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STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
3 Months Ended
Aug. 31, 2026
Stockholders' Equity Note [Abstract]  
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
7.
STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

Common Stock

On February 2, 2026, we entered into an equity distribution agreement with certain sales agents party thereto, as amended on June 23, 2026, pursuant to which we may sell shares of our common stock having aggregate sales proceeds of up to $20 billion from time to time through an “at-the-market” offering program (the ATM Program).

During the first quarter ended August 31, 2026, we fully utilized the ATM Program and issued 141 million shares of common stock under the ATM Program for net proceeds of $19.9 billion. The proceeds from offerings under the ATM Program 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.

Common Stock Repurchases

Our Board of Directors (the Board) has approved a program for us to repurchase shares of our common stock. As of August 31, 2026, approximately $6.3 billion remained available for stock repurchases pursuant to our stock repurchase program. There was no stock repurchase activity for the three months ended August 31, 2026. We repurchased 0.4 million shares for $93 million during the three months ended August 31, 2025 under the stock repurchase program.

Our stock repurchase authorization does not have an expiration date and the pace of any future repurchase activity will depend on factors such as our working capital needs, our cash requirements for capital expenditures, 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 Preferred and Common Stock

In September 2026, the Board declared a quarterly cash dividend of $1,625 per share of our outstanding Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock and $0.50 per share of our outstanding common stock. The Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock dividend is payable on October 15, 2026 to stockholders of record as of the close of business on October 1, 2026 and the common stock dividend is payable on October 23, 2026 to stockholders of record as of the close of business on October 9, 2026. Future declarations of dividends on Oracle securities and the establishment of future record and payment dates for our common stock are subject to the final determination of the Board.

Fiscal 2027 Stock‑Based Awards Activity and Compensation Expense

During the first quarter of fiscal 2027, we issued 2 million restricted stock-based units (RSUs) and stock options (SOs) for approximately 400,000 shares of common stock, all of which are subject to service-based vesting restrictions. These fiscal 2027 stock-based award issuances were offset by stock-based award forfeitures and cancellations of 4 million shares during the first quarter of fiscal 2027.

The SOs were granted with an exercise price not less than the closing share price of our common stock on the grant date, generally become exercisable over four years of service, and generally expire ten years from the date of grant. We estimated the fair values of our SOs using the Black-Scholes-Merton option-pricing model, which was developed for use in estimating the fair values of SOs. Option valuation models, including the Black-Scholes-Merton option-pricing model, require the input of assumptions, including stock price volatility. Changes in the input assumptions can affect the fair value estimates and ultimately how much we recognize as stock-based compensation expense. The RSUs that were granted during the three months ended August 31, 2026 generally vest over four years of service and were valued using methodologies of a similar nature as those described in Note 11 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2026.

Stock-based compensation expense is included in the following operating expense line items in our condensed consolidated statements of operations:

 

 

Three Months Ended
August 31,

 

(in millions)

 

2026

 

 

2025

 

Cloud and software

 

$

134

 

 

$

156

 

Hardware

 

 

6

 

 

 

7

 

Services

 

 

51

 

 

 

49

 

Sales and marketing

 

 

171

 

 

 

177

 

Research and development

 

 

667

 

 

 

647

 

General and administrative

 

 

98

 

 

 

88

 

Total stock-based compensation

 

$

1,127

 

 

$

1,124