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 (Date of earliest event reported): September 30, 1997
DATA RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, INC.
--------------------------------------------------------
(Exact name of registrant as
specified in its charter)
MISSOURI 0-20244 43-1063230
- ---------------------------- ------- ----------
(State or other jurisdiction (Commission (IRS Employer
of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
1276 NORTH WARSON RD. ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI 63132
- ------------------------------------------- --------------
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Exhibit Index is on Page 5
<PAGE>
Item 5. Other Events.
The arrival of the year 2000 poses certain technological challenges
resulting from a reliance in computer technologies on two digits rather than
four digits to represent the calendar year (e.g., "98" for "1998"). It is
generally believed that computer technologies programmed in this manner, if not
corrected, may produce inaccurate or unpredictable results or system failures in
connection with the transition from 1999 to 2000, when dates will begin to have
a lower two-digit number than dates in the prior century (the "Year 2000
Problem").
Data Research Associates, Inc. (the "Company") has made certain
disclosures in its prior filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission
("SEC") concerning its readiness to meet the challenges posed by the Year 2000
Problem. The Company hereby designates each of those SEC disclosures made prior
to October 19, 1998 as a "Year 2000 Readiness Disclosure," as defined in and
with the consequences specified in the recently enacted Year 2000 Information
and Readiness Disclosure Act which became effective October 19, 1998. Copies of
such prior SEC disclosures on the Year 2000 Problem have been incorporated by
reference into this Report as exhibits to this Report. As noted in the Exhibit
Index, each disclosure thus incorporated should hereinafter be deemed a "Year
2000 Readiness Disclosure," in accordance with the legend set forth for each in
the Exhibit Index.
<PAGE>
Item 7. Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits.
(c) Exhibits
Exhibit No. Description
- ----------- -----------
13.1 Year 2000 Readiness Disclosure, paragraph 6, page 3
in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for period
ended September 30, 1997 (incorporated by reference
from such Report)
13.2 Year 2000 Readiness Disclosure, paragraph 3, page 8
in the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for
period ended December 31, 1997 (incorporated by
reference from such Report)
13.3 Year 2000 Readiness Disclosure, paragraph 3, page 8
in the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for
period ended March 31, 1998 (incorporated by reference
from such Report)
13.4 Year 2000 Readiness Disclosure, paragraph 3, page 8
in the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for
period ended June 30, 1998 (incorporated by reference
from such Report)
<PAGE>
SIGNATURES
----------
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
Date: December 3, 1998
DATA RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, INC.
By: /s/ Michael J. Mellinger
-----------------------------------------
Name: Michael J. Mellinger
Title: Chairman, President, and
Chief Executive Officer
<PAGE>
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
-----------------
Exhibit No. Description
- ----------- -----------
13.1 Year 2000 Readiness Disclosure, paragraph 6, page 3
in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for period
ended September 30, 1997 (incorporated by reference
from such Report)
13.2 Year 2000 Readiness Disclosure, paragraph 3, page 8
in the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for
period ended December 31, 1997 (incorporated by
reference from such Report)
13.3 Year 2000 Readiness Disclosure, paragraph 3, page 8
in the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for
period ended March 31, 1998 (incorporated by reference
from such Report)
13.4 Year 2000 Readiness Disclosure, paragraph 3, page 8
in the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for
period ended June 30, 1998 (incorporated by reference
from such Report)
