FORM 3
U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION _____________________
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 | OMB APPROVAL |
INITIAL STATEMENT OF |_____________________|
BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES |OMB NUMBER: 3235-0104|
|EXPIRES: |
|September 30, 1998 |
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the |ESTIMATED AVERAGE |
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, |BURDEN HOURS |
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility |PER RESPONSE 0.5 |
Holding Company Act of 1935 |_____________________|
or Section 30(f) of the Investment
Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
Sterling Software, Inc.
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
300 Crescent Court, Suite 1200
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(Street)
Dallas Texas 75201
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(City) (State) (Zip)
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2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
July 15, 1999
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3. IRS OR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER OF REPORTING PERSON (VOLUNTARY)
75-1873956
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4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Information Advantage, Inc. (IACO)
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5. RELATIONSHIP OF REPORTING PERSON(S) TO ISSUER (CHECK ALL APPLICABLE)
( ) DIRECTOR
(x) 10% OWNER
( ) OFFICER (GIVE TITLE BELOW)
( ) OTHER (SPECIFY TITLE BELOW)
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6. IF AMENDMENT, DATE OF ORIGINAL (MONTH/DAY/YEAR)
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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. OWNERSHIP |4. NATURE OF INDIRECT |
| (INSTR. 4) | SECURITIES | FORM DIRECT| BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP|
| | BENEFICIALLY| DIRECT (D) | (INSTR. 5) |
| | OWNED | OR INDIRECT| |
| | (INSTR. 4) | (I) (INSTR.| |
| | | 5) | |
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Common Stock, par
value $.01 per share, 6,305,846(1) D
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TABLE II - DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED
(E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES)
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1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)
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2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)
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Date Exercisable Expiration Date
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3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)
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Title Amount of Number of Shares
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4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security
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5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct(D) or Indirect(I)(Instr. 5)
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6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
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EXPLANATION OF RESPONSES:
1. On July 15, 1999, the Reporting Person and Sterling Software
Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned
subsidiary of the Reporting Person ("Purchaser"), entered into
Stockholder Agreements (the "Stockholder Agreements") with certain
significant stockholders and executive officers and the directors
(collectively, the "Stockholders") of Information Advantage, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"), pursuant to which the
Stockholders, among other things, granted to the Reporting Person (a)
an option to purchase an aggregate of 6,305,846 shares of common
stock, $.01 par value per share (including the associated Preferred
Stock Purchase Rights issued pursuant to the Rights Agreement, dated
as of March 1, 1999, between the Company and Norwest Bank Minnesota
N.A., the "Shares"), of the Company owned by them, and (b) an
irrevocable proxy with respect to the voting of their Shares in
favor of the merger contemplated by the Agreement and Plan of Merger,
dated as of July 15, 1999, by and among the Reporting Person,
Purchaser and the Company, upon the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth in the Stockholder Agreements.
/s/ Don J. McDermett, Jr. July 15, 1999
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Name: Don J. McDermett, Jr. DATE
Title: S.V.P., General Counsel
and Secretary
** SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
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** INTENTIONAL MISSTATEMENTS OR OMISSIONS OF FACTS CONSTITUTE FEDERAL
CRIMINAL VIOLATIONS.
SEE 18 U.S.C. 1001 AND 15 U.S.C. 78FF(A).
NOTE: FILE THREE COPIES OF THIS FORM, ONE OF WHICH MUST BE MANUALLY
SIGNED. IF SPACE PROVIDED IS INSUFFICIENT, SEE INSTRUCTION 6
FOR PROCEDURE.
POTENTIAL PERSONS WHO ARE TO RESPOND TO THE COLLECTION OF INFORMATION
CONTAINED IN THIS FORM ARE NOR REQUIRED TO RESPOND UNLESS THE FORM
DISPLAYS A CURRENTLY VALID OMB NUMBER.
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