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   <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="5">UNITED STATES </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
  FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="5">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="3">Washington, D.C. 20549 </FONT></P> <P
  STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>FORM 8-K </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
  SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">CURRENT REPORT </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
  SIZE="2">PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 </FONT></P> <P
  STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 18, 2003 </FONT></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>Mercury Interactive Corporation </B></FONT></P><HR WIDTH="57%" SIZE="1"
  NOSHADE COLOR="#000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
  SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="32%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">Delaware</FONT></P><HR WIDTH="97%" SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000" ALIGN="left"></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="32%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">0-22350</FONT></P><HR WIDTH="94%" SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000"></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="32%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">77-0224776</FONT></P><HR WIDTH="97%" SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000" ALIGN="left"></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="32%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)</FONT></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="32%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">(Commission File No.)</FONT></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="32%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">(IRS Employer Identification No.)</FONT></TD></TR>
  </TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">1325 Borregas Avenue,
  Sunnyvale, California 94089 </FONT></P><HR WIDTH="57%" SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(Address of Principal Executive Offices)<U></U> </FONT></P> <P
  STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(408) 822-5200 </FONT></P><HR WIDTH="57%" SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000"> <P
  STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(Registrant&#146;s Telephone Number, Including Area Code) </FONT></P>
  
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   <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Item 5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Other Events and Regulation FD Disclosure. </B></FONT></P> <P
  STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">On August 18, 2003, Mercury Interactive Corporation (the
  &#147;Registrant&#148;) completed its acquisition of privately-held Kintana, Inc., a Delaware corporation. A copy of the press release issued by the Registrant concerning the foregoing transaction is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and is
  incorporated herein by reference. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Item 7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Financial
  Statements and Exhibits </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Exhibits </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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  <TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">99.1</FONT></TD>
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  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Press release of the Registrant, issued on August 18, 2003, announcing that it has completed its acquisition of privately-held Kintana, Inc. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
  
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   <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>SIGNATURES </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
  by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3" WIDTH="42%"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Date: August 18, 2003</FONT></P></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3" WIDTH="42%"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">MERCURY INTERACTIVE CORPORATION</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="42%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;S<SMALL>USAN</SMALL> J. S<SMALL>KAER</SMALL></FONT></P><HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000"></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="42%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Susan J. Skaer</FONT></P><HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000"></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="42%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary</FONT></TD></TR>
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   <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>EXHIBIT INDEX </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Exhibit<BR>Number</B></FONT><BR><HR WIDTH="48" SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000"></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="91%" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Exhibit Title or Description</B></FONT></P><HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000"></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="91%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Press release of the Registrant, issued on August 18, 2003, announcing that it has completed its acquisition of privately-held Kintana, Inc.</FONT></TD></TR>
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text: 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 (Date of earliest event reported): August 18, 2003
  Mercury Interactive Corporation
  (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  Delaware
  0-22350
  77-0224776
  (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
  (Commission File No.)
  (IRS Employer Identification No.)
  1325 Borregas Avenue,
  Sunnyvale, California 94089
  (Address of Principal Executive Offices)
  (408) 822-5200
  (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
  Item 5.    Other Events and Regulation FD Disclosure.
  On August 18, 2003, Mercury Interactive Corporation (the
  "Registrant") completed its acquisition of privately-held Kintana, Inc., a Delaware corporation. A copy of the press release issued by the Registrant concerning the foregoing transaction is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and is
  incorporated herein by reference.
  Item 7.    Financial
  Statements and Exhibits
  (c)
  Exhibits
  99.1
  Press release of the Registrant, issued on August 18, 2003, announcing that it has completed its acquisition of privately-held Kintana, Inc.
  SIGNATURES
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
  by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
  Date: August 18, 2003
  MERCURY INTERACTIVE CORPORATION
  By:
  /s/    S
  USAN
  J. S
  KAER
  By:
  Susan J. Skaer
  Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
  EXHIBIT INDEX
  Exhibit
  Number
  Exhibit Title or Description
  99.1
  Press release of the Registrant, issued on August 18, 2003, announcing that it has completed its acquisition of privately-held Kintana, Inc.