As you know, the quiet period for Chordiant has ended, and Monday should bring some enthusiastic recommendations.
This SEC filing, which received little notice on Friday, will help get the ball rolling here. Appears that some rough spots have been ironed out between CHRD and Chase . Looks like good things are happening at Chordiant!
FORM 8-K CURRENT REPORT Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Date of Report March 10, 2000
Chordiant entered into a license for its CCS product and related service agreements with Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corporation. As discussed in the Prospectus filed by Chordiant with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 15, 2000, Chase alleged a breach of the agreements between the parties. At December 31, 1999, our outstanding receivable balance from Chase was $1.7 million. On March 1, 2000, we agreed with Chase to terminate the existing agreements between us, and Chase agreed to pay us the $1.7 million receivable balance under the agreements as of December 31, 1999. The parties also entered into a separate agreement whereby Chase transferred to us ownership of certain technology and intellectual property developed by the parties under our prior agreements. Chordiant intends to use this technology to add additional functionality to our core CCS product as well as develop and market a credit and collections application for the financial services industry. We agreed to pay Chase $3.5 million for the intellectual property rights to the technology. Chase retains an option to purchase a license to the credit and collections application when it is made commercially available by Chordiant. Chase has also agreed to assist Chordiant by providing certain consulting services in designing the application. |