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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549


FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OF 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) December 24, 2002


UNOVA, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

1-13279
(Commission File Number)
  95-4647021
(IRS Employer Identification No.)

21900 Burbank Boulevard
Woodland Hills, California

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

91367-7456
(Zip Code)

Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (818) 992-3000





Item 5.    Other Events

        On December 24, 2002, we sold approximately 150 domestic and foreign patents and patent applications to Broadcom Corporation for $24 million. See the press release attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K.


Item 7.    Financial Statements and Exhibits

        The following Exhibit is included herein:

        Exhibit 99.1                UNOVA, Inc. Press Release dated December 24, 2002.

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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.

    UNOVA, INC.

Date: December 26, 2002

 

By:

/s/  
DANIEL S. BISHOP      
Daniel S. Bishop
Secretary and General Counsel

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
  Description

     
99.1   UNOVA, Inc. Press Release dated December 24, 2002.



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