IPOs/recent issues: SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES –

Monrovia, Calif

Went public 4/28/2000 at $12 apiece

Filing Range:6.1 mil. shares @ $12 to $12

Shares Outstanding:67.34 mil. shares

Underwriters:Morgan Stanley Dean Witter

Merrill Lynch /Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette

FINANCIALS

(Data in $ millions)

Y/E Y/E

12/98 12/99

Total Revenue $37.46 $55.17

Net Loss -11.93 -28.28

The Company:

Software Technologies provides electronic business integration software that enables the flow of information within and among enterprises on a global basis. e*Xchange, a comprehensive software suite, provides companies with a platform to connect applications and systems not only within an organization but also across geographically dispersed enterprises. Software Technologies believes that it offers the only end-to-end e-business integration solution encompassing intra-enterprise, or application-to-application, integration and inter-enterprise, or business-to-business, integration. E*Xchange includes a core technology engine, e*Gate, together with a combination of specialized product offerings that meet specific integration needs. E*Xchange enables customers to connect applications, databases or systems, deploy and manage trading partner paradigms, including direct business-to-business trading exchanges, and manage and optimze business processes that occur within and beyond an enterprise. The company has established strategic alliances with Andersen Consulting, Computer Sciences Corporation and Electronic Data Systems. As of Dec. 31, 1999, Software Technologies had licensed its products to more than 1,200 customers globally.

Proceeds:

Estimated net proceeds of approximately $95 million will be used working capital and other general corporate purposes, including increased research and development expenditures, sales and marketing expenditures, and general and administrative expeditures.

Venture Backers:

Norwest Venture Capital, Storie Partners LP, Insight Capital Partners, Adersen Consulting LLP, Todd-AO Corp., AC Ventures B.V., Imprimis SB LP, WI Software Investors LLC

Board Members:

James Demetriades

Sterge Demetriades

Ridchard deNey

Salah Hassanein

Raymond Lane

Steven Ledger

Jerry Murdock

George Still

Jack Wilson