ROUGE WAVE SOFTWARE INC
SB-2, 1996-10-04
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    AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON OCTOBER 4, 1996
                                                       REGISTRATION NO. 333-
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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                                   FORM SB-2
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                     UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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                           ROGUE WAVE SOFTWARE, INC.
                 (Name of small business issuer in its charter)
 
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             DELAWARE                               7372                              93-1064214
  (State or other jurisdiction of       (Primary Standard Industrial        (I.R.S. Employer Identification
  incorporation or organization)         Classification Code Number)                     No.)
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                               850 SW 35TH STREET
                            CORVALLIS, OREGON 97333
                                 (541) 754-3010
(Address and telephone number of principal executive offices and principal place
                                  of business)
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                              THOMAS KEFFER, PH.D.
                     PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
                           ROGUE WAVE SOFTWARE, INC.
                               850 SW 35TH STREET
                            CORVALLIS, OREGON 97333
                                 (541) 754-3010
           (Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)
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                                   COPIES TO:
 
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<S>                                                 <C>
              Mark P. Tanoury, Esq.                               Mark C. Stevens, Esq.
            James F. Fulton, Jr., Esq.                           Edward M. Urschel, Esq.
                COOLEY GODWARD LLP                                  FENWICK & WEST LLP
               3000 Sand Hill Road                                 Two Palo Alto Square
              Building 3, Suite 230                                Palo Alto, CA 94306
            Menlo Park, CA 94025-7116                                 (415) 494-0600
                  (415) 843-5000
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                APPROXIMATE DATE OF PROPOSED SALE TO THE PUBLIC:
   AS SOON AS PRACTICABLE AFTER THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT BECOMES EFFECTIVE.
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    If  this Form  is filed  to register  additional securities  for an offering
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box
and list  the  Securities  Act  registration statement  number  of  the  earlier
effective registration statement for the same offering. / / __________
 
    If  this Form  is a post-effective  amendment filed pursuant  to Rule 462(c)
under the Securities Act,  check the following box  and list the Securities  Act
registration  statement number  of the earlier  effective registration statement
for the same offering. / / __________
 
    If delivery of the prospectus is expected  to be made pursuant to Rule  434,
please check the following box. / /
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                        CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
 
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                                                                                  PROPOSED MAXIMUM
                                                                PROPOSED MAXIMUM     AGGREGATE
            TITLE OF SECURITIES                 AMOUNT TO BE     OFFERING PRICE       OFFERING         AMOUNT OF
              TO BE REGISTERED                 REGISTERED (1)    PER SHARE (2)       PRICE (2)      REGISTRATION FEE
<S>                                           <C>               <C>               <C>               <C>
Common Stock, $.0015 par value..............  2,328,750 shares       $11.00         $25,616,250          $7,763
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(1)  Includes  303,750 shares  of  Common Stock  issuable  upon exercise  of the
    Underwriters' over-allotment option.
(2)  Estimated  solely  for  the  purpose  of  calculating  the  amount  of  the
    registration  fee in accordance with Rule 457(a) under the Securities Act of
    1933.
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    THE REGISTRANT HEREBY  AMENDS THIS  REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON  SUCH DATE  OR
DATES AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO DELAY ITS EFFECTIVE DATE UNTIL THE REGISTRANT SHALL
FILE  A  FURTHER  AMENDMENT  WHICH SPECIFICALLY  STATES  THAT  THIS REGISTRATION
STATEMENT SHALL THEREAFTER BECOME EFFECTIVE  IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8(a)  OF
THE  SECURITIES ACT  OF 1933  OR UNTIL  THE REGISTRATION  STATEMENT SHALL BECOME
EFFECTIVE ON SUCH DATE AS THE COMMISSION, ACTING PURSUANT TO SAID SECTION  8(a),
MAY DETERMINE.
 
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INFORMATION   CONTAINED  HEREIN  IS  SUBJECT   TO  COMPLETION  OR  AMENDMENT.  A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT  RELATING TO  THESE SECURITIES  HAS BEEN  FILED WITH  THE
SECURITIES  AND EXCHANGE  COMMISSION. THESE SECURITIES  MAY NOT BE  SOLD NOR MAY
OFFERS TO BUY BE ACCEPTED PRIOR  TO THE TIME THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT  BECOMES
EFFECTIVE.  THIS  PROSPECTUS  SHALL  NOT  CONSTITUTE AN  OFFER  TO  SELL  OR THE
SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY
NOR SHALL THERE  BE ANY  SALE OF  THESE SECURITIES IN  ANY STATE  IN WHICH  SUCH
OFFER,  SOLICITATION  OR SALE  WOULD BE  UNLAWFUL PRIOR  TO THE  REGISTRATION OR
QUALIFICATION UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY SUCH STATE.
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                  SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED OCTOBER 4, 1996
PROSPECTUS
                                2,025,000 SHARES
 
                                     [LOGO]
 
                                  COMMON STOCK
 
    Of the 2,025,000 shares of Common Stock offered hereby, 2,000,000 shares are
being sold  by the  Company and  25,000 shares  are being  sold by  the  Selling
Stockholders.  The Company will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale of
shares by the Selling Stockholders. See "Principal and Selling Stockholders."
 
    Prior to this offering, there has been no public market for the Common Stock
of the Company. It is currently estimated that the initial public offering price
will be between $    and $   per share.  See "Underwriting" for a discussion  of
the  factors to be considered in  determining the initial public offering price.
The Company has made application to have  its Common Stock listed on the  Nasdaq
National Market under the symbol RWAV.
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            THE SHARES OFFERED HEREBY INVOLVE A HIGH DEGREE OF RISK.
                    SEE "RISK FACTORS" COMMENCING ON PAGE 5.
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THESE  SECURITIES  HAVE  NOT  BEEN APPROVED  OR  DISAPPROVED  BY  THE SECURITIES
 AND  EXCHANGE  COMMISSION   OR  ANY  STATE   SECURITIES  COMMISSION  NOR   HAS
   THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION
    PASSED   UPON   THE   ACCURACY   OR   ADEQUACY   OF   THIS   PROSPECTUS.
           ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
 
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                                                                               PROCEEDS TO
                             PRICE TO       UNDERWRITING      PROCEEDS TO        SELLING
                              PUBLIC        DISCOUNT (1)      COMPANY (2)     STOCKHOLDERS
<S>                       <C>              <C>              <C>              <C>
Per Share...............         $                $                $                $
Total (3)...............         $                $                $                $
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(1)  See  "Underwriting"  for  indemnification  arrangements  with  the  several
    Underwriters.
 
(2) Before deducting expenses payable by the Company estimated at $1,000,000
 
(3)  The Company  and certain  stockholders of the  Company have  granted to the
    Underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to 303,750 additional shares  of
    Common Stock solely to cover over-allotments, if any. If all such shares are
    purchased,  the total  Price to  Public, Underwriting  Discount, Proceeds to
    Company and Proceeds to Selling  Stockholders will be $    , $    , $    and
    $   , respectively. See "Underwriting."
 
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    The  shares of Common Stock are  offered by the several Underwriters subject
to prior sale, receipt and  acceptance by them and subject  to the right of  the
Underwriters  to  reject  any  order  in whole  or  in  part  and  certain other
conditions. It is expected that certificates  for such shares will be  available
for  delivery on or  about                , 1996 at  the office of  the agent of
Hambrecht & Quist LLC in New York, New York.
 
HAMBRECHT & QUIST                                    WESSELS, ARNOLD & HENDERSON
 
           , 1996
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[graphic]
 
    IN CONNECTION WITH THIS OFFERING, THE UNDERWRITERS MAY OVER-ALLOT OR  EFFECT
TRANSACTIONS WHICH STABILIZE OR MAINTAIN THE MARKET PRICE OF THE COMMON STOCK OF
THE  COMPANY AT  A LEVEL ABOVE  THAT WHICH  MIGHT OTHERWISE PREVAIL  IN THE OPEN
MARKET. SUCH TRANSACTIONS MAY BE EFFECTED ON THE NASDAQ NATIONAL MARKET, IN  THE
OVER-THE-COUNTER  MARKET OR  OTHERWISE. SUCH  STABILIZING, IF  COMMENCED, MAY BE
DISCONTINUED AT ANY TIME.
 
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                               PROSPECTUS SUMMARY
 
    THE  FOLLOWING SUMMARY  IS QUALIFIED  IN ITS  ENTIRETY BY  THE MORE DETAILED
INFORMATION, INCLUDING "RISK FACTORS" AND THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL  STATEMENTS
AND  NOTES THERETO,  APPEARING ELSEWHERE IN  THIS PROSPECTUS.  THE DISCUSSION IN
THIS PROSPECTUS  CONTAINS  FORWARD-LOOKING  STATEMENTS THAT  INVOLVE  RISKS  AND
UNCERTAINTIES.  THE COMPANY'S ACTUAL RESULTS  COULD DIFFER MATERIALLY FROM THOSE
DISCUSSED HEREIN. FACTORS  THAT COULD  CAUSE OR CONTRIBUTE  TO SUCH  DIFFERENCES
INCLUDE,   BUT  ARE  NOT   LIMITED  TO,  THOSE   DISCUSSED  IN  "RISK  FACTORS,"
"MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION  AND ANALYSIS  OF FINANCIAL  CONDITION AND  RESULTS  OF
OPERATIONS"  AND  "BUSINESS"  AS  WELL  AS  THOSE  DISCUSSED  ELSEWHERE  IN THIS
PROSPECTUS.
 
                                  THE COMPANY
 
    Rogue Wave  is a  leading  provider of  object-oriented software  parts  and
related  tools. The  Company's C++ and  Java-based products are  used to develop
robust, scalable  software  applications for  a  wide variety  of  environments,
including  client-server,  intranet  and Internet  environments.  These products
enable customers to  construct software applications  more quickly, with  higher
quality and across multiple platforms, and reduce the complexity associated with
the  software  development process.  The  Company's software  parts  provide the
functionality to perform  fundamental operations  such as  network and  database
connectivity, thereby allowing programmers to focus on the core functionality of
the  software under  development. Rogue  Wave offers  a broad  suite of software
parts and related tools  for C++, and has  recently introduced and continues  to
develop  software parts and related tools for  Java. The Company believes it was
the first to deliver a commercially available Java interface builder.
 
    Software is increasingly the most critical component of today's  information
systems.  Businesses typically rely  on such information  systems as a strategic
resource and  as a  way of  differentiating themselves  from their  competitors.
However,  software development technologies and methods  have not kept pace with
the increasing reliance on software systems. In fact, the intricacies of  modern
software  systems have tended  to make the  software development process longer,
more complicated and increasingly error prone. To address these difficulties  in
developing   and  maintaining   complex  software   systems,  organizations  are
increasingly   adopting    object-oriented    technologies    and    development
methodologies.  For object-oriented software development, C++ has emerged as the
industry  standard   programming   language.   Java,   another   object-oriented
programming  language  that is  similar to  C++,  has been  recently popularized
through the  growth  of the  Internet  and intranet  environments.  Java  offers
additional  benefits  in  the  areas of  platform  independence  and distributed
computing.
 
    While objects are easy to  use once built, developing robust,  well-designed
objects can be extremely difficult and time consuming. Organizations are seeking
to  improve  quality and  time-to-market  by purchasing  pre-written  objects or
"parts" from independent vendors to  handle fundamental operations ranging  from
simple functions such as date handling to more complex functions such as network
communications.  The Company believes that the use of third-party software parts
will enable organizations to develop robust software applications more  rapidly,
at  lower  cost  and  with  more  functionality  than  applications  using  only
internally developed objects.
 
    The Company's  objective is  to be  the leading  provider of  high  quality,
reusable software parts and related tools for the development of object-oriented
software   applications.   The  Company's   products   have  the   features  and
functionality necessary  to provide  customers with  the benefits  of  increased
software  flexibility  and quality,  accelerated  development times  and reduced
maintenance costs. The Company follows  a cross-platform strategy allowing  most
objects  to be used on  the most popular operating  systems, such as Windows and
UNIX. The Company's  strategy is  to leverage  its installed  base of  Tools.h++
customers  by  offering additional  object-oriented  software parts  and related
tools. The Company also intends to extend its technological leadership,  promote
the  enterprise-wide adoption  of Rogue Wave  products and  expand its worldwide
distribution.
 
    To date,  Rogue Wave  has sold  over 50,000  end-user licenses.  Rogue  Wave
markets  its software primarily through its  direct sales organization, and to a
lesser  extent  through  outside  sales  representatives  and  indirect  channel
partners. The Company bundles its Tools.h++ and/or Standard C++ Library products
with   popular  compilers   offered  by  leading   vendors,  including  Fujitsu,
Hewlett-Packard,  Microware,   Siemens-Nixdorf,   Silicon   Graphics   and   Sun
Microsystems. The Company's products are used by programmers to develop software
applications  for organizations in  a wide variety  of industries. The Company's
customers include FedEx,  Ford, Hewlett-Packard, IBM,  MCI, Motorola,  Netscape,
Sony and Sun Microsystems.
 
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                                  THE OFFERING
 
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Common Stock offered by the Company.....................  2,000,000 shares
Common Stock offered by the Selling Stockholders........  25,000 shares
Common Stock to be outstanding after the offering.......  7,196,259 shares (1)
Use of proceeds.........................................  For general corporate purposes, including working
                                                           capital. See "Use of Proceeds."
Proposed Nasdaq National Market symbol..................  RWAV
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                   SUMMARY CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL INFORMATION
                     (IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
 
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                                                                                                   NINE MONTHS ENDED
                                                                    YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30,            JUNE 30,
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                                                                   1993       1994       1995       1995       1996
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<S>                                                              <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS:
  Total revenue................................................  $   3,212  $   7,209  $  11,937  $   8,529  $  13,192
  Income (loss) from operations................................        180        644        195        345       (255)
  Net income (loss)............................................        175        568         79        140       (114)
  Net income (loss) per common share (2).......................  $    0.05  $    0.14  $    0.02  $    0.03  $   (0.03)
  Shares used in per share calculation (2).....................      3,878      4,118      4,973      4,784      4,052
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                                                                                          JUNE 30, 1996
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                                                                             ACTUAL    PRO FORMA (3)  AS ADJUSTED (3)
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<S>                                                                         <C>        <C>            <C>
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET:
  Cash and cash equivalents...............................................  $   2,611    $   2,611
  Total assets............................................................      9,537        9,537
  Long term obligations, less current portion.............................        377          377             377
  Mandatorily redeemable preferred stock..................................      4,664           --              --
  Total stockholders' equity..............................................        527        5,191
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(1)  Excludes  1,456,827  shares of  the  Company's Common  Stock  issuable upon
    exercise of stock options outstanding as of September 30, 1996 at a weighted
    average exercise price of $2.37 per share. See "Management--Equity Incentive
    Plans."
 
(2) See Note 1 of Notes  to Consolidated Financial Statements for a  description
    of  the calculation of the  number of shares used  in the calculation of net
    income per common share.
 
(3) Pro forma to reflect the conversion of the mandatorily redeemable  preferred
    stock  and as  adjusted to  reflect the sale  of 2,000,000  shares of Common
    Stock offered by the  Company hereby at an  assumed initial public  offering
    price of $   per share. See "Capitalization."
 
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    EXCEPT  AS OTHERWISE INDICATED, THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS PROSPECTUS
ASSUMES (i)  NO EXERCISE  OF  THE UNDERWRITERS'  OVER-ALLOTMENT OPTION,  (ii)  A
TWO-FOR-THREE  REVERSE STOCK SPLIT EXPECTED TO  OCCUR PRIOR TO THE COMPLETION OF
THE OFFERING, (iii) THE CONVERSION OF ALL OUTSTANDING SHARES OF PREFERRED  STOCK
INTO  SHARES OF COMMON STOCK, WHICH WILL OCCUR AUTOMATICALLY UPON THE CLOSING OF
THE OFFERING, AND (iv) THE  COMPANY'S REINCORPORATION INTO DELAWARE EXPECTED  TO
OCCUR  PRIOR  TO THE  COMPLETION OF  THE OFFERING.  SEE "DESCRIPTION  OF CAPITAL
STOCK" AND "UNDERWRITING."
 
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                                  RISK FACTORS
 
    IN  ADDITION TO THE OTHER INFORMATION IN THIS PROSPECTUS, THE FOLLOWING RISK
FACTORS SHOULD  BE  CONSIDERED  CAREFULLY  IN EVALUATING  THE  COMPANY  AND  ITS
BUSINESS  BEFORE  PURCHASING SHARES  OF THE  COMMON  STOCK OFFERED  HEREBY. THIS
PROSPECTUS  CONTAINS   FORWARD-LOOKING  STATEMENTS   THAT  INVOLVE   RISKS   AND
UNCERTAINTIES.  THE  COMPANY'S ACTUAL  RESULTS  MAY DIFFER  MATERIALLY  FROM THE
RESULTS DISCUSSED IN  THE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS.  FACTORS THAT MIGHT  CAUSE
SUCH  A DIFFERENCE  INCLUDE, BUT  ARE NOT LIMITED  TO, THOSE  DISCUSSED IN "RISK
FACTORS," "MANAGEMENT'S  DISCUSSION  AND  ANALYSIS OF  FINANCIAL  CONDITION  AND
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS" AND ELSEWHERE IN THIS PROSPECTUS.
 
    LIMITED  OPERATING HISTORY.   The Company was founded  in September 1989 and
first shipped  products in  November 1989.  Although the  Company's revenue  has
increased  in each of  the last six quarters  and the Company  had net income in
several of those quarters, the Company incurred net losses in the quarters ended
June 30,  1995, September  30, 1995  and June  30, 1996.  The Company's  limited
profitability  is due in part  to the combination of  its financial results with
those of  Inmark  Development Corporation  ("Inmark"),  with which  the  Company
merged  in  October  1995 (the  "Inmark  Merger"),  as well  as  the significant
commitment  of  resources  to  the  Company's  product  development,  sales  and
marketing  and technical support organizations.  The Company expects to continue
to devote substantial  resources in these  areas and  as a result  will need  to
recognize  significant quarterly revenue to  achieve and maintain profitability.
The Company's limited operating history makes the prediction of future operating
results  difficult  or   impossible.  Although  the   Company  has   experienced
significant  revenue growth in recent years, there  can be no assurance that the
Company will  sustain such  growth, if  any,  or that  the Company  will  remain
profitable  on a quarterly basis or at all. See "Selected Consolidated Financial
Data" and  "Management's  Discussion and  Analysis  of Financial  Condition  and
Results of Operations."
 
    UNCERTAINTY OF FUTURE OPERATING RESULTS; FLUCTUATIONS IN QUARTERLY OPERATING
RESULTS.   Prior growth rates in the Company's revenue and net income should not
be considered indicative of future  operating results. Future operating  results
will  depend upon many factors, including the demand for the Company's products,
the level of product  and price competition, the  length of the Company's  sales
cycle,  the size  and timing  of individual  license transactions,  the delay or
deferral of  customer  implementations,  the  budget  cycles  of  the  Company's
customers,  the  Company's  success  in expanding  its  direct  sales  force and
indirect distribution  channels, the  timing of  new product  introductions  and
product  enhancements,  the  mix  of  products  and  services  sold,  levels  of
international sales, activities of and  acquisitions by competitors, the  timing
of new hires, changes in foreign currency exchange rates, and the ability of the
Company  to develop  and market  new products  and control  costs. A significant
portion of  the  Company's revenue  has  been,  and the  Company  believes  will
continue  to be, derived  from relatively large  orders, and the  timing of such
orders has  caused  and may  continue  to  cause material  fluctuations  in  the
Company's  operating  results, particularly  on a  quarterly basis.  The Company
generally ships orders as received  and as a result  typically has little or  no
backlog.  Quarterly revenue and operating results therefore depend on the volume
and timing  of  orders received  during  the  quarter, which  are  difficult  to
forecast. In addition, the Company has historically earned a substantial portion
of  its revenue  in the  last days  of each  quarter. To  the extent  this trend
continues, the failure to achieve such revenue during the last days of any given
quarter will have a material adverse effect on the Company's business, financial
condition and results of operations.
 
    Service and maintenance revenue tend  to fluctuate as consulting  contracts,
which  may extend  over several  months, are  undertaken, renewed,  completed or
terminated. License fee revenue  is difficult to forecast  due to the fact  that
the   Company's  sales  cycle,  from  initial  evaluation  to  purchase,  varies
substantially from customer to customer. As a result of these and other factors,
revenue for any  quarter is subject  to significant variation,  and the  Company
believes  that period-to-period comparisons of its results of operations are not
necessarily meaningful and should  not be relied upon  as indications of  future
performance.  Because the Company's operating  expenses are based on anticipated
revenue trends  and because  a high  percentage of  the Company's  expenses  are
relatively fixed, a delay in the recognition of revenue from a limited number of
transactions  could  cause  significant  variations  in  operating  results from
quarter to quarter and  could result in significant  losses. To the extent  such
expenses  precede, or are  not subsequently followed  by, increased revenue, the
Company's operating results would be  materially and adversely affected. Due  to
all  of the  foregoing factors,  it is  likely that  in some  future quarter the
Company's operating  results will  be below  the expectations  of public  market
analysts and investors.
 
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In  such  event,  the  price  of the  Company's  Common  Stock  would  likely be
materially and adversely  affected. Fluctuations in  operating results may  also
result   in  volatility  in  the  price  of  the  Company's  Common  Stock.  See
"Management's Discussion  and Analysis  of Financial  Condition and  Results  of
Operations" and "Business-- Sales, Marketing and Customer Support."
 
    COMPETITION.     The  market   for  the  Company's   products  is  intensely
competitive, subject to rapid change  and significantly affected by new  product
introductions   and  other  market  activities  of  industry  participants.  The
Company's products are targeted  at the emerging market  for C++ software  parts
and programming tools, and the Company's competitors offer a variety of products
and  services to  address this market.  The Company believes  that the principal
competitive  factors   in  this   market  are   product  quality,   flexibility,
performance,  functionality  and features,  use  of standards  based technology,
quality of support  and service, company  reputation and price.  While price  is
less  significant than  other factors  for corporate  customers, price  can be a
significant  factor  for  individual  programmers.  Direct  competitors  include
Microsoft  (with  its  Microsoft  Foundation Classes,  "MFC"),  IBM  and several
privately held companies. Microsoft is  a particularly strong competitor due  to
its  large installed base and the fact that  it bundles its MFC library with its
own and other C++ compilers. Microsoft may  decide in the future to devote  more
resources  to or may broaden  the functions of MFC in  order to address and more
effectively compete with the functionality  of the Company's products.  Software
applications can also be developed using software parts and programming tools in
environments  other than C++.  Indirect competitors with  such offerings include
Microsoft (with its ActiveX technology), Borland, Oracle, ParcPlace-DigiTalk and
Powersoft (a  subsidiary  of Sybase).  Many  of these  competitors  have  longer
operating  histories, significantly greater  financial, technical, marketing and
other resources,  significantly greater  name recognition  and larger  installed
bases of customers than the Company. In addition, several database vendors, such
as Informix, Oracle and Sybase are increasingly developing robust software parts
for  inclusion with their  database products and  may begin to  compete with the
Company  in  the  future.  These  potential  competitors  have  well-established
relationships  with current  and potential customers  and have  the resources to
enable them to more  easily offer a single  vendor solution. Like the  Company's
current  competitors, many of  these companies have  longer operating histories,
significantly greater resources and name recognition and larger installed  bases
of  customers than the Company. As a  result, these potential competitors may be
able to respond  more quickly  to new or  emerging technologies  and changes  in
customer  requirements,  or  to  devote greater  resources  to  the development,
promotion and sale of their products than the Company. In addition, the  Company
faces  competition from  Borland, Symantec and  other companies  for its current
Java products and it expects to face significant competition in the future  from
such companies with respect to other Java products the Company may introduce.
 
    The  Company also  faces competition  from systems  integrators and internal
development  efforts.  Many  systems   integrators  possess  industry   specific
expertise  that may enable them  to offer a single  vendor solution more easily,
and  already  have   a  reputation  among   potential  customers  for   offering
enterprise-wide  solutions  to  software  programming  needs.  There  can  be no
assurance that these  third parties,  many of which  have significantly  greater
resources than the Company, will not market competitive software products in the
future.  It is also possible that new competitors or alliances among competitors
will emerge  and rapidly  acquire  significant market  share. The  Company  also
expects  that  competition  will  increase  as  a  result  of  software industry
consolidation. Increased  competition may  result in  price reductions,  reduced
gross  margins  and loss  of market  share,  any of  which could  materially and
adversely  affect  the  Company's  business,  operating  results  and  financial
condition.  There can be no  assurance that the Company  will be able to compete
successfully  against  current  and  future  competitors  or  that   competitive
pressures  faced by  the Company  will not  materially and  adversely affect its
business, financial condition and results of operations.
 
    MANAGEMENT OF GROWTH.   The Company is experiencing  a period of  transition
and aggressive product introductions that has placed, and may continue to place,
a  significant strain on  its resources, including  its personnel. Following the
Inmark Merger, management and other personnel have focused a significant  amount
of  attention  on the  integration  of Inmark  with  the Company,  including the
integration of Inmark  personnel, as well  as the integration  of zApp and  zApp
Factory  with  the  Company's  existing product  line  and  the  introduction of
JFactory.  Expansion  of  the   Company's  product  lines,  additional   product
development  and product introductions, or acquisitions of other technologies or
companies, when added to the day-to-day activities of the Company, will place  a
further  strain on the Company's resources  and personnel. The Inmark Merger has
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resulted in the Company's  product development team  being distributed in  three
separate  sites  across  the  country.  Managing  this  distribution  requires a
significant  amount  of  attention   from  management,  particularly  the   Vice
President,  Development and  the Chief  Technology Officer,  to ensure  that the
Company's development efforts are timely, consistent and well integrated.
 
    Furthermore, the Company  believes that its  ability to achieve  significant
revenue  growth  in the  future  will depend  in large  part  on its  success in
recruiting and training sufficient direct  sales personnel and establishing  and
maintaining  relationships with its outside  sales representatives. Although the
Company is currently  investing, and  plans to continue  to invest,  significant
resources  to  expand  its  direct  sales  force  and  to  develop  distribution
relationships with  outside  sales representatives,  the  Company has  at  times
experienced and continues to experience difficulty in recruiting qualified sales
personnel  and in establishing necessary sales representative relationships. The
Company believes that the hiring and  retaining of qualified individuals at  all
levels  in the Company  is essential to  the Company's ability  to manage growth
successfully, and there can be no assurance that the Company will be  successful
in  attracting and retaining  the necessary personnel.  If Company management is
unable to effectively manage growth, the Company's business, financial condition
and results  of  operations  will  be materially  and  adversely  affected.  See
"--Future    Acquisitions,"    "Business--The   Rogue    Wave    Strategy"   and
"Business--Sales, Marketing and Customer Support."
 
    DEPENDENCE ON EMERGING MARKET FOR C++ AND JAVA.  The Company's product lines
are designed  for  use  in  object-oriented  software  application  development,
specifically  the  C++  programming  language,  and  substantially  all  of  the
Company's revenue  has  been  attributable  to sales  of  products  and  related
maintenance  and consulting services related to C++ programming and development.
The Company believes  that while  the market for  object-oriented technology  in
general,  and C++ tools and programming  applications in particular, is growing,
the Company's growth depends upon  broader market acceptance of  object-oriented
technology  and the C++ programming language.  Even if broader market acceptance
is achieved, the object-oriented  market may continue to  be characterized by  a
lack  of standards and  numerous competitors in the  areas of tools, methodology
and services. Furthermore, the C++ programming language is very complex.  Should
the  C++ programming language  lose market acceptance or  be replaced by another
programming language, the Company's business, financial condition and results of
operations would be materially and  adversely affected. The Company's  financial
performance  will depend  in part upon  continued growth  in the object-oriented
technology and C++ markets and the  development of standards that the  Company's
products  address. There can  be no assurance  that the market  will continue to
grow or that the  Company will be  able to respond  effectively to the  evolving
requirements of the market.
 
    The  number of  software developers  using the  C++ programming  language is
relatively small compared  to the  number of developers  using more  traditional
software development technology. The adoption of the C++ programming language by
software  programmers  who  have traditionally  used  other  technology requires
reorientation to significantly different programming  methods, and there can  be
no  assurance that  the acceptance of  the C++ programming  language will expand
beyond the  early adopters  of  the technology.  Furthermore,  there can  be  no
assurance  that  potential  corporate  customers will  be  willing  to  make the
investment required to retrain  programmers to build  software using C++  rather
than  structured or  other object-oriented  programming techniques.  Many of the
Company's customers  have  purchased  only small  quantities  of  the  Company's
products  and there can be no assurance that these or new customers will broadly
implement C++ programming or purchase additional products.
 
    In addition, the Company has recently introduced several products for use in
the Java market. The Company has spent and will continue to devote resources  on
the development of new and enhanced products that address the Java market. There
can  be  no assurance  that  the Company  will  be successful  in  marketing its
existing or future Java products or that the market for Java products will grow.
If the  Java  market fails  to  grow, or  grows  more slowly  than  the  Company
currently  anticipates, the Company's business,  financial condition and results
of   operations   could    be   materially   and    adversely   affected.    See
"Business--Industry Background" and "--Products."
 
    RAPID  TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;  DEPENDENCE ON  NEW PRODUCTS.   The  market for
software development  tools is  characterized by  rapid technological  advances,
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introductions and enhancements. The Company must respond rapidly to developments
related  to  hardware platforms,  operating  systems and  applicable programming
languages. Such  developments  will require  the  Company to  continue  to  make
substantial  product  development investments.  Any  failure by  the  Company to
anticipate or  respond adequately  to  technological developments  and  customer
requirements,  or any significant delays in product development or introduction,
could result in a loss of competitiveness or revenue.
 
    The Company's  future success  will depend  on its  ability to  continue  to
enhance  its current product line  and to continue to  develop and introduce new
products that keep pace with competitive product introductions and technological
developments, satisfy diverse and  evolving customer requirements and  otherwise
achieve  market acceptance. There can  be no assurance that  the Company will be
successful in continuing to  develop and market on  a timely and  cost-effective
basis  fully functional  product enhancements  or new  products that  respond to
technological advances by  others, or that  its enhanced and  new products  will
achieve  market acceptance. In addition, the Company has in the past experienced
delays in  the  development,  introduction  and marketing  of  new  or  enhanced
products,  and there can  be no assurance  that the Company  will not experience
similar delays  in the  future. Any  failure  by the  Company to  anticipate  or
respond  adequately to  changes in technology  and customer  preferences, or any
significant delays in product development or introduction, would have a material
adverse effect on  the Company's  business, financial condition  and results  of
operations.  See  "--Dependence  on  Emerging  Market  for  C++  and  Java"  and
"Business--Product Development."
 
    FUTURE  ACQUISITIONS.    While  there   are  currently  no  commitments   or
negotiations  with respect to any particular acquisition, the Company frequently
evaluates strategic opportunities available to it  and may in the future  pursue
acquisitions  of  complementary  technologies,  products  or  businesses. Future
acquisitions of  complementary  technologies,  products  or  businesses  by  the
Company  will  result  in  the  diversion  of  management's  attention  from the
day-to-day operations of the Company's  business and may include numerous  other
risks, including difficulties in the integration of the operations, products and
personnel of the acquired companies. Future acquisitions by the Company may also
result  in dilutive issuances  of equity securities, the  incurrence of debt and
amortization expenses related to goodwill  and other intangible assets.  Failure
of  the Company to  successfully manage future acquisitions  may have a material
adverse effect on  the Company's  business, financial condition  and results  of
operations.
 
    DEPENDENCE  UPON KEY PERSONNEL.  The Company's future performance depends in
significant part upon  the continued  service of  its key  technical, sales  and
senior  management personnel, none of whom  is bound by an employment agreement.
The Company believes that the technological and creative skills of its personnel
are  essential   to  establishing   and  maintaining   a  leadership   position,
particularly  in light of the fact that  its intellectual property, once sold to
the public market, is easily replicated. The loss of the services of one or more
of the Company's  executive officers  or key  technical personnel  would have  a
material  adverse  effect on  the  Company's business,  financial  condition and
results of  operations.  In  particular,  the services  of  Thomas  Keffer,  Dan
Whitaker  and  Michael  Scally,  the  Company's  President  and  Chief Executive
Officer, Executive  Vice President  and Chief  Operating Officer,  respectively,
would  be  difficult  to replace.  The  Company  has key  person  life insurance
policies in the amount of $1.0 million  on each of Mr. Keffer and Mr.  Whitaker.
In  addition,  the Company  is in  the process  of acquiring  a key  person life
insurance policy in  the amount  of $1.0 million  on Mr.  Scally. The  Company's
future  success also  depends on  its continuing  ability to  attract and retain
highly-qualified technical, sales  and managerial  personnel. In  the past,  the
Company has experienced some difficulty in attracting key technical personnel to
work at its headquarters in Corvallis, Oregon. Competition for such personnel is
intense,  and there  can be  no assurance  that the  Company can  retain its key
technical, sales and managerial employees or that it can attract, assimilate  or
retain  other highly qualified technical, sales  and managerial personnel in the
future. See "Business--Sales, Marketing and Customer Support" and "Management."
 
    VARIABILITY OF SALES CYCLES.   The Company distributes its products  through
two  different direct sales channels, a telesales force and a field sales force,
each of  which is  subject  to a  variable sales  cycle.  Products sold  by  the
Company's  telesales force may be sold after  a single phone call or may require
several weeks of education and negotiation before  a sale is made. As such,  the
sales  cycle associated with telesales  typically ranges from a  few days to two
months. On the  other hand, the  purchase of products  from the Company's  field
sales  force  is often  an enterprise-wide  decision and  may require  the sales
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prospective customers regarding the use and benefits of the Company's  products.
For  these and other  reasons, the sales  cycle associated with  the sale of the
Company's products through its  field sales force typically  ranges from two  to
six  months and  is subject  to a  number of  significant delays  over which the
Company has  little or  no  control. Due  to  the foregoing  factors,  quarterly
revenue and operating results can be variable and are difficult to forecast, and
the  Company believes that period-to-period comparisons of quarterly revenue are
not necessarily meaningful  and should  not be relied  upon as  an indicator  of
future revenue. See "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
and   Results  of  Operations"  and  "Business--Sales,  Marketing  and  Customer
Support."
 
    PROPRIETARY RIGHTS,  RISKS OF  INFRINGEMENT AND  SOURCE CODE  RELEASE.   The
Company  relies primarily  on a  combination of  copyright, trademark  and trade
secret laws, confidentiality  procedures and contractual  provisions to  protect
its  proprietary  rights. The  Company also  believes that  factors such  as the
technological and creative  skills of its  personnel, new product  developments,
frequent product enhancements, name recognition and reliable product maintenance
are  essential  to  establishing  and  maintaining  a  technological  leadership
position. The Company  seeks to  protect its software,  documentation and  other
written  materials  under trade  secret and  copyright  laws, which  afford only
limited protection. The Company currently has one patent application pending  in
the  United States. There can be no  assurance that the Company's pending patent
application,  whether   or  not   being  currently   challenged  by   applicable
governmental  patent  examiners, will  be issued  with the  scope of  the claims
sought by the Company, if  at all. Furthermore, there  can be no assurance  that
others  will  not  develop technologies  that  are  similar or  superior  to the
Company's technology or design around the Company's pending patent. Despite  the
Company's  efforts to protect  its proprietary rights,  unauthorized parties may
attempt to  copy  aspects  of  the  Company's products  or  to  obtain  and  use
information  that the Company regards as proprietary.  The nature of many of the
Company's products requires the release of the source code to all customers.  As
such,  policing unauthorized  use of  the Company's  products is  difficult, and
while the Company  is unable  to determine  the extent  to which  piracy of  its
software  products exists,  software piracy can  be expected to  be a persistent
problem. In addition,  the laws  of some foreign  countries do  not protect  the
Company's proprietary rights as fully as do the laws of the United States. There
can  be  no assurance  that the  Company's means  of protecting  its proprietary
rights in the United States or abroad will be adequate or that competition  will
not independently develop similar technology.
 
    The  Company is not  aware that it  is infringing any  proprietary rights of
third parties. There can be no  assurance, however, that third parties will  not
claim  infringement by  the Company of  their intellectual  property rights. The
Company expects that software product developers will increasingly be subject to
infringement claims as the number of  products and competitors in the  Company's
industry  segment grows and the functionality  of products in different industry
segments overlaps.  Any  such claims,  with  or  without merit,  could  be  time
consuming  to defend, result in costly litigation, divert management's attention
and resources, cause  product shipment delays  or require the  Company to  enter
into  royalty or licensing agreements. Such  royalty or licensing agreements, if
required, may not be available on terms acceptable to the Company, if at all. In
the event of a successful claim of product infringement against the Company  and
failure  or  inability  of  the  Company to  license  the  infringed  or similar
technology,  the  Company's  business,   financial  condition  and  results   of
operations would be materially and adversely affected.
 
    LIMITED  INTERNATIONAL SALES AND  MARKETING EXPERIENCE.   The Company opened
its first international sales office in Germany in January 1996. As of September
30, 1996, there were six employees  in the German office. International  revenue
accounted for less than 10% and approximately 17% of the Company's total revenue
in  fiscal  1995 and  the nine  months  ended June  30, 1996,  respectively. The
Company believes that in order to increase sales opportunities and profitability
it will be  required to  expand its  international operations.  The Company  has
committed  and  continues to  commit significant  management time  and financial
resources to  developing direct  and indirect  international sales  and  support
channels.  There can be no assurance, however,  that the Company will be able to
maintain or increase international market demand for its products. To the extent
that the  Company  is  unable  to  do so  in  a  timely  manner,  the  Company's
international  revenue would be  limited, and the  Company's business, financial
condition and results of operations would be materially and adversely affected.
 
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    RISKS INHERENT IN  INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS.   International operations  are
subject  to  inherent  risks,  including  the  impact  of  possible recessionary
environments in  economies  outside  the  United  States,  costs  of  localizing
products  for foreign markets, longer receivables collection periods and greater
difficulty in accounts receivable  collection, unexpected changes in  regulatory
requirements,   difficulties  and   costs  of  staffing   and  managing  foreign
operations,  reduced  protection  for  intellectual  property  rights  in   some
countries,  potentially  adverse tax  consequences,  and political  and economic
instability. There can be no assurance that the Company will be able to  sustain
or increase international revenue from licenses or from maintenance and service,
or  that the foregoing  factors will not  have a material  adverse effect on the
Company's future  international  revenue  and, consequently,  on  the  Company's
business,  financial condition and  results of operations.  The Company's direct
international revenue is generally denominated in local currencies. The  Company
does  not currently engage in hedging  activities. Although exposure to currency
fluctuations to date  has been  insignificant, there  can be  no assurance  that
fluctuations  in currency exchange rates in the  future will not have a material
adverse impact  on  international  revenue  and  thus  the  Company's  business,
financial  condition and results of operations. See "Management's Discussion and
Analysis   of   Financial   Condition    and   Results   of   Operations"    and
"Business--Customers" and "--Sales, Marketing and Customer Support."
 
    PRODUCT  LIABILITY.   The  Company's license  agreements with  its customers
typically contain  provisions  designed  to  limit  the  Company's  exposure  to
potential product liability claims. It is possible, however, that the limitation
of liability provisions contained in the Company's license agreements may not be
effective  under the laws of certain jurisdictions. Although the Company has not
experienced any  product liability  claims  to date,  the  sale and  support  of
products  by the Company may entail the risk of such claims, and there can be no
assurance that the Company will not be  subject to such claims in the future.  A
successful  product liability  claim brought  against the  Company could  have a
material adverse effect  upon the  Company's business,  financial condition  and
results of operations.
 
    RISK  OF PRODUCT DEFECTS.  Software products  as complex as those offered by
the Company  frequently  contain  errors  or  failures,  especially  when  first
introduced or when new versions are released. Also, new products or enhancements
may  contain undetected errors, or "bugs," or performance problems that, despite
testing, are discovered  only after  a product has  been installed  and used  by
customers.  There can be  no assurance that such  errors or performance problems
will not be discovered in the future, causing delays in product introduction and
shipments or requiring design modifications that could materially and  adversely
affect  the Company's competitive position  and operating results. The Company's
products are typically intended for use in applications that may be critical  to
a  customer's business. As a result, the  Company expects that its customers and
potential customers  have a  greater  sensitivity to  product defects  than  the
market for software products generally. Although the Company has not experienced
material adverse effects resulting from any such errors to date, there can be no
assurance  that, despite  testing by  the Company  and by  current and potential
customers,  errors  will  not  be  found  in  new  products  or  releases  after
commencement  of commercial shipments, resulting in  loss of revenue or delay in
market acceptance, diversion of development  resources, damage to the  Company's
reputation,  or increased service and warranty costs,  any of which could have a
material adverse effect  upon the  Company's business,  financial condition  and
results of operations. See "Business--Product Development."
 
    CONTROL  BY EXISTING  STOCKHOLDERS.  Upon  completion of  this offering, the
Company's officers, directors and affiliated entities together will beneficially
own approximately 59.8% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (56.0% if  the
Underwriters'  over-allotment option is exercised  in full). In particular, upon
completion of this offering,  Thomas Keffer, the  Company's President and  Chief
Executive  Officer, will  own approximately 22.1%  of the  outstanding shares of
Common Stock (21.5% if the  Underwriters' over-allotment option is exercised  in
full).  As a result,  these stockholders will  be able to  exercise control over
matters requiring  stockholder approval,  including the  election of  directors,
mergers,  consolidations and sales of all or  substantially all of the assets of
the Company. This stockholder  control may prevent  or discourage tender  offers
for   the  Company's  Common  Stock  unless  the  terms  are  approved  by  such
stockholders. See "Principal and Selling Stockholders."
 
    NO PRIOR  PUBLIC  MARKET FOR  COMMON  STOCK; POSSIBLE  VOLATILITY  OF  STOCK
PRICE.   Prior to this offering, there has  been no public market for the Common
Stock, and there can be no assurance that an active public market for the Common
Stock will  develop or  be  sustained after  the  offering. The  initial  public
offering  price  will be  determined by  negotiations  between the  Company, the
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representatives of the Underwriters. See "Underwriting" for a discussion of  the
factors  to be considered in determining  the initial public offering price. The
trading price of  the Company's  Common Stock  could be  subject to  significant
fluctuations  in response to variations in quarterly operating results, the gain
or loss  of  significant  orders,  changes in  earning  estimates  by  analysts,
announcements of technological innovations or new products by the Company or its
competitors,  general  conditions in  the software  and computer  industries and
other  events  or  factors.  In  addition,  the  stock  market  in  general  has
experienced  extreme price and volume fluctuations that have affected the market
price for many companies in industries similar or related to that of the Company
and that have been  unrelated to the operating  performance of these  companies.
These  market fluctuations may materially and  adversely affect the market price
of the Company's Common Stock.
 
    ANTITAKEOVER EFFECTS OF  CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION,  BYLAWS AND  DELAWARE
LAW.    The  Company's Board  of  Directors has  the  authority to  issue  up to
5,000,000 shares  of  Preferred  Stock  and  to  determine  the  price,  rights,
preferences,  privileges  and restrictions,  including  voting rights,  of those
shares without any  further vote or  action by the  stockholders. The  Preferred
Stock  could  be  issued with  voting,  liquidation, dividend  and  other rights
superior to those of the Common Stock. The rights of the holders of Common Stock
will be subject to, and may be adversely affected by, the rights of the  holders
of  any  Preferred Stock  that  may be  issued in  the  future. The  issuance of
Preferred Stock,  while  providing  desirable  flexibility  in  connection  with
possible  acquisitions and  other corporate purposes,  could have  the effect of
making it  more  difficult for  a  third party  to  acquire a  majority  of  the
outstanding  voting stock  of the  Company. Further,  certain provisions  of the
Company's Certificate  of Incorporation  and Bylaws  and of  Delaware law  could
delay  or make more difficult a merger,  tender offer or proxy contest involving
the Company. See "Description of Capital Stock."
 
    SHARES ELIGIBLE FOR FUTURE SALE; REGISTRATION RIGHTS.  Sales of  substantial
numbers  of shares of Common Stock in  the public market following this offering
could adversely affect the market price for the Common Stock. Upon completion of
this offering,  the Company  will  have outstanding  an aggregate  of  7,196,259
shares of Common Stock, assuming no exercise of the Underwriters' over-allotment
option  and no  exercise of  outstanding options  and based  upon the  number of
shares outstanding as  of September  30, 1996.  Of these  shares, the  2,025,000
shares  sold in  this offering will  be freely tradeable  without restriction or
further  registration  under  the  Securities  Act  of  1933,  as  amended  (the
"Securities  Act"),  unless such  shares are  purchased  by "affiliates"  of the
Company, as  that term  is defined  in Rule  144 under  the Securities  Act.  In
addition,  586,387 shares  issued in connection  with the Inmark  Merger will be
freely tradeable without restriction upon  the expiration of the lock-up  period
described below. The remaining 4,584,872 shares of Common Stock held by existing
stockholders  are "restricted  securities" as that  term is defined  in Rule 144
under the Securities  Act (the  "Restricted Shares"). Restricted  Shares may  be
sold in the public market only if registered or if they qualify for an exemption
from  registration under  Rules 144,  144(k), 145  or 701  promulgated under the
Securities Act. Holders  of an  aggregate of  4,857,526 shares  of Common  Stock
after  the offering, have agreed  that they will not,  without the prior written
consent of Hambrecht & Quist LLC, directly or indirectly, sell, offer,  contract
to sell, transfer the economic risk of ownership in, make any short sale, pledge
or otherwise dispose of any shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible
into  or exchangeable  or exercisable  for or  any other  rights to  purchase or
acquire shares  of  Common  Stock  owned  by  them  during  the  180-day  period
commencing  on  the date  of  this Prospectus.  Upon  expiration of  the lock-up
period, in addition to the 586,387  shares issued in connection with the  Inmark
Merger,   approximately  531,172  shares  of   Common  Stock  held  by  existing
stockholders will  be eligible  for sale  without restriction  pursuant to  Rule
144(k)  or  Rule  701,  and  approximately  3,057,930  shares  held  by existing
stockholders will  be  eligible  for  sale  subject  to  the  volume  and  other
restrictions  of  Rule  144.  The  remaining  995,770  shares  held  by existing
stockholders will  become  eligible for  sale  pursuant  to Rule  144  upon  the
expiration  of their two-year holding periods.  In addition, as of September 30,
1996, 1,456,827 shares were subject to outstanding options. Substantially all of
these shares are  subject to the  lock-up agreements described  above. Upon  the
expiration  of such lock-up agreements,  approximately 665,253 shares subject to
such options will  be vested.  4,150,651 of the  shares outstanding  immediately
following  the  completion of  this offering  will  be entitled  to registration
rights with respect to such shares  upon termination of lock-up agreements.  The
number of shares sold in the public market could increase if registration rights
are  exercised.  See "Description  of Capital  Stock"  and "Shares  Eligible for
Future Sale."
 
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    UNCERTAINTY AS TO USE  OF PROCEEDS.  The  primary purposes of this  offering
are  to create  a public  market for the  Company's Common  Stock, to facilitate
future access to public markets and to obtain additional working capital. As  of
the  date of this Prospectus,  the Company has no specific  plans to use the net
proceeds from this offering other than for working capital and general corporate
purposes. Accordingly, the Company's management will retain broad discretion  as
to  the  allocation of  a  substantial portion  of  the net  proceeds  from this
offering. Pending any such uses, the Company plans to invest the net proceeds in
investment-grade, interest-bearing securities. See "Use of Proceeds."
 
    IMMEDIATE  AND  SUBSTANTIAL  DILUTION.    Investors  participating  in  this
offering  will incur immediate,  substantial dilution of  $    per share. To the
extent outstanding options to purchase the Company's Common Stock are exercised,
there will be further dilution. If  the net proceeds of this offering,  together
with  available funds  and cash generated  from operations,  are insufficient to
satisfy the Company's cash needs, the Company may be required to sell additional
equity or  convertible  debt  securities.  The  sale  of  additional  equity  or
convertible debt securities could result in additional dilution to the Company's
stockholders.  See  "Dilution"  and  "Management's  Discussion  and  Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations--Liquidity and Capital Resources."
 
                                  THE COMPANY
 
    The Company was founded in 1989 and incorporated in Oregon in July 1991. The
Company intends to  reincorporate in Delaware  prior to the  completion of  this
offering.  Unless the context otherwise requires, "Rogue Wave" and the "Company"
refer to Rogue Wave Software, Inc.  and its subsidiary. The Company's  executive
offices  are  located  at  850  SW 35th  Street,  Corvallis,  Oregon  97333. Its
telephone number is  (541) 754-3010.  The Company maintains  a Web  site on  the
World Wide Web.
 
    The  Company  intends  to  distribute  to  its  stockholders  annual reports
containing financial statements  audited by  its independent  auditors and  will
make  available copies of quarterly reports for the first three quarters of each
fiscal year containing unaudited financial information.
 
    Rogue Wave-Registered Trademark-, .h++-Registered Trademark-,
zApp-Registered Trademark- and zApp Factory-Registered Trademark- are registered
trademarks of  the  Company. JFactory,  JMoney,  JTools, JWidgets,  DBTools  and
DBFactory  are trademarks  of the Company.  All other brand  names or trademarks
appearing in this Prospectus are the property of their respective holders.
 
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                                USE OF PROCEEDS
 
    The net proceeds to  the Company from  the sale of  the 2,000,000 shares  of
Common  Stock  offered by  the  Company hereby,  at  the assumed  initial public
offering price of $    per share,  are estimated to  be $        (       if  the
Underwriters'  over-allotment option is exercised in full). The Company will not
receive any proceeds  from the sale  of shares  of Common Stock  by the  Selling
Stockholders. See "Principal and Selling Stockholders."
 
    The principal purposes of this offering are to increase the Company's equity
capital and to create a public market for the Company's Common Stock, which will
enhance  the ability of the Company to use its Common Stock as consideration for
acquisitions and as a means for attracting and retaining key employees.
 
    The Company intends to use the  net proceeds of this offering primarily  for
working  capital and  other general  corporate purposes,  including expansion of
general sales  and customer  support  activities to  accommodate growth  in  the
Company's  business  and customer  base. The  amounts  actually expended  by the
Company for working capital  purposes will vary  significantly depending upon  a
number of factors, including future revenue growth, the amount of cash generated
by   the  Company's  operations  and  the  progress  of  the  Company's  product
development efforts,  and  hence  the Company's  management  will  retain  broad
discretion  in the allocation  of the proceeds from  this offering. In addition,
the Company may  make one  or more acquisitions  of complementary  technologies,
products  or businesses which  broaden or enhance  the Company's current product
offerings. The Company has no  specific agreements or commitments, however,  and
is  not currently engaged in any  negotiations for any such acquisition. Pending
the uses described above, the net proceeds will be invested in interest-bearing,
investment-grade securities.
 
                                DIVIDEND POLICY
 
    In June 1994, the Company, as a Subchapter S corporation, declared and  paid
a  cash  dividend in  the aggregate  amount of  $500,000. The  Company currently
intends to retain any future earnings  to finance the growth and development  of
its  business and therefore does not anticipate paying any cash dividends in the
foreseeable future.
 
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<PAGE>
                                 CAPITALIZATION
 
    The following table sets forth (i)  the capitalization of the Company as  of
June  30, 1996, (ii)  the pro forma  capitalization of the  Company after giving
effect to  the conversion  of all  outstanding shares  of Preferred  Stock  into
Common  Stock, and (iii) the pro forma capitalization as adjusted to reflect the
sale by the Company of 2,000,000 shares of the Common Stock offered hereby at an
assumed initial offering price of $   .
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                           JUNE 30, 1996
                                                  -------------------------------
                                                  ACTUAL  PRO FORMA   AS ADJUSTED
                                                  ------  ---------   -----------
                                                          (IN THOUSANDS)
<S>                                               <C>     <C>         <C>
Long-term obligations, less current portion
  (1)...........................................  $  377   $  377        $377
Mandatorily redeemable preferred stock, $0.0015
  par value; 2,350,000 shares authorized;
  1,543,000 shares issued and outstanding,
  actual; none issued and outstanding, pro forma
  and as adjusted...............................   4,664       --          --
Stockholders' equity:
  Common Stock, $0.0015 par value; 13,000,000
    shares authorized; 3,652,000 shares issued
    and outstanding, actual; 5,195,000 shares
    issued and outstanding, pro forma; and
    7,195,000 shares issued and outstanding, as
    adjusted (2)................................       5        7
  Additional paid-in capital....................     670    5,332
  Stockholder note receivable...................     (13)     (13)        (13)
  Retained earnings.............................    (125)    (125)       (125)
  Cumulative translation adjustment.............     (10)     (10)        (10)
                                                  ------  ---------   -----------
      Total stockholders' equity................     527    5,191
                                                  ------  ---------   -----------
        Total capitalization....................  $5,568   $5,568        $
                                                  ------  ---------   -----------
                                                  ------  ---------   -----------
</TABLE>
 
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(1) See  Notes 4  and 5  of Notes  to Consolidated  Financial Statements  for  a
    description of the Company's long-term obligations, less current portion.
 
(2)  Excludes 2,268,804 shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance pursuant to
    the Company's 1996 Equity Incentive Plan (the "Equity Incentive Plan") under
    which options to purchase 1,456,827 shares of Common Stock were  outstanding
    as of September 30, 1996 at a weighted average exercise price of $2.37. Also
    excludes  350,000 shares of  Common Stock reserved  for issuance pursuant to
    the Company's Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "Purchase Plan").
 
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                                    DILUTION
 
    The pro forma net tangible  book value of the Company  as of June 30,  1996,
was approximately $  million or $   per share. Pro forma net tangible book value
per  share  is equal  to  the Company's  total  tangible assets  less  its total
liabilities, divided  by  the number  of  outstanding shares  of  Common  Stock,
assuming  conversion of  all outstanding shares  of Preferred  Stock into Common
Stock. After  giving effect  to the  sale of  the Common  Stock offered  by  the
Company  hereby (at the assumed initial public offering price of $   per share),
the pro forma net tangible book value of the Company at June 30, 1996 would have
been approximately $    million or $    per share. This represents an  immediate
increase  in  such  net  tangible book  value  of  $     per  share  to existing
stockholders and  an immediate  dilution  of $     per  share to  new  investors
purchasing  shares in  this offering. The  following table  illustrates this per
share dilution:
 
<TABLE>
<S>                                                               <C>        <C>
Assumed initial public offering price per share.................             $
  Pro forma net tangible book value per share as of June 30,
   1996.........................................................  $
  Increase per share attributable to new investors..............
                                                                  ---------
Pro forma net tangible book value per share after this
 offering.......................................................
                                                                             ---------
Dilution per share to new investors.............................             $
                                                                             ---------
                                                                             ---------
</TABLE>
 
    The following table summarizes on  a pro forma basis,  as of June 30,  1996,
the  differences  between  the  number of  shares  purchased  from  the Company,
assuming conversion of  all outstanding  shares of Preferred  Stock into  Common
Stock,  the total consideration paid and the average price paid per share by the
existing holders of Common Stock and by the new investors at the assumed initial
public offering price of $   per share:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                             AVERAGE PRICE
                                                                               PER SHARE
                                                                             -------------
                                            SHARES             TOTAL
                                          PURCHASED        CONSIDERATION
                                       ----------------   ----------------
                                       NUMBER   PERCENT   AMOUNT   PERCENT
                                       -------  -------   -------  -------
  <S>                                  <C>      <C>       <C>      <C>       <C>
  Existing stockholders (1)..........  5,196,259  72.2%   $             %       $
  New investors (1)..................  2,000,000  27.8
                                       -------  -------   -------  -------
      Total..........................  7,196,259 100.0%   $        100.0%
                                       -------  -------   -------  -------
                                       -------  -------   -------  -------
</TABLE>
 
    The foregoing tables exclude 2,268,804  shares of Common Stock reserved  for
issuance  pursuant to the Equity Incentive Plan, under which options to purchase
1,456,827 shares of Common Stock at  a weighted average exercise price of  $2.37
were outstanding as of September 30, 1996. In addition, 350,000 shares of Common
Stock  have been reserved  for issuance under  the Purchase Plan.  To the extent
that options are exercised in the future, there will be further dilution to  new
stockholders. See "Management--Equity Incentive Plans."
- ------------------------
(1) Sales by the Selling Stockholders in this offering will reduce the number of
    shares  held by existing  stockholders to 5,171,259  shares or approximately
    71.9% of the total  shares of Common Stock  outstanding after this  offering
    and  will increase the number  of shares held by  new investors to 2,025,000
    shares  or  approximately  28.1%  of  the  total  shares  of  Common   Stock
    outstanding after this offering.
 
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<PAGE>
                      SELECTED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA
 
    The  following  selected  consolidated  financial  data  should  be  read in
conjunction with "Management's  Discussion and Analysis  of Financial  Condition
and  Results of  Operations" and the  Consolidated Financial  Statements and the
Notes related thereto included elsewhere  in this Prospectus. The balance  sheet
data at September 30, 1993 are derived from financial statements not included in
this  Prospectus. The selected  consolidated financial data  presented below for
each of the  years in the  three-year period  ended September 30,  1995 and  the
balance  sheet  data as  of September  30, 1994  and 1995  are derived  from the
Consolidated Financial Statements of the  Company, which are included  elsewhere
in  this Prospectus and have been audited  by KPMG Peat Marwick LLP, independent
certified public accountants, whose report thereon also is included herein.  The
consolidated  balance  sheet  data  at  June  30,  1996,  and  the  consolidated
statements of operations data for the nine  months ended June 30, 1995 and  1996
are  derived from unaudited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere
in this Prospectus. The unaudited consolidated financial statements include  all
adjustments,  consisting only of normal  recurring adjustments, that the Company
considers necessary  for  a fair  presentation  of the  financial  position  and
results  of operations for these periods.  Operating results for the nine months
ended June 30, 1996 are  not necessarily indicative of  the results that may  be
expected for the entire year ending September 30, 1996.
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                   NINE MONTHS ENDED
                                                                           YEAR ENDED
                                                                          SEPTEMBER 30,                 JUNE 30,
                                                                 -------------------------------  --------------------
                                                                   1993       1994       1995       1995       1996
                                                                 ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
                                                                         (IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
<S>                                                              <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS DATA:
Revenue:
  License revenue..............................................  $   2,949  $   6,652  $  10,417  $   7,566  $  10,605
  Service and maintenance revenue..............................        263        557      1,520        963      2,587
                                                                 ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
    Total revenue..............................................      3,212      7,209     11,937      8,529     13,192
                                                                 ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
Cost of revenue:
  Cost of license revenue......................................        301        693      1,048        787        873
  Cost of service and maintenance revenue......................        166        331      1,123        775      1,025
                                                                 ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
    Total cost of revenue......................................        467      1,024      2,171      1,562      1,898
                                                                 ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
    Gross profit...............................................      2,745      6,185      9,766      6,967     11,294
                                                                 ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
Operating expenses:
  Product development..........................................        893      2,109      3,204      2,302      3,984
  Sales and marketing..........................................      1,330      2,652      4,880      3,336      5,969
  General and administrative...................................        342        780      1,487        984      1,596
                                                                 ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
    Total operating expenses...................................      2,565      5,541      9,571      6,622     11,549
                                                                 ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
    Income (loss) from operations..............................        180        644        195        345       (255)
Other income (expense), net....................................         (5)         4        (10)       (19)        68
                                                                 ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
    Income (loss) before income taxes..........................        175        648        185        326       (187)
Income tax expense (benefit)...................................         --         80        106        186        (73)
                                                                 ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
    Net income (loss)..........................................  $     175  $     568  $      79  $     140  $    (114)
                                                                 ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
                                                                 ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
Net income (loss) per common share.............................  $    0.05  $    0.14  $    0.02  $    0.03  $   (0.03)
                                                                 ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
                                                                 ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
Shares used in per share calculation (1).......................      3,878      4,118      4,973      4,784      4,052
 
Pro forma net income data (2):
  Income before income taxes, as reported......................  $     175  $     648
  Pro forma income tax expense.................................         32        142
                                                                 ---------  ---------
    Pro forma net income.......................................  $     143  $     506
                                                                 ---------  ---------
                                                                 ---------  ---------
Pro forma net income per common share..........................  $    0.04  $    0.12
                                                                 ---------  ---------
                                                                 ---------  ---------
</TABLE>
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                          SEPTEMBER 30,
                                                                 -------------------------------   JUNE 30,
                                                                   1993       1994       1995        1996
                                                                    ---     ---------  ---------  -----------
                                                                                (IN THOUSANDS)
<S>                                                              <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET DATA:
  Cash and cash equivalents....................................  $      76  $     609  $   1,010   $   2,611
  Total assets.................................................        881      3,301      4,758       9,537
  Long-term obligations, less current portion..................         59        166        230         377
  Mandatorily redeemable preferred stock.......................         --        941      1,140       4,664
  Total stockholders' equity...................................        457        536        619         527
</TABLE>
 
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(1)  See Note 1 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
 
(2)  The  Company  was  a  Subchapter  S corporation  until  June  30,  1994 and
     accordingly not  subject  to federal  and  state income  taxes  during  the
     periods  indicated. Pro forma net income  reflects federal and state income
     taxes as if the Company  has been a C  corporation, based on effective  tax
     rates  during  the  periods  indicated.  See Notes  1  and  6  of  Notes to
     Consolidated Financial Statements.
 
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<PAGE>
                    MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF
                 FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
 
    THIS PROSPECTUS CONTAINS FORWARD-LOOKING  STATEMENTS THAT INVOLVE RISKS  AND
UNCERTAINTIES.  THE  COMPANY'S ACTUAL  RESULTS  MAY DIFFER  MATERIALLY  FROM THE
RESULTS DISCUSSED IN  THE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS.  FACTORS THAT MIGHT  CAUSE
SUCH  A DIFFERENCE  INCLUDE, BUT  ARE NOT LIMITED  TO, THOSE  DISCUSSED IN "RISK
FACTORS," "MANAGEMENT'S  DISCUSSION  AND  ANALYSIS OF  FINANCIAL  CONDITION  AND
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS" AND ELSEWHERE IN THIS PROSPECTUS.
 
OVERVIEW
 
    Rogue  Wave was founded in  1989 to provide reusable  software parts for the
development of object-oriented software applications. The Company operated as  a
Subchapter  S corporation  until June 1994.  In October 1995,  Rogue Wave merged
with Inmark  Development Corporation  ("Inmark"), a  privately held  corporation
specializing  in the development, distribution and support of an object-oriented
graphical user interface library  written in the  C++ programming language.  The
transaction  was accounted  for as a  pooling-of-interests business combination.
The Inmark graphical user interface library is currently being marketed by Rogue
Wave as a component of its Visual User Interface family of products. The Company
intends to integrate these products into future product releases.
 
    The Company has experienced significant revenue growth over the last several
years. The  Company has  in  recent periods  shifted  its focus  from  achieving
profitability  to expanding  its sales  channels, marketing  efforts and product
development capacity. While the Company  expects operating expenses to  continue
to  increase in absolute dollar amounts,  the Company expects operating expenses
to decrease as a percentage of total revenue. There can be no assurance that the
Company will be profitable on a quarterly or annual basis. The Company's limited
operating history makes the prediction of future operating results difficult, if
not impossible. See "Risk Factors--Limited Operating History" and "--Uncertainty
of Future Operating Results; Fluctuations in Quarterly Operating Results."
 
    To date,  the  Company's revenue  has  been  derived from  licenses  of  its
software  products and  related maintenance,  training and  consulting services.
License revenue is recognized upon execution of a license agreement and shipment
of the product if no  significant contractual obligations remain and  collection
of  the resulting  receivable is probable.  Allowances for credit  risks and for
estimated future returns are  provided for upon shipment.  Returns to date  have
not  been material.  Service and maintenance  revenue consists of  fees that are
charged separately from  the product licenses.  Maintenance revenue consists  of
fees  for ongoing support and product updates and is recognized ratably over the
term of the contract, which is typically 12 months. Service revenue consists  of
training  and  consulting  services and  is  recognized upon  completion  of the
related activity. For all periods presented, the Company has recognized  revenue
in accordance with Statement of Position 91-1, SOFTWARE REVENUE RECOGNITION. See
Note 1 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
 
    The  Company markets its products primarily  through its direct sales force,
and to a  lesser extent through  an indirect channel  consisting of OEMs,  VARs,
dealers and distributors. The Company's direct sales force consists of an inside
telesales group that focuses on smaller orders ($50,000 or less), and an outside
sales  force that focuses on larger site  licenses. The Company makes all of its
products available for sale and distribution  over the Internet to customers  in
the  United States.  Revenue through  this channel  has not  been significant to
date, and there  can be  no assurance  that the  Company will  be successful  in
marketing its products through this channel.
 
    International  revenue  represented less  than  10% of  the  Company's total
revenue for each of the  fiscal years ended September  30, 1993, 1994 and  1995.
International  revenue for the nine months ended June 30, 1996 was approximately
17% of total revenue.  In January 1996, the  Company established a  wholly-owned
subsidiary  in Germany to  market and support the  Company's products in Germany
and  neighboring  countries.  The   Company  anticipates  establishing   similar
organizations  in other locations  in Europe, and possibly  in Asia. The Company
expects that  international license  and service  and maintenance  revenue  will
account  for  an increasing  portion of  its  total revenue  in the  future. The
Company has committed and  continues to commit  significant management time  and
financial  resources to developing  direct and indirect  international sales and
support channels. There can be no  assurance, however, that the Company will  be
able  to maintain or  increase international market demand  for its products. To
date, other  than revenue  generated  by the  Company's German  subsidiary,  the
Company's  international revenue has  been denominated in  United States dollars
and the  Company  currently does  not  engage in  hedging  activities.  Although
exposure  to currency fluctuations to date has been insignificant, to the extent
international revenue  is  denominated  in local  currencies,  foreign  currency
translations  may contribute  to significant fluctuations  in, and  could have a
material adverse effect  upon, the Company's  business, financial condition  and
results  of  operations.  See  "Risk  Factors--Risks  Inherent  in International
Operations."
 
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<PAGE>
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
 
    The following  table  sets  forth  certain operating  data  expressed  as  a
percentage of total revenue for each period indicated:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                    NINE MONTHS ENDED JUNE
                                                                     YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30,                30,
                                                                ----------------------------------  ----------------------
                                                                   1993        1994        1995        1995        1996
                                                                ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------
<S>                                                             <C>         <C>         <C>         <C>         <C>
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS:
Revenue:
  License revenue.............................................       91.8%       92.3%       87.3%       88.7%       80.4%
  Service and maintenance revenue.............................        8.2         7.7        12.7        11.3        19.6
                                                                    -----       -----       -----       -----       -----
    Total revenue.............................................      100.0       100.0       100.0       100.0       100.0
                                                                    -----       -----       -----       -----       -----
Cost of revenue:
  Cost of license revenue.....................................        9.4         9.6         8.8         9.2         6.6
  Cost of service and maintenance revenue.....................        5.1         4.6         9.4         9.1         7.8
                                                                    -----       -----       -----       -----       -----
    Total cost of revenue.....................................       14.5        14.2        18.2        18.3        14.4
                                                                    -----       -----       -----       -----       -----
    Gross profit..............................................       85.5        85.8        81.8        81.7        85.6
                                                                    -----       -----       -----       -----       -----
Operating expenses:
  Product development.........................................       27.8        29.3        26.8        27.1        30.2
  Sales and marketing.........................................       41.4        36.8        40.9        39.1        45.2
  General and administrative..................................       10.7        10.8        12.5        11.5        12.1
                                                                    -----       -----       -----       -----       -----
    Total operating expenses..................................       79.9        76.9        80.2        77.7        87.5
                                                                    -----       -----       -----       -----       -----
    Income (loss) from operations.............................        5.6         8.9         1.6         4.0        (1.9)
Other income (expense), net...................................       (0.2)        0.1        (0.1)       (0.2)        0.5
                                                                    -----       -----       -----       -----       -----
    Income (loss) before income taxes.........................        5.4         9.0         1.5         3.8        (1.4)
Income tax expense (benefit)..................................        0.0         1.1         0.8         2.2        (0.5)
                                                                    -----       -----       -----       -----       -----
    Net income (loss).........................................        5.4%        7.9%        0.7%        1.6%       (0.9)%
                                                                    -----       -----       -----       -----       -----
                                                                    -----       -----       -----       -----       -----
</TABLE>
 
REVENUE
 
    The Company's total revenue was $3.2 million, $7.2 million and $11.9 million
in  fiscal 1993, 1994 and 1995, respectively. Total revenue was $8.5 million and
$13.2 million  for the  nine  months ended  June 30,  1995  and June  30,  1996,
respectively. License revenue increased from $2.9 million in fiscal 1993 to $6.7
million  in fiscal 1994 and to $10.4  million in fiscal 1995; and also increased
from $7.6 million in the nine months ended June 30, 1995 to $10.6 million in the
nine months ended June 30, 1996. License revenue increased primarily as a result
of an increase in  the number of  licenses sold to  existing and new  customers,
reflecting  additional product offerings, an  expanding market, increased market
awareness  and  expansion  of  the  Company's  direct  sales  organization.   In
particular,  the Company introduced its DBTools.h++ product in the first half of
fiscal 1995 and  its Standard C++  Library product during  the third quarter  of
fiscal  1995, and established  its direct sales  force in the  second quarter of
fiscal 1995. Service and maintenance  revenue increased from $263,000 in  fiscal
1993  to $557,000 in  fiscal 1994 and to  $1.5 million in  fiscal 1995, and also
increased from $963,000 in the nine months  ended June 30, 1995 to $2.6  million
in  the  nine  months  ended  June 30,  1996.  These  increases  in  service and
maintenance revenue were generally attributable to the growing installed base of
the Company's products and the associated increase in demand for maintenance and
training services.  An  increased focus  on  marketing support  and  maintenance
services,  which  include  upgrades  and  telephone  support,  as  well  as  the
introduction of mentoring  services, also contributed  to increased service  and
maintenance revenue for fiscal 1995 and the nine months ended June 30, 1996.
 
COST OF REVENUE
 
    COST  OF LICENSE  REVENUE.   Cost of  license revenue  consists primarily of
amortization of purchased software,  materials, packaging and freight  expenses.
Cost  of license revenue was $301,000, $693,000 and $1.0 million in fiscal 1993,
1994 and 1995, respectively, and $787,000 and $873,000 for the nine months ended
June 30, 1995 and June 30, 1996 respectively, representing 10.2%, 10.4%,  10.1%,
10.4%  and 8.2% of the license revenue for the respective periods. The period to
period dollar increases in cost of license revenue were primarily the result  of
 
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<PAGE>
an  increase in  the number  of licenses sold.  Fluctuations in  cost of license
revenue as a  percentage of total  license revenue are  primarily the result  of
varying  levels of royalties paid,  changes in product mix,  the timing of large
site license sales and the timing of product upgrades.
 
    COST OF SERVICE AND  MAINTENANCE REVENUE.  Cost  of service and  maintenance
revenue consists primarily of personnel-related and facilities costs incurred in
providing  customer support and training services,  as well as third-party costs
incurred in providing training services. Cost of service and maintenance revenue
was $166,000,  $331,000  and  $1.1  million  in  fiscal  1993,  1994  and  1995,
respectively,  and $775,000 and $1.0 million for  the nine months ended June 30,
1995 and June 30,  1996, respectively, representing  63.1%, 59.4%, 73.9%,  80.5%
and 39.6% of the service and maintenance revenue for the respective periods. The
period  to period  dollar increases in  cost of service  and maintenance revenue
were primarily  the  result  of  expenses associated  with  the  development  of
training  programs,  utilization  of  training  and  mentoring  consultants  and
additional product support personnel. The higher percentages of cost of  service
and  maintenance revenue as a percentage  of service and maintenance revenue for
fiscal 1995  and the  nine months  ended June  30, 1995  reflect the  fact  that
increases in such costs occurred prior to an anticipated increase in demand. The
decrease  as a percentage of service and maintenance revenue for the nine months
ended June 30,  1996 primarily was  the result  of the increase  in service  and
maintenance revenue.
 
OPERATING EXPENSES
 
    PRODUCT  DEVELOPMENT.   Product  development  expenses consist  primarily of
personnel related expenses. Product development expenses increased from $893,000
in fiscal 1993  to $2.1 million  in fiscal 1994  and to $3.2  million in  fiscal
1995.  Product development  expenses increased  from $2.3  million for  the nine
months ended June 30, 1995  to $4.0 million for the  nine months ended June  30,
1996. As a percentage of total revenue, product development expenses were 27.8%,
29.3%,  26.8%,  27.1% and  30.2%  in each  respective  period. The  increases in
product development  expenses  were  primarily attributable  to  the  hiring  of
additional  product development personnel. The  Company anticipates that it will
continue to devote substantial resources to product development and that product
development expenses will increase in dollar  amount for fiscal 1996 and  fiscal
1997.  All costs incurred  in the research and  development of software products
and enhancements to existing products have been expensed as incurred. See Note 1
of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
 
    SALES AND  MARKETING.   Sales and  marketing expenses  consist primarily  of
salaries, commissions and bonuses earned by sales and marketing personnel, field
office  expenses, and travel, entertainment  and promotional expenses. Sales and
marketing expenses increased from $1.3 million in fiscal 1993 to $2.7 million in
fiscal 1994  and $4.9  million  in fiscal  1995.  Sales and  marketing  expenses
increased  from $3.3  million for the  nine months  ended June 30,  1995 to $6.0
million for  the nine  months ended  June 30,  1996. As  a percentage  of  total
revenue,  sales and marketing expenses were 41.4%, 36.8%, 40.9%, 39.1% and 45.2%
in each respective period. The increase in sales and marketing expenses reflects
the hiring of  additional sales and  marketing personnel and  related costs,  as
well  as increased  costs associated  with expanded  promotional activities. The
Company expects that sales and marketing  expenses will continue to increase  in
dollar  amount as the  Company continues to hire  additional sales and marketing
personnel and increase promotional activities in the future.
 
    GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE.   General and administrative expenses  increased
from  $342,000 in fiscal 1993 to $780,000 in  fiscal 1994 and to $1.5 million in
fiscal 1995. General and administrative expenses increased from $984,000 for the
nine months ended June 30, 1995 to  $1.6 million for the nine months ended  June
30,  1996. As a percentage of total revenue, general and administrative expenses
were 10.7%,  10.8%,  12.5%, 11.5%  and  12.1%  in each  respective  period.  The
increases in general and administrative expenses were primarily due to increased
staffing,  investment  in infrastructure  and  associated expenses  necessary to
manage and support the Company's  growing operations. The Company believes  that
its general and administrative expenses will increase in dollar amount in fiscal
1996  and fiscal 1997 as  a result of an  anticipated expansion of the Company's
administrative staff required to support its growing operations and as a  result
of an increase in expenses associated with being a public company.
 
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE), NET
 
    Other  income (expense), net primarily  represents interest income earned on
the Company's cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments, net of interest
expense on long-term obligations.
 
PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES
 
    The Company was a cash basis taxpayer through fiscal 1994. Prior to July  1,
1994,  the Company was taxed under the  S corporation provisions of the Internal
Revenue   Code.    Under    those    provisions,    the    Company    did    not
 
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pay  federal or state corporate income taxes on its income. The Company's income
taxes since July 1, 1994, and  Inmark's income taxes for all periods  presented,
have  been accounted  for in accordance  with Statement  of Financial Accounting
Standards No.  109, ACCOUNTING  FOR INCOME  TAXES. The  Company's effective  tax
rates were 0%, 12.3% and 57.1% for fiscal 1993, 1994 and 1995. The effective tax
rate  for fiscal  1993 was the  result of the  exclusion of earnings  due to the
Company's Subchapter S election and the  net loss incurred by Inmark. The  12.3%
rate  of fiscal 1994 reflects three quarters of exclusion of earnings due to the
Subchapter S status of the Company and marginal profitability of Inmark. The tax
rate for fiscal 1995  reflects the inability to  offset Inmark's losses  against
the  Company's income  for the period.  As a  result of the  merger with Inmark,
utilization  of   approximately  $430,000   of   federal  net   operating   loss
carryforwards is limited to the future income attributable to Inmark.
 
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QUARTERLY RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
 
    The  following tables  set forth  the quarterly  financial data  for the six
quarters ended June 30, 1996, including  such amounts expressed as a  percentage
of  total revenue, as well as certain operating data. This quarterly information
is unaudited, has  been prepared on  the same basis  as the annual  consolidated
financial  statements and, in the opinion  of the Company's management, reflects
all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring adjustments) necessary  for
a  fair  presentation  of  the  information  for  the  periods  presented.  Such
statements of operations data should be  read in conjunction with the  Company's
audited  consolidated financial statements and  notes thereto. Operating results
for any quarter are not necessarily indicative of results for any future period.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                             QUARTER ENDED
                                                 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                  MAR. 31,    JUN. 30,   SEPT. 30,    DEC. 31,    MAR. 31,    JUN. 30,
                                                    1995        1995        1995        1995        1996        1996
                                                 ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------
                                                                             (IN THOUSANDS)
<S>                                              <C>         <C>         <C>         <C>         <C>         <C>
Revenue:
  License revenue..............................  $   2,536   $   2,447   $   2,850   $   2,733   $   3,697   $   4,175
  Service and maintenance revenue..............        316         426         558         804         950         833
                                                 ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------
    Total revenue..............................      2,852       2,873       3,408       3,537       4,647       5,008
                                                 ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------
Cost of revenue:
  Cost of license revenue......................        225         274         262         219         242         412
  Cost of service and maintenance revenue......        268         249         348         294         343         388
                                                 ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------
    Total cost of revenue......................        493         523         610         513         585         800
                                                 ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------
    Gross profit...............................      2,359       2,350       2,798       3,024       4,062       4,208
                                                 ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------
Operating expenses:
  Product development..........................        760         763         903         924       1,486       1,574
  Sales and marketing..........................      1,126       1,305       1,544       1,606       2,101       2,262
  General and administrative...................        382         329         502         472         500         624
                                                 ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------
    Total operating expenses...................      2,268       2,397       2,949       3,002       4,087       4,460
                                                 ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------
    Income (loss) from operations..............         91         (47)       (151)         22         (25)       (252)
Other income (expense), net....................          4          (6)          9          14          43          11
                                                 ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------
    Income (loss) before income taxes..........         95         (53)       (142)         36          18        (241)
Income tax expense (benefit)...................         54         (30)        (81)          7           4         (84)
                                                 ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------
    Net income (loss)..........................  $      41   $     (23)  $     (61)  $      29   $      14   $    (157)
                                                 ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------
                                                 ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------
 
<CAPTION>
 
                                                                    AS A PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL REVENUE
                                                 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                              <C>         <C>         <C>         <C>         <C>         <C>
Revenue:
  License revenue..............................       88.9%       85.2%       83.6%       77.3%       79.6%       83.4%
  Service and maintenance revenue..............       11.1        14.8        16.4        22.7        20.4        16.6
                                                 ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------
    Total revenue..............................      100.0       100.0       100.0       100.0       100.0       100.0
Cost of revenue:
  Cost of license revenue......................        7.9         9.5         7.7         6.2         5.2         8.3
  Cost of service and maintenance revenue......        9.4         8.7        10.2         8.3         7.4         7.7
                                                 ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------
    Total cost of revenue......................       17.3        18.2        17.9        14.5        12.6        16.0
                                                 ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------
    Gross profit...............................       82.7        81.8        82.1        85.5        87.4        84.0
Operating expenses:
  Product development..........................       26.6        26.6        26.5        26.1        32.0        31.4
  Sales and marketing..........................       39.5        45.4        45.3        45.5        45.2        45.2
  General and administrative...................       13.4        11.4        14.7        13.3        10.8        12.4
                                                 ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------
    Total operating expenses...................       79.5        83.4        86.5        84.9        88.0        89.0
                                                 ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------
    Income (loss) from operations..............        3.2        (1.6)       (4.4)        0.6        (0.6)       (5.0)
Other income (expense), net....................        0.1        (0.2)        0.3         0.4         0.9         0.2
                                                 ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------
    Income (loss) before income taxes..........        3.3        (1.8)       (4.1)        1.0         0.3        (4.8)
Income tax expense (benefit)...................        1.9        (1.0)       (2.3)        0.2         0.0        (1.7)
                                                 ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------
    Net income (loss)..........................        1.4%       (0.8)%      (1.8)%       0.8%        0.3%       (3.1)%
                                                 ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------
                                                 ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------
</TABLE>
 
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    Prior growth rates  in the Company's  revenue and net  income should not  be
considered indicative of future operating results. Future operating results will
depend  upon many factors, including the  demand for the Company's products, the
level of product and price competition, the length of the Company's sales cycle,
the size and timing of individual license transactions, the delay or deferral of
customer implementations,  the budget  cycles of  the Company's  customers,  the
Company's  success in expanding its direct sales force and indirect distribution
channels, the timing of new product introductions and product enhancements,  the
mix  of products and services sold, levels of international sales, activities of
and acquisitions by  competitors, the timing  of new hires,  changes in  foreign
currency  exchange rates, and the  ability of the Company  to develop and market
new products and control costs. A  significant portion of the Company's  revenue
has  been, and the Company believes will continue to be, derived from relatively
large orders, and the timing of such orders has caused and may continue to cause
material fluctuations  in the  Company's operating  results, particularly  on  a
quarterly  basis. The Company generally ships orders as received and as a result
typically has  little or  no backlog.  Quarterly revenue  and operating  results
therefore depend on the volume and timing of orders received during the quarter,
which  are  difficult to  forecast. In  addition,  the Company  has historically
earned a substantial portion of its revenue in the last days of each quarter. To
the extent this trend continues, the failure to achieve such revenue during  the
last  days  of any  given quarter  will have  a material  adverse effect  on the
Company's business, financial condition and results of operations.
 
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
 
    Since inception, the Company  has funded its  operations through cash  flows
from operations and the private sale of $5.4 million of equity securities. As of
June  30, 1996, the Company  had $2.6 million in  cash and cash equivalents. Net
cash  from  operating  activities  was  $218,000,  $1.1  million,  $493,000  and
$(303,000)  in fiscal 1993, 1994, 1995 and  the nine months ended June 30, 1996,
respectively. For fiscal 1995,  net cash from  operating activities of  $493,000
was primarily attributable to increases in accounts payable, accrued expenses of
$440,000  and deferred  revenue of $702,000,  offset by an  increase in accounts
receivable of $1.1 million,  and adjusted for  depreciation and amortization  of
$514,000.  For the  nine months  ended June  30, 1996,  net cash  from operating
activities of $(303,000) was primarily  attributable to an increase in  accounts
receivable  of $1.2 million, partially offset by an increase in deferred revenue
of $858,000.
 
    The Company currently does not  employ a line of  credit for support of  its
working capital requirements.
 
    As  of  June  30,  1996, the  Company's  primary  investing  activities have
consisted  of  purchases  of  equipment  and  software  rights.  The   Company's
expenditures  for  equipment,  including  those  under  capital  leases, totaled
$228,000, $414,000, $672,000 and $1.9 million in fiscal 1993, 1994, 1995 and the
nine months  ended  June  30,  1996,  respectively.  Capital  expenditures  were
primarily for computer equipment, telecommunications and Internet infrastructure
hardware  and software used in support  of product development and other Company
activities.
 
    Deferred revenue consists primarily of  the unrecognized portion of  revenue
under   maintenance  and  support  contracts,  which  revenue  is  deferred  and
recognized ratably over  the term  of such  contracts and  for the  unrecognized
portion  of revenue associated with  product license subscription contracts. See
Note 1 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
 
    The Company believes that the net proceeds from the offering, together  with
the  anticipated  cash  flows from  operations,  cash and  cash  equivalents and
short-term investments, will  be adequate  to meet  its cash  needs for  working
capital  and capital expenditures  for at least the  next 18 months. Thereafter,
the Company  may  require  additional  funds  to  support  its  working  capital
requirements  or for other purposes, and may seek to raise such additional funds
through public or private equity financing  or from other sources. There can  be
no assurance that such additional financing will be available on terms favorable
to  the Company,  if at  all, and  will not  be dilutive  to the  Company's then
current stockholders.
 
NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
 
    During  October  1995,  the  Financial  Accounting  Standards  Board  issued
Statement  No. 123 ("SFAS 123"), which establishes  a fair value based method of
accounting for equity compensation plans.  The Company believes that there  will
be  no  impact of  the pronouncement  other  than pro  forma disclosures  in the
footnotes to  the financial  statements  and it  will  continue to  account  for
employee  stock options under APB Opinion No. 25, ACCOUNTING FOR STOCK ISSUED TO
EMPLOYEES. SFAS 123 is effective for  fiscal years beginning after December  15,
1995.
 
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                                    BUSINESS
 
    Rogue  Wave  is a  leading provider  of  object-oriented software  parts and
related tools. The  Company's C++ and  Java-based products are  used to  develop
robust,  scalable  software applications  for  a wide  variety  of environments,
including client-server,  intranet  and Internet  environments.  These  products
enable  customers to construct  software applications more  quickly, with higher
quality and across multiple platforms, and reduce the complexity associated with
the software  development  process. The  Company's  software parts  provide  the
functionality  to perform  fundamental operations  such as  network and database
connectivity, thereby allowing programmers to focus on the core functionality of
the software under  development. Rogue  Wave offers  a broad  suite of  software
parts  and related tools for  C++, and has recently  introduced and continues to
develop software parts and related tools  for Java. The Company believes it  was
the first to deliver a commercially available Java interface builder.
 
INDUSTRY BACKGROUND
 
    INCREASING  DEPENDENCE ON SOFTWARE.   Businesses are increasingly relying on
information systems as  a strategic  resource and  as a  way of  differentiating
themselves  from their competitors.  A sophisticated enterprise-wide information
system can allow a company to take advantage of new markets before a competitor,
reduce operating  expenses  and  increase ties  with  suppliers  and  customers.
Internet  and intranet technologies  can be particularly  effective in extending
the information  system outside  the bounds  of a  company, creating  even  more
opportunities.  Of all  the pieces  that make  up an  information system,  it is
increasingly software  that  plays a  critical  role. Therefore,  as  businesses
become  more dependent on these information  systems, they become more dependent
on software.  In  addition,  electronic systems  manufacturers  and  independent
software  vendors are increasingly  dependent on the  development of software to
provide critical functionality and product differentiation.
 
    NEED FOR IMPROVED SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT  TECHNOLOGIES AND METHODS.   Software
development  technologies and  methods have  not kept  pace with  the increasing
reliance on  software  systems. In  fact,  the intricacies  of  modern  software
systems  have  tended  to make  the  software development  process  longer, more
complicated and  increasingly  error prone.  For  example, many  businesses  are
implementing  client-server applications that must  be scalable enough to handle
hundreds or thousands of users, yet flexible enough to meet continually changing
business  requirements.  Businesses  implementing  enterprise-wide   information
systems  face a particularly difficult challenge  in developing software for the
distributed, heterogeneous environments that these systems typically demand.  In
addition,  businesses  recognize  that  not  only  are  these  software  systems
expensive to develop, they can also be expensive to maintain.
 
    Organizations have taken an  initial step in  addressing the complexity  and
cost  of  today's  software  systems  by  breaking  software  applications  into
functional segments to be developed  by separate teams of programmers.  However,
traditional  software  development methodologies  often produce  unnecessary and
complex interdependencies  among  functional software  segments.  The  resulting
software  is typically difficult  to develop and  test, as well  as expensive to
modify and maintain.
 
    ADOPTION OF OBJECT-ORIENTED  TECHNOLOGIES.  To  address the difficulties  of
developing   and  maintaining   complex  software   systems,  organizations  are
increasingly   adopting    object-oriented    technologies    and    development
methodologies.  Object-oriented  programming allows  software  to be  written in
terms of objects that  are used as building  blocks to model real-world  objects
and  systems. Objects are self-contained units  that encapsulate a collection of
data and related procedures.  Although objects may  be internally complex,  they
are  designed to  have simple interfaces  that allow programmers  to develop and
change objects independently  without affecting other  segments of the  software
system.  The generalized, self-contained nature  of well-designed objects allows
them  to  be  reused  within  a   single  software  system  and  in   subsequent
applications. To a large extent, developing software applications then becomes a
matter  of  assembling  new and  existing  objects, rather  than  writing entire
programs from scratch, resulting in significantly reduced development times  and
improved  software quality.  In addition, because  the internal  details of each
object are relatively  insulated from  the rest of  the system,  objects can  be
tested, modified and maintained independently.
 
    As  object-oriented  technologies have  been adopted  over the  last several
years,  C++  has  emerged  as  the  de  facto  standard  computer  language  for
object-oriented    software    development.   Java,    another   object-oriented
 
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programming language  that is  similar  to C++,  has been  recently  popularized
through  the  growth  of the  Internet  and intranet  environments.  Java offers
additional benefits  in  the  areas of  platform  independence  and  distributed
computing.
 
    NEED  FOR ROBUST THIRD-PARTY SOFTWARE PARTS.   While objects are easy to use
once built, developing robust, well-designed objects can be extremely  difficult
and  time consuming. Many technical details must be addressed, including support
for various  platforms,  graphical  user interfaces,  databases  and  networking
protocols.  As a  result, object-oriented  software development  can be improved
significantly through the use of pre-built, industry-standard objects ("software
parts"). Software parts  are typically  sold as a  "class library,"  a group  of
20-100  related object types ("classes").  Organizations seek to improve quality
and time-to-market by purchasing pre-written objects from independent vendors to
handle fundamental  operations  ranging  from  simple  functions  such  as  date
handling  to  more  complex  functions  such  as  network  communications. Using
off-the-shelf parts  for such  tasks allows  programmers to  focus on  the  core
functionality  of the systems they are developing. For example, using a standard
object for database connectivity allows  a programmer to develop an  application
without  regard  to  the low  level  details  of programming  to  any particular
database while  allowing  the  freedom  to  switch  between  different  database
vendors.  In addition, commercially available  software parts typically are more
thoroughly tested and provide more  complete functionality than parts  developed
in-house.  The Company believes that the  use of third-party software parts will
enable organizations to  develop robust software  applications more rapidly,  at
lower  cost and with more functionality  than applications using only internally
developed objects.
 
THE ROGUE WAVE SOLUTION
 
    Rogue Wave  is a  leading  provider of  object-oriented software  parts  and
related  tools.  The  Company's products  are  designed to  enable  customers to
construct robust  applications  more quickly,  with  higher quality  and  across
multiple   platforms,  while   reducing  the  complexity   associated  with  the
development process. The Company provides customers with proven  object-oriented
development  technology so that they can better apply the principles of software
reuse to  their own  software  development efforts.  Rogue Wave's  products  are
designed  to  be  general  purpose  in  nature,  supporting  a  broad  range  of
development environments and methodologies. The Company's software parts span  a
range  of functionality from low-level ANSI/ISO standardized data structures, to
higher level database connectivity objects. The Company follows a cross-platform
strategy allowing most objects to be used on the most popular operating systems,
such as Windows and UNIX. The Company offers a broad suite of software parts and
related tools  for  C++,  the  de  facto  standard  object-oriented  programming
language.  In addition, the Company is developing a suite of Java-based software
parts and related tools and believes it was the first to deliver a  commercially
available Java interface builder.
 
    The  Company's products  and services provide  professional programmers with
the following benefits:
 
    IMPROVED SOFTWARE QUALITY.  Rogue  Wave's products improve software  quality
by  providing professional programmers  with robust and  reusable software parts
and related tools. The use of the Company's products can result in  applications
that  are internally simpler and contain  less untested code, resulting in fewer
bugs and higher quality.
 
    ACCELERATED DEVELOPMENT  TIME.    By using  the  Company's  software  parts,
developers  produce  and test  fewer lines  of  original code,  thereby reducing
overall development time. In  addition, the Company's  C++ and Java  application
builders simplify and accelerate prototyping and development efforts by offering
visual design environments along with code generation and testing capabilities.
 
    INCREASED  FLEXIBLITY.    Most of  the  Company's software  parts  have been
written to be  cross-platform. In addition,  the database products  can be  used
with a wide variety of databases, and the visual products with a wide variety of
GUIs.  This flexiblity allows  programmers to develop  applications with minimal
regard to the environments in which  they will be deployed. Businesses gain  the
ability  to  deploy software  systems  in a  wide  variety of  environments with
minimal redevelopment.
 
    INCREASED  FOCUS  ON   CRITICAL  FUNCTIONALITY.     Rogue  Wave's   products
encapsulate fundamental operations within software parts, allowing developers to
focus  on creating the  critical business logic  within applications rather than
the arcane features of the environments in which they are developing.
 
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    REDUCED  MAINTENANCE COST.   Rogue  Wave's products  are designed  to reduce
overall maintenance and support costs over  the life of an application. The  use
of   the  Company's   products  helps  programmers   develop  flexible,  modular
applications that can be more easily updated, modified and refined.
 
THE ROGUE WAVE STRATEGY
 
    The Company's  objective is  to be  the leading  provider of  high  quality,
reusable software parts and related tools for the development of object-oriented
software  applications. The  key elements of  the Company's  strategy to achieve
this objective include:
 
    PROMOTE "TOOLS.H++  EVERYWHERE"  STRATEGY.   In  order  to  establish  brand
awareness  and  cultivate  a  loyal  base  of  programmers  using  the Company's
products, the Company promotes the widespread use of its Tools.h++ product.  The
Company believes that Tools.h++ is the most widely used cross-platform C++ class
library.  In addition to its direct sales  efforts, the Company has entered into
OEM agreements to  bundle Tools.h++  with popular compilers  offered by  leading
vendors, including Fujitsu, Hewlett-Packard, Microware, Siemens-Nixdorf, Silicon
Graphics  and Sun Microsystems. The  Company believes its "Tools.h++ Everywhere"
strategy enables  the  Company  to  leverage its  installed  base  of  Tools.h++
customers  by  offering additional  object-oriented  software parts  and related
tools through its telesales organization.
 
    EXTEND TECHNOLOGICAL LEADERSHIP.  The Company believes that it has developed
industry-leading, standards-based  class libraries.  The  Company is  an  active
participant  on the  ANSI/ISO C++ Standards  Committee and  has authored several
standards. The Company's implementation of the ANSI/ISO Standard C++ Library has
been evaluated and selected by several compiler vendors such as Hewlett-Packard,
Siemens-Nixdorf, Silicon Graphics and Sun  Microsystems. The Company intends  to
continue   to  invest   significant  resources   to  maintain   and  extend  its
technological leadership.
 
    LEVERAGE C++  EXPERTISE  TO  ADDRESS  THE JAVA  MARKET.    The  Company  has
considerable  expertise in the  C++ language, gained  through the development of
its class libraries, that is directly applicable to the Java language. Java  has
many  of the same  features of C++ but  is simpler to  use. Java also explicitly
supports cross-platform, distributed applications.  The Company believes it  was
the  first to deliver a commercially available Java interface builder (JFactory)
and believes  it will  be able  to leverage  its C++  expertise to  continue  to
address  the Java marketplace. The Company's strategy is to continue to focus on
the Java language in order to expand  its product offering by developing a  full
suite of Java class libraries and related development tools.
 
    PROMOTE  THE ENTERPRISE-WIDE ADOPTION  OF ROGUE WAVE  PRODUCTS.  The Company
has traditionally marketed its products to individual professional  programmers,
and  the Company  has sold  over 50,000 end-user  licenses to  date. The Company
intends to  leverage its  installed customer  base of  corporate programmers  to
approach  its customers' higher level management and promote the standardization
of its products within customer organizations. Furthermore, the Company  intends
to  broaden its suite of complementary products, allowing the Company to fulfill
more of its customers' software development needs.
 
    CONTINUE TO PROVIDE FLEXIBLE CROSS-PLATFORM SOFTWARE.  The Company  supports
multiple  development platforms, including Windows  3.1, Windows 95, Windows NT,
UNIX, OS/2 and MacOS. In addition, the Company is committed to providing "policy
free" class libraries  that provide users  the flexibility to  use Rogue  Wave's
products  with  a  wide  variety  of  C++  based  programming  environments  and
methodologies.  The  Company  believes   that  this  flexibility  improves   the
competitiveness of its products.
 
    EXPAND  WORLDWIDE  DISTRIBUTION.    The  Company  distributes  its  products
primarily through its direct telesales and  field sales organizations and, to  a
lesser  extent, through OEMs and VARs. The  Company intends to expand its global
distribution capabilities by increasing its presence in strategic  international
markets.  In particular, the Company believes  that there are significant growth
opportunities in Europe.  The Company  intends to build  on the  success of  its
German  subsidiary, established  in January  1996, by  establishing direct sales
forces in additional  European markets. The  Company also plans  to continue  to
increase its domestic sales force in order to expand its market presence.
 
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PRODUCTS
 
    Rogue Wave's products are designed to be used individually, with each other,
or  with other industry standard products.  They fall into six different product
groups: Foundation (general  purpose data structures  and algorithms);  Database
(software  parts  for interfacing  to relational  databases  as well  as related
tools); Visual  User  Interface  (GUI  libraries  as  well  as  related  tools);
Mathematical  (software  parts  for  numerical  and  mathematical calculations);
Distributed (software parts  for facilitating distributed  computing); and  Java
(Java  software  parts and  related tools).  All  products are  portable between
Windows and UNIX, except Heap.h++ and View.h++, which are for UNIX only.
 
    The table  below summarizes  the development  and release  history of  Rogue
Wave's  principal products, and  includes current list  prices for perpetual-use
single-user licenses  and single-user  multiple  platform licenses.  Support  is
generally  available at an  annual cost equal to  20% to 50%  of the list price.
Rogue Wave offers site pricing for 25, 50 and 100 users.
 
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                                                                                                 PRICE
                                             ORIGINAL                                                 SINGLE-USER
                                              RELEASE    CURRENT    LATEST RELEASE    SINGLE-USER   MULTI-PLATFORM
               PRODUCT LINE                    DATE      VERSION         DATE          LICENSES        LICENSES
<S>                                          <C>        <C>        <C>               <C>            <C>
FOUNDATION
 Standard C++ Library                          1995        1.2        March 1996       $     195       $     390
  Tools.h++                                    1990        7.0        July 1996              395             790
  Heap.h++                                     1994        1.0      September 1994           995             N/A
DATABASE
  DBTools.h++                                  1994        2.0        June 1996        $   1,295       $   2,090
  DBFactory                                    1996        1.0      February 1996            995           1,990
VISUAL USER INTERFACE
  zApp Developers Suite                        1994        3.0        July 1996        $   2,995       $   4,990
  View.h++                                     1993        1.3      February 1996          1,995             N/A
MATHEMATICAL
  Money.h++                                    1994        1.3       October 1995      $   1,295       $   2,590
  Math.h++                                     1989        6.0         May 1996              595           1,190
  LAPACK.h++                                   1994        2.0        July 1996              795           1,590
DISTRIBUTED
  Net.h++                                      1995        1.1         May 1996        $   1,495       $   2,490
  ORBstreams.h++                               1996        1.0         May 1996              395             790
JAVA
  JFactory                                     1996        1.1        July 1996        $     195       $     390
  JMoney                                       1996        2.0      September 1996            99             198
  JTools                                       1996        1.0        July 1996               99             198
  JWidgets                                     1996        2.0      September 1996            99             198
</TABLE>
 
FOUNDATION
 
    STANDARD C++ LIBRARY.  Rogue Wave has played an active role on the  ANSI/ISO
C++ Standards Committee and has leveraged that experience to develop its version
of  the  Standard  C++  Library.  Rogue  Wave's  Standard  C++  Library includes
fundamental data  structures,  as  well  as  string,  numeric  limits,  complex,
allocator,  valarray,  iostream and  locale classes.  Rogue Wave's  Standard C++
Library has been adopted by many of the leading C++ compiler vendors,  including
Fujitsu,  Hewlett-Packard, Siemens-Nixdorf,  Silicon Graphics,  Sun Microsystems
and others.
 
    TOOLS.H++.  Tools.h++  encapsulates and  extends the  Standard C++  Library,
making  the Standard  C++ Library easier  to use  by introducing object-oriented
constructs   and   adding   new   classes,    such   as   hash   tables,    that
 
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are  not part  of the  Standard C++  Library. Used  together, Tools.h++  and the
Standard C++ Library give users the portability of the Standard C++ Library plus
the safety and reusability associated with object-oriented design.
 
    HEAP.H++.  Heap.h++ is a replacement for the standard memory allocator  that
comes  with UNIX  machines. This  product uses  a proprietary  memory allocation
algorithm that allocates  memory faster  and with less  fragmentation than  most
native allocators.
 
DATABASE
 
    DBTOOLS.H++.  DBTools.h++, which is built on top of the Tools.h++ foundation
class  library,  provides  a  common,  object-oriented  interface  to relational
databases. Applications  can  be written  once  to the  DBTools.h++  Application
Programming  Interface  ("API")  and  then  deployed  to  any  of  the supported
databases, regardless of the differences  in data structures and function  calls
between the different databases. DBTools.h++ provides native access to Informix,
Ingres,  Oracle  and  Sybase,  plus  general  connectivity  to  these  and other
relational  databases  through  the  ODBC  standard.  In  addition,  DBTools.h++
provides   a  flexible  error-handling   model  and  encapsulates   SQL  92  DML
functionality, including SQL extensions such as stored procedures.
 
    DBFACTORY.   DBFactory  is a  development  tool that  automatically  creates
business  objects  represented in  the schemas  held  in a  relational database.
DBFactory maps schema information, stored procedure activation and query results
into  DBTools.h++   classes.   Code   generation   is   controlled   through   a
point-and-click interface, which displays database and schema information on the
screen.  DBFactory uses "style  files" to control code  generation. The user can
edit the style files to tailor output to specific needs.
 
VISUAL USER INTERFACE
 
    ZAPP DEVELOPERS  SUITE.    The  zApp  Developers  Suite  consists  of  three
different  products: the zApp  Application Framework, zApp  Factory and the zApp
Interface Pack. The  zApp Application Framework,  which is built  on top of  the
Tools.h++  foundation class library, is  an object-oriented, GUI library written
in C++ that  provides portability among  Windows 95, Windows  NT, OS/2 and  many
versions  of UNIX. The  user programs once to  the zApp API and  is then able to
deploy to any supported platform with  minimal changes. zApp Factory allows  the
user  to create an application  visually. The user drags  and drops various user
elements, such as push buttons, edit boxes  and drop down lists, onto a  window,
thereby  building an application more quickly. zApp Factory then generates calls
to the  zApp  Application  Framework  library needed  to  represent  the  visual
interface.  zApp Interface  Pack provides  high-level visual  objects and custom
controls and extends the functionality  of the zApp Application Framework.  zApp
Interface   Pack  consists  of  approximately  100  classes,  including  tables,
toolbars, status  lines, 3D  controls and  bitmap buttons.  The zApp  Developers
Suite was acquired by the Company in the Inmark Merger in October 1995.
 
    VIEW.H++.  View.h++, which is built on top of the Tools.h++ foundation class
library,  is a  C++ library that  provides an object-oriented,  C++ interface to
OSF/Motif, the industry standard GUI  for UNIX machines. View.h++ supports  both
Motif 1.1 and Motif 1.2 features.
 
MATHEMATICAL
 
    MONEY.H++.     Money.h++  is  a  C++  class  library  for  representing  and
manipulating exact decimal fractions, primarily  in banking and other  financial
applications.  It also includes I/O  formatting objects, error handling, control
over rounding and explicit representation for several non-numeric values.
 
    MATH.H++.  Math.h++ is a C++ class library that improves the performance and
reliability of any code that manipulates arrays of numbers. It includes vectors,
matrices, arrays, random number generators and Fast Fourier Transforms. Math.h++
is useful in mathematical and numerical applications.
 
    LAPACK.H++.  LAPACK.h++  is a C++  class library that  is designed to  solve
numerical   linear   algebra  problems.   It   manages  the   details   of  data
representation,  enabling   the  programmer   to  concentrate   on   application
development.
 
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DISTRIBUTED
 
    NET.H++.   Net.h++, which is built on  top of the Tools.h++ foundation class
library, is a  C++ class  library for developing  applications that  communicate
across  a network. By  programming to the  Net.h++ API, the  user can write code
that is both simpler and platform independent.
 
    ORBSTREAMS.H++.   ORBstreams.h++, which  is built  on top  of the  Tools.h++
foundation  class library, is a C++ library that makes C++ programming in an OMG
CORBA environment much easier by  providing C++ classes that stream  complicated
C++  objects  across a  CORBA interface,  eliminating the  need to  write custom
marshalling and unmarshalling routines.
 
JAVA
 
    JFACTORY.  JFactory  is similar to  zApp Factory, except  that it  generates
Java calls to the Abstract Windowing Toolkit (from Sun Microsystems), instead of
C++  calls to the zApp Application Framework. The user can design an application
visually by  dragging and  dropping elements,  such as  radio buttons  and  edit
boxes,  onto a window. Once  the look of the  application has been designed, the
user can generate the code for the application by pushing a button.
 
    JMONEY.  JMoney is  a Java class library  for representing and  manipulating
exact decimal fractions, primarily for banking and other financial applications.
It also includes algorithms for calculating amortization and other schedules.
 
    JTOOLS.  JTools is a Java class library that extends the set of utility data
structures  that  comes  with  the  Java  Development  Kit  distributed  by  Sun
Microsystems.
 
    JWIDGETS.  JWidgets is  a Java class  library that extends  the set of  user
controls   that  comes  with  the  Java   Development  Kit  distributed  by  Sun
Microsystems. It includes such  controls as trees,  tabbed notebooks, grids  and
others.
 
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CUSTOMERS
 
    The   Company's  products  are  used  by  programmers  to  develop  software
applications for organizations  in a wide  variety of industries.  To date,  the
Company   has  sold   over  50,000  end-user   licenses.  The   following  is  a
representative list of customers  responsible for more  than $50,000 in  revenue
during the 24 months ended September 30, 1996.
 
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
- ----------------------------------------
  Bell Atlantic
  Bell Northern Research
  BellSouth Telecommunications
  Bosch Telecom
  Deutche Telecom
  Ericsson
  Lucent Technologies
  MCI
  Motorola
  Northern Telecom
  NYNEX
  US West Communications
 
INFORMATION SYSTEMS/SOFTWARE
- ----------------------------------------
  Cadence Design Systems
  ComputerVision
  D&B Software
  ICON Solutions
  Netscape
  Objective Systems Integrators
 
SYSTEMS INTEGRATORS
- ----------------------------------------
  American Management Systems
  Andersen Consulting
  Cap Gemini
  E Systems
  PSI AG
 
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
- ----------------------------------------
  Citicorp
  Deutsche Bank
  Edward D. Jones and Company
  Lehman Brothers
  Morgan Guaranty Trust Co.
  Morgan Stanley
  Smith Barney
  The Options Clearing Corporation
  Union Bank of Switzerland
  Westdeutche Landesbank
 
INDUSTRIAL, CONSUMER & OTHER
- ----------------------------------------
  A.C. Nielsen Company
  Blue Cross/Blue Shield
  DOD, Maryland Procurement Office
  FedEx
  Ford Motor Company
  Hughes Electronics
  Lockheed Martin
  Loral
  Mead Data Central
  Medaphis Corporation
  Schlumberger Technologies
  TASC
 
COMPUTER/ELECTRONICS
- ----------------------------------------
  3Com
  Cable Data
  Cabletron Systems
  IBM
  Sony
 
TRANSPORTATION
- ----------------------------------------
  Sabre Decision Technologies
  TransQuest Information Systems
  Worldspan
 
VARS AND OEMS
- ----------------------------------------
  Hewlett-Packard
  Microware
  Rational Software
  Siemens Nixdorf
  Silicon Graphics
  Sun Microsystems
  Tandem Computers
 
SALES, MARKETING AND CUSTOMER SUPPORT
 
    The  Company  markets  its  software  primarily  through  its  direct  sales
organization and, to a lesser extent, through outside sales representatives  and
indirect  channel  partners. As  of  August 31,  1996,  the Company's  sales and
marketing organization consisted of 62  individuals. In addition, the  Company's
products and related tools are sold directly through VARs and OEMs.
 
    TELESALES.    As  of August  31,  1996,  the Company  employed  24 telesales
representatives. A  significant part  of  the Company's  "Tools.h++  Everywhere"
strategy  is  the  sale  of  its products  to  individual  and  small  groups of
programmers. The Company uses OEM generated and other targeted mailing lists  to
distribute  product catalogs to those individuals. The Company's telesales force
complements the "Tools.h++ Everywhere" strategy by fielding inquiries and orders
from a broad  range of users  who are exposed  to one or  more of the  Company's
products.  Sales through this channel are  typically less than $50,000 per order
and the sales cycle is generally less than two months.
 
    DIRECT FIELD SALES.  To date, the Company has primarily conducted its direct
sales activities in the United States  and through a recently established  sales
office  in  Germany.  The  Company  currently  employs  12  direct  field  sales
representatives supported by two technical sales representatives. The  Company's
field sales force targets Fortune 500 customers in strategic industries, such as
financial  services  and  telecommunications. The  field  sales  force typically
focuses on  reaching  chief  information  officers  or  similar  enterprise-wide
technology  purchasers. The sales  cycle for this  "top down" approach typically
ranges from  two to  six months.  The Company  maintains domestic  direct  sales
offices  or personnel in Oregon, California, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois and New
York. German direct sales operations are located in Aschaffenburg, Germany.
 
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    ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS AND VALUE  ADDED RESELLERS.  The  Company's
foundation  products are bundled with many leading C++ compilers and distributed
by major OEMs and VARs. Although this  use of OEMs and VARs does not  contribute
significantly to the Company's revenue, it does further the Company's "Tools.h++
Everywhere"  strategy by increasing  the exposure of C++  users to the Company's
products and providing name recognition for the Company.
 
    The Company's marketing efforts  are directed at  broadening the market  for
its  products  by increasing  awareness  among corporate  programmers  and chief
information officers. In support of  its sales efforts, the Company's  marketing
department  conducts  comprehensive  programs that  include  advertising, direct
mail,  public   relations,   trade   shows,  seminars   and   ongoing   customer
communications  programs.  The  Company  also keeps  its  customers  informed of
advances in the field through technical  papers and other mailings. The  Company
maintains  a  Web  site  on  the  Internet  that  provides  Company  and product
information and handles sales  and distribution of  JFactory. The Company  makes
all  of its products  available for sale  and distribution over  the Internet to
customers in the United States.
 
    The Company believes that a high  level of customer support is important  to
the successful marketing and sale of its products. The Company offers telephone,
electronic  mail, fax  and Internet-based  customer support  through its support
services staff.  Initial  product  license  fees include  30  days  of  customer
support.  The  Company also  offers annual  maintenance agreements  that include
technical support and upgrades, and offers introductory and advanced classes and
training programs.
 
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
 
    As of September 30, 1996, there  were 62 employees on the Company's  product
development staff. The Company's product development expenditures in fiscal 1994
and  1995 and for  the nine months ended  June 30, 1996  were $2.1 million, $3.2
million and $4.0 million, respectively,  and represented 29.3%, 26.8% and  30.2%
of  revenue, respectively. The  Company expects that it  will continue to commit
substantial resources to product development in the future.
 
    The majority of the Company's research and development department is located
at the Company's headquarters  in Corvallis, Oregon,  with additional groups  in
Mountain  View, California and Charlotte, North Carolina. The Company's research
and development department is organized into six different teams, reflecting the
six different  product  groups,  Foundation, Database,  Visual  User  Interface,
Mathematical,  Distributed  and Java.  Each  team has  a  lead architect  who is
responsible for  the  technical content  of  the product  group,  as well  as  a
development  manager who is responsible for the  personnel in the group, both of
whom work  closely  with a  corresponding  marketing manager  in  the  marketing
department.  Although development teams are  responsible for the overall design,
implementation and testing of  products, the Company  has a Quality  Engineering
("QE")  team  that designs  test suites  and maintains  configuration management
systems.
 
    The  Company  has  begun  to   adopt  ClearCase  from  Atria  Software   for
configuration management. The Company intends to perform synchronization between
sites  using the  ClearCase "Remote Site"  option. Full adoption  is expected by
late calendar 1996. In addition, the Company uses Purify and Quantify from  Pure
Software  to improve product quality. All  products developed by the Company are
tested using Purify during the Company QE process. The Company uses an  internal
DESIGN  AND STYLE GUIDE  to ensure consistency  of general architectural, design
and style features. Furthermore, the Chief Technical Officer is responsible  for
the  design  and  implementation  of common  architectural  features  across all
products.
 
    Rogue Wave is continuing  to expand and enhance  its catalogue of C++  class
libraries  and related development tools. In  addition, Rogue Wave is working to
solidify its place as a leader in the newly developing Java tools market.
 
    An important architectural  principle of  the Company is  that all  products
should be "policy-free." That is, they should not dictate how the product should
be  used and in what environment. As an example, DBTools.h++ can manage database
connections (how and when they are  established and terminated) or it can  allow
the programmer to manage them manually.
 
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    C++  PRODUCTS.  The Company plans to  introduce a new version of DBTools.h++
that will support SQL  3 features, as well  as improved performance and  support
for  transactions.  The  Company  is also  working  on  libraries  to facilitate
developing distributed intranet applications.
 
    Rogue Wave  plans to  introduce  a new  product  designed to  integrate  and
enhance  the  functionality  of  its code  generation  tools,  zApp  Factory and
DBFactory. The  new product  is being  designed to  enable customers  to  create
business  objects that can  include both visual  and database access components.
The product is  being designed to  utilize live  data, even in  design mode,  to
enhance  the realism of applications as they are being developed. It is expected
to be able to generate  both C++ code and  database schema information to  model
business objects.
 
    JAVA PRODUCTS.  The Company is also developing additional products for Java.
Although  the  Java  language comes  with  a development  library,  the built-in
library lacks the breadth  and sophistication of  a complete foundation  library
like  Rogue Wave's Tools.h++. Rogue Wave plans to fill this gap by continuing to
augment JTools, its Java  foundation library. Rogue Wave  also plans to  enhance
the  current JFactory product  with a family  of products designed  to allow the
building of business  objects in Java.  The new products  will utilize the  same
underlying code base used in the Company's C++ Factory product line. As with the
C++  Factory products, the  resulting business objects can  have both visual and
database components.
 
    The Company's  future success  will depend  on its  ability to  continue  to
enhance  its current product line  and to continue to  develop and introduce new
products that keep pace with competitive product introductions and technological
developments, satisfy diverse and  evolving customer requirements and  otherwise
achieve  market acceptance. There can  be no assurance that  the Company will be
successful in continuing to  develop and market on  a timely and  cost-effective
basis  fully functional  product enhancements  or new  products that  respond to
technological advances by  others, or that  its enhanced and  new products  will
achieve  market acceptance. In addition, the Company has in the past experienced
delays in  the  development,  introduction  and marketing  of  new  or  enhanced
products,  and there can  be no assurance  that the Company  will not experience
similar delays  in the  future. Any  failure  by the  Company to  anticipate  or
respond  adequately to  changes in technology  and customer  preferences, or any
significant delays in product development or introduction, would have a material
adverse effect on  the Company's  business, financial condition  and results  of
operations.
 
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND OTHER PROPRIETARY RIGHTS
 
    The  Company relies primarily  on a combination  of copyright, trademark and
trade secret  laws, confidentiality  procedures  and contractual  provisions  to
protect  its proprietary rights. The Company  also believes that factors such as
the  technological  and   creative  skills   of  its   personnel,  new   product
developments,  frequent  product  enhancements,  name  recognition  and reliable
product  maintenance   are  essential   to   establishing  and   maintaining   a
technological  leadership position. The  Company seeks to  protect its software,
documentation and other written materials under trade secret and copyright laws,
which afford  only limited  protection.  The Company  currently has  one  patent
application  pending in the  United States. There  can be no  assurance that the
Company's pending patent application whether  or not being currently  challenged
by  applicable governmental patent  examiners, will be issued  with the scope of
the claims  sought by  the Company,  if at  all. Furthermore,  there can  be  no
assurance that others will not develop technologies that are similar or superior
to  the  Company's technology  or design  around  the Company's  pending patent.
Despite the Company's  efforts to protect  its proprietary rights,  unauthorized
parties  may attempt to copy aspects of  the Company's products or to obtain and
use information that the Company regards  as proprietary. The nature of many  of
the Company's products requires the release of the source code to all customers.
As  such, policing unauthorized use of  the Company's products is difficult, and
while the Company  is unable  to determine  the extent  to which  piracy of  its
software  products exists,  software piracy can  be expected to  be a persistent
problem. In addition,  the laws  of some foreign  countries do  not protect  the
Company's proprietary rights as fully as do the laws of the United States. There
can  be  no assurance  that the  Company's means  of protecting  its proprietary
rights in the United States or abroad will be adequate or that competition  will
not independently develop similar technology.
 
    The  Company is not  aware that it  is infringing any  proprietary rights of
third parties. There can be no  assurance, however, that third parties will  not
claim  infringement by  the Company of  their intellectual  property rights. The
Company expects that software product developers will increasingly be subject to
infringement
 
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claims as  the number  of products  and competitors  in the  Company's  industry
segment  grows and the functionality of  products in different industry segments
overlaps. Any such  claims, with or  without merit, could  be time consuming  to
defend,   result  in  costly  litigation,   divert  management's  attention  and
resources, cause product shipment  delays or require the  Company to enter  into
royalty  or  licensing  agreements.  Such royalty  or  licensing  agreements, if
required, may not be available on terms acceptable to the Company, if at all. In
the event of a successful claim of product infringement against the Company  and
failure  or  inability  of  the  Company to  license  the  infringed  or similar
technology, the Company's  business, operating results  and financial  condition
would be materially and adversely affected.
 
COMPETITION
 
    The  market for the Company's products  is intensely competitive, subject to
rapid change and significantly affected  by new product introductions and  other
market  activities of industry participants. The Company's products are targeted
at the emerging  market for C++  software parts and  programming tools, and  the
Company's  competitors offer a variety of  products and services to address this
market. The  Company believes  that the  principal competitive  factors in  this
market   are  product  quality,   flexibility,  performance,  functionality  and
features, use of  standards based  technology, quality of  support and  service,
company reputation and price. While price is less significant than other factors
for  corporate  customers,  price can  be  a significant  factor  for individual
programmers. Direct  competitors  include  Microsoft (with  its  MFC),  IBM  and
several  privately held companies. Microsoft is a particularly strong competitor
due to its large  installed base and  the fact that it  bundles its MFC  library
with  its own  and other C++  compilers. Microsoft  may decide in  the future to
devote more resources to or may broaden the functions of MFC in order to address
and more effectively compete with  the functionality of the Company's  products.
Software applications can also be developed using software parts and programming
tools  in environments other than C++.  Indirect competitors with such offerings
include   Microsoft   (with   its   ActiveX   technology),   Borland,    Oracle,
ParcPlace-DigiTalk  and  Powersoft  (a  subsidiary  of  Sybase).  Many  of these
competitors have longer  operating histories,  significantly greater  financial,
technical, marketing and other resources, significantly greater name recognition
and  larger installed bases of customers  than the Company. In addition, several
database  vendors,  such  as  Informix,  Oracle  and  Sybase  are   increasingly
developing  robust software parts for inclusion with their database products and
may begin to compete with the Company in the future. These potential competitors
have well-established  relationships with  current and  potential customers  and
have the resources to enable them to more easily offer a single vendor solution.
Like  the Company's  current competitors,  many of  these companies  have longer
operating histories, significantly  greater resources and  name recognition  and
larger  installed  bases  of customers  than  the  Company. As  a  result, these
potential competitors may  be able to  respond more quickly  to new or  emerging
technologies  and  changes  in  customer  requirements,  or  to  devote  greater
resources to the  development, promotion  and sale  of their  products than  the
Company.  In addition, the Company faces  competition from Borland, Symantec and
other companies for its current Java product and it expects to face  significant
competition  in  the  future from  such  companies  with respect  to  other Java
products it may introduce.
 
    The Company also  faces competition  from systems  integrators and  internal
development   efforts.  Many  systems   integrators  possess  industry  specific
expertise that may enable  them to offer a  single vendor solution more  easily,
and   already  have  a   reputation  among  potential   customers  for  offering
enterprise-wide solutions  to  software  programming  needs.  There  can  be  no
assurance  that these  third parties, many  of which  have significantly greater
resources than the Company, will not market competitive software products in the
future. It is also possible that new competitors or alliances among  competitors
will  emerge  and rapidly  acquire significant  market  share. The  Company also
expects that  competition  will  increase  as  a  result  of  software  industry
consolidation.  Increased competition  may result  in price  reductions, reduced
gross margins  and loss  of market  share,  any of  which could  materially  and
adversely  affect  the  Company's  business,  operating  results  and  financial
condition. There can be no  assurance that the Company  will be able to  compete
successfully   against  current  and  future  competitors  or  that  competitive
pressures faced by  the Company  will not  materially and  adversely affect  its
business, financial condition and results of operations.
 
EMPLOYEES
 
    As of September 30, 1996, the Company had a total of 176 employees, of which
170 were based in the United States and six were based in Germany. Of the total,
68 were engaged in sales and marketing, 62 were in
 
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product  development,  18 were  in  customer support,  and  28 were  in finance,
administration and  operations.  The  Company's future  performance  depends  in
significant  part upon  the continued  service of  its key  technical, sales and
senior management personnel, none of whom  is bound by an employment  agreement.
The  loss of the  services of one or  more of the  Company's key employees could
have a material adverse  effect on the  Company's business, financial  condition
and  results of  operations. The  Company's future  success also  depends on its
continuing ability  to attract,  train and  retain highly  qualified  technical,
sales  and managerial personnel. Competition for  such personnel is intense, and
there can be no assurance that the  Company can retain its key technical,  sales
and managerial personnel in the future. The Company has not experienced any work
stoppages and considers it relations with its employees to be good.
 
FACILITIES
 
    The  Company's  principal  administrative,  sales,  marketing,  support  and
product development facilities  are located in  two facilities of  approximately
41,000  square feet  and 13,000  square feet of  space in  Corvallis, Oregon and
Mountain View, California, respectively. The  leases on these facilities  expire
in  2001 and  1999, respectively.  The Company  currently leases  other domestic
sales and  support  offices in  Colorado,  Georgia, Illinois,  New  York,  North
Carolina  and  Oregon. The  Company also  maintains  an international  office in
Germany. The Company believes that its existing facilities are adequate for  its
current  needs  and  that  suitable  additional  or  alternative  space  will be
available in the future on commercially reasonable terms as needed.
 
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                                   MANAGEMENT
 
DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CERTAIN KEY EMPLOYEES
 
    The  directors, executive officers and certain key employees of the Company,
and their ages as of September 30, 1996 are as follows:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
              NAME              AGE                 POSITION
   --------------------------   ---   ------------------------------------
   <S>                          <C>   <C>
   Thomas Keffer, Ph.D.         44    President, Chief Executive Officer
    (1)......................         and Chairman of the Board
   Dan Whitaker..............   42    Executive Vice President, Marketing
                                      and Director
   Michael Scally............   45    Chief Operating Officer
   Robert M. Holburn, Jr.....   50    Chief Financial Officer and
                                      Secretary
   Thomas B. Brookes.........   33    Vice President, Corporate Counsel
   Michael A. Foreman........   45    Vice President, Development
   Allan Vermeulen, Ph.D.....   31    Chief Technical Officer
   Thomas M. Atwood..........   47    Director
   Howard M. Love, Jr........   36    Director
   Richard P. Magnuson          40    Director
    (1)(2)...................
   Thomas H. Peterson           40    Director
    (1)(2)...................
</TABLE>
 
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(1) Member of the Compensation Committee.
 
(2) Member of the Audit Committee.
 
    THOMAS KEFFER,  PH.D.,  Founder,  President,  Chief  Executive  Officer  and
Chairman  of  the  Board of  Directors,  has  been with  the  Company  since its
inception in  1989. Prior  to 1989,  Dr. Keffer  was an  Assistant Professor  of
Oceanography  at the University of Washington.  Dr. Keffer received his Ph.D. in
Physical Oceanography from  Oregon State  University and his  B.A. from  Cornell
University.
 
    DAN  WHITAKER, Executive Vice President, Marketing  and a director, has been
with the Company  since January  1992. From June  1990 until  January 1992,  Mr.
Whitaker  was  the Vice  President of  Marketing  for Evergreen  Technologies, a
computer  hardware  company.  Mr.  Whitaker  was  a  founder  of  the   Software
Association of Oregon and served as its Director from 1989 to 1990. Mr. Whitaker
received his B.A. from Oregon State University.
 
    MICHAEL  SCALLY has  served as  the Chief  Operating Officer  of the Company
since June 1996. From  May 1994 until  June 1996, he  served as Vice  President,
National  Telesales of Intersolv,  a software company.  From November 1988 until
April 1994, he was the Vice President, General Manager of Carnegie Group Inc., a
computer  consulting  company.  Mr.  Scally  received  his  B.S.  from  Michigan
Technological University.
 
    ROBERT  M. HOLBURN,  JR., the Chief  Financial Officer and  Secretary of the
Company, has been with  the Company since October  1994. Between March 1994  and
October  1994, he  served as  the Chief Financial  Officer for  MacSema, Inc., a
manufacturer of electronic data  storage systems. From  August 1993 until  March
1994,  he served as an independent  financial consultant. From August 1992 until
August 1993,  he  served  as  the Chief  Financial  Officer  for  Pacific  Coast
Technologies,  an electronics company. From 1987  until August 1992, Mr. Holburn
served  as  Vice  President  of  Administration,  Chief  Financial  Officer  and
Secretary  of Advanced Power Technology,  a semiconductor manufacturer. Prior to
1987, he was employed for 13 years with Texas Instruments, Inc., an  electronics
company,  where  he last  served  as Controller  for  its world-wide  MOS memory
operations. Mr. Holburn holds an M.B.A. from the College of William and Mary and
a B.S. from the University of Rhode Island.
 
    THOMAS B.  BROOKES has  served as  the Company's  Vice President,  Corporate
Counsel  since June 1996 and  has been employed as  legal counsel by the Company
since March 1994.  From May 1993  to March  1994, Mr. Brookes  was a  practicing
attorney.  From  July 1992  to December  1992,  Mr. Brookes  served as  the Vice
President of  Text-Tel, Inc.,  a  developer and  designer  of products  for  the
hearing  impaired. From October 1989  to July 1992, Mr.  Brookes was an attorney
with the law firm Wood Tatum Wonnacot & Landis. Mr. Brookes earned his B.A. from
the University of Oregon and his J.D. from the University of Washington.
 
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    MICHAEL A. FOREMAN has served as Vice President, Development of the  Company
since  September 1996. From March 1995 to June 1996, he served as Vice President
of Research and Development for  Eyesis Technologies, a medical device  company.
Between  May 1992 and March 1995, he was Senior Manager, Software Development at
Informix Software,  a  software  company.  Prior to  joining  Informix,  he  was
employed  for  eight years  with Hewlett-Packard,  a computer  hardware company,
where he  last served  as  Research and  Development Project  Manager,  Software
Engineering   Systems  Division.  Mr.  Foreman  received  his  M.B.A.  from  the
University of Maryland and his B.S. from Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
 
    ALLAN VERMEULEN, PH.D. has served in a variety of positions with the Company
since January 1993, serving as Chief Technical Officer since October 1995.  From
November 1994 to October 1995, Dr. Vermeulen served as Senior Software Engineer.
Prior  to  that he  served as  a  Technical Manager  and Software  Engineer. Mr.
Vermeulen was enrolled  in a  doctoral program  at the  University of  Waterloo,
Canada  prior to joining the Company. Dr.  Vermeulen earned his Ph.D. in Systems
Design Engineering and his B.S. from the University of Waterloo, Canada.
 
    THOMAS M. ATWOOD has been a director of the Company since October 1994.  Mr.
Atwood  is currently  Chief Executive Officer  of Cinebase  Software, a software
company. Prior to that, he founded  Object Design, Inc., a software company,  in
1988 and served as its Chairman through December 1995.
 
    HOWARD  M. LOVE, JR. has been a  director of the Company since October 1995.
Since May 1996,  Mr. Love  has been General  Partner of  Love Capital  Partners,
L.P.,  an investment fund. From June 1984 until October 1995, Mr. Love served as
President and Chairman of the Board of Inmark.
 
    RICHARD P. MAGNUSON has served as  a director of the Company since  November
1995.  Mr. Magnuson has served as a partner of Menlo Ventures, a venture capital
firm, since 1984.  Mr. Magnuson  also serves  as a  director of  OrCAD, Inc.,  a
software company, California Water Service Company, a water utility, and several
privately held companies.
 
    THOMAS  H. PETERSON has served as a director of the Company since July 1994.
Mr. Peterson  has  been a  general  partner  of certain  venture  capital  funds
associated  with El Dorado Ventures, a  venture capital company, since May 1991.
From 1986 to May 1991,  Mr. Peterson was an  associate with El Dorado  Ventures.
Mr.  Peterson also serves  on the Board  of Directors of  several privately held
companies.
 
COMMITTEES
 
    The Audit Committee  consists of Mr.  Magnuson and Mr.  Peterson. The  Audit
Committee  makes  recommendations  to  the  Board  of  Directors  regarding  the
selection of independent auditors,  reviews the results and  scope of the  audit
and  other services provided  by the Company's  independent auditors and reviews
and evaluates the Company's audit and control functions.
 
    The Compensation  Committee consists  of Dr.  Keffer, Mr.  Magnuson and  Mr.
Peterson.   The  Compensation  Committee  makes  recommendations  regarding  the
Company's 1996 Equity Incentive Plan and Employee Stock Purchase Plan and  makes
decisions  concerning  salaries  and incentive  compensation  for  employees and
consultants of the Company.
 
DIRECTORS' COMPENSATION
 
    The Company's directors do not  currently receive any cash compensation  for
service  on the Board or any committee  thereof, but directors may be reimbursed
for certain  expenses  in connection  with  attendance at  Board  and  committee
meetings.  Upon the completion of this  offering, non-employee directors will be
eligible to participate in  the Equity Incentive  Plan. See "--Equity  Incentive
Plans."
 
COMPENSATION COMMITTEE INTERLOCKS AND INSIDER PARTICIPATION
 
    No member of the Compensation Committee of the Company serves as a member of
the  board of directors or compensation committee  of any entity that has one or
more executive officers serving as a member of the Company's Board of  Directors
or  Compensation  Committee. See  "Certain  Transactions" for  a  description of
transactions between the  Company and  entities affiliated with  members of  the
Compensation Committee.
 
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EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
 
    The  following table  sets forth  the compensation  earned by  the Company's
Chief Executive  Officer and  the two  other most  highly compensated  executive
officers  (collectively, the "Named Executive  Officers") whose salary and bonus
for the fiscal  year ended September  30, 1996  were in excess  of $100,000  for
services rendered in all capacities to the Company for that fiscal year:
 
                           SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                 LONG-TERM
                                                               ANNUAL       COMPENSATION AWARDS
                                                            COMPENSATION   ---------------------
                                                            -------------  SECURITIES UNDERLYING     ALL OTHER
NAME AND PRINCIPAL POSITION (1)                              SALARY ($)           OPTIONS         COMPENSATION ($)
- ----------------------------------------------------------  -------------  ---------------------  ----------------
<S>                                                         <C>            <C>                    <C>
Thomas Keffer.............................................   $   145,000                --                  --
  President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the
   Board
Dan Whitaker..............................................       120,000                --                  --
  Executive Vice President, Marketing and Director
Robert M. Holburn, Jr.....................................       105,000            26,666                  --
  Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
Thomas A. Nora (2)........................................        98,440                --          $   58,499(3)
  Vice President of Sales
</TABLE>
 
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(1)  Michael Scally,  who joined  the Company  in June  1996 as  Chief Operating
    Officer, is paid an annual  salary of $175,000 and  would have been a  Named
    Executive Officer had he served during the entire fiscal 1996.
 
(2)  Mr. Nora served  as the Company's  Vice President of  Sales from March 1994
    until July 1996.
 
(3) Represents commissions paid.
 
EQUITY INCENTIVE PLANS
 
    1996 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN.  The  Company's 1996 Equity Incentive Plan  (the
"Equity  Incentive Plan") was adopted by the Board of Directors in June 1996 and
is expected  to be  approved by  the stockholders  in October  1996. The  Equity
Incentive  Plan replaced  the Company's  1994 Stock  Option Plan  and the Inmark
Stock Option  Plan. The  Company has  reserved a  total of  2,500,000 shares  of
Common  Stock for issuance under the Equity Incentive Plan. The Equity Incentive
Plan provides for  the following  types of stock-based  awards: incentive  stock
options  for employees (including officers and employee directors); nonstatutory
stock  options  for  employees  (including  officers  and  employee  directors),
directors  and consultants; and restricted  stock purchase awards, stock bonuses
and stock  appreciation rights  to employees  (including officers  and  employee
directors)  and consultants.  The Equity Incentive  Plan is  administered by the
Board of  Directors or  a committee  appointed by  the Board,  which  determines
recipients  and types  of awards  to be  granted, including  the exercise price,
number of shares subject to the  award and the exercisability thereof,  provided
that the terms of options granted to non-employee directors are specified in the
Equity Incentive Plan.
 
    Non-employee  directors are  eligible only  for nonstatutory  option grants.
Each of the  Company's existing  non-employee directors  (Messrs. Atwood,  Love,
Magnuson  and Peterson) will be  granted an option to  purchase 10,000 shares of
Common Stock on the date of this offering. In addition, each person who  becomes
a  non-employee director after  the date of this  offering will automatically be
granted an option to purchase 10,000 shares  of Common Stock on the date of  his
or  her  election to  the  Board. Such  options will  vest  in 36  equal monthly
installments. On the  last day of  each fiscal year  of the Company,  commencing
with  September 30, 1997, each non-employee director who has continuously served
as a non-employee  director since  the last annual  meeting will  be granted  an
option  to purchase 3,500 shares  of Common Stock, and  each other person who is
then a non-employee director  will be granted an  option to purchase a  prorated
number  of shares of  Common Stock based on  the number of  days such person has
continuously served as a  non-employee director since  the last annual  meeting.
These options will be fully vested when granted.
 
    The term of a stock option granted under the Equity Incentive Plan generally
may  not exceed 10 years. The exercise price of options granted under the Equity
Incentive Plan is determined by the Board  of Directors, but, in the case of  an
incentive stock option, cannot be less than 100% of the fair market value of the
Common Stock
 
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on  the date of grant.  Options granted under the  Equity Incentive Plan vest at
the rate specified in the option  agreement. No stock option may be  transferred
by the optionee other than by will or the laws of descent or distribution or, in
certain limited instances, pursuant to a domestic relations order, provided that
an  optionee may designate  a beneficiary who may  exercise the option following
the optionee's death.  An optionee whose  relationship with the  Company or  any
related  corporation ceases for any reason (other than by death or permanent and
total disability) may exercise options in the three-month period following  such
cessation  (unless  such  options terminate  sooner  or later  by  their terms).
Options  may  be  exercised  for  up  to  twelve  months  after  an   optionee's
relationship  with the Company  and related corporations ceases  due to death or
disability (unless such options terminate sooner or later by their terms).
 
    No incentive stock option may be granted  to any person who, at the time  of
the  grant, owns  (or is deemed  to own) stock  possessing more than  10% of the
total combined voting  power of  the Company or  any affiliate  of the  Company,
unless  the option exercise price  is at least 110% of  the fair market value of
the stock subject to the option on the date of grant, and the term of the option
does not exceed five  years from the  date of grant.  The aggregate fair  market
value,  determined at  the time  of grant,  of the  shares of  Common Stock with
respect to which incentive stock options  are exercisable for the first time  by
an  optionee during any calendar  year (under all such  plans of the Company and
its affiliates) may not exceed $100,000.
 
    Shares subject to  stock awards  that have expired  or otherwise  terminated
without  having been exercised in  full again become available  for the grant of
awards under  the  Equity Incentive  Plan.  Shares subject  to  exercised  stock
appreciation  rights  shall not  again  become available  for  the grant  of new
awards.
 
    The Board of Directors has the authority to reprice outstanding options  and
stock   appreciation  rights  and  to  offer  optionees  and  holders  of  stock
appreciation rights the  opportunity to  replace outstanding  options and  stock
appreciation  rights with new options or  stock appreciation rights for the same
or a different number of shares.
 
    Restricted stock purchase awards granted under the Equity Incentive Plan may
be granted pursuant to a repurchase option in favor of the Company in accordance
with a vesting schedule  and at a  price determined by  the Board of  Directors.
Restricted  stock purchases  must be  at a price  equal to  at least  85% of the
stock's fair market value on the award date, but stock bonuses may be awarded in
consideration of past services without a purchase payment. Rights under a  stock
bonus  or restricted stock bonus agreement may  not be transferred other than by
will, the laws  of descent and  distribution or a  qualified domestic  relations
order  while the stock awarded pursuant to  such an agreement remains subject to
the agreement. Stock appreciation rights granted under the Equity Incentive Plan
may be tandem rights, concurrent rights or independent rights.
 
    Upon certain changes in control of the Company, all outstanding awards under
the Equity  Incentive  Plan  shall  either be  assumed  or  substituted  by  the
surviving entity. If the surviving entity determines not to assume or substitute
such  awards, and with respect to persons then performing services as employees,
directors or consultants,  the time during  which such awards  may be  exercised
shall  be accelerated and the  awards terminated if not  exercised prior to such
change in control.
 
    As of September  30, 1996, 231,196  shares of Common  Stock had been  issued
upon  the exercise of options  granted under the 1994  Plan and the Inmark Plan,
options to  purchase 1,456,827  shares of  Common Stock  at a  weighted  average
exercise  price of $2.37 were outstanding  and 811,977 shares remained available
for future grant. The Equity Incentive  Plan will terminate in June 2006  unless
sooner  terminated by the Board of Directors. As of September 30, 1996, no stock
bonuses or restricted stock had been granted under the Equity Incentive Plan.
 
    EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN.   The Company's  Employee Stock Purchase  Plan
(the  "Purchase Plan") was adopted by the Board of Directors in June 1996 and is
expected to be  approved by the  stockholders in October  1996. The Company  has
reserved  a  total of  350,000 shares  of  Common Stock  for issuance  under the
Purchase Plan. The  Purchase Plan is  intended to qualify  as an employee  stock
purchase  plan within the meaning  of Section 423 of  the Internal Revenue Code.
Under the Purchase Plan, the Board  of Directors may authorize participation  by
eligible  employees,  including officers,  in  periodic offerings  following the
adoption of the Purchase Plan. The offering  period for any offering will be  no
more than 27 months.
 
    Employees are eligible to participate if they are employed by the Company or
an  affiliate of the Company designated by the Board of Directors. Employees who
participate in an offering can have up to 15% (as
 
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determined by the Board for each  offering) of their earnings withheld  pursuant
to  the Purchase Plan and applied, on specified dates determined by the Board of
Directors, to the purchase of shares of Common Stock. The price of Common  Stock
purchased  under the Purchase Plan will be equal to 85% of the lower of the fair
market value  of the  Common Stock  on the  commencement date  of each  offering
period  or the relevant purchase date.  Employees may end their participation in
the offering at  any time  during the  offering period,  and participation  ends
automatically on termination of employment with the Company.
 
    In  the event of  certain changes of  control, the Company  and the Board of
Directors has discretion  to provide that  each right to  purchase Common  Stock
will be assumed or an equivalent right substituted by the successor corporation,
or  the Board may shorten the offering period and provide for all sums collected
by payroll deductions to be applied  to purchase stock immediately prior to  the
change in control. The Purchase Plan will terminate at the Board's direction.
 
OPTION GRANTS IN LAST FISCAL YEAR
    The  following table sets forth each grant  of stock options made during the
fiscal year ended September 30, 1996 to each of the Named Executive Officers:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                        INDIVIDUAL GRANTS                       POTENTIAL REALIZABLE
                                     --------------------------------------------------------     VALUE AT ASSUMED
                                      NUMBER OF                                                ANNUAL RATES OF STOCK
                                     SECURITIES    PERCENTAGE OF                               PRICE APPRECIATION FOR
                                     UNDERLYING    TOTAL OPTIONS                                 OPTION TERM ($)(4)
                                       OPTIONS      GRANTED IN       EXERCISE     EXPIRATION   ----------------------
NAME (1)                             GRANTED (2)  FISCAL 1996 (3)  PRICE ($/SH)      DATE          5%         10%
- -----------------------------------  -----------  ---------------  -------------  -----------  ----------  ----------
<S>                                  <C>          <C>              <C>            <C>          <C>         <C>
Thomas Keffer......................          --            --               --             --          --          --
Dan Whitaker.......................          --            --               --             --          --          --
Robert M. Holburn, Jr..............      26,666           4.8%       $    6.75       6/6/2006  $  113,198  $  286,866
Thomas A. Nora.....................          --            --               --             --          --          --
</TABLE>
 
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(1) Mr. Scally was granted an option  to purchase 200,000 shares at an  exercise
    price of $6.75 per share in June 1996. The options have a term of 10 years.
 
(2)  25% of these options vest on the first anniversary of the date of grant and
    an additional 2.083% vest each month  thereafter. These options have a  term
    of 10 years.
 
(3)  Based  on an  aggregate of  555,066  shares subject  to options  granted to
    employees of the Company  under the 1994 Stock  Option Plan in fiscal  1996,
    including the Named Executive Officer.
 
(4) The potential realizable value is calculated based on the term of the option
    at  the time of grant (10 years). Stock  price appreciation of 5% and 10% is
    assumed pursuant  to  rules  promulgated  by  the  Securities  and  Exchange
    Commission  and does  not represent  the Company's  prediction of  its stock
    price performance. The potential realizable value at 5% and 10% appreciation
    is calculated  by assuming  that the  exercise price  on the  date of  grant
    appreciates at the indicated rate for the entire term of the option and that
    the  option is exercised at  the exercise price and sold  on the last day of
    its term at the appreciated price.
 
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AGGREGATED OPTIONS EXERCISED IN 1996 AND YEAR-END OPTION VALUES
 
    The following table sets forth for each of the Named Executive Officers  the
shares  acquired and the value realized on each exercise of stock options during
the year  ended  September 30,  1996  and the  number  and value  of  securities
underlying unexercised options held by the Named Executive Officers at September
30, 1996:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                  NUMBER OF SECURITIES UNDERLYING UNEXERCISED
                                                                                           VALUE OF UNEXERCISED
                                                  OPTIONS (1)                            IN-THE-MONEY OPTIONS (2)
                           ---------------------------------------------------------   -----------------------------
NAME                                EXERCISABLE                  UNEXERCISABLE                  EXERCISABLE
- -------------------------          ------------            -------------------------           -------------
<S>                        <C>                             <C>                         <C>
Thomas Keffer............                      --                            --                                   --
Dan Whitaker.............                 150,493                       127,340               $            1,106,123
Robert M. Holburn, Jr....                  17,361                        65,971                              125,727
Thomas A. Nora...........                  12,842                        83,060                               93,348
 
<CAPTION>
 
NAME                             UNEXERCISABLE
- -------------------------  -------------------------
<S>                        <C>
Thomas Keffer............                    --
Dan Whitaker.............       $       935,950
Robert M. Holburn, Jr....               303,268
Thomas A. Nora...........               603,563
</TABLE>
 
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(1) These options vest monthly over four years and have a term of 10 years.
 
(2)  Based on the difference between the  deemed fair market value as determined
    by the Board of Directors  on September 30, 1996  ($7.50 per share) and  the
    exercise price.
 
401(K) PLAN
 
    In  January 1993, the Board adopted  an employee savings and retirement plan
(the "401(k) Plan")  covering certain  of the  Company's employees  who have  at
least  90 days  of service  with the Company  and have  attained the  age of 21.
Pursuant to  the 401(k)  Plan,  eligible employees  may  elect to  reduce  their
current  compensation by  up to the  lesser of  20% of such  compensation or the
statutorily prescribed annual limit ($9,500 in 1996) and have the amount of such
reduction contributed  to the  401(k)  Plan. The  Company matches  all  employee
contributions up to 3% of earnings and half of employee contributions from 3% to
5% of earnings. In addition, eligible employees may make roll-over contributions
to  the 401(k) Plan  from a tax-qualified retirement  plan. Employees become 20%
vested in these Company contributions after  two years of service, and  increase
their  vested  percentages  by  an  additional  20%  for  each  year  of service
thereafter. The 401(k)  Plan is  intended to qualify  under Section  401 of  the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, so that contributions by employees or
by  the  Company  to the  401(k)  Plan, and  income  earned on  the  401(k) Plan
contributions, are  not taxable  to employees  until withdrawn  from the  401(k)
Plan,  and so that contributions  by the Company, if  any, will be deductible by
the Company when made. The  trustee under the 401(k)  Plan, at the direction  of
each  participant, invests the 401(k) Plan employee salary deferrals in selected
investment options.
 
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY AND INDEMNIFICATION MATTERS
 
    The Company's Bylaws provide that  the Company will indemnify its  directors
and  officers and may  indemnify its other  employees and agents  to the fullest
extent permitted by Delaware law. The Company is also empowered under its Bylaws
to enter into indemnification contracts with  its directors and officers and  to
purchase  insurance  on behalf  of any  person  it is  required or  permitted to
indemnify. Pursuant to this  provision, the Company  has entered into  indemnity
agreements with each of its directors and executive officers.
 
    In  addition, the Company's  Certificate of Incorporation  provides that, to
the fullest extent permitted by Delaware  law, the Company's directors will  not
be  liable for monetary damages  for breach of the  directors' fiduciary duty of
care to the Company and its  stockholders. This provision in the Certificate  of
Incorporation   does  not  eliminate  the  duty  of  care,  and  in  appropriate
circumstances equitable  remedies  such  as  an injunction  or  other  forms  of
non-monetary  relief would  remain available  under Delaware  law. Each director
will continue to be subject  to liability for breach  of the director's duty  of
loyalty  to the Company,  for acts or  omissions not in  good faith or involving
intentional misconduct, for knowing violations of law, for any transaction  from
which   the  director  derived  an   improper  personal  benefit,  for  improper
transactions between the director and the Company and for improper distributions
to stockholders and loans  to directors and officers.  This provision also  does
not  affect  a director's  responsibilities under  any other  laws, such  as the
federal securities laws or state or federal environmental laws.
 
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    The  Registrant  expects to  enter into  agreements  with its  directors and
officers that require the Registrant to indemnify such persons against expenses,
judgments, fines, settlements and other amounts actually and reasonably incurred
(including expenses of a derivative  action) in connection with any  proceeding,
whether  actual or threatened, to  which any such person may  be made a party by
reason of the  fact that  such person is  or was  a director or  officer of  the
Registrant  or any of its affiliated  enterprises, provided such person acted in
good faith and  in a  manner such  person reasonably believed  to be  in or  not
opposed  to  the best  interests  of the  Registrant  and, with  respect  to any
criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause  to believe his or her conduct  was
unlawful.  The indemnification agreements also set forth certain procedures that
will apply in the event of a claim for indemnification thereunder.
 
    Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities  Act
may  be permitted to directors, officers  and controlling persons of the Company
pursuant to the provisions  described above or otherwise,  the Company has  been
advised  that  in the  opinion of  the Securities  and Exchange  Commission such
indemnification is  against  public policy  as  expressed  in the  Act  and  is,
therefore, unenforceable.
 
                              CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS
 
    In  July 1994, the Company issued an aggregate of 666,666 shares of Series A
Preferred Stock  for an  aggregate  consideration of  $1.0 million  to  entities
affiliated with El Dorado Ventures III, L.P. ("El Dorado III").
 
    In  December  1994, the  Company issued  an aggregate  of 133,333  shares of
Series A Preferred Stock for an aggregate consideration of $200,000 to  entities
affiliated with El Dorado III.
 
    In  November  1995, the  Company issued  an aggregate  of 742,533  shares of
Series B Preferred Stock  for an aggregate  consideration of approximately  $3.5
million.  In  connection with  such financing,  the  Company issued  (i) 247,225
shares of Series B Preferred Stock to entities affiliated with El Dorado III for
cash and (ii) 453,248 shares of Series B Preferred Stock to entities  affiliated
with Menlo Ventures VI, L.P. ("Menlo Ventures VI") for cash.
 
    Thomas  Peterson, a  director of  the Company,  is a  general partner  of El
Dorado Venture Partners  III, the  general partner  of El  Dorado Ventures  III,
L.P.,  El  Dorado Technology  IV,  L.P. and  El  Dorado C&L  Fund,  L.P. Richard
Magnuson, a director of the Company, is a partner of MV Management VI, L.P., the
general partner of Menlo Ventures VI, L.P.
 
    As part  of the  Inmark  Merger, Howard  M. Love,  Jr.,  a director  of  the
Company,  exchanged all of his outstanding shares  of Common Stock of Inmark for
284,233 shares of Common Stock of the Company. In addition, the Company  entered
into an employment agreement with Mr. Love which provided for Mr. Love to remain
with  the Company until January 1, 1996. The terms of the agreement provided for
a payment of $55,500 for back wages and a severance payment upon his termination
of employment of $16,667. Mr. Love terminated his employment in January 1996.
 
    In June 1996, the Board of Directors amended the terms of the stock  options
held  by Mr. Holburn, Mr. Brookes and Mr. Nora to provide that, upon a change in
control of the Company, 50% of the  unvested options of each such officer  would
become immediately vested.
 
    The  Company believes that all of the transactions set forth above were made
on terms  no  less favorable  to  the Company  than  could have  been  otherwise
obtained from unaffiliated third parties.
 
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                       PRINCIPAL AND SELLING STOCKHOLDERS
 
    The  following  table sets  forth certain  information  with respect  to the
beneficial ownership of the Company's  outstanding Common Stock as of  September
30,  1996, and as adjusted to reflect the sale of the Common Stock being offered
hereby by (i) each person (or group  of affiliated persons) who is known by  the
Company  to own beneficially more than 5% of  the Common Stock, (ii) each of the
Company's directors, (iii) each  of the Named Executive  Officers, (iv) each  of
the Selling Stockholders, and (v) all directors and officers of the Company as a
group.  The table assumes the conversion of all outstanding Preferred Stock into
Common Stock upon the completion  of this offering. Unless otherwise  specified,
the address of the stockholder is the address of the Company set forth herein.
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                         SHARES BENEFICIALLY                     SHARES BENEFICIALLY
                                                            OWNED PRIOR TO                           OWNED AFTER
                                                             OFFERING (1)          NUMBER OF       OFFERING (1)(2)
                                                       ------------------------  SHARES BEING   ----------------------
BENEFICIAL OWNER                                         NUMBER      PERCENT        OFFERED       NUMBER     PERCENT
- -----------------------------------------------------  ----------  ------------  -------------  ----------  ----------
<S>                                                    <C>         <C>           <C>            <C>         <C>
Thomas Keffer, Ph.D..................................   1,591,199        30.6%             --    1,591,199       22.1%
Entities affiliated with.............................   1,130,984        21.8              --    1,130,984       15.7
 El Dorado Ventures III, L.P. (3)
 20300 Stevens Creek Blvd., Suite 395
 Cupertino, CA 95014
Entities affiliated with.............................     606,809        11.7              --      606,809        8.4
 Menlo Ventures VI, L.P. (4)
 3000 Sand Hill Road
 Building 4, Suite 100
 Menlo Park, CA 94025
Dan Whitaker (5).....................................     550,902        10.3              --      550,902        7.5
Thomas A. Nora (6)...................................      61,106         1.2              --       61,106      *
Mary F. Rabe (7).....................................      34,999       *              13,000       21,999      *
Robert M. Holburn, Jr. (8)...........................      30,139       *                           30,139      *
Thomas H. Peterson (3)...............................   1,130,984        21.8              --    1,130,984       15.7
Richard P. Magnuson (9)..............................     613,475        11.8              --      613,475        8.5
Howard M. Love, Jr...................................     303,725         5.8              --      303,725        4.2
Thomas M. Atwood (10)................................       6,111       *                  --        6,111      *
Peter Handsman (11)..................................      52,465         1.0           7,000       45,465      *
Mark Richards (12)...................................      13,427       *               5,000        8,427      *
All directors and officers as a group (12
 persons) (13).......................................   4,502,942        81.8          13,000    4,489,942       59.8
</TABLE>
 
- ------------------------
 
 * Represents beneficial ownership of less than 1%.
 
 (1)  Beneficial ownership  is determined  in accordance  with the  rules of the
    Securities  and  Exchange  Commission  and  generally  includes  voting   or
    investment  power  with  respect  to  securities.  Except  as  indicated  by
    footnote, and  subject  to community  property  laws where  applicable,  the
    persons  named in the table above have sole voting and investment power with
    respect to all shares of Common  Stock shown as beneficially owned by  them.
    Percentage  of beneficial ownership  is based on  5,196,259 shares of Common
    Stock outstanding as of  September 30, 1996 and  7,196,259 shares of  Common
    Stock outstanding after completion of this offering.
 
 (2)  Assumes  no  exercise  of  the  Underwriters'  over-allotment  option. See
    "Underwriting." If the Underwriters'  over-allotment option is exercised  in
    full,  the Company and certain stockholders will  sell up to an aggregate of
    303,750 shares  of Common  Stock of  the Company,  and 7,200,009  shares  of
    Common  Stock will  be outstanding  after the  completion of  this offering.
    Specifically,  (i)  the  Company  will  sell  3,750  shares,  (ii)  entities
    affiliated  with El Dorado Ventures will sell  an aggregate of up to 136,000
    shares and will beneficially own 994,984  shares, or 13.8% of the  Company's
    Common Stock, after completion of this offering, (iii)
 
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    entities  affiliated with Menlo Ventures VI,  L.P. will sell an aggregate of
    up to 72,000 shares and will beneficially own 534,809 shares, or 7.4% of the
    Company's Common  Stock,  after completion  of  this offering,  (iv)  Thomas
    Keffer  will sell 40,000 shares and  will beneficially own 1,551,199 shares,
    or 21.5% of the Company's Common  Stock, after completion of this  offering,
    (v)  Howard M. Love, Jr.  will sell 15,000 shares  and will beneficially own
    288,725 shares, or 4.0% of the  Company's Common Stock, after completion  of
    this  offering,  (vi)  Allan  Vermeulen will  sell  16,000  shares  and will
    beneficially own 121,156 shares or 1.7% of the Company's Common Stock, after
    completion of  this  offering,  (vii)  Kevin Gartner,  an  employee  of  the
    Company,  will sell 16,000 shares and  will beneficially own 226,969 shares,
    or 3.1% of the  Company's Common Stock, after  completion of this  offering,
    and  (viii) Michael Scally will sell  5,000 shares and will beneficially own
    42,222 shares (less than 1% of the Company's Common Stock) after  completion
    of this offering.
 
 (3)  Represents 1,075,019 shares  held by El Dorado  Ventures III, L.P., 36,059
    shares held by El Dorado Technology IV,  L.P., and 19,906 shares held by  El
    Dorado  C&L Fund, L.P. Mr. Peterson, a director of the Company, is a general
    partner of  El Dorado  Venture  Partners III,  the  general partner  of  the
    entities affiliated with El Dorado Ventures III, L.P. Mr. Peterson disclaims
    beneficial  ownership of such shares except to the extent of his partnership
    interest therein.
 
 (4) Represents 597,708 shares held by Menlo Ventures VI, L.P. and 9,101  shares
    held  by Menlo Entrepreneurs Fund  VI, L.P. Mr. Magnuson,  a director of the
    Company, is a  partner of  MV Management VI,  L.P., general  partner of  the
    entities  affiliated  with Menlo  Ventures VI,  L.P. Mr.  Magnuson disclaims
    beneficial ownership of such shares except to the extent of his  partnership
    interest therein.
 
 (5) Includes 162,069 shares subject to stock options exercisable within 60 days
    of September 30, 1996.
 
 (6)  Includes 12,842 shares subject to stock options exercisable within 60 days
    of September 30, 1996.
 
 (7) Includes 28,333 shares subject to stock options exercisable within 60  days
    of September 30, 1996.
 
 (8)  Includes 20,139 shares subject to stock options exercisable within 60 days
    of September 30, 1996.
 
 (9) Includes 597,708 shares  held by Menlo Ventures  VI, L.P. and 9,101  shares
    held  by Menlo Entrepreneurs Fund  VI, L.P. Mr. Magnuson,  a director of the
    Company, is a  partner of  MV Management VI,  L.P., general  partner of  the
    entities  affiliated  with Menlo  Ventures VI,  L.P. Mr.  Magnuson disclaims
    beneficial ownership of such shares except to the extent of his  partnership
    interest  therein. Also includes 6,666 shares held  by Richard P. and Amy C.
    Magnuson, Trustees of the Magnuson Revocable Trust dated 1/14/94.
 
(10) Represents 6,111 shares subject to stock options exercisable within 60 days
    of September 30, 1996.
 
(11) Includes 39,783 shares subject to  stock options exerciable within 60  days
    of September 30, 1996.
 
(12)  Includes 3,031 shares subject to  stock options exercisable within 60 days
    of September 30, 1996.
 
(13) Includes 309,236 shares subject to stock options exercisable within 60 days
    of September 30, 1996.
 
                          DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK
 
    The following description of  the capital stock of  the Company and  certain
provisions of the Company's Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws is a summary
and  is  qualified in  its  entirety by  the  provisions of  the  Certificate of
Incorporation and Bylaws,  which have been  filed as exhibits  to the  Company's
Registration Statement, of which this Prospectus is a part.
 
    Upon  the  closing of  this offering,  the authorized  capital stock  of the
Company, after  giving effect  to the  conversion of  all outstanding  Preferred
Stock  into  Common Stock,  and the  amendment of  the Company's  Certificate of
Incorporation, will consist  of 35,000,000  shares of Common  Stock, $.0015  par
value.  As of September 30, 1996, there  were approximately 71 holders of record
of the Company's Common and Preferred Stock.
 
COMMON STOCK
 
    The holders of Common Stock are entitled to one vote for each share held  of
record  on all matters submitted  to a vote of  the stockholders. The holders of
Common Stock are not  entitled to cumulative voting  rights with respect to  the
election  of directors, and as a  consequence, minority stockholders will not be
able to  elect  directors  on  the  basis  of  their  votes  alone.  Subject  to
preferences  that may be applicable to  any then outstanding shares of Preferred
Stock, holders of Common Stock are entitled to receive ratably such dividends as
may be  declared  by the  Board  of Directors  out  of funds  legally  available
therefor.  See "Dividend Policy." In the  event of a liquidation, dissolution or
winding  up  of  the  Company,  holders   of  the  Common  Stock  are   entitled
 
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to  share ratably in all  assets remaining after payment  of liabilities and the
liquidation preference  of  any then  outstanding  Preferred Stock.  Holders  of
Common  Stock have  no preemptive  rights and no  right to  convert their Common
Stock into  any  other securities.  There  are  no redemption  or  sinking  fund
provisions  applicable to  the Common  Stock. All  outstanding shares  of Common
Stock are, and all shares of Common  Stock to be outstanding upon completion  of
this offering will be, fully paid and nonassessable.
 
PREFERRED STOCK
 
    Upon the closing of this offering, all outstanding shares of Preferred Stock
will  be converted into 1,542,532 shares of Common  Stock. See Notes 7 and 12 of
Notes to Consolidated Financial  Statements for a  description of the  currently
outstanding Preferred Stock. Following the conversion, the Company's Certificate
of  Incorporation will be restated to delete  all references to the prior series
of Preferred Stock. The  Board of Directors has  the authority, without  further
action  by the stockholders, to issue any undesignated shares of Preferred Stock
in one  or  more series  and  to fix  the  rights, preferences,  privileges  and
restrictions  thereof,  including  dividend  rights,  conversion  rights, voting
rights, terms of redemption, liquidation preferences, sinking fund terms and the
number of shares  constituting any  series or  the designation  of such  series,
without  any further vote  or action by stockholders.  The issuance of Preferred
Stock could adversely affect the voting power of holders of Common Stock and the
likelihood that such holders  will receive dividend  payments and payments  upon
liquidation  and could  have the effect  of delaying, deferring  or preventing a
change in control of the Company. The  Company has no present plan to issue  any
shares of Preferred Stock.
 
REGISTRATION RIGHTS
 
    After this offering, the holders of approximately 4,150,651 shares of Common
Stock  will be entitled  to certain rights  with respect to  the registration of
such shares  under the  Securities Act,  pursuant to  the Amended  and  Restated
Investors'  Rights Agreement among such holders  and the Company, dated November
10, 1995 as amended June 27, 1996 (the "Investors' Rights Agreement"). Under the
terms of the Investors'  Rights Agreement, if the  Company proposes to  register
any  of its securities under  the Securities Act, either  for its own account or
for the account of other  security holders exercising registration rights,  such
holders are entitled to notice of such registration and are entitled, subject to
certain limitations, to include shares therein. The holders may also require the
Company  to file a registration statement  under the Securities Act with respect
to their shares, and the Company is  required to use its best efforts to  effect
two  such registrations.  Furthermore, the  holders may  require the  Company to
register their  shares on  Form S-3  when  such form  becomes available  to  the
Company. Generally, the Company is required to bear all registration and selling
expenses  incurred in connection  with any such  registrations. These rights are
subject to  certain conditions  and limitations,  among them  the right  of  the
underwriters  of an  offering to  limit the  number of  shares included  in such
registration. Such registration rights  terminate seven years  from the date  of
this offering.
 
DELAWARE ANTI-TAKEOVER LAW AND CERTAIN CHARTER PROVISIONS
 
    The  Company is  subject to  the provisions of  Section 203  of the Delaware
General Corporation Law, an anti-takeover law. In general, the statute prohibits
a publicly held Delaware corporation  from engaging in a "business  combination"
with  an "interested stockholder" for a period  of three years after the date of
the transaction in which the person became an interested stockholder, unless the
business combination is approved in a prescribed manner. For purposes of Section
203, a "business combination" includes a merger, asset sale or other transaction
resulting  in  a  financial  benefit  to  the  interested  stockholder,  and  an
"interested   stockholder"  is  a  person  who,  together  with  affiliates  and
associates, owns (or  within three  years prior,  did own)  15% or  more of  the
corporation's voting stock.
 
    The  Company's Certificate  of Incorporation  also requires  that, effective
upon the closing of this offering, any action required or permitted to be  taken
by  stockholders of  the Company  must be  effected at  a duly  called annual or
special meeting of  the stockholders and  may not  be effected by  a consent  in
writing. In addition, special meetings of the stockholders of the Company may be
called  only by the Board  of Directors, the Chairman of  the Board or the Chief
Executive Officer. These provisions may  have the effect of delaying,  deferring
or preventing a change in control of the Company.
 
TRANSFER AGENT AND REGISTRAR
 
    Chase  Mellon Shareholder Services L.L.C. has been appointed as the transfer
agent and registrar  for the  Company's Common  Stock. Its  telephone number  is
(415) 954-9512.
 
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                        SHARES ELIGIBLE FOR FUTURE SALE
 
    Prior to this offering, there has been no market for the Common Stock of the
Company.  Future  sales of  substantial amounts  of Common  Stock in  the public
market could  adversely  affect market  prices  prevailing from  time  to  time.
Furthermore,  since only a limited  number of shares will  be available for sale
shortly  after  this   offering  because  of   certain  contractual  and   legal
restrictions  on resale described below, sales  of substantial amounts of Common
Stock of the  Company in the  public market after  the restrictions lapse  could
adversely  affect the prevailing market price and  the ability of the Company to
raise equity capital in the future.
 
    Upon completion  of  the offering,  the  Company will  have  outstanding  an
aggregate  of  7,196,259 shares  of Common  Stock, assuming  no exercise  of the
Underwriters' over-allotment option and no  exercise of outstanding options  and
warrants  and based upon  the number of  shares outstanding as  of September 30,
1996. Of these shares, all  of the shares sold in  this offering will be  freely
tradable  without restriction or further  registration under the Securities Act,
unless such shares are purchased by "affiliates" of the Company, as that term is
defined in  Rule  144 under  the  Securities Act  ("Affiliates").  In  addition,
586,387  shares  issued in  connection  with the  Inmark  Merger will  be freely
tradeable  without  restriction  upon  the  expiration  of  the  lock-up  period
described below. The remaining 4,584,872 shares of Common Stock held by existing
stockholders  are "restricted  securities" as that  term is defined  in Rule 144
under the Securities  Act (the  "Restricted Shares"). Restricted  Shares may  be
sold in the public market only if registered or if they qualify for an exemption
from  registration  under  Rules  144,  144(k)  or  701  promulgated  under  the
Securities Act, which rules are summarized below.
 
    Upon completion of this offering, the holders of 4,150,651 shares of  Common
Stock,  or their transferees, will be entitled to certain rights with respect to
the registration of such shares under  the Securities Act. Registration of  such
shares  under the  Securities Act  would result  in such  shares becoming freely
tradeable without  restriction  under  the Securities  Act  (except  for  shares
purchased   by   Affiliates)  immediately   upon   the  effectiveness   of  such
registration. See "Description of Capital Stock--Registration Rights."
 
    The Company, the Selling Stockholders and certain other stockholders of  the
Company,  including the  executive officers and  directors, who will  own in the
aggregate 4,857,526 shares of Common Stock after the offering, have agreed  that
they  will not,  without the  prior written  consent of  Hambrecht &  Quist LLC,
directly or indirectly,  sell, offer,  contract to sell,  transfer the  economic
risk  of ownership in, make  any short sale, pledge  or otherwise dispose of any
shares of Common  Stock or any  securities convertible into  or exchangeable  or
exercisable  for or  any other  rights to purchase  or acquire  shares of Common
Stock owned by them  during the 180-day  period commencing on  the date of  this
Prospectus.  The Company  may, however,  issue shares  of Common  Stock upon the
exercise of  stock  options  that  are  currently  outstanding,  and  may  grant
additional  options under  its stock  option plans,  provided that,  without the
prior written consent of  Hambrecht & Quist LLC,  such additional options  shall
not be exercisable during such period.
 
    In  general, under Rule 144 as currently  in effect, beginning 90 days after
the date of this Prospectus, an Affiliate of the Company, or person (or  persons
whose shares are aggregated) who has beneficially owned Restricted Shares for at
least  two years, will be entitled to sell in any three-month period a number of
shares that  does  not  exceed the  greater  of  (i) one  percent  of  the  then
outstanding  shares of  the Company's  Common Stock  or (ii)  the average weekly
trading volume  of the  Company's Common  Stock in  the Nasdaq  National  Market
during the four calendar weeks immediately preceding the date on which notice of
the sale is filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Sales pursuant to
Rule  144 are subject to certain requirements relating to manner of sale, notice
and availability of current public information  about the Company. A person  (or
person  whose shares are aggregated) who is not deemed to have been an Affiliate
of the Company at any time during the 90 days immediately preceding the sale and
who has  beneficially  owned Restricted  Shares  for  at least  three  years  is
entitled  to sell  such shares  pursuant to  Rule 144(k)  without regard  to the
limitations described above.
 
    The Securities and  Exchange Commission has  proposed certain amendments  to
Rule  144 that would reduce by one  year the holding periods required for shares
subject to Rule 144 and Rule 144(k) to become eligible for resale in the  public
market.  This proposal, if  adopted, would substantially  increase the number of
shares of Common Stock eligible for immediate resale following the expiration of
the lock-up agreements  described above.  No assurance can  be given  concerning
whether  or when  the proposal  will be adopted  by the  Securities and Exchange
Commission.
 
    An employee,  officer  or director  of  or  consultant to  the  Company  who
purchased  or was  awarded shares  or options to  purchase shares  pursuant to a
written compensatory  plan  or  contract  is entitled  to  rely  on  the  resale
 
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provisions  of Rule 701  under the Securities Act,  which permits Affiliates and
non-Affiliates to sell their Rule 701 shares without having to comply with  Rule
144's  holding period  restrictions, in each  case commencing 90  days after the
date of this Prospectus.  In addition, non-Affiliates may  sell Rule 701  shares
without  complying with the public information,  volume and notice provisions of
Rule 144.
 
    The Company intends to  file a registration  statement under the  Securities
Act  covering shares of  Common Stock reserved for  issuance under the Company's
Equity Incentive Plan  and the  Purchase Plan. Based  on the  number of  options
outstanding  and options and shares reserved for issuance at September 30, 1996,
such registration  statement would  cover approximately  2,618,804 shares.  Such
registration  statement is expected to be filed  and to become effective as soon
as practicable after the date hereof. Shares registered under such  registration
statement will, subject to Rule 144 volume limitations applicable to Affiliates,
be  available for  sale in the  open market,  unless such shares  are subject to
vesting restrictions with the Company or the lock-up agreements described above.
See "Management."
 
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                                  UNDERWRITING
 
    Subject to  the terms  and  conditions of  the Underwriting  Agreement,  the
Underwriters  named below, through their  Representatives, Hambrecht & Quist LLC
and Wessels, Arnold & Henderson, L.L.C., have severally agreed to purchase  from
the  Company and  the Selling  Stockholders the  following respective  number of
shares of Common Stock.
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                    NUMBER OF
NAME                                                                                  SHARES
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------  ----------
<S>                                                                                 <C>
Hambrecht & Quist LLC.............................................................
Wessels, Arnold & Henderson, L.L.C................................................
 
                                                                                    ----------
Total.............................................................................   2,025,000
                                                                                    ----------
                                                                                    ----------
</TABLE>
 
    The Underwriting Agreement provides that the obligations of the Underwriters
are subject  to  certain conditions  precedent,  including the  absence  of  any
material  adverse change  in the Company's  business and the  receipt of certain
certificates, opinions  and  letters  from  the  Company  and  its  counsel  and
independent  auditors. The nature of the  Underwriters' obligations is such that
they are committed to purchase all shares of Common Stock offered hereby if  any
of such shares are purchased.
 
    The Underwriters propose to offer the shares of Common Stock directly to the
public  at the initial public offering price set forth on the cover page of this
Prospectus and to certain dealers at such price less a concession not in  excess
of  $      per share. The Underwriters may allow  and such dealers may reallow a
concession not in excess of $     per share to certain other dealers. After  the
initial  public offering  of the  shares, the  offering price  and other selling
terms may be changed by the Representatives of the Underwriters.
 
    The Company and  certain stockholders  have granted to  the Underwriters  an
option,  exercisable no later than 30 days after the date of this Prospectus, to
purchase up to 303,750 additional shares  of Common Stock at the initial  public
offering  price, less the underwriting discount, set  forth on the cover page of
this Prospectus. To the extent that the Underwriters exercise this option,  each
of  the Underwriters will  have a firm commitment  to purchase approximately the
same percentage  thereof  which the  number  of shares  of  Common Stock  to  be
purchased  by it shown in the above table bears to the total number of shares of
Common  Stock  offered  hereby.  The  Company  and  such  stockholders  will  be
obligated,  pursuant to the  option, to sell  shares to the  Underwriters to the
extent the option is exercised. The  Underwriters may exercise such option  only
to  cover over-allotments made in  connection with the sale  of shares of Common
Stock offered hereby.
 
    The offering of the shares is made for delivery when, as and if accepted  by
the  Underwriters and subject  to prior sale and  to withdrawal, cancellation or
modification of the offering without notice. The Underwriters reserve the  right
to reject an order for the purchase of shares in whole or in part.
 
    The  Company  and  the Selling  Stockholders  have agreed  to  indemnify the
Underwriters  against  certain  liabilities,  including  liabilities  under  the
Securities  Act, and to contribute to  payments the Underwriters may be required
to make in respect thereof.
 
    The Company, the Selling Stockholders and certain other stockholders of  the
Company,  including the  executive officers and  directors, who will  own in the
aggregate 4,857,526 shares of Common Stock after the offering, have agreed  that
they  will not,  without the  prior written  consent of  Hambrecht &  Quist LLC,
directly or indirectly,  sell, offer,  contract to sell,  transfer the  economic
risk  of ownership in, make  any short sale, pledge  or otherwise dispose of any
shares of Common  Stock or any  securities convertible into  or exchangeable  or
 
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exercisable  for or  any other  rights to purchase  or acquire  shares of Common
Stock owned by them  during the 180-day  period commencing on  the date of  this
Prospectus.  The Company  may, however,  issue shares  of Common  Stock upon the
exercise of  stock  options  that  are  currently  outstanding,  and  may  grant
additional  options under  its stock  option plans,  provided that,  without the
prior written consent of  Hambrecht & Quist LLC,  such additional options  shall
not be exercisable during such period.
 
    Prior to the offering, there has been no public market for the Common Stock.
The  initial public offering  price for the  Common Stock will  be determined by
negotiation among the Company, the Selling Stockholders and the Representatives.
Among the factors to  be considered in determining  the initial public  offering
price are prevailing market and economic conditions, revenue and earnings of the
Company,  market valuations of other companies  engaged in activities similar to
the Company, estimates of the business  potential and prospects of the  Company,
the present state of the Company's business operations, the Company's management
and  other factors deemed relevant. The  estimated initial public offering price
range set forth on the cover of this preliminary prospectus is subject to change
as a result of market conditions and other factors.
 
                                 LEGAL MATTERS
 
    The validity of  the shares of  Common Stock offered  hereby will be  passed
upon  for the  Company by  Cooley Godward  LLP, Menlo  Park, California. Certain
legal matters  in connection  with this  offering will  be passed  upon for  the
Underwriters by Fenwick & West LLP, Palo Alto, California.
 
                                    EXPERTS
 
    The  consolidated financial  statements of the  Company as  of September 30,
1994 and 1995 and for each of the years in the three-year period ended September
30, 1995 have been included in this Prospectus and elsewhere in the Registration
Statement in reliance  upon the  report of  KPMG Peat  Marwick LLP,  independent
certified  public accountants, appearing elsewhere herein and upon the authority
of said firm as experts in accounting and auditing.
 
                               LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
 
    On December 15, 1995, the Company filed suit in the Circuit Court of  Benton
County  (Oregon)  against  former Vice  President  of Marketing  Eugene  O. Cho,
seeking a declaration of  the rights of the  parties in connection with  162,483
shares  of Common Stock of the Company. The shares were the subject of two Stock
Restriction Agreements dated as of July 1, 1994 (the "Restriction  Agreements"),
the  meaning of the second of  which is in dispute. The  Company and Mr. Cho had
entered  into  a  Separation  Agreement  on  July  17,  1995  (the   "Separation
Agreement")  granting the Company repurchase rights  as to certain of the shares
covered by the second Restriction  Agreement and covering other issues  relating
to  Mr. Cho's termination  of employment. After  Mr. Cho refused  to perform the
Separation Agreement that had been executed, the Company filed suit as described
above. The  Company claims  that  the formula  controlling  the vesting  of  the
subject  shares was inadvertently misstated in the second Restriction Agreement,
and seeks  reformation of  that agreement  to  reflect the  true intent  of  the
parties,  such that, effective upon the termination  of Mr. Cho in May 1995, the
Company was entitled to repurchase 92,763 shares of Common Stock of the  Company
at  $0.15 per share. A First Amended Complaint was filed by the Company on March
26, 1996. On April 26, 1996, Mr.  Cho filed an answer and counterclaims  against
the Company, denying the Company's claims and seeking damages in connection with
the  alleged  breach  by  the  Company of  the  Restriction  Agreements  and the
Separation Agreement. Mr. Cho also asserts a claim for rescission of the  second
Restriction  Agreement. The Company  has denied the  material allegations of the
counterclaims. The Company filed a Second  Amended Complaint on August 23,  1996
adding  a  claim  for  breach  of contract  in  connection  with  the Separation
Agreement. On September 16, 1996, Mr. Cho filed an answer denying the  Company's
claims and asserting the same counterclaims as previously set forth. The case is
currently in the discovery stage. Trial is set for December 2, 1996.
 
    On  January 23, 1996,  Matthew Steinauer, a former  employee of the Company,
filed suit against Thomas Nora, the Company's former Vice President of Sales and
Kevin Gartner, an employee of the  Company, for intentional interference with  a
contractual relationship. Mr. Steinauer also named the Company in his complaint,
alleging  breach  of  contract. Mr.  Steinauer  is seeking  $150,000  in damages
against Messrs. Nora and
 
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<PAGE>
Gartner and $56,242 in damages against the  Company. As a former officer of  the
Company,  Mr. Nora may  have a claim  for indemnification with  the Company. The
Company and Messrs. Nora and Gartner filed an answer on March 12, 1996,  denying
Mr. Steinauer's claims. The case is currently in the discovery stage.
 
    The Company has received a letter, dated October 1, 1996, from legal counsel
for  Thomas Nora  asserting various claims  against the Company  relating to the
termination of Mr. Nora's  employment with the Company.  The letter asserts  Mr.
Nora's  ownership of 140,000 shares  of the Company's Common  Stock and seeks to
have the Company repurchase such shares at a deemed fair value and to  reimburse
Mr.  Nora for specified expenses and unpaid wages. The Company believes that Mr.
Nora rightfully owns 48,264 shares of Common Stock and has the right to purchase
an additional 12,842 shares pursuant to stock options that expire on October 23,
1996.
 
                             ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
 
    A  Registration  Statement  on  Form  SB-2,  including  amendments  thereto,
relating  to the Common Stock offered hereby  has been filed by the Company with
the Securities and  Exchange Commission.  This Prospectus,  which constitutes  a
part  of the Registration Statement, does not contain all of the information set
forth in  the Registration  Statement and  the exhibits  and schedules  thereto.
Statements  contained in this Prospectus  as to the contents  of any contract or
other document referred  to are not  necessarily complete and  in each  instance
reference  is made to  the copy of such  contract or other  document filed as an
exhibit to the Registration  Statement, each such  statement being qualified  in
all  respects by  such reference.  For further  information with  respect to the
Company and  the  Common  Stock  offered  hereby,  reference  is  made  to  such
Registration  Statement,  exhibits and  schedules.  A copy  of  the Registration
Statement may be  inspected by  anyone without  charge at  the public  reference
facilities  maintained by  the Commission at  450 Fifth  Street, N.W., Judiciary
Plaza, Washington, D.C.  20549, and copies  of all  or any part  thereof may  be
obtained  from the Commission upon the payment of certain fees prescribed by the
Commission.
 
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                           ROGUE WAVE SOFTWARE, INC.
                                 AND SUBSIDIARY
 
                   INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                            PAGE
                                                                            ----
<S>                                                                         <C>
Report of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP...........................................  F-2
 
Consolidated Balance Sheets...............................................  F-3
 
Consolidated Statements of Operations.....................................  F-4
 
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity...........................  F-5
 
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.....................................  F-6
 
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements................................  F-7
</TABLE>
 
                                      F-1
<PAGE>
                          INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT
 
The Board of Directors
Rogue Wave Software, Inc.
  and Subsidiary:
 
    We  have audited the accompanying consolidated  balance sheets of Rogue Wave
Software, Inc. and subsidiary as of September 30, 1994 and 1995, and the related
consolidated statements of operations, stockholders' equity, and cash flows  for
each  of the  years in  the three-year  period ended  September 30,  1995. These
consolidated financial  statements  are  the  responsibility  of  the  Company's
management.  Our responsibility is  to express an  opinion on these consolidated
financial statements based on our audits.
 
    We conducted  our  audits in  accordance  with generally  accepted  auditing
standards.  Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material
misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence  supporting
the  amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes
assessing the  accounting  principles used  and  significant estimates  made  by
management,  as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.
We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
 
    In our  opinion, the  consolidated financial  statements referred  to  above
present  fairly, in all material respects,  the financial position of Rogue Wave
Software, Inc. and subsidiary as of September 30, 1994 and 1995, and the results
of their operations and their cash flows for each of the years in the three-year
period ended September 30, 1995 in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles.
 
                                          KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP
 
Portland, Oregon
June 14, 1996 except
 Note 12 which is
 as of October 3, 1996
 
                                      F-2
<PAGE>
                           ROGUE WAVE SOFTWARE, INC.
                                 AND SUBSIDIARY
 
                          CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
 
                     (IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                            SEPTEMBER 30,              JUNE 30,
                                                         --------------------  ------------------------
                        ASSETS                             1994       1995        1996         1996
                                                         ---------  ---------  -----------  -----------
                                                                               (UNAUDITED)  (UNAUDITED)
                                                                                            (PRO FORMA)
<S>                                                      <C>        <C>        <C>          <C>
Current assets:
  Cash and cash equivalents............................  $     609  $   1,010   $   2,611
  Short-term investments...............................        344         --          --
  Accounts receivable, net.............................      1,049      2,164       3,325
  Prepaid expenses and other current assets............        158        212         617
  Deferred income taxes................................         --         80         156
                                                         ---------  ---------  -----------
    Total current assets...............................      2,160      3,466       6,709
Furniture, fixtures and equipment, net.................        530        889       2,443
Other noncurrent assets, net...........................        611        403         385
                                                         ---------  ---------  -----------
    Total assets.......................................  $   3,301  $   4,758   $   9,537
                                                         ---------  ---------  -----------
                                                         ---------  ---------  -----------
         LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current liabilities:
  Accounts payable.....................................        357        520         606
  Accrued expenses.....................................        391        668         816
  Deferred revenue.....................................        649      1,351       2,209
  Current portion of long-term debt and lease
   obligations.........................................        261        230         338
                                                         ---------  ---------  -----------
    Total current liabilities..........................      1,658      2,769       3,969
Long-term debt and lease obligations, less current
 portion...............................................        166        230         377
                                                         ---------  ---------  -----------
    Total liabilities..................................      1,824      2,999       4,346
                                                         ---------  ---------  -----------
Commitments and contingencies
Mandatorily redeemable preferred stock, $.0015 par
 value. Authorized 1,000, 1,200 and 2,350 shares at
 September 30, 1994 and 1995 and June 30, 1996,
 respectively; issued and outstanding 667, 800 and
 1,543 shares at September 30, 1994 and 1995 and June
 30, 1996, respectively ($1,200 and $4,731 aggregate
 liquidation and redemption preference at September 30,
 1995 and June 30, 1996, respectively); pro forma no
 shares issued and outstanding.........................        941      1,140       4,664    $      --
                                                         ---------  ---------  -----------  -----------
Stockholders' equity:
  Common stock, $.0015 par value. Authorized 7,200
   shares; issued and outstanding 3,425, 3,425 and
   3,652 shares at September 30, 1994 and 1995 and June
   30, 1996, respectively; pro forma 5,195 shares
   issued and outstanding..............................          5          5           5            7
  Additional paid-in capital...........................        634        638         670        5,332
  Stockholder note receivable..........................        (13)       (13)        (13)         (13)
  Retained deficit.....................................        (90)       (11)       (125)        (125)
  Cumulative translation adjustment....................         --         --         (10)         (10)
                                                         ---------  ---------  -----------  -----------
    Total stockholders' equity.........................        536        619         527    $   5,191
                                                         ---------  ---------  -----------  -----------
                                                                                            -----------
    Total liabilities and stockholders' equity.........  $   3,301  $   4,758   $   9,537
                                                         ---------  ---------  -----------
                                                         ---------  ---------  -----------
</TABLE>
 
          See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
 
                                      F-3
<PAGE>
                           ROGUE WAVE SOFTWARE, INC.
                                 AND SUBSIDIARY
 
                     CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
 
                     (IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                    NINE MONTHS ENDED
                                                                                         JUNE 30,
                                                   YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30,            (UNAUDITED)
                                                -------------------------------  ------------------------
                                                  1993       1994       1995        1995         1996
                                                ---------  ---------  ---------  -----------  -----------
Revenue:
<S>                                             <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>          <C>
  License revenue.............................  $   2,949  $   6,652  $  10,417   $   7,566    $  10,605
  Service and maintenance revenue.............        263        557      1,520         963        2,587
                                                ---------  ---------  ---------  -----------  -----------
    Total revenue.............................      3,212      7,209     11,937       8,529       13,192
                                                ---------  ---------  ---------  -----------  -----------
Cost of revenue:
  Cost of license revenue.....................        301        693      1,048         787          873
  Cost of service and maintenance revenue.....        166        331      1,123         775        1,025
                                                ---------  ---------  ---------  -----------  -----------
    Total cost of revenue.....................        467      1,024      2,171       1,562        1,898
                                                ---------  ---------  ---------  -----------  -----------
    Gross profit..............................      2,745      6,185      9,766       6,967       11,294
                                                ---------  ---------  ---------  -----------  -----------
Operating expenses:
  Product development.........................        893      2,109      3,204       2,302        3,984
  Sales and marketing.........................      1,330      2,652      4,880       3,336        5,969
  General and administrative..................        342        780      1,487         984        1,596
                                                ---------  ---------  ---------  -----------  -----------
    Total operating expenses..................      2,565      5,541      9,571       6,622       11,549
                                                ---------  ---------  ---------  -----------  -----------
    Income (loss) from operations.............        180        644        195         345         (255)
Other income (expense), net...................         (5)         4        (10)        (19)          68
                                                ---------  ---------  ---------  -----------  -----------
    Income (loss) before income taxes.........        175        648        185         326         (187)
Income tax expense (benefit)..................         --         80        106         186          (73)
                                                ---------  ---------  ---------  -----------  -----------
    Net income (loss).........................  $     175  $     568  $      79   $     140    $    (114)
                                                ---------  ---------  ---------  -----------  -----------
                                                ---------  ---------  ---------  -----------  -----------
Net income (loss) per common share............  $    0.05  $    0.14  $    0.02   $    0.03    $   (0.03)
                                                ---------  ---------  ---------  -----------  -----------
                                                ---------  ---------  ---------  -----------  -----------
Shares used in per share calculation..........      3,878      4,118      4,973       4,784        4,052
Pro forma net income data (unaudited):
  Income before income taxes, as reported.....  $     175  $     648
  Pro forma income tax expense................         32        142
                                                ---------  ---------
    Pro forma net income......................  $     143  $     506
                                                ---------  ---------
                                                ---------  ---------
Pro forma net income per common share
 (unaudited)..................................  $    0.04  $    0.12
                                                ---------  ---------
                                                ---------  ---------
</TABLE>
 
          See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
 
                                      F-4
<PAGE>
                           ROGUE WAVE SOFTWARE, INC.
                                 AND SUBSIDIARY
                CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
                                 (IN THOUSANDS)
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                           COMMON STOCK    ADDITIONAL   STOCKHOLDER               CUMULATIVE        TOTAL
                                          ---------------   PAID-IN        NOTE       RETAINED    TRANSLATION   STOCKHOLDERS'
                                          SHARES   AMOUNT   CAPITAL     RECEIVABLE     DEFICIT    ADJUSTMENT       EQUITY
                                          ------   ------  ----------   -----------   ---------   -----------   -------------
<S>                                       <C>      <C>     <C>          <C>           <C>         <C>           <C>
Balance at September 30, 1992...........  3,224    $   5     $  557       $    --      $  (333)     $    --         $ 229
Issuance of common stock................    118       --         53            --           --           --            53
Net income..............................     --       --         --            --          175           --           175
                                          ------   ------  ----------   -----------   ---------   -----------       -----
Balance at September 30, 1993...........  3,342        5        610            --         (158)          --           457
Issuance of common stock................     83       --         24           (13)          --           --            11
Dividends paid..........................     --       --         --            --         (500)          --          (500)
Net income..............................     --       --         --            --          568           --           568
                                          ------   ------  ----------   -----------   ---------   -----------       -----
Balance at September 30, 1994...........  3,425        5        634           (13)         (90)          --           536
Issuance of common stock................     --       --          4            --           --           --             4
Net income..............................     --       --         --            --           79           --            79
                                          ------   ------  ----------   -----------   ---------   -----------       -----
Balance at September 30, 1995...........  3,425        5        638           (13)         (11)          --           619
Net income (unaudited)..................     --       --         --            --         (114)          --          (114)
Exercise of stock options (unaudited)...    227       --         32            --           --           --            32
Foreign currency translation adjustment
 (unaudited)............................     --       --         --            --           --          (10)          (10)
                                          ------   ------  ----------   -----------   ---------   -----------       -----
Balance at June 30, 1996 (unaudited)....  3,652    $   5     $  670       $   (13)     $  (125)     $   (10)        $ 527
                                          ------   ------  ----------   -----------   ---------   -----------       -----
                                          ------   ------  ----------   -----------   ---------   -----------       -----
</TABLE>
 
          See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
 
                                      F-5
<PAGE>
                           ROGUE WAVE SOFTWARE, INC.
                                 AND SUBSIDIARY
 
                     CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
 
                                 (IN THOUSANDS)
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                              NINE MONTHS ENDED
                                                                      YEAR ENDED                   JUNE 30,
                                                                     SEPTEMBER 30,               (UNAUDITED)
                                                            -------------------------------  --------------------
                                                              1993       1994       1995       1995       1996
                                                            ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
Cash flows from operating activities:
<S>                                                         <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>
  Net income (loss).......................................  $     175  $     568  $      79  $     140  $    (114)
  Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash
   from operating activities:
    Depreciation and amortization.........................         79        266        514        379        511
    Loss on disposal of equipment.........................         --         --         23         --         --
    Changes in assets and liabilities:
      Accounts receivable.................................       (271)      (618)    (1,115)      (718)    (1,161)
      Prepaid expenses and other current assets...........        (23)      (105)       (54)      (224)      (405)
      Deferred income taxes...............................         --         --        (80)        --        (76)
      Other noncurrent assets.............................         18        (54)       (16)        (7)      (150)
      Accounts payable and accrued expenses...............         87        610        440        138        234
      Deferred revenue....................................        153        462        702        395        858
                                                            ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
        Net cash from operating activities................        218      1,129        493        103       (303)
                                                            ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
Cash flows from investing activities:
  Purchase of furniture, fixtures and equipment...........       (228)      (368)      (326)      (205)    (1,529)
  (Purchase) maturity of short-term investments...........         --       (344)       344        344         --
  Payments for software rights............................        (50)      (174)        --         --         --
                                                            ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
        Net cash from investing activities................       (278)      (886)        18        139     (1,529)
                                                            ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
Cash flows from financing activities:
  Payments on long-term debt and capital lease
   obligations............................................         --       (162)      (313)       (69)      (120)
  Proceeds from long-term debt............................         75         --         --         --         --
  Dividends paid..........................................         --       (500)        --         --         --
  Net proceeds from issuance of mandatorily redeemable
   preferred stock........................................         --        941        199        200      3,524
  Proceeds from issuance of common stock..................         53         11          4         --         --
  Proceeds from exercise of stock options.................         --         --         --         --         32
                                                            ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
        Net cash from financing activities................        128        290       (110)       131      3,436
                                                            ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash
 equivalents..............................................         --         --         --         --         (3)
                                                            ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
        Net change in cash and cash equivalents...........         68        533        401        373      1,601
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period..........          8         76        609        609      1,010
                                                            ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period................  $      76  $     609  $   1,010  $     982  $   2,611
                                                            ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
                                                            ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
  Cash paid for interest..................................  $       7  $       9  $      53  $      32  $      35
  Cash paid for taxes.....................................          1         18        258        146        106
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing and
 financing activities:
  Acquisition of equipment financed by capital lease
   obligations............................................         --         46        346        292        368
  Purchase of software rights financed by long-term
   debt...................................................         --        445         --         --         --
</TABLE>
 
          See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
 
                                      F-6
<PAGE>
                           ROGUE WAVE SOFTWARE, INC.
                                 AND SUBSIDIARY
 
                   NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                    (IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS)
                    (INFORMATION AS OF JUNE 30, 1996 AND FOR
                 THE NINE-MONTH PERIOD THEN ENDED IS UNAUDITED)
 
(1) DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
 
    DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS
 
    Rogue Wave Software, Inc. (the Company) was founded in 1989 and is primarily
engaged  in the development, sale and  support of object-oriented software parts
and related  tools. As  more fully  discussed in  note 2,  the Company  acquired
Inmark  Development Corporation  (Inmark) in  a transaction  accounted for  as a
pooling of interests effective October 27, 1995. Accounts for the periods  prior
to the merger have been restated to reflect the combined amounts for the Company
and Inmark.
 
    PRINCIPLES OF CONSOLIDATION
 
    The  consolidated financial statements  include the accounts  of the Company
and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Rogue Wave Software GmbH (incorporated  January
1996).  The Company translates the accounts  of its foreign subsidiary using the
local foreign currency as the functional currency. All significant  intercompany
balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
 
    UNAUDITED INTERIM CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
    The  financial statements for the  nine months ended June  30, 1995 and 1996
are unaudited.  In the  opinion  of management,  all adjustments  consisting  of
normal  recurring items considered  necessary for a  fair presentation have been
included.
 
    CASH EQUIVALENTS
 
    Cash  equivalents  consist  of  investments  in  highly  liquid   investment
instruments with original maturities of three months or less to the Company.
 
    SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
 
    Short-term  investments  consist of  commercial  paper. The  investments are
stated at cost which approximates fair market value.
 
    ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE
 
    Accounts receivable are shown net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $34,
$151 and $113 at September 30, 1994 and 1995 and June 30, 1996, respectively.
 
    FURNITURE, FIXTURES AND EQUIPMENT
 
    Furniture, fixtures  and  equipment  are stated  at  cost.  Maintenance  and
repairs  are expensed as  incurred. Equipment under capital  leases is stated at
the present  value of  future minimum  lease payments  at the  inception of  the
lease.
 
    Depreciation  of  furniture, fixtures  and  equipment is  calculated  on the
straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets ranging  from
three  to  seven  years.  Equipment  held  under  capital  leases  are amortized
straight-line over the shorter  of the lease term  or estimated useful lives  of
the assets.
 
    INTANGIBLE ASSETS
 
    Other noncurrent assets include purchased software rights and a covenant not
to compete, which are amortized over three years using the straight-line method.
Original cost of these intangibles was $670, $670 and $670 at September 30, 1994
and  1995 and June 30, 1996, respectively. Accumulated amortization at September
30, 1994 and  1995 and  June 30,  1996 was  $117, $341  and $509,  respectively.
Amortization charged to expense was $11, $106, $224 and $168 for the years ended
September  30, 1993, 1994 and 1995 and  for the nine-month period ended June 30,
1996, respectively.
 
                                      F-7
<PAGE>
                           ROGUE WAVE SOFTWARE, INC.
                                 AND SUBSIDIARY
 
             NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
                    (IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS)
                    (INFORMATION AS OF JUNE 30, 1996 AND FOR
                 THE NINE-MONTH PERIOD THEN ENDED IS UNAUDITED)
 
(1) DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING
POLICIES (CONTINUED)
    REVENUE RECOGNITION
 
    License revenue is recognized at the time of shipment. Revenue from  service
contracts sold in conjunction with product sales is also recognized at the point
of sale. The service contracts generally are for thirty days.
 
    Maintenance  and  service  revenue  includes  maintenance  revenue  which is
recognized ratably over  the maintenance  period and revenue  from training  and
consulting services, which is recognized as services are performed.
 
    The Company provides a thirty-day right of return policy for software sales.
The  allowance for returns was $36, $111 and $111 at September 30, 1994 and 1995
and June 30, 1996, respectively.
 
    CONCENTRATION OF CREDIT RISK
 
    Financial   instruments   which   potentially   subject   the   Company   to
concentrations  of credit risk consist principally of cash, cash equivalents and
accounts receivable. Management  believes the credit  risk associated with  cash
and  cash equivalents  is minimal. The  Company sells its  products primarily to
major corporations that serve  a wide variety of  U.S. and foreign markets  and,
therefore, the concentrations of credit risk are considered limited.
 
    RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
 
    Software  development  costs  have  been accounted  for  in  accordance with
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 86, ACCOUNTING FOR THE COSTS  OF
COMPUTER  SOFTWARE TO BE SOLD, LEASED OR OTHERWISE MARKETED. Under the standard,
capitalization of software  development costs begins  upon the establishment  of
technological  feasibility, subject to net  realizable value considerations. The
Company begins capitalization upon completion of a working model. To date,  such
capitalizable costs have not been material. Accordingly, the Company has charged
all such costs to product development expense. Future capitalized costs, if any,
will  be  amortized on  a straight-line  basis  over the  estimated life  of the
products or the ratio of current revenue to the total of current and anticipated
future revenue, whichever expense is greater.
 
    INCOME TAXES
 
    Prior to  July  1, 1994,  the  Company was  taxed  under the  S  Corporation
provisions of the Internal Revenue Code. Under those provisions, the Company did
not  pay federal or state corporate income taxes on its taxable income. Instead,
the stockholders were liable for federal and state income taxes on the Company's
taxable income.
 
    Effective June  30, 1994,  the S  Corporation election  was terminated.  The
Company's  income taxes  since that  date, as  well as  unaudited pro  forma and
Inmark income taxes  for all  periods presented,  have been  provided for  under
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 109, ACCOUNTING FOR INCOME TAXES
(SFAS  No. 109). SFAS No.  109 is an asset  and liability approach that requires
deferred tax  assets  and  liabilities  to be  recognized  for  the  future  tax
consequences   attributable  to  differences  between  the  financial  statement
carrying amounts of  existing assets  and liabilities and  their respective  tax
bases.  Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates
expected to  apply to  taxable income  in  the years  in which  those  temporary
differences  are expected to  be recovered or  settled. Under SFAS  No. 109, the
effect on  deferred tax  assets and  liabilities of  a change  in tax  rates  is
recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date.
 
    COMPUTATION OF NET INCOME PER SHARE
 
    Net income per share is computed using the weighted average number of shares
of common and common equivalent shares outstanding. Common equivalent shares are
excluded from the computation if their effect is
 
                                      F-8
<PAGE>
                           ROGUE WAVE SOFTWARE, INC.
                                 AND SUBSIDIARY
 
             NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
                    (IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS)
                    (INFORMATION AS OF JUNE 30, 1996 AND FOR
                 THE NINE-MONTH PERIOD THEN ENDED IS UNAUDITED)
 
(1) DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING
POLICIES (CONTINUED)
antidilutive,  except  that  pursuant  to  the  Securities  and  Exchange  Staff
Accounting Bulletins, common and common equivalent shares issued at prices below
the public offering  price during  the twelve months  immediately preceding  the
initial  filing  date have  been included  in  the calculation  as if  they were
outstanding for all periods  presented using the treasury  stock method and  the
initial  public offering price.  Common equivalent shares  consist of the common
shares issuable upon the conversion of  the Series A preferred stock (using  the
if-converted  method) and incremental shares issuable upon the exercise of stock
options and  upon the  conversion of  the Series  B preferred  stock (using  the
treasury stock method).
 
    FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
 
    The  recorded amounts of financial instruments approximate their fair market
values.
 
    USE OF ESTIMATES IN THE PREPARATION OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
    The  preparation  of  financial  statements  in  conformity  with  generally
accepted  accounting  principles  requires  management  to  make  estimates  and
assumptions that  affect the  reported  amounts of  assets and  liabilities  and
disclosure  of contingent  assets and liabilities  at the date  of the financial
statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting
period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
 
(2) MERGER
    On October 27, 1995, the Company acquired all of the common stock of  Inmark
in  exchange  for 878  shares of  the  Company's common  stock in  a transaction
accounted for as a pooling of interests. Inmark was a privately held corporation
specializing in  the development,  distribution and  support of  object-oriented
graphical  user interface library software. The Company's consolidated financial
statements and notes to consolidated financial statements have been restated  to
include the results of Inmark for all periods presented.
 
    Separate  results of operations for  the periods prior to  the merger are as
follows:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                     THE COMPANY   INMARK     COMBINED
                                                                     -----------  ---------  -----------
<S>                                                                  <C>          <C>        <C>
Year ended September 30, 1993:
  Total revenue....................................................   $   1,824   $   1,388   $   3,212
  Net income (loss)................................................         176          (1)        175
Year ended September 30, 1994:
  Total revenue....................................................       4,570       2,639       7,209
  Net income.......................................................         528          40         568
Year ended September 30, 1995:
  Total revenue....................................................       8,663       3,274      11,937
  Net income (loss)................................................         349        (270)         79
One month ended October 31, 1995:
  Total revenue....................................................         835         237       1,072
  Net income (loss)................................................         (58)         16         (42)
</TABLE>
 
    Merger costs  of $120  were incurred  and charged  to expense  in the  first
quarter   of  1996  for  services  rendered  to  facilitate  completion  of  the
transaction.
 
                                      F-9
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                           ROGUE WAVE SOFTWARE, INC.
                                 AND SUBSIDIARY
 
             NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
                    (IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS)
                    (INFORMATION AS OF JUNE 30, 1996 AND FOR
                 THE NINE-MONTH PERIOD THEN ENDED IS UNAUDITED)
 
(3) BALANCE SHEET COMPONENTS
 
    FURNITURE, FIXTURES AND EQUIPMENT
 
    Furniture, fixtures and equipment consist of the following:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                SEPTEMBER 30,
                                                --------------    JUNE 30,
                                                1994     1995       1996
                                                ----    ------    ---------
     <S>                                        <C>     <C>       <C>
     Computer equipment.......................  $750    $1,213     $2,758
     Furniture, fixtures and equipment........   141       179        531
                                                ----    ------    ---------
                                                 891     1,392      3,289
     Less accumulated depreciation and
      amortization............................   361       503        846
                                                ----    ------    ---------
       Furniture, fixtures and equipment,
        net...................................  $530    $  889     $2,443
                                                ----    ------    ---------
                                                ----    ------    ---------
</TABLE>
 
    Depreciation expense for the years ended September 30, 1993, 1994, and  1995
and  for the nine-month period ended June 30, 1996 was $62, $160, $262 and $343,
respectively.
 
    ACCRUED EXPENSES
 
    The Company's accrued expenses include the following:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                  SEPTEMBER 30,
                                                  -------------    JUNE 30,
                                                  1994     1995      1996
                                                  ----     ----    ---------
     <S>                                          <C>      <C>     <C>
     Accrued payroll and related
      liabilities.............................    $228     $316      $456
     Other accrued expenses...................     163      352       360
                                                  ----     ----    ---------
       Accrued expenses.......................    $391     $668      $816
                                                  ----     ----    ---------
                                                  ----     ----    ---------
</TABLE>
 
(4) LEASES
    The Company  leases  certain  of  its  office  space  through  noncancelable
operating  lease arrangements. The  leases expire 1996 through  1999 and are net
leases with  the  Company  paying  all  executory  costs,  including  insurance,
utilities  and maintenance. Rent  expense for operating  leases during the years
ended September 30, 1993, 1994 and 1995 and for the nine-month period ended June
30, 1996 was approximately $95, $157, $210 and $220, respectively.
 
    Property under capital leases at September 30, 1994 and 1995 is as follows:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                 1994  1995
                                                                 ----  ----
     <S>                                                         <C>   <C>
     Computer equipment........................................  $50   $388
     Office furniture and equipment............................   18     26
                                                                 ----  ----
       Total...................................................   68    414
     Less accumulated amortization.............................   23    112
                                                                 ----  ----
       Property under capital leases, net......................  $45   $302
                                                                 ----  ----
                                                                 ----  ----
</TABLE>
 
    Amortization expense  is included  in  depreciation expense  for  furniture,
fixtures and equipment.
 
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                           ROGUE WAVE SOFTWARE, INC.
                                 AND SUBSIDIARY
 
             NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
                    (IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS)
                    (INFORMATION AS OF JUNE 30, 1996 AND FOR
                 THE NINE-MONTH PERIOD THEN ENDED IS UNAUDITED)
 
(4) LEASES (CONTINUED)
    Future  minimum  lease payments  under  capital and  operating  leases (with
initial or remaining lease terms in excess of one year) and the present value of
future minimum capital lease payments are as follows:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                         CAPITAL   OPERATING
                                                         LEASES     LEASES
                                                         -------   ---------
     <S>                                                 <C>       <C>
     Year ending September 30:
       1996............................................   $133      $  212
       1997............................................    129         321
       1998............................................     99         316
       1999............................................     24         310
       2000............................................      2          --
                                                         -------   ---------
         Total minimum lease payments..................    387      $1,159
                                                                   ---------
                                                                   ---------
     Less amounts representing interest................     50
                                                         -------
         Present value of future minimum lease
          payments.....................................    337
     Less current portion..............................    107
                                                         -------
         Obligations under capital leases, less current
          portion......................................   $230
                                                         -------
                                                         -------
</TABLE>
 
(5) LONG-TERM DEBT
    Long-term debt consists of the following:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                     SEPTEMBER 30,
                                                     --------------    JUNE 30,
                                                     1994     1995       1996
                                                     -----    -----    ---------
<S>                                                  <C>      <C>      <C>
Note payable to bank, secured by all accounts
 receivable, inventory and equipment, payable in
 monthly installments of $3, including interest at
 9.5%, due February 1996, guaranteed by certain
 stockholders......................................  $  47    $  17     $    --
Notes payable in installments of $150 and $125, due
 July 1, 1995 and July 1, 1996, respectively,
 noninterest bearing (less unamortized discount of
 $19 at September 30, 1995, based on imputed
 interest rate of 8.75%)...........................    244      106         121
Note payable, noninterest bearing..................     75       --          --
                                                     -----    -----         ---
                                                       366      123         121
Less current portion of long-term debt.............    246      123         121
                                                     -----    -----         ---
  Long-term debt, less current portion.............  $ 120    $  --     $    --
                                                     -----    -----         ---
                                                     -----    -----         ---
</TABLE>
 
(6) INCOME TAXES
    As described in note 1,  the Company was taxed  as an S Corporation  through
June  30, 1994. Pro  forma figures for 1993  and 1994 are  presented to show the
impact as if the Company's earnings from continuing
 
                                      F-11
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                           ROGUE WAVE SOFTWARE, INC.
                                 AND SUBSIDIARY
 
             NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
                    (IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS)
                    (INFORMATION AS OF JUNE 30, 1996 AND FOR
                 THE NINE-MONTH PERIOD THEN ENDED IS UNAUDITED)
 
(6) INCOME TAXES (CONTINUED)
operations had been subject to federal and state income taxes as a C Corporation
in those  years.  Actual  figures  for 1993,  1994  and  all  remaining  periods
presented  reflect the Company's taxes as a C Corporation effective July 1, 1994
and Inmark's taxes as a C Corporation.
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                             NINE
                                                                                            MONTHS
                                                     YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30,                ENDED
                                          -----------------------------------------------  JUNE 30,
                                           1993      1993       1994      1994       1995    1996
                                          ------  -----------   -----  -----------   ----  ---------
                                                  (UNAUDITED)          (UNAUDITED)
                                                  (PRO FORMA)          (PRO FORMA)
<S>                                       <C>     <C>           <C>    <C>           <C>   <C>
Current:
  Federal...............................  $   --      $ 4       $ 62      $154       $142     $ 2
  State and local.......................      --        1         18        42         44       1
                                          ------    -----       -----      ---       ----     ---
                                              --        5         80       196        186       3
                                          ------    -----       -----      ---       ----     ---
Deferred:
  Federal...............................      --       16         --       (37)       (49)    (62)
  State and local.......................      --       11         --       (17)       (31)    (14)
                                          ------    -----       -----      ---       ----     ---
                                              --       27         --       (54)       (80)    (76)
                                          ------    -----       -----      ---       ----     ---
    Total...............................  $   --      $32       $ 80      $142       $106     $(73)
                                          ------    -----       -----      ---       ----     ---
                                          ------    -----       -----      ---       ----     ---
</TABLE>
 
    Income tax  expense  differs from  the  expected tax  expense  (computed  by
applying  the U.S. federal corporate income tax rate of 34% to net income before
income taxes) as follows:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                           NINE
                                                                                          MONTHS
                                                    YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30,               ENDED
                                          ---------------------------------------------  JUNE 30,
                                          1993     1993       1994      1994       1995    1996
                                          ----  -----------   -----  -----------   ----  ---------
                                                (UNAUDITED)          (UNAUDITED)
                                                (PRO FORMA)          (PRO FORMA)
<S>                                       <C>   <C>           <C>    <C>           <C>   <C>
Computed expected income tax expense....  $ 60      $60       $ 220     $220       $ 63    $(64)
Increase (reduction) in income tax
 expense resulting from:
  State income tax expense..............     1       11          14       32          1     (11)
  Research and experimentation credit...   (15)     (41)        (57)    (152)      (110)     --
  Change in valuation allowance.........    13       13          16       16        120      12
  Rate differential.....................    --      (10)         --       --         14      --
  Exclusion of earnings for period that
   S Corporation election was valid.....   (60)      --        (121)      --         --      --
  Other, net............................     1       (1)          8       26         18     (10)
                                          ----    -----       -----      ---       ----     ---
    Income tax expense..................  $ --      $32       $  80     $142       $106    $(73)
                                          ----    -----       -----      ---       ----     ---
                                          ----    -----       -----      ---       ----     ---
</TABLE>
 
                                      F-12
<PAGE>
                           ROGUE WAVE SOFTWARE, INC.
                                 AND SUBSIDIARY
 
             NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
                    (IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS)
                    (INFORMATION AS OF JUNE 30, 1996 AND FOR
                 THE NINE-MONTH PERIOD THEN ENDED IS UNAUDITED)
 
(6) INCOME TAXES (CONTINUED)
    The tax  effects of  temporary  differences that  give rise  to  significant
portions  of the deferred tax assets  and deferred tax liabilities are presented
below:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                   SEPTEMBER 30,
                                                   --------------     JUNE 30,
                                                   1994     1995        1996
                                                   -----    -----    -----------
                                                                     (UNAUDITED)
<S>                                                <C>      <C>      <C>
Deferred tax assets:
  Intangible assets..............................  $  --    $  25       $  37
  Accrued expenses...............................     37      142         159
  Cash to accrual adjustment.....................     61       --          --
  Net operating loss carryforwards...............     15      171         183
  Research and experimentation credit
   carryforward..................................     86      120         120
  Other..........................................     18        3          17
                                                   -----    -----       -----
    Total gross deferred tax assets..............    217      461         516
  Valuation allowance............................   (194)    (314)       (326)
                                                   -----    -----       -----
    Net deferred tax assets......................     23      147         190
Deferred tax liabilities:
  Cash to accrual adjustment.....................     --       27          20
  Property and equipment, due to differences in
   depreciation..................................     23       40          14
                                                   -----    -----       -----
    Total gross deferred tax liabilities.........     23       67          34
                                                   -----    -----       -----
    Net deferred taxes...........................  $  --    $  80       $ 156
                                                   -----    -----       -----
                                                   -----    -----       -----
</TABLE>
 
    At September 30, 1995, the Company had net operating loss carryforwards  for
federal  and  state income  tax purposes  of $430  and $200,  respectively, that
expire 2007 to 2010. The Company also had $120 of tax credit carryforwards  that
expire  2003 to 2010. The  net operating loss and  tax credit carryforwards were
generated by Inmark  prior to Inmark's  merger with the  Company on October  27,
1995.  As a result,  utilization of all  such amounts are  limited by the future
taxable income of Inmark.
 
(7) PREFERRED STOCK
    The Company has 1,200 shares of preferred stock authorized at September  30,
1995.  The  stock  has a  par  value of  $.0015  and was  issued  in mandatorily
redeemable Series A (Series A). As discussed in note 12, the Company  authorized
the  issuance of  766 shares of  Series B  preferred stock in  October 1995. The
terms of the Series A preferred stock are:
 
    - Each share of  Series A  preferred stock  is voting  and convertible  into
      common  stock using  formulas specified  in the  Series A  Preferred Stock
      Purchase Agreement. Series  A preferred  stockholders have  non-cumulative
      dividend  rights at the rate  of $.09 per share  payable in preference and
      priority  to   common  stock.   Upon  liquidation,   Series  A   preferred
      stockholders  are entitled  to be  paid out of  the assets  of the Company
      which are  available  for  distribution to  its  stockholders  before  any
      payment  is made to  common stockholders. Series  A preferred stockholders
      will receive an amount equal to $1.50 per share plus all related  declared
      and unpaid dividends.
 
    - There  is an automatic conversion of  Series A preferred stock into shares
      of common stock upon  the affirmative vote  of the holders  of at least  a
      majority  of the  outstanding shares of  the Series A  preferred stock, or
      immediately upon  the closing  of a  firmly underwritten  public  offering
      pursuant to an effective
 
                                      F-13
<PAGE>
                           ROGUE WAVE SOFTWARE, INC.
                                 AND SUBSIDIARY
 
             NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
                    (IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS)
                    (INFORMATION AS OF JUNE 30, 1996 AND FOR
                 THE NINE-MONTH PERIOD THEN ENDED IS UNAUDITED)
 
(7) PREFERRED STOCK (CONTINUED)
     registration  statement  under  the  Securities Act  of  1933,  as amended,
      covering the offer and sale of the Company's common stock that results  in
      gross  cash proceeds of  at least $10,000  and that has  a public offering
      price of  at  least  $9.51  per  share  (as  adjusted  for  stock  splits,
      recapitalizations and the like) (see note 12).
 
    Other  rights and  restrictions of  Series A  preferred stockholders  are as
follows:
 
    - Redemption rights  upon  demand  of  at  least  a  majority  of  the  then
      outstanding  shares  of Series  A preferred  stock  in three  equal annual
      installments beginning on  May 15, 1999  and ending on  May 15, 2001.  The
      redemption   rights  provide   for  redemption  rates   identical  to  the
      liquidation rates described above.
 
    - Shares are subject to  an Investors' Rights  Agreement which provides  for
      the  registration of  the shares  under the  Securities Act  of 1933 under
      certain circumstances.
 
    - Shares are subject to a Co-Sale  and Voting Agreement which obligates  the
      Series A preferred stockholders to vote in a certain manner with regard to
      the   election  of  the  Board  members  and  which  grants  to  preferred
      stockholders and common "key stockholders" the opportunity to  participate
      on  a pro-rata basis in subsequent sales  of the common or preferred stock
      of the Company made by each stockholder subject to this Agreement.
 
(8) STOCK OPTION PLAN
    In July 1994, stockholders approved the  1994 Stock Option Plan (the  Plan),
which  currently authorizes the issuance of up  to 1,541 shares of common stock.
The Plan authorizes  the issuance  of incentive options  and nonqualified  stock
options  to advisors,  agents, consultants,  directors, independent contractors,
employees and officers.  Subsequent to the  year ended September  30, 1995,  the
Company's  Board of  Directors adopted  and the  stockholders approved  the 1996
Equity Incentive Plan which will replace the Plan (see note 12).
 
    Incentive stock  options  and  nonqualified  stock  options  allow  for  the
purchase  of common  stock at  prices determined  by the  Plan Administrator but
which generally must be purchased at prices  not less than fair market value  at
the  date  of  grant.  The  term  of each  option  is  established  by  the Plan
Administrator and, if not  established, will be  ten years from  the date it  is
granted and is exercisable over four years.
 
    For  incentive stock options granted under the Plan to any employee who owns
more than 10% of all  classes of stock outstanding of  the Company, the term  of
the  incentive stock option  will not exceed  five years and  the exercise price
will not be less than 110%  of the fair market value  of the shares at the  time
the incentive stock option is granted.
 
                                      F-14
<PAGE>
                           ROGUE WAVE SOFTWARE, INC.
                                 AND SUBSIDIARY
 
             NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
                    (IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS)
                    (INFORMATION AS OF JUNE 30, 1996 AND FOR
                 THE NINE-MONTH PERIOD THEN ENDED IS UNAUDITED)
 
(8) STOCK OPTION PLAN (CONTINUED)
    The following table summarizes stock option activity through June 30, 1996:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                       NUMBER OF SHARES
                                               --------------------------------
                                               QUALIFIED   NONQUALIFIED
                                               INCENTIVE      STOCK
                                                OPTIONS      OPTIONS      TOTAL  PRICE PER SHARE
                                               ---------   ------------   -----  ---------------
<S>                                            <C>         <C>            <C>    <C>
Outstanding options at September 30, 1993....      103            --        103    $ .39-1.94
Granted......................................    1,085            --      1,085      .15-1.94
Exercised....................................       --            --         --        --
Canceled.....................................       --            --         --        --
                                               ---------       -----      -----  ---------------
Outstanding options at September 30, 1994....    1,188            --      1,188      .15-194
Granted......................................      447            13        460      .15-194
Exercised....................................       --            --         --        --
Canceled.....................................     (267)           --       (267)       .15
                                               ---------       -----      -----  ---------------
Outstanding options at September 30, 1995....    1,368            13      1,381      .15-1.94
Granted......................................      379           111        490      .53-6.75
Exercised....................................     (227)           --       (227)     .15-1.94
Canceled.....................................     (105)           --       (105)     .15-1.98
                                               ---------       -----      -----  ---------------
Outstanding options at June 30, 1996.........    1,415           124      1,539    $ .15-6.75
                                               ---------       -----      -----  ---------------
                                               ---------       -----      -----  ---------------
</TABLE>
 
    Of the 1,539 options outstanding, 340 options were vested and exercisable as
of June 30, 1996 (unaudited).
 
(9) STOCK RESTRICTION AGREEMENTS
    The  Company  has entered  into  stock restriction  agreements  with certain
stockholders which restrict the  sale or transfer  of "unvested shares"  (shares
vest  50% on or  after July 1, 1994,  plus an additional 1.388%  on or after the
first day of each full month thereafter; shares are 100% vested on or after July
1, 1997).
 
    These agreements also give the Company the option to purchase  stockholders'
unvested shares under certain conditions at prices determined according to terms
specified in the agreements.
 
    These  stock restriction agreements  terminate upon the  earlier to occur of
the following events:
 
    - Consummation of  the  Company's  sale  of  its  common  stock  in  a  firm
      commitment   underwritten  public  offering  pursuant  to  a  registration
      statement filed  under  the Securities  Act  of 1933,  as  amended,  which
      results  in aggregate  offering proceeds paid  to the Company  of at least
      $7,500 and  a public  offering price  of  at least  $11.25 per  share  (as
      adjusted    for   subsequent    stock   dividends,    stock   splits   and
      recapitalizations) (see note 12); or
 
    - The stockholder no longer holds any unvested shares.
 
(10) QUALIFIED PROFIT SHARING PLAN
    The Company adopted a 401(k) profit  sharing plan in January 1993. The  plan
is offered to eligible employees and calls for a discretionary employer match of
employee  contributions  which  is  approved  by  the  Board  of  Directors.  To
participate in the plan, employees must be  21 years of age, have been  employed
for 90
 
                                      F-15
<PAGE>
                           ROGUE WAVE SOFTWARE, INC.
                                 AND SUBSIDIARY
 
             NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
                    (IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS)
                    (INFORMATION AS OF JUNE 30, 1996 AND FOR
                 THE NINE-MONTH PERIOD THEN ENDED IS UNAUDITED)
 
(10) QUALIFIED PROFIT SHARING PLAN (CONTINUED)
days,  and  work a  minimum of  1,000 hours  during the  plan year.  The Company
matches all  employee contributions  up to  3 percent  of earnings  and half  of
employee  contributions from 3 percent to  5 percent. Company contributions paid
in the years  ended September 30,  1994 and  1995 and in  the nine-month  period
ended June 30, 1996, were $49, $31 and $0, respectively.
 
(11) CONTINGENCIES
    The  Company is involved in various claims  and legal actions arising in the
ordinary course  of  business.  In  the  opinion  of  management,  the  ultimate
disposition  of these  matters will  not have a  material adverse  effect on the
Company's financial position, results of operations or liquidity.
 
(12) SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
 
    PUBLIC OFFERING
 
    In June 1996, the Company's Board of Directors authorized management of  the
Company  to  file  a registration  statement  with the  Securities  and Exchange
Commission permitting the Company to sell shares of its common stock.
 
    EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
 
    In June 1996, the Company's Board of Directors adopted and the  stockholders
are  expected to  approve the 1996  Equity Incentive Plan  (the Equity Incentive
Plan). The Company has reserved 2,500 shares of common stock for issuance  under
the Equity Incentive Plan. The Equity Incentive Plan replaces the Company's 1994
Stock Option Plan and the Inmark Stock Option Plan.
 
    The  Equity Incentive Plan provides for grants of stock options to employees
(including officers and  employee directors) and  nonstatutory stock options  to
employees (including officers and employee directors), directors and consultants
of  the  Company. The  Equity Incentive  Plan  is administered  by the  Board of
Directors of a committee appointed by the Board, which determines recipients and
types of awards to  be granted, including the  exercise price, number of  shares
subject to the award and the exercisability thereof.
 
    The  terms  of  a  stock  option granted  under  the  Equity  Incentive Plan
generally may not exceed ten  years (five years in the  case of holders of  more
than  10% of the Company's capital stock). The exercise price of options granted
under the Equity Incentive Plan is determined by the Board of Directors but,  in
the  case of  an incentive stock  option, cannot be  less than 100%  of the fair
market value of the common stock on the date of grant. Options granted under the
Equity Incentive Plan vest at the rate specified in the option agreement.
 
    EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
 
    In June  1996, the  Board  adopted the  Employee  Stock Purchase  Plan  (the
Purchase Plan) covering an aggregate of 350 shares of common stock. The Purchase
Plan  is  intended to  qualify as  an  employee stock  purchase plan  within the
meaning of Section 423  of the Internal Revenue  Code. Under the Purchase  Plan,
the  Board  of  Directors  may authorize  participation  by  eligible employees,
including officers, in periodic offerings following the adoption of the Purchase
Plan. The offering period for any offering will be no more than 27 months.
 
    Employees are eligible to participate if they are employed by the Company or
an affiliate of the Company designated by the Board of Directors. Employees  who
participate  in  an offering  can  have up  to  15% of  their  earnings withheld
pursuant to the Purchase Plan and applied, on specified dates determined by  the
Board  of Directors,  to the purchase  of shares  of common stock.  The price of
common stock purchased under the Purchase
 
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<PAGE>
                           ROGUE WAVE SOFTWARE, INC.
                                 AND SUBSIDIARY
 
             NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
                    (IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS)
                    (INFORMATION AS OF JUNE 30, 1996 AND FOR
                 THE NINE-MONTH PERIOD THEN ENDED IS UNAUDITED)
 
(12) SUBSEQUENT EVENTS (CONTINUED)
Plan will be equal to 85%  of the lower of the  fair market value of the  common
stock  on the commencement date of each offering period or the relevant purchase
date. Employees may end their participation  in the offering at any time  during
the  offering  period, and  participation ends  automatically on  termination of
employment with the Company.
 
    PREFERRED STOCK
 
    The Company authorized  the issuance  of 766  shares of  Series B  preferred
stock  in  October 1995.  The stock  has terms  identical to  those of  Series A
preferred stock (see note 7). The Company sold 743 shares of Series B  preferred
stock in November 1995 at a price of $4.76 per share.
 
    STOCK SPLIT
 
    The  Company effected  a 2 for  3 reverse  stock split in  October 1996. All
share and per share amounts have been restated to reflect the reverse split.
 
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                   THE SOFTWARE PARTS COMPANY [COMPANY LOGO]
                 VISUAL BUILDERS FOR C++ AND JAVA APPLICATIONS
 
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    NO  DEALER, SALES REPRESENTATIVE OR OTHER PERSON HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED TO GIVE
ANY INFORMATION OR  TO MAKE ANY  REPRESENTATIONS OTHER THAN  THOSE CONTAINED  IN
THIS  PROSPECTUS AND, IF GIVEN OR MADE, SUCH INFORMATION OR REPRESENTATIONS MUST
NOT BE  RELIED  UPON AS  HAVING  BEEN AUTHORIZED  BY  THE COMPANY,  ANY  SELLING
STOCKHOLDER OR THE UNDERWRITERS. THIS PROSPECTUS DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO
SELL  OR A SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO  BUY TO ANY PERSON IN ANY JURISDICTION IN
WHICH SUCH OFFER OR SOLICITATION WOULD BE  UNLAWFUL OR TO ANY PERSON TO WHOM  IT
IS  UNLAWFUL. NEITHER THE DELIVERY OF THIS PROSPECTUS NOR ANY OFFER OR SALE MADE
HEREUNDER SHALL, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, CREATE ANY IMPLICATION THAT THERE  HAS
BEEN  NO CHANGE IN THE AFFAIRS OF  THE COMPANY OR THAT THE INFORMATION CONTAINED
HEREIN IS CORRECT AS OF ANY TIME SUBSEQUENT TO THE DATE HEREOF.
 
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                               TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
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Prospectus Summary...................................           3
Risk Factors.........................................           5
Use of Proceeds......................................          13
Dividend Policy......................................          13
Capitalization.......................................          14
Dilution.............................................          15
Selected Consolidated Financial Data.................          16
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial
 Condition and Results of Operations.................          17
Business.............................................          23
Management...........................................          34
Certain Transactions.................................          40
Principal and Selling Stockholders...................          41
Description of Capital Stock.........................          42
Shares Eligible for Future Sale......................          44
Underwriting.........................................          46
Legal Matters........................................          47
Experts..............................................          47
Legal Proceedings....................................          47
Additional Information...............................          48
Index to Consolidated Financial Statements...........         F-1
</TABLE>
 
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    UNTIL              , 1996 (25 DAYS AFTER  THE DATE OF THIS PROSPECTUS),  ALL
DEALERS EFFECTING TRANSACTIONS IN THE COMMON STOCK, WHETHER OR NOT PARTICIPATING
IN  THIS  DISTRIBUTION, MAY  BE REQUIRED  TO  DELIVER A  PROSPECTUS. THIS  IS IN
ADDITION TO THE  OBLIGATION OF DEALERS  TO DELIVER A  PROSPECTUS WHEN ACTING  AS
UNDERWRITERS AND WITH RESPECT TO THEIR UNSOLD ALLOTMENTS OR SUBSCRIPTIONS.
 
                                2,025,000 SHARES
 
                                     [LOGO]
 
                                  COMMON STOCK
 
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                                   PROSPECTUS
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                               HAMBRECHT & QUIST
 
                          WESSELS, ARNOLD & HENDERSON
 
                                          , 1996
 
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                                    PART II
                     INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
 
ITEM 24.  INDEMNIFICATION OF OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS.
 
    Under  Section 145 of  the Delaware General  Corporation Law, the Registrant
has broad powers  to indemnify  its directors and  officers against  liabilities
they  may incur in  such capacities, including  liabilities under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act").
 
    The Registrant's Certificate of  Incorporation provides for the  elimination
of liability for monetary damages for breach of the directors' fiduciary duty of
care  to the Registrant and its  stockholders. These provisions do not eliminate
the directors'  duty  of  care  and,  in  appropriate  circumstances,  equitable
remedies  such as injunctive  or other forms of  non-monetary relief will remain
available under Delaware  law. In addition,  each director will  continue to  be
subject  to  liability for  breach  of the  director's  duty of  loyalty  to the
Registrant, for acts  or omissions not  in good faith  or involving  intentional
misconduct,  for knowing violations  of law, for any  transaction from which the
director derived an improper personal benefit,  and for payment of dividends  or
approval  of stock repurchases  or redemptions that  are unlawful under Delaware
law. The provision does not affect a director's responsibilities under any other
laws, such as  the federal  securities laws  or state  or federal  environmental
laws.
 
    The  Registrant  expects to  enter into  agreements  with its  directors and
officers that require the Registrant to indemnify such persons against expenses,
judgments, fines, settlements and other amounts actually and reasonably incurred
(including expenses of a derivative  action) in connection with any  proceeding,
whether  actual or threatened, to  which any such person may  be made a party by
reason of the  fact that  such person is  or was  a director or  officer of  the
Registrant  or any of its affiliated  enterprises, provided such person acted in
good faith and  in a  manner such  person reasonably believed  to be  in or  not
opposed  to  the best  interests  of the  Registrant  and, with  respect  to any
criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause  to believe his or her conduct  was
unlawful.  The indemnification agreements also set forth certain procedures that
will apply in the event of a claim for indemnification thereunder.
 
    The Underwriting  Agreement  filed  as  Exhibit  1.1  to  this  Registration
Statement provides for indemnification by the Underwriters of the Registrant and
its  officers and directors for certain liabilities arising under the Securities
Act or otherwise.
 
ITEM 25.  OTHER EXPENSES OF ISSUANCE AND DISTRIBUTION.
 
    The following table  sets forth  all expenses, other  than the  underwriting
discounts  and commissions, payable  by the Registration  in connection with the
sale of the Common Stock being  registered. All the amounts shown are  estimates
except for the registration fee and the NASD filing fee.
 
<TABLE>
<S>                                                               <C>
Registration fee................................................  $   7,763
NASD filing fee.................................................      3,062
Nasdaq application fee..........................................     50,000
Blue sky qualification fee and expenses.........................     12,000
Printing and engraving expenses.................................    135,000
Legal fees and expenses.........................................    325,000
Accounting fees and expenses....................................    250,000
Directors' and officers' insurance..............................    150,000
Transfer agent and registrar fees...............................     30,000
Miscellaneous...................................................     37,175
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    Total.......................................................  $1,000,000
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</TABLE>
 
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ITEM 26.  RECENT SALES OF UNREGISTERED SECURITIES.
 
    Since  September 30, 1993, the Registrant  has sold and issued the following
unregistered securities:
 
    (1) In  July 1994,  the Company  issued an  aggregate of  666,666 shares  of
Series  A  Preferred Stock  for an  aggregate consideration  of $1.0  million to
entities affiliated with El Dorado Ventures III, L.P. ("El Dorado III").
 
    (2) In December, 1994, the Company issued an aggregate of 333,333 shares  of
Series  A Preferred Stock for an aggregate consideration of $200,000 to entities
affiliated with El Dorado III.
 
    (3) In November 1995, the Company  issued an aggregate of 742,533 shares  of
Series  B  Preferred  Stock for  an  aggregate consideration  of  $3,530,762. In
connection with such financing, the Company issued (i) 247,225 shares of  Series
B  Preferred Stock to entities  affiliated with El Dorado  III for cash and (ii)
453,248 shares of  Series B Preferred  Stock to entities  affiliated with  Menlo
Ventures VI, L.P. ("Menlo Ventures VI") for cash.
 
    (4)  On October 27, 1995, the Company merged with Inmark Development Company
("Inmark") and  acquired  all of  the  outstanding  common stock  of  Inmark  in
exchange for 877,620 shares of the Company's Common Stock.
 
    (5)  The Registrant sold an aggregate of  231,196 shares of its Common Stock
to employees, directors and consultants  of the Registrant for consideration  in
the  aggregate  amount of  $57,423  pursuant to  the  exercise of  stock options
granted under the 1994 Stock Option Plan and Inmark Stock Option Plan.
 
    The sales  and issuances  of  securities in  the transactions  described  in
paragraphs  (1) through  (3) above  were deemed  to be  exempt from registration
under the  Securities  Act  by  virtue  of  Section  4(2)  and/or  Regulation  D
promulgated  under the Securities  Act. The purchasers  in each case represented
their intention to  acquire the securities  for investment only  and not with  a
view  to the distribution thereof. Appropriate  legends are affixed to the stock
certificates issued  in  such  transactions. Similar  legends  were  imposed  in
connection  with any  subsequent sales  of any  such securities.  All recipients
either received adequate information about the Registrant or had access, through
employment or other relationships, to such information.
 
    The sales  and  issuances of  securities  in the  transaction  described  in
paragraph  (4)  above  were deemed  to  be  exempt from  registration  under the
Securities Act by virtue  of Section 3(a)(10)  promulgated under the  Securities
Act.
 
    The  sales  and  issuance  of securities  in  the  transaction  described in
paragraph (5)  above  were deemed  to  be  exempt from  registration  under  the
Securities  Act by virtue of  Rule 701 promulgated thereunder  in that they were
offered and  sold  either pursuant  to  written compensatory  benefit  plans  or
pursuant  to a  written contract relating  to compensation, as  provided by Rule
701.
 
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ITEM 27.  EXHIBITS.
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
 EXHIBIT
  NUMBER                                            DESCRIPTION OF DOCUMENT
- ----------  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<C>         <S>
     *1.1   Form of Underwriting Agreement.
      2.1   Agreement and Plan of Reorganization between Registrant, Inmark Development Corporation and RW
             Acquisition, Inc., dated as of September 19, 1995.
     *2.2   Agreement and Plan of Merger between the Registrant and Rogue Wave Software, Inc., an Oregon
             corporation, dated as of      , 1996.
     *3.1   Certificate of Incorporation of Rogue Wave Software, Inc., a Delaware corporation, as currently in
             effect.
     *3.2   Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Rogue Wave Software, Inc., a Delaware corporation,
             as in effect immediately following the closing of the offering.
     *3.3   Bylaws of Rogue Wave Software, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
      4.1   Reference is made to Exhibits 3.1, 3.2 and 3.3.
     *4.2   Specimen Stock Certificate.
      4.3   Amended and Restated Investors' Rights Agreement between the Registrant and certain investors, dated
             November 10, 1995, as amended June 27, 1996.
     *5.1   Opinion of Cooley Godward LLP.
    *10.1   Registrant's 1996 Equity Incentive Plan and related documents.
    *10.2   Registrant's Employee Stock Purchase Plan and related documents.
     10.3   Form of Indemnity Agreement to be entered into between the Registrant and its officers and directors.
     10.4   Lease Agreement between Registrant and the State of Oregon, dated May 1, 1996.
     10.5   Lease Agreement between the Registrant and the Landmark, dated April 22, 1996.
     11.1   Statement Regarding Computation of Net Income Per Share.
     21.1   List of Subsidiaries of Registrant.
     23.1   Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP. Reference is made to page II-6.
     23.2   Consent of Cooley Godward LLP. Reference is made to Exhibit 5.1.
     24.1   Power of Attorney. Reference is made to the Signature page II-5.
</TABLE>
 
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* To be filed by amendment.
 
ITEM 28. UNDERTAKINGS.
 
    The Registrant hereby undertakes to provide the Underwriters at the  closing
specified  in the Underwriting Agreement  certificates in such denominations and
registered in  such names  as  required by  the  Underwriters to  permit  prompt
delivery to each purchaser.
 
    Insofar  as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act
may  be  permitted  to  directors,  officers  and  controlling  persons  of  the
Registrant  pursuant to  the provisions described  in Item 24  or otherwise, the
Registrant has been advised that in  the opinion of the Securities and  Exchange
Commission  such indemnification  is against public  policy as  expressed in the
Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.
 
    In the  event that  a  claim for  indemnification against  such  liabilities
(other  than the  payment by the  Registrant of  expenses incurred or  paid by a
director, officer  or controlling  person of  the Registrant  in the  successful
defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer
or  controlling person in  connection with the  securities being registered, the
Registrant   will,    unless   in    the   opinion    of   its    counsel    the
 
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matter  has  been  settled  by  controlling  precedent,  submit  to  a  court of
appropriate jurisdiction  the question  whether such  indemnification by  it  is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by
the final adjudication of such issue.
 
    The   undersigned  Registrant  undertakes  that:  (1)  for  determining  any
liability under the  Securities Act, the  information omitted from  the form  of
prospectus  filed as part  of this registration statement  in reliance upon Rule
430A and contained in the  form of prospectus filed  by the Registrant under  to
Rule  424(b)(1) or (4) or 497(h) under the  Securities Act shall be deemed to be
part of the  registration statement as  of the time  the Commission declared  it
effective,  and (2) for determining any liability under the Securities Act, each
post-effective amendment that contains a form  of prospectus shall be deemed  to
be  a  new registration  statement  relating to  the  securities offered  in the
registration statement, and that offering of such securities at that time  shall
be deemed to be the initial BONA FIDE offering of those securites.
 
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                                   SIGNATURES
 
    In  accordance  with the  requirements of  the Securities  Act of  1933, the
Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements  for filing on  Form SB-2 and  authorized this  Registration
Statement  to  be  signed  on  its behalf  by  the  undersigned,  thereunto duly
authorized, in  the City  of  Corvallis, State  of Oregon,  on  the 4th  day  of
October, 1996.
 
                                          ROGUE WAVE SOFTWARE, INC.
 
                                          By:_________/s/_THOMAS KEFFER_________
                                                      Thomas Keffer
                                          President and Chief Executive Officer
 
                               POWER OF ATTORNEY
 
    Each  person whose signature  appears below constitutes  and appoints Thomas
Keffer and Robert  M. Holburn,  Jr., his  true and  lawful attorney-in-fact  and
agent,  each acting alone,  with full power  of substitution and resubstitution,
for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any
or all  amendments (including  post-effective  amendments) to  the  Registration
Statement on Form SB-2, and to any registration statement filed under Securities
and  Exchange  Commission Rule  462, and  to  file the  same, with  all exhibits
thereto, and  all documents  in connection  therewith, with  the Securities  and
Exchange  Commission, granting unto said  attorney-in-fact and agent, full power
and authority to  do and  perform each  and every  act and  thing requisite  and
necessary  to be  done in and  about the premises,  as fully to  all intents and
purposes as  he  or she  might  or could  do  in person,  hereby  ratifying  and
confirming  all  that  said attorney-in-fact  and  agent, or  his  substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
 
    In accordance with  the requirements  of the  Securities Act  of 1933,  this
Registration  Statement has  been signed below  by the following  persons in the
capacities and on the dates stated.
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                SIGNATURE                                     TITLE                            DATE
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<C>                                         <S>                                         <C>
             /s/THOMAS KEFFER               President, Chief Executive Officer and
    ---------------------------------        Chairman of the Board                          October 4, 1996
              Thomas Keffer                  (PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER)
 
             /s/DAN WHITAKER
    ---------------------------------       Executive Vice President, Marketing and         October 4, 1996
               Dan Whitaker                  Director
 
        /s/ROBERT M. HOLBURN, JR.           Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
    ---------------------------------        (PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL AND ACCOUNTING            October 4, 1996
          Robert M. Holburn, Jr.             OFFICER)
 
           /s/THOMAS M. ATWOOD
    ---------------------------------       Director                                        October 4, 1996
             Thomas M. Atwood
 
          /s/HOWARD M. LOVE, JR.
    ---------------------------------       Director                                        October 4, 1996
           Howard M. Love, Jr.
 
          /s/RICHARD P. MAGNUSON
    ---------------------------------       Director                                        October 4, 1996
           Richard P. Magnuson
 
          /s/THOMAS H. PETERSON
    ---------------------------------       Director                                        October 4, 1996
            Thomas H. Peterson
</TABLE>
 
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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.1
                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
 
The Board of Directors
Rogue Wave Software, Inc.:
 
    We  consent to the use of our report included herein and to the reference to
our firm under the heading "Experts" and "Selected Consolidated Financial  Data"
in the Prospectus.
 
                                          KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP
 
Portland, Oregon
October 4, 1996
 
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                                 EXHIBIT INDEX
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
 EXHIBIT
  NUMBER                                            DESCRIPTION OF DOCUMENT
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<C>         <S>
     *1.1   Form of Underwriting Agreement.
      2.1   Agreement and Plan of Reorganization between Registrant, Inmark Development Corporation and RW
             Acquisition, Inc., dated as of September 19, 1995.
     *2.2   Agreement and Plan of Merger between the Registrant and Rogue Wave Software, Inc., an Oregon
             corporation, dated as of             , 1996.
     *3.1   Certificate of Incorporation of Rogue Wave Software, Inc., a Delaware corporation, as currently in
             effect.
     *3.2   Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Rogue Wave Software, Inc., a Delaware corporation,
             as in effect immediately following the offering.
     *3.3   Bylaws of Rogue Wave Software, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
      4.1   Reference is made to Exhibits 3.1, 3.2 and 3.3.
     *4.2   Specimen Stock Certificate.
      4.3   Amended and Restated Investors' Rights Agreement between the Registrant and certain investors, dated
             June  , 1996, as amended June 27, 1996.
     *5.1   Opinion of Cooley Godward LLP.
    *10.1   Registrant's 1996 Equity Incentive Plan, and related documents.
    *10.2   Registrant's Employee Stock Purchase Plan, and related documents.
     10.3   Form of Indemnity Agreement to be entered into between the Registrant and its officers and directors.
     10.4   Lease Agreement between Registrant and the State of Oregon, dated May 1, 1996.
     10.5   Lease Agreement between the Registrant and the Landmark, dated April 22, 1996.
     11.1   Statement Regarding Computation of Net Income Per Share.
     21.1   List of Subsidiaries of Registrant.
     23.1   Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP. Reference is made to page II-6.
     23.2   Consent of Cooley Godward LLP. Reference is made to Exhibit 5.1.
     24.1   Power of Attorney. Reference is made to the Signature page II-5.
</TABLE>
 
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                      AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION

                                  BY AND AMONG

                            ROGUE WAVE SOFTWARE, INC.

                              RW ACQUISITION, INC.

                                       AND

                          INMARK DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION





                         DATED AS OF SEPTEMBER 19, 1995










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                                TABLE OF CONTENTS

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ARTICLE 1

DESCRIPTION OF TRANSACTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   1
     1.1  Merger of RW Sub into Inmark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   1
     1.2  Closing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
     1.3  Effect of the Merger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
     1.4  Conversion of Inmark Stock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
     1.5  Assumption of Stock Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
     1.6  Conversion of RW Sub Stock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
     1.7  Closing of Inmark Transfer Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
     1.8  Exchange Procedures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
     1.9  Dissenting Shares. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
     1.10 No Fractional Shares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
     1.11 Cancellation of Stock Options, Etc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
     1.12 Shareholders' Meeting and Notice of Appraisal Rights . . . . . . .   6
     1.13 Market Stand-Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
     1.14 Further Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
     1.15 Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws; Directors and Officers . . .   6
     1.16 Accounting Treatment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
     1.17 Tax Consequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
     1.18 Disclosure Statements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7

ARTICLE 2

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF INMARK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
     2.1  Organization and Related Matters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
     2.2  Capitalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
     2.3  Authority; Noncontravention; Approvals . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
     2.4  Financial Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
     2.5  Absence of Changes.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
     2.6  Contracts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
     2.7  Tax Matters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
     2.8  Employee and Labor Matters.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  14
     2.9  Real and Personal Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
     2.10 Proprietary Assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  16
     2.11 Benefit Plans; ERISA.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  16
     2.12 Proceedings; Orders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  17
     2.13 Environmental Provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  17
     2.14 Insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  18
     2.15 Receivables; Major Customers.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  18
     2.16 Disclosure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19


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     2.17 No Brokers or Finders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19
     2.18 Third Party Consents.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19

ARTICLE 3

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF ROGUE WAVE AND RW SUB. . . . . . . . . . .  19
     3.1  Organization and Related Matters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19
     3.2  Capitalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  20
     3.3  Authority; Noncontravention; Approvals . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  21
     3.4  Financial Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  22
     3.5  Absence of Changes.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  22
     3.6  Contracts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  24
     3.7  Tax Matters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  25
     3.8  Employee and Labor Matters.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  26
     3.9  Real and Personal Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  27
     3.10 Proprietary Assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  28
     3.11 Benefit Plans; ERISA.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  29
     3.12 Proceedings; Orders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  29
     3.13 Environmental Provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  30
     3.14 Insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  30
     3.15 Receivables; Major Customers.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  31
     3.16 Disclosure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  31
     3.17 No Brokers or Finders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  32
     3.18 Third Party Consents.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  32

ARTICLE 4

COVENANTS WITH RESPECT TO THE PERIOD PRIOR TO CLOSING. . . . . . . . . . . .  32
     4.1  Access and Investigation.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  32
     4.2  Operation of Business. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  32
     4.3  Filings and Consents.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  34
     4.4  Notification; Updates to Disclosure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  34
     4.5  No Negotiation.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  35
     4.6  Confidentiality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  35
     4.7  Approval of Merger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  35
     4.8  Closing Documents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  35
     4.9  Shareholder Certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  36
     4.10 FIRPTA Letter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  36
     4.11 Fairness Hearing and Permit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  36
     4.12 Expenses.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  36
     4.13 Issuance of Shares.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  36



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ARTICLE 5

CONDITIONS OF MERGER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  36
     5.1  General Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  36
     5.2  Conditions to Obligations of Rogue Wave and RW Sub.. . . . . . . .  37
     5.3  Conditions to Obligations of Inmark. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  39

ARTICLE 6

TERMINATION OF AGREEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  40
     6.1  Termination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  40
     6.2  Costs and Expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  41
     6.3  Extension of Time; Waivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  41


ARTICLE 7

COVENANTS TO BE PERFORMED AFTER THE CLOSING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  41
     7.1  Reservation of Employee Pool.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  41
     7.2  Employment Benefits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  41
     7.3  Severance Compensation.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  41

ARTICLE 8

MISCELLANEOUS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  41
     8.1  Amendment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  41
     8.2  Entire Agreement; Counterparts; Applicable Law . . . . . . . . . .  41
     8.3  Attorneys' Fees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  42
     8.4  Assignability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  42
     8.5  Notices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  42
     8.6  Titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  43
     8.7  Cooperation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  43


EXHIBITS

     Exhibit A Definitions
     Exhibit B Agreement of Merger
     Exhibit C Form of Opinion of Fenwick & West
     Exhibit D Form of Opinion of Cooley Godward Castro Huddleson & Tatum



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                      AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION


     This AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION (the "Agreement") is entered into
as of September 19, 1995, by and among ROGUE WAVE SOFTWARE, INC., an Oregon
corporation ("Rogue Wave"), RW ACQUISITION, INC., a Delaware corporation and
wholly owned subsidiary of Rogue Wave ("RW Sub"), and INMARK DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION, a California corporation ("Inmark").  Capitalized terms used and
not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given them in Exhibit A
hereto.


                                    RECITALS

     A.   Rogue Wave has formed RW Sub as a wholly owned subsidiary in order to
effect the merger of RW Sub with and into Inmark (the "Merger") in accordance
with the laws of the State of Delaware and the laws of the State of California
and in accordance with this Agreement, so that upon consummation of the Merger,
RW Sub will cease to exist and Inmark will become a wholly owned subsidiary of
Rogue Wave; 

     B.   This Agreement has been approved by the respective Boards of Directors
of Rogue Wave, RW Sub, and Inmark, by Rogue Wave in its capacity as sole
stockholder of RW Sub, and will be submitted for approval by the shareholders of
Inmark; and

     C.   The Merger is intended to qualify as a tax-free reorganization within
the meaning of the provisions of Section 368 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as it may be amended from time to time and to be accounted for as a
pooling of interests.


                                    AGREEMENT

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of their mutual covenants, promises and
obligations contained in this Agreement, the mutual receipt and sufficiency of
which hereby are acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:


                                    ARTICLE 1

                           DESCRIPTION OF TRANSACTION

     1.1  MERGER OF RW SUB INTO INMARK.  Subject to the terms and conditions of
this Agreement, RW Sub shall be merged with and into Inmark and the separate
existence of RW Sub shall cease.  Inmark shall be the surviving corporation in
the Merger under the corporate name Inmark Development Corporation, and Rogue
Wave shall own all of the issued and 


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outstanding shares of capital stock of Inmark.  Inmark, in its capacity as 
the corporation surviving the Merger, is sometimes referred to herein as the 
"Surviving Corporation."

     1.2  CLOSING.  Consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement (the "Closing") will take place at the offices of Cooley Godward
Castro Huddleson & Tatum, 3000 Sand Hill Road, Building 3, Suite 230, Menlo
Park, California 94025, at such time and date as Rogue Wave and Inmark may
mutually select (the "Closing Date").  At the Closing, RW Sub and Inmark will
each carry out the procedures specified under the applicable provisions of the
General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the "Delaware Law") and the
General Corporation Law of the State of California (the "California Law"),
including duly executing and filing an Agreement of Merger in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit B (the "Agreement of Merger") with the Secretary of State of
the State of Delaware and the Secretary of State of the State of California, to
the end that the Merger shall become effective.  The Merger shall become
effective on the last to occur of (a) the date the Agreement of Merger is duly
filed with the Secretary of State of the State of California or (b) such later
date as may be specified in such Agreement of Merger (the "Effective Time").

     1.3  EFFECT OF THE MERGER.  The Merger shall have the effects set forth in
the Delaware Law and the California Law.  Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the Surviving Corporation shall possess all the rights, privileges,
powers and franchises, of a public as well as a private nature, and be subject
to all the restrictions, disabilities and duties, of each of RW Sub and Inmark
(collectively, the "Constituent Corporations").  The Surviving Corporation shall
be vested with the rights, privileges, powers and franchises, all property
(real, personal, and mixed) and all debts due on whatever account and all other
things in action or belonging to, and all and every other interest of, each of
the Constituent Corporations.  All debts, liabilities and duties of each of the
Constituent Corporations shall attach to the Surviving Corporation and may be
enforced against it to the same extent as if such debts, liabilities and duties
had been incurred or contracted by it.

     1.4  CONVERSION OF INMARK STOCK.  At the Effective Time, by virtue of the
Merger and without any action on the part of any holder of any capital stock of
Inmark:

          (a)  Each issued and then outstanding share of common stock, without
par value, of Inmark (the "Inmark Common Stock") (other than shares of Inmark
Common Stock to be canceled pursuant to Section 1.4(b) and shares of Inmark
Common Stock, if any, held by shareholders who have not voted such shares in
favor of the Merger) (the "Inmark Outstanding Shares") shall cease to be issued
and outstanding and shall become and be converted into that number of shares of
common stock, $0.001 par value, of Rogue Wave (the "Rogue Wave Common Stock")
equal to (i) the number of shares of Rogue Wave Common Stock equal to (A) the
number of shares of Rogue Wave Common Stock Equivalents (as defined below)
divided by .8, minus (B) the number of shares of Rogue Wave Common Stock
Equivalents (the differences of clause (A) minus clause (B) being referred to
herein as the "Merger Consideration"), divided by (ii) the number of shares of
Inmark Common Stock Equivalents (as defined below).  The ratio pursuant to which
each share of Inmark Common Stock will be exchanged for shares of Rogue Wave
Common Stock, determined in accordance with the foregoing sentence, is


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hereinafter referred to as the "Exchange Ratio".  For the purposes of this
Agreement, the term Rogue Wave Common Stock Equivalents shall be the sum of (A)
the number of shares of Rogue Wave Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to
the Effective Time, (B) the number of shares of Rogue Wave Common Stock into
which the then outstanding shares of Rogue Wave Preferred Stock could be
converted if fully converted immediately prior to the Effective Time, and (C)
the number of shares of Rogue Wave Common Stock which could be obtained through
the exercise or conversion of all other rights, option and convertible
securities (except Rogue Wave Preferred Stock) (whether or not exercisable or
convertible) immediately prior to the Effective Time.  For the purposes of this
Agreement, the term Inmark Common Stock Equivalents shall be the sum of (A) the
number of shares of Inmark Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the
Effective Time and (B) the number of shares of Inmark Common Stock which could
be obtained through the exercise or conversion of all other rights, option and
convertible securities (whether or not exercisable or convertible) immediately
prior to the Effective Time.  

          (b)  Each share of Inmark Common Stock issued and outstanding
immediately prior to the Effective Time and held in the treasury of Inmark or
owned by Rogue Wave automatically shall be canceled at the Effective Time and no
conversion shall be made in respect thereof.

     1.5  ASSUMPTION OF STOCK OPTIONS.  

          (a)  At the Effective Time, each unexpired and unexercised option to
purchase shares of Inmark Common Stock (an "Inmark Option") granted under the
stock option plans and agreements of Inmark outstanding immediately prior to the
Effective Time shall be assumed by Rogue Wave (an "Assumed Option").  Schedule
2.2(a) of the Inmark Disclosure Statement sets forth a true and complete list as
of the date hereof of all holders of Inmark Options exercisable to purchase
shares of Inmark Common Stock, including the number of shares of Inmark Common
Stock subject to such options, a breakdown as between vested and unvested
options, the exercise price per share and the term of such options.  Each Inmark
Option so assumed by Rogue Wave will continue to have, and be subject to,
substantially the same terms and conditions set forth in the documents governing
such Inmark Option immediately prior to the Effective Time, except that (A) such
Assumed Option will be exercisable for that number of whole shares of Rogue Wave
Common Stock equal to the product of the number of shares of Inmark Common Stock
that were purchasable under such Assumed Option immediately prior to the
Effective Time of the Merger multiplied by the Exchange Ratio, rounded down to
the nearest whole number of shares of Rogue Wave Common Stock, and (B) the per
share exercise price for the shares of Rogue Wave's Common Stock issuable upon
exercise of such Assumed Option will be equal to the quotient obtained by
dividing the exercise price per share of Inmark Common Stock at which such
Inmark Option was exercisable immediately prior to the Effective Time by the
Exchange Ratio, rounding up to the nearest whole cent.  Consistent with the
terms of the Inmark Options and the documents governing such Inmark Options, the
Merger will not terminate or accelerate any Assumed Option (other than an
Assumed Option for one holder of an Inmark Option) or any right of exercise,
vesting or repurchase relating thereto with respect to shares of Rogue Wave
Common Stock acquired upon exercise of such Inmark Option.


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Holders of Inmark Options will not be entitled to acquire Inmark capital 
stock following the Merger.

          (b)  Holders of vested Inmark Options may elect to exercise such
options prior to the Effective Time of the Merger and receive their pro rata
share of the Merger Consideration by providing notice of such exercise and
payment of the exercise price thereof to Inmark at any time prior to the
Effective Time.  In the event that any holder of vested Inmark Options does not
exercise such Inmark Options prior to the Effective Time, such Inmark Options
shall become Assumed Options.


          (c)  As soon as practicable after the Effective Time, Rogue Wave shall
issue to each holder of an Assumed Option a document evidencing assumption by
Rogue Wave.  Such document shall not contain a right of Rogue Wave to repurchase
any or all of the shares of Rogue Wave Common Stock that such holder owns or has
the right to acquire.  

     1.6  CONVERSION OF RW SUB STOCK.  At the Effective Time, each issued and
outstanding share of common stock, $.01 par value, of RW Sub shall cease to be
an existing and issued share and shall become and be converted into one share of
common stock of the Surviving Corporation and the aggregate of such shares shall
constitute the only outstanding capital shares of the Surviving Corporation.

     1.7  CLOSING OF INMARK TRANSFER BOOKS.  On and after the Effective Time,
holders of certificates representing Inmark Outstanding Shares shall cease to
have any rights as shareholders of Inmark and the share transfer books of Inmark
shall be closed with respect to the Inmark Outstanding Shares and no further
transfer of such shares shall thereafter be made on such share transfer books.  

     1.8  EXCHANGE PROCEDURES.  As soon as practicable after the Effective 
Time, Rogue Wave shall mail to each holder of record of a stock certificate 
that, immediately prior to the Effective Time, represented Inmark Outstanding 
Shares (the "Inmark Certificates"):  (a) a letter of transmittal (which shall 
specify that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to the 
Inmark Certificates shall pass, only upon delivery of the Inmark Certificates 
to Rogue Wave); and (b) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of 
the Inmark Certificates in exchange for such holder's ratable portion of the 
Merger Consideration.  Upon surrender of an Inmark Certificate:  (a) the 
holder thereof shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor a 
certificate representing the number of shares of Rogue Wave Common Stock to 
which such holder is entitled pursuant to Section 1.4(a) and represented by 
the Inmark Certificate so surrendered; and (b) the Inmark Certificate so 
surrendered shall forthwith be canceled.  In lieu of the foregoing, upon 
written instruction from an Inmark Shareholder, Rogue Wave shall be entitled 
to deliver to counsel for Inmark, on behalf of such Inmark Shareholder, the 
ratable portion of the Merger Consideration due such Inmark Shareholder, 
subject to delivery of the Inmark Certificate(s) held by such Inmark 
Shareholder.  In such event, counsel for Inmark shall have sole 
responsibility to deliver to such Inmark Shareholder such Merger 
Consideration, and neither Rogue Wave nor RW Sub shall have any obligation or 
liability therefore.  In the event of a transfer of ownership of Inmark 
Common Stock which is not registered in the transfer records of Inmark, the 



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appropriate number of shares of Rogue Wave Common Stock may be delivered to
a transferee if the Inmark Certificate representing such Inmark Common Stock is
presented to Rogue Wave and accompanied by all documents required to evidence
and effect such transfer and to evidence that any applicable stock transfer
taxes have been paid.  Until surrendered as contemplated by this Section 1.8,
each Inmark Certificate shall be deemed at any time after the Effective Time to
represent the right to receive upon such surrender a holder's ratable portion of
the Merger Consideration as provided by this Section 1.8 and the provisions of
the Delaware Law and the California Law.  Immediately prior to the Effective
Date, Inmark shall provide to Rogue Wave and RW Sub a Schedule 1.8, setting
forth the name and address of each Inmark Shareholder and the number of shares
of Inmark Common Stock then held by such person and Rogue Wave shall be entitled
to rely on such Schedule in issuing the Merger Consideration as contemplated
hereunder.

     1.9  DISSENTING SHARES.  Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the
contrary, shares of Inmark Common Stock that are held by shareholders who have
not voted such shares in favor of the Merger shall not be canceled and converted
into shares of Rogue Wave Common Stock in accordance with Section 1.4(a) unless
and until such holder shall have failed to perfect, or shall have effectively
withdrawn or lost, such holder's right to appraisal and payment under the
California Law.  If such holder shall have so failed to perfect, or shall have
effectively withdrawn or lost such right, such shareholder's shares shall be
deemed to have been canceled and converted as described in Section 1.4(a) at the
Effective Time, and each such share shall represent solely the right to receive
that portion of the Merger Consideration that such shares would have been
entitled to receive had they been voted in favor of the Merger.  Inmark shall
give Rogue Wave prompt notice of any demands received by Inmark for appraisal of
its shares, and, prior to the Effective Time, Rogue Wave shall have the right to
participate in all negotiations and proceedings with respect thereto.  Prior to
the Effective Time, Inmark shall not, without the prior written consent of Rogue
Wave, make any payment with respect to, or settle or offer to settle, any such
demand.  From and after the Effective Time, no shareholder of Inmark who has
demanded appraisal rights as provided in Section 1301 of the California Law
shall be entitled to vote such holder's shares of Inmark Common Stock for any
purpose or to receive payment of dividends or other distributions with respect
to such holder's shares (except dividends and other distributions payable to
shareholders of record as of a date prior to the Effective Time).

     1.10 NO FRACTIONAL SHARES.  No fractional shares of Rogue Wave Common Stock
will be issued in connection with the Merger and no certificate therefor will be
issued.  In lieu of such fractional shares, any holder of Inmark Common Stock
who would otherwise receive a fractional share shall, upon surrender of his
certificate or certificates representing Inmark Common Stock, be paid an amount
in cash (without interest) determined by multiplying such fraction by $0.35. 
Rogue Wave will, subject to any applicable statute of limitation or abandoned
property or similar law, until three years after the Effective Time, pay to such
holders, upon surrender of their certificates representing Rogue Wave Common
Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, the cash value of
such fractions so determined, without interest.


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     1.11 CANCELLATION OF STOCK OPTIONS, ETC.  At the Effective Time, each
option, warrant, convertible note, preferred stock and any other right to
purchase shares of Inmark Common Stock or capital stock then outstanding under
any stock option plan or agreement of any type shall be canceled and terminated.

     1.12 SHAREHOLDERS' MEETING AND NOTICE OF APPRAISAL RIGHTS.  Inmark, acting
through its Board of Directors, in accordance with applicable law and its
Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws, shall as soon as practicable either (a)
duly call, give notice of, convene and hold a special meeting of its
shareholders for the purpose of considering and voting upon the Merger, or
(b) solicit from all shareholders written consents approving the Agreement, the
Merger and the transactions contemplated herein.  In connection with such
meeting or such solicitation, Inmark also shall:  (a) provide each holder of
Inmark Common Stock with a proxy statement, information statement or other
disclosure document containing such disclosure as required under applicable
federal and state securities laws and in a form reasonably acceptable to Rogue
Wave; (b) take such other action in connection with such solicitation as is
required under federal and state securities laws and otherwise reasonably
requested by Rogue Wave and its counsel; and (c) if so required under Section
1300 of the California Law, notify each of its shareholders entitled to
appraisal rights under the California Law that appraisal rights are available
for any or all of the shares of the Inmark Common Stock, and shall include in
such notice any required provisions of the California Law.  In connection with
such solicitation of consents, if so required by applicable law, Inmark shall
give prompt notice of the corporate actions taken thereby to those shareholders,
if any, who do not consent thereto in writing.

     1.13 MARKET STAND-OFF.  The shares of Rogue Wave Common Stock issued to
Inmark Shareholders pursuant to the Merger may not be sold, transferred or
otherwise disposed of by the holder thereof, as requested by the underwriters
for a period of 180 days following the effective date of the first registration
statement of Rogue Wave filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended;
provided that all officers and directors of Rogue Wave enter into similar
agreements.

     1.14 FURTHER ACTION.  Each of Rogue Wave, RW Sub and Inmark shall take all
actions as may be reasonably necessary or appropriate in order to effectuate the
transactions contemplated hereby.  If at any time after the Effective Time any
further action by or on behalf of any such entity is necessary or desirable to
carry out the purposes of this Agreement or to vest the Surviving Corporation
with the full right, title and possession to all assets, property, rights,
privileges, immunities, powers and franchises of either or both of the
Constituent Corporations, the officers and directors of Rogue Wave and the
Surviving Corporation, as applicable, shall take or cause to be taken all such
necessary action.

     1.15 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION AND BYLAWS; DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.  The
Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws of Inmark shall be the Articles of
Incorporation and Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation immediately after the
Effective Time.  The individuals identified on Schedule 1.15 shall be the
directors and officers of the Surviving Corporation, and shall hold such offices
from the Effective Time until their respective successors are duly elected or


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appointed and qualified in the manner provided in the Articles of Incorporation
and Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation, or as otherwise provided by law.

     1.16 ACCOUNTING TREATMENT.  The parties intend that the Merger will be
treated as a pooling of interest for accounting purposes.

     1.17 TAX CONSEQUENCES.  For federal income tax purposes, the Merger is
intended to constitute a tax-free reorganization within the meaning of Section
368(a) of the Code.

     1.18 DISCLOSURE STATEMENTS.  On the date hereof Rogue Wave shall deliver to
Inmark a Rogue Wave Disclosure Statement executed on behalf of Rogue Wave and RW
Sub and on the date hereof Inmark shall deliver to Rogue Wave an Inmark
Disclosure Statement executed on behalf of Inmark.  References in Article 2 are
references to the schedules, as set forth in the Inmark Disclosure Statement. 
References in Article 3 are references to the schedules as set forth in the
Rogue Wave Disclosure Statement.


                                    ARTICLE 2

                    REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF INMARK

     Except as set forth in the Inmark Disclosure Statement, Inmark represents,
warrants and agrees, as of the date hereof, as follows:

     2.1  ORGANIZATION AND RELATED MATTERS.  Inmark is a corporation duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of
California and has the requisite corporate power and authority to own, lease and
operate its assets and properties and to carry on its business as it is now
being conducted.  Inmark is qualified to do business and is in good standing in
each jurisdiction in which the properties owned, leased or operated by it or the
nature of its business makes such qualification necessary, except where the
failure to be so qualified and in good standing would not have a Material
Adverse Effect on its business, as presently conducted.  True, accurate and
complete copies of the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws of Inmark, in each
case as in effect on the date hereof, including all amendments thereto, and
minutes of all actions, and actions by written consent, of the directors and
shareholders of Inmark, have been delivered to Rogue Wave.

     2.2  CAPITALIZATION.

          (a)  The authorized capital stock of Inmark consists of (i) 5,000,000
shares of Inmark Common Stock, no par value, of which as of the date hereof,
3,379,290 are issued and outstanding and (ii) 1,000,000 shares of Preferred
Stock, no par value, of which as of the date hereof, no shares are issued and
outstanding.  All of the issued and outstanding shares of Inmark Common Stock
are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.  Schedule 2.2(a) sets forth a
list of all shareholders of Inmark including their names and addresses and the
number of shares they hold, beneficially and of record, of Inmark Common Stock.


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          (b)  As of the date hereof, there are Inmark Options to purchase
899,000 shares of Inmark Common Stock pursuant to Inmark's Stock Option Plan, a
list of which has been delivered with the Inmark Disclosure Statement to Rogue
Wave or its counsel.  Schedule 2.2(b) sets forth a list of the name of each
optionee, the number of shares of Inmark Common Stock subject to each Inmark
Option, the date of grant and exercise price of each Inmark Option and a vesting
schedule for such Inmark Option.  Except as set forth above or pursuant to the
exercise of Inmark Options, there are not as of the date hereof, and on the
Effective Time there will not be, any outstanding subscriptions, options,
warrants, stock appreciation rights, calls, rights, convertible securities or
other agreements or commitments of any character relating to issued or unissued
capital shares or other securities of Inmark, or otherwise obligating Inmark to
issue, transfer or sell any capital shares of Inmark, or other securities
convertible into, exchangeable for, or evidencing the right to subscribe for,
any capital shares of Inmark.  Following the Closing, Inmark will have no
obligation to issue, transfer or sell any of its capital shares or other
securities of Inmark pursuant to any currently existing employee benefit plan or
otherwise.  All shares of Inmark capital stock have been issued in compliance
with federal and state securities laws, and Inmark has no liability to any
current or former shareholder of Inmark arising from or relating to the offer
and sale of any of its securities, whether under federal or state securities
law, or otherwise.  There are no voting trusts, proxies or other agreements or
understandings to which Inmark is a party or is bound with respect to the voting
of any of the capital stock of Inmark.

          (c)  Inmark has no subsidiaries and does not own or hold, directly or
indirectly, any debt or equity securities of, nor has any other interest in, any
corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture or other
entity.

     2.3  AUTHORITY; NONCONTRAVENTION; APPROVALS.

          (a)  Inmark has full corporate power and authority to execute, deliver
and perform this Agreement and the Agreement of Merger.  The execution, delivery
and performance of the Agreement and the Agreement of Merger has been duly and
validly authorized by the Board of Directors of Inmark, and by all other
necessary corporate action on the part of Inmark.  This Agreement and the
Agreement of Merger have been, or will be on or prior to the Closing Date, duly
and validly executed and delivered by Inmark, and constitutes the valid and
binding agreement of Inmark, enforceable against Inmark in accordance with its
terms, except as such enforcement may be subject to bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting or relating to
enforcement of creditors' rights generally, and general equitable principles.

          (b)  Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement by Inmark 
nor the consummation by Inmark of the transactions contemplated herein will 
(i) conflict with or result in any breach of any provision of the Articles of 
Incorporation or Bylaws of Inmark, (ii) result in a default (or give rise to 
any right of termination, cancellation, acceleration, repurchase, put or 
call) under the terms, conditions or provisions of any note, bond, mortgage, 
indenture or other evidence of indebtedness of Inmark or any material license 
agreement or lease or other material contract, instrument or obligation to 
which Inmark is a party, or by which Inmark or 


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any of its assets may be bound, (iii) violate any statute, rule, regulation, 
order, writ, injunction, decree or arbitration award applicable to Inmark or 
its assets, or (iv) result in the creation of any material (individually or 
in the aggregate) liens, charges or encumbrances on any of the assets of 
Inmark.

          (c)  No consent, approval, order or authorization of, or registration,
declaration or filing with, any court, administrative agency, commission,
regulatory authority or other governmental authority or instrumentality, whether
domestic or foreign (a "Governmental Entity"), is required by or with respect to
Inmark in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the
Agreement of Merger by Inmark or the consummation by Inmark of the transactions
contemplated hereby or thereby, except for (i) the filing of the Agreement of
Merger with the Secretary of State of the State of California, (ii) the issuance
of a Permit by the California Department of Corporations with respect to the
issuance of Rogue Wave Common Stock pursuant to this Agreement, (iii) such other
consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may be
required under state securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the Merger,
and (iv) informational filings.

     2.4  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

          (a)  Inmark has delivered to Rogue Wave (i) an audited balance sheet
of Inmark as of December 31, 1994, its related audited statements of operations
and cash flows of Inmark for the twelve (12) months then ended, together with
the notes thereto and (ii) its unaudited balance sheet as at July 31, 1995 (the
"Inmark Statement Date") and unaudited statement of income for the seven month
period ending on the Inmark Statement Date (collectively, the "Inmark Financial
Statements").

          (b)  The Inmark Financial Statements are accurate and complete in all
respects and present fairly the financial position of Inmark as of the Inmark
Statement Date and the results of operations of Inmark for the period covered
thereby.


          (c)  Inmark has no liabilities or obligations (absolute or contingent)
required in accordance with GAAP to be disclosed in the financial statements of
Inmark except liabilities (i) that are reflected or disclosed in the Inmark
Financial Statements, (ii) that are disclosed in this Agreement or the schedules
hereto, or (iii) that were incurred after the Inmark Statement Date in the
ordinary course of business and which in the aggregate do not exceed $25,000.

     2.5  ABSENCE OF CHANGES.  Since the Inmark Statement Date:

          (a)  No event has occurred that has had or might have a Material
Adverse Effect on Inmark;

          (b)  There has not been any loss with respect to, or any interruption
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          (c)  Inmark has not (i) declared, accrued, set aside or paid any
dividend or made any other distribution in respect of any of its capital stock,
or (ii) repurchased, redeemed or otherwise reacquired any of its capital stock;

          (d)  Inmark has not sold or otherwise issued any shares of capital
stock or any options, warrants or other rights to purchase or receive shares of
capital stock or other securities convertible into, exchangeable for, or
evidencing the right to subscribe for, any shares of capital stock of Inmark;

          (e)  Inmark has not amended its Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws
and has not effected or been a party to any Acquisition Transaction,
recapitalization, reclassification of shares, stock split, reverse stock split
or similar transaction;

          (f)  Inmark has not purchased or otherwise acquired any material asset
from any other person or entity, other than in the ordinary course of business; 

          (g)  Inmark has not leased or licensed any material asset from any
other person or entity other than in the ordinary course of business;

          (h)  Inmark has not made any individual capital expenditure in excess
of $50,000;

          (i)  Inmark has not sold or otherwise transferred, and has not leased
or licensed, any material asset to any other person or entity except in the
ordinary course of business; 

          (j)  Inmark has not written off as uncollectible, or established any
extraordinary reserve with respect to, any account receivable or other
indebtedness;

          (k)  Inmark has not pledged or hypothecated any of its assets or
otherwise permitted any of its assets to become subject to any lien or
encumbrance;

          (l)  Inmark has not made any loan or advance to any other person or
entity, except for employee travel advances made in the ordinary course of
business;

          (m)  Inmark has not (i) established or adopted any employee benefit
plan, or (ii) paid any bonus or made any profit-sharing or similar payment to,
or increased the amount of the wages, salary, commissions, fringe benefits or
other compensation or remuneration payable to, any of its directors, officers or
employees, other than in accordance with past practice;

          (n)  No material contract, agreement or obligation by which Inmark or
any of the assets owned or used by Inmark is or was bound, or under which Inmark
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          (o)  Inmark has not discharged any lien or encumbrance or discharged
or paid any indebtedness or other liability, except for accounts payable that
(i) are reflected as current liabilities in the Inmark Financial Statements or
have been incurred by Inmark since the Inmark Statement Date in the ordinary
course of business, and (ii) have been discharged or paid in the ordinary course
of business;

          (p)  Inmark has not forgiven any debt or otherwise released or waived
any right or claim;

          (q)  Inmark has not changed any of its methods of accounting or
accounting practices in any respect;

          (r)  Inmark has not entered into any transaction or taken any other
action outside the ordinary course of business; and

          (s)  Inmark has not agreed, committed or offered (in writing or
otherwise), and has not attempted, to take any of the actions referred to in
clauses "(c)" through "(r)" above.

     2.6  CONTRACTS.

          (a)  Schedule 2.6(a) identifies each contract, agreement, lease,
instrument, understanding or arrangement to which Inmark is a party, or by which
Inmark is or may become subject, or by which any of its assets are or may become
bound (each, an "Inmark Material Contract"):

               (i)  for the employment, or restricting the employment, of any
employee;

               (ii) with respect to consulting services under which Inmark is
obligated to make payments in excess of $25,000 in any year or under which
Inmark paid in excess of $25,000 in calendar year 1994;

               (iii)     restricting in any manner its right to compete with any
other person or entity or restricting its right to sell to or purchase from any
other person or entity;

               (iv) with any Affiliate, or any person controlled by an
Affiliate, for or with respect to the purchase or sale of goods, the performance
of services or the loan or guarantee of any amount by or to Inmark;

               (v)  regarding the payment or receipt of license fees or
royalties to or from any person with annual payment obligations in excess of
$25,000;

               (vi) regarding the license to Inmark of any Proprietary Asset,
other than end-user license agreements entered into in the ordinary course of
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               (vii)     regarding agency, representation, distribution or
franchise, and that cannot be canceled without payment or penalty of less than
$25,000 upon notice of 60 days or less;

               (viii)    contracts relating to the sale, transfer or disposition
of Inmark's securities;

               (ix) lease or sublease, either as lessee or sublessee, lessor or
sublessor, of real or personal property or intangibles; 

               (x)  warranty or service contracts;

               (xi) that provides for the guaranty for borrowed money by, or
indemnification obligations of, another person; or

               (xii)     that is specified under Section 2.10(e).

          (b)  Each Inmark Material Contract is in full force and effect, is
binding upon Inmark and, to the best of Inmark's knowledge, is binding on all
other parties thereto.  Copies of each Inmark Material Contract have been
provided to counsel to Rogue Wave.  Inmark and the other parties to such Inmark
Material Contracts have duly performed its obligations under each Inmark
Material Contract to the extent such obligations to perform have accrued, and no
breach or default, or alleged breach or default, or event which would (with the
passage of time, notice or both) constitute a breach or default thereunder has
occurred or has been alleged, nor will occur as a result of consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and, to the best of Inmark's
knowledge, no breach or default by any other contracting parties thereunder has
occurred or has been alleged.  Consummation of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement will not (and will not give any person a right to) terminate or
modify any material rights of, or accelerate or augment any material obligation
of Inmark under any Inmark Material Contract.

          (c)  Schedule 2.6(c) identifies each permit or license applied for, 
pending, issued or given to Inmark that is material to the conduct of the 
business, and Inmark possesses all such licenses and permits required in 
order to operate the business, and is in compliance with each such license 
and permit. Each such license and permit is valid and in full force and 
effect and will remain so upon consummation of the transactions contemplated 
by this Agreement except where the failure to comply would not have a 
Material Adverse Effect.

     2.7  TAX MATTERS.  With respect to Taxes (as defined below):

          (a)  Inmark has filed or will file or cause to be filed, within the
time and in the manner prescribed by law, all returns, declarations, reports,
estimates, information returns and statements, including information returns and
reports ("Returns") required to be filed under federal, state, local or any
foreign laws by Inmark for all Returns due on or prior to the 


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Effective Time; all Returns so filed complied in all material respects with 
the laws, rules and regulations applicable to such Returns;

          (b)  Inmark has within the time and in the manner prescribed by law,
paid (and until the Closing will, within the time and in the manner prescribed
by law, pay) all Taxes (as defined below) that are due and payable;

          (c)  Inmark has established (and until the Closing will establish) on
its books and records reserves that are adequate for the payment of all Taxes
not yet due and payable and there is (and until the Closing shall be) no
material difference between the amounts of the book basis and the tax basis of
assets (net of liabilities) that are not accounted for by an accrual on the
books for federal income tax purposes or, if not required to be so accrued under
GAAP, are described in Schedule 2.7(c);

          (d)  There are no liens for Taxes upon the assets of Inmark except
liens for Taxes not yet due;

          (e)  Inmark has not filed (and will not file prior to the Effective
Time) any consent agreement under Section 341(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended (the "Code") or agreed to have Section 341(f)(2) of the Code
apply to any disposition of the subsection (f) asset (as such term is defined in
Section 341(f)(4) of the Code) owned by Inmark;

          (f)  No deficiency or adjustment for any Taxes has been proposed or
asserted or assessed against Inmark and, to the best of Inmark's knowledge, no
foreign, federal, state or local audits, examination or other administrative
proceedings or court proceedings are presently pending with regard to any Taxes,
and no waiver or consent extending any statute of limitations for the assessment
or collection of any Taxes, which waiver or consent remains in effect, has been
executed by (or on behalf of) Inmark nor are any requests for such waiver or
consent pending; 

          (g)  Inmark is not a party to any tax-sharing or allocation agreement,
nor does Inmark owe any amount under any tax-sharing or allocation agreement;

          (h)  The acquisition of Inmark by Rogue Wave will not result in the
payment of any "excess parachute payment" within the meaning of Section 280G of
the Code and there is no agreement, plan or arrangement covering any employee or
independent contractor of Inmark that would give rise to any payment that would
not be deductible pursuant to Section 280G or Section 162 of the Code;

          (i)  Inmark has not made any election under Section 338(g) of the Code
with respect to any acquisition and no outstanding debt obligation of Inmark is
"corporate acquisition indebtedness" within the meaning of Section 279(b) of the
Code;

          (j)  Inmark is not a United States Real Property Holding Corporation
as defined under Section 897(c)(2) of the Code; 


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          (k)  Schedule 2.7 lists the years involved, type of Tax and taxing
authority involved for every completed audit of Taxes of Inmark; and

          (l)  For purposes of this Agreement, "Taxes" shall mean all taxes,
charges, fees, levies, or other assessments of whatever kind or nature,
including, without limitation, all net income, gross income, gross receipts,
sales, use, value-added, ad valorem, transfer, franchise, profits, license,
withholding, payroll, employment, excise, estimated, severance, stamp, net
worth, environmental, occupancy or property taxes, customs duties, fees,
assessments or charges of any kind whatsoever (together with any interest and
any penalties, additions to tax or additional amounts) imposed by any taxing
authority (domestic or foreign) upon or payable by Inmark or Rogue Wave, as
applicable.

     2.8  EMPLOYEE AND LABOR MATTERS.

          (a)  Section 2.8 accurately sets forth, with respect to each employee
of Inmark (including any employee of Inmark who is on a leave of absence or on
layoff status):

               (i)  the name, title and general duties of such employee;

               (ii) each Inmark Plan (as defined in Section 2.11) in which such
employee participates or is eligible to participate; and

               (iii)     accurate and complete information as to the aggregate
dollar amount of the compensation (including wages, salary, commissions,
director's fees, fringe benefits, bonuses, profit-sharing payments and other
payments or benefits of any type) received by each such employee with respect to
services performed for Inmark for the year to date June 30, 1995, and any change
in such employee's aggregate monthly compensation since June 30, 1995.

          (b)  No former employee of Inmark is receiving or is scheduled to
receive (or whose spouse or other dependent is receiving or is scheduled to
receive) any benefits (whether from Inmark or otherwise) relating to such former
employee's employment with Inmark. 

          (c)  Inmark is not, and never has been, a party to or bound by any
employment agreement or any union contract, collective bargaining agreement or
similar contract.

          (d)  The employment of each of Inmark's employees is terminable by
Inmark at will.  Inmark has delivered to Rogue Wave accurate and complete copies
of all employee manuals and handbooks, disclosure materials, policy statements
and other materials relating to the employment of the current and former
employees of Inmark.

          (e)  To the best of Inmark's knowledge, none of its employees (i) 
presently intends to terminate his employment with Inmark, or (ii) is a party 
to or is bound by any confidentiality agreement, noncompetition agreement or 
other contract or agreement that may have an adverse effect on (A) the 
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responsibilities as an employee of Inmark or Rogue Wave, or (B) the business 
of Inmark or Rogue Wave.

          (f)  There is no unfair labor practice charge or similar charge,
complaint, allegation or other process or claim pending or, to the knowledge of
Inmark, threatened, against Inmark before the National Labor Relations Board or
any other Governmental Entity which, if adversely determined, would have a
Material Adverse Effect.  There is not now pending, never has been, and to the
best of Inmark's knowledge, no person or entity has threatened to commence, any
slowdown, work stoppage, labor dispute or union organizing activity or any
similar activity or dispute affecting Inmark or any of its employees.   No event
has occurred, and no condition or circumstance exists, that might directly or
indirectly give rise to or provide a basis for the commencement of any such
slowdown, work stoppage, labor dispute or union organizing activity or any
similar activity or dispute.

     2.9  REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY.

          (a)  Inmark has good and valid title to or other right to use, free of
any liens or encumbrances, (i) all real property held on a fee basis used in its
business, all leasehold property held pursuant to leases (each, a "Lease") and
all other interests in such real property, and (ii) all other tangible assets
and properties that presently are used in its business, including tangible
assets and properties that it purports to own or have the right to use as
reflected in the Inmark Financial Statements or that thereafter were acquired,
except, in each case, for (a) liens reflected in the Inmark Financial Statements
as securing specified liabilities (with respect to which no default exists), (b)
liens for Taxes not yet due or matters otherwise described on Schedule 2.7
(whether or not such liens or other matters constitute encumbrances), and
(c) assets and properties disposed of since the Inmark Statement Date in the
ordinary course of business.

          (b)  Each Lease is valid, binding and enforceable against Inmark and,
to the best of Inmark's knowledge, each other party thereto, subject only to
such exceptions as do not materially interfere with the operation of the
business conducted on such leasehold property or are not material to the
business.  There is not pending nor, to Inmark's knowledge, threatened, any
proceeding that would interfere with the quiet enjoyment of any such leasehold
property held by Inmark pursuant to any such Lease.  Inmark is not in default
under the terms of any Lease nor, to the best of Inmark's knowledge, is any
other party thereto in default thereunder, and no event has occurred which (with
notice, lapse of time or both) would constitute a default thereunder by Inmark.
 There are no condemnation proceedings pending nor, to the best of Inmark's
knowledge, threatened with respect to any portion of any property subject to a
Lease.  All of the real property and personal property of Inmark are in all
material respects fit for the purposes for which intended and in good operating
condition and repair, ordinary wear and tear excepted, and as of the Closing,
such assets shall constitute all of the properties, rights and assets necessary
for the conduct of the business.


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     2.10 PROPRIETARY ASSETS.

          (a)  Schedule 2.10 identifies each Proprietary Asset owned by or
licensed to Inmark that is material to the business of Inmark, including,
without limitation, the title and a brief description of each Inmark software
program developed by or on behalf of Inmark or under development by or on behalf
of Inmark (the "Inmark Software") and the release date or expected release date
of such Inmark Software, and such Proprietary Assets constitute all of the
Proprietary Assets necessary or useful to enable Inmark to conduct its business
in the manner currently being conducted and in the manner in which its business
is proposed to be conducted. 

          (b)  Inmark has taken the measures and precautions necessary to
protect the confidentiality and value of each Proprietary Asset identified or
required to be identified on Schedule 2.10, and Schedule 2.10 specifies each
jurisdiction in which issuance or registration of any such Proprietary Assets
has been filed and applicable registration or application numbers.

          (c)  Inmark has not received any notice or other communication (in
writing or otherwise) of any actual, alleged, possible or potential 
infringement of, and, to the best of its knowledge, presently is not 
infringing and has not at any time infringed, any Proprietary Asset owned or 
used by any other person or entity.  To the best of Inmark's knowledge, no 
other person or entity is infringing, and no Proprietary Asset owned or used 
by any other person or entity infringes or conflicts with, any Proprietary 
Asset owned or used by Inmark.

          (d)  To the extent any Proprietary Asset, including, without
limitation, any Inmark Software, has been licensed or developed, in whole or in
part, from or by any consultant or other third party, a description of such
Proprietary Asset and the third party relationship, including information
regarding any Inmark Material Contract with respect thereto, is set forth on
Schedule 2.10.

          (e)  Schedule 2.6(a) identifies all license, distribution or
agreements of any type related to the Proprietary Assets, including, without
limitation, each Inmark Software, including, all agreements related to (i) the
license, assignment or other transfer of any patent, copyright, trademark, trade
secret and other intellectual property rights thereto, and (ii) the
modification, reproduction, license, sublicense, distribution or marketing of
any Proprietary Asset, including, without limitation, each type of Inmark
Software.  There are no oral agreements related to any of the foregoing.  Any
obligation to pay royalties under any of such agreements is set forth on
Schedule 2.6(a).

     2.11 BENEFIT PLANS; ERISA.  All material employee benefit plans, 
programs, policies, or arrangements (including, without limitation, each 
employee benefit plan within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA) that are 
sponsored, maintained or contributed to or required to be contributed to by 
Inmark for the benefit of any active, former, or retired employee of Inmark 
are listed in Schedule 2.6(a) (the "Inmark Plans").  Each Inmark Plan has 
been maintained and administered in all material respects with its terms and 
applicable law, including ERISA and the Code.  Any Inmark Plan intended to be 
qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code has either obtained a favorable 
determination letter as to its qualified status from the IRS or still has a 


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remaining period of time under applicable Treasury Regulations or IRS 
pronouncements in which to apply for such determination letter and to make 
any amendments necessary to obtain a favorable determination. No Inmark Plan 
is covered by Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code.  To the knowledge 
of Inmark, neither Inmark nor any officer or director of Inmark has incurred 
any liability or penalty under Sections 4975 through 4980 of the Code or 
Title I of ERISA.  No suit, action, or other litigation (excluding claims for 
benefits incurred in the ordinary course of Inmark Plan activities) has been 
brought or, to the knowledge of Inmark, is threatened against or with respect 
to any such Inmark Plan.  All material contributions, reserves, or premium 
payments required to be made or accrued as of the date hereof to the Inmark 
Plans have been made or accrued.

     2.12 PROCEEDINGS; ORDERS.

          (a)  (i)  There is no Proceeding or order, injunction, writ or decree
pending or, to the best of Inmark's knowledge, threatened, against or affecting
Inmark or any of its assets that has or would have a Material Adverse Effect.

               (ii) To the best of Inmark's knowledge, no event has occurred,
and no claim, dispute or other condition or circumstance exists, that might
directly or indirectly give rise to or serve as a basis for the commencement of
any such Proceeding or the imposition of any such order, injunction, writ or
decree.

          (b)  Schedule 2.12 identifies each Proceeding pending or order,
injunction, writ or decree that (i) involves a claim or potential claim of
liability in excess of $10,000 against or affecting Inmark or any of its assets
or (ii) enjoins or seeks to enjoin any activity by Inmark or any of its
directors or officers.

          (c)  Inmark has delivered or made available to Rogue Wave accurate and
complete copies of all pleadings, correspondence and other written materials to
which Inmark has access that relate to each Proceeding identified on Schedule
2.12. 

     2.13 ENVIRONMENTAL PROVISIONS.

          (a)  To the best of Inmark's knowledge, Inmark is in full compliance
with all applicable Environmental Laws, which compliance includes, but is not
limited to, the possession by Inmark of all permits and licenses required under
applicable Environmental Laws, and compliance with the terms and conditions
thereof, except where the failure to so comply would not have a Material Adverse
Effect.  Inmark has not received any communication (written or oral) from any
person alleging that Inmark is not in such full compliance, and, to the best of
Inmark's knowledge, there are no circumstances that may prevent or interfere
with such full compliance in the future.  Schedule 2.13 identifies all permits
and licenses currently held by Inmark pursuant to Environmental Laws.

          (b)  There is no Environmental Claim pending or, to the best of 
Inmark's knowledge, threatened against Inmark or against any person or entity 
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or may have, retained or assumed liability for any Environmental Claim either 
contractually or by operation of law.

          (c)  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Schedule 2.13
identifies (i) all on-site and off-site locations where Inmark has stored or
disposed of, and all entities with which Inmark has arranged for the disposal
of, Materials of Environmental Concern, and (ii) all underground storage tanks
(whether or not in use by Inmark), and the capacity and contents of such tanks,
located on property owned or leased by Inmark.  To the best of Inmark's
knowledge, there is no asbestos contained in or forming a part of any building,
building component, structure or office space owned or leased by Inmark, and
(iv) no polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are used or stored at any property
owned or leased by Inmark.

     2.14 INSURANCE.  Inmark is, and at all times during the past two years has
been, insured with reputable insurers against all risks normally insured against
by comparable entities, and all of the insurance policies and bonds required to
be maintained by Inmark are in full force and effect.  Schedule 2.14 lists all
insurance policies and bonds that, as of the date hereof, are material to the
business of Inmark.  Inmark is not in default under any such policy or bond, and
no event which would (with the passage of time, notice or both) constitute a
breach or default thereunder by Inmark or, to the best knowledge of Inmark, the
insurer thereunder has occurred or, to the knowledge of Inmark, will occur as a
result of the transactions contemplated herein.  Consummation of the
transactions contemplated herein will not (and will not give any person or
entity a right to) terminate or modify any material rights of, or accelerate or
augment any material obligation of, Inmark under any insurance policy or bond
insofar as such policy or bond relates to or covers occurrences that give rise
to claims for occurrences taking place prior to the Closing Date.  There is no
pending claim under any of the policies set forth on Schedule 2.14, and no event
has occurred and no condition exists that could reasonably be expected to give
rise to or serve as a basis for any such claim.

     2.15 RECEIVABLES; MAJOR CUSTOMERS.  

          (a)  Schedule 2.15 provides an accurate and complete breakdown and
aging of all accounts receivable, notes receivable and other receivables of
Inmark as of the Inmark Statement Date.

          (b)  All existing accounts receivable of Inmark (including those
accounts receivable reflected on the Inmark Financial Statements that have not
yet been collected and those accounts receivable that have arisen since the
Inmark Statement Date and have not yet been collected):

               (i)  represent valid obligations of customers of Inmark arising
from bona fide transactions entered into in the ordinary course of business; and


               (ii) are dated as set forth on Schedule 2.15 and, to the best of
Inmark's knowledge after reasonable investigation, will be collected in full
(without any counterclaim or setoff) on or before December 31, 1995.


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     2.16 DISCLOSURE.  

          (a)  The copies of all documents furnished by Inmark pursuant to the
terms of this Agreement are complete and accurate.  Inmark has provided Rogue
Wave and its counsel with full and complete access to all of Inmark's
facilities, employees, vendors, records and other documents and data.

          (b)  For purposes of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated
hereby, none of (i) the representations and warranties made by Inmark in this
Agreement, (ii) the Inmark Disclosure Statement or (iii) any statement by Inmark
or, to the best of Inmark's knowledge, any other person, contained in any
document, certificate or other writing furnished by Inmark to Rogue Wave in
connection this Agreement, the Merger or the transactions contemplated hereby,
contains or will contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omits or
will omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements made
herein or wherein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not
misleading.

          (c)  There is no fact within the knowledge of Inmark that (i) may have
an adverse effect on Inmark's business, condition, assets, liabilities,
operations, financial performance, net income or prospects (or any portion
thereof) or on the ability of Inmark to comply with or perform any covenant or
obligation under the Agreement or any document certificate or writing furnished
in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, or (ii) may have the
effect of preventing, delaying, making illegal or otherwise interfering with the
Merger.

     2.17 NO BROKERS OR FINDERS.  No agent, broker, finder, or investment or
commercial banker, or other person or entity engaged by or acting on behalf of
Inmark in connection with the transactions contemplated herein is or will be
entitled to any broker's or finder's or similar fee or other commission as a
result of the transactions contemplated herein.

     2.18 THIRD PARTY CONSENTS.  No consent or approval is needed from any third
party in order to effect the Merger, this Agreement or any of the transactions
contemplated hereby.


                                    ARTICLE 3

             REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF ROGUE WAVE AND RW SUB

     Except as set forth in the Rogue Wave Disclosure Statement, each of Rogue
Wave and RW Sub represents, warrants and agrees, as of the date hereof, as
follows:

     3.1  ORGANIZATION AND RELATED MATTERS.  It is a corporation duly 
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the 
jurisdiction of its incorporation and has the requisite corporate power and 
authority to own, lease and operate its respective assets and properties and 
to carry on its respective business as now being conducted.  It is qualified 
to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the 
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operated by it or the nature of its business makes such qualification 
necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified and in good standing 
would not have a Material Adverse Effect on its business, as presently 
conducted.  True, accurate and complete copies of the organizational 
documents of each of Rogue Wave and RW Sub, in each case as in effect on the 
date hereof, including all amendments thereto, and minutes of all actions, 
and actions by written consent of the directors and shareholders of Rogue 
Wave and RW Sub, as applicable, have been delivered to Inmark.

     3.2  CAPITALIZATION.

          (a)  The authorized capital stock of Rogue Wave consists of (i)
7,200,000 shares of Rogue Wave Common Stock, $0.001 par value, of which as of
the date hereof, 3,820,400 are issued and outstanding, and (ii) 1,200,000 shares
of Rogue Wave Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value, all of which are designated
Series A Preferred Stock and are issued and outstanding as of the date hereof. 
As of the date hereof, the issued and outstanding shares of Series A Preferred
Stock are convertible into 1,200,000 shares of Rogue Wave Common Stock.  The
issued and outstanding shares of Rogue Wave Common Stock and Rogue Wave
Preferred Stock are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.  Schedule
3.2(a) sets forth a list of all shareholders of Rogue Wave and the number of
shares they hold, beneficially and of record, of Rogue Wave Common Stock.

          (b)  The authorized capital stock of RW Sub consists of 1,000 shares
of Common Stock, $0.01 par value, all of which are issued, outstanding and held
by Rogue Wave as of the date hereof.  There are not as of the date hereof, and
on the Effective Time there will not be, any outstanding subscriptions, options,
warrants, stock appreciation rights, calls, rights, convertible securities or
other agreements or commitments of any character relating to issued or unissued
capital shares or other securities of RW Sub, or otherwise obligating RW Sub to
issue, transfer or sell any capital shares of RW Sub, or other securities
convertible into, exchangeable for, or evidencing the right to subscribe for,
any capital shares of RW Sub.  All shares of RW Sub capital stock have been
issued in compliance with federal and state securities laws.

          (c)  As of the date hereof, there are Rogue Wave Options 
outstanding to purchase 1,649,350 shares of Rogue Wave Common Stock pursuant 
to Rogue Wave's 1994 Stock Option Plan, a list of which has been delivered 
with the Rogue Wave Disclosure Statement to Inmark or its counsel.  Set forth 
on Schedule 3.2(c) is the name of each optionee, the number of shares of 
Rogue Wave Common Stock subject to each Rogue Wave Option, the date of grant 
and exercise price of each Rogue Wave Option and a vesting schedule for such 
Rogue Wave Option.  Except as set forth above or pursuant to the exercise of 
Rogue Wave Options, there are not as of the date hereof, and on the Effective 
Time there will not be, any outstanding subscriptions, options, warrants, 
stock appreciation rights, calls, rights, convertible securities or other 
agreements or commitments of any character relating to issued or unissued 
capital shares or other securities of Rogue Wave, or otherwise obligating 
Rogue Wave to issue, transfer or sell any capital shares of Rogue Wave, or 
other securities convertible into, exchangeable for, or evidencing the right 
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Wave capital stock have been issued in compliance with federal and state 
securities laws, and Rogue Wave has no liability to any current or former 
shareholder of Rogue Wave arising from or relating to the offer and sale of 
any of its securities, whether under federal or state securities law, or 
otherwise.  There are no voting trusts, proxies or other agreements or 
understandings to which Rogue Wave is a party or is bound with respect to the 
voting of any of the capital stock of Rogue Wave.

          (d)  Except for RW Sub, Rogue Wave has no subsidiaries and, except as
set forth on Schedule 3.2(d), Rogue Wave does not own or hold, directly or
indirectly, any debt or equity securities of, nor has any other interest in, any
corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture or other
entity.

     3.3  AUTHORITY; NONCONTRAVENTION; APPROVALS.

          (a)  Each of Rogue Wave and RW Sub has full corporate power and
authority to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and the Agreement of
Merger, as applicable.  The execution, delivery and performance of the Agreement
and the Agreement of Merger has been duly and validly authorized by the
respective Board of Directors of Rogue Wave and RW Sub, and by all other
necessary corporate action on the part of Rogue Wave and RW Sub.  This Agreement
and the Agreement of Merger have been, or will be on or prior to the Closing
Date, duly and validly executed and delivered by Rogue Wave or RW Sub, as
applicable, and constitutes the valid and binding agreement of Rogue Wave or RW
Sub, enforceable against Rogue Wave or RW Sub in accordance with its terms,
except as such enforcement may be subject to bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting or relating to
enforcement of creditors' rights generally, and general equitable principles.

          (b)  Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement by Rogue
Wave or RW Sub nor the consummation by Rogue Wave or RW Sub of the transactions
contemplated herein will (i) conflict with or result in any breach of any
provision of its respective organizational documents, (ii) result in a default
(or give rise to any right of termination, cancellation, acceleration,
repurchase, put or call) under the terms, conditions or provisions of any note,
bond, mortgage, indenture or other evidence of indebtedness of Rogue Wave or RW
Sub or any material license agreement or lease or other material contract,
instrument or obligation to which Rogue Wave or RW Sub is a party, or by which
Rogue Wave or RW Sub or any of its respective assets may be bound, (iii) violate
any statute, rule, regulation, order, writ, injunction, decree or arbitration
award applicable to Rogue Wave or RW Sub or its respective assets, or
(iv) result in the creation of any material (individually or in the aggregate)
liens, charges or encumbrances on any of the assets of Rogue Wave or RW Sub.  

          (c)  No consent, approval, order or authorization of, or registration,
declaration or filing with any Governmental Entity is required by or with
respect to Rogue Wave or RW Sub in connection with the execution and delivery of
this Agreement and the Agreement of Merger by Rogue Wave or RW Sub or the
consummation by Rogue Wave or RW Sub of the transactions contemplated hereby or
thereby, except for (i) the filing of the Agreement of Merger with the Secretary
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authorities of other states in which Inmark is qualified to do business, (ii) 
the issuance of a Permit by the California Department of Corporations with 
respect to the issuance of Rogue Wave Common Stock pursuant to this 
Agreement, (iii) such other consents, approvals, authorizations, 
registrations or qualifications as may be required under state securities or 
Blue Sky laws in connection with the Merger, and (iv) informational filings.

     3.4  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

          (a)  Rogue Wave has delivered to Inmark (i) an audited balance sheet
of Rogue Wave as of September 30, 1994, its related audited statements of
operations and cash flows of Rogue Wave for the twelve (12) months then ended,
together with the notes thereto and (ii) its unaudited balance sheet as at July
31, 1995 (the "Rogue Wave Statement Date") and unaudited statement of income for
the ten month period ending on the Rogue Wave Statement Date (collectively, the
"Rogue Wave Financial Statements").

          (b)  The Rogue Wave Financial Statements are accurate and complete in
all respects and present fairly the financial position of Rogue Wave as of the
Rogue Wave Statement Date and the results of operations of Rogue Wave for the
period covered thereby.

          (c)  Rogue Wave has no liabilities or obligations (absolute or
contingent) required in accordance with GAAP to be disclosed in the financial
statements of Rogue Wave except liabilities (i) that are reflected or disclosed
in the Rogue Wave Financial Statements, (ii) that are disclosed in this
Agreement or the schedules hereto, or (iii) that were incurred after the Rogue
Wave Statement Date in the ordinary course of business and which in the
aggregate do not exceed $25,000.

     3.5  ABSENCE OF CHANGES.  Since the Rogue Wave Statement Date:

          (a)  No event has occurred that has had or might have a Material
Adverse Effect on Rogue Wave;

          (b)  There has not been any loss with respect to, or any interruption
in the use of, any of Rogue Wave's assets (whether or not covered by insurance);

          (c)  Rogue Wave has not (i) declared, accrued, set aside or paid any
dividend or made any other distribution in respect of any of its capital stock,
or (ii) repurchased, redeemed or otherwise reacquired any of its capital stock;

          (d)  Rogue Wave has not sold or otherwise issued any shares of capital
stock or any options, warrants or other rights to purchase or receive shares of
capital stock or other securities convertible into, exchangeable for, or
evidencing the right to subscribe for, any shares of capital stock of Rogue
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          (e)  Rogue Wave has not amended its Articles of Incorporation or
Bylaws and has not effected or been a party to any Acquisition Transaction,
recapitalization, reclassification of shares, stock split, reverse stock split
or similar transaction;

          (f)  Rogue Wave has not purchased or otherwise acquired any material
asset from any other person or entity, other than in the ordinary course of
business; 

          (g)  Rogue Wave has not leased or licensed any material asset from any
other person or entity other than in the ordinary course of business;

          (h)  Rogue Wave has not made any individual capital expenditure in
excess of $50,000;

          (i)  Rogue Wave has not sold or otherwise transferred, and has not
leased or licensed, any material asset to any other person or entity except in
the ordinary course of business; 

          (j)  Rogue Wave has not written off as uncollectible, or established
any extraordinary reserve with respect to, any account receivable or other
indebtedness;

          (k)  Rogue Wave has not pledged or hypothecated any of its assets or
otherwise permitted any of its assets to become subject to any lien or
encumbrance;

          (l)  Rogue Wave has not made any loan or advance to any other person
or entity, except for employee travel advances made in the ordinary course of
business;

          (m)  Rogue Wave has not (i) established or adopted any employee
benefit plan, or (ii) paid any bonus or made any profit-sharing or similar
payment to, or increased the amount of the wages, salary, commissions, fringe
benefits or other compensation or remuneration payable to, any of its directors,
officers or employees, other than in accordance with past practice;

          (n)  No material contract, agreement or obligation by which Rogue Wave
or any of the assets owned or used by Rogue Wave is or was bound, or under which
Rogue Wave has or had any rights or interest, has been amended or terminated;

          (o)  Rogue Wave has not discharged any lien or encumbrance or
discharged or paid any indebtedness or other liability, except for accounts
payable that (i) are reflected as current liabilities in the Rogue Wave
Financial Statements or have been incurred by Rogue Wave since the Rogue Wave
Statement Date in the ordinary course of business, and (ii) have been discharged
or paid in the ordinary course of business;

          (p)  Rogue Wave has not forgiven any debt or otherwise released or
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          (q)  Rogue Wave has not changed any of its methods of accounting or
accounting practices in any respect;

          (r)  Rogue Wave has not entered into any transaction or taken any
other action outside the ordinary course of business; and

          (s)  Rogue Wave has not agreed, committed or offered (in writing or
otherwise), and has not attempted, to take any of the actions referred to in
clauses "(c)" through "(r)" above.

     3.6  CONTRACTS.

          (a)  Schedule 3.6(a) identifies each contract, agreement, lease,
instrument, understanding or arrangement to which Rogue Wave is a party, or by
which Rogue Wave is or may become subject, or by which any of its assets are or
may become bound (each, a "Rogue Wave Material Contract"):

               (i)  for the employment, or restricting the employment, of any
employee;

               (ii) with respect to consulting services under which Rogue Wave
is obligated to make payments in excess of $25,000 in any year or under which
Rogue Wave paid in excess of $25,000 in calendar year 1994;

               (iii)     restricting in any manner its right to compete with any
other person or entity or restricting its right to sell to or purchase from any
other person or entity;

               (iv) with any Affiliate, or any person controlled by an
Affiliate, for or with respect to the purchase or sale of goods, the performance
of services or the loan or guarantee of any amount by or to Rogue Wave;

               (v)  regarding the payment or receipt of license fees or
royalties to or from any person with annual payment obligations in excess of
$25,000;

               (vi) regarding the license to Rogue Wave of any Proprietary
Asset, other than end-user license agreements entered into in the ordinary
course of business;

               (vii)  regarding agency, representation, distribution or
franchise, and that cannot be canceled without payment or penalty of less than
$25,000 upon notice of 60 days or less;

               (viii) contracts relating to the sale, transfer or disposition
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               (ix) lease or sublease, either as lessee or sublessee, lessor or
sublessor, of real or personal property or intangibles; 

               (x)  warranty or service contracts;

               (xi) that provides for the guaranty for borrowed money by, or
indemnification obligations of, another person; or

               (xii) that is specified under Section 3.10(e).

          (b)  Each Rogue Wave Material Contract is in full force and effect, is
binding upon Rogue Wave and, to the best of Rogue Wave's knowledge, is binding
on all other parties thereto.  Copies of each Rogue Wave Material Contract have
been provided to counsel to Inmark.  Rogue Wave and the other parties to such
Rogue Wave Material Contracts have duly performed its obligations under each
Rogue Wave Material Contract to the extent such obligations to perform have
accrued, and no breach or default, or alleged breach or default, or event which
would (with the passage of time, notice or both) constitute a breach or default
thereunder has occurred or has been alleged, nor will occur as a result of
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and, to the
best of Rogue Wave's knowledge, no breach or default by any other contracting
parties thereunder has occurred or has been alleged.  Consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement will not (and will not give any
person a right to) terminate or modify any material rights of, or accelerate or
augment any material obligation of Rogue Wave under any Rogue Wave Material
Contract.

          (c)  Schedule 3.6(c) identifies each permit or license applied for,
pending, issued or given to Rogue Wave that is material to the conduct of the
business, and Rogue Wave possesses all such licenses and permits required in
order to operate the business, and is in compliance with each such license and
permit.  Each such license and permit is valid and in full force and effect and
will remain so upon consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement except where the failure to comply would not have a Material Adverse
Effect.

     3.7  TAX MATTERS.  With respect to Taxes:

          (a)  Rogue Wave has filed or will file or cause to be filed, within
the time and in the manner prescribed by law, all Returns required to be filed
under federal, state, local or any foreign laws by Rogue Wave for all Returns
due on or prior to the Effective Time; all Returns so filed complied in all
material respects with the laws, rules and regulations applicable to such
Returns;

          (b)  Rogue Wave has within the time and in the manner prescribed by
law, paid (and until the Closing will, within the time and in the manner
prescribed by law, pay) all Taxes that are due and payable;

          (c)  Rogue Wave has established (and until the Closing will establish)
on its books and records reserves that are adequate for the payment of all Taxes
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payable and there is (and until the Closing shall be) no material difference 
between the amounts of the book basis and the tax basis of assets (net of 
liabilities) that are not accounted for by an accrual on the books for 
federal income tax purposes or, if not required to be so accrued under GAAP, 
are described in Schedule 3.7(c);

          (d)  There are no liens for Taxes upon the assets of Rogue Wave except
liens for Taxes not yet due;

          (e)  Rogue Wave has not filed (and will not file prior to the
Effective Time) any consent agreement under Section 341(f) of the Code or agreed
to have Section 341(f)(2) of the Code apply to any disposition of the subsection
(f) asset (as such term is defined in Section 341(f)(4) of the Code) owned by
Rogue Wave;

          (f)  No deficiency or adjustment for any Taxes has been proposed or
asserted or assessed against Rogue Wave and, to the best of Rogue Wave's
knowledge, no foreign, federal, state or local audits, examination or other
administrative proceedings or court proceedings are presently pending with
regard to any Taxes, and no waiver or consent extending any statute of
limitations for the assessment or collection of any Taxes, which waiver or
consent remains in effect, has been executed by (or on behalf of) Rogue Wave nor
are any requests for such waiver or consent pending; 

          (g)  Rogue Wave is not a party to any tax-sharing or allocation
agreement, nor does Rogue Wave owe any amount under any tax-sharing or
allocation agreement;

          (h)  Rogue Wave has not made any election under Section 338(g) of the
Code with respect to any acquisition and no outstanding debt obligation of Rogue
Wave is "corporate acquisition indebtedness" within the meaning of
Section 279(b) of the Code;

          (i)  Rogue Wave is not a United States Real Property Holding
Corporation as defined under Section 897(c)(2) of the Code; and

          (j)  Schedule 3.7 lists the years involved, type of Tax and taxing
authority involved for every completed audit of Taxes of Rogue Wave.

     3.8  EMPLOYEE AND LABOR MATTERS.

          (a)  Section 3.8 accurately sets forth, with respect to each employee
of Rogue Wave (including any employee of Rogue Wave who is on a leave of absence
or on layoff status):

               (i)  the name, title and general duties of such employee;

               (ii) each Rogue Wave Plan (as defined in Section 3.11) in which
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               (iii) accurate and complete information as to the aggregate
dollar amount of the compensation (including wages, salary, commissions,
director's fees, fringe benefits, bonuses, profit-sharing payments and other
payments or benefits of any type) received by each such employee with respect to
services performed for Rogue Wave for the year to date June 30, 1995, and any
change in such employee's aggregate monthly compensation since June 30, 1995.

          (b)  No former employee of Rogue Wave is receiving or is scheduled to
receive (or whose spouse or other dependent is receiving or is scheduled to
receive) any benefits (whether from Rogue Wave or otherwise) relating to such
former employee's employment with Rogue Wave. 

          (c)  Rogue Wave is not, and never has been, a party to or bound by any
employment agreement or any union contract, collective bargaining agreement or
similar contract.

          (d)  The employment of each of Rogue Wave's employees is terminable by
Rogue Wave at will.  Rogue Wave has delivered to Inmark accurate and complete
copies of all employee manuals and handbooks, disclosure materials, policy
statements and other materials relating to the employment of the current and
former employees of Rogue Wave.

          (e)  To the best of Rogue Wave's knowledge, none of its employees (i)
presently intends to terminate his employment with Rogue Wave, or (ii) is a
party to or is bound by any confidentiality agreement, noncompetition agreement
or other contract or agreement that may have an adverse effect on (A) the
performance by such employee of any of his duties or responsibilities as an
employee of Rogue Wave, or (B) the business of Inmark or Rogue Wave.

          (f)  There is no unfair labor practice charge or similar charge,
complaint, allegation or other process or claim pending or, to the knowledge of
Rogue Wave, threatened, against Rogue Wave before the National Labor Relations
Board or any other Governmental Entity which, if adversely determined, would
have a Material Adverse Effect.  There is not now pending, never has been, and
to the best of Rogue Wave's knowledge, no person or entity has threatened to
commence, any slowdown, work stoppage, labor dispute or union organizing
activity or any similar activity or dispute affecting Rogue Wave or any of its
employees.   No event has occurred, and no condition or circumstance exists,
that might directly or indirectly give rise to or provide a basis for the
commencement of any such slowdown, work stoppage, labor dispute or union
organizing activity or any similar activity or dispute.

     3.9  REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY.

          (a)  Rogue Wave has good and valid title to or other right to use,
free of any liens or encumbrances, (i) all real property held on a fee basis
used in its business, all leasehold property held pursuant to a Lease and all
other interests in such real property, and (ii) all other tangible assets and
properties that presently are used in its business, including tangible assets
and properties that it purports to own or have the right to use as reflected in
the Rogue Wave Financial Statements or that thereafter were acquired, except, in
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in the Rogue Wave Financial Statements as securing specified liabilities 
(with respect to which no default exists), (b) liens for Taxes not yet due or 
matters otherwise described on Schedule 3.7 (whether or not such liens or 
other matters constitute encumbrances), and (c) assets and properties 
disposed of since the Rogue Wave Statement Date in the ordinary course of 
business.

          (b)  Each Lease is valid, binding and enforceable against Rogue Wave
and, to the best of Rogue Wave's knowledge, each other party thereto, subject
only to such exceptions as do not materially interfere with the operation of the
business conducted on such leasehold property or are not material to the
business.  There is not pending nor, to Rogue Wave's knowledge, threatened, any
proceeding that would interfere with the quiet enjoyment of any such leasehold
property held by Rogue Wave pursuant to any such Lease.  Rogue Wave is not in
default under the terms of any Lease nor, to the best of Rogue Wave's knowledge,
is any other party thereto in default thereunder, and no event has occurred
which (with notice, lapse of time or both) would constitute a default thereunder
by Rogue Wave.  There are no condemnation proceedings pending nor, to the best
of Rogue Wave's knowledge, threatened with respect to any portion of any
property subject to a Lease.  All of the real property and personal property of
Rogue Wave are in all material respects fit for the purposes for which intended
and in good operating condition and repair, ordinary wear and tear excepted, and
as of the Closing, such assets shall constitute all of the properties, rights
and assets necessary for the conduct of the business.

     3.10 PROPRIETARY ASSETS.

          (a)  Schedule 3.10 identifies each Proprietary Asset owned by or
licensed to Rogue Wave that is material to the business of Rogue Wave,
including, without limitation, the title and a brief description of each Rogue
Wave software program developed by or on behalf of Rogue Wave or under
development by or on behalf of Rogue Wave (the "Rogue Wave Software") and the
release date or expected release date of such Rogue Wave Software, and such
Proprietary Assets constitute all of the Proprietary Assets necessary or useful
to enable Rogue Wave to conduct its business in the manner currently being
conducted and in the manner in which its business is proposed to be conducted. 

          (b)  Rogue Wave has taken the measures and precautions necessary to
protect the confidentiality and value of each Proprietary Asset identified or
required to be identified on Schedule 3.10, and Schedule 3.10 specifies each
jurisdiction in which issuance or registration of any such Proprietary Assets
has been filed and applicable registration or application numbers.

          (c)  Rogue Wave has not received any notice or other communication (in
writing or otherwise) of any actual, alleged, possible or potential infringement
of, and, to the best of its knowledge, presently is not infringing and has not
at any time infringed, any Proprietary Asset owned or used by any other person
or entity.  To the best of Rogue Wave's knowledge, no other person or entity is
infringing, and no Proprietary Asset owned or used by any other person or entity
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          (d)  To the extent any Proprietary Asset, including, without
limitation, any Rogue Wave Software, has been licensed or developed, in whole or
in part, from or by any consultant or other third party, a description of such
Proprietary Asset and the third party relationship, including information
regarding any Rogue Wave Material Contract with respect thereto, is set forth on
Schedule 3.10.

          (e)  Schedule 3.6(a) identifies all license, distribution or
agreements of any type related to the Proprietary Assets, including, without
limitation, each Rogue Wave Software, including, all agreements related to (i)
the license, assignment or other transfer of any patent, copyright, trademark,
trade secret and other intellectual property rights thereto, and (ii) the
modification, reproduction, license, sublicense, distribution or marketing of
any Proprietary Asset, including, without limitation, each type of Rogue Wave
Software.  There are no oral agreements related to any of the foregoing.  Any
obligation to pay royalties under any of such agreements is set forth on
Schedule 3.6(a).

     3.11 BENEFIT PLANS; ERISA.  All material employee benefit plans, programs,
policies, or arrangements (including, without limitation, each employee benefit
plan within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA) that are sponsored, maintained
or contributed to or required to be contributed to by Rogue Wave for the benefit
of any active, former, or retired employee of Rogue Wave are listed in Schedule
3.6(a) (the "Rogue Wave Plans").  Each Rogue Wave Plan has been maintained and
administered in all material respects with its terms and applicable law,
including ERISA and the Code.  Any Rogue Wave Plan intended to be qualified
under Section 401(a) of the Code has either obtained a favorable determination
letter as to its qualified status from the IRS or still has a remaining period
of time under applicable Treasury Regulations or IRS pronouncements in which to
apply for such determination letter and to make any amendments necessary to
obtain a favorable determination.  No Rogue Wave Plan is covered by Title IV of
ERISA or Section 412 of the Code.  To the knowledge of Rogue Wave, neither Rogue
Wave nor any officer or director of Rogue Wave has incurred any liability or
penalty under Sections 4975 through 4980 of the Code or Title I of ERISA.  No
suit, action, or other litigation (excluding claims for benefits incurred in the
ordinary course of Rogue Wave Plan activities) has been brought or, to the
knowledge of Rogue Wave, is threatened against or with respect to any such Rogue
Wave Plan.  All material contributions, reserves, or premium payments required
to be made or accrued as of the date hereof to the Rogue Wave Plans have been
made or accrued.

     3.12 PROCEEDINGS; ORDERS.

          (a)  (i)  There is no Proceeding or order, injunction, writ or decree
pending or, to the best of Rogue Wave's knowledge, threatened, against or
affecting Rogue Wave or any of its assets that has or would have a Material
Adverse Effect.

               (ii) To the best of Rogue Wave's knowledge, no event has
occurred, and no claim, dispute or other condition or circumstance exists, that
might directly or indirectly give rise to or serve as a basis for the
commencement of any such Proceeding or the imposition of any such order,
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          (b)  Schedule 3.12 identifies each Proceeding pending or order,
injunction, writ or decree that (i) involves a claim or potential claim of
liability in excess of $10,000 against or affecting Rogue Wave or any of its
assets or (ii) enjoins or seeks to enjoin any activity by Rogue Wave or any of
its directors or officers.

          (c)  Rogue Wave has delivered or made available to Inmark accurate and
complete copies of all pleadings, correspondence and other written materials to
which Rogue Wave has access that relate to each Proceeding identified on
Schedule 3.12. 

     3.13 ENVIRONMENTAL PROVISIONS.

          (a)  To the best of Rogue Wave's knowledge, Rogue Wave is in full
compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws, which compliance includes,
but is not limited to, the possession by Rogue Wave of all permits and licenses
required under applicable Environmental Laws, and compliance with the terms and
conditions thereof, except where the failure to so comply would not have a
Material Adverse Effect.  Rogue Wave has not received any communication (written
or oral) from any person alleging that Rogue Wave is not in such full
compliance, and, to the best of Rogue Wave's knowledge, there are no
circumstances that may prevent or interfere with such full compliance in the
future.  Schedule 3.13 identifies all permits and licenses currently held by
Rogue Wave pursuant to Environmental Laws.

          (b)  There is no Environmental Claim pending or, to the best of Rogue
Wave's knowledge, threatened against Rogue Wave or against any person or entity
from whom Rogue Wave has, or may have, retained or assumed liability for any
Environmental Claim either contractually or by operation of law.

          (c)  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Schedule 3.13
identifies (i) all on-site and off-site locations where Rogue Wave has stored or
disposed of, and all entities with which Rogue Wave has arranged for the
disposal of, Materials of Environmental Concern, and (ii) all underground
storage tanks (whether or not in use by Rogue Wave), and the capacity and
contents of such tanks, located on property owned or leased by Rogue Wave.  To
the best of Rogue Wave's knowledge, there is no asbestos contained in or forming
a part of any building, building component, structure or office space owned or
leased by Rogue Wave, and (iv) no polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are used or
stored at any property owned or leased by Rogue Wave.

     3.14 INSURANCE.  Rogue Wave is, and at all times during the past two years
has been, insured with reputable insurers against all risks normally insured
against by comparable entities, and all of the insurance policies and bonds
required to be maintained by Rogue Wave are in full force and effect.  Schedule
3.14 lists all insurance policies and bonds that, as of the date hereof, are
material to the business of Rogue Wave.  Rogue Wave is not in default under any
such policy or bond, and no event which would (with the passage of time, notice
or both) constitute a breach or default thereunder by Rogue Wave or, to the best
knowledge of Rogue Wave, the insurer thereunder has occurred or, to the
knowledge of Rogue Wave, will occur as a result of the transactions contemplated
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will not (and will not give any person or entity a right to) terminate or 
modify any material rights of, or accelerate or augment any material 
obligation of, Rogue Wave under any insurance policy or bond insofar as such 
policy or bond relates to or covers occurrences that give rise to claims for 
occurrences taking place prior to the Closing Date.  There is no pending 
claim under any of the policies set forth on Schedule 3.14, and no event has 
occurred and no condition exists that could reasonably be expected to give 
rise to or serve as a basis for any such claim.

     3.15 RECEIVABLES; MAJOR CUSTOMERS.  

          (a)  Schedule 3.15 provides an accurate and complete breakdown and
aging of all accounts receivable, notes receivable and other receivables of
Rogue Wave as of the Rogue Wave Statement Date.

          (b)  All existing accounts receivable of Rogue Wave (including those
accounts receivable reflected on the Rogue Wave Financial Statements that have
not yet been collected and those accounts receivable that have arisen since the
Rogue Wave Statement Date and have not yet been collected):

               (i)  represent valid obligations of customers of Rogue Wave
arising from bona fide transactions entered into in the ordinary course of
business; and 

               (ii) are dated as set forth on Schedule 3.15 and, to the best of
Rogue Wave's knowledge after reasonable investigation, will be collected in full
(without any counterclaim or setoff) on or before December 31, 1995.

     3.16 DISCLOSURE.  

          (a)  The copies of all documents furnished by Rogue Wave or RW Sub
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement are complete and accurate.  Rogue Wave
has provided Inmark and its counsel with full and complete access to all of
Rogue Wave's facilities, employees, vendors, records and other documents and
data.

          (b)  For purposes of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated
hereby, none of (i) the representations and warranties made by Rogue Wave in
this Agreement, (ii) the Rogue Wave Disclosure Statement or (iii) any statement
by Rogue Wave or, to the best of Rogue Wave's knowledge, any other person,
contained in any document, certificate or other writing furnished by Rogue Wave
to Inmark in connection this Agreement, the Merger or the transactions
contemplated hereby, contains or will contain any untrue statement of a material
fact or omits or will omit to state any material fact necessary to make the
statements made herein or wherein, in light of the circumstances in which they
were made, not misleading.

          (c)  There is no fact within the knowledge of Rogue Wave that (i) may
have an adverse effect on Rogue Wave's business, condition, assets, liabilities,
operations, financial performance, net income or prospects (or any portion
thereof) or on the ability of Rogue Wave to comply with or perform any covenant
or obligation under the Agreement or any document


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certificate or writing furnished in connection with the transactions 
contemplated hereby, or (ii) may have the effect of preventing, delaying, 
making illegal or otherwise interfering with the Merger.

     3.17 NO BROKERS OR FINDERS.  No agent, broker, finder, or investment or
commercial banker, or other person or entity engaged by or acting on behalf of
Rogue Wave in connection with the transactions contemplated herein is or will be
entitled to any broker's or finder's or similar fee or other commission as a
result of the transactions contemplated herein.

     3.18 THIRD PARTY CONSENTS.  No consent or approval is needed from any third
party in order to effect the Merger, this Agreement or any of the transactions
contemplated hereby.


                                    ARTICLE 4

              COVENANTS WITH RESPECT TO THE PERIOD PRIOR TO CLOSING

     Rogue Wave covenants on behalf of itself and RW Sub, and Inmark covenants
on behalf of itself, as follows with respect to the period between the date of
this Agreement and the Effective Time:

     4.1  ACCESS AND INVESTIGATION.

          Each of Rogue Wave, RW Sub and Inmark will provide each other and
their respective representatives with reasonable access to its representatives,
personnel and assets and to copies of all existing books, records, tax returns,
work papers and other documents and information relating to its business, and
will compile and provide each other and their respective representatives with
such additional financial, operating and other data and information regarding
its business as the other may request in good faith.

     4.2  OPERATION OF BUSINESS.

          (a)  Rogue Wave and Inmark will each:

               (i)  conduct its respective operations in the ordinary course of
business and in the same manner as such operations have been conducted prior to
the date of this Agreement;

               (ii) use its best efforts to preserve intact its respective
current business organization, keep available the services of its current
officers and employees and maintain its relations and good will with all
suppliers, customers, landlords, creditors, licensors, licensees, employees and
other persons or entities having business relationships with Inmark; and

               (iii)     promptly notify the other party of any inquiry,
proposal or offer from any person or entity relating to any Acquisition
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          (b)  Rogue Wave and Inmark will not, without the prior written consent
of the other party except in the ordinary course of business:

               (i)  declare, accrue, set aside or pay any dividend or make any
other distribution in respect of any of its capital stock and it will not
repurchase, redeem or otherwise reacquire any of its capital stock;

               (ii) sell or otherwise issue any capital stock or other equity
interest or securities or other instruments convertible into or exchangeable for
capital stock or any other rights, warrants or options to acquire the foregoing
equity securities;

               (iii)     amend its respective Articles of Incorporation or
Bylaws, and will not effect or become a party to any Acquisition Transaction,
recapitalization, reclassification of shares, stock split, reverse stock split
or similar transaction;

               (iv) form any subsidiary or acquire any equity securities of, or
other interest in, any other entity;

               (v)  make any individual capital expenditure in excess of
$20,000;

               (vi) enter into or permit any of the assets owned or used by
Rogue Wave or Inmark, as applicable, to become bound by any contract or
agreement that would, if entered into prior to the date hereof, be required to
be identified as an Inmark Material Contract or Rogue Wave Material Contract
pursuant to Section 2.6 and Section 3.6, respectively;

               (vii)  incur, assume or otherwise become subject to any
material liability, except for current liabilities incurred in the ordinary
course of business;

               (viii) commence any Proceeding;

               (ix) take or permit any action that would prevent the Merger from
qualifying as a tax-free reorganization under Section 368(a)(1)(A) of the Code;

               (x)  enter into any transaction or take any other action of the
type referred to in Section 2.5 or Section 3.5, as applicable;

               (xi) enter into any transaction or take any other action that
might cause or constitute a breach of any representation or warranty made by
Rogue Wave or Inmark, as applicable, in this Agreement; and

               (xii)  agree, commit, offer (in writing or otherwise) or
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     4.3  FILINGS AND CONSENTS. 

          (a)  Rogue Wave and Inmark agree to:

               (i)  make or give as soon as possible after the date of this
Agreement each filing or notice required to be made or given (pursuant to any
applicable statute, rule, regulation, order, writ, injunction, decree or
arbitration award, contract or otherwise) by it in connection with the execution
and delivery of the Agreement or the Agreement of Merger or in connection with
the consummation or performance of any of the transactions contemplated herein;

               (ii) obtain each consent (pursuant to any applicable statute,
rule, regulation, order, writ, injunction, decree or arbitration award, contract
or otherwise) required by it in connection with the execution and delivery of
the Agreement or the Agreement of Merger or in connection with the consummation
or performance of any of the transactions contemplated herein as soon as
possible after the date of this Agreement;

               (iii)     promptly deliver to the other party a copy of each
filing made, each notice given and each consent obtained by it; and 

               (iv) cooperate, and ensure that its representatives cooperate,
with reasonable requests of the other party and representatives, and prepare and
make available such documents and take such other actions as the other party may
request in good faith, in connection with any filing, notice or consent that
such party is required or elects to make, give or obtain.

     4.4  NOTIFICATION; UPDATES TO DISCLOSURE.  Each of Rogue Wave, RW Sub and
Inmark promptly shall notify the others in writing of:

          (a)  the discovery by it of any event, condition, fact or circumstance
that occurred or existed on or prior to the date of this Agreement and that
caused or constitutes a material breach of any representation or warranty made
by it in this Agreement; 

          (b)  any event, condition, fact or circumstance that occurs, arises or
exists after the date of this Agreement and that would cause or constitute a
material breach of any representation or warranty made by it in this Agreement
if (i) such representation or warranty had been made as of the time of the
occurrence, existence or discovery of such event, condition, fact or
circumstance, or (ii) such event, condition, fact or circumstance had occurred,
arisen or existed on or prior to the date of this Agreement;

          (c)  any material breach of any of its covenants or obligations; and

          (d)  any event, condition, fact or circumstance that may make the
timely satisfaction of any of the conditions set forth in Article 5 impossible
or unlikely.


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     4.5  NO NEGOTIATION.  Inmark and Rogue Wave will not (with the exception of
the prior retention of Wessels, Arnold & Henderson, L.L.C., and only in
connection with Rogue Wave and Inmark, taken as a whole), and will ensure that
none of its respective representatives, directly or indirectly:

          (a)  enter into any contract, agreement, understanding or arrangement
relating to any Acquisition Transaction;

          (b)  solicit or encourage the initiation of any inquiry, proposal or
offer from any person or entity (other than Rogue Wave) relating to any
Acquisition Transaction;

          (c)  participate in any discussions or negotiations with, or provide
any information regarding Inmark or Rogue Wave or its respective business or
operations to, any person or entity (other than Rogue Wave or Inmark, as
applicable) relating to any proposed Acquisition Transaction; or

          (d)  permit any Affiliate of Inmark or Rogue Wave to do any of the
foregoing.

     4.6  CONFIDENTIALITY.  Each of Rogue Wave, RW Sub and Inmark shall ensure
that:

          (a)  it and its respective representatives keep strictly confidential
the terms of this Agreement; 

          (b)  without the prior written consent of the other, neither it nor
any of its representatives issues or disseminates any press release or other
publicity or otherwise makes any disclosure of any nature (to any of its
suppliers, customers, landlords, creditors or to any other person or entity)
regarding any of the transactions contemplated herein, except to the extent
required by law to make any such disclosure regarding the transactions
contemplated herein; and

          (c)  if it is required by law to make any disclosure regarding the
transactions contemplated herein, it promptly advises the other, of the nature
and content of the intended disclosure.

     4.7  APPROVAL OF MERGER.  Each of RW Sub and Inmark shall solicit the
consent of its shareholders as promptly as practicable after the issuance of the
Permit for the purpose of obtaining the shareholder approval required in
connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, and shall use its best
efforts to obtain such approval.  Rogue Wave, after the issuance of the Permit,
agrees to vote its shares of RW Sub in favor of the Merger.

     4.8  CLOSING DOCUMENTS.  Each of Rogue Wave, RW Sub and Inmark shall use
its best efforts to deliver to such other parties as is required under this
Agreement the closing documents referred to in this Agreement.


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     4.9  SHAREHOLDER CERTIFICATES.  Inmark shall deliver to Rogue Wave a
certificate regarding continuity of interest and similar matters in a form
reasonably satisfactory to Rogue Wave or its counsel (a "Shareholder
Certificate") signed by a majority of the holders of Inmark Outstanding Shares.

     4.10 FIRPTA LETTER.  Prior to the Effective Time, Inmark shall deliver to
Rogue Wave a statement executed on Inmark's behalf by its President in such form
as reasonably requested by counsel for Rogue Wave, confirming the requirements
of Treasury Regulation Section 1.897-2(h)(1)(i), if required.

     4.11 FAIRNESS HEARING AND PERMIT.  Rogue Wave and Inmark shall prepare an
Application for Qualification of Securities by Permit under Section 25121 of the
California Corporate Securities Law of 1968, as amended, a related Notice of
Hearing and an information statement or other disclosure material (the
"Disclosure Document") to be supplied to the shareholders of Inmark in
connection with the transactions contemplated hereby (collectively, the "Hearing
Documents").  Rogue Wave and Inmark will file the Hearing Documents as promptly
as practicable with the California Department of Corporations and request a
hearing on the fairness of the Merger pursuant to Section 25142 of the
California Corporate Securities Law.  Rogue Wave and Inmark will thereafter
endeavor in good faith to obtain a finding of fairness and the issuance of a
Permit to such effect by the California Department of Corporations as a result
of such hearing.


     4.12 EXPENSES.  Whether or not the Merger is consummated, all costs and
expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement, the Agreement of Merger and
the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including fees of any finders
or brokers or attorneys and accountants retained by such party, shall be paid by
the party incurring such expense; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such payment
obligation shall not preclude either party from pursuing any remedies conferred
hereby or by law or equity on such party for the repayment of such amounts in
connection with a breach of this Agreement.

     4.13 ISSUANCE OF SHARES.  Rogue Wave shall, as and when required under this
Agreement and the Agreement of Merger, issue and deliver certificates
representing the Rogue Wave Common Stock into which the Inmark Outstanding
Shares at the Effective Time of the Merger will be converted.


                                    ARTICLE 5

                              CONDITIONS OF MERGER

     5.1  GENERAL CONDITIONS.  The obligations of Rogue Wave, RW Sub and Inmark
to effect the Closing and consummate the transactions contemplated herein shall
be subject to the following conditions, unless waived in writing by each of
them:


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          (a)  NO ORDERS; LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.  No order, injunction, writ or
decree shall have been enacted, entered, issued, promulgated or enforced by any
governmental entity that prohibits or restricts the Merger or the transactions
contemplated herein.  No Proceeding shall be pending or threatened by any
Governmental Entity (i) challenging or seeking to make illegal or otherwise to
directly or indirectly restrain or prohibit or make materially more costly the
consummation of the transactions contemplated herein, or seeking to obtain
material damages in connection with the transactions contemplated herein, or
(ii) which would have a Material Adverse Effect on Rogue Wave or Inmark; and no
order, injunction, writ or decree shall have been issued which would have the
effect of or require anything set forth in clause (i) or clause (ii) above.

          (b)  APPROVALS.  All permits, approvals and consents required to be
obtained from any Governmental Entity to effect the Merger and to consummate the
transactions contemplated herein shall have been received or obtained on or
prior to the Closing Date.

          (c)  SHAREHOLDERS' APPROVAL.  This Agreement, and the transactions
contemplated herein, shall have been approved by (i) the requisite vote of the
Inmark Common Stock entitled to vote, as required by and in accordance with
Inmark's Articles of Incorporation and the applicable provisions of the
California Law, and (ii) the requisite vote of the outstanding shares of RW Sub
entitled to vote, as required by and in accordance with the applicable
provisions of RW Sub's Certificate of Incorporation and the Delaware Law.

          (d)  ISSUANCE OF PERMIT.  The California Department of Corporations
shall have issued a Permit under Section 25121 of the California Corporate
Securities Law of 1968, as amended, covering the issuance of the Rogue Wave
Common Stock following a hearing as to the fairness of the Merger conducted
pursuant to Section 25142 of the California Securities Law.

          (e)  POOLING OF INTERESTS TRANSACTION.  Rogue Wave's accounting firm
[and Inmark's accounting firm] shall [each] deliver a letter, in form and
substance satisfactory to Rogue Wave and Inmark, to the effect that the Merger
will qualify as a pooling of interests transaction for financial reporting
purposes.

     5.2  CONDITIONS TO OBLIGATIONS OF ROGUE WAVE AND RW SUB.  The obligations
of Rogue Wave and RW Sub to effect the Closing and consummate the transactions
contemplated herein is subject to the fulfillment, prior to or upon the Closing,
of the following, except to the extent waived in writing by each of them:

          (a)  REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS OF INMARK.  

               (i)  Inmark shall have complied with and performed in all
material respects each covenant contained in this Agreement to be performed by
it at or prior to the Closing Date; 

               (ii) the representations and warranties of Inmark contained in
this Agreement, when read in conjunction with the Inmark Disclosure Statement
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Disclosure Statement may be updated by Inmark as of the Closing Date provided 
that the revisions made subsequent to the date of this Agreement when 
considered in the aggregate do not constitute a Material Adverse Effect on 
Inmark), shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date of 
this Agreement and as of the Closing Date; and 

               (iii) Inmark shall have delivered to Rogue Wave a certificate of
its Chief Executive Officer evidencing compliance with the conditions set forth
in this Section 5.2(a).


          (b)  NO MATERIAL ADVERSE CIRCUMSTANCE.  After the date hereof, Inmark
shall have experienced no event which would have Material Adverse Effect on
Inmark.

          (c)  NO LITIGATION.  No Proceeding shall have been commenced against
Inmark other than by Rogue Wave or RW Sub which, if adversely determined, would
have a Material Adverse Effect.

          (d)  CONSENTS AND APPROVALS.  Inmark shall have obtained all consents
identified on Schedule 2.3(c), and all such other governmental or other
approvals, consents, authorizations or modifications as may be required to
permit the performance by Rogue Wave, RW Sub or Inmark of their respective
obligations under this Agreement, the consummation of the transactions herein
contemplated and the continuation of Inmark's business after the consummation of
the transactions contemplated herein.

          (e)  APPRAISAL RIGHTS.  Holders of not more than 10% of the Inmark
Common Stock shall have exercised or shall continue to have the right to
exercise, dissenters rights with respect to the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement.

          (f)  FIRPTA.  Rogue Wave, as agent for the shareholders of Inmark,
shall have received a properly executed "FIRPTA" Notification Letter, in form
and substance reasonably acceptable to Rogue Wave, which states that shares of
Inmark do not constitute "United States Real Property Interests" under
Section 897(c) of the Code for purposes of satisfying Rogue Wave's obligations
under Treasury Regulations Section 1.1445-2(c)(3). 

          (g)  CLOSING DOCUMENTS.  Rogue Wave, or its counsel, shall have
received all of the closing documents referred to in this Agreement.

          (h)  EMPLOYEE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.  Each of the individuals employed by
Inmark as of the date of this Agreement shall execute an acknowledgement form
regarding their "at will" employment status and unpaid claims in a form
acceptable to Rogue Wave.

          (i)  OPINION OF COUNSEL.  Rogue Wave shall have received an opinion of
Fenwick & West, counsel to Inmark, dated the Closing Date, in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit C.


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     5.3  CONDITIONS TO OBLIGATIONS OF INMARK.  The obligations of Inmark to
effect the Closing and consummate the transactions contemplated herein are
subject to the fulfillment, prior to or upon the Closing, of the following
conditions, except to the extent waived in writing by Inmark:

          (a)  REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS OF ROGUE WAVE AND RW
SUB.  

               (i)  Rogue Wave and RW Sub shall have complied with and performed
in all material respects each covenant contained in this Agreement to be
performed by it at or prior to the Closing Date; 

               (ii) the representations and warranties of Rogue Wave and RW Sub
contained in this Agreement, when read in conjunction with the Rogue Wave
Disclosure Statement (which Rogue Wave Disclosure Statement may be updated by
Rogue Wave and RW Sub as of the Closing Date provided that the revisions made
subsequent to the date of this Agreement when considered in the aggregate do not
constitute a Material Adverse Effect on Rogue Wave), shall be true and correct
in all material respects as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing
Date; and 

               (iii) each of Rogue Wave and RW Sub shall have delivered to
Inmark a certificate of its Chief Executive Officer evidencing compliance with
the conditions set forth in this Section 5.3(a).

          (b)  NO MATERIAL ADVERSE CHANGE.  After the date hereof there shall
have been no event, fact or circumstance not contemplated under this Agreement
the effect of which would have a Material Adverse Effect on Rogue Wave or RW
Sub.

          (c)  REQUIRED APPROVALS.  Rogue Wave, RW Sub and Inmark shall have
received all such governmental approvals, consents, authorizations or
modifications as may be required to permit the performance by Rogue Wave, RW Sub
and Inmark, of their respective obligations under this Agreement and the
consummation of the transactions herein contemplated.

          (d)  NO LITIGATION.  No Proceeding shall have been commenced against
Rogue Wave or RW Sub other than by Inmark which, if adversely determined, would
have a Material Adverse Effect.

          (e)  ROGUE WAVE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.   Upon the Closing Date, the
authorized size of the Board of Directors of Rogue Wave shall be five (5)
members and the board shall consist of Thomas Keffer, Dan Whitaker, Thomas
Peterson, Thomas Atwood and one representative of the Inmark Shareholders, who
shall initially be Howard Love.  The Inmark Shareholders shall receive from the
holders of a majority-in-interest of the shares of Rogue Wave Common Stock and
the holders of a majority-in-interest of the shares of Rogue Wave Preferred
Stock, an acknowledgement that for a period of three (3) years following the
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they shall agree to vote their shares of capital stock of Rogue Wave for one 
designee of the Inmark Shareholders.

          (f)  CLOSING DOCUMENTS.  Inmark, or its counsel, shall have received
all of the closing documents referred to in this Agreement.

          (g)  PROPRIETARY INFORMATION AGREEMENTS.  Each of Rogue Wave's
employees shall have entered into Rogue Wave's standard form of Proprietary
Information Agreement.

          (h)  OPINION OF COUNSEL.  Inmark shall have received an opinion of
Cooley Godward Castro Huddleson & Tatum, counsel to Rogue Wave and RW Sub, dated
the Closing Date, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D.


                                    ARTICLE 6

                            TERMINATION OF AGREEMENT

     6.1  TERMINATION.  This Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to
the Effective Time, whether or not it has been approved by the shareholders of
RW Sub or Inmark:

          (a)  By the mutual written consent of Rogue Wave and Inmark; 

          (b)  By Rogue Wave, if on the date hereof or at any time prior to the
consummation of the Merger or the termination of this Agreement or any amendment
or extension thereof, Inmark shall have breached in any material respect this
Agreement;

          (c)  By Inmark, if on the date hereof or at any time prior to the
consummation of the Merger or the termination of this Agreement or any amendment
or extension thereof, Rogue Wave or RW Sub shall have breached in any material
respect this Agreement;

          (d)  By either Rogue Wave or Inmark:

               (i)  if a court of competent jurisdiction or a Governmental
Entity shall have issued an order, injunction, writ or decree, or commenced any
Proceeding, in either case restraining, enjoining or otherwise prohibiting the
Merger; or

               (ii) if the Merger shall not have been consummated on or before
 October 31, 1995, provided, however, that one (1) additional day past October
31, 1995 will be allowed for each day that the notice period for the California
Department of Corporations Fairness Hearing exceeds thirty (30) days.

     In the event of any such termination, no party to this Agreement (or any of
its directors or officers) shall have any liability or further obligation to any
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provided that nothing herein will relieve any party from liability for any 
breach of this Agreement prior to such termination. 

     6.2  COSTS AND EXPENSES.  All costs and expenses incurred in connection
with this Agreement and all related transactions hereunder will be paid by (i)
in the case of Rogue Wave and RW Sub, by Rogue Wave, and (ii) in the case of
Inmark, by Inmark.  After the Closing Date, all costs and expenses incurred will
be paid by Rogue Wave.

     6.3  EXTENSION OF TIME; WAIVERS.  At any time prior to the Closing Date
either Rogue Wave or Inmark may (i) extend the time for the performance of any
of the obligations or other acts of the other party, and (ii) waive compliance
with any of the agreements or conditions contained herein to be performed by the
other party; provided any such extension or waiver shall be valid only if set
forth in an instrument in writing signed on behalf of such party.


                                    ARTICLE 7

                   COVENANTS TO BE PERFORMED AFTER THE CLOSING

     7.1  RESERVATION OF EMPLOYEE POOL.  As soon as practicable after the
Closing, Rogue Wave shall reserve an additional number of shares of Rogue Wave
Common Stock equal to eight percent (8%) of the Rogue Wave Common Stock
Equivalents determined as of the Closing, to be issued to employees, officers or
directors of, or consultants or advisors to Rogue Wave or the Surviving
Corporation.

     7.2  EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS.  As soon as practicable after the Closing, Rogue
Wave and the Surviving Corporation shall negotiate in good faith to standardize
the employee benefits packages for the employees of Rogue Wave and the Surviving
Corporation.

     7.3  SEVERANCE COMPENSATION.  In the event an Inmark employee or officer is
terminated within thirty (30) days of the Closing, other than for good cause,
such employee or officer shall be entitled to receive their current base salary
(excluding bonus or commission) for a period of sixty (60) days after any such
termination.


                                    ARTICLE 8

                                  MISCELLANEOUS

     8.1  AMENDMENT.  This Agreement may be amended, in writing, signed by all
parties hereto, with the approval of the Boards of Directors of Rogue Wave, RW
Sub and Inmark at any time before or after approval hereof by the shareholders
of RW Sub and Inmark, provided, however, that no amendment shall be made after
any such shareholder approval that would have a material adverse effect on such
shareholders without the further approval of such shareholders.  


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     8.2  ENTIRE AGREEMENT; COUNTERPARTS; APPLICABLE LAW.  This Agreement, the
Disclosure Statements delivered by the parties and the agreements contemplated
by the exhibits hereto (a) constitute the entire agreement and supersede all
prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, among the parties
with respect to the subject matter hereof, including, without limitation, that
certain letter of intent dated August 22, 1995, (b) may be executed in several
counterparts, each of which will be deemed an original and all of which shall
constitute one and the same instrument and (c) shall be governed in all
respects, including validity, interpretation and effect, by the laws of the
State of California as applied to contracts entered into and to be performed
entirely within the State of California.

     8.3  ATTORNEYS' FEES.  In any Proceeding to enforce this Agreement or the
rights of the parties hereunder, the prevailing party in such Proceeding shall
be entitled to receive a reasonable sum for its attorneys' fees and all other
reasonable costs and expenses incurred in such action or suit.

     8.4  ASSIGNABILITY.  This Agreement shall be binding upon, and shall be
enforceable by and inure to the benefit of, the parties named herein and their
respective successors; provided, however, that this Agreement may not be
assigned by any party without the prior written consent of the other party, and
any attempted assignment without such consent shall be void and of no effect.

     8.5  NOTICES.  All notices, requests, demands and other communications
hereunder shall be deemed to have been duly given if delivered by hand or mailed
by certified or registered mail:

     To Rogue Wave or RW Sub:

     Rogue Wave Software, Inc.
     260 S.W. Madison
     Corvallis, OR  97333
     Attn:  Thomas Keffer, President 
            and Chief Executive Officer

     With a copy to:

     Cooley Godward Castro Huddleson & Tatum
     3000 Sand Hill Road
     Building 3, Suite 230
     Menlo Park, CA  94025
     Attn:  Mark P. Tanoury, Esq.



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     To Inmark:

     Inmark Development Corporation
     2065 Landings Drive
     Mountain View, CA 94043
     Attn:  Howard Love, President

     With a copy to:

     Fenwick & West
     2 Palo Alto Square
     Palo Alto, CA 94306
     Attn:  Mark Stevens, Esq.

or to such other address at which any party may by registered mail notify the
other party, and shall be deemed given on the date on which hand-delivered or on
the third business day following the date on which mailed.

     8.6  TITLES.  The titles and captions of the sections and paragraphs of
this Agreement are included for convenience of reference only and shall have no
effect on the construction or meaning of this Agreement.

     8.7  COOPERATION.  Rogue Wave, RW Sub and Inmark each agree to execute and
deliver such other documents, certificates, agreements and other writings and to
take such other actions as may be necessary or desirable in order to consummate
expeditiously or implement the transactions contemplated hereby.



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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement and
Plan of Reorganization as of the date first written above.


                              ROGUE WAVE SOFTWARE, INC.


                              /s/ Thomas Keffer
                              -----------------------------------
                              Thomas Keffer
                              President and Chief Executive Officer



                              RW ACQUISITION, INC.


                                                                                
                              /s/ Thomas Keffer
                              -----------------------------------
                              Thomas Keffer
                              President and Chief Executive Officer



                              INMARK DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION


                                                                                
                              /s/ Howard Love
                              -----------------------------------
                              Howard Love
                              President



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                                    EXHIBIT A

                               CERTAIN DEFINITIONS


For purposes of the Agreement (including this Exhibit A):

ACQUISITION TRANSACTION.  "Acquisition Transaction" means any transaction
involving: 

     (a)  The sale or other disposition of all or any portion of Inmark's or
Rogue Wave's, as applicable, business or assets (other than in the ordinary
course of business); 

     (b)  Any merger, consolidation, business combination, share exchange,
reorganization or similar transaction involving Inmark or Rogue Wave, as
applicable; or

     (c)  any material investment or capital infusion in Inmark or Rogue Wave,
as applicable, or any similar transaction.

     AFFILIATE.  An "Affiliate" of Inmark or Rogue Wave shall mean (i) any
person or entity that directly, or indirectly through one or more
intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by or is under common control with an
officer, director or shareholder of Inmark or Rogue Wave, as applicable, who
holds ten percent (10%) or more of Inmark's or Rogue Wave's capital stock, as
applicable, or (ii) any ancestor, descendent or spouse of the person specified.

     AGREEMENT.  "Agreement" means the Agreement to which this Exhibit A is
attached, together with all Exhibits and schedules attached thereto or expressly
incorporated therein by reference, as it may be amended or supplemented from
time to time.

     CALIFORNIA LAW.  "California Law" means the General Corporation Law of the
State of California.

     DELAWARE LAW.  "Delaware Law" means the General Corporation Law of the
State of Delaware.

     ENVIRONMENTAL CLAIM.  "Environmental Claim" means any claim, action, cause
of action, investigation or notice (written or oral) by any person or entity
alleging potential liability (including, without limitation, potential liability
for investigatory costs, cleanup costs, governmental response costs, natural
resources damages, property damages, personal injuries, or penalties) arising
out of, based on or resulting from (A) the presence, or release into the
environment, of any Material of Environmental Concern at any location, whether
or not owned or operated by the person making the representation, or
(B) circumstances forming the basis of any violation, or alleged violation, of
any Environmental Law.

     ENVIRONMENTAL LAW.  "Environmental Law" means all federal, state, local and
foreign laws and regulations relating to pollution or protection of human health
or the environment


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(including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, ground water, 
land surface or subsurface strata), including, without limitation, laws and 
regulations relating to emissions, discharges, releases or threatened 
releases of Materials of Environmental Concern, or otherwise relating to the 
manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, 
transport or handling of Materials of Environmental Concern.

     ERISA.  "ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,
as amended. 

     GAAP.  "GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles in the United
States, as in effect from time to time.

     INMARK COMMON STOCK.  "Inmark Common Stock" means the shares of Common
Stock, no par value, of Inmark.

     INMARK SHAREHOLDERS.  "Inmark Shareholders" means, collectively, the
holders of the outstanding shares of Inmark Common Stock immediately prior to
the Effective Date, excluding the holders of Inmark Common Stock who do not vote
in favor of the Merger.

     IRS.  "IRS" means the Internal Revenue Service or any successor entity.

     MATERIAL ADVERSE EFFECT.  "Material Adverse Effect" means any fact,
circumstance or condition that (i) would or would reasonably be expected to
prevent consummation of the Merger, or (ii) has had or would reasonably be
expected to have an adverse effect on the business, operations, condition
(financial or otherwise), assets or prospects of Inmark or Rogue Wave, as
applicable, which is material.  For purposes of Section 2 and Section 3 of the
Agreement only, documents, objects, effects, conditions, events or occurrences
shall be deemed "material" if they involve amounts, or result in damages,
individually or in the aggregate, in excess of $100,000.  For purposes of
Section 5 of the Agreement, a Material Adverse Effect will not have occurred
with respect to any fact, circumstance or condition due to general economic
condition or due to a downturn in revenues or net income after the announcement
of the Merger.

     MATERIALS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN.  "Materials of Environmental Concern"
means chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, wastes, toxic substances, petroleum
and petroleum products.

     PROCEEDING.  "Proceeding" means any action, suit, litigation, arbitration,
proceeding (including any civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or
appellate proceeding and any informal proceeding), prosecution, contest,
hearing, inquiry, inquest, audit, examination or investigation that is, has been
or may in the future be commenced, brought, conducted or heard by or before, or
that otherwise has involved or may involve, any Governmental Entity or any
arbitrator or arbitration panel.

     PROPRIETARY ASSET.  "Proprietary Asset" means any patent, patent
application, trademark, trademark application, copyright or copyright
application.


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     ROGUE WAVE COMMON STOCK.  "Rogue Wave Common Stock" means the shares of
common stock, $0.001 par value, of Rogue Wave.

     ROGUE WAVE PREFERRED STOCK.  "Rogue Wave Preferred Stock" means the shares
of preferred stock, $0.001 par value, of Rogue Wave.




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                                 AGREEMENT OF MERGER


    THIS AGREEMENT OF MERGER, dated as of September __, 1995 (the "Merger
Agreement"), is made and entered into by ROGUE WAVE SOFTWARE, INC., an Oregon
corporation ("Acquiror"), RW ACQUISITION, INC., a Delaware corporation
("Acquiror Sub"), and INMARK DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, a California corporation
("Target" or "Surviving Corporation") (Target and Acquiror Sub being hereinafter
collectively referred to as the "Constituent Corporations").


                                       RECITALS

    A.   Acquiror, Acquiror Sub and Target have entered into an Agreement and
Plan of Reorganization, dated as of September 19, 1995, (the "Reorganization
Agreement"), providing, among other things, for the execution and filing of this
Merger Agreement and the merger of Acquiror Sub with and into Target upon the
terms set forth in the Reorganization Agreement and this Merger Agreement (the
"Merger").

    B.   The respective Boards of Directors of each of the Constituent
Corporations deem it advisable and in the best interests of each of such
corporations and their respective shareholders that Acquiror Sub be merged with
and into Target.


                                      AGREEMENT

    NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises and mutual agreements
contained in this Merger Agreement, Acquiror and the Constituent Corporations
hereby agree that Acquiror Sub shall be merged with and into Target in
accordance with the provisions of the laws of the State of Delaware and the laws
of the State of California, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set
forth as follows:


                                      ARTICLE I

SECTION 1.    THE MERGER

    1.1  FILING.  This Merger Agreement, together with the officers'
certificates of each of the Constituent Corporations required by the General
Corporation Law of the State of California (the "California Law") and the
General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the "Delaware Law"), shall be
filed with the Secretary of State of the State of California and the Secretary
of State of the State of Delaware at the time specified in the Reorganization
Agreement.


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    1.2  EFFECTIVENESS.  The Merger shall become effective upon the filing of
this Merger Agreement with the Secretary of State of the State of California and
the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware (the "Effective Time").

    1.3  MERGER.  At the Effective Time, Acquiror Sub shall be merged into
Target and the separate corporate existence of Acquiror Sub shall thereupon
cease.  Target shall be the Surviving Corporation in the Merger and the separate
corporate existence of Target, with all of its purposes, objects, rights,
privileges, powers, immunities and franchises, shall continue unaffected and
unimpaired by the Merger.

    1.4  FURTHER ACTION.  If at any time after the Effective Time any further
action is necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of this Merger
Agreement or to vest the Surviving Corporation with the full right, title and
possession to all assets, property, rights, privileges, immunities, powers and
franchises of either or both of the Constituent Corporations, the officers and
directors of the Surviving Corporation are fully authorized in the name of
either or both of the Constituent Corporations or otherwise to take all such
action.


                                      ARTICLE II

SECTION 2.    CORPORATE GOVERNANCE MATTERS

    2.1  ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION.  The Articles of Incorporation of Target in
effect immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the Articles of
Incorporation of the Surviving Corporation unless and until amended as provided
by law.

    2.2  BYLAWS.   The Bylaws of Target in effect immediately prior to the
Effective Time shall be the Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation unless and until
amended as provided by law.

    2.3  DIRECTORS.  The Board of Directors of the Surviving Corporation at and
after the Effective Time, each of whom will hold office from the Effective Time
until their respective successors are duly elected or appointed and qualified in
the manner provided in the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Surviving
Corporation, or as otherwise provided by law, shall be as follows:

         Thomas Keffer
         Dan Whitaker
         Thomas Peterson
         Thomas Atwood
         Howard Love

    2.4  OFFICERS.  The officers of the Surviving Corporation at and after the
Effective Time, each of whom will hold office from the Effective Time until
their respective successors are duly elected or appointed and qualified in the
manner provided in the Articles of


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Incorporation and Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation, or as otherwise provided
by law, are as follows:

         Name:                    Title:
         ----                     -----
         Thomas Keffer            President, Chief Executive Officer
         Dan Whitaker             Executive Vice President, Vice President of
                                     Marketing
         Thomas A. Nora           Vice President of Sales
         Robert M. Holburn, Jr.   Chief Financial Officer, Secretary


                                     ARTICLE III

SECTION 3.    MANNER OF CONVERTING SHARES OF THE CONSTITUENT CORPORATIONS

    3.1  CONVERSION OF TARGET COMMON STOCK.  At the Effective Time, each then
outstanding share of Common Stock, no par value, of Target (the "Target Common
Stock"), other than shares of Target Common Stock that are held by shareholders
who have not voted such shares in favor of the merger, shall cease to be an
existing and issued share and shall become and be converted into, by virtue of
the Merger and without any action on the part of Acquiror, Acquiror Sub, Target
or the holder thereof, that number of shares of the common stock, $0.001 par
value, of Acquiror (the "Acquiror Common Stock") equal to (i) the number of
shares of Acquiror Common Stock equal to (A) the number of shares of Acquiror
Common Stock Equivalents (as defined below) divided by 0.8, minus (B) the number
of shares of Acquiror Common Stock Equivalents (the "Merger Consideration"),
divided by (ii) the number of shares of Target Common Stock Equivalents (as
defined below).  The ratio pursuant to which each share of Target Common Stock
will be exchanged for one share of Acquiror Common Stock is hereinafter referred
to as the "Exchange Ratio".  For the purposes of this Merger Agreement, the
number of shares of Acquiror Common Stock Equivalents just prior to the
Effective Time, shall be the sum of (A) the number of shares of Acquiror Common
Stock outstanding, (B) the number of shares of Acquiror Common Stock into which
the then outstanding shares of Acquiror Preferred Stock could be converted if
fully converted immediately prior to the Effective Time, and (C) the number of
shares of Acquiror Common Stock which could be obtained through the exercise or
conversion of all other rights, option and convertible securities (whether or
not exercisable or convertible) immediately prior to the Effective Time.  For
the purposes of this Agreement, the number of shares of Target Common Stock
Equivalents just prior to the Effective Time, shall be the sum of (A) the number
of shares of Target Common Stock outstanding and (B) the number of shares of
Target Common Stock which could be obtained through the exercise or conversion
of all other rights, option and convertible securities (whether or not
exercisable or convertible) immediately prior to the Effective Time.



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    3.2  ACQUIROR SUB COMMON STOCK.  At the Effective Time, each then
outstanding share of common stock, $.01 par value, of Acquiror Sub shall cease
to be an existing and issued share and shall become and be converted into, by
virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of Acquiror, Acquiror
Sub or Target, one share of Target Common Stock and the aggregate of such shares
shall constitute the only outstanding shares of capital stock of the Surviving
Corporation.

    3.3  CLOSING OF TARGET TRANSFER BOOKS.  On and after the Effective Time,
holders of certificates representing shares of Target Common Stock issued and
outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall cease to have any
rights as shareholders of Target and the share transfer books of Target shall be
closed with respect to shares of Target Common Stock issued and outstanding
immediately prior to the Effective Time and no further transfer of such shares
shall thereafter be made on such share transfer books.  If, after the Effective
Time, valid certificates previously representing such shares are presented to
Acquiror or Target, they shall be exchanged as provided in Section 3.4.

    3.4  RECEIPT OF MERGER CONSIDERATION.  At the Effective Time, each
certificate for Target Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to
the Effective Time shall no longer be issued and outstanding but shall represent
solely the right to receive shares of the Merger Consideration into which the
shares of Target Common Stock it theretofore represented shall become converted
into Acquiror Shares pursuant to Section 3.1 (or the holder thereof's right to
receive payment for such shares pursuant to Section 1300 of the California Law
and Section 3.6 hereof); provided, however, that customary and appropriate
certifications and indemnities allowing exchange against lost or destroyed
certificates shall be provided.  Upon surrender of a stock certificate
representing Target Common Stock to Acquiror, Acquiror shall deliver to the
holder of such certificate the Merger Consideration to which such holder is
entitled pursuant to Section 3.1 hereof.

    3.5  NO FRACTIONAL SHARES.  No fractional shares of Acquiror Common Stock
will be issued in connection with the Merger and no certificate therefor will be
issued.  In lieu of such fractional shares, any holder of Target Common Stock
who would otherwise receive a fractional share shall, upon surrender of his
certificate or certificates representing Target Common Stock, be paid an amount
in cash (without interest) equal to the value of such fractional share of
Acquiror Common Stock, deemed for purposes of this Merger Agreement to be such
fraction multiplied by an amount per share equal to $0.35.  Acquiror will,
subject to any applicable statute of limitation or abandoned property or similar
law, until three months after the Effective Time, pay to such holders, upon
surrender of their certificates representing Target Common Stock outstanding
immediately prior to the Effective Time, the cash value of such fractions so
determined, without interest.

    3.6  DISSENTING SHARES.  Notwithstanding anything in this Merger Agreement
to the contrary, shares of Target Common Stock that are issued and outstanding
immediately prior to the Effective Time and that are held by shareholders who
have not voted such shares in favor of the Merger shall not be canceled and
converted into the Merger Consideration unless and until such holder shall have
failed to perfect, or shall have effectively withdrawn or lost, such holder's
appraisal rights under the California Law.  If such holder shall have so failed
to perfect, or shall have effectively withdrawn or lost such rights, such
holder's shares of Target Common Stock shall thereupon be deemed to have been
canceled and converted as described in Section 3.1 on the Effective Time, and
each such share shall represent solely the right to receive the Merger
Consideration into which the shares of Target Common Stock if theretofore
constituted shall have been converted pursuant to Section 3.1.  From and after
the Effective Time, no shareholder who has demanded the appraisal of shares as
provided in Section 1300 of the


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California Law shall be entitled to vote such holder's shares for any purpose or
to receive payment of dividends or other distributions with respect to such
holder's shares (except dividends and other distributions payable to
shareholders of record at a date which is prior to the Effective Time).


                                      ARTICLE IV

SECTION 4.    TERMINATION AND AMENDMENT

    4.1  TERMINATION.  Notwithstanding the approval of this Merger Agreement by
the shareholders of Acquiror Sub and Target, this Merger Agreement shall
terminate forthwith in the event that the Reorganization Agreement shall be
terminated as therein provided.

    4.2  AMENDMENT.  This Merger Agreement may be amended by the parties hereto
at any time before or after approval hereof by the shareholders of either
Acquiror Sub or Target, but, after any such approval, no amendment shall be made
which, without the further approval of such shareholders, would (i) have an
adverse effect on the shareholders of either Acquiror Sub or Target, (ii) change
any of the principal terms of the Merger Agreement, or (iii) change any terms of
the Articles of Incorporation of the Surviving Corporation.  This Merger
Agreement may not be amended except by an instrument in writing signed on behalf
of each of the parties hereto.


                        [THIS SPACE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK]



                                          5.

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    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have duly executed this AGREEMENT OF MERGER
as of the date first written above.


ATTEST:                                ROGUE WAVE SOFTWARE, INC.
                                         an Oregon corporation



By: /s/                                By: /s/ Thomas Keffer
    --------------------------             --------------------------
    Its Secretary                           Thomas Keffer, President




ATTEST:                                RW ACQUISITION, INC.
                                         a Delaware corporation



By: /s/                                By: /s/ Thomas Keffer
    --------------------------             --------------------------
    Its Secretary                           Thomas Keffer, President




ATTEST:                                INMARK DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
                                         a California corporation



By: /s/                                By: /s/ Howard Love
    -------------------------              --------------------------
    Its Assistant Secretary                 Howard Love, President


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                              ROGUE WAVE SOFTWARE, INC.


                   AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTORS' RIGHTS AGREEMENT


<PAGE>

                                  TABLE OF CONTENTS
                                  -----------------
                                                                            PAGE

1.   AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT...............................................  1
     1.1  Amendment and Restatement..........................................  1

2.   GENERAL.................................................................  1
     2.1  Definitions........................................................  1

3.  REGISTRATION; RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER...................................  2
     3.1  Restrictions on Transfer...........................................  2
     3.2  Demand Registration................................................  3
     3.3  Piggyback Registrations............................................  5
     3.4  Form S-3 Registration..............................................  5
     3.5  Expenses of Registration...........................................  6
     3.6  Obligations of the Company.........................................  6
     3.7  Termination of Registration Rights.................................  7
     3.8  Delay of Registration..............................................  8
     3.9  Indemnification....................................................  8
     3.10 Assignment of Registration Rights.................................. 10
     3.11 Amendment of Registration Rights................................... 10
     3.12 Limitation on Subsequent Registration Rights....................... 10
     3.13 "Market Stand-Off" Agreement....................................... 10

4.  COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY................................................. 11
     4.1  Basic Financial Information and Reporting.......................... 11
     4.2  Inspection Rights.................................................. 11
     4.3  Confidentiality of Records......................................... 11
     4.4  Reservation of Common Stock........................................ 12
     4.5  Stock Vesting...................................................... 12
     4.6  Key Man Insurance.................................................. 12
     4.7  Proprietary Information and Inventions Agreement................... 12
     4.8  Directors' Expenses................................................ 13
     4.9  Real Property Holding Corporation.................................. 13
     4.10 Directors and Officers Liability Insurance......................... 13
     4.11 Indemnification of Directors and Officers.......................... 13
     4.12 Expenditures Subject to Board Approval............................. 13
     4.13 Qualified Small Business........................................... 13
     4.14 Termination of Covenants........................................... 13

5.  RIGHTS OF FIRST REFUSAL.................................................. 13
     5.1  Subsequent Offerings............................................... 13
     5.2  Exercise of Rights................................................. 14
     5.3  Termination of Rights of First Refusal............................. 14
     5.4  Transfer of Rights of First Refusal................................ 14
     5.5  Excluded Securities................................................ 14

6.  MISCELLANEOUS............................................................ 15
     6.1  Governing Law...................................................... 15


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                                  TABLE OF CONTENTS
                                  -----------------
                                                                            PAGE

     6.2  Survival........................................................... 15
     6.3  Successors and Assigns............................................. 15
     6.4  Separability....................................................... 15
     6.5  Amendment and Waiver............................................... 15
     6.6  Delays or Omissions................................................ 16
     6.7  Notices............................................................ 16
     6.8  Attorneys' Fees.................................................... 16
     6.9  Titles and Subtitles............................................... 16
     6.10 Counterparts....................................................... 16


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                              ROGUE WAVE SOFTWARE, INC.

                   AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTORS' RIGHTS AGREEMENT

     THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTORS' RIGHTS AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") is
entered into as of the 10th day of November, 1995 by and among ROGUE WAVE
SOFTWARE, INC., an Oregon corporation (the "Company"), the persons listed on the
attached Exhibit A who became signatories to this Agreement (collectively, the
"Investors" and each individually as an "Investor") and the persons listed on
the attached Exhibit B (collectively, the "Key Shareholders" and individually as
a "Key Shareholder").

                                       RECITALS

     WHEREAS, certain of the Investors hold shares of the Company's Series A
Preferred Stock (the "Series A Stock") and possess registration rights,
information rights and other rights pursuant to that certain Investors Rights
Agreement dated as of June 30, 1994 between the Company, the Key Shareholders
and such Investors (the "Prior Agreement");

     WHEREAS, the Company and the undersigned Investors who hold Series A Stock
desire to terminate the Prior Agreement and to accept the rights created
pursuant hereto in lieu of the rights granted to them under the Prior Agreement;
and

     WHEREAS, the Investors are parties to the Series B Preferred Stock Purchase
Agreement dated as of the date hereof (the "Series B Agreement"), and certain of
the Company's and such Investors' obligations to purchase Series B Preferred
Stock ("Series B Stock") under the Series B Agreement are conditioned upon the
execution and delivery by such Investors, the holders of at least a majority of
the Series A Stock and the Company of this Agreement.

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises and covenants set
forth herein, the Investors who are parties to the Prior Agreement hereby agree
that the Prior Agreement shall be superseded and replaced in its entirety by
this Agreement, and the parties hereto further agree as follows:

1.   AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT.

     1.1  AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT.  Effective upon the closing of the sale and
issuance of the Series B Stock pursuant to the Series B Agreement, all
provisions of, rights granted and covenants made in the Prior Agreement and any
other agreement between the Company, the Investors and the Key Shareholders, are
hereby waived released and terminated in their entirety and shall have no
further force or effect whatsoever.  The rights and covenants contained in this
Agreement set forth the sole and entire agreement among the Company, the
Investors and the Key Shareholders on the subject matter hereof and supersede
any and all rights granted or covenants made under any prior agreement.

2.   GENERAL.

     2.1  DEFINITIONS.  As used in this Agreement the following terms shall have
the following respective meanings:

          "Holder" means any person owning of record Registrable Securities or
any assignee of record of such Registrable Securities in accordance with Section
3.10 hereof.


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          "Register," "registered," and "registration" refer to a registration
effected by preparing and filing a registration statement in compliance with the
Securities Act, and the declaration or ordering of effectiveness of such
registration statement or document.

          "Registrable Securities" means (i) Common Stock of the Company
acquired from the Company and held by a Key Shareholder, (ii) Common Stock of
the Company issued or issuable upon conversion of the Shares, and (iii) any
Common Stock of the Company issued as (or issuable upon the conversion or
exercise of any warrant, right or other security which is issued as) a dividend
or other distribution with respect to, or in exchange for or in replacement of,
such above-described securities.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, Registrable
Securities shall not include any securities sold by a person to the public
either pursuant to a registration statement or Rule 144 or sold in a private
transaction in which the transferror's rights under Article III of this
Agreement are not assigned.

           "Registrable Securities then outstanding" shall be the number of
shares determined by calculating the total number of shares of the Company's
Common Stock that are Registrable Securities and either (1) are then issued and
outstanding or (2) are issuable pursuant to then exercisable or convertible
securities.

          "Registration Expenses" shall mean all expenses incurred by the
Company in complying with Sections 3.2, 3.3 and 3.4 hereof, including, without
limitation, all registration and filing fees, printing expenses, fees and
disbursements of counsel for the Company, reasonable fees and disbursements not
to exceed Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000) of a single special counsel for
the Holders, blue sky fees and expenses and the expense of any special audits
incident to or required by any such registration (but excluding the compensation
of regular employees of the Company, which shall be paid in any event by the
Company).

          "Securities Act" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

          "Selling Expenses" shall mean all underwriting discounts, selling
commissions and stock transfer taxes applicable to the sale.

          "Shares" shall mean the Company's Series A Stock and Series B Stock.

          "Form S-3" means such form under the Securities Act as in effect on
the date hereof or any successor registration form under the Securities Act
subsequently adopted by the SEC which permits inclusion or incorporation of
substantial information by reference to other documents filed by the Company
with the SEC.

          "SEC" or "Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

3. REGISTRATION; RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER

     3.1  RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER.

          3.1.1     Each Investor agrees not to make any disposition of all or
any portion of the Shares (or the Common Stock issuable upon the conversion
thereof) unless and until the transferee has agreed in writing for the benefit
of the Company to be bound by this Section 3.1, provided and to the extent such
Sections are then applicable and:


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               (a)  There is then in effect a registration statement under the
Securities Act covering such proposed disposition and such disposition is made
in accordance with such registration statement; or

               (b) (A) Such Investor shall have notified the Company of the
proposed disposition and shall have furnished the Company with a detailed
statement of the circumstances surrounding the proposed disposition, and (B) if
reasonably requested by the Company, such Investor shall have furnished the
Company with an opinion of counsel, reasonably satisfactory to the Company, that
such disposition will not require registration of such shares under the
Securities Act or any state securities or "blue sky" laws.  It is agreed that
the Company will not require opinions of counsel for transactions made pursuant
to Rule 144 except in unusual circumstances.

               (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (i) and (ii)
above, no such registration statement or opinion of counsel shall be necessary
for a transfer by an Investor which is (A) a partnership to its partners in
accordance with partnership interests, or (B) to the Investor's family member or
trust for the benefit of an individual Investor, provided the transferee agrees
in writing to be subject to the terms of this Section 3.1 to the same extent as
if he were an original Investor hereunder.

          3.1.2     Each certificate representing Registrable Securities shall
(unless otherwise permitted by the provisions of the Agreement) be stamped or
otherwise imprinted with a legend substantially similar to the following (in
addition to any legend required under applicable state securities laws or as
provided elsewhere in the Agreement):

                    THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED
                    UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 (THE "ACT") OR ANY STATE
                    SECURITIES OR BLUE SKY LAWS AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR
                    OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED UNLESS AND
                    UNTIL REGISTERED UNDER THE ACT AND ALL STATE SECURITIES OR
                    BLUE SKY LAWS OR, IN THE OPINION OF COUNSEL OR BASED ON
                    OTHER WRITTEN EVIDENCE IN FORM AND SUBSTANCE SATISFACTORY
                    TO THE ISSUER OF THESE SECURITIES, SUCH OFFER, SALE OR
                    TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR HYPOTHECATION IS IN COMPLIANCE
                    THEREWITH.

          3.1.3     The Company shall be obligated to reissue promptly
unlegended certificates at the request of any holder thereof if the holder shall
have obtained an opinion of counsel (which counsel may be counsel to the
Company) reasonably acceptable to the Company to the effect that the securities
proposed to be disposed of may lawfully be so disposed of without registration,
qualification or legend.

          3.1.4     Any legend endorsed on an instrument pursuant to applicable
state securities laws and the stop-transfer instructions with respect to such
securities shall be removed upon receipt by the Company of an order of the
appropriate blue sky authority authorizing such removal.

     3.2  DEMAND REGISTRATION.

          3.2.1     Subject to the conditions of this Section 3.2, if the
Company shall receive at any time after the earlier of (i) the date one hundred
eighty (180) days following the effective date of the registration statement
pertaining to the initial public offering of the Company's common stock (the
"Initial


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Offering"), or (ii) May 31, 1997, a written request from Investors holding more
than seventy-five percent (75%) of the Shares then outstanding (the "Initiating
Holders") that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities
Act covering the registration of Registrable Securities having an aggregate
offering price to the public in excess of $2,500,000, then the Company shall,
within thirty (30) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such
request to all Holders, and subject to the limitations of Section 3.2.2, effect,
as soon as practicable, the registration under the Securities Act of all
Registrable Securities that the Holders request to be registered.

          3.2.2     If the Initiating Holders intend to distribute the
Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting,
they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to
this Section 3.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written
notice referred to in Section 3.2.1.  In such event, the right of any Holder to
include his Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned
upon such Holder's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such
Holder's Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually
agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to
the extent provided herein.  All Holders proposing to distribute their
securities through such underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement
in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters selected for such
underwriting by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders (which
underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company).
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 3.2, if the underwriter
advises the Company in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of
the number of securities to be underwritten (including Registrable Securities)
then the Company shall so advise all Holders of Registrable Securities which
would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares that
may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated, first, to the Initiating
Holders of Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis based on the number of
Registrable Securities held by all such Holders; and second, to all other
Holders of Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis based on the number of
Registrable Securities held by all such Holders.  Any Registrable Securities
excluded or withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the
registration.

          3.2.3     The Company shall not be obligated to effect more than two
(2) registrations pursuant to this Section 3.2.

          3.2.4     The Company shall not be required to effect a registration
pursuant to this Section 3.2 during the period starting with the date of filing
of, and ending on the date one hundred eighty (180) days following the effective
date of the registration statement pertaining to its Initial Offering, provided
that the Company is making reasonable and good faith efforts to cause such
registration statement to become effective.  In addition, the Company shall not
be required to effect a registration pursuant to this Section 3.2 if within
thirty (30) days of receipt of a written request from Initiating Holders
pursuant to Section 3.2.1, the Company gives notice to the Holders of the
Company's intention to make its Initial Offering within ninety (90) days.

          3.2.5      Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish
to Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 3.2, a
certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board stating that in the good faith
judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be seriously
detrimental to the Company and its shareholders for such registration statement
to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such
registration statement, the Company shall have the right to defer such filing
for a period of not more than ninety (90) days after receipt of the request of
the Initiating Holders; provided that such right to delay a request shall be
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     3.3  PIGGYBACK REGISTRATIONS.  The Company shall notify all Holders of
Registrable Securities in writing at least thirty (30) days prior to the filing
of any registration statement under the Securities Act for purposes of a public
offering of securities of the Company (including, but not limited to,
registration statements relating to secondary offerings of securities of the
Company, but excluding registration statements relating to employee benefit
plans and corporate reorganizations) and will afford each such Holder an
opportunity to include in such registration statement all or part of such
Registrable Securities held by such Holder.  Each Holder desiring to include in
any such registration statement all or any part of the Registrable Securities
held by it shall, within twenty (20) days after receipt of the above-described
notice from the Company, so notify the Company in writing.  Such notice shall
state the intended method of disposition of the Registrable Securities by such
Holder.  If a Holder decides not to include all of its Registrable Securities in
any registration statement thereafter filed by the Company, such Holder shall
nevertheless continue to have the right to include any Registrable Securities in
any subsequent registration statement or registration statements as may be filed
by the Company with respect to offerings of its securities, all upon the terms
and conditions set forth herein.

          3.3.1     UNDERWRITING.  If the registration statement under which the
Company gives notice under this Section 3.3 is for an underwritten offering, the
Company shall so advise the Holders of Registrable Securities.  In such event,
the right of any such Holder to be included in a registration pursuant to this
Section 3.3 shall be conditioned upon such Holder's participation in such
underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder's Registrable Securities in the
underwriting to the extent provided herein.  All Holders proposing to distribute
their Registrable Securities through such underwriting shall enter into an
underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters
selected for such underwriting.  Notwithstanding any other provision of the
Agreement, if the underwriter determines in good faith that marketing factors
require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, the number of
shares that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated, first, to
the Company; second, to the Investors who are Holders on a pro rata basis based
on the total number of Registrable Securities held by such Holders; third, to
the Holders (other than the Investors) on a pro rata basis based on the total
number of Registrable Securities held by the Holders; and fourth, to any
shareholder of the Company (other than a Holder) on a pro rata basis.  No such
reduction shall reduce the securities being offered by the Company for its own
account to be included in the registration and underwriting, except that in no
event shall the amount of securities of the Investors (as defined in this
Agreement) included in the registration be reduced below twenty-five percent
(25%) of the total amount of securities included in such registration, unless
such offering is the Initial Offering and such registration does not include
shares of any other selling shareholders, in which event any or all of the
Registrable Securities of the Investors may be excluded in accordance with the
immediately preceding sentence.  In no event will shares of any other selling
shareholder be included in such registration which would reduce the number of
shares which may be included by any Investor without the written consent of
Investors holding not less than 75% of the Shares proposed to be sold in the
offering.

     3.4  FORM S-3 REGISTRATION.  In case the Company shall receive from any
Investor who is a Holder of Registrable Securities a written request or requests
that the Company effect a registration on Form S-3 and any related qualification
or compliance with respect to all or a part of the Registrable Securities owned
by such Holder, the Company will:

          3.4.1     promptly give written notice of the proposed registration,
and any related qualification or compliance, to all other Holders of Registrable
Securities; and

          3.4.2     as soon as practicable, effect such registration and all
such qualifications and compliances as may be so requested and as would permit
or facilitate the sale and distribution of all or such portion of such Holder's
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with all or such portion of the Registrable Securities of any other Holder or
Holders joining in such request as are specified in a written request given
within fifteen (15) days after receipt of such written notice from the Company;
provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to effect any such
registration, qualification or compliance pursuant to this Section 3.4: (i) if
Form S-3 is not available for such offering by the Holders, (ii) if the Holders,
together with the holders of any other securities of the Company entitled to
inclusion in such registration, propose to sell Registrable Securities and such
other securities (if any) at an aggregate price to the public of less than
$500,000, (iii) if the Company shall furnish to the Holders a certificate signed
by the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company stating that in the
good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be
seriously detrimental to the Company and its shareholders for such Form S-3
Registration to be effected at such time, in which event the Company shall have
the right to defer the filing of the Form S-3 registration statement for a
period of not more than ninety (90) days after receipt of the request of the
Holder or Holders under this Section 3.4, (iv) if the Company has, within the
twelve (12) month period preceding the date of such request, already effected
two (2) registrations on Form S-3 for the Holders pursuant to this Section 3.4,
or (v) in any particular jurisdiction in which the Company would be required to
qualify to do business or to execute a general consent to service of process in
effecting such registration, qualification or compliance.

          3.4.3     Subject to the foregoing, the Company shall file a Form S-3
registration statement covering the Registrable Securities and other securities
so requested to be registered as soon as practicable after receipt of the
request or requests of the Holders.  All Registration Expenses incurred in
connection with registrations requested pursuant to this Section 3.4 after the
first two (2) registrations shall be paid by the selling Holders pro rata in
proportion to the number of shares sold by each.

     3.5  EXPENSES OF REGISTRATION.  All Registration Expenses incurred in
connection with any registration, qualification or compliance pursuant to
Section 3.2 or any registration under Section 3.3 or Section 3.4 herein shall be
borne by the Company (except as set forth in Section 3.4.3).  All Selling
Expenses incurred in connection with any registrations hereunder, shall be borne
by the holders of the securities so registered pro rata on the basis of the
number of shares so registered.  The Company shall not, however, be required to
pay for expenses of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to Section 3.2 or
3.4, the request of which has been subsequently withdrawn by the Initiating
Holders unless (a) the withdrawal is based upon material adverse information
concerning the Company of which the Initiating Holders were not aware at the
time of such request or (b) the Holders of 75% of Registrable Securities agree
to forfeit their right to one requested registration pursuant to Section 3.2 or
Section 3.4, in which event such right shall be forfeited by all Holders.  If
the Holders are required to pay the Registration Expenses, such expenses shall
be borne by the holders of securities (including Registrable Securities)
requesting such registration in proportion to the number of shares for which
registration was requested.  If the Company is required to pay the Registration
Expenses of a withdrawn offering pursuant to Section 3.5(a), then the Holders
shall not forfeit their rights pursuant to Section 3.2 or Section 3.4 to a
demand registration.

     3.6  OBLIGATIONS OF THE COMPANY.  Whenever required to effect the
registration of any Registrable Securities, the Company shall, as expeditiously
as reasonably possible:

          3.6.1     Prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement with
respect to such Registrable Securities and use its best efforts to cause such
registration statement to become effective, and, upon the request of the Holders
of 75% of the Registrable Securities registered thereunder, keep such
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          3.6.2     Prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and
supplements to such registration statement and the prospectus used in connection
with such registration statement as may be necessary to comply with the
provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all
securities covered by such registration statement.

          3.6.3     Furnish to the Holders such number of copies of a
prospectus, including a preliminary prospectus, in conformity with the
requirements of the Securities Act, and such other documents as they may
reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of Registrable
Securities owned by them.

          3.6.4     Use its best efforts to register and qualify the securities
covered by such registration statement under such other securities or Blue Sky
laws of such jurisdictions as shall be reasonably requested by the Holders,
provided that the Company shall not be required in connection therewith or as a
condition thereto to qualify to do business or to file a general consent to
service of process in any such states or jurisdictions.

          3.6.5     In the event of any underwritten public offering, enter into
and perform its obligations under an underwriting agreement, in usual and
customary form, with the managing underwriter(s) of such offering.  Each Holder
participating in such underwriting shall also enter into and perform its
obligations under such an agreement.

          3.6.6     Notify each Holder of Registrable Securities covered by such
registration statement at any time when a prospectus relating thereto is
required to be delivered under the Securities Act of the happening of any event
as a result of which the prospectus included in such registration statement, as
then in effect, includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to
state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances then
existing.

          3.6.7     Furnish, at the request of a majority of the Holders
participating in the registration, on the date that such Registrable Securities
are delivered to the underwriters for sale, if such securities are being sold
through underwriters, or, if such securities are not being sold through
underwriters, on the date that the registration statement with respect to such
securities becomes effective, (i) an opinion, dated as of such date, of the
counsel representing the Company for the purposes of such registration, in form
and substance as is customarily given to underwriters in an underwritten public
offering and reasonably satisfactory to a majority in interest of the Holders
requesting registration, addressed to the underwriters, if any, and to the
Holders requesting registration of Registrable Securities and (ii) a letter
dated as of such date, from the independent certified public accountants of the
Company, in form and substance as is customarily given by independent certified
public accountants to underwriters in an underwritten public offering and
reasonably satisfactory to a majority in interest of the Holders requesting
registration, addressed to the underwriters, if any, and to the Holders
requesting registration of Registrable Securities.

     3.7  TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION RIGHTS.  All registration rights granted
to a Holder under this Article III shall terminate and be of no further force
and effect upon the earlier of (i) seven (7) years after the date following the
closing of the Company's Initial Offering, or (ii) the date on which the
Company's Common Stock is publicly traded on a national securities exchange and
all Registrable Securities held by and issuable to such Holder may be sold under
Rule 144 during any ninety (90) day period, provided that such Holder then holds
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     3.8  DELAY OF REGISTRATION; FURNISHING INFORMATION.

          3.8.1     No Holder shall have any right to obtain or seek an
injunction restraining or otherwise delaying any such registration as the result
of any controversy that might arise with respect to the interpretation or
implementation of this Article III.

          3.8.2     It shall be a condition precedent to the obligations of the
Company to take any action pursuant to Section 3.2, 3.3 or 3.4 that the selling
Holders shall furnish to the Company such information regarding themselves, the
Registrable Securities held by them and the intended method of disposition of
such securities as shall be required to effect the registration of their
Registrable Securities.

     3.9  INDEMNIFICATION.  In the event any Registrable Securities are included
in a registration statement under Sections 3.2, 3.3 or 3.4:

          3.9.1     To the extent permitted by law, the Company will indemnify
and hold harmless each Holder, the partners, officers and directors of each
Holder, any underwriter (as defined in the Securities Act) for such Holder and
each person, if any, who controls such Holder or underwriter within the meaning
of the Securities Act or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"1934 Act"), against any losses, claims, damages, or liabilities (joint or
several) to which they may become subject under the Securities Act, the 1934 Act
or other federal or state law, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any
of the following statements, omissions or violations (collectively a
"Violation") by the Company: (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact contained in such registration statement, including
any preliminary prospectus or final prospectus contained therein or any
amendments or supplements thereto, (ii) the omission or alleged omission to
state therein a material fact required to be stated therein, or necessary to
make the statements therein not misleading, or (iii) any violation or alleged
violation by the Company of the Securities Act, the 1934 Act, any state
securities law or any rule or regulation promulgated under the Securities Act,
the 1934 Act or any state securities law in connection with the offering covered
by such registration statement; and the Company will reimburse each such Holder,
partner, officer or director, underwriter or controlling person for any legal or
other expenses reasonably incurred by such person in connection with
investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action;
provided however, that the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 3.9.1
shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any such loss, claim, damage,
liability or action if such settlement is effected without the consent of the
Company (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), nor shall the
Company be liable in any such case for any such loss, claim, damage, liability
or action to the extent that it arises out of or is based upon a Violation which
occurs in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished
expressly for use in connection with such registration by such Holder, partner,
officer, director, underwriter or controlling person of such Holder.

          3.9.2     To the extent permitted by law, each selling Holder will
indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors, each of its
officers, each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of
the Securities Act, any underwriter and any other Holder selling securities
under such registration statement or any of such other Holder's partners,
directors or officers or any person who controls such Holder, against any
losses, claims, damages or liabilities (joint or several) to which the Company
or any such director, officer, controlling person, underwriter or other such
Holder, or partner, director, officer or controlling person of such other Holder
may become subject under the Securities Act, the 1934 Act or other federal or
state law, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in
respect thereto) arise out of or are based upon any Violation, in each case to
the extent (and only to the extent) that such Violation occurs in reliance upon
and in conformity with written information furnished by such Holder under an
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stated to be specifically for use in connection with such registration; and each
such Holder will reimburse any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by
the Company or any such director, officer, controlling person, underwriter or
other Holder, or partner, officer, director or controlling person of such other
Holder in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim,
damage, liability or action if it is judicially determined that there was such a
Violation; provided, however, that the indemnity agreement contained in this
Section 3.9.2 shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any such loss,
claim, damage, liability or action if such settlement is effected without the
consent of the Holder, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld;
provided further, that in no event shall any indemnity under this Section 3.9
exceed the gross proceeds from the offering received by such Holder.

          3.9.3     Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this
Section 3.9 of notice of the commencement of any action (including any
governmental action), such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof
is to be made against any indemnifying party under this Section 3.9, deliver to
the indemnifying party a written notice of the commencement thereof and the
indemnifying party shall have the right to participate in, and, to the extent
the indemnifying party so desires, jointly with any other indemnifying
party similarly noticed, to assume the defense thereof with counsel mutually
satisfactory to the parties; provided, however, that an indemnified party shall
have the right to retain its own counsel, with the fees and expenses to be paid
by the indemnifying party, if representation of such indemnified party by the
counsel retained by the indemnifying party would be inappropriate due to actual
or potential differing interests between such indemnified party and any other
party represented by such counsel in such proceeding.  The failure to deliver
written notice to the indemnifying party within a reasonable time of the
commencement of any such action, if materially prejudicial to its ability to
defend such action, shall relieve such indemnifying party of any liability to
the indemnified party under this Section 3.9, but the omission so to deliver
written notice to the indemnifying party will not relieve it of any liability
that it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under this Section 3.9.

          3.9.4     If the indemnification provided for in this Section 3.9 is
held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unavailable to an indemnified
party with respect to any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to
herein, the indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party
thereunder, shall to the extent permitted by applicable law contribute to the
amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such loss,
claim, damage or liability in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the
relative fault of the indemnifying party on the one hand and of the indemnified
party on the other in connection with the Violation(s) that resulted in such
loss, claim, damage or liability, as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations.  The relative fault of the indemnifying party and of the
indemnified party shall be determined by a court of law by reference to, among
other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
or the omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the
indemnifying party or by the indemnified party and the parties' relative intent,
knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such
statement or omission.

          3.9.5     The foregoing indemnity agreements of the Company and
Holders are subject to the condition that, insofar as they relate to any
Violation made in a preliminary prospectus but eliminated or remedied in the
amended prospectus on file with the SEC at the time the registration statement
in question becomes effective or the amended prospectus filed with the SEC
pursuant to SEC Rule 424(b) (the "Final Prospectus"), such indemnity agreement
shall not inure to the benefit of any person if a copy of the Final Prospectus
was furnished to the indemnified party and was not furnished to the person
asserting the loss, liability, claim or damage at or prior to the time such
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          3.9.6     The obligations of the Company and Holders under this
Section 3.9 shall survive the completion of any offering of Registrable
Securities in a registration statement, and otherwise.

     3.10 ASSIGNMENT OF REGISTRATION RIGHTS. The rights to cause the Company to
register Registrable Securities pursuant to this Article III may be assigned by
a Holder to a transferee or assignee of Registrable Securities; provided,
however, that no such transferee or assignee shall be entitled to registration
rights under Sections 3.2, 3.3 or 3.4 hereof unless it acquires at least fifty
thousand (50,000) shares of Registrable Securities (as adjusted for stock splits
and combinations) and the Company shall, within twenty (20) days after such
transfer, be furnished with written notice of the name and address of such
transferee or assignee and the securities with respect to which such
registration rights are being assigned and provided further, that such
transferee agrees in writing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, rights to cause the Company to register
securities may be assigned to any subsidiary, parent, general partner or limited
partner of a Holder.

     3.11 AMENDMENT OF REGISTRATION RIGHTS.  Any provision of this Article III
may be amended and the observance thereof may be waived (either generally or in
a particular instance and either retroactively or prospectively), only with the
written consent of the Company and the Holders of at least 75% of the
Registrable Securities.  Any amendment or waiver effected in accordance with
this Section 3.11 shall be binding upon each Holder and the Company.  By
acceptance of any benefits under this Article III, Holders of Registrable
Securities hereby agree to be bound by the provisions hereunder.

     3.12 LIMITATION ON SUBSEQUENT REGISTRATION RIGHTS.  After the date of this
Agreement, the Company shall not, without the prior written consent of the
Holders of 75% of the Registrable Securities, enter into any agreement with any
holder or prospective holder of any securities of the Company that would permit
such holder to require that the Company register any securities held by such
holder.

     3.13 "MARKET STAND-OFF" AGREEMENT.  If requested by the Company and an
underwriter of Common Stock (or other securities) of the Company, an Investor
holding more than one percent (1%) of the Company's voting securities shall not
sell or otherwise transfer or dispose of any Common Stock (or other securities)
of the Company held by such Investor (other than those included in the
registration) for a period specified by the underwriters not to exceed one
hundred eighty (180) days following the effective date of a registration
statement of the Company filed under the Securities Act, provided that:

          (a)  such agreement shall apply only to the Company's Initial
Offering; and

          (b)  all officers and directors of the Company and holders of at least
one percent (1%) of the Company's voting securities enter into similar
agreements.

     The obligations described in this Section 3.13 shall not apply to a
registration relating solely to employee benefit plans on Form S-1 or Form S-8
or similar forms that may be promulgated in the future, or a registration
relating solely to a Commission Rule 145 transaction on Form S-4 or similar
forms that may be promulgated in the future.  The Company may impose stop-
transfer instructions with respect to the shares (or securities) subject to the
foregoing restriction until the end of said one hundred eighty (180) day period.
In order to implement the provisions of this Section 3.13, each Investor agrees
to execute and deliver to the Company, upon the Company's request, a "lock-up"
or other similar agreement reasonably requested by an underwriter of the
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4. COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY

     4.1  BASIC FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND REPORTING.

          4.1.1     The Company will maintain true books and records of account
in which full and correct entries will be made of all its business transactions
pursuant to a system of accounting established and administered in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied, and will set
aside on its books all such proper accruals and reserves as shall be required
under generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied.

          4.1.2     So long as an Investor (with its affiliates) shall own not
less than two hundred fifty thousand (250,000) shares (as adjusted for stock
splits, combinations and the like) of Registrable Securities (a "Major
Investor"), as soon as practicable after the end of each fiscal year of the
Company, and in any event within 90 days thereafter, the Company will, if
requested, furnish each such Major Investor a consolidated balance sheet of the
Company, as at the end of such fiscal year, and a consolidated statement of
income and a consolidated statement of cash flows of the Company, for such year,
all prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and
setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous
fiscal year, all in reasonable detail.  Such financial statements shall be
accompanied by a report and opinion thereon by independent public accountants of
national standing selected by the Company's Board of Directors.

          4.1.3     If requested, the Company will furnish each Major Investor,
as soon as practicable after the end of each quarterly accounting period of the
Company, and in any event within thirty (30) days thereafter, an unaudited
consolidated balance sheet of the Company as of the end of each such quarterly
period, and an unaudited consolidated statement of income and a consolidated
statement of cash flows of the Company for such period and for the current
fiscal year to date, prepared internally and in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles, with the exception that no notes need be
attached to such statements and year-end audit adjustments may not have been
made.

          4.1.4     The Company will furnish each such Major Investor (i) at
least thirty (30) days prior to the beginning of each fiscal year an annual
budget of sales and expenses for such fiscal year; and (ii) within thirty (30)
days after the end of each month, an unaudited balance sheet and statements of
income and cash flows, prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles, with the exception that no notes need be attached to such statements
and year-end audit adjustments may not have been made, but such statement shall
set forth applicable budget figures and variances from budget.

     4.2  INSPECTION RIGHTS.  Each Major Investor shall have the right to visit
and inspect any of the properties of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, and
to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries with its officers, all at such reasonable times and as often as may
be reasonably requested; provided, however, that the Company shall not be
obligated under this Section 3.2 with respect to a competitor of the Company or
with respect to information which the Board of Directors determines in good
faith is confidential and should not, therefore, be disclosed.

     4.3  CONFIDENTIALITY OF RECORDS.

          4.3.1 Each Investor agrees not to use Confidential Information (as
hereinafter defined) of the Company for its own use or for any purpose except to
evaluate and enforce its equity investment in the Company.  Except as permitted
under subsection 3.3.2 below, each Investor agrees to use its best efforts not
to disclose such Confidential Information to any third parties.  Each Investor
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of such proprietary nature and agrees that it shall protect the confidentiality
of and use reasonable best efforts to prevent disclosure of the Confidential
Information to prevent it from falling into the public domain or the possession
of unauthorized persons.  Each transferee of any Investor who receives
Confidential Information shall agree to be bound by such provisions.  For
purposes of this Section, "Confidential Information" means any information,
technical data, or know-how, including, but not limited to, the Company's
research, products, software, services, development, inventions, processes,
designs, drawings, engineering, marketing, or finances, disclosed by the Company
either directly or indirectly in writing or confirmed promptly in writing to be
Confidential Information.

          4.3.2 Confidential Information does not include information, technical
data or know-how which (i) is in the Investor's possession at the time of
disclosure as shown by Investor's files and records immediately prior to the
time of disclosure; (ii) before or after it has been disclosed to the Investor,
it is part of the public knowledge or literature, not as a result of any action
or inaction of the Investor; or (iii) is approved for release by written
authorization of Company.  The provisions of this Section shall not apply (i) to
the extent that an Investor is required to disclose Confidential Information
pursuant to any law, statute, rule or regulation or any order of any court or
jurisdiction process or pursuant to any direction, request or requirement
(whether or not having the force of law but if not having the force of law being
of a type with which institutional investors in the relevant jurisdiction are
accustomed to comply) of any self-regulating organization or any governmental,
fiscal, monetary or other authority; (ii) to the disclosure of Confidential
Information to an Investor's employees, counsel, accountants or other
professional advisors; (iv) to the extent that an Investor needs to disclose
Confidential Information for the protection of any of such Investor's rights or
interest against the Company, whether under this Agreement or otherwise; or (v)
to the disclosure of Confidential Information to a prospective transferee of
securities which agrees in writing to be bound by the provisions of this Section
in connection with the receipt of such Confidential Information.

     4.4  RESERVATION OF COMMON STOCK.  The Company will at all times reserve
and keep available, solely for issuance and delivery upon the conversion of the
Preferred Stock, all Common Stock issuable from time to time upon such
conversion.

     4.5  STOCK VESTING.  Unless otherwise approved by the Board of Directors,
all stock options and other stock equivalents issued after the date of this
Agreement to employees, directors, consultants and other service providers shall
be subject to vesting as follows: (i) twenty-five percent (25%) of such stock
shall vest at the end of the first year following the earlier of the date of
issuance or such person's services commencement date with the Company, and (ii)
seventy-five percent (75%) of such stock shall vest over the remaining three (3)
years.  With respect to any shares of stock purchased by any such person, the
Company's repurchase option shall provide that upon such person's termination of
employment or service with the Company, with or without cause, the Company or
its assignee (to the extent permissible under applicable securities laws and
other laws) shall have the option to purchase at cost any unvested shares of
stock held by such person.

     4.6  KEY MAN INSURANCE.  Subject to the approval of the Board of Directors,
the Company will use its best efforts to obtain and maintain in full force and
effect term life insurance in the amount of one million ($1,000,000) dollars on
the lives of each of Thomas Keffer and Dan Whitaker, naming the Company as
beneficiary.

     4.7  PROPRIETARY INFORMATION AND INVENTIONS AGREEMENT.  The Company shall
require all employees to execute and deliver a Proprietary Information and
Inventions Agreement substantially in the form attached to the Series B
Agreement as Exhibit H.


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     4.8  DIRECTORS' EXPENSES. The Company shall not pay any compensation to any
member of the Company's Board of Directors in connection with the performance of
his or her duties as a Director, provided, however, that the Company shall pay
the reasonable expenses of members of the Company's Board of Directors in
connection with attending Board of Directors meetings (including airfare and
hotels).

     4.9  REAL PROPERTY HOLDING CORPORATION.  The Company covenants that it will
operate in a manner such that it will not become a "United States real property
holding corporation" ("USRPHC") as that term is defined in Section 897(c)(2) of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations thereunder.
The Company agrees to make determinations as to its status as a USRPHC, and will
file statements concerning those determinations with the Internal Revenue
Service, in the manner and at the times required under Reg. Section 1.897-2(h),
or any supplementary or successor provision thereto.  Within 30 days of a
request from an Investor or any of its partners, the Company will inform the
requesting party, in the manner set forth in Reg. Section 1.897- 2(h)(1) or any
supplementary or successor provision thereto, whether that party's interest in
the Company constitutes a United States real property interest (within the
meaning of Internal Revenue Code Section 897(c)(1) and the regulations
thereunder) and whether the Company has provided to the Internal Revenue Service
all required notices as to its USRPHC status.

     4.10 DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS LIABILITY INSURANCE.  Subject to the
availability of commercially reasonable rates, the Company will use its best
efforts to obtain and maintain in full force and effect for as long as a
representative of the Investors serves on the Company's Board of Directors,
directors and officers liability insurance in the minimum amount of $1,000,000.

     4.11 INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.  As long as any
representative of the Investors serves on the Company's Board of Directors, the
Company will at all times provide in its Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws,
indemnification of its directors and officers to the full extent permitted by
law.

     4.12 EXPENDITURES SUBJECT TO BOARD APPROVAL.   The Company shall not commit
to expend in excess of $150,000 with respect to any single expenditure, for
capital improvements (including capital leases), without prior written
authorization of the Company's Board of Directors.  The Company shall obtain the
unanimous approval of the Board of Directors for payment of any salary in excess
of $90,000 per annum.

     4.13 QUALIFIED SMALL BUSINESS.  The Company hereby covenants that, so long
as the Series B Stock held by the Holders remains outstanding, the Company will
use its best efforts to cause the Company to continue to qualify as a "Qualified
Small Business" as defined in Section 1202(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended; provided that, if the Company's Board of Directors determines
that an action or omission which causes such qualification to no longer be
available is in the best interest of the Company, the Company shall no longer be
subject to the foregoing covenant.

     4.14 TERMINATION OF COVENANTS.  All covenants of the Company contained in
Article IV of this Agreement shall expire and terminate as to each Investor
immediately after the time of effectiveness of the Company's first firm
commitment underwritten public offering registered under the Securities Act.

5. RIGHTS OF FIRST REFUSAL.

     5.1  SUBSEQUENT OFFERINGS.  Each Investor shall have a right of first
refusal to purchase its pro rata share of all Equity Securities, as defined
below, that the Company may, from time to time,


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propose to sell and issue after the date of this Agreement, other than the
Equity Securities excluded by Section 5.6 hereof.  Each Investor's pro rata
share is equal to the ratio of (A) the number of shares of the Company's Common
Stock (including all shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon conversion
of the Shares) of which such Investor is a holder immediately prior to the
issuance of such Equity Securities to (B) the total number of shares of the
Company's outstanding Common Stock (including all shares of Common Stock issued
or issuable upon conversion of the Shares) immediately prior to the issuance of
the Equity Securities.  The term "Equity Securities" shall mean (i) any stock or
similar security of the Company, (ii) any security convertible, with or without
consideration, into any stock or similar security (including any option to
purchase such a convertible security), (iii) any security carrying any warrant
or right to subscribe to or purchase any stock or similar security or (iv) any
such warrant or right.

     5.2  EXERCISE OF RIGHTS.  If the Company proposes to issue any Equity
Securities, it shall give each Investor written notice of its intention,
describing the Equity Securities, the price and the terms and conditions upon
which the Company proposes to issue the same.  Each Investor shall have fifteen
(15) days from the giving of such notice to agree to purchase its pro rata share
of the Equity Securities for the price and upon the terms and conditions
specified in the notice by giving written notice to the Company and stating
therein the quantity of Equity Securities to be purchased.  Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Company shall not be required to offer or sell such Equity
Securities to any Investor who would cause the Company to be in violation of
applicable federal securities laws by virtue of such offer or sale.

     5.3  TERMINATION OF RIGHTS OF FIRST REFUSAL.  The rights of first refusal
established by this Article V shall terminate upon the closing of an
underwritten public offering of Common Stock of the Company made pursuant to an
effective registration statement under the Securities Act.

     5.4  TRANSFER OF RIGHTS OF FIRST REFUSAL.  The rights of first refusal of
each Investor under this Article V may be transferred to any constituent partner
or affiliate of such Investor, to any successor in interest to all or
substantially all the assets of such Investor, or to a transferee who acquires
at least fifty thousand (50,000) shares (as adjusted for stock splits,
combinations and the like) of Registrable Securities, provided that such
transferee agrees in writing to be bound by the provisions of this Agreement.

     5.5  EXCLUDED SECURITIES.  The rights of first refusal established by this
Article V shall have no application to any of the following Equity Securities:

          5.5.1     shares of Common Stock (and/or options, warrants or other
Common Stock purchase rights issued pursuant to such options, warrants or other
rights) issued or to be issued to employees, officers or directors of, or
consultants or advisors to, the Company or any subsidiary, pursuant to stock
purchase or stock option plans or other arrangements that are approved by the
Board;

          5.5.2     stock issued pursuant to any rights or agreements
outstanding as of the date of this Agreement, options and warrants outstanding
as of the date of this Agreement, and stock issued pursuant to any such rights
or agreements granted after the date of this Agreement, provided that the rights
of first refusal established by this Article V applied with respect to the
initial sale or grant by the Company of such rights or agreements;

          5.5.3     any Equity Securities issued for consideration other than
cash pursuant to a merger, consolidation, acquisition or similar business
combination;


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          5.5.4     any Equity Securities that are issued by the Company as part
of an underwritten public offering referred to in Section 5.3 hereof;

          5.5.5     shares of Common Stock issued in connection with any stock
split, stock dividend or recapitalization by the Company;

          5.5.6     shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion of the Shares;
and

          5.5.7     any Equity Securities issued pursuant to any equipment
leasing arrangement or bank financing.

6. MISCELLANEOUS.

     6.1  GOVERNING LAW.  This Agreement shall be governed by and construed
under the laws of the State of California as applied to agreements among
California residents entered into and to be performed entirely within
California.

     6.2  SURVIVAL.  The representations, warranties, covenants, and agreements
made herein shall survive any investigation made by any Holder and the closing
of the transactions contemplated hereby.  All statements as to factual matters
contained in any certificate or other instrument delivered by or on behalf of
the Company pursuant hereto in connection with the transactions contemplated
hereby shall be deemed to be representations and warranties by the Company
hereunder solely as of the date of such certificate or instrument.

     6.3  SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS.  Except as otherwise expressly provided
herein, this Agreement, and the rights and obligations hereunder, may not be
assigned by any party hereto without the prior written consent of the Company
and the holders of at least a majority in interest of the Shares.  The
provisions hereof shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the
successors, permitted assigns, heirs, executors, and administrators of the
parties hereto and shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by each
person who shall be a holder of Registrable Securities from time to time;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that prior to the receipt by the Company of adequate written
notice of the transfer of any Registrable Securities specifying the full name
and address of the transferee, the Company may deem and treat the person listed
as the holder of such shares in its records as the absolute owner and holder of
such shares for all purposes, including the payment of dividends or any
redemption price.

     6.4  SEPARABILITY.  In case any provision of the Agreement shall be
invalid, illegal, or unenforceable, the validity, legality, and enforceability
of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired
thereby.

     6.5  AMENDMENT AND WAIVER.

          6.5.1     Except as otherwise expressly provided, this Agreement may
be amended or modified only upon the written consent of the Company and the
holders of at least 75% of the Registrable Securities.

          6.5.2     Except as otherwise expressly provided, the obligations of
the Company and the rights of the Holders under this Agreement may be waived
only with the written consent of the holders of at least 75% of the Registrable
Securities.


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     6.6  DELAYS OR OMISSIONS.  It is agreed that no delay or omission to
exercise any right, power, or remedy accruing to any Holder, upon any breach,
default or noncompliance of the Company under this Agreement shall impair any
such right, power, or remedy, nor shall it be construed to be a waiver of any
such breach, default or noncompliance, or any acquiescence therein, or of any
similar breach, default or noncompliance thereafter occurring.  It is further
agreed that any waiver, permit, consent, or approval of any kind or character on
any Holder's part of any breach, default or noncompliance under the Agreement or
any waiver on such Holder's part of any provisions or conditions of this
Agreement must be in writing and shall be effective only to the extent
specifically set forth in such writing.  All remedies, either under this
Agreement, by law, or otherwise afforded to Holders, shall be cumulative and not
alternative.

     6.7  NOTICES.  All notices required or permitted hereunder shall be in
writing and shall be deemed effectively given: (i) upon personal delivery to the
party to be notified, (ii) when sent by confirmed telex or facsimile if sent
during normal business hours of the recipient; if not, then on the next business
day, (iii) five (5) days after having been sent by registered or certified mail,
return receipt requested, postage prepaid, or (iv) one (1) day after deposit
with a nationally recognized overnight courier, specifying next day delivery,
with written verification of receipt.  All communications shall be sent to the
party to be notified at the address as set forth on the signature pages hereof
or at such other address as such party may designate by ten (10) days advance
written notice to the other parties hereto.

     6.8  ATTORNEYS' FEES.  In the event that any dispute among the parties to
this Agreement should result in litigation, the prevailing party in such dispute
shall be entitled to recover from the losing party all fees, costs and expenses
of enforcing any right of such prevailing party under or with respect to this
Agreement, including without limitation, such reasonable fees and expenses of
attorneys and accountants, which shall include, without limitation, all fees,
costs and expenses of appeals.

     6.9  TITLES AND SUBTITLES.  The titles of the sections and subsections of
this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to be
considered in construing this Agreement.

     6.10 COUNTERPARTS.  This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but all of which together
shall constitute one instrument.




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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed the AMENDED AND
RESTATED INVESTORS' RIGHTS AGREEMENT as of the date set forth in the first
paragraph hereof.


COMPANY:

ROGUE WAVE SOFTWARE, INC.
260 S.W. Madison
Corvallis, OR 97333


By: /s/ Thomas Keffer
   --------------------------------
   Thomas Keffer, President



INVESTORS:



- -----------------------------------
(PRINT NAME OF INVESTOR)


By:
   --------------------------------
   (SIGNATURE)

Title:
   --------------------------------



KEY SHAREHOLDERS:



- -----------------------------------
(PRINT NAME OF KEY SHAREHOLDER)


/s/ Signature
- -----------------------------------
(SIGNATURE)


               AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTORS' RIGHTS AGREEMENT

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed the AMENDED AND
RESTATED INVESTORS' RIGHTS AGREEMENT as of the date set forth in the first
paragraph hereof.


COMPANY:

ROGUE WAVE SOFTWARE, INC.
260 S.W. Madison
Corvallis, OR 97333


By:
   --------------------------------
   Thomas Keffer, President



INVESTORS:



- -----------------------------------
(PRINT NAME OF INVESTOR)


By:
   --------------------------------
   (SIGNATURE)

Title:
   --------------------------------



KEY SHAREHOLDERS:


Dan Whitaker
- -----------------------------------
(PRINT NAME OF KEY SHAREHOLDER)


/s/ Dan Whitaker           11/9/95
- -----------------------------------
(SIGNATURE)


               AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTORS' RIGHTS AGREEMENT

                                          17

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed the AMENDED AND
RESTATED INVESTORS' RIGHTS AGREEMENT as of the date set forth in the first
paragraph hereof.


COMPANY:

ROGUE WAVE SOFTWARE, INC.
260 S.W. Madison
Corvallis, OR 97333


By:
   --------------------------------
   Thomas Keffer, President



INVESTORS:



- -----------------------------------
(PRINT NAME OF INVESTOR)


By:
   --------------------------------
   (SIGNATURE)

Title:
   --------------------------------



KEY SHAREHOLDERS:


  Kevin Gartner
- -----------------------------------
(PRINT NAME OF KEY SHAREHOLDER)


/s/ Kevin E. Gartner
- -----------------------------------
(SIGNATURE)


               AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTORS' RIGHTS AGREEMENT

                                          17

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed the AMENDED AND
RESTATED INVESTORS' RIGHTS AGREEMENT as of the date set forth in the first
paragraph hereof.


COMPANY:

ROGUE WAVE SOFTWARE, INC.
260 S.W. Madison
Corvallis, OR 97333


By:
   --------------------------------
   Thomas Keffer, President



INVESTORS:



- -----------------------------------
(PRINT NAME OF INVESTOR)


By:
   --------------------------------
   (SIGNATURE)

Title:
   --------------------------------



KEY SHAREHOLDERS:


 Allan Vermeulen
- -----------------------------------
(PRINT NAME OF KEY SHAREHOLDER)


/s/ Allen Vermeulen
- -----------------------------------
(SIGNATURE)


               AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTORS' RIGHTS AGREEMENT

                                          17

<PAGE>

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed the AMENDED AND
RESTATED INVESTORS' RIGHTS AGREEMENT as of the date set forth in the first
paragraph hereof.


COMPANY:

ROGUE WAVE SOFTWARE, INC.
260 S.W. Madison
Corvallis, OR 97333


By:
   --------------------------------
   Thomas Keffer, President



INVESTORS:


El Dorado Ventures III, L.P.
- -----------------------------------
(PRINT NAME OF INVESTOR)
By:  El Dorado Venture Partners III,
Its Leneral Partner
By: /s/
   --------------------------------
   (SIGNATURE)

Title:  General Partner
   --------------------------------



KEY SHAREHOLDERS:



- -----------------------------------
(PRINT NAME OF KEY SHAREHOLDER)


/s/
- -----------------------------------
(SIGNATURE)


               AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTORS' RIGHTS AGREEMENT

                                          17

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed the AMENDED AND
RESTATED INVESTORS' RIGHTS AGREEMENT as of the date set forth in the first
paragraph hereof.


COMPANY:

ROGUE WAVE SOFTWARE, INC.
260 S.W. Madison
Corvallis, OR 97333


By:
   --------------------------------
   Thomas Keffer, President



INVESTORS:


El Dorado C&L Fund, L.P.
- -----------------------------------
(PRINT NAME OF INVESTOR)
By:  El Dorado Venture Partners III,
Its General Partner

By: /s/
   --------------------------------
   (SIGNATURE)

Title:  General Partner
   --------------------------------



KEY SHAREHOLDERS:



- -----------------------------------
(PRINT NAME OF KEY SHAREHOLDER)



- -----------------------------------
(SIGNATURE)


               AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTORS' RIGHTS AGREEMENT

                                          17

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed the AMENDED AND
RESTATED INVESTORS' RIGHTS AGREEMENT as of the date set forth in the first
paragraph hereof.


COMPANY:

ROGUE WAVE SOFTWARE, INC.
260 S.W. Madison
Corvallis, OR 97333


By:
   --------------------------------
   Thomas Keffer, President



INVESTORS:


MENLO VENTURES VI, L.P.
- -----------------------------------
(PRINT NAME OF INVESTOR)
By:  MV Management VI, L.P.
     its General Partner

By: /s/
   --------------------------------
   (SIGNATURE)

Title:  General Partner
   --------------------------------



KEY SHAREHOLDERS:



- -----------------------------------
(PRINT NAME OF KEY SHAREHOLDER)


/s/
- -----------------------------------
(SIGNATURE)


               AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTORS' RIGHTS AGREEMENT

                                          17

<PAGE>

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed the AMENDED AND
RESTATED INVESTORS' RIGHTS AGREEMENT as of the date set forth in the first
paragraph hereof.


COMPANY:

ROGUE WAVE SOFTWARE, INC.
260 S.W. Madison
Corvallis, OR 97333


By:
   --------------------------------
   Thomas Keffer, President



INVESTORS:


MENLO ENTREPRENEURS FUND VI, L.P.
- -----------------------------------
(PRINT NAME OF INVESTOR)
By:  MV Management VI; L.P.
     its General Partner

By: /s/
   --------------------------------
   (SIGNATURE)

Title:  General Partner
   --------------------------------



KEY SHAREHOLDERS:



- -----------------------------------
(PRINT NAME OF KEY SHAREHOLDER)


/s/
- -----------------------------------
(SIGNATURE)


               AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTORS' RIGHTS AGREEMENT

                                          17

<PAGE>

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed the AMENDED AND
RESTATED INVESTORS' RIGHTS AGREEMENT as of the date set forth in the first
paragraph hereof.


COMPANY:

ROGUE WAVE SOFTWARE, INC.
260 S.W. Madison
Corvallis, OR 97333


By:
   --------------------------------
   Thomas Keffer, President



INVESTORS:



WA&H Investments, L.L.C.


By:  Wessels, Arnold & Henderson Group, L.L.C.
     its managing member

By: /s/ Kenneth J. Wessels
   --------------------------------
     Kenneth J. Wessels
     CEO/Managing Director




KEY SHAREHOLDERS:



- -----------------------------------
(PRINT NAME OF KEY SHAREHOLDER)



- -----------------------------------
(SIGNATURE)


               AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTORS' RIGHTS AGREEMENT

                                          17

<PAGE>

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed the AMENDED AND
RESTATED INVESTORS' RIGHTS AGREEMENT as of the date set forth in the first
paragraph hereof.


COMPANY:

ROGUE WAVE SOFTWARE, INC.
260 S.W. Madison
Corvallis, OR 97333


By:
   --------------------------------
   Thomas Keffer, President



INVESTORS:


  Ronald Pillar
- -----------------------------------
(PRINT NAME OF INVESTOR)


By: /s/ Ronald Pillar
   --------------------------------
   (SIGNATURE)

Title:
   --------------------------------



KEY SHAREHOLDERS:



- -----------------------------------
(PRINT NAME OF KEY SHAREHOLDER)



- -----------------------------------
(SIGNATURE)


               AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTORS' RIGHTS AGREEMENT

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                                      EXHIBIT A

                                      INVESTORS


El Dorado Ventures III, L.P.

El Dorado Technology IV, L.P.

El Dorado C&L Fund, L.P.

Menlo Ventures VI, L.P.

Menlo Entrepreneurs Fund VI, L.P.

Wessels Arnold & Henderson

Ronald Pillar


               AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTORS' RIGHTS AGREEMENT

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                                      EXHIBIT B

                                   KEY SHAREHOLDERS


Thomas Keffer

Dan Whitaker

Kevin Gartner

Allan Vermeulen

Gene Cho


               AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTORS' RIGHTS AGREEMENT

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                              ROGUE WAVE SOFTWARE, INC.

                                 AMENDMENT AGREEMENT

     THIS AMENDMENT AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") is made as of June 27, 1996, by
and among ROGUE WAVE SOFTWARE, INC., an Oregon corporation (the "Company"), the
holders of the Company's Series A Preferred Stock and Series B Preferred Stock
(the "Investors") and certain holders of the Company's Common Stock (the "Key
Shareholders").

     WHEREAS, the Company, the Investors and the Key Shareholders have entered
into that certain Amended and Restated Investors' Rights Agreement dated
November 10, 1995 attached hereto as Exhibit A (the "Investors' Rights
Agreement"); and

     WHEREAS, in accordance with Sections 3.11 and 6.5 of the Investors' Rights
Agreement, the Company, the Investors and the Key Shareholders wish to amend
such agreement as set forth herein.

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and of other valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the
parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

1.   AMENDMENT.

     Section 3.13 of the Investors' Rights Agreement is hereby amended to read
in its entirety as follows:

          3.13 "MARKET STAND-OFF" AGREEMENT.  If requested by the Company or the
representative of the underwriters of Common Stock (or other securities) of the
Company, each Holder shall not sell or otherwise transfer or dispose of any
Common Stock (or other securities) of the Company held by such Holder (other
than those included in the registration) for a period specified by the
representative of the underwriters not to exceed one hundred eighty (180) days
following the effective date of a registration statement of the Company filed
under the Securities Act, provided that:

               (i)  such agreement shall apply only to the Company's Initial
                    Offering; and

               (ii) all officers and directors of the Company enter into similar
                    agreements.

     The obligations described in this Section 3.13 shall not apply to a
registration relating solely to employee benefit plans on Form S-1 or Form S-8
or similar forms that may be promulgated in the future, or a registration
relating solely to a Commission Rule 145 transaction on Form S-4 or similar
forms that may be promulgated in the future.  The Company may impose stop-
transfer instructions with respect to the shares of Common Stock (or other
securities) subject to the foregoing restriction until the end of said one
hundred eighty (180) day period  In order to implement the provisions of this
Section 3.13, each Holder agrees to execute and deliver to the Company, upon the
Company's request, a "lock-up" or similar agreement reasonably requested by an
underwriter of the Company's Common Stock.

2.   This Agreement may be executed in two or more components, each of which
shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and
the same instrument.


                                          1.

<PAGE>

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this AMENDMENT AGREEMENT is hereby executed as of the
date first above written.

COMPANY:                                     INVESTOR:

ROGUE WAVE SOFTWARE, INC.

                                             -----------------------------------
                                             (PRINT NAME OF INVESTOR)

By: /s/ Thomas Keffer                        By:
   --------------------------------             --------------------------------
      Thomas Keffer, President                  (SIGNATURE)

                                             Title:
                                                    ----------------------------
                                                     (IF APPLICABLE)


                                             KEY SHAREHOLDER:


                                             -----------------------------------
                                             (PRINT NAME OF KEY SHAREHOLDER)

                                                  /s/ Thomas Keffer
                                             -----------------------------------
                                             (SIGNATURE)


                                          2.

<PAGE>

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this AMENDMENT AGREEMENT is hereby executed as of the
date first above written.

COMPANY:                                     INVESTOR:

ROGUE WAVE SOFTWARE, INC.

                                             -----------------------------------
                                             (PRINT NAME OF INVESTOR)

By:                                          By:
   --------------------------------             --------------------------------
      Thomas Keffer, President                  (SIGNATURE)

                                             Title:
                                                    ----------------------------
                                                     (IF APPLICABLE)


                                             KEY SHAREHOLDER:


                                             Allan Vermeulen
                                             -----------------------------------
                                             (PRINT NAME OF KEY SHAREHOLDER)

                                                  /s/ Allen Vermeulen
                                             -----------------------------------
                                             (SIGNATURE)


                                          2.

<PAGE>

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this AMENDMENT AGREEMENT is hereby executed as of the
date first above written.

COMPANY:                                     INVESTOR:

ROGUE WAVE SOFTWARE, INC.

                                             -----------------------------------
                                             (PRINT NAME OF INVESTOR)

By:                                          By:
   --------------------------------             --------------------------------
      Thomas Keffer, President                  (SIGNATURE)

                                             Title:
                                                    ----------------------------
                                                     (IF APPLICABLE)


                                             KEY SHAREHOLDER:


                                             Dan Whitaker
                                             -----------------------------------
                                             (PRINT NAME OF KEY SHAREHOLDER)

                                                  /s/ Dan Whitaker
                                             -----------------------------------
                                             (SIGNATURE)


                                          2.

<PAGE>

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this AMENDMENT AGREEMENT is hereby executed as of the
date first above written.

COMPANY:                                     INVESTOR:

ROGUE WAVE SOFTWARE, INC.


                                             MENLO VENTURES VI, L.P.
                                             -----------------------------------
                                             (PRINT NAME OF INVESTOR)

                                             By:  MV Management VI, L.P.
                                                  its General Partner
By:                                          By: /s/ Signature
   --------------------------------             --------------------------------
      Thomas Keffer, President                  (SIGNATURE)

                                             Title:  General Partner
                                                    ----------------------------
                                                     (IF APPLICABLE)


                                             KEY SHAREHOLDER:


                                             -----------------------------------
                                             (PRINT NAME OF KEY SHAREHOLDER)


                                             -----------------------------------
                                             (SIGNATURE)


                                          2.

<PAGE>

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this AMENDMENT AGREEMENT is hereby executed as of the
date first above written.

COMPANY:                                     INVESTOR:

ROGUE WAVE SOFTWARE, INC.
                                             MENLO ENTREPRENEURS FUND VI, L.P.
                                             -----------------------------------
                                             (PRINT NAME OF INVESTOR)

                                             By:  MV Management VI, L.P.
                                                  its General Partner
By:                                          By: /s/ Signature
   --------------------------------             --------------------------------
      Thomas Keffer, President                  (SIGNATURE)

                                             Title:  General Partner
                                                    ----------------------------
                                                     (IF APPLICABLE)


                                             KEY SHAREHOLDER:


                                             -----------------------------------
                                             (PRINT NAME OF KEY SHAREHOLDER)


                                             -----------------------------------
                                             (SIGNATURE)


                                          2.

<PAGE>

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this AMENDMENT AGREEMENT is hereby executed as of the
date first above written.

COMPANY:                                     INVESTOR:

ROGUE WAVE SOFTWARE, INC.
                                             El Dorado Ventures III, L.P.
                                             -----------------------------------
                                             (PRINT NAME OF INVESTOR)

                                             By:  Its General Partner
                                                  El Dorado Venture Partners III
By:                                          By: /s/
   --------------------------------             --------------------------------
      Thomas Keffer, President                  (SIGNATURE)

                                             Title:  General Partner
                                                    ----------------------------
                                                     (IF APPLICABLE)


                                             KEY SHAREHOLDER:


                                             -----------------------------------
                                             (PRINT NAME OF KEY SHAREHOLDER)


                                             -----------------------------------
                                             (SIGNATURE)


                                          2.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this AMENDMENT AGREEMENT is hereby executed as of the
date first above written.

COMPANY:                                     INVESTOR:

ROGUE WAVE SOFTWARE, INC.
                                             El Dorado Technology IV, L.P.
                                             -----------------------------------
                                             (PRINT NAME OF INVESTOR)

                                             By:  Its General Partner
                                                  El Dorado Venture Partners III
By:                                          By: /s/ Signature
   --------------------------------             --------------------------------
      Thomas Keffer, President                  (SIGNATURE)

                                             Title:  General Partner
                                                    ----------------------------
                                                     (IF APPLICABLE)


                                             KEY SHAREHOLDER:


                                             -----------------------------------
                                             (PRINT NAME OF KEY SHAREHOLDER)


                                             -----------------------------------
                                             (SIGNATURE)


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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this AMENDMENT AGREEMENT is hereby executed as of the
date first above written.

COMPANY:                                     INVESTOR:

ROGUE WAVE SOFTWARE, INC.
                                             El Dorado C&L Fund, L.P.
                                             -----------------------------------
                                             (PRINT NAME OF INVESTOR)

                                             By: Its General Partner
                                                 El Dorado Venture Partners, III
By: /s/ Thomas Keffer                        By: /s/ Signature
   --------------------------------             --------------------------------
      Thomas Keffer, President                  (SIGNATURE)

                                             Title:  General Partner
                                                    ----------------------------
                                                     (IF APPLICABLE)


                                             KEY SHAREHOLDER:


                                             -----------------------------------
                                             (PRINT NAME OF KEY SHAREHOLDER)


                                             -----------------------------------
                                             (SIGNATURE)


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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this AMENDMENT AGREEMENT is hereby executed as of the
date first above written.

COMPANY:                                     INVESTOR:

ROGUE WAVE SOFTWARE, INC.
                                             WA&H Investment, L.L.C.
                                             By:  Wessels, Arnold & Henderson
                                                  Group L.L.C.
                                             -----------------------------------
                                             (PRINT NAME OF INVESTOR)

                                             Its managing member
By: /s/ Thomas Keffer                        By: /s/ Signature
   --------------------------------             --------------------------------
      Thomas Keffer, President                  (SIGNATURE)

                                             Title:  Managing Director-CFO
                                                    ----------------------------
                                                     (IF APPLICABLE)


                                             KEY SHAREHOLDER:


                                             -----------------------------------
                                             (PRINT NAME OF KEY SHAREHOLDER)


                                             -----------------------------------
                                             (SIGNATURE)


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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this AMENDMENT AGREEMENT is hereby executed as of the
date first above written.

COMPANY:                                     INVESTOR:

ROGUE WAVE SOFTWARE, INC.

                                             -----------------------------------
                                             (PRINT NAME OF INVESTOR)

By:                                          By:
   --------------------------------             --------------------------------
      Thomas Keffer, President                  (SIGNATURE)

                                             Title:
                                                    ----------------------------
                                                     (IF APPLICABLE)


                                             KEY SHAREHOLDER:

                                             Kevin E. Gartner
                                             -----------------------------------
                                             (PRINT NAME OF KEY SHAREHOLDER)

                                                  /s/ Kevin E. Gartner
                                             -----------------------------------
                                             (SIGNATURE)


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                                 INDEMNITY AGREEMENT

    THIS AGREEMENT is made and entered into this       day of      , 19   by
and between      ,  a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), and _______
("Agent").

                                       RECITALS

    WHEREAS, Agent performs a valuable service to the Corporation in ______
capacity as ________ of the Corporation;

    WHEREAS, the stockholders of the Corporation have adopted bylaws (the
"Bylaws") providing for the indemnification of the directors, officers,
employees and other agents of the Corporation, including persons serving at the
request of the Corporation in such capacities with other corporations or
enterprises, as authorized by the Delaware General Corporation Law, as amended
(the "Code");

    WHEREAS, the Bylaws and the Code, by their non-exclusive nature, permit
contracts between the Corporation and its agents, officers, employees and other
agents with respect to indemnification of such persons; and

    WHEREAS, in order to induce Agent to continue to serve as _________ of the
Corporation, the Corporation has determined and agreed to enter into this
Agreement with Agent;

    NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of Agent's continued service as _________
after the date hereof, the parties hereto agree as follows:

                                      AGREEMENT

    1.   SERVICES TO THE CORPORATION.  Agent will serve, at the will of the
Corporation or under separate contract, if any such contract exists, as ________
of the Corporation or as a director, officer or other fiduciary of an affiliate
of the Corporation (including any employee benefit plan of the Corporation)
faithfully and to the best of his ability so long as he is duly elected and
qualified in accordance with the provisions of the Bylaws or other applicable
charter documents of the Corporation or such affiliate; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that
Agent may at any time and for any reason resign from such position (subject to
any contractual obligation that Agent may have assumed apart from this
Agreement) and that the Corporation or any affiliate shall have no obligation
under this Agreement to continue Agent in any such position.

    2.   INDEMNITY OF AGENT.  The Corporation hereby agrees to hold harmless
and indemnify Agent to the fullest extent authorized or permitted by the
provisions of the


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Bylaws and the Code, as the same may be amended from time to time (but, only to
the extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader
indemnification rights than the Bylaws or the Code permitted prior to adoption
of such amendment).

    3.   ADDITIONAL INDEMNITY.  In addition to and not in limitation of the
indemnification otherwise provided for herein, and subject only to the
exclusions set forth in Section 4 hereof, the Corporation hereby further agrees
to hold harmless and indemnify Agent:


    (a)  against any and all expenses (including attorneys' fees), witness
fees, damages, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement and any other
amounts that Agent becomes legally obligated to pay because of any claim or
claims made against or by him in connection with any threatened, pending or
completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, arbitrational,
administrative or investigative (including an action by or in the right of the
Corporation) to which Agent is, was or at any time becomes a party, or is
threatened to be made a party, by reason of the fact that Agent is, was or at
any time becomes a director, officer, employee or other agent of Corporation, or
is or was serving or at any time serves at the request of the Corporation as a
director, officer, employee or other agent of another corporation, partnership,
joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise; and

    (b)  otherwise to the fullest extent as may be provided to Agent by the
Corporation under the non-exclusivity provisions of the Code and Section 41 of
the Bylaws.

    4.   LIMITATIONS ON ADDITIONAL INDEMNITY.  No indemnity pursuant to
Section 3 hereof shall be paid by the Corporation:

    (a)  on account of any claim against Agent for an accounting of profits
made from the purchase or sale by Agent of securities of the Corporation
pursuant to the provisions of Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 and amendments thereto or similar provisions of any federal, state or local
statutory law;

    (b)  on account of Agent's conduct that was knowingly fraudulent or
deliberately dishonest or that constituted willful misconduct;

    (c)  on account of Agent's conduct that constituted a breach of Agent's
duty of loyalty to the Corporation or resulted in any personal profit or
advantage to which Agent was not legally entitled;

    (d)  for which payment is actually made to Agent under a valid and
collectible insurance policy or under a valid and enforceable indemnity clause,
bylaw or


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agreement, except in respect of any excess beyond payment under such insurance,
clause, bylaw or agreement;

    (e)  if indemnification is not lawful (and, in this respect, both the
Corporation and Agent have been advised that the Securities and Exchange
Commission believes that indemnification for liabilities arising under the
federal securities laws is against public policy and is, therefore,
unenforceable and that claims for indemnification should be submitted to
appropriate courts for adjudication); or

    (f)  in connection with any proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by
Agent, or any proceeding by Agent against the Corporation or its directors,
officers, employees or other agents, unless (i) such indemnification is
expressly required to be made by law, (ii) the proceeding was authorized by the
Board of Directors of the Corporation, (iii) such indemnification is provided by
the Corporation, in its sole discretion, pursuant to the powers vested in the
Corporation under the Code, or (iv) the proceeding is initiated pursuant to
Section 9 hereof.

    5.   CONTINUATION OF INDEMNITY.  All agreements and obligations of the
Corporation contained herein shall continue during the period Agent is a
director, officer, employee or other agent of the Corporation (or is or was
serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or
other agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee
benefit plan or other enterprise) and shall continue thereafter so long as Agent
shall be subject to any possible claim or threatened, pending or completed
action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, arbitrational,
administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that Agent was serving in
the capacity referred to herein.

    6.   PARTIAL INDEMNIFICATION.  Agent shall be entitled under this Agreement
to indemnification by the Corporation for a portion of the expenses (including
attorneys' fees), witness fees, damages, judgments, fines and amounts paid in
settlement and any other amounts that Agent becomes legally obligated to pay in
connection with any action, suit or proceeding referred to in Section 3 hereof
even if not entitled hereunder to indemnification for the total amount thereof,
and the Corporation shall indemnify Agent for the portion thereof to which Agent
is entitled.

    7.   NOTIFICATION AND DEFENSE OF CLAIM.  Not later than thirty (30) days
after receipt by Agent of notice of the commencement of any action, suit or
proceeding, Agent will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the
Corporation under this Agreement, notify the Corporation of the commencement
thereof; but the omission so to notify the Corporation will not relieve it from
any liability which it may have to Agent otherwise than under this Agreement.
With respect to any such action, suit or proceeding as to which Agent notifies
the Corporation of the commencement thereof:


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    (a)  the Corporation will be entitled to participate therein at its own
expense;

    (b)  except as otherwise provided below, the Corporation may, at its option
and jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified and electing to
assume such defense, assume the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably
satisfactory to Agent.  After notice from the Corporation to Agent of its
election to assume the defense thereof, the Corporation will not be liable to
Agent under this Agreement for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred
by Agent in connection with the defense thereof except for reasonable costs of
investigation or otherwise as provided below.  Agent shall have the right to
employ separate counsel in such action, suit or proceeding but the fees and
expenses of such counsel incurred after notice from the Corporation of its
assumption of the defense thereof shall be at the expense of Agent unless
(i) the employment of counsel by Agent has been authorized by the Corporation,
(ii) Agent shall have reasonably concluded that there may be a conflict of
interest between the Corporation and Agent in the conduct of the defense of such
action or (iii) the Corporation shall not in fact have employed counsel to
assume the defense of such action, in each of which cases the fees and expenses
of Agent's separate counsel shall be at the expense of the Corporation.  The
Corporation shall not be entitled to assume the defense of any action, suit or
proceeding brought by or on behalf of the Corporation or as to which Agent shall
have made the conclusion provided for in clause (ii) above; and

    (c)  the Corporation shall not be liable to indemnify Agent under this
Agreement for any amounts paid in settlement of any action or claim effected
without its written consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld.  The
Corporation shall be permitted to settle any action except that it shall not
settle any action or claim in any manner which would impose any penalty or
limitation on Agent without Agent's written consent, which may be given or
withheld in Agent's sole discretion.

    8.   EXPENSES.  The Corporation shall advance, prior to the final
disposition of any proceeding, promptly following request therefor, all expenses
incurred by Agent in connection with such proceeding upon receipt of an
undertaking by or on behalf of Agent to repay said amounts if it shall be
determined ultimately that Agent is not entitled to be indemnified under the
provisions of this Agreement, the Bylaws, the Code or otherwise.

    9.   ENFORCEMENT.  Any right to indemnification or advances granted by this
Agreement to Agent shall be enforceable by or on behalf of Agent in any court of
competent jurisdiction if (i) the claim for indemnification or advances is
denied, in whole or in part, or (ii) no disposition of such claim is made within
ninety (90) days of request therefor.  Agent, in such enforcement action, if
successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid also the expense of
prosecuting his claim.  It shall be a defense to any action for which a claim
for indemnification is made under Section 3 hereof (other than


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an action brought to enforce a claim for expenses pursuant to Section 8 hereof,
PROVIDED THAT the required undertaking has been tendered to the Corporation)
that Agent is not entitled to indemnification because of the limitations set
forth in Section 4 hereof.  Neither the failure of the Corporation (including
its Board of Directors or its stockholders) to have made a determination prior
to the commencement of such enforcement action that indemnification of Agent is
proper in the circumstances, nor an actual determination by the Corporation
(including its Board of Directors or its stockholders) that such indemnification
is improper shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that Agent
is not entitled to indemnification under this Agreement or otherwise.

    10.  SUBROGATION.  In the event of payment under this Agreement, the
Corporation shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the
rights of recovery of Agent, who shall execute all documents required and shall
do all acts that may be necessary to secure such rights and to enable the
Corporation effectively to bring suit to enforce such rights.

    11.  NON-EXCLUSIVITY OF RIGHTS.  The rights conferred on Agent by this
Agreement shall not be exclusive of any other right which Agent may have or
hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Corporation's Certificate
of Incorporation or Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or directors, or
otherwise, both as to action in his official capacity and as to action in
another capacity while holding office.

    12.  SURVIVAL OF RIGHTS.

         (a)  The rights conferred on Agent by this Agreement shall continue
after Agent has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or other agent of the
Corporation or to serve at the request of the Corporation as a director,
officer, employee or other agent of another corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise and shall inure to the
benefit of Agent's heirs, executors and administrators.

         (b)  The Corporation shall require any successor (whether direct or
indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or
substantially all of the business or assets of the Corporation, expressly to
assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same
extent that the Corporation would be required to perform if no such succession
had taken place.

    13.  SEPARABILITY.  Each of the provisions of this Agreement is a separate
and distinct agreement and independent of the others, so that if any provision
hereof shall be held to be invalid for any reason, such invalidity or
unenforceability shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the other
provisions hereof.  Furthermore, if this Agreement shall be invalidated in its
entirety on any ground, then the Corporation shall nevertheless


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indemnify Agent to the fullest extent provided by the Bylaws, the Code or any
other applicable law.

    14.  GOVERNING LAW.  This Agreement shall be interpreted and enforced in
accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware.

    15.  AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION.  No amendment, modification, termination or
cancellation of this Agreement shall be effective unless in writing signed by
both parties hereto.

    16.  IDENTICAL COUNTERPARTS.  This Agreement may be executed in one or more
counterparts, each of which shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original
but all of which together shall constitute but one and the same Agreement.  Only
one such counterpart need be produced to evidence the existence of this
Agreement.

    17.  HEADINGS.  The headings of the sections of this Agreement are inserted
for convenience only and shall not be deemed to constitute part of this
Agreement or to affect the construction hereof.

    18.  NOTICES.  All notices, requests, demands and other communications
hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given
(i) upon delivery if delivered by hand to the party to whom such communication
was directed or (ii) upon the third business day after the date on which such
communication was mailed if mailed by certified or registered mail with postage
prepaid:

    (a)  If to Agent, at the address indicated on the signature page hereof.

    (b)  If to the Corporation, to

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or to such other address as may have been furnished to Agent by the Corporation.


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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement on and as of
the day and year first above written.

                                       ROGUE WAVE SOFTWARE, INC.


                                       By:
                                           ------------------------------------

                                       Title:
                                              ---------------------------------


                                       AGENT

                                       [NAME OF OFFICER]


                                       ----------------------------------------

                                       Address:

                                       ----------------------------------------


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                                      L E A S E

                                        960214



THIS LEASE AGREEMENT is made and entered into by and between THE STATE OF OREGON
ACTING BY AND THOUGH THE STATE BOARD OF HIGHER EDUCATION ON BEHALF OF OREGON
STATE UNIVERSITY, hereinafter referred to as OSU, and ROGUE WAVE SOFTWARE, INC.,
hereinafter referred to as ROGUE WAVE.

WHEREAS, OSU owns an office building at 35th Street and Western Boulevard in
Corvallis, Oregon; and

WHEREAS, ROGUE WAVE desires to lease the building; and

WHEREAS, ROGUE WAVE and OSU agree to fully and diligently cooperate with each
other to investigate the possibility of constructing another office building
adjacent to the present facility containing approximately 25,000 to 30,000
square feet as soon as practical, with OSU to grant ROGUE WAVE a leasehold on
the land and ROGUE WAVE to secure financing and a contractor to complete the
project, with the land and building to revert back to OSU ownership sometime in
the future, the specific details to be contained in a separate document that may
amend the terms of this lease;

NOW THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows:

OSU does hereby lease to ROGUE WAVE, and ROGUE WAVE does hereby lease from OSU,
that certain real property situated in Benton County, Oregon, described as
follows:

    An office building, now to be known as the ROGUE WAVE Building, located at
    850 SW 35th Street on the northwest corner of West 35th Street and Western
    Boulevard, Corvallis, Oregon, including approximately 120 off-street
    parking spaces and more particularly described as:

    Beginning at the southeast corner of the F.A. Horning Donation Land Claim;
    thence running north 36 rods; thence west 33-1/3 rods, thence south 36
    rods; thence east 33-1/3 rods to the place of beginning, in the county of
    Benton and the state of Oregon.

TERM:  The term of this Lease shall commence on May 1, 1996, and continue for an
initial term of five years and two months to and including June 30, 2001.  At
the end of the initial five year term, ROGUE WAVE will have two additional five
year options expiring on June 30, 2006, and June 30, 2011, respectively.  The
exercise of these additional options must be exercised no later than January 1,
2006, and January 1, 2011, respectively.

If ROGUE WAVE does not elect to carry out the construction of the additional
building, then this Lease may be canceled upon not less than one years notice.
If ROGUE WAVE elects to not carry out the new construction, but desires to
continue this Lease, then ROGUE WAVE and OSU agree to renegotiate the monthly
rental rate.


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RENT:  Beginning May 1, 1996, and continuing through June 30, 2001, ROGUE WAVE
shall pay as rent the sum of $17,322 per month payable to OSU for the entire
building.  The described amount does not include property taxes, maintenance,
utilities or insurance, which are the responsibility of ROGUE WAVE, to the
extent that such maintenance is the responsibility of ROGUE WAVE under the
Lease.  OSU agrees to pay property taxes for the period May 1, 1996, through
April 30, 1997.  Beginning May 1, 1997, ROGUE WAVE will be responsible for the
payment of property taxes.

The base monthly rent of $17,322 shall be renegotiated every three years
effective in the month of May in 1999, 2002, 2005 and 2008.

All rent payments shall be due on the first day of each month without demand.

Rent not paid by ROGUE WAVE to OSU within ten (10) days of the due date shall
accrue a late penalty of 5% of the total payment of the monies then due and an
interest charge of 1% per month on the total unpaid balance until the entire sum
is paid.


REMODELING CREDITS:  OSU will grant ROGUE WAVE $173,220 in remodeling credits to
be done by ROGUE WAVE, after prior approval, from OSU for the following
improvements:
    Carpet replacement, carpet cleaning and carpet installation (east end)*
    Install double pane glass window skylights*
    Replacing the bathroom tile
    Installing ceiling fans in the skylight space
    Remove computer flooring and ramps/stairs, carpet and reinstall windows
      (west end)*
    Reline the parking lot*
    Seal the parking lot
    Construct walls
    Design fees
    Electrical, telephone and computer connections.

If costs exceed $173,220, ROGUE WAVE has the option to complete the remodeling 
at their expense or decide which projects are not to be done (except that the
asterisked [*] items will be completed).


USE OF PREMISES:  ROGUE WAVE shall use the premises during the term of this
Lease as a business office and for no other purpose whatsoever without OSU's
written consent.

ROGUE WAVE shall conform to all applicable laws and regulations of any public
authority affecting the premises and the use, and correct, at ROGUE WAVE's own
expense, any failure of compliance created through ROGUE WAVE's fault or by
reason of ROGUE WAVE's use, but ROGUE WAVE shall not be required to make any
structural changes to effect such compliance unless such changes are required
because of ROGUE WAVE's specific use.

ROGUE WAVE shall refrain from any activity that would make it impossible to
insure the premises against casualty, would increase the insurance rate, or
would prevent OSU from taking advantage of any ruling of the Oregon Insurance
Rating Bureau, or its successor, allowing OSU to obtain reduced premium rates
for long-term fire insurance policies, unless ROGUE WAVE pays the additional
cost of the insurance.


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ROGUE WAVE shall refrain from any use that would be reasonably offensive to
other owners or users of neighboring premises or that would tend to create a
nuisance or damage the reputation of the premises.

ROGUE WAVE shall refrain from loading the electrical system or floors beyond the
point considered safe by a competent engineer or architect selected by OSU.

ROGUE WAVE shall refrain from making any marks on or attaching any sign,
insignia, antenna, aerial, or other device to the exterior or interior walls,
windows, or roof of the premises without the written consent of OSU.  Such
consent is not to be unreasonably withheld.

ROGUE WAVE shall not cause or permit any hazardous substance to be spilled,
leaked, disposed of, or otherwise released on or under the premises.  ROGUE WAVE
may use or otherwise handle on the premises only those hazardous substances
typically used or sold in the prudent and safe operation of the business.  ROGUE
WAVE may store such hazardous substances on the premises only in quantities
necessary to satisfy ROGUE WAVE's reasonably anticipated needs.  ROGUE WAVE
shall comply with all environmental laws and exercise the highest degree of care
in the use, handling, and storage of hazardous substances and shall take all
practicable measures to minimize the quantity and toxicity of hazardous
substances used, handled, or stored on the premises.  Upon the expiration or
termination of this Lease, ROGUE WAVE shall remove all hazardous substances from
the premises.  The term Environmental Law shall mean any federal, state, or
local statute, regulation, or ordinance or any judicial or other governmental
order pertaining to the protection of health, safety or the environment.  The
term hazardous substance shall mean any hazardous, toxic, infectious or
radioactive substance, waste, and material as defined or listed by any law,
rule, regulation or ordinance and shall include, without limitation, petroleum
oil and its fractions.  This paragraph shall not apply to preexisting conditions
prior to May 1, 1996.

ROGUE WAVE shall not make any unlawful use of said premises; shall not permit
any objectionable noise or odor to escape or be omitted from the premises or do
anything or permit anything to be done upon or about said premises in any way
tending to create a nuisance; shall not sell or permit to be sold any liquor on
said premises.

ROGUE WAVE shall, at its own expense, comply with all laws and regulations of 
any municipal, county, state, federal or other public authority respecting 
the use of the leased premises.  OSU shall at its expense, comply with all 
applicable laws and regulations with respect to its maintenance and other 
obligations under this Lease.

ROGUE WAVE shall not use the outside walls of said premises, or allow signs or
devices of any kind to be attached thereto or suspended therefrom, for
advertising or display the name of the business without the prior written
consent of OSU.  Consent will not be unreasonably withheld so long as ROGUE WAVE
complies with City of Corvallis sign ordinances.


REMODELING AND RENOVATION:  It is mutually agreed and understood that ROGUE WAVE
may do minor remodeling and renovation on the interior of the premises during
the term of this Lease.  OSU reserves the right to review any and all drawings,
modifications, materials, and specifications prior to the commencement of any
major work.  OSU shall not unreasonably withhold consent to any future
remodeling or renovations.  OSU shall specify at the time of the approval
whether the major improvements shall be required to be removed upon the
expiration of this Lease.

ROGUE WAVE shall perform all such remodeling or renovation and obtain all
necessary building permits related thereto at its own cost and expense.


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TAXES, EXPENSES AND OTHER OPERATING COSTS:  In addition to rent, ROGUE WAVE
shall pay all operating costs and expenses of the building, including but not
limited to utilities, personal property taxes, real property taxes (except the
first year) on the land and improvements, maintenance and any other item or
cost involved or required.

If ROGUE WAVE fails to pay expenses or taxes when due, OSU may, after giving
ROGUE WAVE a ten day notice, make the payment for the account of ROGUE WAVE.
ROGUE WAVE shall reimburse OSU for any such payments along with a late penalty
of 5% of the amount paid plus 1% interest per month on the amount paid by OSU
until reimbursement is effected.


BUILDING MAINTENANCE:

The following shall be the responsibility of OSU:

  - Maintenance and repair of the HVAC system and components and for any and
    all repair and replacement of the roof, exterior walls (including
    painting), bearing walls, structural members, floor slabs and foundation.

  - Insure the building meets the requirements of the Americans for Disability
    Act (ADA) at the time the building is turned over to ROGUE WAVE.  If ROGUE
    WAVE does additional construction or alteration to the building that
    triggers the need for additional work to satisfy ADA requirements, ROGUE
    WAVE will be responsible for the additional work.

  - Repair of sidewalks, driveways, curbs, parking areas, and areas used in
    common by ROGUE WAVE and OSU.

  - Repair and maintenance of exterior water, sewage, gas, and electrical
    services up to the point of entry to the leased premises.

The following shall be the responsibility of ROGUE WAVE:

  - Repair of interior walls, ceilings, doors, windows, and related hardware,
    light fixtures, switches, wiring and plumbing from the point of entry to
    the premises.

  - Any repairs necessitated by the negligence of ROGUE WAVE, its agents,
    employees, and invitees.

  - Ordinary maintenance of the heating and air conditioning system and any
    repairs necessary because of improper maintenance.

  - All other repairs to the premises which OSU is not required to make under
    this section.

INSPECTIONS:  IT SHALL BE LAWFUL FOR OSU, ITS AGENTS AND REPRESENTATIVES, UPON
REASONABLE NOTICE, TO ENTER INTO OR UPON THE PREMISES FOR THE PURPOSE OF
EXAMINING THE CONDITION OF THE PREMISES, OR FOR ANY OTHER LAWFUL PURPOSE.


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OSU shall have the right to inspect the premises at any reasonable time or times
to determine the necessity of repair.  Whether or not such inspection is made,
the duty of OSU to make repairs shall not mature until a reasonable time after
OSU has received from ROGUE WAVE written notice of the repairs that are
required.


ASSIGNMENT:  ROGUE WAVE shall not sell, assign, transfer, pledge, hypothecate,
surrender or dispose of this Lease, or any interest therein, or permit any other
person or persons to occupy the premises without the prior written consent of
OSU.  Such consent is not to be unreasonably withheld.


ROGUE WAVE shall not permit its interest to be sold, assigned, transferred,
seized, or taken by operation of law or by virtue of any attachment or execution
proceedings or other legal process instituted against ROGUE WAVE, or by virtue
of any bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings.  Mergers, transfers to an affiliate
and other corporate restructurings are expressly permitted.  Such mergers,
transfers or restructurings will not nullify ROGUE WAVE's obligations under this
Lease.


INSURANCE:  ROGUE WAVE shall, at all times during the term of this Lease, at its
own expense, maintain, keep in effect, furnish and deliver to OSU business
services, commercial general liability insurance policies in form and with an
insurer satisfactory to OSU.  This insurance shall include personal injury
coverage and contractual liability coverage for the indemnity provided under
this lease.  The amount of liability insurance shall not be less than $1,000,000
for injury to one person, $1,000,000 for injuries arising out of any one
accident, and not less than $1,000,000 for property damage.  ROGUE WAVE shall
maintain all risk property insurance on ROGUE WAVE's personal property,
equipment and tenant improvements, in an amount sufficient to replace same if
destroyed or lost through fire or other casualty.  ROGUE WAVE shall provide a
copy to OSU of such insurance and notify OSU of any insurance changes or
cancellations.


INDEMNITY:  ROGUE WAVE agrees to and shall indemnify and hold OSU harmless
against any and all claims and demands arising from the negligence of ROGUE
WAVE, its officers, agents, invitees and/or employees, as well as those arising
from ROGUE WAVE's failure to comply with any requirement, covenant or provision
of this Lease on its part to be performed, and shall at its own expense defend
OSU against any and all suits or actions arising out of such negligence, actual
or alleged, and all appeals therefrom and shall satisfy and discharge any
judgment which may be awarded against OSU in any such suit or action.


DESTRUCTION OF THE PREMISES:  If the leased premises are 50% or more destroyed,
the parties shall proceed as follows, subject to the provision of the following
paragraphs:

  (1) OSU may elect to terminate this Lease as of the date of the damage or
      destruction by notice given to ROGUE WAVE in writing not more than 45
      days following the date of damage.  In such event all rights and
      obligations of the parties shall cease as of the date of termination.
      Prorated and any prepaid rents will be refunded.


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  (2) In the absence of an election under subparagraph (1) above, OSU shall
      proceed to restore the leased premises to substantially the same form as
      prior to the damage or destruction so as to provide for ROGUE WAVE usable
      space equivalent in quantity and in character to that before the damage.
      Work shall be commenced as soon as reasonably possible and thereafter
      shall proceed without interruption until completion except for work
      stoppages on account of labor disputes or by Force Majeure.

  (3) In either (1) or (2), rent shall be adjusted from the date of damage
      until such time as the restoration of facilities enables ROGUE WAVE to
      assume partial or total business operation.

If the leased premises are partly damaged and the foregoing paragraph does not
apply, repairs shall be accomplished with all reasonable dispatch subject to
interruption and delays from labor disputes and matters beyond the control of
the party responsible, and shall be performed in accordance with the provisions
of this Lease.  Rent shall be adjusted to the extent the premises are
untenantable subsequent to the damage and during the period of repair.  ROGUE
WAVE shall resume business operations with all reasonable dispatch as renovated
spaces are made available.

Repairs are to be made on a mutually agreed schedule.  All repairs are to be
made under OSU supervision.  If work cannot be completed in a reasonable time,
ROGUE WAVE may terminate this Lease.


LIENS:  ROGUE WAVE shall not permit any lien of any kind, type or description to
remain undischarged for more than 120 days after said lien has been filed.  If
ROGUE WAVE fails to discharge any lien, OSU may do so and shall be reimbursed in
accordance with the section concerning taxes.


DEFAULT:  If ROGUE WAVE fails to perform or comply with any covenant,
requirement or provision of this Lease and such default shall continue for a
period of 30 days after receipt of notice thereof in writing from OSU to ROGUE
WAVE, then OSU may reenter the premises at any time thereafter and repossess the
same without further notice.  This Lease shall thereupon be deemed terminated
but without prejudice to OSU's rights to pursue any other legal remedy it has.


WAIVER:  No waiver by OSU of any breach of any covenant, requirement or
provision of this Lease by ROGUE WAVE shall be deemed or considered as a
continuing waiver, and shall not operate to bar or prevent OSU from pursuing its
remedies for any succeeding breach or such covenant, requirement or provision.


HOLDING OVER:  If ROGUE WAVE is permitted to hold over under this Lease, or if
the term of this Lease has been extended, then any holding over after the
expiration of the term of this Lease shall be construed to be a tenancy from
month-to-month and at such rent as shall be fixed by OSU and otherwise subject
to all the provisions of this Lease.


SURRENDER OF PREMISES:  At the expiration of the term of this Lease or upon any
earlier termination thereof, ROGUE WAVE  shall quit and deliver up the leased
premises and all improvements thereon, broom clean, to OSU or its successors or
assigns, peaceably, quietly, and in as good order and condition as existing at
the time of the commencement of this Lease, reasonable use and wear excepted.


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MISCELLANEOUS:  ROGUE WAVE has selected the above property based upon ROGUE
WAVE's own judgment and expressly disclaims reliance on any statements or
representations made by OSU related thereto.


APPLICABLE LAW:  This Lease shall be governed and construed in accordance with
the laws of the State of Oregon.


NOTICES AND REPRESENTATIVES:  All notices, certificates, or other communications
rendered shall be sufficiently given when delivered or mailed postage prepaid
certified mail to the representatives of the parties at their respective places
of business.


SEVERABILITY:  The parties agree that if any term or provision of this Lease is
declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal or in conflict with
any law, the validity of the remaining terms and provisions shall not be
affected, and the rights and obligations of the parties shall be construed and
enforced as if the Lease did not contain the particular term or provision held
to be invalid.


RELATIONSHIPS:  OSU and ROGUE WAVE intend that ROGUE WAVE's relationship to OSU
at all times and for all purposes under this Lease is to be that of tenant.
ROGUE WAVE is not to be considered an agent or employee of OSU for any purpose,
and neither ROGUE WAVE nor any of their agents or employees are entitled to any
of the benefits that OSU provides for its employees.  ROGUE WAVE will be solely
and entirely responsible for its acts and for the acts of its agents or
employees during the performance of this Lease.


STATE WORKERS' COMPENSATION ACT:  ROGUE WAVE, its subcontractors if any, and all
employers working under this Lease are subject employers under the Oregon
Workers' Compensation Law and shall comply with ORS 656.017, which requires them
to provide workers' compensation coverage for all their subject workers.


CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE WITH OREGON TAX LAWS:  By signature on this Lease, I,
the undersigned, acting on behalf of ROGUE WAVE, hereby certify that ROGUE WAVE
is not to the best of my knowledge, in violation of any Oregon tax law.  For the
purposes of this certification, Oregon tax laws are ORS chapters 118, 119, 314,
316, 317, 318, 320, 321 and 323 and sections 10 to 20, chapter 533, Oregon Laws
1981, as amended by chapter 16, Oregon Laws 1982 (first special session); the
Homeowners and Renters Property Tax Relief Program under ORS 310.60 to 310.690;
and any local tax laws administered by the Oregon Department of Revenue under
ORS 305.620.


QUIET ENJOYMENT:  OSU warrants that it is the owner of the premises and has the
right to lease them to ROGUE WAVE.  OSU will defend ROGUE WAVE's right to quiet
enjoyment of the premises from the lawful claims of all persons during the Lease
term.


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MERGER CLAUSE:  This Lease constitutes the entire Lease between the parties.  No
waiver, consent, modification, or change of terms of this Lease shall bind
either party unless in writing and signed by both parties.  Such waiver,
consent, modification, or change if made shall be effective only in the specific
instance and for the specific purpose given.  There are no understandings,
agreements, or representations, oral or written not specified herein regarding
this Lease.  ROGUE WAVE, by the signature of its authorized representative,
hereby acknowledges that ROGUE WAVE has read this Lease, understands it, and
agrees to be bound by its terms and conditions.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Lease.

ROGUE WAVE SOFTWARE, INC.                   STATE OF OREGON ACTING BY AND
                                            THROUGH THE STATE BOARD OF HIGHER
                                            EDUCATION ON BEHALF OF OREGON
                                            STATE UNIVERSITY


- ------------------------------              -----------------------------------
Robert M. Holbum, Jr.    Date               Robert L. Halvorsen            Date
Chief Financial Officer                     Contract Administrator


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                                LEASE AGREEMENT

                                    between

                                 THE LANDMARK

                                      and

                            ROGUE WAVE SOFTWARE, INC.

                                      for

                              1861 Landings Drive
                            Mountain View, CA 94043



                                                      Dated: April 22, 1996






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                               LANDMARK BUILDING LEASE

1.  PARTIES.  This Lease dated, for reference purposes only, April 22, 1996, 
by and between LANDMARK INVESTMENTS, LIMITED ("Landlord") and ROGUE WAVE 
SOFTWARE, INC. ("Tenant"), who agree as follows:

2.  PREMISES.  Landlord leases to Tenant, and Tenant leases from Landlord the 
office space located in Mountain View, California, 94043, described as 1861 
Landings Drive, outlined in Exhibit "A" ("Premises"). Premises have an agreed 
area of Twelve Thousand Eight Hundred Sixteen (12,816) rentable square feet.

3.  TERM.  The term of this Lease shall be for Three (3) years commencing on 
October 1, 1996 and ending on September 30, 1999.

4.  RENT AND TENANT IMPROVEMENT COST REIMBURSEMENT.

4.1.  Tenant shall pay to Landlord as rent for the Premises, without demand, 
deduction, or off-set, the sum of Twenty Four Thousand Three Hundred Fifty 
Dollars and 40/100 ($24,350.40) on or before the first day of each and every 
month of the term of this Lease, the first monthly payment to be made 
concurrently with the execution hereof. If the commencement date is not the 
first day of a month or if the rent payable hereunder shall be prorated, 
based upon a thirty day month, at the current rate for the fractional month 
during which this Lease commences and/or terminates. Any rent payable for a 
partial month directly following the commencement date shall be payable on 
the first day of the first full calendar month of the term. Rent shall be 
paid to Landmark Investments, Limited, at 2093 Landings Drive, Mountain View, 
CA 94043.

4.2.  The base rent provided for in 4.1. above shall increase three percent 
(3%) per year on the anniversary date of the commencement of the term of the 
Lease stated in 3. above.

4.3.  Late Charges. Tenant hereby acknowledges that late payment by Tenant to 
Landlord of rent or other sums due hereunder will cause Landlord to incur 
costs not contemplated by this Lease, the exact amount of which will be 
extremely difficult to ascertain. Such costs include, but are not limited to, 
processing and accounting charges, and late charges which may be imposed upon 
Landlord by terms of any mortgage or trust deed covering the Premises. 
Accordingly, if any installment of rent or of a sum due from 


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Tenant shall not be received by Landlord or Landlord's designees by 12:00 
noon on the fifth (5th) day of each month of the term hereof, then Tenant 
shall pay to Landlord a late charge equal to five percent (5%) of such 
overdue amount. The parties hereby agree that such late charges represent a 
fair and reasonable estimate of the cost that Landlord will incur by reason 
of the late payment by Tenant. Acceptance of such late charges by the 
Landlord shall in no event constitute a waiver of Tenant's default with 
respect to such overdue amount, nor prevent Landlord from exercising any of 
the other rights and remedies granted hereunder.

5.  SECURITY DEPOSIT.  On execution of this Lease, Tenant shall increase its 
security deposit with Landlord by $19,850.40 to a total of $24,350.40 for the 
performance by Tenant of the provisions of this Lease. If Tenant is in 
default, Landlord can use the security deposit, or any portion of it, to cure 
the default or to compensate Landlord for all damage sustained by Landlord 
resulting from Tenant's default. Tenant shall immediately on demand pay to 
Landlord a sum equal to the portion of the security deposit expended or 
applied by Landlord as provided in this paragraph so as to maintain the 
security deposit in the sum initially deposited with Landlord. If Tenant is 
not in default at the expiration or termination of this Lease, Landlord shall, 
no later than fourteen (14) days after lease expiration or termination, 
return to Tenant (or at Landlord's option, to the last assignee of Tenant's 
interest hereunder), the balance of the security deposit. Landlord shall not 
be required to keep this security deposit separate from its general funds, 
and Tenant shall not be entitled to interest on such deposit.

6.  POSSESSION.

6.1. If Landlord, for any reason cannot deliver possession of the Premises to 
Tenant at the commencement of the term hereof, this Lease shall not be void or 
voidable nor shall Landlord be liable to Tenant for any loss or damage 
resulting therefrom, nor shall the expiration date of the above term be 
extended, but, in that event, all rent shall be abated during the period 
between the commencement of said term and the time when Landlord delivers 
possession.

6.2.  In the event that Landlord shall permit Tenant to occupy the Premises 
prior to the commencement date of the term, such occupancy shall be subject 
to all of the provisions of this Lease and said early possession shall not 
advance the termination date hereinabove provided. Rent shall be prorated and 
prepaid for early occupancy at the current rate.

7.  USE.

7.1.  Use.  The Premises shall be used and occupied by Tenant


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for general office purposes and for no other purpose without the prior 
written consent of the Landlord.

7.2.  Uses Prohibited.

a.  Tenant shall not do or permit anything to be done in or about the 
Premises nor bring or keep anything therein which will increase the existing 
rate or affect any fire or other insurance upon the building or any of its 
contents, or cause a cancellation of any insurance policy covering said 
building or any part thereof or any of its contents, nor shall Tenant sell or 
permit to be kept used or sold in or about said Premises any articles or 
substances, inflammable or otherwise, which may be prohibited by a standard 
form policy of fire insurance.

b.  Tenant shall not do or permit anything to be done in or about the 
Premises which will in any way obstruct or interfere with the rights of other 
tenants of the building or injure or annoy them or use or allow the Premises 
to be used for any unlawful or objectionable purpose.

c.  Tenant shall not use the Premises or permit anything to be done in or 
about the Premises which will in any way conflict with any law now in force 
or which may hereafter be enacted. Tenant shall at its cost promptly comply 
with all laws now in force or which may hereafter be in force and with the 
requirements of any board of fire underwriters or other similar body relating 
to Tenant's improvements or acts.

8.  ALTERATIONS AND ADDITIONS.  Tenant shall not make or allow any 
alterations, additions or improvements of or to the Premises without 
Landlord's prior written consent. Any such alterations, additions or 
improvements, including, but not limited to, wallcovering, paneling and 
built-in cabinet work, but excepting movable furniture and trade fixtures, 
shall become a part of the realty, shall belong to the Landlord and shall be 
surrendered with the Premises at expiration or termination of the Lease. If 
Landlord consents to any such alterations, additions or improvements by 
Tenant, they shall be made by Tenant at Tenant's cost, and any contractor or 
person selected by Tenant to perform the work shall first be approved of, in 
writing, by Landlord. Upon expiration, or sooner termination of the term 
hereof, Tenant shall, upon written demand by Landlord promptly remove any 
alterations, additions or improvements made by Tenant and designated by 
Landlord to be removed. Such removal and repair of any damage to the premises 
caused by such removal shall be at Tenant's cost.

9.  LIENS.  Tenant shall keep the Premises and the property in which the 
Premises are situated free from any liens arising out of any work performed, 
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obligations incurred by Tenant. Landlord may required Tenant to provide 
Landlord, at Tenant's cost, a lien and completion bond in an amount equal to 
one and one-half (1-1/2) times the estimated cost of any improvements, 
additions, or alterations by Tenant, to insure Landlord against liability for 
mechanic's and materialmen's liens and to insure completion for the work.

10.  REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE.  By taking possession of the Premises, Tenant 
shall be deemed to have accepted the Premises as being in good sanitary 
order, condition and repair. Tenant shall at Tenant's cost, keep the premises 
and every part thereof in good condition and repair except for damages from 
causes beyond the control of Tenant and ordinary wear and tear. Tenant shall 
upon the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease surrender the 
Premises to the Landlord in good condition, ordinary wear and tear and damage 
from causes beyond the reasonable control of the Tenant excepted. Unless 
specifically provided in an addendum to this Lease, Landlord shall have no 
obligation to alter, remodel, improve, repair, decorate or paint the Premises 
or any part thereof and the parties hereto affirm that Landlord has made no 
representations to Tenant respecting the condition of the premises or the 
building except as specifically herein set forth. Notwithstanding the above 
provisions, Landlord shall repair and maintain the structural portions of the 
building, including the standard plumbing, air conditioning, heating and 
electrical systems furnished by Landlord, unless such maintenance and repairs 
are caused in part or in whole by the act, neglect, fault or omission of any 
duty by the Tenant, its agents, employees or invitees, in which case Tenant 
shall pay to Landlord the reasonable cost of such maintenance and repairs. 
Tenant shall give Landlord written notice of any required repairs or 
maintenance. Landlord shall not be liable for any failure to repair or to 
perform any maintenance unless such failure shall persist for an unreasonable 
time after written notice. Any repairs or maintenance to supplemental cooling 
equipment required for Tenant's special needs are the responsibility of 
Tenant. Except as specifically herein set forth, there shall be no abatement 
of rent and no liability of Landlord by reason of any injury to or 
interference with Tenant's business arising from the making of any repairs, 
alterations or improvements to any portion of the building or the Premises or 
to fixtures, appurtenances and equipment therein. Tenant waives the right to 
make repairs at Landlord's expense under any law, statute or ordinance now or 
hereafter in effect.

11.  ASSIGNMENTS AND SUBLETTING.  Tenant shall not, voluntarily or by 
operation of law, assign, transfer, or encumber its interest under this Lease 
or in the Premises nor sublease all or any part of the premises or allow 
any other person or entity (except Tenant's employees, agents


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and invitees) to occupy or use all or any part of the premises without the 
prior written consent of Landlord. Landlord's consent shall not be 
unreasonably withheld. Any such consent shall not release Tenant from 
liability hereunder, and a consent to one assignment, subletting, occupation 
or use shall not be deemed a consent to any subsequent assignment, 
subletting, occupation or use. Any such purported assignment, subletting, or 
permission to occupy or use without such consent from Landlord shall be void 
and shall, at the option of Landlord, constitute a default under this Lease. 
Tenant immediately and irrevocably assigns to Landlord, as security for 
Tenant's obligations under this Lease, all rent from any subletting of all or 
a part of the Premises as permitted by this Lease, and Landlord, as assignee 
and as attorney-in-fact for Tenant, or a receiver for Tenant appointed on 
Landlord's application, may collect such rent and apply it toward Tenant's 
obligations under this Lease; except that, until the occurrence of an act of 
default by Tenant, Tenant shall have the right to collect such rent.

12.  HOLD HARMLESS.  Except as to claims based on the sole negligence or 
willful misconduct of Landlord, its agents or employees, Tenant shall hold 
Landlord harmless from any claims arising from Tenant's use of the premises 
or from any activity permitted by Tenant in or about the Premises, and any 
claims arising from any breach or default in Tenant's performance of any 
obligation under the terms of this Lease. If any action or proceeding is 
brought by reason of any such claim in which Landlord is named as a party, 
Tenant shall defend Landlord therein at Tenant's expense by counsel 
reasonably satisfactory to Landlord. Landlord and its agents shall not be 
liable for any damage to property entrusted to employees of the building, nor 
for loss or damage to any property by theft or otherwise, nor from any injury 
to or damage to persons or property resulting from any cause whatsoever, 
unless caused by or due to the sole negligence or willful misconduct of 
Landlord, its agents, or employees. Landlord shall not be liable for any 
latent defect in the Premises or in the building of which they are a part. 
Tenant shall give prompt notice to Landlord in case of fire or accidents in 
the Premises or in the building or of alleged defects in the building, 
fixtures or equipment.

13.  INSURANCE.

13.1  Coverage.  Tenant shall assume the risk of damage to any fixtures, 
goods, inventory, merchandise, equipment, furniture and leasehold 
improvements, and Landlord shall not be liable for injury to Tenant's 
business or any loss of income therefrom relative to such damage. Tenant 
shall, at all times during the term of this lease, and at its own cost, 
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a.  Comprehensive public liability insurance, insuring Landlord and Tenant 
against any liability arising out of the ownership, use, occupancy or 
maintenance of the Premises and all areas appurtenant thereto.

13.2.  Insurance Policies.  The Limits of said insurance policies shall not, 
however, limit the liability of the Tenant hereunder. Tenant may carry said 
insurance under a blanket policy, providing, however, said insurance by 
Tenant shall name Landlord as an additional insured. If Tenant shall fail to 
procure and maintain said insurance, Landlord may, but shall not be required 
to, procure and maintain same, but at the expense of Tenant. Insurance 
required hereunder shall be in companies that rate B+ or better in "Best's 
Insurance Guide". Tenant shall deliver to Landlord prior to occupancy of the 
premises copies of policies of insurance required herein or certificates 
evidencing the existence and amounts of such insurance with loss payable 
clauses, satisfactory to Landlord. No policy shall be cancellable or subject 
to reduction of coverage except after fifteen (15) days prior written notice 
to Landlord. The minimum acceptable amount of comprehensive liability 
insurance is $1,000,000 against claims in any occurrence, and property damage 
insurance in an amount of not less than $100,000 per occurrence, or combined 
single limit of $1,000,000 comprehensive liability and property damage 
insurance.

13.3.  Waiver of Subrogation.  As long as their respective insurers so 
permit, Landlord and Tenant each hereby waive any and all rights of recovery 
against the other for any loss or damage occasioned to such waiving party or 
its property of others under its control to the extent that such loss or 
damage is insured against under any fire or extended coverage insurance 
policy which either may have in force at the time of such loss or damage. 
Each party shall obtain any special endorsement, if required by their 
insurer, to evidence compliance with the aforementioned waiver.

14.  SERVICE AND UTILITIES.

14.1  Landlord's Obligations.  Landlord agrees to furnish to the Premises 
during reasonable hours of generally recognized business days to be 
determined by Landlord, and subject to the Rules and Regulations of the 
building, electricity for normal lighting and fractional horsepower office 
machines, heat and air conditioning required in Landlord's judgment for the 
comfortable use and occupancy of the Premises, janitorial, window washing and 
elevator service. Landlord shall also maintain and keep lighted the common 
stairs, gallerias, entries and toilet rooms in the building. Landlord shall 
not be liable for and Tenant shall not be entitled to any reduction of rental 
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failure to furnish any of the foregoing when such failure is caused by 
accident, breakage, repairs, strikes, lockouts or other labor disturbances or 
labor disputes of any character, or by any other cause, similar or 
dissimilar, beyond the reasonable control of Landlord.

14.2  Tenant's Obligation.  Tenant shall pay for, prior to delinquency, all 
telephone and all other materials and services, not expressly required to be 
paid by Landlord, which may be furnished to or used in, on or about the 
Premises during the term of this Lease. Tenant will not, without the prior 
written consent of Landlord and subject to any conditions which Landlord may 
impose, use any apparatus or device in the Premises which will in any way 
increase the amount of electricity or water usually furnished for use of the 
Premises as general office space. If Tenant shall require water or electric 
current in excess of that usually furnished or supplied for use of the 
Premises as general office space, Tenant shall first procure the consent of 
Landlord. Wherever heat generating machines or equipment are used in the 
Premises which affect the temperature otherwise maintained by the air 
conditioning system, Landlord reserves the right to install supplementary air 
conditioning units in the Premises and the cost thereof, including the cost 
of installation, operation and maintenance thereof, shall be paid by Tenant 
to Landlord upon demand by Landlord. Landlord shall not be liable for 
Landlord's failure to furnish any of the foregoing when such failure is 
caused by any cause beyond the reasonable control of Landlord. Landlord shall 
not be liable under any circumstances for loss of or injury to property, 
however occurring, in connection with failure to furnish any of the foregoing.

15.  PROPERTY TAXES.  Tenant shall pay before delinquency, all personal 
property or similar taxes levied or assessed and which become payable during 
the term hereof upon all Tenant's equipment, furniture, fixtures and personal 
property located in the Premises. Landlord shall pay all property taxes on 
the land and building, except should the California Constitution be changed in 
a way that results in a higher or lower tax on the Premises than the annual 
increases now a matter of law, any such increase or decrease shall be passed 
through to tenant on a prorated basis as an item separate from any CPI 
adjustments. Tenant shall pay to Landlord its share of such taxes, if any, 
within thirty days after delivery to Tenant by Landlord of a statement in 
writing setting forth the amount of such taxes.

16.  RULES AND REGULATIONS.  Tenant shall faithfully observe and comply with 
the rules and regulations attached as Exhibit "B" to this Lease, as well as 
such rules and regulations that Landlord shall from time to time promulgate. 
Landlord reserves the right from time to time to make all reasonable 
modifications to those rules which shall be binding to Tenant

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upon delivery of a copy of them to Tenant. Landlord shall not be responsible 
to Tenant for the nonperformance of any of said rules by any other tenant.

17.  HOLDING OVER.  If Tenant remains in possession without Landlord's 
consent, after termination of the Lease, by lapse of time or otherwise, 
Tenant shall pay Landlord for each day of such retention one-fifteenth 
(1/15th) of the amount of the monthly rental for the last month prior to such 
termination and Tenant shall also pay all costs, expenses and damages 
sustained by Landlord by reason of such retention, including, without 
limitation, claims made by a succeeding tenant resulting from Tenant's 
failure to surrender the Premises.

18.  ENTRY BY LANDLORD.  Landlord reserves the right to enter the premises at 
any time to inspect the Premises, to provide any service for which Landlord 
is obligated hereunder, to submit the Premises to prospective purchasers or 
tenants, to post notices of nonresponsibility, and to alter, improve, 
maintain or repair the Premises or any portion of the building of which the 
Premises are a part that Landlord deems necessary or desirable, all without 
abatement of rent. Landlord may erect scaffolding and other necessary 
structures where reasonably required by the character of the work to be 
performed, but shall not block entrance to the Premises and not interfere 
with Tenant's business, except as reasonably required for the particular 
activity by Landlord. Landlord shall not be liable in any manner for any 
inconvenience, disturbance, loss of business, nuisance, interference with 
quiet enjoyment, or other damage arising out of Landlord's entry on the 
Premises as provided in this paragraph, except damage, if any, resulting from 
the negligence or willful misconduct of Landlord or its authorized 
representative. Landlord shall retain a key with which to unlock all doors 
into, within and about the Premises, excluding Tenant's vaults, safes and 
files. In an emergency, Landlord shall have the right to use any means which 
Landlord deems reasonably necessary to obtain entry to the Premises, without 
liability to Tenant, except for any failure to exercise due care for Tenant's 
property. Any such entry to the Premises by Landlord shall not be construed or 
deemed to be forcible or unlawful entry into or a detainer of the Premises or 
an eviction of Tenant from the Premises or any portion thereof.

19.  RECONSTRUCTION.  If the Premises or the building of which the Premises 
are a part are damaged by fire or other peril covered by extended coverage 
insurance, Landlord agrees to make repairs and restorations to the extent and 
in the manner possible at a cost not exceeding the proceeds of the insurance 
received by Landlord. If the cost of repair and restoration exceeds the 
amount of proceeds received from insurance, Landlord may elect to terminate 
this Lease by giving notice to Tenant within twenty (20) days after 
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Landlord proceeds with repair and restoration, this Lease shall remain in 
full force and effect, except that Tenant shall be entitled to a 
proportionate reduction of rent while such repairs are being made. The rent 
reduction shall be based upon the extent to which repair and restoration 
activity materially interferes with Tenant's business at the Premises, 
provided, however, that if the damage was occasioned by the fault or neglect 
of Tenant, its agents or employees, there shall not be an abatement of rent.

20.  DEFAULT; REMEDIES.

20.1  Default.  The occurrence of any of the following shall constitute a 
default by Tenant:

a.  Failure by Tenant to pay the rent or other monies when due, where such 
failure continues for three (3) business days after written notice by 
Landlord to Tenant.

b.  Abandonment of the Premises by Tenant.

c.  Failure by Tenant to perform any other provision of this Lease where such 
failure to perform is not cured within thirty (30) days after notice has been 
given to Tenant; provided, however, that if the nature of the default is such 
that the same cannot reasonably be cured within said thirty (30) day period, 
Tenant shall not be deemed to be in default if Tenant shall within such 
period commence such cure and thereafter diligently prosecute the same to 
completion.

d.  The making by Tenant of any general assignment or general arrangement for 
the benefit of creditors; the filing by or against Tenant of a petition to 
have Tenant adjudged a bankrupt or of a petition for reorganization or 
arrangement under any law relating to bankruptcy (unless, in the case of a 
petition filed against Tenant, same is dismissed within sixty (60) days; the 
appointment of a trustee or receiver to take possession of substantially all 
of Tenant's assets located at the Premises or of Tenant's interest in this 
Lease, where possession is not restored to Tenant within thirty (30) days; or 
the attachment, execution or other judicial seizure of substantially all of 
Tenant's assets located at the Premises or of Tenant's interest in this 
Lease, where such seizure is not discharged within thirty (30) days.

20.2  Remedies.  In the event of any such default Landlord may:

Maintain this Lease in full force and effect and recover the rent and other 
monetary charges as they become due, without terminating Tenant's right to 
possession irrespective of whether Tenant shall have abandoned the Premises. 
In the event Landlord elects not to terminate the Lease, Landlord 


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shall have the right to attempt to re-let the Premises at such rent and upon 
such conditions and for such a term, and to do all acts necessary to maintain 
or preserve the Premises as Landlord deems reasonable and necessary without 
being deemed to have elected to terminate the Lease, including removal of all 
persons and property from the Premises. Such property may be removed and 
stored in a public warehouse or elsewhere at the cost of and for the account 
of Tenant. In the event any such reletting occurs, this Lease shall terminate 
automatically upon the new tenant taking possession of the Premises. 
Notwithstanding that Landlord fails to elect to terminate the Lease 
initially, Landlord at any time during the term of this Lease may elect to 
terminate this Lease by virtue of such previous default of Tenant.

Terminate Tenant's right to possession by any lawful means, in which case 
this Lease shall terminate and Tenant shall immediately surrender possession 
of the Premises to Landlord. In such event Landlord shall be entitled to 
recover from Tenant all damages incurred by Landlord by reason of Tenant's 
default, including without limitation thereto, the following: (1) the worth 
at the time of award of any unpaid rent which would have been earned at the 
time of such termination; plus (2) the worth at the time of award of the 
amount by which the unpaid rent which would have been earned after 
termination until the time of award exceeds the amount of such rental loss 
that is proved could have been reasonably avoided; plus (3) the worth at the 
time of award of the amount by which unpaid rent for the balance of the term 
after the time of award exceeds the amount of such rental loss that is proved 
could be reasonably avoided; plus (4) any other amount necessary to 
compensate Landlord for all the detriment proximately caused by Tenant's 
failure to perform his obligations under this Lease or which in the ordinary 
course of events would be likely to result therefrom; plus (5) at Landlord's 
election, such other amounts in addition to or in lieu of the foregoing as 
may be permitted from time to time by applicable law. Upon any such re-entry 
Landlord shall have the right to make any reasonable repairs, alterations or 
modifications to the Premises, which Landlord in its sole discretion deems 
reasonable and necessary. As used in (1) above, the "worth at the time of 
award" is computed by allowing interest at the rate of ten percent (10%) per 
annum from the date of default. As used in (2) and (3) above, the "worth at 
the time of award" is computed by discounting such amount at the discount 
rate of the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank at the time of award plus one percent 
(1%).

Remedies of Landlord contained in this Lease shall be construed and held to 
be cumulative, and Landlord shall have the right to pursue any one or all of 
such remedies or any other remedy or relief which may be provided by law. No 
waiver of any default of Tenant hereunder shall be implied from any 
acceptance by Landlord of any rent or other payments 



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due hereunder or any omission by Landlord to take any action on account of 
such default if such default persists or is repeated, and no express waiver 
shall affect defaults other than as specified in said waiver. The consent or 
approval of Landlord to or of any act by Tenant requiring Landlord's consent 
or approval shall not be deemed to waive or render unnecessary Landlord's 
consent or approval to or of any subsequent similar acts by Tenant.

21.  EMINENT DOMAIN.  If more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the Premises 
is taken or appropriated by any public or quasi-public authority under powers 
of eminent domain, either party hereto shall have the right at its option, to 
terminate this Lease. If less than twenty-five percent (25%) of the Premises 
is taken (or neither party elects to terminate as above, provided if more 
than twenty-five percent (25%) is taken), the Lease shall continue, but the 
rental thereafter to be paid shall be equitably reduced. If any part of the 
building of which the Premises are a part is so taken or appropriated, 
whether or not any part of the Premises is involved, Landlord shall be 
entitled to the entire award and compensation for the taking which is paid or 
made by the public or quasi-public agency, and Tenant shall have no claim 
against said award.

22.  STATEMENT TO LENDER.  Tenant shall at any time and from time to time, 
upon not less than ten (10) days prior written notice from Landlord, execute, 
acknowledge, and deliver to Landlord a statement in writing, (a) certifying 
that this Lease is unmodified and in full force and effect (or, if modified, 
stating the nature of such modifications and certifying that this Lease as so 
modified, is in full force and effect), and the date to which the rental and 
other charges are paid in advance, if any, and (b) acknowledging that there 
are not, to Tenant's knowledge, any uncured defaults on the part of the 
Landlord hereunder, or specifying such defaults if any are claimed. Any such 
statement may be relied upon by any prospective purchaser or encumbrancer of 
all or any portion of the real property of which the Premises are a part.

23.  PARKING.  Tenant shall have the right to use, in common with other 
tenants or occupants of the building, parking facilities, provided by 
Landlord for tenants of The Landmark, subject to the rules and regulations 
established by Landlord. Said parking shall be at no expense to the Tenant 
unless a tax, fee or levy is imposed directly or indirectly by a Federal, 
State or local agency or jurisdiction for parking. If such a tax, fee or levy 
is imposed tenant agrees to pay its portion of said fee as reasonably 
determined by the Landlord.

24.  AUTHORITY OF PARTIES.


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24.1  Corporate Authority.  If Tenant is a corporation, each individual 
executing this Lease on behalf of said corporation represents and warrants 
that he is fully authorized to execute and deliver this Lease on behalf of 
said corporation, in accordance with a duly adopted resolution of the Board 
of Directors of said corporation or in accordance with the bylaws of said 
corporation, and that this Lease is binding upon said corporation in 
accordance with its terms.

24.2  Limited Partnerships.  Landlord herein is a limited partnership. It is 
understood and agreed that any claims by Tenant on Landlord shall be limited 
to the assets of the limited partnership. And furthermore, Tenant expressly 
waives any and all rights to proceed against the individual partners or the 
officers, directors or shareholders of any corporate partner, except to the 
extent of their interest in said limited partnership.

25.  GENERAL PROVISIONS.

25.1  Exhibits.  Exhibits attached hereto, and addendums initialed by the 
parties, are deemed to constitute a part hereof.

25.2  Waiver.  The waiver by Landlord of any provision of this Lease shall 
not be deemed to be a waiver of any subsequent breach of the same or any 
other provisions of this Lease herein contained. The subsequent acceptance of 
rent hereunder by Landlord shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any 
preceding breach by Tenant of any provision of this Lease, other than the 
failure of the Tenant to pay the particular rental so accepted, regardless of 
Landlord's knowledge of such preceding breach at the time of the acceptance 
of such rent.

25.3  Notices.  All notices and demands which may or are required to be given 
by either party to the other hereunder shall be in writing. All notices and 
demands by the Landlord to the Tenant shall be sufficient if delivered in 
person or sent by first class mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the Tenant 
at the Premises or to such other place as Tenant may from time to time 
designate in a written notice to the Landlord. All written notices and 
demands by the Tenant to the Landlord shall be sufficient if delivered in 
person or sent by first class mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the 
Landlord at the office of the building or to such other person or place as 
the Landlord may from time to time designate in a notice to the Tenant. Any 
such notice is effective at the time of delivery or 48 hours after mailing.

25.4  Rentable Area.  Rentable square footage, as herein used, is the actual 
square footage of the office suite plus a load factor for gallerias, 
restrooms, hallways and other common areas. The stated rentable area will not 
be used as a


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basis for either party making any claim against the other.

25.5  Joint and Several Obligations.  If there be more than one Tenant, the 
obligations hereunder imposed upon tenants shall be joint and several.

25.6  Captions.  The captions of the paragraphs of this Lease are not a part 
of this Lease and shall have no effect upon the construction or 
interpretation of any part hereof.

25.7  Time.  Time is of the essence hereof.

25.8  Successors and Assigns.  The provisions of this Lease, subject to the 
provisions as to assignment, apply to and bind the successors and assigns of 
the parties hereto.

25.9  Recording.  Neither Landlord nor Tenant shall record this Lease or a 
short form memorandum hereof without the prior written consent of the other 
party.

25.10  Scope and Amendments.  This Lease is and shall be considered to be the 
only agreement between the parties hereto. All negotiations and oral 
agreements acceptable to both parties are included herein. No amendment or 
other modification of this Lease shall be effective unless in a writing 
signed by Landlord and by Tenant.

25.11  Legal Fees.  In the event of any action brought by either party 
against the other under this Lease, the prevailing party shall be entitled to 
recover all costs including the fees of its attorneys as the court may 
adjudge reasonable.

25.12  Sale.  In the event of any sale of the building, Landlord shall be 
released of any liability under this Lease, and the purchaser of the Premises 
shall be deemed to have assumed and agreed to carry out all of the 
obligations of the Landlord under this Lease.

25.13  Lender Requirements.  Upon request of the Landlord, Tenant will, in 
writing, subordinate its rights hereunder to the lien of any mortgagee, or 
deed of trust to any bank, insurance company or other lending institution, 
now or hereafter in force against the land and building of which the Premises 
are a part, and to all advances made or hereafter to be made upon the 
security thereof. If any proceedings are brought for foreclosure, or in the 
event of the exercise of the power of sale under any mortgage or deed of 
trust made by the Landlord covering the Premises, the Tenant shall recognize 
such purchaser as the Landlord under this Lease.

25.14  Name.  Tenant shall not use the name of the development in which the 
Premises are situated for any purpose other than as an address of the 
business to be 



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conducted by the Tenant in the Premises, unless written authorization is 
obtained from Landlord

25.15  Severability.  Any provision of this Lease which shall prove to be 
invalid, void or illegal shall in no way affect, impair or invalidate any 
other provision hereof.

25.16  Applicable Law.  This Lease shall be governed by the laws of the State 
of California.

25.17  Toxics.  Landlord and Tenant acknowledge that they have been advised 
that numerous federal, state, and/or local laws, ordinances and regulations 
("law") affect the existence and removal, storage, disposal, leakage of 
contamination by materials designated as hazardous or toxic ("Toxics"). Many 
materials, some utilized in everyday business activities and property 
maintenance, are designated as hazardous or toxic. Some of the Laws require 
that Toxics be removed or cleaned up without regard to whether the party 
required to pay for the "clean up" caused the contamination, owned the 
property at the time the contamination occurred or even knew about the 
contamination. Some items, such as asbestos or PCB's, which were legal when 
installed, now are classified as Toxics, and are subject to removal 
requirements. Civil lawsuits for damages resulting from Toxics may be filed 
by third parties in certain circumstances. Tenant and Landlord agree to hold 
the other harmless from any responsibility for any Toxics which are brought 
on to the Premises or the project by themselves, their agents, employees or 
contractors.

26.  ELECTRICAL, COMMUNICATIONS AND ALARM WIRING.

26.1  Tenant shall contact the Landlord prior to installing or relocating any 
electrical, telephone, network, LAN, intercom, doorbell, or alarm wiring 
systems at the Landmark Office Center.

26.2  All electrical wiring shall be installed by a licensed contractor in 
expanded metal tubing in accordance with the most current electrical code, 
etc.

26.3  All communication cabling shall be installed by a licensed contractor 
and shall be plenum rated and shall not be installed as to "lay" on ceiling 
tile or t-bar grid systems.

A certificate of compliance shall be provided by contractor to Landlord at 
time of completion.

26.4  Landlord shall not be financially responsible for any repair or 
replacement of any communication cables, telephone lines, telephone feeders, 
or trunk lines beyond the M.P.O. (minimum point of entry) established by 
Pacific Bell. If one or more of these lines serve several tenants, the cost 
of installation and repair shall be divided among tenants currently being 
served by said cable.


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26.5  Not all existing telephone rooms/punchdown boards are permanent. Tenant 
and his contractor must verify location of termination points with the 
Landlord prior to installation.

26.6  No audible alarm systems will be permitted. Landlord will not assume 
any financial responsibility for any alarms attributable to its employees, 
contractors, including janitors, guards, or service personnel.

26.7  Any work requiring access to adjoining tenant spaces shall be 
prearranged so that Landlord can obtain permission for the 
intrusion/interruption of the space. Tenant shall reasonably cooperate in 
arranging access to contractors for adjoining tenant when requested by 
Landlord.

26.8  Upon request of Landlord, Tenant shall remove all communication cable 
that Tenant has installed in the Premises upon expiration of this Lease and 
repair all damage caused by said removal.

27.  AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT.  Landlord believes the Premises 
complies with the "Americans With Disabilities Act" (ADA), but no 
independent investigation has been made to ensure compliance with the 
"Americans With Disabilities Act" (ADA). This Act may require a variety of 
changes to a facility, including potential removal of barriers to access by 
disabled persons and provision of auxiliary aids and services for hearing, 
vision or speech impaired persons, some of which would be the Landlord's 
responsibility and some would be the Tenant's responsibility. Landlord urges 
all parties to obtain independent legal and technical advice with respect to 
the physical and environmental conditions and ADA compliance of the Property. 
The Parties agree that it will rely solely on their own investigations and/or 
that of a licensed professional specializing in these areas, and not on the 
investigation, assurances or opinion of Landlord or Broker, if any.

28.  BROKERS.  Tenant warrants that it has had no dealing with any real 
estate broker or agent in connection with the negotiation of this Lease 
excepting only Mark Moser of Catalyst Real Estate Group, and it knows of no 
other real estate broker or agent who is entitled to a commission in 
connection with this Lease. Commissions shall be paid to Broker(s) on the 
following schedule: 6%, 5%, 4%, 3%, 2%. No commissions shall be paid on Tenant 
Improvement Amortizations, CPI Increases or any other rent adjustment covered 
in section 4.2 herein.

29.  TENANT IMPROVEMENTS.

     a.  Landlord shall, at its expense replace the carpet and paint the 
         walls. No rent will be charged to


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         Tenant for the Premises during this time (approximately five days).

     b.  Landlord is also willing to construct 15 private offices on the 2nd 
         floor at Tenant's sole cost which may be paid in one lump sum or 
         amortized over the 36 months at an 8 1/2% per annum interest rate. 
         Tenant shall be responsible for the rent on 1861 Landings Drive 
         during the construction of these improvements and Tenant may pay 
         this in one lump sum or amortized over the 36 months at an 8 1/2% 
         per annum interest rate.

29.  HOLD OVER IN SUITES 2065 & 2073.  Tenant shall remain in possession of 
their existing Premises and at their existing rate until the Tenant 
Improvements requested above are complete.

30.  OPTION TO EXTEND TERM.  Provided Tenant is not in default hereunder at 
the expiration of the term herein provided for and has fully and faithfully 
performed all of Tenant's obligations under the Lease during said term, then 
Tenant shall have the option to extend the term for one additional three year 
term, commencing immediately upon expiration of the initial term. Tenant 
shall give Landlord written notice of exercise of the option at least 180 
days before the expiration of the initial term. Lease payments for said 
extension period shall be at rate to be negotiated between Tenant and 
Landlord at the time the lease extension notice is given. If a lease 
modification extending the term and including a new lease rate is not agreed 
to in writing within 30 days of the extension notice being given, this option 
to extend shall become void.

31.  BUILDING SIGNAGE.  Landlord shall provide Tenant, a sign consistent with 
the other signs on the project for full building users. Landlord shall also 
at Tenant's sole cost place a standard Tenant identification sign on the 
corner of Charleston Road and the entry driveway.

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The parties hereto have executed this Lease on the dates specified 
immediately adjacent to their respective signatures.


LANDLORD:  LANDMARK INVESTMENTS, LIMITED
           By:  THRUST IV, INC., General Partner


By:                                       Date:
    ------------------------------------        ----------------------
    Hugh P. Bikle, President                    

TENANT:    ROGUE WAVE SOFTWARE, INC.


By:                                       Date:
    ------------------------------------        ----------------------
      (SIGNATURE)


    ------------------------------------  Tax ID# --------------------
      (PRINT NAME)   (TITLE)


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                                                    EXHIBIT A
                                                   PAGE 1 OF 3




            [INDUSTRIAL MAP SHOWING BUILDING DESIGNATIONS]


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                                                    EXHIBIT A
                                                   PAGE 2 OF 3




                   [1ST FLOOR BUILDING E DESIGN LAYOUT]


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                                                    EXHIBIT A
                                                   PAGE 3 OF 3




                   [2ND FLOOR BUILDING E DESIGN LAYOUT]


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                                EXHIBIT B

                           RULES AND REGULATIONS

1.  Keys are issued, in a reasonable number, by Landlord to Tenant at no 
charge.

2.  Access cards, used to open the electronic lock of the front entry door of 
a particular building after normal business hours, are assigned to individual 
people pursuant to a list submitted by Tenant to Landlord. A $15.00 deposit 
per card is charged upon issuance and refundable upon return. When a card 
holder is no longer entitled to a card (left employment, etc.) Tenant shall 
notify Landlord of a new holder, or if the card has been taken or lost. By so 
notifying Landlord, a particular card code can be removed from the authorized 
list, so that it no longer will activate the lock.

3.  No sign or notice shall be displayed by Tenant outside of its office 
space without written consent of Landlord which may be unreasonably withheld. 
If approval is not given, Landlord shall have the right to remove such sign 
or notice without notice to and at expense of the Tenant. All signs on access 
doors to the Premises shall be approved by Landlord. The original standard 
company sign on the main door to the Premises will be installed at Landlord's 
expense. Tenant may, at its expense, install a different sign, after written 
design approval by Landlord. Design criteria should be obtained from Landlord 
in advance.

Tenant shall not place anything within the Premises which may appear 
unsightly from outside of the Premises.

Tenant shall not install any curtains, blinds, shades, or screens on any 
windows or doors of the Premises without Landlord's consent which may be 
unreasonably withheld.

4.  Sidewalks, halls, passages, exits, entrances, elevators, and stairways 
shall not be obstructed by any of the tenants, or used by them for any 
purpose other than for ingress or egress from their respected offices.

5.  Tenant shall not alter any lock or install any new or additional locks or 
bolts on any doors or windows without the written consent of Landlord. All 
such alterations shall be done by Landlord's agents at Tenant's cost.

6.  The toilet rooms, urinals, wash bowls and other apparatus shall not be 
used for any purpose other than for which they were installed.

7.  Tenant shall not overload the floor of the office

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complex. Tenant shall not mark, drive nails, screw or drill into the 
partitions, woodwork, or plaster or in any way deface the Premises, except 
for hanging of small items such as pictures with nail type of hangers, 
without Landlord's approval. If Tenant hangs any other furniture, equipment, 
whiteboards etc. Tenant shall be responsible for the removal and repair of 
all damages to the Premises.

8.  No unusually large or heavy equipment shall be brought into the complex 
without prior notice to Landlord and all moving of the same into or out of 
the office complex shall be done at such time and such a manner as Landlord 
shall designate.

All damage done to the office complex by moving or maintaining any such 
equipment shall be repaired at the expense of Tenant.

9.  Tenant shall not use the office complex in a manner offensive or 
objectionable to the Landlord or other occupants by reason of noise, odors, 
and/or vibrations, or interfere in any way with other tenants or those having 
business herein, nor shall any animals or birds be brought in or about the 
office complex.

10.  No lodging, washing clothes, cooking, excluding use of coffee makers and 
microwave ovens, shall be done or permitted by any Tenant on the Premises.

11.  Tenant shall not use or keep on the Premises any foul or noxious gas, 
kerosene, gasoline or inflammable or combustible fluid or material, or use 
any method of heating or air conditioning other than that supplied by 
Landlord.

12.  Landlord shall direct electricians as to where and how telephone wires 
are to be installed. No changing of wires will be allowed without the consent 
of the Landlord which may be unreasonably withheld. The location of the 
telephones, call boxes and other office equipment affixed to the office 
complex shall be subject to the approval of Landlord.

13.  No aerial satellite dish or other item shall be erected on the roof or 
exterior walls of the complex, or on the grounds, without in each instance, 
the written consent of the Landlord which may be unreasonably withheld. Any 
such item so installed without such written consent shall be subject to 
removal without notice at any time.

14.  No loud speakers, televisions, radios or other devices shall be used in 
a manner so as to be heard or seen outside of the Premises without prior 
written consent of the Landlord.

15.  On Saturdays, Sundays, legal holidays, and on other days between the 
hours of 5:00 P.M. and 8:00 A.M. the following


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day, access to the office complex, or to the Premises may be refused unless 
the person seeking entry is known to the person or employee of the office 
complex in charge or is properly identified. The Landlord shall in no case be 
liable for damages for any error with regard to the admission to or exclusion 
from the office complex of any person.

16.  Any person whose presence on the Premises may in the judgement of the 
Landlord be prejudicial to the safety, character, reputation and interest of 
the office complex or of its tenants may be denied access to the office 
complex or may be ejected therefrom.

17.  No vending machine or machines of any description shall be installed, 
maintained or operated upon the Premises without the written consent of the 
Landlord.

18.  Tenant shall not disturb, solicit, or canvass any occupant of the office 
complex and shall cooperate to prevent the same.

19.  Landlord shall control and operate the public portions of the office 
complex, in such manner as it deems best for the benefit of the tenants 
generally.

20.  All windows and entrance doors in the office complex shall be left 
locked when the Premises are not in use, and all doors opening to public 
corridors shall be kept closed except for normal ingress and egress from the 
office complex.

21.  In case of invasions, mob riot, public excitement, or other emergency, 
the Landlord reserves the right to prevent access to the office complex 
during the continuance of the same by closing of the doors or otherwise, for 
the safety of the tenants and protection of property in the office complex. 
Landlord will also direct tenants as necessary in an emergency and will not 
assume any liability for damages suffered by tenants as the result of such 
directions.



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                                                                    EXHIBIT 11.1
 
                           ROGUE WAVE SOFTWARE, INC.
            STATEMENT REGARDING COMPUTATION OF NET INCOME PER SHARE
                     (IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                              NINE MONTHS
                                                                                   YEAR ENDED                    ENDED
                                                                                  SEPTEMBER 30,                 JUNE 30,
                                                                         -------------------------------  --------------------
                                                                           1993       1994       1995       1995       1996
                                                                         ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
<S>                                                                      <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>
Weighted average shares................................................      3,282      3,362      3,425      3,425      3,456
Dilutive common stock options using the treasury stock method..........         --         --        180         --         --
Weighted average shares assuming conversion of Series A preferred
 stock.................................................................         --        160        772        763         --
Weighted average shares assuming conversion of Series B preferred stock
 (1)...................................................................         --         --         --         --         --
Shares added pursuant to SAB 83 (2)....................................        596        596        596        596        596
                                                                         ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
Total shares used for per share calculations...........................      3,878      4,118      4,973      4,784      4,052
                                                                         ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
                                                                         ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
 
Net income (loss)......................................................  $     175  $     568  $      79  $     140  $    (114)
                                                                         ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
                                                                         ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
Net income (loss) per common share.....................................  $    0.05  $    0.14  $    0.02  $    0.03  $   (0.03)
                                                                         ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
                                                                         ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
</TABLE>
 
- ------------------------
(1)  All shares of Series  B preferred stock were  issued in the one-year period
    prior to the Company's  filing of its registration  statement on Form  SB-2,
    the  "Cheap Stock Period," and, therefore,  all 743 shares of such preferred
    stock are included in the SAB 83 adjustment.
 
(2) Amount is calculated using the as if converted and treasury stock method and
    the expected initial offering price per share of the Company's common stock.

<PAGE>
                                                                    EXHIBIT 21.1
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                          JURISDICTION OF         PERCENTAGE OWNED
NAME                                                                       ORGANIZATION             BY REGISTRANT
- -------------------------------------------------------------------  -------------------------  ---------------------
<S>                                                                  <C>                        <C>
Rogue Wave Software GmbH...........................................           Germany                      100%
Inmark Development Corporation.....................................         California                     100%
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<TABLE> <S> <C>

<PAGE>
<ARTICLE> 5
<LEGEND>
THIS SCHEDULE CONTAINS SUMMARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION EXTRACTED FROM THE
COMPANY'S REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM SB-2 AND IS QUALIFIED IN ITS ENTIRETY
BY REFERENCE TO SUCH FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
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<MULTIPLIER> 1,000
       
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<PERIOD-END>                               SEP-30-1995           JUN-30-1996
<CASH>                                           1,010                 2,611
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<RECEIVABLES>                                    2,315                 3,438
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<BONDS>                                            230                   377
                            1,140                 4,664
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<TOTAL-LIABILITY-AND-EQUITY>                     4,758                 9,537
<SALES>                                         11,937                13,192
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<LOSS-PROVISION>                                   148                     0
<INTEREST-EXPENSE>                                  53                    35
<INCOME-PRETAX>                                    185                 (187)
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