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
Richardson, Nancy
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) VP, General Counsel and Secretary
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 15,200 $6.1250 D Direct
(right to buy)
Non-Qualified Stock Option (2) 06/02/01 Common Stock 4,800 $9.0000 D Direct
(right to buy)
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Explanation of Responses:
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(1)Options to purchase 15,200 shares become exercisable in four (4) equal annual
installments commencing on May 18, 1999.
(2) Options to purchase 4,800 shares become exercisable in sixteen (16) equal
quarterly installments commencing on September 2, 1997.
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SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
/S/ Richardson, Nancy
DATE 05/28/98