EX-99.(A)(1)(V) 7 dex99a1v.htm FORM OF LETTER TO CLIENTS Form of Letter to Clients

 

Offer to Purchase for Cash

All Outstanding Shares of Common Stock

(Including the Associated Preferred Stock Purchase Rights)

of

PEOPLESOFT, INC.

at

$16.00 Net Per Share

by

PEPPER ACQUISITION CORP.

a wholly owned subsidiary of

ORACLE CORPORATION

 

To Our Clients:

 

Enclosed for your consideration are the Offer to Purchase dated June 9, 2003 and the related Letter of Transmittal (which, together with any amendments or supplements thereto, collectively constitute the “Offer”) in connection with the offer by Pepper Acquisition Corp. (the “Purchaser”), a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Oracle Corporation (the “Parent”), a Delaware corporation, to purchase for cash all outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), and the associated preferred stock purchase rights (the “Rights”, the Common Stock and the Rights together are referred to herein as the “Shares”), of PeopleSoft, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”). We are the holder of record of Shares held for your account. A tender of such Shares can be made only by us as the holder of record and pursuant to your instructions. The Letter of Transmittal is furnished to you for your information only and cannot be used by you to tender Shares held by us for your account.

 

We request instructions as to whether you wish us to tender any or all of the Shares held by us for your account, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase and the Letter of Transmittal.

 

Your attention is directed to the following:

 

  1.   The tender price is $16.00 per Share, net to you in cash.

 

  2.   The Offer and withdrawal rights expire at 12:00 Midnight, New York City time, on Monday, July 7, 2003, unless extended (as extended, the “Expiration Date”).

 

  3.   The Offer is conditioned upon, among other things, (a) there being validly tendered and not withdrawn before the Expiration Date a number of Shares which, together with the Shares then owned by the Parent and its subsidiaries (including the Purchaser), represents at least a majority of the total number of Shares outstanding on a fully diluted basis, (b) there being no amendment of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated June 1, 2003, by and among the Company, J.D. Edwards & Company and Jersey Acquisition Corporation without the consent of the Purchaser (a termination of such agreement in accordance with its terms shall not constitute an amendment for this purpose), (c) the Company’s Board of Directors redeeming the Rights or the Purchaser being satisfied, in its sole discretion, that the Rights have been invalidated or are otherwise inapplicable to the Offer and the merger of the Company and the Purchaser (or one of its subsidiaries) as described in the Offer to Purchase and (d) the Purchaser being satisfied, in its sole discretion, that Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law is inapplicable to the merger of the Company and the Purchaser (or one of its subsidiaries) as described in the Offer to Purchase.

 

  4.   Any stock transfer taxes applicable to the sale of Shares to the Purchaser pursuant to the Offer will be paid by the Purchaser, except as otherwise provided in Instruction 6 of the Letter of Transmittal.


 

If you wish to have us tender any or all of your Shares, please so instruct us by completing, executing, detaching and returning to us the instruction form below. An envelope to return your instructions to us is enclosed. If you authorize tender of your Shares, all such Shares will be tendered unless otherwise specified on the instruction form. Your instructions should be forwarded to us in ample time to permit us to submit a tender on your behalf by the Expiration Date.

 

The Offer is not being made to, nor will tenders be accepted from or on behalf of, holders of Shares in any jurisdiction in which the making of the Offer or acceptance thereof would not be in compliance with the laws of such jurisdiction.

 

Payment for Shares purchased pursuant to the Offer will in all cases be made only after timely receipt by American Stock Transfer & Trust Company (the “Depositary”) of (i) certificates representing the Shares tendered or timely confirmation of the book-entry transfer of such Shares into the account maintained by the Depositary at The Depository Trust Company (the “Book-Entry Transfer Facility”), pursuant to the procedures set forth in Section 3 of the Offer to Purchase, (ii) the Letter of Transmittal (or a facsimile thereof), properly completed and duly executed, with any required signature guarantees or an Agent’s Message (as defined in the Offer to Purchase), in connection with a book-entry delivery, and (iii) any other documents required by the Letter of Transmittal. Accordingly, payment may not be made to all tendering stockholders at the same time depending upon when certificates for or confirmations of book-entry transfer of such Shares into the Depositary’s account at the Book-Entry Transfer Facility are actually received by the Depositary.

 

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Instruction Form with Respect to

 

Offer to Purchase for Cash

 

All Outstanding Shares of Common Stock

 

(Including the Associated Preferred Stock Purchase Rights)

 

of

 

PeopleSoft, Inc.

 

by Pepper Acquisition Corp.

 

The undersigned acknowledge(s) receipt of your letter and the enclosed Offer to Purchase dated June 9, 2003, and the related Letter of Transmittal, in connection with the offer by Pepper Acquisition Corp. to purchase all outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, and the associated preferred stock purchase rights (together, the “Shares”), of PeopleSoft, Inc.

 

This will instruct you to tender the number of Shares indicated below held by you for the account of the undersigned, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase and the related Letter of Transmittal.

 

Number of Shares to be Tendered:

  SIGN HERE

                                                                                       Shares*

                                                                                                           
    Signature(s)

Dated                                                                            , 2003

                                                                                                           
    Name(s)
                                                                                                             
    Address(es)
                                                                                                             
    (Zip Code)

 


*   Unless otherwise indicated, it will be assumed that all Shares held for the undersigned’s account are to be tendered.

 

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