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  COLOR="#000000"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <HR SIZE="1"
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  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"><B>Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT
  FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>Date of Report (Date of
  earliest event reported)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;January 9, 2003 </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE WIDTH="17%" COLOR="#000000"><DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT
  FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="6" COLOR="#000000"><B>RESONATE INC. </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="31%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>Delaware</B></FONT></DIV> </TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="31%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>94-3228496</B></FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="31%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>(Commission File Number)</B></FONT></DIV> </TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="31%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>(IRS Employer Identification No.)</B></FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
   </TABLE> </DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>385 Moffet Park Drive, Sunnyvale, CA 94089 </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV
  ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>(Address of principal executive offices) </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"
  COLOR="#000000"><B>(408) 548-5500 </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>(Registrant&#146;s telephone number, including area code) </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <HR
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   <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">ITEM 5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;OTHER EVENTS AND REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT
  SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">On January 9, 2003, pursuant to a Preferred Stock Rights Agreement (the &#147;Rights Agreement&#148;) between Resonate Inc. (the
  &#147;Company&#148;) and Mellon Investor Services LLC, as Rights Agent (the &#147;Rights Agent&#148;), the Company&#146;s Board of Directors declared a dividend of one right (a &#147;Right&#148;) to purchase one one-thousandth share of the
  Company&#146;s Series A Participating Preferred Stock (&#147;Series A Preferred&#148;) for each outstanding share of Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (&#147;Common Shares&#148;), of the Company. The dividend is payable on January 27, 2003
  (the &#147;Record Date&#148;) to shareholders of record as of the close of business on that date. Each Right entitles the registered holder to purchase from the Company one one-thousandth of a share of Series A Preferred at an exercise price of
  $14.00 (the &#147;Purchase Price&#148;), subject to adjustment. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">The Rights Agreement shall be inapplicable to,
  and no right set forth therein shall be triggered by, (i) the execution of any merger or other acquisition agreement between the Company and a Person (or one or more of such Person&#146;s affiliates or associates), whether or not such agreement was
  entered into prior to the date of the Rights Agreement (including the executed definitive merger agreement with Rocket Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, wholly-owned by Messrs. Peter Watkins and Richard Hornstein, announced on
  December 24, 2002), or (ii) the consummation of the transactions contemplated by such agreement, if such agreement has been approved by the Board of Directors of the Company. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV
  STYLE="text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">On January 10, 2003, the Company issued a press release announcing the declaration by the Board of Directors of the Rights dividend pursuant to the Rights Agreement. A copy
  of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">The following
  summary of the principal terms of the Rights Agreement is a general description only and is subject to the detailed terms and conditions of the Rights Agreement. A copy of the Rights Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit 4.1 and is incorporated
  herein by reference. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B><I>Rights Evidenced by Common Share Certificates </I></B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV>
  <DIV STYLE="text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">The Rights will not be exercisable until the Distribution Date (defined below). Certificates for the Rights (&#147;Rights Certificates&#148;) will not be sent to
  shareholders and the Rights will attach to and trade only together with the Common Shares. Accordingly, Common Share certificates outstanding on the Record Date will evidence the Rights related thereto, and Common Share certificates issued after the
  Record Date will contain a notation incorporating the Rights Agreement by reference. Until the Distribution Date (or earlier redemption or expiration of the Rights), the surrender or transfer of any certificates for Common Shares, outstanding as of
  the Record Date, even without notation or a copy of the Summary of Rights being attached thereto, also will constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented by such certificate. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT
  SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B><I>Distribution Date </I></B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"
  COLOR="#000000">The Rights will be separate from the Common Shares, Rights Certificates will be issued and the Rights will become exercisable upon the earlier of (a) the tenth day (or such later date as may be determined by the Company&#146;s Board
  of Directors) after any individual, firm, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, trust or other entity (&#147;Person&#148;), who or which, together with all affiliates and associates of such Person, has acquired, or obtained the right
  to acquire, beneficial ownership of 15% or more of the Common Shares then outstanding (&#147;Acquiring Person&#148;), or (b) the tenth business day (or such later date as may be determined by the Company&#146;s Board of Directors) after any Person
  (or any of such Person&#146;s affiliates or associates) announces a tender or exchange offer, the consummation of which would result in ownership by the Person (or any of such Person&#146;s affiliates or associates) of 15% or more of the
  Company&#146;s then outstanding Common Shares. The earlier of such dates is referred to as the &#147;Distribution Date.&#148; </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"
  COLOR="#000000"><B><I>Issuance of Rights Certificates; Expiration of Rights </I></B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">As soon as practicable
  following the Distribution Date, a Rights Certificate will be mailed to holders of record of the Common Shares as of the close of business on the Distribution Date and such separate Rights Certificate alone will evidence the Rights from and after
  the Distribution Date. The Rights will expire on the earliest of (i) January 9, 2013 (the &#147;Final Expiration Date&#148;) or (ii)&nbsp;exchange or redemption of the Rights as described below. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV>
  <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B><I>Initial Exercise of the Rights </I></B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Following
  the Distribution Date, and until one of the further events described below, holders of the Rights will be entitled to receive, upon exercise and the payment of the Purchase Price, one one-thousandth share of the Series A Preferred. In the event that
  the Company does not have sufficient Series A Preferred available for all Rights to be exercised, or the Board decides that such action is necessary and not contrary to the interests of Rights holders, the Company may instead substitute cash, assets
  or other securities for the Series A Preferred for which the Rights would have been exercisable under this provision or as described below. </FONT></DIV>
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   <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B><I>Right to Buy Company Common Shares </I></B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV>
  <DIV STYLE="text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Unless the Rights are earlier redeemed, in the event that a Person (or any of such Person&#146;s affiliates or associates) obtains 15% or more of the Company&#146;s
  then outstanding Common Shares, then each holder of a Right which has not theretofore been exercised (other than Rights beneficially owned by the Acquiring Person, which will thereafter be void) will thereafter have the right to receive, upon
  exercise, Common Shares having a value equal to two times the Purchase Price. Rights are not exercisable following the occurrence of an event as described above until such time as the Rights are no longer redeemable by the Company as set forth
  below. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B><I>Right to Buy Acquiring Company Shares </I></B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV
  STYLE="text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Similarly, unless the Rights are earlier redeemed, in the event that, after a Person (or any of such Person&#146;s affiliates or associates) obtains 15% or more of the
  Company&#146;s then outstanding Common Shares, (i) the Company is acquired in a merger or other business combination transaction, or (ii) 50% or more of the Company&#146;s consolidated assets or earning power are sold (other than in transactions in
  the ordinary course of business), proper provision must be made so that each holder of a Right which has not theretofore been exercised (other than Rights beneficially owned by the Acquiring Person, which will thereafter be void) will thereafter
  have the right to receive, upon exercise, shares of common stock of the acquiring company having a value equal to two times the Purchase Price. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"
  COLOR="#000000"><B><I>Exchange Provision </I></B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">At any time after a Person (or any of such Person&#146;s
  affiliates or associates) obtains 15% or more of the Company&#146;s then outstanding Common Shares and prior to the acquisition by such Acquiring Person of 50% or more of the Company&#146;s outstanding Common Shares, the Board of Directors of the
  Company may exchange the Rights (other than Rights beneficially owned by the Acquiring Person), in whole or in part, at an exchange ratio of one Common Share per Right. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT
  FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B><I>Redemption </I></B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">At any time on or prior to the Close of
  Business on the earlier of (i) the fifth day following the attainment of 15% or more of the Company&#146;s then outstanding Common Shares by a Person (or any of such Person&#146;s affiliates or associates) (or such later date as may be determined by
  action of the Company&#146;s Board of Directors and publicly announced by the Company) and (ii) the Final Expiration Date, the Company may redeem the Rights in whole, but not in part, at a price of $0.0001 per Right. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT
  SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B><I>Adjustments to Prevent Dilution </I></B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
  SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">The Purchase Price payable, the number of Rights, and the number of Series A Preferred or Common Shares or other securities or property issuable upon exercise of the Rights are subject to adjustment from time to time in
  connection with the dilutive issuances by the Company as set forth in the Rights Agreement. With certain exceptions, no adjustment in the Purchase Price will be required until cumulative adjustments require an adjustment of at least 1% in such
  Purchase Price. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B><I>Cash Paid Instead of Issuing Fractional Shares </I></B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV
  STYLE="text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">No fractional Common Shares will be issued upon exercise of a Right and, in lieu thereof, an adjustment in cash will be made based on the market price of the Common Shares
  on the last trading date prior to the date of exercise. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B><I>No Shareholders&#146; Rights Prior to Exercise </I></B></FONT></DIV>
  <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Until a Right is exercised, the holder thereof, as such, will have no rights as a shareholder of the Company (other than any
  rights resulting from such holder&#146;s ownership of Common Shares), including, without limitation, the right to vote or to receive dividends. </FONT></DIV>
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   <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B><I>Amendment of Rights Agreement </I></B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV
  STYLE="text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">The terms of the Rights and the Rights Agreement may be amended in any respect without the consent of the Rights holders on or prior to the Distribution Date; thereafter,
  the terms of the Rights and the Rights Agreement may be amended without the consent of the Rights holders in order to cure any ambiguities or to make changes which do not adversely affect the interests of Rights holders (other than the Acquiring
  Person). </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B><I>Rights and Preferences of the Series A Preferred </I></B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV
  STYLE="text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Each one one-thousandth of a share of Series A Preferred has rights and preferences substantially equivalent to those of one Common Share. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT
  SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B><I>No Voting Rights </I></B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"
  COLOR="#000000">Rights will not have any voting rights. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B><I>Certain Anti-Takeover Effects </I></B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT
  SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">The Rights approved by the Board of Directors are designed to protect and maximize the value of the outstanding equity interests in the
  Company in the event of an unsolicited attempt by an acquirer to take over the Company in a manner or on terms not approved by the Board of Directors. Takeover attempts frequently include coercive tactics to deprive the Company&#146;s Board of
  Directors and its shareholders of any real opportunity to determine the destiny of the Company. The Rights have been declared by the Board in order to deter such tactics, including a gradual accumulation of shares in the open market of 15% or
  greater position to be followed by a merger or a partial or two-tier tender offer that does not treat all shareholders equally. These tactics unfairly pressure shareholders, squeeze them out of their investment without giving them any real choice
  and deprive them of the full value of their shares. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">The Rights are not intended to prevent a takeover of the
  Company and will not do so. Subject to the restrictions described above, the Rights may be redeemed by the Company at $0.0001 per Right at any time prior to the Distribution Date. Accordingly, the Rights should not interfere with any merger or
  business combination approved by the Board of Directors. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">However, the Rights may have the effect of rendering
  more difficult or discouraging an acquisition of the Company deemed undesirable by the Board of Directors. The Rights may cause substantial dilution to a person or group that attempts to acquire the Company on terms or in a manner not approved by
  the Company&#146;s Board of Directors, except pursuant to an offer conditioned upon the negation, purchase or redemption of the Rights. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
  SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Issuance of the Rights does not in any way weaken the financial strength of the Company or interfere with its business plans. The issuance of the Rights themselves has no dilutive effect, will not affect reported earnings
  per share, should not be taxable to the Company or to its shareholders, and will not change the way in which the Company&#146;s shares are presently traded. The Company&#146;s Board of Directors believes that the Rights represent a sound and
  reasonable means of addressing the complex issues of corporate policy created by the current takeover environment. </FONT></DIV>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="11%"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Exhibit&nbsp;4.1</FONT></DIV> </TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="77%"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Preferred Stock Rights Agreement, dated as of January 9, 2003, between the Company and Mellon Investor Services LLC, including the Certificate of
  Designation, the form of Rights Certificate and the Summary of Rights attached thereto as Exhibits A, B, and C, respectively.</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="11%"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Exhibit&nbsp;99.1</FONT></DIV> </TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="77%"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Resonate Inc. Press Release issued January 10, 2003</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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   <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">SIGNATURE </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV
  STYLE="text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">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. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:62%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">RESONATE INC. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT
  FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Date: January 14, 2003 </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="right">
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  <TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="37%"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;R<SMALL>USSELL</SMALL> S<SMALL>IEGELMAN</SMALL> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="37%"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Russell Siegelman</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="37%"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Chairman of the Special Committee of the</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="92%"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Preferred Stock Rights Agreement, dated as of January 9, 2003, between the Company and Mellon Investor Services LLC, including the Certificate of
  Designation, the form of Rights Certificate and the Summary of Rights attached thereto as Exhibits A, B, and C, respectively.</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="7%"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">99.1</FONT></DIV> </TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="92%"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Resonate Inc. Press Release issued January 10, 2003.</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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text: 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)    January 9, 2003
  RESONATE INC.
  (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  Delaware
  000-31139
  94-3228496
  (State of incorporation)
  (Commission File Number)
  (IRS Employer Identification No.)
  385 Moffet Park Drive, Sunnyvale, CA 94089
  (Address of principal executive offices)
  (408) 548-5500
  (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
  ITEM 5.    OTHER EVENTS AND REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE
  On January 9, 2003, pursuant to a Preferred Stock Rights Agreement (the "Rights Agreement") between Resonate Inc. (the
  "Company") and Mellon Investor Services LLC, as Rights Agent (the "Rights Agent"), the Company's Board of Directors declared a dividend of one right (a "Right") to purchase one one-thousandth share of the
  Company's Series A Participating Preferred Stock ("Series A Preferred") for each outstanding share of Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share ("Common Shares"), of the Company. The dividend is payable on January 27, 2003
  (the "Record Date") to shareholders of record as of the close of business on that date. Each Right entitles the registered holder to purchase from the Company one one-thousandth of a share of Series A Preferred at an exercise price of
  $14.00 (the "Purchase Price"), subject to adjustment.
  The Rights Agreement shall be inapplicable to,
  and no right set forth therein shall be triggered by, (i) the execution of any merger or other acquisition agreement between the Company and a Person (or one or more of such Person's affiliates or associates), whether or not such agreement was
  entered into prior to the date of the Rights Agreement (including the executed definitive merger agreement with Rocket Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, wholly-owned by Messrs. Peter Watkins and Richard Hornstein, announced on
  December 24, 2002), or (ii) the consummation of the transactions contemplated by such agreement, if such agreement has been approved by the Board of Directors of the Company.
  On January 10, 2003, the Company issued a press release announcing the declaration by the Board of Directors of the Rights dividend pursuant to the Rights Agreement. A copy
  of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
  The following
  summary of the principal terms of the Rights Agreement is a general description only and is subject to the detailed terms and conditions of the Rights Agreement. A copy of the Rights Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit 4.1 and is incorporated
  herein by reference.
  Rights Evidenced by Common Share Certificates
  The Rights will not be exercisable until the Distribution Date (defined below). Certificates for the Rights ("Rights Certificates") will not be sent to
  shareholders and the Rights will attach to and trade only together with the Common Shares. Accordingly, Common Share certificates outstanding on the Record Date will evidence the Rights related thereto, and Common Share certificates issued after the
  Record Date will contain a notation incorporating the Rights Agreement by reference. Until the Distribution Date (or earlier redemption or expiration of the Rights), the surrender or transfer of any certificates for Common Shares, outstanding as of
  the Record Date, even without notation or a copy of the Summary of Rights being attached thereto, also will constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented by such certificate.
  Distribution Date
  The Rights will be separate from the Common Shares, Rights Certificates will be issued and the Rights will become exercisable upon the earlier of (a) the tenth day (or such later date as may be determined by the Company's Board
  of Directors) after any individual, firm, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, trust or other entity ("Person"), who or which, together with all affiliates and associates of such Person, has acquired, or obtained the right
  to acquire, beneficial ownership of 15% or more of the Common Shares then outstanding ("Acquiring Person"), or (b) the tenth business day (or such later date as may be determined by the Company's Board of Directors) after any Person
  (or any of such Person's affiliates or associates) announces a tender or exchange offer, the consummation of which would result in ownership by the Person (or any of such Person's affiliates or associates) of 15% or more of the
  Company's then outstanding Common Shares. The earlier of such dates is referred to as the "Distribution Date."
  Issuance of Rights Certificates; Expiration of Rights
  As soon as practicable
  following the Distribution Date, a Rights Certificate will be mailed to holders of record of the Common Shares as of the close of business on the Distribution Date and such separate Rights Certificate alone will evidence the Rights from and after
  the Distribution Date. The Rights will expire on the earliest of (i) January 9, 2013 (the "Final Expiration Date") or (ii) exchange or redemption of the Rights as described below.
  Initial Exercise of the Rights
  Following
  the Distribution Date, and until one of the further events described below, holders of the Rights will be entitled to receive, upon exercise and the payment of the Purchase Price, one one-thousandth share of the Series A Preferred. In the event that
  the Company does not have sufficient Series A Preferred available for all Rights to be exercised, or the Board decides that such action is necessary and not contrary to the interests of Rights holders, the Company may instead substitute cash, assets
  or other securities for the Series A Preferred for which the Rights would have been exercisable under this provision or as described below.
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  Right to Buy Company Common Shares
  Unless the Rights are earlier redeemed, in the event that a Person (or any of such Person's affiliates or associates) obtains 15% or more of the Company's
  then outstanding Common Shares, then each holder of a Right which has not theretofore been exercised (other than Rights beneficially owned by the Acquiring Person, which will thereafter be void) will thereafter have the right to receive, upon
  exercise, Common Shares having a value equal to two times the Purchase Price. Rights are not exercisable following the occurrence of an event as described above until such time as the Rights are no longer redeemable by the Company as set forth
  below.
  Right to Buy Acquiring Company Shares
  Similarly, unless the Rights are earlier redeemed, in the event that, after a Person (or any of such Person's affiliates or associates) obtains 15% or more of the
  Company's then outstanding Common Shares, (i) the Company is acquired in a merger or other business combination transaction, or (ii) 50% or more of the Company's consolidated assets or earning power are sold (other than in transactions in
  the ordinary course of business), proper provision must be made so that each holder of a Right which has not theretofore been exercised (other than Rights beneficially owned by the Acquiring Person, which will thereafter be void) will thereafter
  have the right to receive, upon exercise, shares of common stock of the acquiring company having a value equal to two times the Purchase Price.
  Exchange Provision
  At any time after a Person (or any of such Person's
  affiliates or associates) obtains 15% or more of the Company's then outstanding Common Shares and prior to the acquisition by such Acquiring Person of 50% or more of the Company's outstanding Common Shares, the Board of Directors of the
  Company may exchange the Rights (other than Rights beneficially owned by the Acquiring Person), in whole or in part, at an exchange ratio of one Common Share per Right.
  Redemption
  At any time on or prior to the Close of
  Business on the earlier of (i) the fifth day following the attainment of 15% or more of the Company's then outstanding Common Shares by a Person (or any of such Person's affiliates or associates) (or such later date as may be determined by
  action of the Company's Board of Directors and publicly announced by the Company) and (ii) the Final Expiration Date, the Company may redeem the Rights in whole, but not in part, at a price of $0.0001 per Right.
  Adjustments to Prevent Dilution
  The Purchase Price payable, the number of Rights, and the number of Series A Preferred or Common Shares or other securities or property issuable upon exercise of the Rights are subject to adjustment from time to time in
  connection with the dilutive issuances by the Company as set forth in the Rights Agreement. With certain exceptions, no adjustment in the Purchase Price will be required until cumulative adjustments require an adjustment of at least 1% in such
  Purchase Price.
  Cash Paid Instead of Issuing Fractional Shares
  No fractional Common Shares will be issued upon exercise of a Right and, in lieu thereof, an adjustment in cash will be made based on the market price of the Common Shares
  on the last trading date prior to the date of exercise.
  No Shareholders' Rights Prior to Exercise
  Until a Right is exercised, the holder thereof, as such, will have no rights as a shareholder of the Company (other than any
  rights resulting from such holder's ownership of Common Shares), including, without limitation, the right to vote or to receive dividends.
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  Amendment of Rights Agreement
  The terms of the Rights and the Rights Agreement may be amended in any respect without the consent of the Rights holders on or prior to the Distribution Date; thereafter,
  the terms of the Rights and the Rights Agreement may be amended without the consent of the Rights holders in order to cure any ambiguities or to make changes which do not adversely affect the interests of Rights holders (other than the Acquiring
  Person).
  Rights and Preferences of the Series A Preferred
  Each one one-thousandth of a share of Series A Preferred has rights and preferences substantially equivalent to those of one Common Share.
  No Voting Rights
  Rights will not have any voting rights.
  Certain Anti-Takeover Effects
  The Rights approved by the Board of Directors are designed to protect and maximize the value of the outstanding equity interests in the
  Company in the event of an unsolicited attempt by an acquirer to take over the Company in a manner or on terms not approved by the Board of Directors. Takeover attempts frequently include coercive tactics to deprive the Company's Board of
  Directors and its shareholders of any real opportunity to determine the destiny of the Company. The Rights have been declared by the Board in order to deter such tactics, including a gradual accumulation of shares in the open market of 15% or
  greater position to be followed by a merger or a partial or two-tier tender offer that does not treat all shareholders equally. These tactics unfairly pressure shareholders, squeeze them out of their investment without giving them any real choice
  and deprive them of the full value of their shares.
  The Rights are not intended to prevent a takeover of the
  Company and will not do so. Subject to the restrictions described above, the Rights may be redeemed by the Company at $0.0001 per Right at any time prior to the Distribution Date. Accordingly, the Rights should not interfere with any merger or
  business combination approved by the Board of Directors.
  However, the Rights may have the effect of rendering
  more difficult or discouraging an acquisition of the Company deemed undesirable by the Board of Directors. The Rights may cause substantial dilution to a person or group that attempts to acquire the Company on terms or in a manner not approved by
  the Company's Board of Directors, except pursuant to an offer conditioned upon the negation, purchase or redemption of the Rights.
  Issuance of the Rights does not in any way weaken the financial strength of the Company or interfere with its business plans. The issuance of the Rights themselves has no dilutive effect, will not affect reported earnings
  per share, should not be taxable to the Company or to its shareholders, and will not change the way in which the Company's shares are presently traded. The Company's Board of Directors believes that the Rights represent a sound and
  reasonable means of addressing the complex issues of corporate policy created by the current takeover environment.
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  ITEM 7.    FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
  (c
  )
  Exhibits.
  Exhibit 4.1
  Preferred Stock Rights Agreement, dated as of January 9, 2003, between the Company and Mellon Investor Services LLC, including the Certificate of
  Designation, the form of Rights Certificate and the Summary of Rights attached thereto as Exhibits A, B, and C, respectively.
  Exhibit 99.1
  Resonate Inc. Press Release issued January 10, 2003
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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.
  RESONATE INC.
  Date: January 14, 2003
  By:
  /s/    R
  USSELL
  S
  IEGELMAN
  Russell Siegelman
  Chairman of the Special Committee of the
  Board of Directors
  EXHIBIT INDEX
  Exhibit
  Number
  4.1
  Preferred Stock Rights Agreement, dated as of January 9, 2003, between the Company and Mellon Investor Services LLC, including the Certificate of
  Designation, the form of Rights Certificate and the Summary of Rights attached thereto as Exhibits A, B, and C, respectively.
  99.1
  Resonate Inc. Press Release issued January 10, 2003.