UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) November 9, 2005
Oracle Corporation
(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
| Delaware | 0-14376 | 94-2871189 | ||
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
| 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood City, California | 94065 | |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (650) 506-7000
N/A
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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Section 5 – Corporate Governance and Management
Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers.
Election of Director
On November 9, 2005, Naomi O. Seligman accepted an offer to join the Board of Directors of Oracle Corporation. Ms. Seligman will not join any committees of the Board at this time.
Ms. Seligman, 66, has been a senior partner at Ostriker von Simson, a technology research firm, since June 1999. From 1977 until June 1999, Ms. Seligman served as a co-founder and senior partner of the Research Board, Inc., a private sector institution sponsored by 100 chief information officers from major global corporations. Ms. Seligman also serves as a director of The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation, Sun Microsystems, Inc. and Akamai Technologies, Inc.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| ORACLE CORPORATION | ||||
| Dated: November 14, 2005 |
By: | /s/ Martin J. Collins | ||
| Name: | Martin J. Collins | |||
| Title: | Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary | |||