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The following is an excerpt from a S-1 SEC Filing, filed by S WIND-UP CORP on 1/29/1999.

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EMPLOYEES

As of December 31, 1998, the Company had a total of 152 employees, of whom 147 were based in the United States and 4 were based internationally. Of the total, 60 were engaged in sales and marketing, 43 in research and development, 32 in professional services and customer support, and 17 in finance, administration and corporate operations. The Company's future performance depends in significant part on its continuing ability to attract, train and retain highly qualified technical, sales, service, marketing and managerial personnel. None of the Company's employees is represented by a labor union. The Company has not experienced any work stoppages and considers its relations with its employees to be good. See "Risk Factors--We Need to Recruit Additional Personnel and We Depend on Our Key Personnel."

FACILITIES

The Company's principal offices currently occupy approximately 34,000 square feet in Mountain View, California pursuant to a lease which expires in October 2003. In addition, the Company also leases executive suites on a short-term basis for North American offices in Englewood, Colorado; Atlanta, Georgia; Orlando, Florida; Plantation, Florida; Chicago, Illinois; Wellesley, Massachusetts; New York, New York; Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania; Houston, Texas; Alexandria, Virginia and Toronto, Ontario. The Company believes that its facilities are adequate for the next 12 months and that, if required, suitable additional space will be available on commercially reasonable terms to accommodate expansion of the Company's operations.

LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

In May 1998, Acta filed suit against the Company alleging copyright infringement of certain of its software code. In addition, Acta alleged that the Company committed conversion, fraud and unfair competition. Acta sought a declaration that it did not misappropriate any of the Company's trade secrets. Acta also sought injunctive relief, monetary damages, costs and attorneys' fees. In May 1998, the Company filed suit against Acta and its founders alleging misappropriation of the Company's trade secrets, breach of contract, violation of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing, breach of confidence, fraud and unfair competition. The Company and Acta have agreed to mediate the dispute; however, this mediation may not be successful. If the dispute is not resolved in mediation and the parties do not otherwise settle the dispute, the Company could incur substantial expenses and the attention of the Company's development and management personnel may

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be diverted. Litigation of this type is inherently uncertain, especially because it involves complex technical issues. The Company can give no assurance that it will prevail in the litigation against Acta or that it will successfully defend Acta's claim. See "Risk Factors--Risks Associated with Intellectual Property."

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MANAGEMENT

EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS

The executive officers and directors of the Company as of January 29, 1999 are as follows:

NAME AGE POSITION ---- --- -------- Kenneth C. Gardner........................ 48 President, Chief Executive Officer and Director John E. Zicker............................ 42 Executive Vice President, Technology, Chief Technology Officer and Director W. Virginia Walker........................ 53 Executive Vice President, Finance and Administration, and Chief Financial Officer Thomas M. Lounibos........................ 42 Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing Kenneth C. Holcomb........................ 49 Vice President, Operations Michael P. Venerable...................... 36 Vice President, Professional Services Shanda Bahles (a)(b)...................... 43 Director Richard W. Shapero(a)(b).................. 51 Director Jeffrey T. Webber......................... 46 Director Klaus S. Luft(c).......................... 57 Director designee



(a) Member of the Audit Committee.

(b) Member of the Compensation Committee.

(c) The Board of Directors has appointed Mr. Luft to the Board of Directors, and Mr. Luft has agreed to join, effective as of the first meeting of the Board of Directors following completion of the offering.

Kenneth C. Gardner. Mr. Gardner has been President, Chief Executive Officer and a director since commencement of operations in June 1995. From March 1994 until March 1995, Mr. Gardner was Vice President of Products at Borland International, Inc. ("Borland"), which has since changed its name to Inprise Corporation, an enterprise applications company. From February 1992 until March 1994, Mr. Gardner was President, Chief Executive Officer and a co-founder of ReportSmith, Inc. ("ReportSmith"), a database report applications company, which was purchased by Borland in 1994. Mr. Gardner is a director of ObjectSwitch Corp., Data Sage, Inc. and CommerceOne Inc., which are privately held companies. Mr. Gardner received his B.S.C. degree in Finance from the University of Louisville.

John E. Zicker. Mr. Zicker has been Executive Vice President, Technology, Chief Technology Officer and a director since the Company's commencement of operations in June 1995. From March 1994 until May 1995, Mr. Zicker was Director of Client/Server Development at Borland. From February 1992 until March 1994, Mr. Zicker was Vice President of Technology and a co-founder of ReportSmith. Mr. Zicker has 13 years experience in software development and image processing at NASA Ames Research Center, Lawrence Livermore Laboratories and the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center. Mr. Zicker received his B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering at the University of California at Davis and his M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin at Madison.

W. Virginia Walker. Ms. Walker has been Executive Vice President, Finance and Administration, and Chief Financial Officer since January 1998. From June 1996 to January 1998, Ms. Walker pursued personal interests. From November 1995 until June 1996, Ms. Walker was Executive Vice President of Finance and Administration, Chief

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Financial Officer and Secretary of JTS Corporation, a publicly traded disk drive manufacturer. From May 1985 until September 1995, Ms. Walker worked at Scios Nova, Inc., a publicly traded biopharmaceutical company, where she held the positions of Vice President of Finance and Administration and Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Walker received her B.S. degree in Business Administration, Accounting from San Jose State University.

Thomas M. Lounibos. Mr. Lounibos has been Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing since January 1999. Mr. Lounibos was the Company's Executive Vice President, Worldwide Sales, from October 1998 until January 1999 and was the Company's Vice President, Sales from March 1996 until October 1998. From October 1995 until March 1996, Mr. Lounibos was Vice President of Sales for ParcPlace-DigiTalk Incorporated ("ParcPlace-DigiTalk"), an object-oriented programming tools company, and from November 1993 until October 1995 Mr. Lounibos was Vice President of Sales for DigiTalk, Incorporated, which was acquired by ParcPlace Incorporated. Prior to joining DigiTalk, Mr. Lounibos worked for Knowledgeware, Incorporated, a software company, where he served as Vice President of Sales--Western United States and Vice President of Marketing. Mr. Lounibos received his B.S. degree in Business Economics from the University of San Francisco.

Kenneth C. Holcomb. Mr. Holcomb has been Vice President, Operations since March 1998. From March 1997 until February 1998, Mr. Holcomb was Vice President, Operations of Pilot Network Services, Inc., a publicly-traded network security company. From May 1996 until February 1997, Mr. Holcomb was Vice President, Systems Integration of WorldCom, Inc., a publicly traded telecommunications company. From January 1996 until May 1996, Mr. Holcomb was Vice President, Internet Development of MFS Communications Company, Inc., a telecommunications company. From January 1992 until December 1996, Mr. Holcomb was Senior Vice President, Customer Service and Operations of MFS Datanet, Inc., and subsidiary of MFS Communications, Inc. a data communications company. Mr. Holcomb received his B.A. degree in Business Administration, Finance, from the University of Notre Dame.

Michael P. Venerable. Mr. Venerable has been Vice President, Sagent Professional Services since March 1998. In March 1992, Mr. Venerable founded Talus, a data warehousing consulting firm, and served as its President until February 1998, when the Company acquired Talus. Mr. Venerable received his B.S. degree in Criminal Justice from the University of Dayton.

Shanda Bahles. Ms. Bahles has been a director of the Company since May 1995. Since May 1991, Ms. Bahles has been a General Partner of El Dorado Ventures, a venture capital firm. Ms. Bahles joined El Dorado Ventures as an associate in June 1987. From 1979 to 1985, Ms Bahles held various engineering, marketing and management positions with Millennium Systems, Inc., a systems integration company, and Fortune Systems Corporation, a workstation manufacturer. Ms. Bahles is a director of Pilot Network Services, Inc., a publicly traded company, and Women.com Networks, Inc., Poet Holdings, Inc. and MS2, Inc., which are privately held companies. Ms. Bahles received her B.S.E.E. and M.B.A. degrees from Stanford University.

Richard W. Shapero. Mr. Shapero has been a director of the Company since May 1995. Since April 1993, Mr. Shapero has been a General Partner of Crosspoint Venture Partners, a venture capital firm. From January until June 1992, Mr. Shapero was Chief Operating Officer of Shiva Corporation, a networking company. Previously, he was a Vice President of Sun Microsystems, Inc., Senior Director of Marketing of AST Research, Inc. and held marketing and sales positions at Informatics General Corporation and UNIVAC's

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Communications Division. Mr. Shapero is a director of Covad Communications Group, Inc., a publicly traded company, and Digital Island, Inc., Diamond Lane Communications Corporation, NetBoost Corporation, Fabrik Communications, Inc., ObjectSwitch Corp., Jetstream Communications, Inc., AristaSoft Corporation and iBeam Broadcasting Corporation, which are privately held companies. Mr. Shapero received his B.A. degree in English from the University of California at Berkeley.

Jeffrey T. Webber. Mr. Webber has been a director of the Company since September 1995. Mr. Webber founded, and since January 1991 has served as President of, R.B. Webber & Company, Inc., a management consulting firm. From 1987 to January 1991, he was a partner of Edgar, Dunn & Company, a management consulting firm. Mr. Webber serves as a director of Sybase, Inc., a publicly traded company, and CommerceOne, Inc., enCommerce, Inc., Persistence Software, Inc., Spear Technologies, Inc. and Workwise Software, Inc., which are privately held companies. Mr. Webber received his B.A. degree in American Studies from Yale University.

Klaus S. Luft. Mr. Luft is the founder and President of MATCH -- Market Access for Technology Services GmbH, a provider of sales and marketing services to high technology companies, since February 1994. Mr. Luft is also the founder, owner and President of ISAR-Vermogensverwaltung GbR mbH ("ISAR"). Since August 1990, Mr. Luft has served as an International Advisor and Vice-Chairman of Goldman Sachs Europe Limited, an investment bank. From March 1986 to November 1989, Mr. Luft was Chief Executive Officer of Nixdorf Computer AG, a manufacturer of computer systems in Paderborn, Germany, where he also held various other executive positions in marketing, manufacturing and finance for more than 17 years. Mr. Luft is a director of Dell Computer Corporation, a publicly traded company. Mr. Luft received his German Arbitur in Bruchsal, Germany.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND COMMITTEES

Following the offering, the Company's Board of Directors (the "Board") will consist of six directors divided into three classes with each class serving for a term of three years. At each annual meeting of stockholders, directors will be elected by the holders of the Common Stock to succeed those directors whose terms are expiring. Mr. Shapero and Ms. Bahles are Class I directors whose terms will expire in 2000; Mr. Webber is a Class II directors whose terms will expire in 2001; and Messrs. Gardner and Zicker are Class III directors whose terms will expire in 2002.

The Board has a Compensation Committee and an Audit Committee. The Compensation Committee, which is comprised of Ms. Bahles and Mr. Shapero, administers the Amended 1995 Plan, the 1998 Plan and the 1999 Purchase Plan and all matters concerning executive compensation. The Audit Committee, which is comprised of Ms. Bahles and Mr. Shapero, approves the Company's independent auditors, reviews the results and scope of annual audits and other accounting related services, and evaluates the Company's internal audit and control functions. Each of these committees was established in February 1997.

DIRECTOR COMPENSATION

The Company does not pay any compensation to directors for serving in that capacity, nor does it reimburse directors for expenses incurred in attending board meetings. The Board has the discretion to grant options to non-employee directors pursuant to the Director Plan. See "Management--Employee Benefit Plans--Director Plan."

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COMPENSATION COMMITTEE INTERLOCKS AND INSIDER PARTICIPATION

The Compensation Committee is currently comprised of Ms. Bahles and Mr. Shapero. Neither of these individuals has at any time been an officer or employee of the Company. Prior to formation of the Compensation Committee, all decisions regarding executive compensation were made by the full Board. No interlocking relationship exists between the Board or Compensation Committee and the board of directors or compensation committee of any other Company, nor has any such interlocking relationship existed in the past.

LIMITATION ON LIABILITY AND INDEMNIFICATION MATTERS

The Company's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the "Amended Certificate of Incorporation") limits the liability of directors to the maximum extent permitted by Delaware law. Delaware law provides that directors of a corporation shall not be personally liable for monetary damages for breach of their fiduciary duties as directors, except for liability (1) for any breach of their duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (2) for acts or omissions not in good faith or that involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (3) for unlawful payments of dividends or unlawful Stock repurchases or redemptions as provided in Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law or (4) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.

The Company's Bylaws provide that the Company shall indemnify its directors and executive officers and may indemnify its other officers and employees and agents and other agents to the fullest extent permitted by law. The Company believes that indemnification under its Bylaws covers at least negligence and gross negligence on the part of indemnified parties. The Company's Bylaws also permit the Company to secure insurance on behalf of any officer, director, employee or other agent for any liability arising out of his or her actions in such capacity, regardless of whether the Bylaws would permit indemnification.

The Company has entered into agreements to indemnify its directors and officers, in addition to indemnification provided for in the Company's Bylaws. These agreements, among other things, indemnify the Company's directors and officers for certain expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and settlement amounts incurred by any such person in any action or proceeding, including any action by or in the right of the Company, arising out of such person's services as a director or officer of the Company, any subsidiary of the Company or any other Company or enterprise to which the person provides services at the request of the Company. In addition, the Company intends to obtain directors' and officers' insurance providing indemnification for certain of the Company's directors, officers and employees for certain liabilities The Company believes that these provisions, agreements and insurance are necessary to attract and retain qualified directors and officers.

At present, there is no pending litigation or proceeding involving any director, officer, employee or agent of the Company where indemnification will be required or permitted. The Company is not aware of any threatened litigation or proceeding that might result in a claim for such indemnification.

EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

The following table sets forth information concerning the compensation that the Company paid during the year ended December 31, 1998 to the Company's Chief Executive Officer and each of the Company's other four most highly compensated

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executive officers whose salary and bonus exceeded $100,000 during such fiscal year (collectively, the "Named Officers").