SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported) May 13, 2004
CONVERA CORPORATION
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 000-31989 54-1987541
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(State or other (Commission File No.) (I.R.S. Employer
jurisdiction of Identification No.)
incorporation
1921 GALLOWS ROAD, SUITE 200
VIENNA, VIRGINIA 221826
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(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (703) 761-3700
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Item 5. Other Events and Required FD Disclosure.
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On May 13, 2004, Convera Corporation (the "Company") announced that Mr.
Steven M. Samowich was appointed the Company's new Chief Operating Officer. The
press release relating to Mr. Samowich's appointment is attached hereto as
Exhibit 99.1.
In addition, the Company has determined to hold its 2004 Annual Meeting of
Shareholders on Tuesday, July 20, 2004 at the Hyatt Regency Reston located at
1800 Presidents Street, Reston, Virginia 20190.
Item 7. Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits.
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99.1 Press Release of the Company dated May 13, 2004.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereto duly authorized.
CONVERA CORPORATION
By:/s/ Patrick C. Condo
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Patrick C. Condo
President and Chief Executive Officer
Date: May 13, 2004
Exhibit 99.1
Contact: Anna Van Lier
Director, Corporate Communications
Convera
703.761.3700
avanlier@convera.com
Convera Names Steven M. Samowich as
New Chief Operating Officer
Vienna, Va., May 13, 2004 - Convera Corporation (NASDAQ: CNVR), a leading
provider of search and categorization software for enterprises and government
agencies, today announced that Steven M. Samowich has joined the company as
Chief Operating Officer. Samowich will be responsible for the company's product
development, marketing, sales, professional services and customer support
functions.
"We are pleased to have an executive with Steve's broad range of business and
sales expertise to lead Convera's key operating functions," said Patrick C.
Condo, President and CEO, Convera. "Steve's experience in both the commercial
and government markets will be a valuable asset for our company as we continue
to pursue growth in these markets."
Samowich recently served as Vice President of the Government Business Unit at
OpenText Corporation where he was responsible for the sale of collaboration and
document management software to federal government agencies and defense
contractors. He also held the position of President, CEO and member of the Board
of Directors at Infodata Systems, a NASDAQ listed information technology
professional services and systems integration firm in Fairfax, Virginia. Earlier
in his career, Samowich served as Corporate Vice President and Division General
Manager at Simplex Time Recorder in Gardner, Massachusetts, managing a $100M
business where he grew software revenues threefold, and as Vice President and
General Manager of North America at Visix Software in Reston, Virginia.
Additionally, Samowich worked in various commercial and government sales
management positions during a 13-year career with Computervision of Bedford,
Massachusetts.
"I am delighted to join Convera as we continue to improve the execution of our
growth strategy within the enterprise search software market," said Steven M.
Samowich, Chief Operating Officer, Convera. "I look forward to sharpening the
focus of our product development, marketing and sales efforts on providing high
value solutions to our customers in the fastest growing market segments."
About Convera
Convera is a leading provider of mission-critical enterprise search and
categorization solutions. Convera's RetrievalWare solutions maximize return on
investment in vast stores of unstructured information by providing highly
scalable, fast, accurate and secure search across more than 200 forms of text,
video, image and audio information, in more than 45 languages. More than 900
customers in 33 countries rely on Convera's search solutions to power a broad
range of mission-critical applications including enterprise portals, knowledge
management, intelligence gathering, profiling, corporate policy compliance,
regulatory compliance, customer service and more. For more information, contact
Convera at 800-788-7758, via e-mail at info@convera.com or on the Web at
www.convera.com
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This release, including any statements from Convera personnel, contains
statements about Convera's future expectations, performance, plans, and
prospects, as well as assumptions about future events. The reader is cautioned
not to put undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, as these
statements are subject to numerous factors and uncertainties, including without
limitation, business and economic conditions and trends; continued success in
technological advances; possible disruption in commercial activities caused by
terrorist activity and armed conflict, such as changes in logistics and security
arrangements; reduced customer demand relative to expectations; competitive
factors; and other risk factors listed from time to time in the company's SEC
reports. Actual results may differ materially from our expectations as the
result of these and other important factors relating to Convera's business and
product development efforts, which are further described in Convera's filings
with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These filings can be obtained from
the SEC's website located at www.sec.gov. Any forward-looking statements are
based on information available to Convera on the date of this release, and
Convera assumes no obligation to update such statements. The Convera design logo
and the following are worldwide trademarks of Convera: Convera(TM),
RetrievalWare(R), and Screening Room(R). The names of actual companies and
products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.