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- Oracle wants to raise $20 billion by selling new shares and bonds.
- Last week it promised not to raise more than $20 billion of new money through 2030.
- It is now asking for the whole amount at once.
- Oracle is spending heavily on data centres for AI.
- Bond
- A loan from investors that a company pays back on a fixed date, with interest.
- Capital spending
- Money spent on things that last for years, such as buildings and computers.
- Free cash flow
- The cash a company has left after paying its costs and its investments.
At an investor day in Las Vegas on October 28, Oracle set out its plans up to 2030. Five days later, it launched the funding it had described there.
Two offerings
Oracle is offering $10 billion of common stock, led by BofA Securities. Its shares last traded at $130.67 on October 30, the filing says.
At the same time, it is offering $10 billion of bonds in six parts, which fall due between 2029 and 2046. One part has a floating interest rate. The share price and the bond rates are not set yet.
Oracle says the money is for general corporate purposes, which may include capital spending, repaying debt, investments and dividends.
Figures from Oracle’s filings of October 28 and November 2.
Last week’s promise
On October 28, Oracle said it would limit additional capital raises through its 2030 financial year to $20 billion. It planned to split them evenly between shares and debt, and the limit leaves out the refinancing of existing debt.
Oracle’s finance chief, Hilary Maxson, told analysts the money would come in the current financial year, which ends in May, The Register reports. “That’s a real commitment,” Maxson said.
Oracle says its capital spending will peak in the 2027 and 2028 financial years and fall in 2029. It expects at least $30 billion of free cash flow in the 2029 financial year.
Debt and doubts
Oracle had $125.3 billion of borrowings at the end of August, its bond filing says. Its revenue in the 2026 financial year was $67.36 billion, Reuters reports.
Oracle spent $55.7 billion on capital projects in its 2026 financial year, and plans $90 billion to $95 billion in 2027, according to The Register.
The shares fell more than 6% during Monday’s trading, CNBC reported, and are down 33% this year. “This seems to be exactly what they previewed,” Baird analyst Rob Oliver told CNBC.
Sources
Every fact in this story comes from the sources below. Open them to check our work.
- 1Primary source · November 2, 2026Preliminary prospectus supplement: $10,000,000,000 of common stock Oracle (SEC EDGAR)
- 2Primary source · November 2, 2026Preliminary prospectus supplement: $10,000,000,000 of senior notes Oracle (SEC EDGAR)
- 3Primary source · October 28, 2026Oracle Investor Day 2026: Accelerating Value Creation Oracle (SEC EDGAR)
- 4Research · November 2, 2026Oracle to raise US$20B through bonds, stock sales Reuters, via BNN Bloomberg
- 5Research · November 2, 2026Oracle gobbles $20 billion borrowing limit a week after setting it The Register
- 6Research · November 2, 2026Oracle files to sell $20 billion in new stock, bonds to finance AI buildout CNBC
The offerings and last week’s limit come from Oracle’s own filings. The plans for spending and cash flow are Oracle’s forecasts.
Oracle plans to raise $20B, its whole limit through 2030. Silicon AI News, November 3, 2026. https://siliconainews.com/stories/oracle-20-billion-stock-bond-sale
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