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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):  MAY 29, 2002


                                 STELLENT, INC.
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


       MINNESOTA                       0-19817                    41-1652566
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(State of Incorporation)        (Commission File No.)         (I.R.S. Employer
                                                             Identification No.)


           7777 GOLDEN TRIANGLE DRIVE
            EDEN PRAIRIE, MINNESOTA                      55344
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    (Address of principal executive offices)           (Zip Code)



                                 (952) 903-2000
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                         (Registrant's telephone number)


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ITEM 5.           OTHER EVENTS.

         On May 29, 2002, the Board of Directors of Stellent, Inc. (the
"Company") declared a dividend of one preferred share purchase right (a "Right")
for each outstanding share of Common Stock, par value of $.01 per share (the
"Common Shares"), of the Company. The dividend is payable on June 13, 2002 (the
"Record Date") to shareholders of record on that date.

         Each Right entitles the registered holder to purchase from the Company
one-hundredth of a Series A Junior Participating Preferred Share, $.01 par value
per share (the "Preferred Shares"), of the Company at a price of $75 per
one-hundredth of a Preferred Share (the "Purchase Price"), subject to
adjustment. The description and terms of the Rights are set forth in a Rights
Agreement (the "Rights Agreement"), dated as of May 29, 2002, between the
Company and Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, N.A. (the "Rights Agent").

         Initially, the Rights will attach to all certificates representing
Common Shares then outstanding and no separate Right Certificates will be
distributed. The Rights will separate from the Common Shares and a Distribution
Date for the Rights will occur, subject to certain exceptions, upon the earlier
of:

          o    the close of business on the fifteenth day following a public
               announcement that a person or group of affiliated or associated
               persons has become an "Acquiring Person" (i.e., has become,
               subject to certain exceptions, the beneficial owner of 15% or
               more of the outstanding Common Shares), or

          o    the close of business on the fifteenth day following the first
               public announcement relating to a tender offer or exchange offer
               the consummation of which would result in a person or group of
               affiliated or associated persons becoming, subject to certain
               exceptions, the beneficial owner of 15% or more of the
               outstanding Common Shares (or such later date as may be
               determined by the Board of Directors of the Company before a
               person or group of affiliated or associated persons becomes an
               Acquiring Person).

Until the Distribution Date,

          o    the Rights will be evidenced by the Common Share certificates and
               will be transferred with and only with the Common Shares,

          o    new Common Share certificates issued after the Record Date upon
               transfer or new issuance of the Common Shares will contain a
               notation incorporating the Rights Agreement by reference, and




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          o    the surrender for transfer of any Common Share certificate, even
               without such notation or a copy of this Summary of Rights
               attached thereto, will also constitute the transfer of the Rights
               associated with the Common Shares represented by such
               certificate.

         As promptly as practicable following the Distribution Date, separate
certificates evidencing the Rights ("Right Certificates") will be mailed to
holders of record of the Common Shares as of the close of business on the
Distribution Date and the separate Right Certificates alone will evidence the
Rights.

         The Rights are not exercisable until the Distribution Date. The Rights
will expire on June 13, 2012, unless extended or earlier redeemed or exchanged
by the Company as described below.

         The Purchase Price payable, and the number of Preferred Shares or other
securities or property issuable, upon exercise of the Rights are subject to
adjustment from time to time to prevent dilution:

          o    in the event of a stock dividend on, or a subdivision,
               combination, or reclassification of, the Preferred Shares,

          o    upon the grant to holders of the Preferred Shares of certain
               rights, options, or warrants to subscribe for or purchase
               Preferred Shares or convertible securities at less than the
               then-current market price of the Preferred Shares, or

          o    upon the distribution to holders of the Preferred Shares of
               evidences of indebtedness or assets (excluding regular periodic
               cash dividends or dividends payable in Preferred Shares) or of
               subscription rights or warrants (other than those described in
               the preceding bullet).

         The number of Preferred Shares issuable upon the exercise of a Right is
also subject to adjustment in the event of a dividend on Common Shares payable
in Common Shares, or a subdivision, combination, or consolidation of the Common
Shares.

         With certain exceptions, no adjustment in the Purchase Price will be
required until cumulative adjustments require an adjustment of at least 1% in
the Purchase Price. No fractional Preferred Shares will be issued (other than
fractional shares that are integral multiples of one-hundredth (subject to
adjustment) of a Preferred Share, which may, at the election of the Company, be
evidenced by depositary receipts) if in lieu of such issuance a payment in cash
is made based on the closing price (pro rated for the fraction) of the Preferred
Shares on the last trading date before the date of exercise.



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         If any person or group of affiliated or associated persons becomes an
Acquiring Person, proper provision shall be made so that each holder of a Right,
other than Rights that are or were beneficially owned by the Acquiring Person
(which will thereafter be void), will thereafter have the right to receive upon
exercise of the Right at the then-current exercise price of the Right that
number of Common Shares having a market value of two times the exercise price of
the Right, subject to certain possible adjustments.

         If, on or after the Distribution Date or within 15 days prior thereto,
the Company is acquired in certain mergers or other business-combination
transactions or 50% or more of the assets or earning power of the Company and
its subsidiaries (taken as a whole) are sold on or after the Distribution Date
or within 15 days prior thereto in one or a series of related transactions, each
holder of a Right (other than Rights that have become void under the terms of
the Rights Agreement) will thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise
of the Right at the then-current exercise price of the Right, that number of
common shares of the acquiring company (or, in certain cases, one of its
affiliates) having a market value of two times the exercise price of the Right.

         In certain events specified in the Rights Agreement, the Company is
permitted temporarily to suspend the exercisability of the Rights.

         At any time after a person or group of affiliated or associated persons
becomes an Acquiring Person (subject to certain exceptions) and before the
acquisition by a person or group of affiliated or associated persons of 50% or
more of the outstanding Common Shares, the Board of Directors of the Company may
exchange all or part of the Rights (other than Rights that have become void
under the terms of the Rights Agreement) for Common Shares or equivalent
securities at an exchange ratio per Right equal to the result obtained by
dividing the exercise price of a Right by the current per-share market price of
the Common Shares, subject to adjustment.

         At any time before a person or group of affiliated or associated
persons becomes an Acquiring Person, the Board of Directors of the Company may
redeem the Rights in whole, but not in part, at a price of $.001 per Right,
subject to adjustment, payable in cash. The redemption of the Rights may be made
effective at such time, on such basis, and with such conditions as the Board of
Directors in its sole discretion may establish. The Board of Directors and the
Company shall not have any liability to any person as a result of the redemption
or exchange of the Rights under the Rights Agreement.

         The terms of the Rights may be amended by the Board of Directors of the
Company, subject to certain limitations after the Distribution Date, without the
consent of the holders of the Rights, including an amendment before a person or
group of affiliated or associated persons becomes an Acquiring Person to lower
the 15% threshold for exercisability of the Rights to not less than the greater
of (a) the sum of .001% and the largest percentage of the outstanding Common
Shares then known by the Company to be beneficially owned by any person or group
of affiliated or associated persons (subject to certain exceptions) or (b) 10%.



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         Until a Right is exercised, the holder of the Right, as such, will have
no rights as a shareholder of the Company, including, without limitation, the
right to vote or to receive dividends.

         The Rights Agreement (including all exhibits thereto) is incorporated
by reference herein. This summary description of the Rights does not purport to
be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Rights
Agreement.

ITEM 7.  EXHIBITS.

          4.   Rights Agreement, dated as of May 29, 2002, between Stellent,
               Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, N.A. (incorporated by
               reference to Exhibit 1 to Stellent's Registration Statement on
               Form 8-A, dated June 3, 2002).

          99.  Press Release of Stellent dated May 30, 2002.



                                    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.

                                         STELLENT, INC.


Date:  June 3, 2002                      By: /s/ Gregg A. Waldon
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                                             Its: Chief Financial Officer












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