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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
FORM 3 Washington, D.C. 20549
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INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility
Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
Print or Type Responses)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person 2. Date of Event 4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Requiring Statement
Stern David J. (Month/Day/Year) Convera Corporation (CNVR)
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(Last) (First) (Middle) 12/21/2000 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
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3. I.R.S. Identification X Director 10% Owner
Olympic Tower Number of Reporting ----- -----
645 Fifth Avenue Person, if an entity Officer (give Other (specify
(voluntary) ----- title below) ------ below)
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New York New York 10022
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(City) (State) (Zip)
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6. If Amendment, Date of
Original (Month/Day/ Year)
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7. Individual or Joint/Group
Filing (check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
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Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
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1. Title of Security 2. Amount of Securities 3. Ownership 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4) Beneficially Owned From: Direct (Instr. 5)
(Instr. 4) (D) or Indirect
(I) (Instr. 5)
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None (see note 1)
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
SEC 1473(7-96)
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FORM 3 (continued) Table II -- Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options,
convertible securities)
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1. Title of Derivative Security 2. Date Exer- 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying 4. Conversion
(Instr. 4) cisable and Derivative Security or
Expiration Date (Instr. 4) Exercise
(Month/Day/Year) Price of
Deri-
vative
Security
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Amount
Date Expira- or
Exer- tion Title Number
cisable Date of
Shares
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None
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5. Owner- 6. Name of Indirect
ship Beneficial Ownership
Form of (Instr. 5)
Deriv-
ative
Security:
Direct
(D) or
Indirect
(I)
(Instr. 5)
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(1) By reason of the Limited Liability Company Agreement of NBA Media Ventures, LLC, the Reporting Person may be deemed a manager
of NBA Media Ventures, LLC. The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of and any pecuniary interest in the shares of
Class A Common Stock beneficially owned by NBA Media Ventures, LLC.
/s/ David J. Stern December 21, 2000
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David J. Stern Date
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts
constitute Federal Criminal Violations.
See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space provided is insufficient,
See Instruction 6 for procedure.
Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not Page 2
required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number. SEC 1473 (7-96)
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