracle Financial Services Software Limited and Oracle Corporation Japan), net losses related to equity investments, including losses attributable to equity method investments and net other income and expenses, including net unrealized gains and losses from our investment portfolio related to our deferred compensation plan and non-service net periodic pension income and losses.
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Interest income |
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Foreign currency losses, net |
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Noncontrolling interests in income |
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Losses from equity investments, net |
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Other income (expenses), net |
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Total non-operating expenses, net |
|
$ |
( |
) |
|
$ |
( |
) |
9
ORACLE CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)
August 31, 2023
(Unaudited)
Fiscal 2023 Acquisition of Cerner Corporation
On June 8, 2022, we completed our acquisition of Cerner Corporation (Cerner), a provider of digital information systems used within hospitals and health systems that are designed to enable medical professionals to deliver better healthcare to individual patients and communities.
The total purchase price for Cerner was $
Other Fiscal 2023 Acquisitions
During fiscal 2023, we acquired certain other companies and purchased certain technology and development assets primarily to expand our products and services offerings. These acquisitions were not significant individually or in the aggregate to our consolidated financial statements.
We perform fair value measurements in accordance with FASB Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) 820, Fair Value Measurement. ASC 820 defines fair value as the price that would be received from selling an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. When determining the fair value measurements for assets and liabilities required to be recorded at their fair values, we consider the principal or most advantageous market in which we would transact and consider assumptions that market participants would use when pricing the assets or liabilities, such as inherent risk, transfer restrictions and risk of nonperformance.
ASC 820 establishes a fair value hierarchy that requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value. An asset’s or a liability’s categorization within the fair value hierarchy is based upon the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. ASC 820 establishes three levels of inputs that may be used to measure fair value:
10
ORACLE CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)
August 31, 2023
(Unaudited)
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis
Our assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis consisted of the following (Level 1 and Level 2 inputs are defined above):
|
|
August 31, 2023 |
|
|
May 31, 2023 |
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|
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Fair Value Measurements |
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Fair Value Measurements |
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|
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(in millions) |
|
Level 1 |
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Level 2 |
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Total |
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|
Level 1 |
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Level 2 |
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Total |
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||||||
Assets: |
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||||||
Money market funds |
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$ |
|
|
$ |
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$ |
|
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$ |
|
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$ |
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$ |
|
||||||
Time deposits and other |
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Derivative financial instruments |
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||||||
Total assets |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
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$ |
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$ |
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|
$ |
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|
$ |
|
||||||
Liabilities: |
|
|
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|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Derivative financial instruments |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
||||||
Our cash equivalents and marketable securities investments consist of money market funds, time deposits, marketable equity securities and certain other securities. Marketable securities as presented per our condensed consolidated balance sheets included debt securities with original maturities at the time of purchase greater than three months and the remainder of the debt securities were included in cash and cash equivalents. We classify our marketable debt securities as available-for-sale debt securities at the time of purchase and reevaluate such classification as of each balance sheet date. As of August 31, 2023 and May 31, 2023, all of our marketable debt securities investments mature within one year. Our valuation techniques used to measure the fair values of our instruments that were classified as Level 1 in the table above were derived from quoted market prices and active markets for these instruments that exist. Our valuation techniques used to measure the fair values of Level 2 instruments listed in the table above were derived from the following: non-binding market consensus prices that were corroborated by observable market data, quoted market prices for similar instruments, or pricing models, such as discounted cash flow techniques, with all significant inputs derived from or corroborated by observable market data including reference rate yield curves, among others.
Based on the trading prices of the $
The changes in intangible assets for fiscal 2024 and the net book value of intangible assets as of August 31, 2023 and May 31, 2023 were as follows:
|
|
Intangible Assets, Gross |
|
|
Accumulated Amortization |
|
|
Intangible Assets, Net |
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|||||||||||||||||||||||
(in millions) |
|
May 31, |
|
|
Additions & |
|
|
August 31, |
|
|
May 31, |
|
|
Expense |
|
|
August 31, |
|
|
May 31, |
|
|
August 31, |
|
||||||||
Developed technology |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
( |
) |
|
$ |
( |
) |
|
$ |
( |
) |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|||||
Cloud services and license support agreements and related relationships |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Cloud license and on-premise license agreements and related relationships |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
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|
|||||
Other |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Total intangible assets, net |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
( |
) |
|
$ |
( |
) |
|
$ |
( |
) |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|||||
11
ORACLE CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)
August 31, 2023
(Unaudited)
As of August 31, 2023, estimated future amortization expenses related to intangible assets were as follows (in millions):
Remainder of fiscal 2024 |
|
$ |
|
|
Fiscal 2025 |
|
|
|
|
Fiscal 2026 |
|
|
|
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Fiscal 2027 |
|
|
|
|
Fiscal 2028 |
|
|
|
|
Fiscal 2029 |
|
|
|
|
Thereafter |
|
|
|
|
Total intangible assets, net |
|
$ |
|
The changes in the carrying amounts of goodwill, net, which is generally not deductible for tax purposes, for our operating segments for the three months ended August 31, 2023 were as follows:
(in millions) |
|
Cloud and License |
|
|
Hardware |
|
|
Services |
|
|
Total Goodwill, net |
|
||||
Balances as of May 31, 2023 |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
||||
Goodwill adjustments, net(1) |
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
( |
) |
|
Balances as of August 31, 2023 |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
||||
Fiscal 2024 Oracle Restructuring Plan
During the first quarter of fiscal 2024, our management approved, committed to and initiated plans to restructure and further improve efficiencies in our operations due to our acquisitions and certain other operational activities (2024 Restructuring Plan). The total estimated restructuring costs associated with the 2024 Restructuring Plan are up to $
12
ORACLE CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)
August 31, 2023
(Unaudited)
Summary of All Plans
|
|
Accrued |
|
|
Three Months Ended August 31, 2023 |
Accrued |
|
|
Total |
|
|
Total |
|
|||||||||||||||
(in millions) |
|
May 31, |
|
|
Initial |
|
|
Adj. to |
|
|
Cash |
|
|
August 31, |
|
|
Accrued |
|
|
Program |
|
|||||||
2024 Restructuring Plan(1) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Cloud and license |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
( |
) |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
||||||
Hardware |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Services |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
( |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Other |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Total 2024 Restructuring Plan |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
( |
) |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
||||||
Total other restructuring plans(5) |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
( |
) |
|
$ |
( |
) |
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Total restructuring plans |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
( |
) |
|
$ |
( |
) |
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Deferred revenues consisted of the following:
(in millions) |
|
August 31, |
|
|
May 31, |
|
||
Cloud services and license support |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
||
Hardware |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Services |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Cloud license and on-premise license |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Deferred revenues, current |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Deferred revenues, non-current (in other non-current liabilities) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Total deferred revenues |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
||
Deferred cloud services and license support revenues and deferred hardware revenues substantially represent customer payments made in advance for cloud or support contracts that are typically billed in advance with corresponding revenues generally being recognized ratably or based upon customer usage over the respective contractual periods. Deferred services revenues include prepayments for our services business and revenues for these services are generally recognized as the services are performed. Deferred cloud license and on-premise license revenues typically resulted from customer payments that related to undelivered products and services or specified enhancements.
13
ORACLE CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)
August 31, 2023
(Unaudited)
Common Stock Repurchases
Our Board of Directors has approved a program for us to repurchase shares of our common stock. As of August 31, 2023, approximately $
Our stock repurchase authorization does not have an expiration date and the pace of our repurchase activity will depend on factors such as our working capital needs, our cash requirements for acquisitions and dividend payments, our debt repayment obligations or repurchases of our debt, our stock price and economic and market conditions. Our stock repurchases may be effected from time to time through open market purchases or pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Our stock repurchase program may be accelerated, suspended, delayed or discontinued at any time.
Dividends on Common Stock
In September 2023, our Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $
Fiscal 2024 Stock‑Based Awards Activity and Compensation Expense
During the first quarter of fiscal 2024, we issued
The RSUs that were granted during the three months ended August 31, 2023 have similar vesting restrictions and contractual lives and were valued using methodologies of a similar nature as those described in Note 12 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2023.
Stock-based compensation expense is included in the following operating expense line items in our condensed consolidated statements of operations:
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|||||
(in millions) |
|
2023 |
|
|
2022 |
|
||
Cloud services and license support |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
||
Hardware |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Services |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Sales and marketing |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Research and development |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
General and administrative |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Total stock-based compensation |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
||
14
ORACLE CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)
August 31, 2023
(Unaudited)
Our effective tax rates for each of the periods presented are the result of the mix of income earned in various tax jurisdictions that apply a broad range of income tax rates. Our benefit from (provision for) income taxes varied from the tax computed at the U.S. federal statutory income tax rate for the periods presented primarily due to earnings in foreign operations, state taxes, the U.S. research and development tax credit, settlements with tax authorities, the tax effects of stock-based compensation, the Foreign Derived Intangible Income deduction and the tax effect of Global Intangible Low-Taxed Income. Our effective tax benefit rate was (
Our net deferred tax assets were $
Domestically, U.S. federal and state taxing authorities are currently examining income tax returns of Oracle and various acquired entities for years through fiscal 2021. Our U.S. federal income tax returns have been examined for all years prior to fiscal 2013 and, with some exceptions, we are no longer subject to audit for those periods. Our U.S. state income tax returns, with some exceptions, have been examined for all years prior to fiscal 2007, and we are no longer subject to audit for those periods.
Internationally, tax authorities for numerous non-U.S. jurisdictions are also examining or have examined returns of Oracle and various acquired entities for years through fiscal 2023. Many of the relevant tax years are at an advanced stage in examination or subsequent controversy resolution processes. With some exceptions, we are generally no longer subject to tax examinations in non-U.S. jurisdictions for years prior to fiscal 2001.
We are under audit by the IRS and various other domestic and foreign tax authorities with regards to income tax and indirect tax matters and are involved in various challenges and litigation in a number of countries, including, in particular, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Germany, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Mexico, New Zealand, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, South Korea and Spain, where the amounts under controversy are significant. In some, although not all, cases, we have reserved for potential adjustments to our provision for income taxes and accrual of indirect taxes that may result from examinations by, or any negotiated agreements with, these tax authorities or final outcomes in judicial proceedings and we believe that the final outcome of these examinations, agreements or judicial proceedings will not have a material effect on our results of operations. If events occur which indicate payment of these amounts is unnecessary, the reversal of the liabilities would result in the recognition of benefits in the period we determine the liabilities are no longer necessary. If our estimates of the federal, state and foreign income tax liabilities and indirect tax liabilities are less than the ultimate assessment, it could result in a further charge to expense.
We believe that we have adequately provided under GAAP for outcomes related to our tax audits. However, there can be no assurances as to the possible outcomes or any related financial statement effect thereof.
15
ORACLE CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)
August 31, 2023
(Unaudited)
We have
Our cloud and license business engages in the sale, marketing and delivery of our enterprise applications and infrastructure technologies through cloud and on-premise deployment models including our cloud services and license support offerings; and our cloud license and on-premise license offerings. Cloud services and license support revenues are generated from offerings that are typically contracted with customers directly, billed to customers in advance, delivered to customers over time with our revenue recognition occurring over the contractual terms and renewed by customers upon completion of the contractual terms. Cloud services and license support contracts provide customers with access to the latest updates to the applications and infrastructure technologies as they become available and for which the customer contracted and also include related technical support services over the contractual term. Cloud license and on-premise license revenues represent fees earned from granting customers licenses, generally on a perpetual basis, to use our database and middleware and our applications software products within cloud and on-premise IT environments. We generally recognize revenues at the point in time the software is made available to the customer to download and use, which typically is immediate upon signature of the license contract. In each fiscal year, our cloud and license business’ contractual activities are typically highest in our fourth fiscal quarter and the related cash flows are typically highest in the following quarter (i.e., in the first fiscal quarter of the next fiscal year) as we receive payments from these contracts.
Our hardware business provides infrastructure technologies including Oracle Engineered Systems, servers, storage, industry-specific hardware, operating systems, virtualization, management and other hardware-related software to support diverse IT environments. Our hardware business also offers hardware support, which provides customers with software updates for the software components that are essential to the functionality of their hardware products and can also include product repairs, maintenance services and technical support services that are typically delivered and recognized ratably over the contractual term.
Our services business provides services to customers and partners to help maximize the performance of their investments in Oracle applications and infrastructure technologies.
We do not track our assets for each business. Consequently, it is not practical to show assets by operating segment.
16
ORACLE CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)
August 31, 2023
(Unaudited)
The following table presents summary results for each of our three businesses:
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|||||
(in millions) |
|
2023 |
|
|
2022 |
|
||
Cloud and license: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Revenues |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
||
Cloud services and license support expenses |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Sales and marketing expenses |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Margin(1) |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
||
Hardware: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Revenues |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
||
Hardware products and support expenses |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Sales and marketing expenses |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Margin(1) |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
||
Services: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Revenues |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
||
Services expenses |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Margin(1) |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
||
Totals: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Revenues |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
||
Expenses |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Margin(1) |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
||
The following table reconciles total operating segment margin to income before income taxes:
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|||||
(in millions) |
|
2023 |
|
|
2022 |
|
||
Total margin for operating segments |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
||
Research and development |
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
( |
) |
General and administrative |
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
( |
) |
Amortization of intangible assets |
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
( |
) |
Acquisition related and other |
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
( |
) |
Restructuring |
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
( |
) |
Stock-based compensation for operating segments |
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
( |
) |
Expense allocations and other, net |
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
( |
) |
Interest expense |
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
( |
) |
Non-operating expenses, net |
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
( |
) |
Income before income taxes |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
||
17
ORACLE CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)
August 31, 2023
(Unaudited)
Disaggregation of Revenues
We have considered information that is regularly reviewed by our CODMs in evaluating financial performance and disclosures presented outside of our financial statements in our earnings releases and used in investor presentations to disaggregate revenues to depict how the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenues and cash flows are affected by economic factors. The principal category we use to disaggregate revenues is the nature of our products and services as presented in our condensed consolidated statements of operations.
The following table is a summary of our total revenues by geographic region:
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|||||
(in millions) |
|
2023 |
|
|
2022 |
|
||
Americas |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
||
EMEA(1) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Asia Pacific |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Total revenues |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
||
The following table presents our cloud services and license support revenues by offerings:
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|||||
(in millions) |
|
2023 |
|
|
2022 |
|
||
Cloud services |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
||
License support |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Total cloud services and license support revenues |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
||
The following table presents our cloud services and license support revenues by applications and infrastructure ecosystems:
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|||||
(in millions) |
|
2023 |
|
|
2022 |
|
||
Applications cloud services and license support |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
||
Infrastructure cloud services and license support |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Total cloud services and license support revenues |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
||
Basic earnings per share is computed by dividing net income for the period by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings per share is computed by dividing net income for the period by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period, plus the dilutive effect of outstanding restricted stock-based awards, stock options and shares issuable under the employee stock
18
ORACLE CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)
August 31, 2023
(Unaudited)
purchase plan as applicable pursuant to the treasury stock method. The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted earnings per share:
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|||||
(in millions, except per share data) |
|
2023 |
|
|
2022 |
|
||
Net income |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
||
Weighted-average common shares outstanding |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Dilutive effect of employee stock plans |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Dilutive weighted-average common shares outstanding |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Basic earnings per share |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
||
Diluted earnings per share |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
||
Shares subject to anti-dilutive restricted stock-based awards and stock options excluded from calculation(1) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Derivative Litigation Concerning Oracle’s NetSuite Acquisition
On May 3 and July 18, 2017, two alleged stockholders filed separate derivative lawsuits in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, purportedly on Oracle’s behalf. Thereafter, the court consolidated the two derivative cases and designated the July 18, 2017 complaint as the operative complaint. The consolidated lawsuit was brought against all the then-current members and one former member of our Board of Directors, and Oracle as a nominal defendant. Plaintiff alleged that the defendants breached their fiduciary duties by causing Oracle to agree to purchase NetSuite Inc. at an excessive price. The complaint sought (and the operative complaint continues to seek) declaratory relief, unspecified monetary damages (including interest), and attorneys’ fees and costs. The defendants filed a motion to dismiss, which the court denied on March 19, 2018.
On May 4, 2018, our Board of Directors established a Special Litigation Committee (SLC) to investigate the allegations in this derivative action. Three non-employee directors served on the SLC. On August 15, 2019, the SLC filed a letter with the court, stating that the SLC believed that plaintiff should be allowed to proceed with the derivative litigation on behalf of Oracle. After the SLC advised the Board that it had fulfilled its duties and obligations, the Board withdrew the SLC’s authority, except that the SLC maintained certain authority to respond to discovery requests in the litigation.
After plaintiff filed the July 18, 2017 complaint, an additional plaintiff joined the case. Plaintiffs filed several amended complaints, and filed their most recent amended complaint on December 11, 2020. The operative complaint asserts claims for breach of fiduciary duty against our Chief Executive Officer, our Chief Technology Officer, the estate of Mark Hurd (our former Chief Executive Officer who passed away on October 18, 2019), and two other members of our Board of Directors. Oracle is named as a nominal defendant. On December 11, 2020, the estate of Mark Hurd and the two other members of our Board of Directors moved to dismiss this complaint. On June 21, 2021, the court granted this motion as to the estate of Mark Hurd and one Board member and denied the motion as to the other Board member, who filed an answer to the complaint on August 9, 2021. On December 28, 2020, our Chief Executive Officer, our Chief Technology Officer, and Oracle as a nominal defendant filed answers to the operative complaint.
Trial commenced on July 18, 2022, and has concluded. On November 18, 2022, the court held a final hearing on the parties’ post-trial briefing. On December 27, 2022, the court “so ordered” a stipulation, dismissing the Board member from this action. On May 12, 2023, the court issued its trial ruling, finding for defendants and rejecting plaintiffs’ claims. On May 22, 2023, plaintiffs filed a motion for attorneys’ fees, claiming that this lawsuit had
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conferred a benefit on Oracle. By letter dated May 23, 2023, the court informed the parties that a final order and judgment would be entered after the court resolved plaintiffs’ motion for attorneys’ fees. On July 28, 2023, nominal defendant Oracle filed an opposition to plaintiffs’ fee application. No schedule has been set for plaintiffs to file a reply. Because the court has not yet ruled on plaintiffs’ motion, no judgment has been entered, and plaintiffs time to file a notice of appeal has not yet begun to run. On May 31, 2023, defendants filed a bill of costs, as the prevailing party. This motion is fully briefed, and the court has not yet ruled on this motion.
While Oracle continues to evaluate these claims, we do not believe this litigation will have a material impact on our financial position or results of operations.
Derivative Litigation Concerning Oracle’s Cloud Business
On February 12 and May 6, 2019, two stockholder derivative lawsuits were filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. The cases were consolidated, and on July 8, 2019, a single plaintiff filed a consolidated complaint. The consolidated complaint brought various claims relating to a Rule 10b-5 class action that was filed in the same court on August 10, 2018, and which was settled for a payment by the Company of $
Plaintiff in the derivative action filed an amended complaint on June 4, 2021. The derivative suit is brought by an alleged stockholder of Oracle, purportedly on Oracle’s behalf, against our Chief Technology Officer, our Chief Executive Officer, and the estate of Mark Hurd. Plaintiff claims that the alleged actions described in the 10b-5 class action caused harm to Oracle, including harming Oracle because Oracle allegedly repurchased its own stock at an inflated price. Plaintiff also claims that defendants violated their fiduciary duties of candor, good faith, loyalty, and due care by failing to prevent this alleged harm. Plaintiff also brings derivative claims for violations of federal securities laws. Plaintiff seeks a ruling that this case may proceed as a derivative action, a finding that defendants are liable for breaching their fiduciary duties, an award of damages to Oracle, an order directing defendants to enact corporate reforms, attorneys’ fees and costs, and unspecified relief. On June 14, 2021, the court “so ordered” a stipulation from the parties, staying this case pending resolution of the 10b-5 action, and the court “so ordered” two additional stipulations, staying the case until January 31, 2023. While Defendants had been scheduled to file their motion to dismiss by June 29, 2023, the parties agreed to two stays of this case, which the court “so ordered” on June 23, 2023, and on September 1, 2023. The September 1 stay was entered so that the parties can explore a mediated resolution to this matter.
While Oracle continues to evaluate these claims, we do not believe these matters will have a material impact on our financial position or results of operations.
Other Litigation
We are party to various other legal proceedings and claims, either asserted or unasserted, which arise in the ordinary course of business, including proceedings and claims that relate to acquisitions we have completed or to companies we have acquired or are attempting to acquire. While the outcome of these matters cannot be predicted with certainty, we do not believe that the outcome of any of these matters, individually or in the aggregate, will result in losses that are materially in excess of amounts already recognized, if any.
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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
We begin Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations with an overview of our businesses and significant trends. This overview is followed by a summary of our critical accounting estimates that we believe are important to understanding the assumptions and judgments incorporated in our reported financial results. We then provide a more detailed analysis of our results of operations and financial condition.
Business Overview
Oracle provides products and services that address enterprise information technology (IT) environments. Our products and services include enterprise applications and infrastructure offerings that are delivered worldwide through a variety of flexible and interoperable IT deployment models. These models include on-premise, cloud-based and hybrid deployments (an approach that combines both on-premise and cloud-based deployments). Accordingly, we offer choice and flexibility to our customers and facilitate the product, service and deployment combinations that best suit our customers’ needs. Through our worldwide sales force and Oracle Partner Network, we sell to customers all over the world including businesses of many sizes, government agencies, educational institutions and resellers.
We have three businesses: cloud and license; hardware; and services; each of which comprises a single operating segment. The descriptions set forth below as a part of this Item 2 Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and the information contained within Note 9 of Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report provide additional information related to our businesses and operating segments and align to how our chief operating decision makers (CODMs), which include our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Technology Officer, view our operating results and allocate resources.
Cloud and License Business
Our cloud and license business, which represented 83% of our total revenues on a trailing 4-quarter basis, markets, sells and delivers a broad spectrum of enterprise applications and infrastructure technologies through our cloud and license offerings. Revenue streams included in our cloud and license business are:
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Providing choice and flexibility to our customers as to when and how they deploy Oracle applications and infrastructure technologies are important elements of our corporate strategy. In recent periods, customer demand for our applications and infrastructure technologies delivered through our Oracle Cloud Services has increased. To address customer demand and enable customer choice, we have introduced certain programs for customers to pivot their applications and infrastructure software licenses and the related license support to the Oracle Cloud for new deployments and to migrate to and expand with the Oracle Cloud for their existing workloads. The proportion of our cloud services revenues relative to our total revenues has increased and we expect this trend to continue. Cloud services revenues represented 37% and 31% of our total revenues in the first three months of fiscal 2024 and 2023, respectively.
Our cloud and license business’ revenue growth is affected by many factors, including the strength of general economic and business conditions; governmental budgetary constraints; the strategy for and competitive position of our offerings; customer satisfaction with our offerings; the continued renewal of our cloud services and license support customer contracts by the customer contract base; substantially all customers continuing to purchase license support contracts in connection with their license purchases; the pricing of license support contracts sold in connection with the sales of licenses; the pricing, amounts and volumes of licenses and cloud services sold; our ability to manage Oracle Cloud capacity requirements to meet existing and prospective customer demand; and foreign currency rate fluctuations.
On a constant currency basis, we expect that our total cloud and license revenues generally will continue to increase due to:
We believe these factors should contribute to future growth in our cloud and license business’ total revenues, which should enable us to continue to make investments in research and development and our cloud operations to develop, improve, increase the capacity of and expand the geographic footprint of our cloud and license products and services.
Our cloud and license business’ margin has historically trended upward over the course of the four quarters within a particular fiscal year due to the historical upward trend of our cloud and license business’ revenues over those quarterly periods and because the majority of our costs for this business are generally fixed in the short term. The historical upward trend of our cloud and license business’ revenues over the course of the four quarters within a particular fiscal year is primarily due to the addition of new cloud services and license support contracts to the customer contract base that we generally recognize as revenues ratably or based upon customer usage over the respective contractual terms and the renewal of existing customers’ cloud services and license support contracts over the course of each fiscal year that we generally recognize as revenues in a similar manner; and the historical upward trend of our cloud license and on-premise license revenues, which we generally recognize at a point in time upon delivery; in each case over those four fiscal quarterly periods.
Hardware Business
Our hardware business, which represented 6% of our total revenues on a trailing 4-quarter basis, provides a broad selection of enterprise hardware products and hardware-related software products including Oracle Engineered Systems, servers, storage, industry-specific hardware offerings, operating systems, virtualization, management and other hardware-related software and related hardware support. Each hardware product and its related software,
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such as an operating system or firmware, are highly interdependent and interrelated and are accounted for as a combined performance obligation. The revenues for this combined performance obligation are generally recognized at the point in time that the hardware product and its related software are delivered to the customer and ownership is transferred to the customer. We expect to make investments in research and development to improve existing hardware products and services and to develop new hardware products and services. The majority of our hardware products are sold through indirect channels, including independent distributors and value-added resellers. Our hardware support offerings provide customers with unspecified software updates for software components that are essential to the functionality of our hardware products and associated software products. Our hardware support offerings can also include product repairs, maintenance services and technical support services. Hardware support contracts are entered into and renewed at the option of the customer, are generally priced as a percentage of the net hardware products fees and are generally recognized as revenues ratably as the hardware support services are delivered over the contractual terms.
We generally expect our hardware business to have lower operating margins as a percentage of revenues than our cloud and license business due to the incremental costs we incur to produce and distribute these products and to provide support services, including direct materials and labor costs.
Our quarterly hardware revenues are difficult to predict. Our hardware revenues, cost of hardware and hardware operating margins that we report are affected by many factors, including our manufacturing partners’ abilities to timely manufacture or deliver a few large hardware transactions; our strategy for and the position of our hardware products relative to competitor offerings; customer demand for competing offerings, including cloud infrastructure offerings; the strength of general economic and business conditions; governmental budgetary constraints; whether customers decide to purchase hardware support contracts at or in close proximity to the time of hardware product sale; the percentage of our hardware support contract customer base that renews its support contracts; and the close association between hardware products, which have a finite life, and customer demand for related hardware support as hardware products age; customer decisions to either maintain or upgrade their existing hardware infrastructure to newly developed technologies that are available; and foreign currency rate fluctuations.
Services Business
Our services business, which represented 11% of our total revenues on a trailing 4-quarter basis, helps customers and partners maximize the performance of their investments in Oracle applications and infrastructure technologies. We believe that our services are differentiated based on our focus on Oracle technologies, extensive experience, broad sets of intellectual property and best practices. Our services offerings include consulting services and advanced customer services. Our services business has lower margins than our cloud and license and hardware businesses. Our services revenues are affected by many factors including our strategy for, and the competitive position of, our services; customer demand for our cloud and license and hardware offerings and the related services that we may market and sell in connection with these offerings; general economic conditions; governmental budgetary constraints; personnel reductions in our customers’ IT departments; tighter controls over customer discretionary spending; and foreign currency rate fluctuations.
Acquisitions
Our selective and active acquisition program is another important element of our corporate strategy. Historically, we have invested billions of dollars to acquire a number of complementary companies, products, services and technologies. We acquired certain companies and technologies during fiscal 2023, including Cerner. Refer to Note 2 of Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report for additional information related to our acquisition of Cerner and our other recent acquisitions. As compelling opportunities become available, we may acquire companies, products, services and technologies in furtherance of our corporate strategy.
We believe that we can fund our future acquisitions with our internally available cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities balances, cash generated from operations, additional borrowings or from the issuance of additional securities. We estimate the financial impact of any potential acquisition with regard to earnings, operating margin, cash flows and return on invested capital targets, among others, before deciding to move forward with an acquisition.
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Critical Accounting Estimates
Our consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) as set forth in the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s Accounting Standards Codification (ASC), and we consider various staff accounting bulletins and other applicable guidance issued by the SEC. GAAP, as set forth within the ASC, requires us to make certain estimates, judgments and assumptions. We believe that the estimates, judgments and assumptions upon which we rely are reasonable based upon information available to us at the time that these estimates, judgments and assumptions are made. These estimates, judgments and assumptions can affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities as of the date of the financial statements as well as the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the periods presented. To the extent that there are differences between these estimates, judgments or assumptions and actual results, our financial statements will be affected. The accounting policies that reflect our more significant estimates, judgments and assumptions and which we believe are the most critical to aid in fully understanding and evaluating our reported financial results include:
During the first quarter of fiscal 2024, there were no significant changes to our critical accounting estimates. Refer to "Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates" under Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations contained in Part II, Item 7 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2023 for a more complete discussion of our critical accounting estimates.
Results of Operations
Presentation of Operating Segment Results and Other Financial Information
In our results of operations discussion below, we provide an overview of our total consolidated revenues, total consolidated operating expenses and total consolidated operating margin, all of which are presented on a GAAP basis. We also present a GAAP-based discussion below for substantially all of the other expense items as presented in our condensed consolidated statements of operations that are not directly attributable to our three businesses.
In addition, we discuss below the results of each of our three businesses—cloud and license, hardware and services—which are our operating segments as defined pursuant to ASC 280, Segment Reporting. The financial reporting for our three businesses that is presented below is presented in a manner that is consistent with that used by our CODMs. Our operating segment presentation below reflects revenues, direct costs and sales and marketing expenses that correspond to and are directly attributable to each of our three businesses. We also utilize these inputs to calculate and present a segment margin for each of our three businesses in the discussion below.
Consistent with our internal management reporting processes, research and development expenses, general and administrative expenses, stock-based compensation expenses, amortization of intangible assets, certain other expense allocations, acquisition related and other expenses, restructuring expenses, interest expense, non-operating expenses, net and benefit from (provision for) income taxes are not attributed to our three operating segments because our management does not view the performance of our three businesses including such items and/or it is impracticable to do so. Refer to “Supplemental Disclosure Related to Certain Charges” below for additional discussion of certain of these items and Note 9 of Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report for a reconciliation of the summations of total segment margin as presented in the discussion below to total income before income taxes as presented per our condensed consolidated statements of operations for all periods presented.
Constant Currency Presentation
Our international operations have provided and are expected to continue to provide a significant portion of each of our businesses’ revenues and expenses. As a result, each of our businesses’ revenues and expenses and our total
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revenues and expenses will continue to be affected by changes in the U.S. Dollar against major international currencies. In order to provide a framework for assessing how our underlying businesses performed, excluding the effects of foreign currency rate fluctuations, we compare the percent change in the results from one period to another period in this Quarterly Report using constant currency disclosure. To present this information, current and comparative prior period results for entities reporting in currencies other than U.S. Dollars are converted into U.S. Dollars at constant exchange rates (i.e., the rates in effect on May 31, 2023, which was the last day of our prior fiscal year) rather than the actual exchange rates in effect during the respective periods. For example, if an entity reporting in Euros had revenues of 1.0 million Euros from products sold on August 31, 2023 and 2022, our financial statements would reflect reported revenues of $1.08 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2024 (using 1.08 as the month-end average exchange rate for the period) and $1.0 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2023 (using 1.0 as the month-end average exchange rate for the period). The constant currency presentation, however, would translate the results for each of the first quarter of fiscal 2024 and 2023 using the May 31, 2023 exchange rate and indicate, in this example, no change in revenues during the period. In each of the tables below, we present the percent change based on actual, unrounded results in reported currency and in constant currency.
Total Revenues and Operating Expenses
|
|
Three Months Ended August 31, |
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|||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
Percent Change |
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|
|
||||
(Dollars in millions) |
|
2023 |
|
|
Actual |
|
Constant |
|
2022 |
|
||
Total Revenues by Geography: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Americas |
|
$ |
7,841 |
|
|
9% |
|
8% |
|
$ |
7,192 |
|
EMEA(1) |
|
|
3,005 |
|
|
12% |
|
7% |
|
|
2,691 |
|
Asia Pacific |
|
|
1,607 |
|
|
3% |
|
6% |
|
|
1,562 |
|
Total revenues |
|
|
12,453 |
|
|
9% |
|
8% |
|
|
11,445 |
|
Total Operating Expenses |
|
|
9,157 |
|
|
4% |
|
3% |
|
|
8,822 |
|
Total Operating Margin |
|
$ |
3,296 |
|
|
26% |
|
23% |
|
$ |
2,623 |
|
Total Operating Margin % |
|
26% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
23% |
|
||
% Revenues by Geography: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Americas |
|
63% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
63% |
|
||
EMEA |
|
24% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
23% |
|
||
Asia Pacific |
|
13% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
14% |
|
||
Total Revenues by Business: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Cloud and license |
|
$ |
10,356 |
|
|
11% |
|
10% |
|
$ |
9,321 |
|
Hardware |
|
|
714 |
|
|
-6% |
|
-8% |
|
|
763 |
|
Services |
|
|
1,383 |
|
|
2% |
|
1% |
|
|
1,361 |
|
Total revenues |
|
$ |
12,453 |
|
|
9% |
|
8% |
|
$ |
11,445 |
|
% Revenues by Business: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Cloud and license |
|
83% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
81% |
|
||
Hardware |
|
6% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
7% |
|
||
Services |
|
11% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
12% |
|
||
Excluding the effects of foreign currency rate fluctuations, our total revenues increased in the first quarter of fiscal 2024, relative to the first quarter of fiscal 2023, due to growth in our cloud and license business’ revenues and services business’ revenues, which were partially offset by a decline in our hardware business’ revenues. The constant currency revenues increase in our cloud and license business during the first quarter of fiscal 2024, relative to the first quarter of fiscal 2023, was attributable to growth in our cloud services and license support revenues as customers purchased our applications and infrastructure technologies via cloud and license deployment models and also renewed their related cloud contracts and license support contracts to continue to gain access to the latest versions of our technologies and to receive support services, partially offset by a decrease in our cloud license and on-premise license revenues. In our services business, the increase during the first quarter of fiscal 2024 was attributable to an increase in advanced customer services revenues, partially offset by a decrease in our consulting services revenues. In our hardware business, the decrease during the first quarter of fiscal 2024 was due to the emphasis we placed on the marketing and sale of our growing cloud-based infrastructure technologies and strategic hardware offerings and the de-emphasis of our sales and marketing efforts for certain of our non-strategic hardware products and related support services. In constant currency, the Americas, the EMEA and the Asia Pacific regions
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contributed 68%, 22% and 10%, respectively, of the constant currency total revenue growth during the first quarter of fiscal 2024.
Excluding the effects of foreign currency rate fluctuations, our total operating expenses increased during the first quarter of fiscal 2024, relative to the first quarter of fiscal 2023, primarily due to higher cloud services and license support expenses, which were primarily due to higher employee related expenses and infrastructure investments that were made to support the increase in our cloud and license business’ revenues; higher services expenses and research and development expenses primarily due to higher employee related expenses, partially offset by lower hardware expenses in line with lower hardware revenues; lower sales and marketing expenses primarily due to lower employee related expenses; lower expenses for amortization of intangible assets as certain of our assets were fully amortized; and lower general and administrative expenses, acquisition related and other expenses and restructuring expenses.
In constant currency, our total operating margin and total operating margin as a percentage of revenues increased in the first quarter of fiscal 2024, relative to the first quarter of fiscal 2023, due to higher revenues.
Supplemental Disclosure Related to Certain Charges
To supplement our condensed consolidated financial information, we believe that the following information is helpful to an overall understanding of our past financial performance and prospects for the future.
Our operating results reported pursuant to GAAP included the following business combination accounting adjustments and expenses related to acquisitions and certain other expense and income items that affected our GAAP net income:
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|
Three Months Ended |
|
|||||
(in millions) |
|
2023 |
|
|
2022 |
|
||
Amortization of intangible assets(1) |
|
$ |
763 |
|
|
$ |
919 |
|
Acquisition related and other(2) |
|
|
11 |
|
|
|
41 |
|
Restructuring(3) |
|
|
138 |
|
|
|
144 |
|
Stock-based compensation, operating segments(4) |
|
|
285 |
|
|
|
244 |
|
Stock-based compensation, R&D and G&A(4) |
|
|
564 |
|
|
|
506 |
|
Income tax effects(5) |
|
|
(823 |
) |
|
|
(574 |
) |
|
|
$ |
938 |
|
|
$ |
1,280 |
|
|
Remainder of fiscal 2024 |
|
$ |
2,231 |
|
|
Fiscal 2025 |
|
|
2,283 |
|
|
Fiscal 2026 |
|
|
1,620 |
|
|
Fiscal 2027 |
|
|
664 |
|
|
Fiscal 2028 |
|
|
635 |
|
|
Fiscal 2029 |
|
|
561 |
|
|
Thereafter |
|
|
1,080 |
|
|
Total intangible assets, net |
|
$ |
9,074 |
|
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|
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|||||
|
|
|
2023 |
|
|
2022 |
|
||
|
Cloud services and license support |
|
$ |
111 |
|
|
$ |
91 |
|
|
Hardware |
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
4 |
|
|
Services |
|
|
34 |
|
|
|
25 |
|
|
Sales and marketing |
|
|
135 |
|
|
|
124 |
|
|
Stock-based compensation, operating segments |
|
|
285 |
|
|
|
244 |
|
|
Research and development |
|
|
484 |
|
|
|
422 |
|
|
General and administrative |
|
|
80 |
|
|
|
84 |
|
|
Total stock-based compensation |
|
$ |
849 |
|
|
$ |
750 |
|
Cloud and License Business
Our cloud and license business engages in the sale and marketing of our applications and infrastructure technologies that are delivered through various deployment models and include: Oracle license support offerings; Oracle Cloud Services offerings; and Oracle cloud license and on-premise license offerings. License support revenues are typically generated through the sale of applications and infrastructure software license support contracts related to cloud licenses and on-premise licenses; are purchased by our customers at their option; and are generally recognized as revenues ratably over the contractual term, which is generally one year. Our cloud services deliver applications and infrastructure technologies on a subscription basis via cloud-based deployment models that we develop, provide unspecified updates and enhancements for, deploy, host, manage and support. Revenues for our cloud services are generally recognized over the contractual term, which is generally one to three years, or in the case of usage model contracts, as the cloud services are consumed. Cloud license and on-premise license revenues represent fees earned from granting customers licenses, generally on a perpetual basis, to use our database and middleware and our applications software products within cloud and on-premise IT environments and are generally recognized up front at the point in time when the software is made available to the customer to download and use. We continue to place significant emphasis, both domestically and internationally, on direct sales through our own sales force. We also continue to market certain of our offerings through indirect channels. Costs associated with our cloud and license business are included in cloud services and license support expenses and sales and marketing expenses. These costs are largely personnel and infrastructure related including the cost of providing our cloud services and license support offerings, salaries and commissions earned by our sales force for the sale of our cloud and license offerings and marketing program costs.
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|
|
Three Months Ended August 31, |
|
|||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
Percent Change |
|
|
|
||||
(Dollars in millions) |
|
2023 |
|
|
Actual |
|
Constant |
|
2022 |
|
||
Cloud and License Revenues: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Americas |
|
$ |
6,597 |
|
|
12% |
|
12% |
|
$ |
5,887 |
|
EMEA |
|
|
2,473 |
|
|
13% |
|
9% |
|
|
2,184 |
|
Asia Pacific |
|
|
1,286 |
|
|
3% |
|
6% |
|
|
1,250 |
|
Total revenues |
|
|
10,356 |
|
|
11% |
|
10% |
|
|
9,321 |
|
Expenses: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Cloud services and license support(1) |
|
|
2,040 |
|
|
26% |
|
25% |
|
|
1,620 |
|
Sales and marketing(1) |
|
|
1,784 |
|
|
-8% |
|
-9% |
|
|
1,930 |
|
Total expenses(1) |
|
|
3,824 |
|
|
8% |
|
7% |
|
|
3,550 |
|
Total Margin |
|
$ |
6,532 |
|
|
13% |
|
12% |
|
$ |
5,771 |
|
Total Margin % |
|
63% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
62% |
|
||
% Revenues by Geography: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Americas |
|
64% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
63% |
|
||
EMEA |
|
24% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
24% |
|
||
Asia Pacific |
|
12% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
13% |
|
||
Revenues by Offerings: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Cloud services |
|
$ |
4,635 |
|
|
30% |
|
29% |
|
$ |
3,579 |
|
License support |
|
|
4,912 |
|
|
2% |
|
0% |
|
|
4,838 |
|
Cloud license and on-premise license |
|
|
809 |
|
|
-10% |
|
-11% |
|
|
904 |
|
Total revenues |
|
$ |
10,356 |
|
|
11% |
|
10% |
|
$ |
9,321 |
|
Cloud Services and License Support Revenues by Ecosystem: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Applications cloud services and license support |
|
$ |
4,471 |
|
|
11% |
|
11% |
|
$ |
4,016 |
|
Infrastructure cloud services and license support |
|
|
5,076 |
|
|
15% |
|
14% |
|
|
4,401 |
|
Total cloud services and license support revenues |
|
$ |
9,547 |
|
|
13% |
|
12% |
|
$ |
8,417 |
|
Excluding the effects of foreign currency rate fluctuations, our cloud and license business’ total revenues increased in the first quarter of fiscal 2024, relative to the first quarter of fiscal 2023, due to growth in our cloud services and license support revenues as customers purchased our applications and infrastructure technologies via cloud and license deployment models and renewed their related cloud contracts and license support contracts to continue to gain access to the latest versions of our technologies and to receive support services for which we delivered such cloud and support services during the periods presented. The growth in our cloud services and license support revenues was partially offset by a decrease in our cloud license and on-premise license revenues. In constant currency, the Americas, the EMEA and the Asia Pacific regions contributed 72%, 20% and 8%, respectively, of the constant currency revenue growth for this business during the first quarter of fiscal 2024.
In constant currency, our total cloud and license business’ expenses increased in the first quarter of fiscal 2024, relative to the first quarter of fiscal 2023, primarily due to higher technology infrastructure expenses to support the increase in our cloud and license business’ revenues and higher employee related expenses. These constant currency expense increases were partially offset by lower sales and marketing expenses, which decreased primarily due to lower employee related expenses. Our cloud services and license support expenses have grown in recent periods, and we expect this growth to continue during fiscal 2024 as we increase our existing data center capacity and establish data centers in new geographic locations in order to meet current and expected customer demand.
Excluding the effects of currency rate fluctuations, our cloud and license business’ total margin and total margin as a percentage of revenues increased during the first quarter of fiscal 2024, relative to the first quarter of fiscal 2023, due to increases in total revenues for this business.
Hardware Business
Our hardware business’ revenues are generated from the sales of our Oracle Engineered Systems, server, storage and industry-specific hardware offerings. The hardware product and related software, such as an operating system
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or firmware, are highly interdependent and interrelated and are accounted for as a combined performance obligation. The revenues for this combined performance obligation are generally recognized at the point in time that the hardware product is delivered to the customer and ownership is transferred to the customer. Our hardware business also earns revenues from the sale of hardware support contracts purchased by our customers at their option and that are generally recognized as revenues ratably as the hardware support services are delivered over the contractual term, which is generally one year. The majority of our hardware products are sold through indirect channels such as independent distributors and value-added resellers and we also market and sell our hardware products through our direct sales force. Operating expenses associated with our hardware business include the cost of hardware products, which consists of expenses for materials and labor used to produce these products by our internal manufacturing operations or by third-party manufacturers, warranty and related expenses and the impact of periodic changes in inventory valuation, including the impact of inventory determined to be excess and obsolete; the cost of materials used to repair customer products with eligible support contracts; the cost of labor and infrastructure to provide support services; and sales and marketing expenses, which are largely personnel related and include variable compensation earned by our sales force for the sales of our hardware offerings.
|
|
Three Months Ended August 31, |
|
|||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
Percent Change |
|
|
|
||||
(Dollars in millions) |
|
2023 |
|
|
Actual |
|
Constant |
|
2022 |
|
||
Hardware Revenues: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Americas |
|
$ |
349 |
|
|
-14% |
|
-15% |
|
$ |
407 |
|
EMEA |
|
|
209 |
|
|
-1% |
|
-5% |
|
|
210 |
|
Asia Pacific |
|
|
156 |
|
|
7% |
|
9% |
|
|
146 |
|
Total revenues |
|
|
714 |
|
|
-6% |
|
-8% |
|
|
763 |
|
Expenses: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Hardware products and support(1) |
|
|
211 |
|
|
-13% |
|
-14% |
|
|
243 |
|
Sales and marketing(1) |
|
|
70 |
|
|
-12% |
|
-12% |
|
|
79 |
|
Total expenses(1) |
|
|
281 |
|
|
-13% |
|
-14% |
|
|
322 |
|
Total Margin |
|
$ |
433 |
|
|
-2% |
|
-3% |
|
$ |
441 |
|
Total Margin % |
|
61% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
58% |
|
||
% Revenues by Geography: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Americas |
|
49% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
53% |
|
||
EMEA |
|
29% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
28% |
|
||
Asia Pacific |
|
22% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
19% |
|
||
Our constant currency hardware revenues decreased in the first quarter of fiscal 2024, relative to the first quarter of fiscal 2023, primarily due to our continued emphasis on the marketing and sale of our cloud-based infrastructure technologies and strategic hardware offerings and the de-emphasis of our sales and marketing efforts for certain of our non-strategic hardware products, which resulted in reduced sales volumes of certain of our hardware product lines and also impacted the volume of hardware support contracts sold in recent periods. Constant currency decreases in hardware revenue growth in the Americas and the EMEA regions were partially offset by a constant currency increase in hardware revenue growth in the Asia Pacific region during the first quarter of fiscal 2024.
Excluding the effects of currency rate fluctuations, total hardware expenses decreased in the first quarter of fiscal 2024, relative to the first quarter of fiscal 2023, primarily due to lower hardware product expenses, lower hardware support costs and lower sales and marketing costs, all of which aligned to lower hardware revenues.
In constant currency, our hardware business’ total margin decreased in the first quarter of fiscal 2024, relative to the first quarter of fiscal 2023, due to lower total revenues for this business. In constant currency, total margin as a percentage of revenues increased in the first quarter of fiscal 2024 relative to the first quarter of fiscal 2023, due to a decrease in expenses.
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Services Business
Our services offerings are designed to help maximize the performance of customer investments in Oracle applications and infrastructure technologies and substantially include our consulting services and advanced customer services offerings. Services revenues are generally recognized over time as the services are performed. The cost of providing our services consists primarily of personnel related expenses, technology infrastructure expenditures, facilities expenses and external contractor expenses.
|
|
Three Months Ended August 31, |
|
|||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
Percent Change |
|
|
|
||||
(Dollars in millions) |
|
2023 |
|
|
Actual |
|
Constant |
|
2022 |
|
||
Services Revenues: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Americas |
|
$ |
895 |
|
|
0% |
|
-1% |
|
$ |
898 |
|
EMEA |
|
|
323 |
|
|
9% |
|
5% |
|
|
297 |
|
Asia Pacific |
|
|
165 |
|
|
-1% |
|
3% |
|
|
166 |
|
Total revenues |
|
|
1,383 |
|
|
2% |
|
1% |
|
|
1,361 |
|
Total Expenses(1) |
|
|
1,145 |
|
|
14% |
|
13% |
|
|
1,007 |
|
Total Margin |
|
$ |
238 |
|
|
-33% |
|
-34% |
|
$ |
354 |
|
Total Margin % |
|
17% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
26% |
|
||
% Revenues by Geography: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Americas |
|
65% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
66% |
|
||
EMEA |
|
23% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
22% |
|
||
Asia Pacific |
|
12% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
12% |
|
||
Excluding the effects of currency rate fluctuations, our total services revenues increased in the first quarter of fiscal 2024, relative to the first quarter of fiscal 2023, due to growth in our advanced customer services revenues, partially offset by a decrease in our consulting services revenues. Geographically, we experienced constant currency revenue growth in the EMEA and the Asia Pacific regions, partially offset by constant currency revenue decreases in the Americas region for this business during the first quarter of fiscal 2024.
In constant currency, total services expenses increased in the first quarter of fiscal 2024, relative to the first quarter of fiscal 2023, primarily due to higher employee related expenses due to higher headcount.
In constant currency, our services business’ total margin and total margin as a percentage of revenues decreased during the first quarter of fiscal 2024, relative to the first quarter of fiscal 2023, due to expenses growth.
Research and Development Expenses: Research and development expenses consist primarily of personnel related expenditures. We intend to continue to invest significantly in our research and development efforts because, in our judgment, they are essential to maintaining our competitive position.
|
|
Three Months Ended August 31, |
|
|||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
Percent Change |
|
|
|
||||
(Dollars in millions) |
|
2023 |
|
|
Actual |
|
Constant |
|
2022 |
|
||
Research and development(1) |
|
$ |
1,732 |
|
|
4% |
|
3% |
|
$ |
1,671 |
|
Stock-based compensation |
|
|
484 |
|
|
15% |
|
15% |
|
|
422 |
|
Total expenses |
|
$ |
2,216 |
|
|
6% |
|
6% |
|
$ |
2,093 |
|
% of Total Revenues |
|
18% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
19% |
|
||
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On a constant currency basis, total research and development expenses increased in the first quarter of fiscal 2024, relative to the first quarter of fiscal 2023, primarily due to higher employee related expenses, including higher stock-based compensation expenses.
General and Administrative Expenses: General and administrative expenses primarily consist of personnel related expenditures for IT, finance, legal and human resources support functions.
|
|
Three Months Ended August 31, |
|
|||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
Percent Change |
|
|
|
||||
(Dollars in millions) |
|
2023 |
|
|
Actual |
|
Constant |
|
2022 |
|
||
General and administrative(1) |
|
$ |
313 |
|
|
-4% |
|
-5% |
|
$ |
327 |
|
Stock-based compensation |
|
|
80 |
|
|
-4% |
|
-4% |
|
|
84 |
|
Total expenses |
|
$ |
393 |
|
|
-4% |
|
-5% |
|
$ |
411 |
|
% of Total Revenues |
|
3% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
4% |
|
||
Excluding the effects of foreign currency rate fluctuations, total general and administrative expenses decreased during the first quarter of fiscal 2024, in comparison to the first quarter of fiscal 2023, primarily due to lower professional fees.
Amortization of Intangible Assets: Substantially all of our intangible assets were acquired through our business combinations. We amortize our intangible assets over, and monitor the appropriateness of, the estimated useful lives of these assets. We also periodically review these intangible assets for potential impairment based upon relevant facts and circumstances. Refer to Note 4 of Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report for additional information regarding our intangible assets and related amortization.
|
|
Three Months Ended August 31, |
|
|||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
Percent Change |
|
|
|
||||
(Dollars in millions) |
|
2023 |
|
|
Actual |
|
Constant |
|
2022 |
|
||
Developed technology |
|
$ |
168 |
|
|
-28% |
|
-28% |
|
$ |
233 |
|
Cloud services and license support agreements and related relationships |
|
|
269 |
|
|
-30% |
|
-30% |
|
|
385 |
|
Cloud license and on-premise license agreements and related relationships |
|
|
116 |
|
|
8% |
|
8% |
|
|
108 |
|
Other |
|
|
210 |
|
|
9% |
|
9% |
|
|
193 |
|
Total amortization of intangible assets |
|
$ |
763 |
|
|
-17% |
|
-17% |
|
$ |
919 |
|
Amortization of intangible assets decreased in the first quarter of fiscal 2024, relative to the first quarter of fiscal 2023, due to a reduction in expenses associated with certain of our intangible assets that became fully amortized.
Acquisition Related and Other Expenses: Acquisition related and other expenses consist of personnel related costs for transitional and certain other employees, certain business combination adjustments, including adjustments after the measurement period has ended, and certain other operating items, net.
|
|
Three Months Ended August 31, |
|
|||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
Percent Change |
|
|
|
||||
(Dollars in millions) |
|
2023 |
|
|
Actual |
|
Constant |
|
2022 |
|
||
Transitional and other employee related costs |
|
$ |
6 |
|
|
-66% |
|
-66% |
|
$ |
17 |
|
Business combination adjustments, net |
|
|
1 |
|
|
-75% |
|
-74% |
|
|
5 |
|
Other, net |
|
|
4 |
|
|
-77% |
|
-77% |
|
|
19 |
|
Total acquisition related and other expenses |
|
$ |
11 |
|
|
-72% |
|
-72% |
|
$ |
41 |
|
On a constant currency basis, acquisition related and other expenses decreased during the first quarter of fiscal 2024, relative to the first quarter of fiscal 2023, due to lower expenses across all expense categories.
Restructuring Expenses: Restructuring expenses resulted from the execution of management-approved restructuring plans that were generally developed to improve our cost structure and/or operations, often in conjunction with our acquisition integration strategies and/or other strategic initiatives. Restructuring expenses
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consist of employee severance costs, contract termination costs and certain other exit costs to improve our cost structure prospectively. For additional information regarding our restructuring plans, see Note 5 of Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report and Note 8 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2023.
|
|
Three Months Ended August 31, |
|
|||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
Percent Change |
|
|
|
||||
(Dollars in millions) |
|
2023 |
|
|
Actual |
|
Constant |
|
2022 |
|
||
Restructuring expenses |
|
$ |
138 |
|
|
-4% |
|
-1% |
|
$ |
144 |
|
Restructuring expenses in the first quarter of fiscal 2024 primarily related to our 2024 Restructuring Plan. Restructuring expenses in the first quarter of fiscal 2023 primarily related to our 2022 Restructuring Plan, which is substantially complete. Our management approved, committed to and initiated the 2024 Restructuring Plan and the 2022 Restructuring Plan in order to restructure and further improve efficiencies in our operations. We may incur additional restructuring expenses in future periods due to the initiation of new restructuring plans or from changes in estimated costs associated with existing restructuring plans.
The majority of the initiatives undertaken by our 2024 Restructuring Plan were effected to implement our continued emphasis in developing, marketing, selling and delivering our cloud-based offerings. Certain of the cost savings realized pursuant to our 2024 Restructuring Plan initiatives were offset by investments in resources and geographies that we believe better address the development, marketing, sale and delivery of our cloud‑based offerings, including investments in the development and delivery of our second‑generation cloud infrastructure.
Interest Expense:
|
|
Three Months Ended August 31, |
|
|||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
Percent Change |
|
|
|
||||
(Dollars in millions) |
|
2023 |
|
|
Actual |
|
Constant |
|
2022 |
|
||
Interest expense |
|
$ |
872 |
|
|
11% |
|
11% |
|
$ |
787 |
|
Interest expense increased during the first quarter of fiscal 2024, relative to the first quarter of fiscal 2023, primarily due to higher average borrowings resulting from our issuance of $12.3 billion of senior notes and $5.6 billion of borrowings pursuant to a term loan credit agreement (Term Loan Credit Agreement) in fiscal 2023. The increase in interest expense was partially offset by lower interest expense that resulted from $3.8 billion and $1.0 billion of scheduled repayments made during fiscal 2023 and the first quarter of fiscal 2024, respectively, and the repayment of borrowings pursuant to a $15.7 billion delayed draw term loan credit agreement (Bridge Credit Agreement) during fiscal 2023.
Non-Operating Expenses, net: Non-operating expenses, net consists primarily of interest income, net foreign currency exchange losses, the noncontrolling interests in the net profits of our majority-owned subsidiaries (primarily Oracle Financial Services Software Limited and Oracle Corporation Japan), net losses related to equity investments, including losses attributable to equity method investments and net other income and expenses, including net unrealized gains and losses from our investment portfolio related to our deferred compensation plan and non-service net periodic pension income and losses.
|
|
Three Months Ended August 31, |
|
|||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
Percent Change |
|
|
|
||||
(Dollars in millions) |
|
2023 |
|
|
Actual |
|
Constant |
|
2022 |
|
||
Interest income |
|
$ |
136 |
|
|
255% |
|
263% |
|
$ |
38 |
|
Foreign currency losses, net |
|
|
(82 |
) |
|
15% |
|
11% |
|
|
(71 |
) |
Noncontrolling interests in income |
|
|
(37 |
) |
|
-3% |
|
-3% |
|
|
(38 |
) |
Losses from equity investments, net |
|
|
(118 |
) |
|
36% |
|
35% |
|
|
(86 |
) |
Other income (expenses), net |
|
|
52 |
|
|
* |
|
* |
|
|
(23 |
) |
Total non-operating expenses, net |
|
$ |
(49 |
) |
|
-73% |
|
-74% |
|
$ |
(180 |
) |
* |
Not meaningful |
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Our non-operating expenses, net decreased during the first quarter of fiscal 2024, relative to the first quarter of fiscal 2023, primarily due to higher interest income due to higher average interest-bearing balances and higher average interest rates that were applicable to such balances and higher other income, net, which was primarily attributable to higher unrealized investment gain associated with certain marketable equity securities that we held for employee benefit plans, and for which an equal and offsetting amount was recorded to our operating expenses during the same period. The decline in non-operating expenses, net was partially offset by higher losses from equity investments and higher foreign currency losses.
Benefit from (Provision for) Income Taxes: Our effective income tax rates for each of the periods presented were the result of the mix of income earned in various tax jurisdictions that apply a broad range of income tax rates. Refer to Note 8 of Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report for a discussion regarding the differences between the effective income tax rates as presented for the periods below and the U.S. federal statutory income tax rates that were in effect during these periods. Future effective tax rates could be adversely affected by an unfavorable shift of earnings weighted to jurisdictions with higher tax rates, by unfavorable changes in tax laws and regulations, by adverse rulings in tax related litigation, or by shortfalls in stock-based compensation realized by employees relative to stock-based compensation that was recorded for book purposes, among others.
|
|
Three Months Ended August 31, |
|
|||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
Percent Change |
|
|
|
||||
(Dollars in millions) |
|
2023 |
|
|
Actual |
|
Constant |
|
2022 |
|
||
Benefit from (provision for) income taxes |
|
$ |
45 |
|
|
* |
|
* |
|
$ |
(108 |
) |
Effective tax (benefit) expense rate |
|
(1.9%) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
6.5% |
|
||
* |
Not meaningful |
Provision for income taxes decreased during the first quarter of fiscal 2024, relative to the first quarter of fiscal 2023, primarily due to an increase in tax benefits related to stock-based compensation, partially offset by an unfavorable jurisdictional mix of earnings and higher income before provision for income taxes.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
(Dollars in millions) |
|
August 31, |
|
|
Change |
|
May 31, |
|
||
Working capital |
|
$ |
(3,191 |
) |
|
53% |
|
$ |
(2,086 |
) |
Cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities |
|
$ |
12,083 |
|
|
19% |
|
$ |
10,187 |
|
Working capital: The decrease in working capital as of August 31, 2023 in comparison to May 31, 2023 was primarily due to $2.0 billion of long-term senior notes that were reclassified to current liabilities, cash used to pay dividends to our stockholders, cash used for capital expenditures, net cash used for our employee stock programs and, to a lesser extent, cash used for repurchases of our common stock during the first quarter of fiscal 2024. These unfavorable impacts were partially offset by favorable impacts to our net current assets resulting from net income during the first quarter of fiscal 2024. Our working capital may be impacted by some or all of the aforementioned factors in future periods, the amounts and timing of which are variable.
Cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities: Cash and cash equivalents primarily consist of deposits held at major banks, money market funds and other securities with original maturities of 90 days or less. Marketable securities consist of time deposits, marketable equity securities and certain other securities. The increase in cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities at August 31, 2023 in comparison to May 31, 2023 was primarily due to cash inflows from our operations, partially offset by $1.0 billion of repayment of senior notes due July 2023, cash used for capital expenditures, payments of cash dividends to our stockholders, net cash used for our employee stock programs, repayments of commercial paper notes and, to a lesser extent, repurchases of our common stock during the first quarter of fiscal 2024.
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|
|
Three Months Ended August 31, |
|
|||||||
(Dollars in millions) |
|
2023 |
|
|
Change |
|
2022 |
|
||
Net cash provided by operating activities |
|
$ |
6,974 |
|
|
9% |
|
$ |
6,394 |
|
Net cash used for investing activities |
|
$ |
(1,562 |
) |
|
-95% |
|
$ |
(29,436 |
) |
Net cash (used for) provided by financing activities |
|
$ |
(3,528 |
) |
|
* |
|
$ |
12,310 |
|
* |
Not meaningful |
Cash flows from operating activities: Our largest source of operating cash flows is cash collections from our customers following the purchase and renewal of their license support and cloud services agreements. Customers for these license support and cloud services agreements are generally billed in advance of services being provided. Over the course of a fiscal year, we also have historically generated cash from the sales of new licenses, hardware offerings and other services. Our primary uses of cash from operating activities are typically for employee related expenditures, material and manufacturing costs related to the production of our hardware products, taxes, interest payments and leased facilities.
Net cash provided by operating activities increased during the first quarter of fiscal 2024, relative to the first quarter of fiscal 2023, primarily due to certain cash favorable working capital changes, net in the first quarter of fiscal 2024, relative to the first quarter of fiscal 2023.
Cash flows from investing activities: The changes in cash flows from investing activities primarily relate to our acquisitions, the timing of our purchases, maturities and sales of our investments in marketable securities, and investments in capital and other assets, including certain intangible assets, to support our growth.
Net cash used for investing activities decreased during the first quarter of fiscal 2024, relative to the first quarter of fiscal 2023, primarily due to the decrease in cash used for acquisitions, net of cash acquired and, to a lesser extent, a decrease in capital expenditures.
Cash flows from financing activities: The changes in cash flows from financing activities primarily relate to borrowings and repayments related to our debt instruments, stock repurchases, dividend payments and net proceeds related to employee stock programs.
Net cash used for financing activities was $3.5 billion during the first quarter of fiscal 2024 compared to the net cash provided by financing activities of $12.3 billion in the first quarter of fiscal 2023. The increase in net cash used for financing activities was primarily due to the absence of the cash proceeds from borrowings, net of partial repayments pursuant to the Bridge Credit Agreement and the Term Loan Credit Agreement; repayments of commercial paper notes; higher net cash used for our employee stock programs and higher dividend payments, partially offset by lower maturities of senior notes; and lower stock repurchases, in each case during the first quarter of fiscal 2024 relative to the first quarter of fiscal 2023.
Free cash flow: To supplement our statements of cash flows presented on a GAAP basis, we use non-GAAP measures of cash flows on a trailing 4-quarter basis to analyze cash flows generated from our operations. We believe that free cash flow is also useful as one of the bases for comparing our performance with our competitors. The presentation of non-GAAP free cash flow is not meant to be considered in isolation or as an alternative to net income as an indicator of our performance, or as an alternative to cash flows from operating activities as a measure of liquidity. We calculate free cash flow as follows:
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Contractual Obligations: During the first quarter of fiscal 2024, there were no significant changes to our estimates of future payments under our fixed contractual obligations and commitments as presented in Part II, Item 7 Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2023.
We believe that our current cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities balances, cash generated from operations, and our $6.0 billion, five-year revolving credit agreement will be sufficient to meet our working capital, capital expenditures and contractual obligations requirements. In addition, we believe that we could fund our future acquisitions, dividend payments and repurchases of common stock or debt with our internally available cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities, cash generated from operations, additional borrowings or from the issuance of additional securities.
Stock-Based Awards
Our stock-based compensation program is a key component of the compensation package we provide to attract and retain certain of our talented employees and align their interests with the interests of existing stockholders.
We recognize that stock-based awards dilute existing stockholders and have sought to control the number of stock-based awards granted while providing competitive compensation packages. Consistent with these dual goals, our cumulative potential dilution since June 1, 2020 has been an annualized rate of 1.7% per year. The potential dilution percentage is calculated as the average annualized new stock-based awards granted and assumed, net of stock-based awards forfeited by employees leaving the company, divided by the weighted-average outstanding shares during the calculation period. This maximum potential dilution will only result if all stock-based awards vest and, if applicable, are exercised. Of the outstanding stock options at August 31, 2023, which generally have a ten-year exercise period, all have exercise prices lower than the market price of our common stock on such date. In recent years, our stock repurchase program has partially offset the dilutive effect of our stock-based compensation program. However, we may modify the levels of our stock repurchases in the future depending on a number of factors, including the amount of cash we have available for acquisitions, to pay dividends, to repay or repurchase indebtedness or for other purposes. At August 31, 2023, the maximum potential dilution from all outstanding stock-based awards, regardless of when granted and regardless of whether vested or unvested, was 6.6%.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
For information with respect to recent accounting pronouncements, if any, and the impact of these pronouncements on our consolidated financial statements, if any, see Note 1 of Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report.
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
There were no significant changes to our quantitative and qualitative disclosures about market risk during the first quarter of fiscal 2024. Please refer to Part II, Item 7A Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2023 for a more complete discussion of the market risks we encounter.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures: Based on our management’s evaluation (with the participation of our Principal Executive and Financial Officer), as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report, our Principal Executive and Financial Officer has concluded that our “disclosure controls and procedures” (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) were effective to provide reasonable assurance that the information required to be disclosed by us in our reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms and is accumulated and communicated to our management (including our Principal Executive and Financial Officer) as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting: There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting identified in connection with the evaluation required by paragraph (d) of Exchange Act Rules 13a-15 or
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15d-15 that occurred during our last fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
Inherent Limitations on Effectiveness of Controls: Our management, including our Principal Executive and Financial Officer, believes that our disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting are designed to provide reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives and are effective at the reasonable assurance level. However, our management does not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures or our internal control over financial reporting will prevent all errors and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well-conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, have been detected. These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in decision making can be faulty and that breakdowns can occur because of a simple error or mistake. Additionally, controls can be circumvented by the individual acts of some persons, by collusion of two or more people or by management override of the controls. The design of any system of controls also is based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions; over time, controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or the degree of compliance with policies or procedures may deteriorate. Because of the inherent limitations in a cost-effective control system, misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and not be detected.
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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
The material set forth in Note 8 (pertaining to information regarding contingencies related to our income taxes) and Note 11 (pertaining to information regarding legal contingencies) of Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 1A. Risk Factors
In addition to the other information set forth in this Quarterly Report, you should carefully consider the factors discussed in Part I, Item 1A Risk Factors in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2023. The risks discussed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K could materially affect our business, financial condition and future results. The risks described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K are not the only risks facing us. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently deem to be insignificant also may materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition or operating results in the future.
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
Our Board of Directors has approved a program for us to repurchase shares of our common stock. As of August 31, 2023, approximately $8.0 billion remained available for stock repurchases pursuant to our stock repurchase program.
Our stock repurchase authorization does not have an expiration date and the pace of our repurchase activity will depend on factors such as our working capital needs, our cash requirements for acquisitions and dividend payments, our debt repayment obligations or repurchases of our debt, our stock price, and economic and market conditions. Our stock repurchases may be effected from time to time through open market purchases or pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Our stock repurchase program may be accelerated, suspended, delayed or discontinued at any time.
The following table summarizes the stock repurchase activity for the three months ended August 31, 2023 and the approximate dollar value of shares that may yet be purchased pursuant to our stock repurchase program:
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117.00 |
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116.18 |
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Item 5. Other Information
Rule 10b5-1 Trading Plans
Our Section 16 officers and directors (as defined in Rule 16a-1 under the Exchange Act) may from time to time enter into plans for the purchase or sale of Oracle stock that are intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c) under the Exchange Act. During the quarter ended August 31, 2023, the following Section 16 officer adopted, modified or terminated “Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangements” (as defined in Item 408 under Regulation S-K of the Exchange Act):
The Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement described above was adopted and precleared in accordance with Oracle’s Insider Trading Policy and actual sale transactions made pursuant to such trading arrangements will be disclosed publicly in future Section 16 filings with the SEC.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Oracle Corporation has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
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Safra A. Catz Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive and Financial Officer) |
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Exhibit 31.01
CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE AND FINANCIAL OFFICER PURSUANT TO
EXCHANGE ACT RULE 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a)
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
I, Safra A. Catz, certify that:
Date: September 12, 2023 |
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Exhibit 32.01
CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE AND FINANCIAL OFFICER
PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350 AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE
SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
The certification set forth below is being submitted in connection with the quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Oracle Corporation for the purpose of complying with Rule 13a-14(b) or Rule 15d-14(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code.
Safra A. Catz, the Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive and Financial Officer) of Oracle Corporation, certifies that, to the best of her knowledge:
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The foregoing certification is being furnished pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350. It is not being filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and it is not to be incorporated by reference into any filing of Oracle Corporation, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.