IPO Profile: SolarWinds Inc.

Austin, Texas • 512-682-9300 • www.solarwinds.comIPO DETAILS

IPO Date: 5/20/09

Exchange and Ticker: NYSE: SWI

Filing Range: 12.1M shares @ $9.50 to $11.50

Offering Price: $12.50

Close on First Day: $13.75

Offering Size: $151.5M

Shares Outstanding: 64,186,348

Underwriters: JP Morgan/ Goldman Sachs & Co./ Morgan Stanley

CoManagers: Jefferies & Co. Inc./ Thomas Weisel Partners/ Ladenburg Thalmann & Co.

Company Counsel: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Manager Counsel: Fenwick & West LLP

Auditor: Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP

Market Capitalization on 5/29/09: $962.8M

Closing price at current month end: $15.00

COMPANY DESCRIPTION

Develops an array of network management, monitoring and discovery tools for network management and consulting professionals. The company’s products and services are distributed worldwide in over 126 countries. The three divisions of SolarWinds include the Network Toolset Division, the Orion Division and the Broadband Division. Its competitors include BMC, Cisco, CA, Hewlett Packard and IBM.

VENTURE BACKERS

Austin Ventures, Bain Capital and Insight Venture Partners

STOCK HOLDINGS OF VC FUNDS

(For company directors or owners of 5% or more of the company’s shares.)

Owner_No. of shares as of 5/20/09_ Value as of 5/29/09_ Percentage ownership after offering

Insight Venture Partners_17,408,436_$261.13M_25.30%

Bain Capital_14,051,110_$210.76M_20.40%

Austin Ventures_1,899,540_$28.49M_2.80%

FINANCING ROUNDS

Date_No. of Investors_Round Amount $M_Valuation $M

10/1/05_3_$41.0_n/a

2/6/07_3_$7.50_n/a

3/26/08_2_$13.64_n/a

FINANCIALS

12/31/05_12/31/06_12/31/07

Revenue $M: $27.90_$38.23_$61.73

Net Income $M: $13.61_$13.61_$13.61

EPS: $8.73_$0.18_$0.24

Source: Thomson Reuters