Sun Microsystems, Inc. Announces Special Stockholder Meeting Date on July 16

SANTA CLARA, CA, June 8, 2009 -- Sun Microsystems(NASDAQ: JAVA) today announced that a Special Committee of its Board of Directors has approved July 16, 2009 as the date for a special meeting of stockholders to vote on the adoption of the merger agreement entered into by and among Sun, Oracle Corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Oracle, providing for the proposed acquisition of Sun by Oracle.

Sun filed its definitive proxy statement in connection with the merger agreement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission today, June 8, 2009. The filing is available on Sun's website at sun.com/investors, and will be mailed together with a proxy card on or around June 10, 2009, to Sun stockholders of record as of the close of business on June 5, 2009, the record date for the special meeting of stockholders.

The special meeting of stockholders will take place at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time on July 16, 2009, at Sun's Auditorium located at the Santa Clara Campus at 4030 George Sellon Circle, Santa Clara, California, 95054. The proposal to adopt the merger agreement must be approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding shares of Sun's common stock as of the record date. For more information regarding the proposed merger agreement, visit sun.com/oracle.

Source: Sun Microsystems, Inc.