For the fourth quarter of FY05, Asia Pacific's total revenues grew to US$540million, a 23% increase from Q4FY04. The Asia Pacific region accounted for 14% of worldwide total Q4FY05 revenue. In particular, new license revenues for applications and technology in the region grew 80% and 10% respectively, compared with Q4FY04. Total new license revenues for Asia Pacific grew 18% from the Q4FY04 and accounted for 17% of worldwide Q4FY05 new license revenues. (All figures above are in USD and on GAAP basis.)

"FY05 has been a record year for Oracle in Asia Pacific. We have significant momentum and are clearly outpacing the market and competition. We delivered record growth in new applications licenses and extended our margin of leadership in database technology," said Derek Williams, executive vice president for Oracle Asia Pacific. "These results reflect Oracle's winning strategy in Asia Pacific. We are successfully leveraging our core strengths in technology as well as our expanded capabilities in applications and key industries to deliver business value. Customers are confident of our commitment and ability to fully support their business and IT requirements."

Oracle has today over 25,000 technology customers and over 4,000 applications customers across the Asia Pacific region.

Organisations Across Asia Pacific Select Oracle Applications and Technology
Oracle's performance was driven by a growing number of customers that are choosing Oracle to consolidate, standardise and automate their business systems to help them gain cost efficiencies, better information, high availability and performance, as well as better service.

"Oracle is winning new customers and gaining market share because we offer industry domain expertise and product specialisation. No other software vendor today has as complete a technology and applications software stack that Oracle has, which is key to delivering lower cost of ownership and superior customer experience," said Williams. "These are key considerations for customers when deciding on the solutions to run their business. Oracle has been very successful when you look at the adoptions across key verticals, including financial services, public sector, communications and manufacturing."

Organisations in key industries across Asia Pacific that adopted or expanded implementations of Oracle Database, Oracle Fusion Middleware (a family of products that includes Oracle Application Server 10g), Oracle Grid technologies and Oracle Applications (including the Oracle E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft Enterprise, JD Edwards EnterpriseOne and JD Edwards World) in Q4 include:

Communications, Media & Utilities
Daum Communication* (Korea), DiGi Telecommunications (Malaysia), Energy Market Company (Singapore), KTF (Korea), KTH* (Korea), Maxis Communications (Malaysia), New World PCS Ltd (Hong Kong), SP AusNet* (Australia), Sui Southern Gas Company Ltd* (Pakistan), Tabcorp Holdings Limited* (Australia), Telekom Malaysia (Malaysia)

Financial Services
Bank of Communications* (Hong Kong), Bank of India* (India), Central Bank Of India (India), CITIC Ka Wah Bank Limited* (Hong Kong), Energy Market Company (Singapore), First Bank* (Taiwan), Guo Min Life Insurance (China), Hana Bank (Korea), HSBC Holdings Plc (Hong Kong), Industrial Bank of Korea (Korea), Industrial Development Bank Of India Limited (India), Maybank* (Malaysia), Sunshine Agriculture Mutual Insurance Co., Ltd (China), Wing Lung Bank* (Hong Kong)

Government, Education & Healthcare
Central Board Of Excise & Customs (India), Fiji Islands Revenue & Customs Authority (Fiji), Government of Karnataka-Bangalore Mahanagara Palike* (India), Healthe Singapore Pte Ltd* (Singapore), Indian Army (India), National Audit Dept (Malaysia), Malaysian Center for Remote Sensing (Malaysia), National University of Singapore* (Singapore), New Zealand Department of Corrections (New Zealand), Queensland Department of Justice and Attorney General (Australia)

Manufacturing, Retail & Distribution
AFPD Pte Ltd (Singapore), Bausch & Lomb Eyecare (India) Pvt. Ltd* (India), Century Total Logistics Sdn Bhd* (Malaysia), Cold Storage (Singapore), Coventry Group Limited* (Australia), CRI Pumps (Pvt) Ltd.* (India), Eveready Industries India Ltd* (India), India Pistons Ltd* (India), Novelis Korea Ltd* (Korea)

Others Industries (including Logistics, Travel & Transportation, Engineering & Construction)
BAE Systems Australia* (Australia), Exel Singapore Pte Ltd* (Singapore), Kumho Construction & Engineering Co., Ltd* (Korea), Meshtek International Co., Ltd* (Thailand), Pusan Newport* (Korea)
(Note: *Indicates customer purchased Oracle Applications; customer may also have purchased Oracle Technology)

Highlights in Asia Pacific in FY05
With operations across 29 countries in the Asia Pacific region, Oracle continues to expand its presence and reach to address the needs of customers and partners:

Key Joint Initiatives in the Asia Pacific Region, with IT & Government Partners:
Center of Excellence for Financial Services Industry (January 2005) in China
o Centers of Excellence for eGovernment in the Philippines (October 2004), China (December 2004) and Sri Lanka (June 2005/FY06)
o Oracle Advanced Technology Solutions Center (October 2004) - A regional centre focused on creating innovative technology solutions built on the Oracle platform. Recent projects include security technology and pharmacogenomics.
o The first Centre of Excellence for Grid Computing in Asia Pacific (May 2005)- the Enterprise-g Center (based in Singapore) proliferates enteprise grid computing pilot projects, competency development, and market development and awareness.

Strategic Acquisitions to Support Customers:
In January 2005, Oracle completed the acquisition of PeopleSoft, Inc., and confirmed its long-term commitment to the continued and consistent support of PeopleSoft and JD Edwards products, together with product development and product support roadmaps. During the year, Oracle also acquired Oblix, Inc., a leading developer of identity management software and Retek Inc., a leading provider of solutions to the retail industry. Most recently, we also acquired TimesTen, Inc., a privately held supplier of real-time data management software (June 2005/FY06) and ProfitLogic, a privately held provider of Retail Profit Optimization solutions (July 2005/FY06) to expand its solution capabilities.

Growing in the Mid-Market:
Oracle offers the widest software product portfolio today to address the needs of mid-market business. Oracle's applications and technology products packaged for this market segment include: Oracle E-Business Suite Special Edition, JD Edwards EnterpriseOne and JD Edwards World for applications; and, Oracle Database 10g Standard Edition One and Oracle Application Server 10g Standard Edition One for technology. By demonstrating business value and investing in its partner network, more than 50% of Oracle's customer base in Asia Pacific today comprises small- and mid-sized companies.

Driving Applications and Technology Product Innovation:
Oracle unveiled several new products and product enhancements during fiscal year 2005, including Oracle Collaboration Suite 10g, Oracle Database 10g Release 2, Oracle Application Server 10g Release 2, Oracle Business Intelligence, Oracle E-Business Suite 11i.10, Oracle CRM 11i.10, Oracle Procurement Contracts, Oracle Services Procurement, Oracle Supplier Network, Oracle Product Information Management Data Hub, PeopleSoft Enterprise Performance Management 8.9 and JD Edwards World A7.3 Service Pack 16.

Expanding the Oracle Partner Network
Oracle's network of more than 1,550 partners across the region offer local expertise and support to meet customer requirements across its technology and applications product portfolio. Some 80% of Oracle's revenue in Asia Pacific is delivered through partners.

Contributing to the Community:
Underpinning Oracle's philanthropic efforts in Asia Pacific are the Oracle Education Initiatives1, comprising four programs: Think.com, ThinkQuest, Oracle Academy and Oracle Academic Initiative. Centered around education and learning, these efforts have touched thousands of educational institutions and hundreds of thousands of students and teachers across Asia Pacific. In addition, last year, Oracle raised nearly $2 million in donations for the tsunami relief efforts through individual contributions and the company's matching program. Oracle also contributed database systems to support relief operations and expertise to assist with developing tsunami-warning systems.

Williams added, "Oracle is fully committed as a partner to help drive the success of governments and businesses, and also build a strong knowledge economy across Asia Pacific. We will continue to offer more innovative offerings that deliver quantifiable returns to our customers' and partners' businesses. We are working with governments to deliver enhanced citizen services and to make cost-effective use of public funds. Through the Oracle education initiatives and employee volunteer programs, we are continuing to take a hands-on approach that will have longer term positive impact to the communities in Asia Pacific."

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