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Filed by Taleo Corporation
Pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Subject Company: Taleo Corporation
Commission File No.: 000-51299
Taleo Customers and Partners,
On February 9, 2012, Taleo announced that it has entered into an agreement to be acquired by Oracle Corporation. The proposed transaction is subject to Taleo stockholder approval, certain regulatory approvals, and customary closing conditions and is expected to close mid-year 2012. Until the deal closes, each company will continue to operate independently, and it is business as usual.
Together, Oracle and Taleo expect to create a comprehensive cloud offering to help organizations improve the performance of their business by unlocking the power of their people. The combination is expected to empower employees and managers to effectively manage careers throughout their entire employment, enable organizations to retain talent and optimize costs, and improve the employee experience through faster on boarding and better collaboration with team members via social media.
Taleo’s industry leading talent management cloud is an important addition to the Oracle Public Cloud offering.
We look forward to continuing to deliver the solutions and services that you have come to expect from Taleo and will be providing you with important updates on how this combination will benefit our customers and partners around the world.
Please visit Taleo.com/Oracle for more information.
Regards,
Michael Gregoire
Chairman and CEO
Taleo Corporation
Oracle is currently reviewing the existing Taleo product roadmap and will be providing guidance to customers in accordance with Oracle’s standard product communication policies. Any resulting features and timing of release of such features as determined by Oracle’s review of Taleo’s product roadmap are at the sole discretion of Oracle. All product roadmap information, whether communicated by Taleo or by Oracle, does not represent a commitment to deliver any material, code, or functionality, and should not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions. It is intended for information purposes only, and may not be incorporated into any contract.
Additional Information and Where to Find It
Taleo Corporation (“Taleo”) plans to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and furnish to its stockholders a proxy statement in connection with the proposed merger with Tiger Acquisition Corporation, pursuant to which Taleo would be indirectly acquired by Oracle Corporation (the “Merger”). The proxy statement will contain important information about the proposed Merger and related matters. INVESTORS AND STOCKHOLDERS ARE URGED TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT CAREFULLY WHEN IT BECOMES AVAILABLE. Investors and stockholders will be able to obtain free copies of the proxy statement and other documents filed with the SEC by Taleo through the web site maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov, from Taleo by calling (925) 452-3120 or writing to Investor Relations at 4140 Dublin Boulevard, Suite 400, Dublin, California 94568, or by going to Taleo’s Investor Relations web site at http://ir.taleo.com/financials.cfm.
Taleo and its directors and executive officers may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from the stockholders of Taleo in connection with the proposed Merger. Information regarding the interests of these directors and executive officers in the transaction described herein and certain compensation arrangements based on or relating to the Merger will be included in the proxy statement described above. Additional information regarding these directors and executive officers is also included in Taleo’s proxy statement for its 2011 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which was filed with the SEC on April 15, 2011. This document is available free of charge at the SEC’s web site at www.sec.gov, from Taleo by calling (925) 452-3120 or writing to Investor Relations at 4140 Dublin Boulevard, Suite 400, Dublin, California 94568, or by going to Taleo’s Investor Relations web site at http://ir.taleo.com/financials.cfm.
Note on Forward-Looking Statements
The subject document contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including but not limited to, statements regarding the expected benefits and costs of the transaction, the plans, strategies and objectives of management for future operations, and the expected closing of the proposed Merger. These forward-looking statements involve certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated in such forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, the ability of the parties to consummate the proposed Merger, satisfaction of closing conditions precedent to the consummation of the proposed Merger, including obtaining antitrust approvals in the U.S. and other jurisdictions, as applicable, the ability of Oracle to successfully integrate Taleo’s operations and employees, the ability to realize anticipated benefits of the proposed Merger, and such other risks as identified in Taleo’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010, and Taleo’s most recent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, each as filed with the SEC, which contain and identify important factors that could cause the actual results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements. Taleo assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement contained in the subject document.