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   <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT
  FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="3"
  COLOR="#000000"><B>Form 8-K </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>CURRENT REPORT </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT
  SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of </FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">the Securities Exchange
  Act of 1934 </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 13, 2002 </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT
  SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>Mercury Interactive Corporation </B></FONT></DIV> <HR NOSHADE WIDTH="35%" COLOR="#000000"><DIV
  ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center">
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  COLOR="#000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Delaware&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="31%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;0-22350&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> </TD>
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  COLOR="#000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;77-0224776&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="31%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">(Commission File No.)</FONT></DIV> </TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="31%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">(IRS Employer Identification No.)</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
   </TABLE> </DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">1325 Borregas Avenue, Sunnyvale,
  California 94086 </FONT></DIV> <HR NOSHADE WIDTH="35%" COLOR="#000000"><DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">(Address of Principal Executive Offices) </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV>
  <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">(408) 822-5200 </FONT></DIV> <HR NOSHADE WIDTH="35%" COLOR="#000000"><DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"
  COLOR="#000000">(Registrant&#146;s Telephone Number, Including Area Code) </FONT></DIV>
  
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   <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>Item 9.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Regulation FD Disclosure </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT
  SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">On August 13, 2002, Mercury Interactive Corporation filed its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2002 with the Securities and Exchange
  Commission. Accompanying the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q was the certification from Mercury Interactive Corporation&#146;s Chief Executive Officer, Amnon Landan and Chief Financial Officer, Douglas P. Smith required by 18 U.S.C. &#167; 1350
  adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Limitation on Incorporation by Reference. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT
  SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">The foregoing certifications are being furnished solely pursuant to 18 U.S.C. &#167; 1350 and pursuant to the general instruction B.2. of Form 8-K, the
  information in this report shall not be deemed to be &#147;filed&#148; for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section. </FONT></DIV> <P></P>
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  STYLE="text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">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></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Date: August 13, 2002 </FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="right">
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  <TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="47%"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">/<SMALL>S</SMALL>/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;S<SMALL>USAN</SMALL> J. S<SMALL>KAER</SMALL></FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="43%"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Susan J. Skaer</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="43%"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Vice-President, General Counsel and Secretary</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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text: Prepared by R.R. Donnelley Financial -- Form 8-K
  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 13, 2002
  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 94086
  (Address of Principal Executive Offices)
  (408) 822-5200
  (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
  Item 9.    Regulation FD Disclosure
  On August 13, 2002, Mercury Interactive Corporation filed its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2002 with the Securities and Exchange
  Commission. Accompanying the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q was the certification from Mercury Interactive Corporation's Chief Executive Officer, Amnon Landan and Chief Financial Officer, Douglas P. Smith required by 18 U.S.C. § 1350
  adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
  Limitation on Incorporation by Reference.
  The foregoing certifications are being furnished solely pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350 and pursuant to the general instruction B.2. of Form 8-K, the
  information in this report shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section.
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  SIGNATURE
  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 13, 2002
  MERCURY INTERACTIVE CORPORATION
  By:
  /
  S
  /    S
  USAN
  J. S
  KAER
  Name:
  Susan J. Skaer
  Vice-President, General Counsel and Secretary
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