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Oracle Corporation: Oracle Comments on European Commission Extension

^{Published on 2009-09-03 03:46:54 - Market Wire}
 

REDWOOD SHORES, CA--(Marketwire - September 3, 2009) - Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: [ ORCL ]) announced today that the European Commission has decided to seek more information regarding Oracle's acquisition of Sun Microsystems by conducting a Phase Two inquiry. The U.S. Department of Justice approved Oracle's proposed acquisition of Sun Microsystems without conditions and terminated the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act on August 20, 2009. Sun's stockholders approved the transaction on July 16, 2009. Closing of the transaction is subject to certain conditions, including clearance by the European Commission.

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