Oracle Announces Pricing of $20 Billion of Common Stock and Senior Notes
Neither offering depends on completion of the other, allowing the stock and debt transactions to close independently.
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Rhea-AI Summary
Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) priced concurrent common stock and senior note offerings totaling $20 billion in public financing.
The stock offering comprises 86,206,897 shares at $116.00 each, with expected net proceeds of approximately $9.9 billion after underwriting discounts and estimated expenses. The notes offering is expected to provide approximately $10.0 billion net after those deductions. Its five tranches are $2 billion at 7.000% due 2029, $1.75 billion at 7.450% due 2031, $2.25 billion at 7.850% due 2033, $2.5 billion at 8.000% due 2037 and $1.5 billion at 8.650% due 2046.
Oracle expects both offerings to close on November 4, 2026, subject to customary closing conditions. If completed, proceeds will fund general corporate purposes, potentially including capital expenditures, debt repayment, investments or acquisitions, dividends or share repurchases.
How this balance works
Rhea-AI gives every point it takes from this document a weight. Minor counts 1, Moderate 3 and Major 9, so one Major point outweighs several Minor ones. The bar adds up the weights on each side, and when neither side holds more than 65% of the total the balance reads Mixed.
It reads the document as published, with the same rules for every company, and it does not look at what the market expected or at how the stock traded, so a point can be objectively good on a day the stock falls.
Rhea-AI Sentiment measures something else, the tone of the wording.
Hollow bars mark forward-looking points. How the balance works
Positive
- Moderate point. Forward-looking: it has not happened yet and may not happen.Common stock offering is expected to provide approximately $9.9 billion in net proceeds. 2.7% of market cap
- Moderate point. Forward-looking: it has not happened yet and may not happen.Senior notes offering is expected to provide approximately $10.0 billion in net proceeds. 2.8% of market cap
Negative
- Moderate point. Forward-looking: it has not happened yet and may not happen.86,206,897 new common shares at $116.00 each would dilute existing shareholders.
- Minor point. Forward-looking: it has not happened yet and may not happen.$2 billion of 7.000% notes due 2029 would add debt and interest obligations.
- Minor point. Forward-looking: it has not happened yet and may not happen.$1.75 billion of 7.450% notes due 2031 would add debt and interest obligations.
- Minor point. Forward-looking: it has not happened yet and may not happen.$2.25 billion of 7.850% notes due 2033 would add debt and interest obligations.
- Minor point. Forward-looking: it has not happened yet and may not happen.$2.5 billion of 8.000% notes due 2037 would add debt and interest obligations.
- Minor point. Forward-looking: it has not happened yet and may not happen.$1.5 billion of 8.650% notes due 2046 would add debt and interest obligations.
News Explained
The new-share ownership effect has not yet occurred; it depends on closing the stock offering.
Oracle's priced offerings remain pending, and either may close without the other; if the stock sale closes, issuing 86,206,897 shares increases the share count and reduces existing holders' percentage ownership.
Key Figures
- Common shares offered
- 86,206,897 shares
- Concurrent common stock offering
- Common stock offering price
- $116.00 per share
- Public offering price
- Notes tranche
- $2,000,000,000 at 7.000%, due 2029
- Notes offering
- Notes tranche
- $1,750,000,000 at 7.450%, due 2031
- Notes offering
- Notes tranche
- $2,250,000,000 at 7.850%, due 2033
- Notes offering
- Notes tranche
- $2,500,000,000 at 8.000%, due 2037
- Notes offering
- Notes tranche
- $1,500,000,000 at 8.650%, due 2046
- Notes offering
Historical Context
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Set a $20 billion FY27–FY30 funding cap, expected to include $10 billion in equity and $10 billion in gross debt.
24h Move is the share-price change in the day after each event; other market factors may also have contributed.
Key Terms
underwritten public offerings financial
senior notes financial
form s-3 regulatory
prospectus supplement regulatory
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Each of the offerings is expected to close on November 4, 2026, subject to customary closing conditions. The completion of the common stock offering is not contingent on the completion of the notes offering, and the completion of the notes offering is not contingent on the completion of the common stock offering.
The net proceeds from the common stock offering will be approximately
The net proceeds of the offerings, if completed, will be used for general corporate purposes, which may include capital expenditures, repayment of indebtedness, future investments or acquisitions and payment of cash dividends on or repurchases of our common stock.
BofA Securities is acting as sole global coordinator of the offerings. Wells Fargo Securities, Citigroup, BNP PARIBAS, Deutsche Bank Securities, J.P. Morgan, PNC Capital Markets LLC, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, HSBC and SMBC Nikko are acting as joint book-running managers of the offerings. BTIG is a joint book-running manager of the common stock offering. U.S. Bancorp is a joint book-running manager of the notes offering. Lloyds Securities is a joint book-running manager of the notes offering and a co-manager of the common stock offering. Intesa Sanpaolo, Mizuho, MUFG, TD Securities, Santander, BNY Capital Markets, CIBC Capital Markets and ING are acting as co-managers of the offerings. Standard Chartered Bank is a co-manager of the notes offering.
Registration Statement and Prospectus
Oracle has filed a registration statement on Form S-3 (including a prospectus) with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") for the offerings to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement and other documents Oracle has filed with the SEC for more complete information about Oracle and the offerings. The offerings may be made only by means of a prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus. Copies of the registration statement, preliminary prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus related to each of the offerings can be obtained by visiting the SEC's website at https://www.sec.gov or by contacting BofA Securities, Inc., Telephone: 1-800-294-1322.
This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy these securities, nor does it constitute an offer, solicitation or sale of these securities, in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration and qualification under the securities laws of such state or jurisdiction.
About Oracle
Oracle offers integrated suites of applications plus secure, autonomous infrastructure in the Oracle Cloud.
"Safe Harbor" Statement: Statements in this press release relating to the anticipated use of the net proceeds from the offerings; our ability to complete the offerings on the anticipated timeline or at all; and other characterizations of future events and circumstances are "forward-looking statements" and are subject to material risks and uncertainties. All information set forth in this press release is current as of November 2, 2026. Oracle undertakes no duty to update any statement in light of new information or future events.
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FAQ
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When are Oracle's stock and senior note offerings expected to close?
Oracle expects each offering to close on November 4, 2026, subject to customary closing conditions. Completion of either offering is not contingent on completion of the other.