X0201 42003-09-021 0001101147 VIRAGE INC VRGE 0001243821 GAWEL SCOTT VIRAGE, INC. 411 BOREL AVENUE 100S SAN MATEO CA 94402 0100VP, Finance; Acting CFOCommon Stock, par value $0.0012003-09-024M0600000.52A60000DCommon Stock, par value $0.0012003-09-024M0727080.59A132708DCommon Stock, par value $0.0012003-09-024D01327081.10D0DCommon Stock, par value $0.0012003-09-024D063701.10D0DOption (right to buy)0.522003-09-024M0600000D2002-08-132012-08-13Common Stock6000020000DOption (right to buy)0.592003-09-024M0562500D2002-08-072012-08-07Common Stock562503750DOption (right to buy)0.592003-09-024M0164580D2002-08-072012-08-07Common Stock164583542DOption (right to buy)0.522003-09-024D0200000D2002-08-132012-08-13Common Stock200000DOption (right to buy)0.592003-09-024D037500D2002-08-072012-08-07Common Stock37500DOption (right to buy)0.592003-09-024D035420D2002-08-072012-08-07Common Stock35420DOption (right to buy)2.592003-09-024D0100000D2001-06-252011-06-25Common Stock100000DPursuant to the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 9, 2003, by and among Autonomy Corporation plc, a corporation formed under the laws of England and Wales ("Autonomy"), Violet Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and Virage, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Merger Agreement"), and upon the closing of the merger contemplated therein, each outstanding share of Virage, Inc. common stock was converted into the right to receive $1.10 in cash. The named individual on page 1 of this Form 4 (the "Named Individual") has converted the shares of Virage, Inc. common stock identified in Part 4 of Table 1 (the "Shares") into the right to receive $1.10 per share in cash.Options are not immediately exercisable and the underlying shares vest 1/24th per month for each month of continuous service to Virage, Inc.Options are immediately exercisable and the underlying shares vest 1/8th upon the six month anniversary of February 17, 2003 and vest 1/48th per month for each month of continuous service to Virage, Inc.Options are immediately exercisable and the underlying shares vest 1/48th per month for each month of continuous service to Virage, Inc.Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, and upon the closing of the merger contemplated therein, each outstanding option to purchase shares of Virage, Inc. common stock was converted into the right to receive an option to purchase that number of whole Autonomy ordinary shares equal to the product of the number of shares Virage, Inc. common stock subject to the option multiplied by a fraction (referred to as the "Option Exchange Ratio"), the numerator of which is $1.10 and denominator of which is the average closing selling price of Autonomy ordinary shares as quoted on the London Stock Exchange for the ten trading days preceding the closing date of the merger (as converted to U.S. dollars), rounded down to the nearest whole number of Autonomy ordinary shares (the "Autonomy Options").Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, and upon the closing of the merger contemplated therein, the exercise price of the Autonomy Options will be equal to the exercise price for the shares of Virage, Inc. common stock purchasable pursuant to the option divided by the Option Exchange Ratio, rounded up to the nearest whole cent.Options are not immediately exercisable and the underlying shares vest 1/48th per month for each month of continuous service to Virage, Inc./s/ Rachel Paris2003-09-04