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FILING PURSUANT TO RULE 425 OF THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 AND RULE
14(a)-12 OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
FILER: EXCALIBUR TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
SUBJECT COMPANY: EXCALIBUR TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
NO. 0-9747
The following is a press release, dated November 21, 2000, concerning the 2000
Annual Meeting of the Shareholders of Excalibur Technologies Corporation.
INVESTOR RELATIONS CONTACT:
Dan Agan
Excalibur Technologies
(703) 761-3700
dagan@excalib.com
EXCALIBUR TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION CONFIRMS DECEMBER 21, 2000
AS DATE FOR ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
COMBINATION OF EXCALIBUR AND INTEL'S INTERACTIVE MEDIA SERVICES DIVISION
AMONG PROPOSALS TO BE CONSIDERED
VIENNA, VA, NOVEMBER 21, 2000 - Excalibur Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ:
EXCA), a leading provider of content management solutions for indexing and
retrieving text, video and images on the Internet and intranets, today announced
that the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Excalibur Technologies Corporation
will be held at the Sheraton New York Hotel & Towers, 811 7th Avenue, New York,
NY, 10019 at 10:00 a.m. local time on Thursday, December 21st, 2000. Among the
proposals to be considered at the meeting is the planned combination of
Excalibur's entire business operations with Intel's Interactive Media Services
division. Proxy statements will be mailed to Excalibur shareholders of record as
of November 14, 2000 commencing Wednesday, November 22, 2000.
On May 1, 2000, Excalibur and Intel announced an agreement to combine
Excalibur's entire business operations with the three Internet business units
that make up Intel's Interactive Media Services division to form a new company
to be called Convera Corporation. Convera's plans focus on empowering content
owners to extract optimum value from high-worth digital content over IP networks
through advanced, multimedia content management technologies, products and
services.
ABOUT EXCALIBUR TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
Founded in 1980, Excalibur Technologies Corporation (Nasdaq: EXCA) is a
recognized leader in high-performance, search-powered, multimedia content
management solutions for intelligently capturing, indexing, managing, accessing
and utilizing valuable digital content -- including text,
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images and video. Excalibur works with Global 2000 corporations, software
developers, application service providers and government agencies to power
Intranet and Internet solutions, corporate portals and eCommerce sites.
This release contains comments about our future expectations, performance, plans
and prospects which might constitute forward-looking statements within the
meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Act of 1995. Actual results may
differ materially from our expectations as the result of various important
factors including, but not limited to, the success of our relationships with
strategic partners, Excalibur's ability to continue to develop competitive
products and make timely product releases, effects of competition, and the
rapidly changing marketplace. These and other risks relating to Excalibur's
business and product development efforts are set forth in the Company's
respective Form 10-K and Form 10-Qs as filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
Contact Excalibur in North America at 800-788-7758 or 703-761-3700, in the
United Kingdom at 44-1344-893-444, via e-mail at info@excalib.com or visit our
web site at www.excalib.com.
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The Excalibur logo and the following are worldwide registered trademarks of
Excalibur Technologies Corporation: Excalibur Technologies Corp.(R),
RetrievalWare(R), Excalibur Visual RetrievalWare(R), EFS(R), and APRP(R).
Excalibur Internet Spider(TM), Excalibur Video Analysis Engine(TM), Excalibur
Screening Room(TM), The Excalibur Edge(TM) partners program, and their
respective logos are trademarks of Excalibur Technologies Corporation. All other
names or marks may be registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective
owners.
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Excalibur and Intel filed a definitive proxy statement/prospectus and other
relevant documents concerning the merger with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission"). For a description of the direct or indirect
interests in the transactions concerning the solicitation, we refer you to this
definitive proxy statement/prospectus.
WE URGE INVESTORS AND STOCKHOLDERS TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS AND
ANY OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS TO BE FILED WITH THE COMMISSION BECAUSE THEY WILL
CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. Investors and stockholders will be able to obtain
free copies of these documents at the Commission's website at www.sec.gov. and
upon oral or written request to Excalibur Technologies Corporation, 1921 Gallows
Road, Suite 200, Vienna, Virginia 22182, Attention: Investor Relations
(telephone number (703) 761-3700.
INVESTORS AND STOCKHOLDERS SHOULD READ THE PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS CAREFULLY
BEFORE MAKING A DECISION CONCERNING THE MERGER.
Intel, Excalibur and their respective officers and directors may be deemed to be
participants in the solicitation of proxies from Excalibur stockholders with
respect to the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement. Information
concerning the participants in the solicitation is set forth in the proxy
statement/prospectus.
This document contains forward-looking statements, which are based upon current
expectations or beliefs, as well as a number of 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 growth, continued success in technological advances, costs related to the
proposed merger, the inability to obtain governmental approval of the proposed
merger, substantial delay in the expected closing of the merger and the risk
that the business of the Interactive Media Services division of Intel and
Excalibur's businesses will not be integrated successfully, any of which may
cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the
statements. In addition to the factors discussed above, other factors that could
cause actual results to differ materially are discussed in Intel's and
Excalibur's most recent Form 10-Q and Form 10-K filings with the Commission.