Form 8-K

UNITED STATES

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 2, 2005 (Date of earliest event reported)

 


 

CENTRA SOFTWARE, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 


 

Delaware   000-27861   04-3268918

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

  (Commission File Number)  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

430 Bedford Street

Lexington, MA 02420

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

Telephone: (781) 861-7000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 


 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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Item 1.01 Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement

 

On June 2, 2005, Centra Software, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an agreement with Criterion Capital Management, LLC, Criterion Institutional Partners, LP, Criterion Capital Partners, LP, Criterion Capital Partners, Ltd., Christopher H. Lord, Evan C. Marwell and Anthony Swei (the “Criterion Parties”). Criterion Capital Management LLC and Mr. Lord filed a statement on Schedule 13D with the SEC, most recently amended on June 3, 2005, disclosing an aggregate beneficial ownership of 1,736,900 shares of the Common Stock of the Company, or 6.3%.

 

The Agreement principally provides that:

 

(1) the Company’s Board of Directors will appoint Mr. Marwell to the Board of Directors of the Company immediately following the Company’s 2005 Annual Meeting of Stockholders;

 

(2) the Criterion Parties withdraw their requests for information pursuant to Section 220 of the Delaware Corporation General Law;

 

(3) the Criterion Parties withdraw their request that Messrs. Marwell and Swei be nominated to the Company’s Board of Directors and will vote all shares of the Common Stock beneficially owned by them in favor of the nominees to the Board of Directors proposed in the Company’s proxy statement, and

 

(4) the Criterion Parties will not solicit proxies in opposition to the Company until the first anniversary of the 2005 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

 

A copy of the agreement is attached to this current report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 10.1.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(c) Exhibits

 

Exhibit
Number


  

Description


10.1

   Agreement dated June 2, 2005 among Criterion Capital Management, LLC, Criterion Institutional Partners, LP, Criterion Capital Partners, LP, Criterion Capital Partners, Ltd., Christopher H. Lord, Evan C. Marwell, Anthony Swei, and Centra Software, Inc.

99.1

   Press Release dated June 2, 2005

 

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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: June 8, 2005   CENTRA SOFTWARE, INC.
    By:  

/s/ Leon Navickas


    Name:   Leon Navickas
    Title:   Chief Executive Officer

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
Number


  

Description


10.1

   Agreement dated June 2, 2005 among Criterion Capital Management, LLC, Criterion Institutional Partners, LP, Criterion Capital Partners, LP, Criterion Capital Partners, Ltd., Christopher H. Lord, Evan C. Marwell, Anthony Swei, and Centra Software, Inc.

99.1

   Press Release dated June 2, 2005