UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 3 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
Kelsey, James T.
6300 Bridgepoint Parkway
Building Three, Suite 200
Austin, TX 78730
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
5/18/98
3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (Voluntary)
4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
PSW Technologies, Inc. (PSWT)
5. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer (Check all applicable) [ ]
Director [ ] 10% Owner [X] Officer (give title below) [ ] Other (specify
below) Senior VP of Sales and Marketing
6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
[X] Form filed by One Reporting Person
[ ] Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
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Table I Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
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1)Title of Security 2)Amount of 3) 4)Nature of
Securities D Indirect
Beneficially or Beneficial
Owned I Ownership
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Table II Derivative Securitites Beneficially Owned
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1)Title of Derivative Security 2)Date Exercisable 3)Title and Amount of 4)Conver- 5)Ownership 6)Nature of
and Expiration Date Securities Underlying sion or Form of Indirect
(Month/Day/Year) Derivative Security exercise Derivative Beneficial
price of Security Ownership
Date Expira- Amount or Deri- Direct(D)
Exer- tion Number of vative or
cisable Date Title Shares Security Indirect(I)
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Non-Qualified Stock Option (1) 05/18/08 Common Stock 122,212 $6.1250 D Direct
(right to buy)
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Explanation of Responses:
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(1) Options to purchase 100,000 shares become exercisable in four (4) equal
annual installments commencing on May 18, 1999. The remaining options to
purchase 22,212 shares become exercisable on May 18, 2002.
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SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
/S/ Kelsey, James T.
DATE 5/28/98