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Oracle Faces Potential Credit Rating Downgrade to Reflect Added Debt for Cerner Deal

Oracle could face a debt-rating downgrade tied to its announcement on Monday of an agreement to acqu

Oracle Faces Potential Credit Rating Downgrade to Reflect Added Debt for Cerner Deal

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As noted earlier, the enterprise software giant as of the end of November had about $22.8 billion in cash and securities, offset by about $73.4 billion in long-term debt, leaving them with $50.6 billion in net debt. Any way you do the math, it is clear Oracle will need to finance at least a portion of the purchase price. So far, the company has declined to provide any details on how it plans to finance the deal.\nThe credit-ratings firm Moody’s late Monday said it has placed its debt ratings on Oracle under review for possible downgrade “to reflect the likelihood of a meaningful deterioration in Oracle’s cash balances and financial leverage after the acquisition of Cerner.”\nMoody’s notes that Oracle should generate about $10 billion in annual free cash flow after paying dividends and including the impact of the Cerner deal. 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