Oracle Buys NetSuite

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BySteve Banker
Category:
Acquisition or Partnership

Oracle announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire NetSuite, the very first cloud company. The transaction is valued at $109.00 per share in cash, or approximately $9.3 billion.

The evaluation and negotiation of the transaction was led by a Special Committee of Oracle's Board of Directors consisting solely of independent directors. The Special Committee unanimously approved the transaction on behalf of Oracle and its Board of Directors.

The transaction is expected to close in 2016. The closing of the transaction is subject to receiving certain regulatory approvals and satisfying other closing conditions, including NetSuite stockholders tendering a majority of NetSuite's outstanding shares in the tender offer. In addition, the closing is subject to a condition that a majority of NetSuite's outstanding shares not owned by executive officers or directors of NetSuite, or persons affiliated with Larry Ellison, his family members and any affiliated entities, be tendered in the tender offer.

 

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