Ellison Sells $895 Million of Oracle
PALO ALTO, Calif. (Reuters) - Larry Ellison, founder and chief executive of software titan
Oracle Corp. (NasdaqNM:ORCL - news), sold $894.8 million in company stock in January,
according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
It was the first such sale by Ellison since 1996, Oracle spokeswoman Jennifer Glass said on Thursday.
In the final weeks of January, Ellison exercised 22.2 million options that were set to expire in August. Under the terms of the
option, he paid 22.5 cents a share, according to a Form 4 filed with the SEC on Tuesday.
He sold the shares for prices ranging from $30.03 to $32.01 for a net gain of $681.1 million.
Ellison, who ranks among the world's wealthiest men, also sold an additional 7 million shares for a total of $208.7 million. Sale
prices on that transaction ranged from $30.14 to $30.83 per share.
At the end of January Ellison owned 1.3 billion Oracle shares, nearly one-quarter of the outstanding common stock in the world's
second-largest software maker.
Based on Wednesday's closing price of $25, Ellison's Oracle holdings were valued at $32.5 billion.
Kein toller Vertrauensbeweiß - erst mal Hände weg, würde ich sagen.
Gruß Dampf
PALO ALTO, Calif. (Reuters) - Larry Ellison, founder and chief executive of software titan
Oracle Corp. (NasdaqNM:ORCL - news), sold $894.8 million in company stock in January,
according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
It was the first such sale by Ellison since 1996, Oracle spokeswoman Jennifer Glass said on Thursday.
In the final weeks of January, Ellison exercised 22.2 million options that were set to expire in August. Under the terms of the
option, he paid 22.5 cents a share, according to a Form 4 filed with the SEC on Tuesday.
He sold the shares for prices ranging from $30.03 to $32.01 for a net gain of $681.1 million.
Ellison, who ranks among the world's wealthiest men, also sold an additional 7 million shares for a total of $208.7 million. Sale
prices on that transaction ranged from $30.14 to $30.83 per share.
At the end of January Ellison owned 1.3 billion Oracle shares, nearly one-quarter of the outstanding common stock in the world's
second-largest software maker.
Based on Wednesday's closing price of $25, Ellison's Oracle holdings were valued at $32.5 billion.
Kein toller Vertrauensbeweiß - erst mal Hände weg, würde ich sagen.
Gruß Dampf