ACTIVE VOICE CORP
8-K, 1999-07-08
TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH APPARATUS
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
                          ----------------------------


                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT

                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


                          Date of Report: June 30, 1999
                        (Date of earliest event reported)


                            ACTIVE VOICE CORPORATION
               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)




         Washington                      0-22804               91-1235111
(State or Other Jurisdiction           (Commission            (IRS Employer
      of Incorporation)                File Number)         Identification No.)

                                2901 Third Avenue
                            Seattle, Washington 98121
          (Address of Principal Executive Offices, including Zip Code)

                                 (206) 441-4700
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)


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ITEM 2.  ACQUISITION OR DISPOSITION OF ASSETS

         On June 30, 1999 Active Voice Corporation (the "Company") sold certain
         software technology and related intangible assets and documentation to
         InfoSpace.com, Inc., an Internet infrastructure company, for $18
         million in cash. The technology, currently named MyAgent, is designed
         to enable the creation of customized, real-time Internet-based
         communication services for Web sites and Internet appliances. The
         MyAgent technology provides secure, permission-based instant text,
         voice, and video messaging, instant file transfer and URL sharing,
         multi-party chat, Internet voice and video call support,
         find-me/follow-me message routing, access to schedule and availability
         information, and personal communications Web pages. In connection with
         the acquisition, 6 employees will leave the Company and join
         InfoSpace.com.

         InfoSpace.com has agreed to license-back certain rights to the
         technology to the Company when used in conjunction with traditional or
         Internet Protocol (IP) switching in the areas of enterprise unified
         messaging, voice processing, and real-time call handling.


                                    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, hereunto duly authorized.

Dated:  July 7, 1999

                              ACTIVE VOICE CORPORATION



                          By: /s/  Kevin L. Chestnut
                              ----------------------------
                              Kevin L. Chestnut, Vice President - Advanced
                              Products & Technologies, Chief Technology Officer






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