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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):  April 2, 2001
  
  
  
                            AGILE SOFTWARE CORPORATION
              (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  
  
          Delaware                        000-27071             77-0397905
  (State or other jurisdiction of   (Commission File Number)   (I.R.S. Employer)
  incorporation or organization)                               Identification No.)
  
  
  
  
          One Almaden Boulevard
           San Jose, California                                 95113-2211
    (Address of principal executive offices)                    (Zip Code)
  
  
  
        Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (408) 975-3900
  
                                  Not applicable.
               ----------------------------------------------------
           (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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  Item 5.  Other Events.
  
       On April 2, 2001, we entered into a written termination agreement with
  Ariba, Inc. and Silver Merger Corporation (a wholly-owned subsidiary of
  Ariba formed for the purpose of effecting the proposed merger) to formally
  terminate the merger agreement among the parties as well as related agreements
  to such merger agreement. Pursuant to such termination agreement, the
  termination will be effected without a termination fee and the parties have
  agreed to release each other and other interested parties from all rights,
  obligations, liabilities and claims in connection with the merger agreement and
  related agreements to the merger agreement.
  
       The preceding discussion of the termination agreement is qualified by
  reference to the agreement attached as Exhibit 10.1 to this report and the Joint
  Press Release issued by the parties in connection with the agreement on April 2,
  2001 and attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this report.
  
  Item 7.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.
  
  
       (c)  Exhibits.
  
  Exhibit No.       Description
  ----------        -----------
  10.1              Mutual Termination Agreement and Release, dated April 2, 2001,
                    by and among Ariba, Inc., Silver Merger Corporation, and Agile
                    Software Corporation.
  
  99.1              Joint Press Release announcing termination of merger
                    agreement.
  
  
  
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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.
  
  
                                                 Agile Software Corporation
  
  
  
  April 3, 2001                                  By: /S/ Thomas P. Shanahan,
                                                    ------------------------------
                                                    Thomas P. Shanahan,
                                                    Executive Vice President and
                                                    Chief Financial Officer
  
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                                   Exhibit Index
  
  
  Exhibit No.      Description
  ----------       -----------
  10.1             Mutual Termination Agreement and Release, dated April 2,
                   2001, by and among Ariba, Inc., Silver Merger Corporation,
                   and Agile Software Corporation.
  
  99.1             Joint Press Release announcing termination of merger agreement.
  
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text: 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):  April 2, 2001
  
                            AGILE SOFTWARE CORPORATION
              (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  
          Delaware                        000-27071             77-0397905
  (State or other jurisdiction of   (Commission File Number)   (I.R.S. Employer)
  incorporation or organization)                               Identification No.)
  
          One Almaden Boulevard
           San Jose, California                                 95113-2211
    (Address of principal executive offices)                    (Zip Code)
  
        Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (408) 975-3900
  
                                  Not applicable.
               ----------------------------------------------------
           (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
  Item 5.  Other Events.
  
       On April 2, 2001, we entered into a written termination agreement with
  Ariba, Inc. and Silver Merger Corporation (a wholly-owned subsidiary of
  Ariba formed for the purpose of effecting the proposed merger) to formally
  terminate the merger agreement among the parties as well as related agreements
  to such merger agreement. Pursuant to such termination agreement, the
  termination will be effected without a termination fee and the parties have
  agreed to release each other and other interested parties from all rights,
  obligations, liabilities and claims in connection with the merger agreement and
  related agreements to the merger agreement.
  
       The preceding discussion of the termination agreement is qualified by
  reference to the agreement attached as Exhibit 10.1 to this report and the Joint
  Press Release issued by the parties in connection with the agreement on April 2,
  2001 and attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this report.
  
  Item 7.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.
  
       (c)  Exhibits.
  
  Exhibit No.       Description
  ----------        -----------
  10.1              Mutual Termination Agreement and Release, dated April 2, 2001,
                    by and among Ariba, Inc., Silver Merger Corporation, and Agile
                    Software Corporation.
  
  99.1              Joint Press Release announcing termination of merger
                    agreement.
  
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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.
  
                                                 Agile Software Corporation
  
  April 3, 2001                                  By: /S/ Thomas P. Shanahan,
                                                    ------------------------------
                                                    Thomas P. Shanahan,
                                                    Executive Vice President and
                                                    Chief Financial Officer
  
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  Exhibit Index
  
  Exhibit No.      Description
  ----------       -----------
  10.1             Mutual Termination Agreement and Release, dated April 2,
                   2001, by and among Ariba, Inc., Silver Merger Corporation,
                   and Agile Software Corporation.
  
  99.1             Joint Press Release announcing termination of merger agreement.
  
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