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Sun's 2008 Annual Meeting of Stockholders

Date:Wednesday, November 5th, 2008
Time:10AM PT
Location:Sun's Auditorium at the Santa Clara Campus
4030 George Sellon Circle
Santa Clara, CA 95054
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Final Report Of Inspector Of Election

Annual Meeting Of Stockholders
November 5, 2008
Sun Microsystems, Inc.

The following is a summary of the voting results applicable to the Sun Microsystems, Inc. 2008 Annual Meeting of Stockholders hold on Wednesday, November 5th, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. at the Company's Santa Clara offices located at 4030 George Sellon Circle, Santa Clara, California. The Record Date for the Annual Meeting was September 15, 2008 and 744,967,054 shares of the Company's common stock were outstanding on such date. Of the shares, 646,048,807 shares of common stock, or 86.72% of the total number of outstanding shares, voted in the following manner:

1. Election of Directors:

  FOR WITHHELD ABSTAIN
Scott G. McNealy 624,782,330 18,815,875.75 2,450,601.25
James L. Barksdale 627,439,094.75 15,831,925.50 2,777,786.75
Stephen M. Bennett 614,054,554.50 29,198,237.25 2,796,015.25
Peter L.S. Currie 627,113,333.75 16,165,761 2,769,712.25
Robert J. Finocchio, Jr. 627,070,541.50 16,190,212.25 2,788,053.25
James H. Greene, Jr. 626,462,549 16,406,883.75 3,179,374.25
Michael E. Marks 627,383,248.75 15,884,585 2,780,973.25
Patricia E. Mitchell 626,558,469.75 16,690,486.25 2,799,851
M. Kenneth Oshman 611,684,836 31,210,978.75 3,152,992.25
P. Anthony Ridder 613,775,606.50 28,776,275.25 3,496.925.25
Jonathan I. Schwartz 625,526,542.75 18,248,342 2,273,922.25

2. Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2009:

FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN NON-VOTE
615,183,129.75 28,040,348.25 2,825,329 0

3. Approval of amendments to Sun's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws to eliminate supermajority voting:

FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN NON-VOTE
606,203,666.75 37,862,533.25 1,982,607 0

4. Approval of amendments to Sun's 1990 Employee Stock Purchase Plan to increase the number of authorized shares issuable thereunder, extend the term and make certain other administrative changes:

FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN NON-VOTE
440,081,936.25 16,624,293.75 502,726 188,839,851

5. Stockholder proposal regarding an advisory vote on compensation:

FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN NON-VOTE
305,248,115 146,944,963.50 5,015,777.50 188,839,951

6. Stockholder proposal regarding bylaw amendment related to stockholder rights plans:

This proposal was not properly presented at the 2008 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Therefore, no vote was taken regarding this proposal.


7. Stockholder proposal regarding bylaw amendment establish a Board committee on human rights:

FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN NON-VOTE
20,645,249 393,726,317 42,837,390 188,839,851

This Report of Inspector of Election has been executed this 5th day of November, 2008.