Commission Decision of 26 October 2004 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market and the functioning of the EEA Agreement (Case No COMP/M.3216 — Oracle/PeopleSoft) (notified under document number C(2004) 4217) (Only the English text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance) (2005/621/EC)

I. THE PARTIES U.K.

(5) Oracle is a publicly listed company whose common stock is traded on the Nasdaq and which is active in the design, development, manufacture and distribution of enterprise application software, database and application server software and related services. U.K.

(6) PeopleSoft is a publicly listed company whose shares are traded on the Nasdaq and which is active in the design, development, manufacture and distribution of enterprise application software and related services. In July 2003, PeopleSoft acquired control of J.D. Edwards (JD Edwards), a US company also active in the application software business. U.K.