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                         SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                               Washington, D.C. 20549
  
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                                      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)
                                   March 10, 2000
  
                              Chordiant Software, Inc.
               (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)
  
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            Delaware                      000-29357                     93-105328
  (State or other jurisdiction      (Commission File No.)             (IRS Employer
       of incorporation)                                         Identification Number)
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                      20400 Stevens Creek Boulevard, Suite 400
                                Cupertino, CA 95014
                (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
  
         Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (408) 517-6100
  
                                        N/A
           (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
  
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  Item 5. Other Events
  
    Chordiant entered into a license for its CCS product and related service
  agreements with Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corporation. As discussed in the
  Prospectus filed by Chordiant with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
  February 15, 2000, Chase alleged a breach of the agreements between the
  parties. At December 31, 1999, our outstanding receivable balance from Chase
  was $1.7 million. On March 1, 2000, we agreed with Chase to terminate the
  existing agreements between us, and Chase agreed to pay us the $1.7 million
  receivable balance under the agreements as of December 31, 1999. The parties
  also entered into a separate agreement whereby Chase transferred to us
  ownership of certain technology and intellectual property developed by the
  parties under our prior agreements. Chordiant intends to use this technology
  to add additional functionality to our core CCS product as well as develop and
  market a credit and collections application for the financial services
  industry. We agreed to pay Chase $3.5 million for the intellectual property
  rights to the technology. Chase retains an option to purchase a license to the
  credit and collections application when it is made commercially available by
  Chordiant. Chase has also agreed to assist Chordiant by providing certain
  consulting services in designing the application.
  
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                                     SIGNATURES
  
    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.
  
  Date: March 10, 2000                      Chordiant Software, Inc.
  
                                                    /s/ Samuel T. Spadafora
                                            By: _________________________________
                                                      Samuel T. Spadafora
  
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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 (Date of earliest event reported)
                                   March 10, 2000
  
                              Chordiant Software, Inc.
               (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)
  Delaware                      000-29357                     93-105328
  (State or other jurisdiction      (Commission File No.)             (IRS Employer
       of incorporation)                                         Identification Number)
  20400 Stevens Creek Boulevard, Suite 400
                                Cupertino, CA 95014
                (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
  
         Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (408) 517-6100
  
                                        N/A
           (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
  
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  Item 5. Other Events
  
    Chordiant entered into a license for its CCS product and related service
  agreements with Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corporation. As discussed in the
  Prospectus filed by Chordiant with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
  February 15, 2000, Chase alleged a breach of the agreements between the
  parties. At December 31, 1999, our outstanding receivable balance from Chase
  was $1.7 million. On March 1, 2000, we agreed with Chase to terminate the
  existing agreements between us, and Chase agreed to pay us the $1.7 million
  receivable balance under the agreements as of December 31, 1999. The parties
  also entered into a separate agreement whereby Chase transferred to us
  ownership of certain technology and intellectual property developed by the
  parties under our prior agreements. Chordiant intends to use this technology
  to add additional functionality to our core CCS product as well as develop and
  market a credit and collections application for the financial services
  industry. We agreed to pay Chase $3.5 million for the intellectual property
  rights to the technology. Chase retains an option to purchase a license to the
  credit and collections application when it is made commercially available by
  Chordiant. Chase has also agreed to assist Chordiant by providing certain
  consulting services in designing the application.
  
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  SIGNATURES
  
    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.
  
  Date: March 10, 2000                      Chordiant Software, Inc.
  
                                                    /s/ Samuel T. Spadafora
                                            By: _________________________________
                                                      Samuel T. Spadafora
  
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