XYVISION INC
10-K, 1996-06-28
COMPUTER INTEGRATED SYSTEMS DESIGN
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                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 
                            Washington, D.C. 20549 
                                  FORM 10-K 
            Annual Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15 (d) of the 
                Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (fee required) 
                   For the fiscal year ended March 31, 1996 
                         Commission File No. 0-14747 
                                XYVISION, INC. 
            (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter) 
    

                                   DELAWARE 
                                  04-2751102 

                         (STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION 
                               (I.R.S. EMPLOYER 
                      OF INCORPORATION OR ORGANIZATION) 
                             IDENTIFICATION NO.) 
                101 EDGEWATER DRIVE, WAKEFIELD, MA 01880-1291 
         (ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)          (ZIP CODE) 
     REGISTRANT'S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE:  (617) 245-4100 
      SECURITIES REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12 (B) OF THE ACT: NONE 
        SECURITIES REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12 (G) OF THE ACT: 
                         COMMON STOCK $.03 PAR VALUE 
                       PREFERRED STOCK PURCHASE RIGHTS 
                               (TITLE OF CLASS) 

   Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports 
required to be filed by Section 13 or 15 (d) of the Securities Exchange Act 
of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the 
registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to 
such filing requirements for the past 90 days.               YES  [X]  NO  [ ] 

   
   Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 
405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to 
the best of the registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information 
statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any 
amendment to this Form 10-K.                                          [X] 

   The aggregate market value of Common Stock held by non-affiliates on May 
31, 1996 was $1,888,878. 

   As of May 31, 1996, the registrant had 8,844,099 shares of Xyvision, Inc. 
Common Stock, $.03 par value, outstanding. 
                     DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE 
Portions of the registrant's definitive Proxy Statement to be filed pursuant 
to Regulation 14A not later than 120 days after the end of the fiscal year 
(March 31, 1996) are incorporated by reference in Part III. 
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                                    PART I 

   Business 

                                   GENERAL 

   Xvyision, Inc. ("Xyvision" or the "Company") develops, markets, and 
supports advanced software for document management, publishing, and prepress 
applications. The Company combines its software with standard computer 
hardware, selected third-party software, and support services to create 
tightly integrated systems to improve productivity and strategic position. 
Xyvision markets and supports its software worldwide. 

   Xyvision offers two products -- Xyvision Production Publisher(Trademark) 
and Parlance Document Manager(Trademark) ("PDM") -- as the core technologies 
in systems for document management and publishing applications ("Xyvision 
Publishing Systems"). These systems are used to automate the production of 
reference books, journals, catalogs, directories, financial and legal 
materials, and technical manuals. 

   Xyvision's color electronic prepress applications ("Contex Prepress 
Systems") are based on Xyvision's Contex(Trademark) product line. Contex 
Prepress Systems are marketed primarily to commercial trade shops, printers, 
and prepress service organizations, as well as to consumer goods companies, 
advanced design firms, and packaging manufacturers. 

   
                                   OVERVIEW 

   Xyvision released an enhanced version of its compound document management 
software, Parlance Document Manager (PDM 2.3), in the third quarter of fiscal 
1996. PDM 2.3 contains powerful new features that further enhance the users' 
ability to leverage document-based information assets for strategic 
advantage. Key features include full text retrieval, incorporating Verity's 
Topic search engine; an enhanced Windows client, which supports a variety of 
Windows third-party editorial and graphics tools; a PDM agent, an automated 
PDM user that performs batch functions on projects without user intervention; 
and Standard Generalized Markup Language ("SGML") utilities that enhance 
PDM's SGML support by automating the configuration of SGML-based PDM 
hierarchies. 

   In the fourth quarter of fiscal 1996, Xyvision announced an 
Adobe(Trademark)FrameMaker+SGML(Trademark) and PDM Publishing Solution. The 
integration of these two products will provide corporate and commercial users 
a complete environment for managing the creation, revision, storage, 
workflow, and electronic assembly of such documents as proposals, journals, 
and technical documentation. 

   New PDM customers in fiscal 1996 include Aerospace Systems of Australia 
(ASTA), Butterworths of New Zealand, Congressional Information Services, CTA 
Incorporated, Defense Logistics Services Center, Embraer (Brazil), General 
Dynamics Land Systems, Griebsch Rochol (Germany), McDonnell Douglas 
Aerospace, Reed Technical Information Services, Royal Australian Air Force, 
and the Swiss Air Force. Xyvision also received several orders for system 
expansion from existing PDM customers. 

   Xyvision announced a major upgrade to its high-speed batch and interactive 
composition system, Xyvision Production Publisher 5.0 (XPP), in the fourth 
quarter of fiscal 1996. This major upgrade adds high-resolution interactive 
Display PostScript technology to the most powerful and versatile professional 
publishing system available today. In addition, XPP 5.0 features new 
technology for creating documents in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) 
and tools to easily convert Xyvision documents to the Hypertext Markup 
Language (HTML) for electronic publishing on the World Wide Web. Formerly 
called Xyvision Parlance Publisher, Xyvision changed the name of this product 
to Xyvision Production Publisher with this release to more accurately reflect 
the product's strengths. 

   New XPP customers in fiscal 1996 include Bellcore, British Medical 
Association, Cotter/True Value, Hearst Motor Co., and IBM worldwide. The 
Company believes that the interest in Xyvision Production Publisher continues 
due to its superior automation capabilities and to a fewer number of 
competitors in the high-end publishing system arena. 
    

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   In fiscal 1996 the Company continued its effort to broaden geographic 
distribution of its Contex product line. This program, called Contex Prepress 
Partners(Trademark), had an objective of establishing a worldwide network of 
value added resellers with appropriate applications support and systems 
integration skills to resell Contex and complementary products and services 
to customers in their territory. In fiscal 1996, the Company was able to add 
Contex Prepress Partners in Korea, South Africa, additional countries in 
Europe, and additional regions in the United States. 

   During fiscal 1996, in response to decreasing revenues and increasing 
losses from operations, the Company incurred significant restructuring 
charges in the quarter ended December 31, 1995 relating to a workforce 
reduction. This action had its greatest impact on the sales, marketing and 
administrative groups, particularly in the Contex operations. Additional 
significant charges were incurred in the fourth quarter associated with the 
adjustment of asset valuation reserves for accounts receivable, inventory and 
capitalized software. 

   As a result of the restructuring, the headcount at the end of fiscal 1996 
was 155, down from 171 at the previous fiscal year end. The Company's plan 
for fiscal 1997 is to increase headcount on a selective basis as warranted. 
Additionally, the Company will supplement its manpower needs by utilizing the 
services of skilled consultants as deemed appropriate. 

   During the fourth quarter of fiscal 1996, the Company amended its line of 
credit agreement with a current investor in the Company increasing the line 
of credit from $3,000,000 to $4,000,000. This line, which is secured 
essentially by all the assets of the Company, is being used and will continue 
to be used for general working capital purposes. 

   In fiscal 1992, Xyvision initiated a program to restructure the Company's 
6% Convertible Subordinated Debentures due 2002 (the "Debentures") by issuing 
promissory notes and/or shares of common stock in exchange for the 
cancellation of the Debentures. To date (June 28, 1996), Xyvision has 
completed transactions to restructure $18,790,000, or 84% of the $22,410,000 
Debentures outstanding at the beginning of fiscal 1992. To date, the Company 
has identified the holders of an additional $2,260,000, or 10% of the 
Debentures, leaving $1,360,000, or 6% of the Debentures outstanding at the 
beginning of fiscal 1992, not identified. 

   During the course of its attempts to restructure the Debentures and 
negotiate transactions with Debentureholders, the Company did not make the 
interest payment due on the Debentures on May 5 of 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, or 
1996. 

   Under the terms of the Indenture covering the Debentures, the Trustee or 
the holders of not less than 25% of the then outstanding principal amount of 
Debentures have the right to accelerate the maturity date of the remaining 
Debentures. To date (June 28, 1996), such acceleration has neither occurred 
nor been threatened. Additional information about the history and status of 
Xyvision's Debenture restructuring efforts can be found in Part II of this 
Form 10-K. 

   The Company continues to negotiate in good faith with as many of the 
remaining Debentureholders as possible. However, despite the progress that 
has been made, the Company can still give no assurance about the outcome of 
the Debenture restructuring efforts and does not expect the matter to be 
resolved in the near future. If the Company is unable to enter into 
restructuring transactions with the remaining Debentureholders, and such 
Debentureholders seek to pursue legal remedies against the Company, the 
Company may have to seek protection under applicable laws, including the 
Bankruptcy Code, while it develops, analyzes, and completes alternative 
restructuring strategies. 

   For a further discussion of the line of credit, the Debentures and other 
debt of the Company, please refer to Item 7 - Management's Discussion and 
Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and Item 8 - 
Financial Statements and Supplementary Data. 
    

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                         XYVISION PUBLISHING SYSTEMS 

   Xyvision Publishing Systems are designed to help users meet their business 
and publishing needs by providing comprehensive publishing solutions that 
automate the publishing process, enable output to both paper and electronic 
media, and provide power and speed unattainable with desktop products. These 
systems allow users to operate in a multi-vendor networked computing 
environment; transparently share, reuse, and manage text and graphics data 
from multiple sources throughout an organization; maximize productivity by 
using the appropriate computer platforms and applications; and retain their 
investments in existing hardware, software, and training. Xyvision develops 
and markets two high-performance, open publishing solutions: Parlance 
Document Manager and Xyvision Production Publisher. 

   Parlance Document Manager (PDM) addresses the information needs of today's 
corporate and commercial publishers: managing large amounts of information, 
publishing information in both paper and electronic media, and leveraging the 
value of information by enabling information reuse in multiple products. PDM 
is a client/server compound document management system that stores document 
elements as information objects in a central database, allowing these 
elements to be shared and reused in multiple documents. It supports objects 
of varying types and sizes, and manages a wide variety of text and graphics 
formats including SGML (Standard Generalized Markup Language) and popular 
UNIX or Windows word processing formats. In addition, PDM provides version 
control, built-in workflow, and content management that automate editorial 
processes for complex publishing projects. 

   PDM is well suited for publishing environments with large amounts of text, 
graphics, and other data that are formatted and published in multiple 
versions or output in both printed and electronic format. It allows customers 
to produce existing publications more accurately and cost-effectively, and 
provides additional revenue opportunities by enabling users to create new 
products from existing information and on new output formats. 

   Xyvision Production Publisher (XPP) shortens production cycles and reduces 
costs by automating composition and pagination of high-volume, 
typographically-demanding documents. XPP offers a powerful solution for 
corporate and commercial publishers who want to streamline and automate the 
production of complex documents--from the input of text and graphics to the 
output of fully composed and paginated pages, film separations, or electronic 
output. Advanced features include batch composition, interactive Display 
PostScript editor, automatic import and placement of graphics, spot and 
process color specification, powerful tabular and math composition, extensive 
footnoting capabilities, automatic looseleaf composition, commercial-quality 
typographic controls and output in multiple formats including HTML for the 
World Wide Web and PDF-enabled PostScript for Adobe Acrobat. 

   The Company believes the speed, power, and background processing 
capabilities of Xyvision Production Publisher make it the most versatile and 
powerful composition system available today. XPP enables customers to 
significantly shorten production time and reduce costs associated with the 
publishing process. 

   Xyvision also provides customers with a comprehensive customer support 
program that includes systems integration, production analysis, 
implementation planning, on-site and classroom training, applications 
support, program management, remote diagnostics, and field service and 
support. 

   Xyvision Publishing Systems are currently sold for UNIX-based servers and 
workstations from Sun(Registered Trademark) Microsystems and IBM(Registered 
Trademark). Xyvision also offers PDM Windows client software running under 
Microsoft(Registered Trademark) Windows(Trademark). Xyvision's support of 
standard hardware platforms gives customers the advantages of superior price 
and performance, leading-edge technologies from major computer vendors, and a 
growth path for future expansion. 

                           CONTEX PREPRESS SYSTEMS 

   The Contex family of color electronic design and prepress software 
automates full-color design, stripping, and page assembly operations used to 
produce packaging, inserts, advertisements, brochures, catalogs, and other 
high-quality color printed materials. 

   For design environments, Contex systems feature the ability to take a 
design from initial concept through full-size "comprehensives" to final 
mechanical art, all from the same electronic data. The user can bring 
together design elements such as text, graphics and multi-color backgrounds 
and connect and integrate them with a variety of sizing, cropping, masking, 
overlay, and special effects facilities. 

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   Contex systems also provide the sophisticated color image processing 
needed to generate output films, called separations, used in the printing 
process. These separations are generated by a wide variety of film plotters 
and printing plate plotters made by other companies that connect directly or 
indirectly to a Contex system. 

   If desired, full-size, full-color, hard-copy proofs can be generated to 
aid in design evaluation, review, and approval processes. For package 
designs, three-dimensional mock-ups can be created. Synthetic imaging can 
also be created to show a new package design on a store shelf alongside 
competing products. 

   While Contex systems provide capabilities to enhance the generation of 
quality color materials, they are primarily purchased to improve 
productivity. Contex software operates on UNIX-based RISC workstations and 
servers from Silicon Graphics(Registered Trademark), Inc. This hardware is 
used because of its leading capabilities for interactive manipulation of 
complex color images. 

                     MARKETS, APPLICATIONS, AND CUSTOMERS 

WITHIN THE BROAD MARKET FOR COMPUTER-BASED ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING, INFORMATION 
   MANAGEMENT, AND PRINTING TECHNOLOGIES, THE COMPANY TARGETS ITS MARKETING 
      EFFORTS PRIMARILY TO THREE KEY APPLICATION SEGMENTS: (1) TECHNICAL 
DOCUMENTATION, (2) COMMERCIAL PUBLISHING, AND (3) COLOR ELECTRONIC DESIGN AND 
                            PREPRESS APPLICATIONS. 

TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION is produced by corporations and product manufacturers 
     in support of a product or service. The application segment includes 
     aerospace, automotive, heavy equipment, computers, electronics, and 
 transportation companies who publish such documents as maintenance manuals, 
  transportation directories, and software documentation. These publications 
 often have a long shelf life, need frequent revisions, and require output in 
   a variety of formats including Interactive Electronic Technical Manuals 
    (IETMs), Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML), Hypertext Markup 
    Language (HTML), Portable Document Format (PDF), and loose-leaf paper 
                                   manuals. 

   COMPANIES THAT PRODUCE TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION OFTEN PRODUCE MANUALS IN 
   LOOSELEAF FORMAT AND DISTRIBUTE UPDATES AS LOOSELEAF CHANGE PAGES. XPP'S 
 UNIQUE AUTOMATIC LOOSELEAF OPTION ENABLES COMPANIES TO AUTOMATICALLY CREATE 
 UPDATE PAGES WHEN NEW INFORMATION IS ADDED TO PREVIOUSLY RELEASED DOCUMENTS, 
  ENABLING USERS TO DISTRIBUTE ONLY CHANGED PAGES INSTEAD OF REPRINTS OF THE 
ENTIRE DOCUMENT. THIS CAN DRAMATICALLY REDUCE PRINTING AND WAREHOUSING COSTS, 
           AND ALLOWS MORE TIMELY UPDATES OF TECHNICAL INFORMATION. 

  XYVISION CUSTOMERS IN THE TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION SEGMENT INCLUDE: BOEING 
   HELICOPTERS, CONSOLIDATED FREIGHTWAYS, CUMMINS ENGINE, EMBRAER (BRAZIL), 
  GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE, MCDONNELL DOUGLAS AEROSPACE, FORD MOTOR CO., PRATT & 
WHITNEY CANADA, RAYTHEON SERVICE COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE, TWEDDLE 
                        LITHO, AND SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT. 

COMMERCIAL PUBLISHING includes commercial printers and trade service bureaus, 
  book and journal publishers, legal publishers, professional associations, 
     financial services and insurance companies, government agencies, and 
  wholesale distributors. In order to remain competitive, service providers 
    must offer a variety of services in support of document production and 
                                  delivery. 

       COMMERCIAL PUBLISHERS, SUCH AS LEGAL PUBLISHERS AND PROFESSIONAL 
  ASSOCIATIONS, HAVE INCREASINGLY BEEN FACED WITH THE NEED TO BETTER MANAGE 
  INFORMATION CONTENT, VERSIONS, AND WORKFLOW. XYVISION'S PDM PROVIDES THESE 
COMPANIES WITH A COMPLETE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SOLUTION THAT REDUCES COSTS, 
 SHORTENS THE PRODUCTION CYCLE, AND ENABLES CUSTOMERS TO GENERATE NEW REVENUE 
     BY REPACKAGING EXISTING INFORMATION INTO NEW PUBLICATIONS OR MEDIA. 

  XYVISION CUSTOMERS IN THE COMMERCIAL PUBLISHING SEGMENT INCLUDE AAA, ASTM, 
  AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS, AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, AMERICAN MEDICAL 
  ASSOCIATION, BUREAU OF NATIONAL AFFAIRS, CADMUS JOURNAL SERVICES, CAPITAL 
 PRINTING SYSTEMS, FACTS AND COMPARISONS, GRAFIKON (BELGIUM), IDEA INSTITUTE 
 (JAPAN), MERCK & CO., R.R. DONNELLEY & SONS, REED ELSEVIER, TVSM, VALUELINE, 
                       INC. AND VERMANDE BV (HOLLAND). 
    

    COLOR ELECTRONIC DESIGN AND PREPRESS APPLICATIONS SEGMENT. This market 
 segment consists of commercial trade shops, printers, packaging convertors, 
  prepress service companies, consumer goods companies, and independent and 
   in-house design organizations that specialize in packaging, advertising, 

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 catalogs, brochures, promotional displays and similar printed material that 
                  involves complex layout of color elements. 

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   For commercial trade shops, printers, and prepress service companies, the 
production of catalogs, brochures, posters or ads involves assembling job 
elements and page geometries into a high-quality, finished, printed piece. 
Typically, these organizations receive data from their clients in a variety 
of formats during various stages of the production cycle. 

   Design firms, packaging manufacturers and consumer goods companies are 
responsible for creating packages, free-standing newspaper inserts, in-store 
promotions, and other collateral for consumer product marketing. For these 
companies, the challenge is taking an initial design concept through to 
completion. 

   For each of these groups, success depends significantly on their ability 
to make the path from design through production completely electronic. They 
need to be able to create an open-systems environment that allows them to 
accept data in any format, at any time and to manage projects and people for 
efficient use of available resources. 

   Contex software is sold to general and packaging trade shops, general 
printers, and packaging converters primarily to facilitate the color prepress 
production processes. It is sold to package designers and consumer product 
companies to facilitate the more interactive needs of designers. This 
typically involves exploration of design concepts and alternatives, and 
requires experimental, hands-on operations from designers. 

   Xyvision's customers in the color electronic design and prepress 
application segment include: Akerlund & Rausing (Sweden), Banta/Color 
Response, Field Packaging (U.K.), The Gillette Company, DAR Projects (U.K.), 
Kimberly Clark, HEL Productions (Australia), Novacel (Mexico), Lincoln 
Graphics, Prestige Graphics (Malaysia), Schawkgraphics, 
    

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Scandicolor (Denmark), Schmalbach-Lubeca (Germany), Southern Graphics, and 
Litho Plus (Canada). 
    

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                               PRODUCT STRATEGY 

   The first half of the 1990s has seen important changes revolutionize the 
document creation and distribution process. The impact of the Internet, World 
Wide Web, and other electronic information dissemination technology has 
transformed documents from static printed pages into dynamic, digital 
repositories of text, graphics, and multi-media. Information providers in 
both the commercial publishing and technical documentation arenas are faced 
with such challenges as producing both printed and digital formats from the 
same information source, efficiently creating targeted custom publications, 
and managing the revision cycle of long-lived documents. In addition, 
publishers and corporations must constantly find creative ways to cut costs 
and accelerate turnaround. 

   Xyvision recognizes that today's customers demand an open system with 
access to a wide range of products in an integrated environment. These 
systems must meet a customer's current needs while still providing a sound, 
flexible platform to meet their future needs in a rapidly changing 
marketplace. Xyvision's product and business strategy reflects a commitment 
to provide users with the tools to create this environment, which enables 
them to leverage existing investments, implement an efficient operation, and 
realize significant cost reductions and productivity increases. 

   Xyvision's product development will continue to embrance open-systems 
technology and will focus on: (i) enhanced functionality; (ii) document and 
information management; (iii) electronic delivery in a variety of media 
including the World Wide Web; and (iv) integration with market leading third 
party products, which should broaden appeal across a wider market. 

                            SALES AND DISTRIBUTION 

   Xyvision Publishing Systems. In the United States and Canada, Xyvision 
markets these products and services primarily through a direct sales force. 
However, for larger document management systems, the Company is increasingly 
marketing through and with large systems integrators. In Europe, Asia, and 
Australia, these products and services are marketed and sold by independent 
distributors with appropriate systems integration skills. 
    

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   Contex Prepress Systems. Xyvision markets its Contex software and 
associated services primarily through a worldwide network of value added 
resellers with appropriate applications support and systems integration 
skills. This distribution program is called Contex Prepress 
Partners(Trademark). 

   International. The Company maintains a European sales and support 
headquarters in England. 

                         CUSTOMER SERVICE AND SUPPORT 

MOST OF XYVISION'S CUSTOMERS ENTER INTO MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT CONTRACTS AND 
    RECEIVE TRAINING. AS PART OF A STANDARD SOFTWARE SUPPORT CONTRACT, THE 
  COMPANY PROVIDES SOFTWARE AND DOCUMENTATION UPDATES, AS WELL AS TELEPHONE 
   SUPPORT. EACH CUSTOMER SITE IS PROVIDED WITH REMOTE DIAGNOSTICS FOR THE 
 IDENTIFICATION, ISOLATION, AND RESOLUTION OF PROBLEMS. HARDWARE MAINTENANCE 
           IS PROVIDED BY THE VENDOR WHO MANUFACTURED THE HARDWARE. 

 WITH OVER TWELVE YEARS OF CORPORATE EXPERIENCE IN INTEGRATING AND DELIVERING 
 SOLUTIONS FOR A WIDE RANGE OF PUBLISHING ENVIRONMENTS, XYVISION CONSULTANTS 
  ARE EXPERTS IN ANALYZING AND IMPLEMENTING LARGE-SCALE DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT, 
  PUBLISHING, AND ELECTRONIC DELIVERY SYSTEMS. XYVISION CONSULTING INCLUDES 
 SUCH SERVICES AS PROCESS REENGINEERING, DOCUMENT ANALYSIS, DTD DEVELOPMENT, 
                             AND WEB CONSULTING. 

   Revenues from customer service and support were 38%, 36%, and 42% of 
overall revenues during fiscal 1994, fiscal 1995, and fiscal 1996, 
respectively. 

                     PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING 

   The market for the Company's products is characterized by rapid 
technological change that requires the continuing enhancement of existing 
products and the development of new products. During the past three fiscal 
years ended March 31, 1996, the Company's investments in product development 
and engineering, before the capitalization of software costs, have been a 
significant percentage (18-20%) of the Company's total revenues. 
    

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   In the future, the Company's product development efforts will focus on 
continuing to enhance its open- architecture systems, increasing the 
price/performance of its products and developing software for specific 
application needs. The Company believes it will have to continue to invest a 
significant portion of its revenues in development to remain competitive in 
its markets. 

                                 COMPETITION 

   The markets for document management, publishing, and prepress systems are 
highly competitive. Xyvision competes with a number of companies, and other 
companies not currently in these markets may introduce competing products. 
Many existing and potential competitors have significantly greater financial, 
technical, and marketing resources than Xyvision. 

   Competition is usually based on: (i) price/performance, (ii) functionality 
differences, (iii) quality and extent of service and support, and (iv) the 
financial strength of the vendor. 

   In the market segment for document management and publishing applications 
for technical documentation, Xyvision principally competes with Documentum, 
Interleaf, Texcel, and XSoft, a division of Xerox. In the commercial 
publishing applications market segment, the Company's principal competitors 
are CCI Europe, Miles 33, and Quark. In the prepress applications market 
segment, the Company competes primarily with Barco/Disc, Dainippon Screen, 
Linotype-Hell, Wright Technologies, Scitex, and a wide variety of desktop 
packages from companies such as Quark and Adobe. 

                         MANUFACTURING AND SUPPLIERS 

   Xyvision's Contex family of prepress systems is based on workstations and 
operating systems from Silicon Graphics, Inc. The Company's document 
management and publishing product lines work with operating systems from Sun 
Microsystems, IBM (including IBM's power PC products) and Digital Equipment 
Corporation. A significant interruption in supply from these vendors would 
have a material adverse effect on the Company. 

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                                   BACKLOG 

   The Company believes that it is able to anticipate near-term demand for 
its products and ship products shortly after receipt of the order. 
Accordingly, the Company's backlog at any particular time is generally 
neither significant nor indicative of future sales levels. 

                      PATENTS, LICENSES, AND TRADEMARKS 

   The Company relies on copyright, patent, and trade secret laws to protect 
its technology. Management believes that because of rapid technological 
changes in professional publishing and color electronic design and prepress 
technologies, patent, trade secret, and copyright protection is not as 
significant to the Company's business as the technical and creative skills of 
its employees. 

   Xyvision, PackageMaker, RIP'n'Strip, SmarTrap, and RoboRIP are registered 
trademarks of the Company. The Company also uses the following trademarks; 
Xyvision Production Publisher, Parlance Document Manager, Contex, Contex 
Professional, Contex Prepress Partners, DotBox, and The Contex Object 
Library. 

   The Company has acquired non-exclusive licenses for certain software from 
several companies. These licenses permit the Company to grant sublicenses to 
its customers. Loss of the Company's rights to grant sublicenses to its 
customers on some of these software products could have a material adverse 
effect on the Company. 

                                  EMPLOYEES 

   As of March 31, 1996, the Company employed 155 persons, which included 44 
in research and development, 47 in sales and marketing, 46 in customer 
support, and 18 in finance and administration. 
    

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   Xyvision's products are primarily proprietary software and services. 
Software and services companies are commonly referred to as "intellectual 
property companies." As an intellectual property company, management believes 
that the future success of the Company will depend in large part on its 
ability to attract and retain qualified employees. Due to the competitive 
market for skilled software engineers and other employees in the greater 
Boston area, the Company from time to time experiences difficulty in hiring 
and retaining personel. The Company's employees are not represented by a 
labor union, and the Company has never suffered an interruption of business 
as a result of a labor dispute. The Company believes its employee relations 
are good. 

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   Properties 

   The Company's executive, administrative, research and development, and 
home office sales support facilities are located in Wakefield, Massachusetts. 
The Company occupies this facility under a lease which expires in February 
1998. 

   The Company also leases smaller sales and service facilities at other 
locations in the United States and abroad. 

   Legal Proceedings 

   There are no material legal proceedings to which the Company or any of its 
subsidiaries is a party of which any of their properties is subject. 

   Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders 

   No matters were submitted to a vote of the Company's security holders 
during the last quarter of the fiscal year ended March 31, 1996. 

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                      EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE COMPANY 

   The Executive Officers and Management of the Company are as follows: 
    

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<S>                  <C>       <C>
 Name                Age       Position 
Thomas H. Conway     57        President and Chief Executive Officer 
                               Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, 
Eugene P. Seneta     51         Treasurer and Secretary 
                               Senior Vice President and General Manager, 
Kevin J. Duffy       41         Xyvision PublishingGroup 
                               Senior Vice President and General Manager, 
Paul J. Woods        46         Contex Group 
                               Vice President, Customer Support and 
James G. Hickey      42         Managing Director, Europe 

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   Mr. Conway has served as Chief Executive Officer since joining the Company 
in August 1991 and also served as President from August 1991 to February 1994 
and since December 1995 . He is the President of the consulting firm T.H. 
Conway and Associates, Inc. For the past eleven years he has been assisting 
companies to remediate their operational and financial problems. Mr. Conway 
is a graduate of Harvard College and holds a Masters Degree from the Wharton 
School of Finance. 

   Mr. Seneta joined Xyvision in June 1990 as Manager of Contract 
Administration and was elected Treasurer and Secretary in February 1994. In 
December 1995 he was promoted to Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. 
From May 1991 to February 1994, he served as Corporate Controller. He holds a 
Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration from Grove City College and an 
M.B.A. from the Emory University Graduate School of Business. 

   Mr. Duffy joined Xyvision in June 1983 and was promoted to Senior Vice 
President and General Manager, Xyvision Publishing Group in December 1995. 
From April 1991 to December 1995 he served as Vice President, North American 
Sales. Immediately prior to this position, Mr. Duffy served as Director, 
Eastern Region Sales, a position he assumed in January 1990. Previously, he 
held a variety of sales, support, and marketing positions for the Company, 
including commercial sales manager, customer support manager, and pre-sales 
support manager. He holds a B.S. degree from Suffolk University. 

   Mr. Woods joined Xyvision in 1990 as Director Sales and Marketing, 
Xyvision Color Systems, and in 1993 he was promoted to Vice President, 
Americas. In December 1995 he was appointed Senior Vice President and General 
Manager, Contex Group. Previous to 1990, he had been a sales manager for 
Compugraphic, vice president for the North American field operations for 
Atex, a division of Eastman-Kodak, and national accounts manager at Scitex 
America. Mr. Woods holds a B.A. degree in Business Administration from Seton 
Hall University. 

   Mr. Hickey joined the Company in October 1987 and has served as Vice 
President of Customer Support since April 1991. In June 1992, he was given 
general management responsibility for Xyvision Publishing Systems activities 
in Europe. He spent his first two and a half years with Xyvision as aerospace 
market manager and director of product marketing. He holds a B.A. in 
Economics from Harvard College and an M.B.A. from the Stanford University 
Graduate School of Business. 

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                                   PART II 

   Market for the Registrant's Common Stock and Related Stockholder Matters 

   The Company's Common Stock is currently traded on the Nasdaq system under 
the symbol "XYVI". The price per share of the Company's Common Stock is 
reported on the OTC Bulletin Board over a level 2 or level 3 Nasdaq 
workstation and through the National Quotation Bureau Pink Sheets. 

   The following table sets forth the reported high and low sales prices for 
the Company's Common Stock for the periods indicated. 
    

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
<S>                     <C>    <C>
                         HIGH   LOW 
FISCAL 1995 
April 1 - June 30       $    .20 $   .19 
July 1 - September 30        .23     .20 
October 1 - December 31      .53     .25 
January 1 - March 31         .50     .50 

FISCAL 1996 
April 1 - June 30       $    .53 $   .50 
July 1 - September 30        .79     .47 
October 1 - December 31      .47     .41 
January 1 - March 31         .34     .22 
</TABLE>

   
   As of June 21, 1996, there were approximately 672 stockholders of record. 
No cash dividends have been paid on the Common Stock since Xyvision's 
formation. The Company does not expect to pay cash dividends on the Common 
Stock in the foreseeable future. 
    

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   Selected Financial Data 

   The following table summarizes certain selected financial data and should 
be read in conjunction with the financial statements and related notes 
appearing elsewhere in this report. 
    

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
<S>                                    <C>         <C>         <C>         <C>         <C>         <C>
                                         Fiscal    Year Ended 
                                             March 31,  March 31,  March 31,  March 31,  March 31, 
                                               1992    1993       1994        1995        1996 
INCOME STATEMENT DATA 
Revenues                               $ 22,695    $23,846     $23,865     $24,559     $22,414 
Gross margin                              7,609     10,626      11,907      12,045      10,170 
Operating expenses                       15,272     13,833      11,815      11,205      15,077 
Income (loss) from operations            (7,664    )          (3,206)         92     840  (4,907)    
Income (loss) before income taxes  and 
 extraordinary item                      (8,903    )          (4,079)       (479)        321  (5,707)    
Net income (loss) (1)                    (5,299    )           1,631     301     321    (5,707)    
Net income (loss) per share (1)        $      (.95 )         $      .24 $      .04 $      .03 $     (.66) 
Weighted average common and common 
 equivalent shares outstanding            5,566      6,908       8,224      10,033       8,726 
FINANCIAL POSITION 
Cash, cash equivalents and short-term 
  investments                          $    825    $   577     $   312     $   174     $   332 
Working capital (deficit)               (13,973    )          (4,115)     (8,961)     (3,200)     (6,751)    
Total assets                             15,536     12,846      12,505      13,137      10,281 
Long-term debt                            2,958      7,445       1,706       4,655       5,421 
Stockholders' deficit                  $ (9,521    )         $(7,295)    $(6,674)    $(4,116)    $(9,244)    
OTHER INFORMATION 
Research and development expenditures, 
  including capitalized software 
 costs                                 $  5,590    $ 4,041     $ 4,586     $ 4,410     $ 4,512 
</TABLE>

   
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   (1) Fiscal 1992 results include an extraordinary item for a gain of 
$3,604, or $.65 per share, from the exchange of Debentures for unsecured, 
unsubordinated promissory notes, and shares of common stock (also, see Note 9 
of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements). 

   Fiscal 1993 results include an extraordinary item for a gain of $5,709, or 
$.83 per share, from the exchange of Debentures for unsecured, unsubordinated 
promissory notes, and shares of common stock (also, see Note 9 of the Notes 
to Consolidated Financial Statements). 

   Fiscal 1994 results include an extraordinary item for a gain of $780, or 
$.10 per share, from the exchange of Debentures for unsecured, unsubordinated 
promissory notes, and shares of common stock (also, see Note 9 of the Notes 
to Consolidated Financial Statements). 

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   Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of 
Operations 

                            RESULTS OF OPERATIONS 

   Revenues increased 3% from $23,865,000 in fiscal 1994 to $24,559,000 in 
fiscal 1995 and decreased 9% from $24,559,000 in fiscal 1995 to $22,414,000 
in fiscal 1996. In fiscal 1995 systems revenues increased 5% from fiscal 
1994, due primarily to the increased volume from the Contex Prepress Systems 
European and Pacific Rim/Asia markets. In fiscal 1996 systems revenues 
decreased 17% from fiscal 1995 due primarily to reduced sales of Contex 
Prepress Systems in domestic markets. Service revenues decreased 1% from 
fiscal 1994 to fiscal 1995. This decrease was primarily due to reduced 
publishing maintenance from the Company's domestic markets. In fiscal 1996 
service revenues increased 6%. This increase was primarily due to increased 
international maintenance, training and integration service revenues in both 
the Contex and Publishing business groups. Customer concerns over the 
Company's financial condition have also had a negative impact on revenues. 

   Gross margins decreased from 50% of revenues in fiscal 1994 to 49% of 
revenues in fiscal 1995 and decreased further to 45% of revenues in fiscal 
1996. Systems margins decreased from 63% of revenues in fiscal 1994 to 58% of 
revenues in fiscal 1995 and decreased further to 55% of revenues in fiscal 
1995. The decrease in fiscal 1995 was the result of higher amortization of 
capitalized software development costs. The decrease in fiscal 1996 was the 
result of a combination of decreased operational efficiencies resulting from 
the need for senior management to focus on the restructuring effort and a 
higher content of hardware sales in the European markets for the Contex 
division. Service margins increased from 29% of revenues in fiscal 1994 to 
33% of revenues in fiscal 1995 and decreased to 32% of revenues in fiscal 
1996. The increase in service margins in fiscal 1995 was due to careful 
control of expenses. The decrease in service margins in fiscal 1996 was the 
result of a higher proportion of third party training and consulting 
expenses. 

   Research and development expenses, including capitalized software 
development costs, were $4,586,000, $4,410,000 and $4,512,00 for fiscal 1994, 
1995 and 1996, respectively. These amounts represented 19%, 18%, and 20% of 
revenues, respectively. Capitalized software costs were $1,389,000, 
$1,413,000 and $1,087,000 in fiscal 1994, 1995 and 1996, respectively. The 
decrease in research and development expenditures from fiscal 1994 to fiscal 
1995 was primarily due to the completion of major projects and cost control 
efforts. The increase in research and development expenditures from fiscal 
1995 to fiscal 1996 was mainly the result of increased headcount and its 
associated costs. Research and development costs, excluding capitalized 
software development costs, were 13%, 12% and 15% of revenues during fiscal 
1994, 1995 and 1996, respectively. 

   Marketing, general and administrative expenses decreased from $8,618,000 
(or 36% of revenues) in fiscal 1994 to $8,208,000 (or 33% of revenues) in 
fiscal 1995. Fiscal 1996 expenses increased to $11,152,000 (or 50% of 
revenues). The decrease from fiscal 1994 to fiscal 1995 was primarily a 
result of the Company's continuing cost awareness and containment efforts. 
During fiscal 1996 significant increases occurred in payroll, travel and 
trade show expenses, primarily in Europe, reflecting the Company's strategy 
to grow its international markets. The increase in fiscal 1996 expenses also 
reflects increases to the Company's bad debts allowances, primarily for the 
Contex business group. 

   During fiscal 1996, the Company incurred restructuring charges of 
$500,000. Included in the charge were approximately $385,000 of severance and 
employee benefits for the December 1995 workforce reduction, a $70,000 
write-off of equipment associated with the staff reduction and a write-down 
of $45,000 for capital assets not expected to contribute to future 
operations. 

   Interest income was $3,000, $9,000 and $7,000 in fiscal 1994, 1995 and 
1996, respectively. The low amount of interest income in each of the fiscal 
years was due to the Company's low level of cash available for investing. 
Interest expense from third parties was $256,000, $284,000 and $424,000 in 
fiscal 1994, 1995 and 1996, respectively. Interest expense from third parties 
includes the interest obligation on the Debentures and the quarterly interest 
payments on the 4% Promissory Notes. The increases in the interest expense 
were primarily due to the impact of the program to exchange 15% Promissory 
Notes for equity securities and 4% Promissory Notes (also, please see Note 9 
of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements). Interest expense related 
to the Company's credit line with a shareholder was $317,000, $244,000 and 
$384,000 in fiscal 1994, 1995 and 1996, respectively. 
    

   During fiscal 1994, the Company entered into exchange transactions with 
investors holding a total of $1,425,000 principal amount of Debentures. As a 
result of these transactions, the Company realized an extraordinary gain of 
$780,000, or $.10 per share. These Debentureholders exchanged their 
Debentures for (i) an unsecured, unsubordinated 

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promissory note of the Company, in a principal amount equal to 30% of the 
principal amount of the Debentures delivered for exchange, which bears 
interest (payable at maturity) at 15% per year (compounded annually and 
matures 30 months from issuance, and (ii) 107,095 shares of common stock of 
the Company per $1,000,000 principal amount of Debentures exchanged. 

   
   During fiscal 1995 and 1996, the Company entered into agreements to 
restructure an additional $30,000 and $25,000, respectively, of Debentures on 
substantially the same terms as those described above. The Company did not 
recognize an extraordinary gain on these transactions. As a result of the 15% 
Promissory Note exchange program described in Note 9 to the consolidated 
financial statements, the Company declared dividends of $35,000 and $86,000 
during fiscal 1995 and fiscal 1996, respectively, on the Series B Preferred 
Stock. 
    

   Net income allocable to common stockholders was $301,000 and $286,000 for 
fiscal 1994 and 1995, respectively. The Company recorded a net loss allocable 
to common stockholders of $5,793,000 for fiscal 1996. 

   The Company believes inflation has not had a material effect on its 
results of operations to date. 

   
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES 

   At March 31, 1996, the Company had cash and cash equivalents of $332,000, 
which is an increase of $158,000 from the previous fiscal year end. 
Approximately $981,000 of cash was used by operations and approximately 
$1,368,000 of cash was used in investing activities in fiscal 1996. The 
Company plans to continue its aggressive efforts of managing working capital. 

   In fiscal 1996 the Company invested $1,368,000 in capital assets, 
including $1,087,000 of capitalized software costs, reflecting the Company's 
continuing commitment to its product development programs. The Company 
anticipates it will continue to invest in capital assets as required to 
support its product development efforts and general business needs in future 
periods. 

   At March 31, 1996, the Company had a $4,000,000 line of credit with Tudor 
Trust, a shareholder in the Company. The line, which is payable on demand, is 
secured by substantially all of the assets of the Company and has been used 
for working capital and general business purposes. Interest on the line of 
credit is payable monthly. The line of credit is scheduled to expire on 
December 31, 1997. On March 31, 1996, $3,400,00 was outstanding under this 
credit line. 

   Late in fiscal 1996, management of the Company concluded that, due 
principally to the significant losses from operations in the third and fourth 
quarters of fiscal 1996 (which amounted to approximately $1.8 million and 
$2.5 million, respectively), the Company's $4,000,000 credit line would be 
insufficient to finance the Company's cash needs during the first quarter of 
fiscal 1997. Accordingly, after investigating a number of alternative sources 
of financing, the Company entered into an amendment to its line of credit 
agreement with Tudor Trust, effective as of May 31, 1996, pursuant to which 
(a) Tudor Trust agreed to (i) increase the maximum loan amount to $5,000,000, 
(ii) reduce the interest rate on the line of credit from 10% to 8% per annum, 
(iii) eliminate any borrowing covenants or conditions that would prevent the 
Company from accessing the full $5,000,000 of available credit, and (iv) 
eliminate the requirement for the issuance of additional warrants to Tudor 
Trust under the line of credit (which were issuable on a quarterly basis), 
and (b) in consideration therefor, the Company issued to Tudor Trust warrants 
for 10,000,000 shares of common stock of the Company at an exercise price of 
$.10 per share (representing the fair market value of the common stock of the 
Company as of the date of warrant issuance). In connection with this line of 
credit amendment, Tudor Trust exercised warrants for the purchase of 
2,092,500 shares of common stock of the Company, for an aggregate purchase 
price of $200,000. 

   At the beginning of fiscal 1992, the Company had outstanding $22,410,000 
of Debentures. This was a significant amount of debt for the Company and 
represented an annual cash interest payment obligation of $1,344,600. During 
fiscal 1992, the Company began a program to restructure its financial 
position, specifically, these Debentures. 

   Since March 10, 1992, the Company has consummated restructuring 
transactions with the holders of a total of $18,790,000 principal amount of 
Debentures. Substantially all of these transactions involved the exchange of 
outstanding Debentures for (i) an unsecured, unsubordinated promissory note 
of Xyvision in a principal amount equal to 30% of the principal amount of the 
Debentures delivered for exchange, bearing interest (payable at a maturity) 
at 15% per year (compounded annually) and maturing 30 months from issuance 
and (ii) 107,095 shares 
    

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of common stock of Xyvision per $1,000,000 principal amount of Debentures. As 
of June 28, 1996, a total of $3,620,000 principal amount of Debentures 
remained outstanding. Of such Debentures, the Company has identified the 
holders of $2,260,000 principal amount, leaving $1,360,000 principal amount 
of Debentures unidentified. 

   During the course of its attempts to restructure the Debentures and 
negotiate transactions with Debentureholders, the Company did not make the 
interest payment due on the Debentures on May 5 of 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, or 
1996. Under the terms of the Indenture covering the Debentures, the Trustee 
or the holders of not less than 25% of the then outstanding principal amount 
of Debentures have the right to accelerate the maturity date of the remaining 
Debentures. To date (June 28, 1996), such acceleration has neither occurred 
nor been threatened. 

   The Company continues to negotiate in good faith with as many of the 
remaining Debentureholders as possible. However, despite the progress that 
has been made, the Company can still give no assurance about the outcome of 
the Debenture restructuring efforts and does not expect the matter to be 
resolved in the near future. If the Company is unable to enter into 
restructuring transactions with the remaining Debentureholders, and such 
Debentureholders seek to pursue legal remedies against the Company, the 
Company may have to seek protection under applicable laws, including the 
Bankruptcy Code, while it develops, analyzes and completes alternative 
restructuring strategies. 

   In addition, as of June 28, 1996, the Company had issued promissory notes 
in an aggregate principal amount of $5,742,000 in connection with the 
Debenture exchange transactions described above, the interest on which 
accrues at a rate of 15% per year and is $2,346,000 payable at maturity. Such 
15% Promissory Notes in an aggregate principal amount of $4,542,000 were to 
mature on September 30, 1994, and the remainder of these 15% Promissory Notes 
were to mature at various dates between September 30, 1994 and February 28, 
1997. In order to relieve itself of the payment obligations on the Promissory 
Notes, in fiscal 1995 the Company began a program to restructure the 
Promissory Notes. To date, the Company has closed exchange transactions with 
15% Promissory Note holders of an aggregate principal amount of $5,634,000 
and accrued interest of $2,320,000 in which, in exchange for the delivery of 
a 15% Promissory Note (including all rights to receive any interest accrued 
thereon) for cancellation, the Company issued (i) a new Promissory Note that 
matures 30 months from the date of issuance and bears interest at 4% per 
annum, (ii) one share of common stock for each $10.00 of principal amount of 
15% Promissory Note delivered and (iii) one share of Series B Preferred Stock 
for each $10.00 of interest due on the 15% Promissory Note delivered. The 
Series B Preferred Stock accrues a cumulative dividend in the amount of $.40 
per share per annum, whether or not declared and has a liquidation reference 
of $12.50 per share, plus any dividends declared or accrued but unpaid. Each 
share of Series B Preferred Stock is convertible into two shares of common 
stock, subject to adjustment for certain events as defined in the Series B 
Preferred Stock Agreement. Additionally, holders of outstanding shares of 
Series B Preferred Stock are entitled to voting rights equivalent to the 
rights attributable to the whole shares of common stock into which the Series 
B Preferred are convertible. The exchange transactions were completed 
assuming a fair value of $10 per share of Series B Preferred Stock. At March 
31, 1996, 15% Promissory Notes in an aggregate principle amount of $239,000 
and accrued interest of $101,000 were overdue. As of June 28, 1996, 15% 
Promissory Notes in an aggregate principle amount of $60,000 and accrued 
interest of $26,000 were overdue. The Company may seek to restructure the 
remaining 15% Promissory Notes. 

   Tudor Trust and Saltzman Partners, both of whom are significant 
stockholders of the Company and own a significant portion of the outstanding 
Debentures and/or 4% Promissory Notes, have presented to the Company the 
following proposal relating to the exchange of Debentures and 4% Promissory 
Notes for common stock of the Company: they, along with certain other holders 
of the Debentures, would exchange their Debentures for such number of shares 
of common stock of the Company as is equal to the sum of the principal amount 
of the Debentures exchanged plus the accrued interest thereon, divided by 
$3.33; and they, along with certain other holders of the 4% Promissory Notes, 
would exchange their 4% Promissory Notes for such number of shares of common 
stock of the Company as is equal to the principal amount of the 4% Promissory 
Notes exchanged divided by $2.00 (any accrued but unpaid interest would be 
paid in cash at the time of such exchange). The consummation of the exchange 
transaction for the Debentures would be contingent upon the participation in 
such exchange by the holders of at least 50% of the principal amount of the 
outstanding Debentures; and the consummation of the exchange transaction for 
the 4% Promissory Notes would be contingent upon the participation in such 
exchange by the holders of at least 75% of the principal amount of the 
outstanding 4% Promissory Notes. Together, Tudor Trust and Saltzman Partners 
currently own approximately 40% of the principal amount of the outstanding 
Debentures and 

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46% of the principal amount of the outstanding 4% Promissory Notes. The Board 
of Directors of the Company has voted to accept the terms of the exchange 
proposal made by Tudor Trust and Saltzman Partners and to proceed with such 
exchange transactions, assuming the requisite number of holders of the 
Debentures and 4% Promissory Notes agree to the terms of such exchanges. 
While the Company believes that such exchange transactions would be very 
beneficial to the Company and its stockholders and would significantly 
improve the Company's balance sheet and liquidity position, there can be no 
assurance that such exchange transactions will be consummated. 

   The Company anticipates that its cash requirements for the first part of 
fiscal 1997 will be satisfied from its present cash balances, cash flow from 
existing operations, and its credit line, assuming the continued forbearance 
by the Debentureholders. Despite the progress made during the past fiscal 
year, the Company can give no assurance on the outcome of its debt 
restructuring efforts. The above uncertainties raise substantial doubt about 
the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. The financial 
statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recovery and 
classifications of recorded asset amounts or the amounts and classifications 
of liabilities that might be necessary should the Company be unable to 
continue as a going concern. 

   The Company's long term liquidity needs cannot reasonably be determined at 
this time principally because these needs are dependent, in a large part, 
upon the outcome of the Company's attempt to convert into equity its 
outstanding Debentures and 4% Promissory Notes and the ability of the Company 
to obtain financing to repay or otherwise restructure the remaining 
outstanding 15% Promissory Notes. While the Company remains confident about 
its future, it can give no assurance regarding the ultimate success of its 
strategy. 

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   Financial Statements and Supplementary Data 

                      REPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS 

                  TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND STOCKHOLDERS 
                              OF XYVISION, INC.: 

   We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Xyvision, 
Inc. as of March 31, 1996 and 1995, and the related consolidated statements 
of operations, changes in stockholders' deficit and cash flows for each of 
the three years in the period ended March 31, 1996. These financial 
statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our 
responsibility is to report on these 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 report. 

   The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that the 
Company will continue as a going concern. The Company has incurred a loss 
from operations in fiscal 1996 and has a working capital deficit and a 
stockholders' deficit at March 31, 1996 and 1995. On May 5, 1996, 1995, 1994, 
1993, and 1992, the Company elected not to make the interest payment that was 
due on its 6% Convertible Subordinated Debentures. Under the terms of the 
Indenture covering the debentures, the Trustee or the holders of not less 
than 25% of the outstanding principal amount of the debentures have the right 
to accelerate the maturity date of the remaining debentures. As of June 28, 
1996, no such acceleration had occurred. The Company's attainment of 
profitable operations and sufficient additional financing, as well as the 
continued forbearance of its Debentureholders, cannot be determined at this 
time. These uncertainties raise substantial doubt about the Company's ability 
to continue as a going concern. Management's actions in regard to these 
matters are described in Note 2. The financial statements do not include any 
adjustments relating to the recovery and classifications of recorded asset 
amounts or the amounts and classifications of liabilities that might be 
necessary should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern. 

   Because of the significance of the uncertainties referred to in the 
preceding paragraph, we are unable to express, and we do not express, an 
opinion on the consolidated financial statements referred to above. 

                                                     COOPERS & LYBRAND, L.L.P. 
Boston, Massachusetts 
June 28, 1996 

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                                XYVISION, INC. 
                         CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS 
                           MARCH 31, 1996 AND 1995 
    

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
<S>                                                        <C>            <C>
 ASSETS                                                        1996           1995 
Current assets: 
Cash  and cash equivalents                                 $    332,021   $    174,289 
Accounts receivable:  Trade, less allowance for doubtful 
 accounts of   $938,000 at March 31, 1996 and $711,000 in 
 1995                                                         5,888,849      7,860,775 
Inventories                                                     376,702        188,251 
Other current assets                                            756,040      1,173,339 
Total current assets                                          7,353,612      9,396,654 

 Property and equipment, net                                    724,089      1,217,799 
Other assets, net, principally capitalized software costs     2,203,003      2,522,159 
Total assets                                               $ 10,280,704   $ 13,136,612 

 LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIT 
Current liabilities: 
Note payable to shareholder                                $  3,400,000   $  1,100,000 
Current portion of long-term debt                             4,063,597      5,175,906 
Accounts payable and accrued expenses                         3,587,539      3,664,855 
Other current liabilities                                     3,053,408      2,656,157 
Total current liabilities                                    14,104,544     12,596,918 
Long-term debt                                                5,420,500      4,655,255 
Total liabilities                                            19,525,044     17,252,173 

 Commitments and contingencies                                       --             -- 

 Stockholders' deficit: 
Series preferred stock, $1.00 par value; 2,700,000 shares 
  authorized; no shares issued                                       --             -- 
Series B Preferred Stock, $1.00 par value: 300,000 shares 
  authorized; 222,943 issued in March, 1996 and 189,875 
   issued in March, 1995 (aggregate liquidation preference 
    of $2,373,438)                                              222,943        189,875 
Common stock, $.03 par value; 20,000,000 shares 
 authorized;  9,300,037 issued in 1996 and 9,218,962 
 issued in 1995                                                 279,001        276,569 
Additional paid-in capital                                   41,262,004     41,176,900 
Accumulated deficit                                         (49,599,009)   (43,806,103) 
                                                             (7,835,061)    (2,162,759) 
Less: Treasury stock, at cost; 477,865 shares in March, 
 1996 and  573,325 shares in March, 1995                      1,172,137      1,458,517 
Receivable from employee stock ownership plan                   237,142        494,285 
Total stockholders' deficit                                  (9,244,340)    (4,115,561) 
Total liabilities and stockholders' deficit                $ 10,280,704   $ 13,136,612 
</TABLE>

   
  The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial 
                                 statements. 

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                                XYVISION, INC. 
                    CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS 
              FOR THE YEARS ENDED MARCH 31, 1996, 1995, AND 1994 
    

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
<S>                                                 <C>            <C>           <C>
                                                         1996           1995          1994 
- --------------------------------------------------- -------------- ------------- ------------- 
Revenues:  Systems                                  $13,026,610    $15,674,312   $14,895,180 
 Service                                              9,386,903      8,884,796     8,969,855 
   Total revenues                                    22,413,513     24,559,108    23,865,035 

 Cost of sales:  Systems                              5,852,984      6,527,775     5,572,756 
 Service                                              6,390,728      5,986,263     6,385,063 
   Total cost of sales                               12,243,712     12,514,038    11,957,819 

 Gross margin                                        10,169,801     12,045,070    11,907,216 

 Expenses: 
 Research and development                             3,424,797      2,997,285     3,197,231 
 Marketing, general, and administrative              11,152,172      8,207,762     8,618,326 
 Restructuring charge                                   499,725             --            -- 
   Total operating expenses                          15,076,694     11,205,047    11,815,557 
Net income (loss) from operations                    (4,906,893)        840,023       91,659 
Other income (expense), net:  Interest income             7,312          9,193         2,848 
  Interest expense - third party                       (423,657)       (284,285)       (256,499)    
  Interest expense - shareholder                       (383,752)       (244,204)       (316,613)    
  Total other expense, net                             (800,097)       (519,296)       (570,264)    
Income (loss) before income taxes and 
  extraordinary item                                 (5,706,990)        320,727     (478,605)    
Provision for income taxes                                   --             --            -- 
Income (loss) before extraordinary item              (5,706,990)        320,727     (478,605)    
Extraordinary item: 
 Gain on exchange of convertible subordinated 
   debentures                                                --             --       779,574 
Net income (loss)                                    (5,706,990)        320,727      300,969 
Series B Preferred Stock Dividends                       85,916         34,903            -- 
Net income (loss) allocable to common 
 stockholders                                       $(5,792,906)    $   285,824  $   300,969 

 Income (loss) per share: 
 Income (loss) before extraordinary item            $         (.66) $          .03 $         (.06) 
 Extraordinary item                                          --             --              .10 
 Income (loss) per share                            $         (.66) $          .03 $          .04 

 Weighted average common and common equivalent 
  shares outstanding                                  8,725,829     10,032,930     8,224,189 
</TABLE>

  The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial 
                                 statements. 

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                                XYVISION, INC. 
                    CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS 
              FOR THE YEARS ENDED MARCH 31, 1996, 1995, AND 1994 
    

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
<S>                                                    <C>            <C>           <C>
                                                              1996        1995          1994 
- ------------------------------------------------------ -------------- ------------- ------------- 
Operations: Net income (loss)                          $(5,706,990)   $   320,727   $   300,969 
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash 
  provided from operating activities: 
Gain on exchange of convertible subordinated 
  debentures                                                    --             --      (779,574) 
Depreciation and amortization                            2,205,499      2,137,450     2,231,586 
Restructuring charge                                       499,725             --            -- 
Provision for losses on accounts receivable              2,015,768        505,554       963,803 
Loss on disposal of property and equipment                   6,310         20,030        61,733 
Operating assets and liabilities: 
 Accounts receivable                                       (43,842)    (1,393,112)   (1,275,876) 
 Retainage                                                      --        526,220       113,196 
 Inventories                                              (188,451)       (96,850)      152,506 
 Accounts payable and accrued expenses                    (595,387)       894,249      (696,822) 
 Other current liabilities                                 400,130       (577,608)      371,210 
 Other current assets                                      426,737       (570,109)     (147,415) 

Net cash provided from operations                         (980,501)     1,766,551     1,295,316 

Investments: 
Additions to property and equipment                       (280,098)      (368,982)     (640,176) 
Proceeds from sales of property and equipment                3,353            225        11,794 
Additions to customer support spares                        (3,864)        (1,358)           -- 
Capitalized software costs                              (1,086,960)    (1,412,911)   (1,388,884) 

 Net cash used by investments                           (1,367,569)    (1,783,026)   (2,017,266) 

 Financing: 
Proceeds from line of credit from a shareholder          3,900,000      1,800,000     2,900,000 
Repayment of line of credit to a shareholder            (1,600,000)    (2,100,000)   (2,700,000) 
Proceeds from issuance of common stock from treasury        33,350            186           331 
Dividends on preferred stock                               (82,557)       (15,967)           -- 
Payment on 15% promissory notes                             (2,134)       (62,836)           -- 
Loan payment from Employee Stock Ownership Plan            257,143        257,143       257,143 

 Net cash provided from (used by) financing              2,505,802       (121,474)      457,474 

 Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents      157,732       (137,949)     (264,476) 
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the 
 year                                                      174,289        312,238       576,714 
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year       $   332,021    $   174,289   $   312,238 
</TABLE>

   
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial 
                                 statements. 

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                                XYVISION, INC. 
         CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIT 
              FOR THE YEARS ENDED MARCH 31, 1994, 1995 AND 1996 
    

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
<S>                                       <C>         <C>        <C>           <C>             <C>            <C>            <C>
                                                                                                                 Receivable 
                                                                                                                    From 
                                                                                                                  Employee 
                                                                 Additional                                        Stock          
   Total 
                                            Preferred  Common      Paid-In     Accumulated       Treasury        Ownership    
   Stockholders' 
                                          Stock         Stock        Capital        Deficit          Stock    Plan                
     Deficit 
Balance, March 31, 1993                         --    $248,727   $39,325,087   $(44,392,896)   $(1,467,517)   $(1,008,571)   $   
   (7,295,170) 
Issuance of common stock with the 
 exchange of $1,425,000 of Convertible 
 Subordinated Debentures, 161,181 shares                 4,836        14,359                                                      
      19,195 
Issuance of common stock in accordance 
 with credit line agreement 300,000 
 shares                                                  9,000        34,750                                                      
      43,750 
Issuance of stock from treasury for 
 employment service awards, 2,400 shares                              (6,869)                        7,200                        
         331 
Payments on receivable from Employee 
 Stock Ownership Plan                                                                                         257,143             
     257,143 
- ----------------------------------------- ----------- ---------- ------------- --------------- -------------- -------------- 
   --------------- 
Net income                                                                          300,969                                       
     300,969 
Balance, March 31, 1994                        --      262,563    39,367,327    (44,091,927)    (1,460,317)   (751,428)          
   (6,673,782) 
Issuance of common stock with the 
 exchange of $30,000 of convertible 
 subordinated debentures, 3,213 shares                      96           639                                                      
         735 
Issuance of common stock with the 
 exchange of $4,636,500 of promissory 
 notes, 463,650 shares                                  13,910       101,673                                                      
     115,583 
- ----------------------------------------- ----------- ---------- ------------- --------------- -------------- -------------- 
   --------------- 
Issuance of Series B preferred stock with 
 the exchange of $4,636,500 of promissory 
 notes, 189,875 shares                    189,875                  1,708,875                                                      
   1,898,750 
Issuance of stock from treasury for 
 employment service awards, 600 shares                                (1,614)                        1,800                        
         186 
Payments on receivable from Employee 
 Stock Ownership Plan                                                                                         257,143             
     257,143 
Dividends on Series B preferred stock                                               (34,903)                                      
     (34,903) 
Net Income                                                                          320,727                                       
     320,727 
Balance, March 31, 1995                   189,875      276,569    41,176,900    (43,806,103)    (1,458,517)   (494,285)          
   (4,115,561) 
- ----------------------------------------- ----------- ---------- ------------- --------------- -------------- -------------- 
   --------------- 
Issuance of common stock with the 
 exchange of $25,000 of Convertible 
 Subordinated Debentures, 2,675 shares                      80         1,254                                                      
       1,334 
Issuance of common stock with the 
 exchange of $784,000 of Promissory 
 Notes, 78,400 shares                                    2,352        39,268                                                      
      41,620 
Issuance of Series B stock with the 
 exchange of $784,000 of Promissory 
 Notes, 33,068 shares                     33,068                     297,612                                                      
     330,680 
Issuance of stock from treasury for 
 employee stock options, 94,660 shares                              (250,974)                      283,980                        
      33,006 
Issuance of stock from treasury for 
 employment service awards, 800 shares                                (2,056)                        2,400                        
         344 
Payments on receivable from Employee 
 Stock Ownership Plan                                                                                         257,143             
     257,143 
Dividends on Series B Preferred Stock                                               (85,916)                                      
     (85,916) 
Net loss                                                                         (5,706,990)                                     
   (5,706,990) 
Balance, March 31, 1996                   $222,943    $279,001   $41,262,004   $(49,599,009)   $(1,172,137)   $(237,142)     $   
   (9,244,340) 
</TABLE>

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial 
                                 statements. 

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                  SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES 

   Nature of Business: Xyvision, Inc. (the "Company"), which operates in a 
single industry segment, designs and markets software for publishing, 
document management, color design, and prepress applications. 

   BASIS OF PRESENTATION: The consolidated financial statements include the 
accounts of Xyvision, Inc. and all its wholly-owned subsidiaries. All 
significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated. 

   CASH: Cash consists of bank deposits. 

   INVENTORIES: Inventories are stated at the lower of cost, determined under 
the first-in, first-out method, or market. 

   PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT: Property and equipment are stated at cost. Major 
renewals and improvements are capitalized while repair and maintenance 
charges are expensed when incurred. Depreciation and amortization are 
computed on a straight-line basis over the useful lives of the assets, except 
for leasehold improvements that are amortized over the lesser of the term of 
the lease or the estimated useful life of the related asset. When assets are 
sold or retired, their cost and related accumulated depreciation are removed 
from the accounts. Any gain or loss is included in income. 
The following lives are used to provide for depreciation and amortization: 
    

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
<S>                                           <C>
                                              LIVES IN YEARS 
- --------------------------------------------- ------------------ 
Design, test, and manufacturing equipment     2-5 
Office furniture and fixtures                 7 
Leasehold improvements                        2-10 
Purchased software                            5 
Delivery and service vehicles                 3 
</TABLE>

   
   REVENUE RECOGNITION: Revenues from equipment, software, and supplies are 
recognized upon shipment. Maintenance revenues are recognized over the 
contractual periods and noncontractual maintenance services are recognized as 
the services are provided. Revenues on major systems integration contracts 
are recognized on the percentage-of-completion method. Losses, if any, on 
such contracts are provided for at the time they become apparent. 

   SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT COSTS: Costs for research, design, and development of 
software for sale to others incurred prior to the achievement of 
"technological feasibility" are charged to expense. The Company capitalizes 
certain software costs in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting 
No. 86, "Accounting for costs of computer software to be sold, leased or 
otherwise marketed." The Company's policy is to amortize capitalized software 
costs by the greater of (a) the ratio that current gross revenues for a 
product bear to the total of current and anticipated future gross revenues 
for that product or (b) the straight-line method over the remaining estimated 
life of the product including the period being reported on. It is reasonably 
possible that those estimates of anticipate future gross revenues, the 
remaining estimated economic life of the product, or both will be reduced 
significantly in the near term. As a result, the carrying amount of the 
capitalized software costs may be reduced materially in the near term. 

   INCOME TAXES: The Company follows the provisions of Financial Accounting 
Standards Board Statement ("FAS") No. 109, "Accounting for Income Taxes." 
Income tax expense is based on reported earnings before income taxes. 
Deferred income taxes reflect the impact of temporary differences between the 
amount of assets and liabilities recognized for financial statement purposes 
and such amounts recognized for tax purposes. These deferred taxes are 
measured by applying currently enacted tax rates. Applicable tax credits are 
recognized as a reduction in the provision for income taxes in the year in 
which they are available. 
    

   WARRANTY COSTS: The Company warrants the majority of its products for 90 
days from the date of customer acceptance. Estimated warranty costs are 
provided at the time of sale. Warranty costs incurred by the Company have not 
been significant. 

   EARNINGS (LOSS) PER SHARE: Earnings (loss) per share is computed based on 
the weighted average number of common shares outstanding adjusted to include 
the dilutive effect of stock options and warrants. 

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   CONCENTRATION OF CREDIT RISK: Financial instruments that potentially 
subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist principally of 
trade receivables. 
Concentrations of credit risk with respect to trade receivables are due to 
the number of customers operating primarily in the electronic publishing 
industry, which includes commercial publishers, printers, and trade shops. 

   USE OF ESTIMATES: 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 revenues and expenses 
during the reporting period. The most significant estimates included in the 
financial statements are accounts receivable and sales allowances, as well as 
the amount of capitalized software costs. Actual results could differ from 
those estimates. 

                              FUTURE OPERATIONS 

   In fiscal 1992, the Company reduced its workforce and made other cost 
reductions to meet the realities of: (i) becoming a software and services 
oriented business and (ii) weak worldwide demand in its markets. In fiscal 
1993, the Company continued to adjust expenses due to these same factors. 

   At the beginning of fiscal 1992, the Company had outstanding $22,410,000 
of Debentures. This was a significant amount of debt for the Company and 
represented an annual cash interest payment obligation of $1,344,600. During 
fiscal 1992, the Company began a program to restructure its financial 
position, specifically, these Debentures. 

   Since March 10, 1992, the Company has consummated restructuring 
transactions with the holders of a total of $18,790,000 principal amount of 
Debentures. Substantially all of these transactions involved the exchange of 
outstanding Debentures for (i) an unsecured, unsubordinated promissory note 
of Xyvision in a principal amount equal to 30% of the principal amount of the 
Debentures delivered for exchange, bearing interest (payable at a maturity) 
at 15% per year (compounded annually) and maturing 30 months from issuance 
and (ii) 107,095 shares of common stock of Xyvision per $1,000,000 principal 
amount of Debentures. As of June 28, 1996, a total of $3,620,000 principal 
amount of Debentures remained outstanding. Of such Debentures, the Company 
has identified the holders of $2,260,000 principal amount, leaving $1,360,000 
principal amount of Debentures unidentified. 

   During the course of its attempts to restructure the Debentures and 
negotiate transactions with Debentureholders, the Company did not make the 
interest payment due on the Debentures on May 5 of 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, or 
1996. Under the terms of the Indenture covering the Debentures, the Trustee 
or the holders of not less than 25% of the then outstanding principal amount 
of Debentures have the right to accelerate the maturity date of the remaining 
Debentures. To date (June 28, 1996), such acceleration has neither occurred 
nor been threatened. 

   As described before, the Company continues to negotiate in good faith with 
as many of the remaining Debentureholders as possible. However, despite the 
progress that has been made, the Company can still give no assurance about 
the outcome of the Debenture restructuring efforts and does not expect the 
matter to be resolved in the near future. If the Company is unable to enter 
into restructuring transactions with the remaining Debentureholders, and such 
Debentureholders seek to pursue legal remedies against the Company, the 
Company may have to seek protection under applicable laws, including the 
Bankruptcy Code, while it develops, analyzes and completes alternative 
restructuring strategies. 

   In addition, as of June 28, 1996, the Company had issued promissory notes 
in an aggregate principal amount of $5,742,000 in connection with the 
Debenture exchange transactions described above, the interest on which 
accrues at a rate of 15% per year and is $2,346,000 payable at maturity. Such 
15% Promissory Notes in an aggregate principal amount of $4,542,000 were to 
mature on September 30, 1994, and the remainder of these 15% Promissory Notes 
were to mature at various dates between September 30, 1994 and February 28, 
1997. In order to relieve itself of the payment obligations on the Promissory 
Notes, in fiscal 1995 the Company began a program to restructure the 
Promissory Notes. To date, the Company has closed exchange transactions with 
15% Promissory Note holders of an aggregate principal amount of $5,634,000 
and accrued interest of $2,320,000 in which, in exchange for the delivery of 
a 15% Promissory Note (including all rights to receive any interest accrued 
thereon) for cancellation, the Company issued (i) a new Promissory Note that 
matures 30 months from the date of issuance and bears interest at 4% per 
annum, (ii) one share of common stock for each $10.00 of principal amount of 
15% 
    

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<PAGE>
   
Promissory Note delivered and (iii) one share of Series B Preferred Stock for 
each $10.00 of interest due on the 15% Promissory Note delivered. The Series 
B Preferred Stock accrues a cumulative dividend in the amount of $.40 per 
share per annum, whether or not declared and has a liquidation reference of 
$12.50 per share, plus any dividends declared or accrued but unpaid. Each 
share of Series B Preferred Stock is convertible into two shares of common 
stock, subject to adjustment for certain events as defined in the Series B 
Preferred Stock Agreement. Additionally, holders of outstanding shares of 
Series B Preferred Stock are entitled to voting rights equivalent to the 
rights attributable to the whole shares of common stock into which the Series 
B Preferred are convertible. The exchange transactions were completed 
assuming a fair value of $10 per share of Series B Preferred Stock. At March 
31, 1996, 15% Promissory Notes in an aggregate principle amount of $239,000 
and accrued interest of $101,000 were overdue. As of June 28, 1996, 15% 
Promissory Notes in an aggregate principle amount of $60,000 and accrued 
interest of $26,000 were overdue. The Company may seek to restructure the 
remaining 15% Promissory Notes. 

   Tudor Trust and Saltzman Partners, both of whom are significant 
stockholders of the Company and own a significant portion of the outstanding 
Debentures and/or 4% Promissory Notes, have presented to the Company the 
following proposal relating to the exchange of Debentures and 4% Promissory 
Notes for common stock of the Company: they, along with certain other holders 
of the Debentures, would exchange their Debentures for such number of shares 
of common stock of the Company as is equal to the sum of the principal amount 
of the Debentures exchanged plus the accrued interest thereon, divided by 
$3.33; and they, along with certain other holders of the 4% Promissory Notes, 
would exchange their 4% Promissory Notes for such number of shares of common 
stock of the Company as is equal to the principal amount of the 4% Promissory 
Notes exchanged divided by $2.00 (any accrued but unpaid interest would be 
paid in cash at the time of such exchange). The consummation of the exchange 
transaction for the Debentures would be contingent upon the participation in 
such exchange by the holders of at least 50% of the principal amount of the 
outstanding Debentures; and the consummation of the exchange transaction for 
the 4% Promissory Notes would be contingent upon the participation in such 
exchange by the holders of at least 75% of the principal amount of the 
outstanding 4% Promissory Notes. Together, Tudor Trust and Saltzman Partners 
currently own approximately 40% of the principal amount of the outstanding 
Debentures and 46% of the principal amount of the outstanding 4% Promissory 
Notes. The Board of Directors of the Company has voted to accept the terms of 
the exchange proposal made by Tudor Trust and Saltzman Partners and to 
proceed with such exchange transactions, assuming the requisite number of 
holders of the Debentures and 4% Promissory Notes agree to the terms of such 
exchanges. While the Company believes that such exchange transactions would 
be very beneficial to the Company and its stockholders and would 
significantly improve the Company's balance sheet and liquidity position, 
there can be no assurance that such exchange transactions will be 
consummated. 

   On June 30, 1992, the Company obtained a $2,000,000 line of credit with a 
current investor in the Company. The line, which is payable on demand, is 
secured by substantially all of the assets of the Company and has been used 
for working capital and general business purposes. Interest on the line of 
credit is payable monthly. The Company issued 400,000 shares of common stock 
and a common stock purchase warrant for 100,000 shares of common stock at an 
exercise price of $.50 per share to the investor for no additional 
consideration upon signing of the line of credit. In addition, as required by 
the line of credit, from September 30, 1992 through June 30, 1993, the 
Company granted the investor four additional common stock purchase warrants, 
each covering 100,000 shares of common stock. On September 28, 1993, the 
Company and the investor amended the line of credit. Under the terms of this 
amendment: (i) the amount available under the line of credit was increased 
from $2,000,000 to $2,500,000; (ii) the annual interest rate was reduced from 
13% to 10%; and (iii) the term of the line of credit was extended from June 
30, 1994 to June 30, 1995. In consideration of such changes, the Company: (i) 
reduced the exercise price of 200,000 and 100,000 common stock purchase 
warrants exercisable by the investor from $.50 and $.25 per share, 
respectively, to $.09 per share (the fair market value of the common stock on 
September 28, 1993); (ii) issued 200,000 shares of common stock and a warrant 
to purchase 300,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $.09 per 
share to the investor for no additional consideration; and (iii) agreed to 
grant the investor up to eight additional warrants, each covering 125,000 
shares of common stock at an exercise price at the lesser of the fair market 
value of the common stock on the date of issue or $1.00 per share. 

   On December 3, 1993, the Company and the investor entered into an 
additional amendment to the line of credit. Under the terms of this 
amendment, the amount available under the line of credit was increased to 
$3,000,000. In consideration of this change, the Company: (i) issued 100,000 
shares of common stock and a warrant to purchase 500,000 shares of common 
stock at fair market value of the common stock on December 3, 
    

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1993 and (ii) agreed to grant the investor up to seven additional common 
stock purchase warrants between December 31, 1993 and June 30, 1995, each 
covering 200,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price at the lesser of 
the fair market value of the common stock on the date of grant or $1.00 per 
share (these warrants are in lieu of the last seven of the warrants referred 
to in clause (iii) of the preceding paragraph). 

   
   On February 29, 1996, the Company and the investor entered into an 
additional amendment to the line of credit. Under the terms on this 
amendment, the amount available under the line of credit was increased to 
$4,000,000 and the term of the line of credit was extended to December 31, 
1997. In consideration of these changes, the Company granted the investor a 
common stock purchase warrant for 200,000 shares of common stock at an 
exercise price of $.10 per share (the fair market value of the common stock 
on the date of issuance of such warrant) and agreed to continue to grant the 
investor, for each fiscal quarter for which amounts are outstanding under the 
credit line, a common stock purchase warrant for 200,000 shares of common 
stock provided that the number of shares subject to the warrant shall be 
325,000 (rather than 200,000 shares in the event that the maximum amount of 
outstanding credit line advances on one or more dates during the quarter 
ending on the issue date of such warrant exceeds $3,000,000). The exercise 
price of the first five warrants (beginning with the warrant for the quarter 
ended September 30, 1995) will be at the lesser of the fair market value of 
the common stock on the date of the grant or $1.00 per share while the 
exercise price of the final five warrants will be the fair market value of 
the common stock on the date of the grant. 

   Late in fiscal 1996, management of the Company concluded that, due 
principally to the significant losses from operations in the third and fourth 
quarters of fiscal 1996 (which amounted to approximately $1.8 million and 
$2.5 million, respectively), the Company's $4,000,000 credit line would be 
insufficient to finance the Company's cash needs during the first quarter of 
fiscal 1997. Accordingly, after investigating a number of alternative sources 
of financing, the Company entered into an amendment to its line of credit 
agreement with Tudor Trust, effective as of May 31, 1996, pursuant to which 
(a) Tudor Trust agreed to (i) increase the maximum loan amount to $5,000,00, 
(ii) reduce the interest rate on the line of credit from 10% to 8% per annum, 
(iii) eliminate any borrowing covenants or conditions that would prevent the 
Company from accessing the full $5,000,000 of available credit, and (iv) 
eliminate the requirement for the issuance of additional warrants to Tudor 
Trust under the line of credit (which were issuable on a quarterly basis), 
and (b) in consideration therefor, the Company issued to Tudor Trust warrants 
for 10,000,000 shares of common stock of the Company at an exercise price of 
$.10 per share (respresenting the fair market value of the common stock of 
the Company as of the date of warrant issuance). In connection with this line 
of credit amendment, Tudor Trust exercised warrants for the purchase of 
2,092,500 shares of common stock of the Company, for an aggregate purchase 
price of $200,000. 

   As of March 31, 1996, the Company had $3,400,000 outstanding and $600,000 
available under the amended line of credit. As of June 28, 1996, the Company 
had $1,000,000 available under the amended line of credit. 

   The Company anticipates that its cash requirements for the first part of 
fiscal 1997 will be satisfied from its present cash balances, cash flow from 
existing operations, and its credit line, assuming the continued forbearance 
by the Debentureholders. Despite the progress made during the past fiscal 
year, the Company can give no assurance on the outcome of its debt 
restructuring efforts. The above uncertainties raise substantial doubt about 
the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. The financial 
statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recovery and 
classifications of recorded asset amounts or the amounts and classifications 
of liabilities that might be necessary should the Company be unable to 
continue as a going concern. 

   The Company's long term liquidity needs cannot reasonably be determined at 
this time principally because these needs are dependent, in a large part, 
upon the outcome of the Company's attempt to convert into equity its 
    

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outstanding Debentures and 4% Promissory Notes and the ability of the Company 
to obtain financing to repay or otherwise restructure the remaining 
outstanding 15% Promissory Notes. While the Company remains confident about 
its future, it can give no assurance regarding the ultimate success of its 
strategy. 

                             ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE 

   Trade receivables do not contain any material amounts collectible over a 
period in excess of one year. Retainage consists of receivables billed under 
retainage provisions of contracts and collectibility is not expected to 
extend over a period of one year. 

INVENTORIES 

   Inventory consists primarily of finished goods from third party vendors. 

                            PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT 

   Property and equipment consists of: 
    

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
<S>                                        <C>            <C>
                                                 March 31, 1996       March 31, 1995 
Design, test, and manufacturing equipment  $ 2,553,670    $ 4,864,898 
Office furniture and fixtures                1,171,997      1,197,041 
Leasehold improvements                       1,209,949      1,209,948 
Purchased software                             219,543        316,974 
Delivery and service vehicles                    9,333          9,333 
- ------------------------------------------ -------------- -------------- 
                                             5,164,492      7,598,194 
Accumulated depreciation and amortization   (4,440,403)         (6,380,395)        
- ------------------------------------------ -------------- -------------- 
                                           $   724,089    $ 1,217,799 
========================================== ============== ============== 
</TABLE>

   
   Depreciation and amortization expense for property and equipment for 
fiscal 1996, 1995, and 1994 was $777,000, $919,000 and $1,301,000, 
respectively. 

                                 OTHER ASSETS 

   Other assets consists of the following, which are presented net of any 
accumulated amortization: 
    

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
<S>                         <C>            <C>
                                 March 31, 1996      March 31, 1995 
                            -------------- -------------- 
Capitalized software costs  $1,944,626     $2,214,966 
Debenture issuance costs        47,703         57,448 
Other                          210,674        249,745 
                            $2,203,003     $2,522,159 
</TABLE>

   
   Capitalized software costs amortized and charged to expense were 
$1,357,000, $1,143,000, and $752,000 in fiscal 1996, 1995, and 1994, 
respectively. Capitalized software costs are presented net of accumulated 
amortization of $3,294,000 and $1,937,000 at March 31, 1996 and 1995, 
respectively. 

   Debenture issuance costs amortized and charged to expense were $10,000, 
$10,000, and $11,000, in fiscal 1996, 1995, and 1994, respectively. In 
addition, as a result of the exchange of Debentures in fiscal 1994 and 1993, 
related Debenture issuance costs of $27,000 were written off as a reduction 
to the extraordinary gain recognized in fiscal year 1994. The accumulated 
amortization of the Debenture issuance costs was $737,000 and $727,000 at 
March 31, 1996 and 1995, respectively. (See Note 9.) 

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                          OTHER CURRENT LIABILITIES 
    

   Other current liabilities consists of: 

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
<S>                             <C>            <C>
                                     March 31, 1996      March 31, 1995 
- ------------------------------- -------------- -------------- 
Deferred service revenue        $1,419,587     $1,107,493 
Interest payable on debentures   1,093,622        876,277 
Customer deposits                       --         34,000 
Other                              540,199        638,387 
                                $3,053,408     $2,656,157 
</TABLE>

   
                         NOTE PAYABLE TO SHAREHOLDER 

   On June 30, 1992, the Company obtained a $2,000,000 line of credit with a 
current investor in the Company. The line, which is payable on demand, is 
secured by substantially all of the assets of the Company and has been used 
for working capital and general business purposes. Interest on the line of 
credit is payable monthly. The Company issued 400,000 shares of common stock 
and a common stock purchase warrant for 100,000 shares of common stock at an 
exercise price of $.50 per share to the investor for no additional 
consideration upon signing of the line of credit. In addition, as required by 
the line of credit, from September 30, 1992 through June 30, 1993, the 
Company granted the investor four additional common stock purchase warrants, 
each covering 100,000 shares of common stock. On September 28, 1993, the 
Company and the investor amended the line of credit. Under the terms of this 
amendment: (i) the amount available under the line of credit was increased 
from $2,000,000 to $2,500,000; (ii) the annual interest rate was reduced from 
13% to 10%; and (iii) the term of the line of credit was extended from June 
30, 1994 to June 30, 1995. In consideration of such changes, the Company: (i) 
reduced the exercise price of 200,000 and 100,000 common stock purchase 
warrants exercisable by the investor from $.50 and $.25 per share, 
respectively, to $.09 per share (the fair market value of the common stock on 
September 28, 1993); (ii) issued 200,000 shares of common stock and a warrant 
to purchase 300,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $.09 per 
share to the investor for no additional consideration; and (iii) agreed to 
grant the investor up to eight additional warrants, each covering 125,000 
shares of common stock at an exercise price at the lesser of the fair market 
value of the common stock on the date of issue or $1.00 per share. 

   On December 3, 1993, the Company and the investor entered into an 
additional amendment to the line of credit. Under the terms of this 
amendment, the amount available under the line of credit was increased to 
$3,000,000. In consideration of this change, the Company: (i) issued 100,000 
shares of common stock and a warrant to purchase 500,000 shares of common 
stock at fair market value of the common stock on December 3, 1993 and (ii) 
agreed to grant the investor up to seven additional common stock purchase 
warrants between December 31, 1993 and June 30, 1995, each covering 200,000 
shares of common stock at an exercise price at the lesser of the fair market 
value of the common stock on the date of grant or $1.00 per share (these 
warrants are in lieu of the last seven of the warrants referred to in clause 
(iii) of the preceding paragraph). 

   On February 29, 1996, the Company and the investor entered into an 
additional amendment to the line of credit. Under the terms on this 
amendment, the amount available under the line of credit was increased to 
$4,000,000 and extending the term of the line of credit to December 31, 1997. 
In consideration of these changes, the Company granted the investor a common 
stock purchase warrant for 200,000 shares of common stock at an exercise 
price of $.10 per share (the fair market value of the common stock on the 
date of issuance of such warrant) and agreed to continue to grant the 
investor, for each fiscal quarter for which amounts are outstanding under the 
credit line, a common stock purchase warrant for 200,000 shares of common 
stock provided that the number of shares subject to the warrant shall be 
325,000 (rather than 200,000 shares in the event that the maximum amount of 
outstanding credit line advances on one or more dates during the quarter 
ending on the issue date of such warrant exceeds $3,000,000). The exercise 
price of the first five warrants (beginning with the warrant for the quarter 
ended September 30, 1995) will be at the lesser of the fair market value of 
the common stock on the date of the grant or $1.00 per share while the 
exercise price of the final five warrants will be the fair market value of 
the common stock on the date of the grant. 

   Late in fiscal 1996, management of the Company concluded that, due 
principally to the significant losses from 
    

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operations in the third and fourth quarters of fiscal 1996 (which amounted to 
approximately $1.8 million and $2.5 million, respectively), the Company's 
$4,000,000 credit line would be insufficient to finance the Company's cash 
needs during the first quarter of fiscal 1997. Accordingly, after 
investigating a number of alternative sources of financing, the Company 
entered into an amendment to its line of credit agreement with Tudor Trust, 
effective as of May 31, 1996, pursuant to which (a) Tudor Trust agreed to (i) 
increase the maximum loan amount to $5,000,00, (ii) reduce the interest rate 
on the line of credit from 10% to 8% per annum, (iii) eliminate any borrowing 
covenants or conditions that would prevent the Company from accessing the 
full $5,000,000 of available credit, and (iv) eliminate the requirement for 
the issuance of additional warrants to Tudor Trust under the line of credit 
(which were issuable on a quarterly basis), and (b) in consideration 
therefor, the Company issued to Tudor Trust warrants for 10,000,000 shares of 
common stock of the Company at an exercise price of $.10 per share 
(respresenting the fair market value of the common stock of the Company as of 
the date of warrant issuance). In connection with this line of credit 
amendment, Tudor Trust exercised warrants for the purchase of 2,092,500 
shares of common stock of the Company, for an aggregate purchase price of 
$200,000. 

   As of March 31, 1996, the Company had $3,400,000 outstanding and $600,000 
available under the amended line of credit. As of June 28, 1996, the Company 
had $1,000,000 available under the amended line of credit. 

                                LONG-TERM DEBT 
    

   Long-term debt consists of: 

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
<S>                                                   <C>          <C>
                                                           March 31, 
                                                            1996         March 31, 1995 
6% Convertible Subordinated Debentures                $3,710,000   $  3,735,000 
15% promissory notes, due fiscal 1995, 1996, and 
 1997                                                    353,597     1,459,661 
4% promissory notes, due fiscal 1998                   5,420,500     4,636,500 
                                                       9,484,097     9,831,161 
Less: Current portion of long-term debt                4,063,597     5,175,906 
                                                      $5,420,500   $ 4,655,255 
</TABLE>

   
   In May 1987, the Company issued $25,000,000 of 6% Convertible Subordinated 
Debentures (the "Debentures") convertible into common stock at a conversion 
price of $22.50 per share. Interest on the Debentures is payable annually (on 
May 5th) and the Debentures may be called by the Company under certain 
conditions. At the beginning of fiscal 1992, the Company had outstanding 
$22,410,000 of these Debentures. This was a significant amount of debt for 
the Company and represented an annual cash interest payment obligation of 
$1,344,600. During fiscal 1992, the Company began a program to restructure 
its financial position, specifically, these Debentures. 

   Since March 10, 1992, the Company has consummated restructuring 
transactions with the holders of a total of $18,790,000 principal amount of 
Debentures. Substantially all of these transactions involved the exchange of 
outstanding Debentures for (i) an unsecured, unsubordinated promissory note 
of Xyvision in a principal amount equal to 30% of the principal amount of the 
Debentures delivered for exchange, bearing interest (payable at a maturity) 
at 15% per year (compounded annually) and maturing 30 months from issuance 
and (ii) 107,095 shares of common stock of Xyvision per $1,000,000 principal 
amount of Debentures. As of June 28, 1996, a total of $3,620,000 principal 
amount of Debentures remained outstanding. Of such Debentures, the Company 
has identified the holders of $2,260,000 principal amount, leaving $1,360,000 
principal amount of Debentures unidentified. 

   During the course of its attempts to restructure the Debentures and 
negotiate transactions with Debentureholders, the Company did not make the 
interest payment due on the Debentures on May 5 of 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, or 
1996. Under the terms of the Indenture covering the Debentures, the Trustee 
or the holders of not less than 25% of the then outstanding principal amount 
of Debentures have the right to accelerate the maturity date of the remaining 
Debentures. To date (June 28, 1996), such acceleration has neither occurred 
nor been threatened. 

   The Company continues to negotiate in good faith with as many of the 
remaining Debentureholders as possible. However, despite the progress that 
has been made, the Company can still give no assurance about the outcome of 
the Debenture restructuring efforts and does not expect the matter to be 
resolved 
    

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in the near future. If the Company is unable to enter into restructuring 
transactions with the remaining Debentureholders, and such Debentureholders 
seek to pursue legal remedies against the Company, the Company may have to 
seek protection under applicable laws, including the Bankruptcy Code, while 
it develops, analyzes and completes alternative restructuring strategies. 

   In addition, as of June 28, 1996, the Company had issued promissory notes 
in an aggregate principal amount of $5,742,000 in connection with the 
Debenture exchange transactions described above, the interest on which 
accrues at a rate of 15% per year and is $2,346,000 payable at maturity. Such 
15% Promissory Notes in an aggregate principal amount of $4,542,000 were to 
mature on September 30, 1994, and the remainder of these 15% Promissory Notes 
were to mature at various dates between September 30, 1994 and December 30, 
1998. In order to relieve itself of the payment obligations on the Promissory 
Notes, in fiscal 1995 the Company began a program to restructure the 
Promissory Notes. To date, the Company has closed exchange transactions with 
15% Promissory Note holders of an aggregate principal amount of $5,634,000 
and accrued interest of $2,320,000 in which, in exchange for the delivery of 
a 15% Promissory Note (including all rights to receive any interest accrued 
thereon) for cancellation, the Company issued (i) a new Promissory Note that 
matures 30 months from the date of issuance and bears interest at 4% per 
annum, (ii) one share of common stock for each $10.00 of principal amount of 
15% Promissory Note delivered and (iii) one share of Series B Preferred Stock 
for each $10.00 of interest due on the 15% Promissory Note delivered. The 
Series B Preferred Stock accrues a cumulative dividend in the amount of $.40 
per share per annum, whether or not declared and has a liquidation reference 
of $12.50 per share, plus any dividends declared or accrued but unpaid. Each 
share of Series B Preferred Stock is convertible into two shares of common 
stock, subject to adjustment for certain events as defined in the Series B 
Preferred Stock Agreement. Additionally, holders of outstanding shares of 
Series B Preferred Stock are entitled to voting rights equivalent to the 
rights attributable to the whole shares of common stock into which the Series 
B Preferred are convertible. The exchange transactions were completed 
assuming a fair value of $10 per share of Series B Preferred Stock. At March 
31, 1996, 15% Promissory Notes in an aggregate principle amount of $239,000 
and accrued interest of $101,000 were overdue. As of June 28, 1996 15% 
Promissory Notes in an aggregate principle amount of $60,000 and accrued 
interest of $26,000 were overdue. The Company may seek to restructure the 
remaining 15% Promissory Notes. 

   Tudor Trust and Saltzman Partners, both of whom are significant 
stockholders of the Company and own a significant portion of the outstanding 
Debentures and/or 4% Promissory Notes, have presented to the Company the 
following proposal relating to the exchange of Debentures and 4% Promissory 
Notes for common stock of the Company: they, along with certain other holders 
of the Debentures, would exchange their Debentures for such number of shares 
of common stock of the Company as is equal to the sum of the principal amount 
of the Debentures exchanged plus the accrued interest thereon, divided by 
$3.33; and they, along with certain other holders of the 4% Promissory Notes, 
would exchange their 4% Promissory Notes for such number of shares of common 
stock of the Company as is equal to the principal amount of the 4% Promissory 
Notes exchanged divided by $2.00 (any accrued but unpaid interest would be 
paid in cash at the time of such exchange). The consummation of the exchange 
transaction for the Debentures would be contingent upon the participation in 
such exchange by the holders of at least 50% of the principal amount of the 
outstanding Debentures; and the consummation of the exchange transaction for 
the 4% Promissory Notes would be contingent upon the participation in such 
exchange by the holders of at least 75% of the principal amount of the 
outstanding 4% Promissory Notes. Together, Tudor Trust and Saltzman Partners 
currently own approximately 40% of the principal amount of the outstanding 
Debentures and 46% of the principal amount of the outstanding 4% Promissory 
Notes. The Board of Directors of the Company has voted to accept the terms of 
the exchange proposal made by Tudor Trust and Saltzman Partners and to 
proceed with such exchange transactions, assuming the requisite number of 
holders of the Debentures and 4% Promissory Notes agree to the terms of such 
exchanges. While the Company believes that such exchange transactions would 
be very beneficial to the Company and its stockholders and would 
significantly improve the Company's balance sheet and liquidity position, 
there can be no assurance that such exchange transactions will be 
consummated. 

   The Company anticipates that its cash requirements for the first part of 
fiscal 1997 will be satisfied from its present cash balances, cash flow from 
existing operations, and its credit line, assuming the continued forbearance 
by the Debentureholders. Despite the progress made during the past fiscal 
year, the Company can give no assurance 
    

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on the outcome of its debt restructuring efforts. The above uncertainties 
raise substantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going 
concern. The financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to 
the recovery and classifications of recorded asset amounts or the amounts and 
classifications of liabilities that might be necessary should the Company be 
unable to continue as a going concern. 

   The Company's long term liquidity needs cannot reasonably be determined at 
this time principally because these needs are dependent, in a large part, 
upon the outcome of the Company's attempt to convert into equity its 
outstanding Debentures and 4% Promissory Notes and the ability of the Company 
to obtain financing to repay or otherwise restructure the remaining 
outstanding 15% Promissory Notes. While the Company remains confident about 
its future, it can give no assurance regarding the ultimate success of its 
strategy. 

   Interest expense amounted to $807,000, $528,000, and $573,000, in fiscal 
1996, 1995, and 1994, respectively. 

                                 INCOME TAXES 

   For fiscal years 1996, 1995, and 1994 the Company was not required to 
provide for income taxes and had no effective income tax rate due to the 
utilization of net operating loss carryforwards. The Company was not required 
to make an alternative minimum tax payment in fiscal 1996. Payments of 
alternative minimum taxes amounted to $14,000 and $46,000 in fiscal 1995 and 
1994, respectively. 

   As of March 31, 1996, the Company had net operating loss carryforwards of 
$49,014,000 expiring at various dates through fiscal 2011, investment tax 
credits of $150,000 expiring at various dates through fiscal 2002, and 
research and development credits of $1,439,000 expiring at various dates 
through fiscal 2009. These items are available to reduce future income taxes 
payable. 

   Additionally, the Company has approximately $2,500,000 of net operating 
loss carryforwards for regular federal income tax and alternative minimum tax 
purposes from the acquisition of Contex Graphics Systems, Inc. These acquired 
net operating loss carryforwards, which expire in the year 2001, have 
limitations on their use pursuant to the United States Internal Revenue Code 
and are available only to offset income from that subsidiary. 

   As of March 31, 1996, 1995, and 1994 the Company's deferred tax assets of 
approximately $20,214,000, $18,343,000 and $18,440,000, respectively, 
consisted primarily of its net operating loss carryforwards. Management has 
assigned a valuation allowance to fully offset the future tax benefits of 
these deferred tax assets. 

   Under Federal tax laws, certain changes in ownership of the Company, which 
may not be within the Company's control, may restrict future utilization of 
these carryforwards. 

                       STOCK OPTION AND PURCHASE PLANS 

   Stock Option Plans 

   Under the Company's 1982 Stock Option Plan, options to purchase 1,647,057 
shares of the Company's Common Stock may be granted to key employees, 
consultants, and non-employee directors. Incentive stock options are granted 
at a price equal to the fair market value per share on the date of the grant 
and non-qualified stock options may be granted at not less than 85% of the 
fair market value per share on the date of the grant. Options granted on or 
after January 1, 1987 generally become exercisable at a rate of 20% per year 
over a five-year period with any shares issued upon exercise not being 
subject to repurchase by the Company. The 1982 Stock Option Plan expired on 
May 5, 1992. No options were granted under the 1982 Stock Option Plan after 
March 31, 1992. 

   At the Company's June 23, 1992 Board of Directors' Meeting, the Board 
approved a 1992 Stock Option Plan and an increase in the authorized number of 
shares of the Company's Common Stock from 10,000,000 to 15,000,000 shares. 
The terms of the 1992 Stock Option Plan are essentially the same as the 1982 
Stock Option Plan. At this time the maximum number of options that could be 
granted under the 1992 Stock Option Plan was 1,000,000 shares. The 1992 Stock 
Option Plan and the increase in authorized shares were both approved by the 
Company's shareholders at the Company's 1992 Annual Meeting of Stockholders 
held on October 21, 1992. 

   At the 1994 Annual Meeting of Stockholders on September 22, 1994, the 
stockholders of the Company approved an amendment to the Company's 1992 Stock 
Option Plan increasing the number of shares for which options may be granted 
from 1,000,000 to 2,000,000. 
    

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   The following sets forth certain information relating to the 1982 Stock 
Option Plan and the 1992 Stock Option Plan for the years ended March 31,1994, 
1995, and 1996: 
    

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
<S>                                    <C>         <C>
                                          SHARES          PRICE 
- -------------------------------------- ----------- --------------- 
Options outstanding at March 31, 1993  1,508,272       $0.31 -$13.75 
   Granted                                15,000           0.19 
   Cancelled                            (496,522)       0.19 - 6.75 
   Exercised                                  --             -- 
Options outstanding at March 31, 1994  1,026,750        0.19 -13.75 
   Granted                               297,500        0.19 - 0.53 
   Cancelled                             (98,633)       0.31 - 0.38 
   Exercised                                  --             -- 
Options outstanding at March 31, 1995  1,225,617        0.19 -13.75 
   Granted                               277,293     0.52 - 0.95 
   Cancelled                            (237,895)       0.19 -13.75 
   Exercised                             (94,660)      0.19 - 0.38 
Options outstanding at March 31, 1996  1,170,355   $ 0.19 -$5.00 
</TABLE>

   
  Options were exercisable for 729,095 and 683,308 shares of Common Stock at 
  March 31, 1995 and 1996, respectively. At March 31, 1995 and 1996, options 
      for the purchase of 1,074,594 and 979,906 shares of Common Stock, 
  respectively, were available for future grants under the 1992 Stock Option 
Plan. At March 31, 1996, there were 2,150,261 shares of Common Stock reserved 
                       for issuance under these Plans. 
   On October 21, 1992, the 1992 Director Stock Option Plan was approved by 
  stockholders of the Company. Under this Plan, options to purchase up to a 
 total of 150,000 shares of Common Stock may be granted to outside directors 
   of the Company. On March 31, 1993, an option for 20,000 shares of Common 
 Stock at an exercise price of $0.25 per share (the fair market value of the 
  Common Stock on the date of grant) was granted to each of the four outside 
 directors of the Company. Each outside director who is initially elected to 
  the Board of Directors after March 31, 1993 will also be granted an option 
  for 20,000 shares of Common Stock, at an exercise price equal to the fair 
  market value of the Common Stock on the date of grant. Each option becomes 
exercisable in five equal annual installments beginning on the date of grant, 
 provided that all outstanding options will become exercisable in full in the 
 event of a "change in control" of the Company (as defined in the Plan) which 
  is not approved by the Board of Directors. In general, an optionholder may 
exercise his option, to the extent vested, only while he is a director of the 
    Company and for up to three months thereafter. In connection with the 
 adoption of the 1992 Director Stock Option Plan, the Company terminated the 
    1989 Director Stock Option Plan. In addition, each of the four outside 
 directors who received options under the 1992 Director Stock Option Plan on 
 March 31, 1993 surrendered for cancellation the option held by him under the 
1989 Director Stock Option Plan. 
On January 8, 1990, the Board of Directors granted options to purchase 42,500 
shares of the Company's Common Stock to former officers of the Company. These 
  non-qualified stock options were granted outside the Company's 1982 Stock 
   Option Plan at an exercise price of $2.50 per share and are immediately 
    exercisable. At March 31, 1996, there were 42,500 shares reserved for 
                         issuance for these options. 

   Stock Purchase Plan 
    

   In 1990, the Board of Directors adopted and the stockholders approved the 
Company's 1990 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "1990 Purchase Plan"). The 
1990 Purchase Plan covers an aggregate of up to 420,000 shares of Common 
Stock to be issued and sold to participating employees of the Company through 
a series of six overlapping one-year offerings, commencing six months apart, 
beginning August 1, 1990 and ending January 31, 1994. The 1990 Purchase Plan 
was administered by the Compensation Committee and was intended to qualify as 
an "employee stock purchase plan" within the meaning of Section 423 of the 
Internal 

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Revenue Code. All employees who have been employed by the Company (or a 
qualifying subsidiary) for 30 days on the date an offering under the 1990 
Purchase Plan commences and who ordinarily work more than 20 hours per week 
and more than five months per year were eligible to participate in that 
offering. The price at which the shares were offered is 85% of the fair 
market value of the Common Stock on the date such offering commences or the 
date such offering terminates, which-ever is lower. Each employee could elect 
to have up to 10% of his base pay withheld and applied toward the purchase of 
shares in such offering. The 1990 Purchase Plan terminated January 31, 1994. 

                               RIGHTS AGREEMENT 

   In October 1988, the Company entered into a Rights Agreement and declared 
a dividend distribution of one Right for each share of the Common Stock of 
the Company outstanding on October 26, 1988. Each Right entitles the holder 
to purchase from the Company 1/100 of a share of $1.00 par value Series A 
Junior Participating Preferred Stock at an exercise price of $35.00 per 
Right, subject to adjustment. The Rights will not be exercisable or separable 
from the Common Stock until ten business days after a party acquires 
beneficial ownership of 20% or more of the Company's Common Stock or 
announces a tender offer for at least 30% of its Common Stock outstanding. 
Except for Saltzman Partners' and Tudor Trust's acquisition of 20% of the 
Company's Common Stock, which have been exempted by the Board of Directors 
from the Rights Agreement, the Company is not aware of the occurrence of any 
such events. The issuance of the Rights does not dilute ownership or affect 
reported earnings per share. 
    

PROFIT-SHARING AND SAVINGS PLANS 

   Employee Stock Ownership Plan 

   
   In fiscal 1990, the Company created the Xyvision, Inc. Employee Stock 
Ownership Plan and Trust (the "Trust") and entered into a Term Loan Agreement 
with the Trust whereby the Trust borrowed $1,800,000 from the Company and 
paid the proceeds to the Company to purchase 400,000 shares of the Company's 
Common Stock at $4.50 per share. The loan, with an interest rate of prime 
plus one-half of one percent, is to be repaid over seven years in equal 
annual installments of approximately $257,000. The Company is required to 
make equal annual contributions to the Trust in the amounts of the Trust's 
annual principal installments. The Company also makes monthly contributions 
to the Trust which uses such funds to pay monthly interest installments to 
the Company. The Plan covers substantially all employees and, as principal 
payments are made on the term loan, shares held by the Trust are allocated to 
eligible employees. Payments of approximately $257,000 were made to the Trust 
in each of the fiscal years 1996, 1995, and 1994, respectively, which the 
Trust applied against its loan to the Company. These payments caused an 
allocation to the eligible employees of 57,143 shares of the Company's Common 
Stock in each of fiscal 1996, 1995, and 1994. 

   The Company charged $257,000 per year to operations for contributions to 
this Trust in fiscal 1996, 1995, and 1994. 

   Savings Plan 

   The Company has a 401(k) Savings Plan under which employees may 
voluntarily defer a portion of their compensation and the Company matches a 
portion of the employee deferral. All employees employed within the United 
States with at least one year of continuous service are eligible for the 
Plan. Company contributions vest 100% immediately. The Company's 
contributions to this Plan and charges to expense amounted to $65,000, 
$58,000, and $56,000 in fiscal 1996, 1995, and 1994, respectively. 

COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES 

   Leases 

   At March 31, 1996, the Company was committed under operating leases, 
principally for building and office space. Certain leases require the payment 
of expenses under escalation clauses. The major facilities lease is for a two 
year term. 
    

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   Future minimum lease payments under all noncancelable leases as of March 
31, 1996 are as follows: 

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
<S>           <C>
 Fiscal Year 
- ------------- 
1997           1,136,000 
1998             959,000 
1999              95,000 
2000              95,000 
2001              95,000 
Thereafter       323,000 
  Total       $2,703,000 
</TABLE>

   
   Rental expense under all operating leases was approximately $1,200,000, 
$1,185,000, and $1,221,000 in fiscal 1996, 1995, and 1994, respectively. 

   Employment Agreements 
    

   The Company has entered into employment agreements with certain of its 
executive officers which provide for the payment to these executives of up to 
twelve months of compensation and the continuation of certain benefits if 
there is a change in control of the Company (as defined) or if employment is 
terminated without cause. The maximum contingent liability, at March 31, 
1996, under these agreements was approximately $300,000. 

   
   The Company has also instituted a severance benefit plan which covers 
substantially all employees. The agreement stipulates, in general, that in 
the event of a change in control of the Company (as defined), any employee 
terminated within twelve months of such event, without cause, would be 
entitled to receive a cash payment equal to his annual base compensation. The 
Board of Directors may declare by resolution that an event otherwise 
constituting a change in control per this agreement will not be considered a 
change in control. Therefore, it can not be reasonably estimated what the 
potential liability to the Company would be under this agreement. 
    

   Contingencies 

   
   The Company is party to several pending legal proceedings and claims. 
Although the outcome of such proceedings and claims cannot be determined with 
certainty, the Company's counsel and management are of the opinion that the 
final outcome should not have a material adverse effect on the Company's 
operations or financial position. 

                       MAJOR CUSTOMERS AND EXPORT SALES 

   No single customer accounted for more than 10% of revenues in fiscal 1996, 
1995, or 1994. 

   Export sales to unrelated customers outside of the United States for 
fiscal 1996, 1995, and 1994 were as follows: 
    

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
<S>             <C>           <C>           <C>
                    Fiscal 1996     Fiscal 1995 Fiscal 1994 
- --------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- 
Western Europe  $1,127,000    $1,221,000    $1,319,000 
Asia             1,337,000     1,043,000       396,000 
Australia          160,000       254,000       219,000 
 Total          $2,624,000    $2,518,000    $1,934,000 
</TABLE>

   
Related Parties 
    The Company has an agreement to pay consulting fees, which amounted to 
$194,000, $148,000, and $162,000 in fiscal 1996, 1995 and 1994, respectively, 
 to T.H. Conway and Associates, Inc. These amounts are in lieu of salary and 
    benefit payments to Mr. Conway. Mr. Conway, President, Chief Executive 
Officer and Director of the Company, is the President and owner of this firm. 
    

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   Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial 
Disclosure 

   Not Applicable. 

                                   PART III 

   Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant 

   Information required by this item (i) will be included in the table under 
the heading "Election of Directors" in the Company's definitive Proxy 
Statement for its 1996 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the "1996 Proxy 
Statement"), which table is incorporated herein by reference, and (ii) is 
included in Part I of this Annual Report on Form 10-K under the heading 
"Executive Officers of the Company." 

   Executive Compensation 

   Information required by this item will be included under the headings 
"Election of Directors -- Director Compensation; -- Executive Compensation"; 
and "Agreements with Senior Executives" in the 1996 Proxy Statement, which 
sections are incorporated herein by reference. 

   Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management 

   Information required by this item will be included under the heading 
"Beneficial Ownership of Common Stock" in the 1996 Proxy Statement, which 
section is incorporated herein by reference. 

   Certain Relationships and Related Transactions 

   Information required by this item will be included under the heading 
"Certain Transactions" and "Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider 
Participation" in the 1996 Proxy Statement, which section is incorporated 
herein by reference. 
    

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                                   PART IV 

   Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules, and Reports on Form 8-K 

   (1) Financial Statements 
    

   The following financial statements of Xyvision are included in Part II, 
Item 8. 

   
                                                                    PAGE(S) IN 
                                                                     FORM 10-K 
Report of Independent Accountants ......................................... 16 
Consolidated Balance Sheets--March 31, 1996 and 1995 ...................... 17 
Consolidated Statements of Operations 
 for the years ended March 31, 1996, 1995 and 1994 ........................ 18 
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows 
 for the years ended March 31, 1996, 1995 and 1994......................... 19 
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders' Deficit 
 for the years ended March 31, 1994, 1995 and 1996 ........................ 20 
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements ............................. 21-32 

   (2) Financial Statement Schedules 

   Financial statement schedules have been omitted because they are either 
not required, not applicable or because the required information has been 
included elsewhere in the financial statements or notes thereto. 

   Reports on Forms 8-K 

   No reports on Form 8-K were filed for the last quarter of the Company's 
fiscal year ended March 31, 1996. 

   Exhibits 

   The Exhibit Index appearing at the end of this document and immediately 
preceding the exhibits is incorporated by reference herein. 
    

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                                  SIGNATURES 
    

    PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES 
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, THE REGISTRANT HAS DULY CAUSED THIS REPORT TO BE SIGNED 
         ON ITS BEHALF BY THE UNDERSIGNED, THEREUNTO DULY AUTHORIZED. 

   
XYVISION, INC. 
                                    DATE: 
                                JUNE 28, 1996 
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
                               EUGENE P. SENETA 
       VICE PRESIDENT, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, TREASURER AND SECRETARY 

  PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, THIS 
    REPORT HAS BEEN SIGNED BELOW BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS ON BEHALF OF THE 
           REGISTRANT AND IN THE CAPACITIES ON THE DATE INDICATED. 
    

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<S>                      <C>                          <C>
 Signature               Title                          Date 
                         Vice President, Chief 
                         Financial Officer, Treasurer 
Eugene P. Seneta         and Secretary 
- ------------------------ 
Thomas H. Conway         Director                      June 28, 1996 
- ------------------------ 
Leland S. Kollmorgen     Director 
- ------------------------ 
James L. McKenney        Director 
- ------------------------ 
James S. Saltzman        Director 
- ------------------------ 
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                                XYVISION, INC. 
                        COMMISSION FILE NUMBER 0-14747 
                                  FORM 10-K 
                   FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED MARCH 31, 1996 
                              INDEX TO EXHIBITS 
    

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<S>              <C>                                                                                        <C>
 Exhibit Number                                          Description                                        Page 

- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
*3.1             - Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company 
+++3.2           - Certificate of Amendment No. 6 to Certificate of Incorporation of the Company 
+++3.3           - Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation 
                 - Certificate of Designation to Certificate of Incorporation of the Company designating 
+++3.4           Series B Preferred Stock 
******3.5        - Amended and Restated By-laws of the Company as amended 
                 - Indenture dated as of May 5, 1987 between the Company and Bankers Trust Company, as 
                 Trustee, regarding the Company's $25,000,000 principal amount of 6% Convertible 
***4.1           Subordinated Debentures Due 2002 
                 - Rights Agreement, dated as of October 19, 1988, between Xyvision, Inc. and the 
****4.2          Connecticut Bank and Trust Company, N.A. 
                 - Amendment No. 1, dated January 8, 1992, to Rights Agreement between Xyvision, Inc. and 
++4.3            Mellon Bank, N.A. (formerly Connecticut Bank and Trust Company, N.A.) 
                 - Amendment No. 2, dated September 16, 1992, to Rights Agreement between Xyvision, Inc. 
4.4              and Mellon Bank, N.A. (formerly Connecticut Bank and Trust Company, N.A.) 
                 - Amendment No. 3, dated January 2, 1996, to Rights Agreement between Xyvision, Inc. and 
4.5              Mellon Bank, N.A. (formerly Connecticut Bank and Trust Company, N.A.) 
0++10.1          - 1992 Stock Option Plan 
                 - Lease dated April 3, 1985 for the Company's premises at 101 Edgewater Drive, Wakefield, 
** 10.2          Massachusetts, between Edward Callan and the Company (the "Edgewater Lease") 
X 10.3           - Form of Lease Amendment No. 2 to the Edgewater Lease 
 10.4            - Form of Sublease Agreement to the Amended Edgewater Lease 
                 - Secured Advance Facility Loan Agreement between the Company and Tudor Trust dated July 
X 10.5           2, 1992, as amended to date 
                 - Second Amendment dated February 29, 1996, to the Amended Secured Advance Facility Loan 
 10.6            Agreement between the Company and Tudor Trust 
                 - Third Amendment dated May 31, 1996, to the Amended Secured Advance Facility Loan 
 10.7            Agreement between the Company and Tudor Trust 
0****** 10.8     - Severence Program for Executive Committee Corporate Officers 
0****** 10.9     - Employee Severence Benefit Program 
0******10.10     - Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust 
0*****10.11      - 1992 Director Stock Option Plan 
                 - Lease Termination Agreement dated April 25, 1991 for the Company's premises at 5 
+ 10.12          Centennial Park, Peabody, Massachusetts, between the Company and JMS Realty Trust 
XX 10.13         - Form of Exchange Agreement for 15% Promissory Notes 
0 10.14          - Letter Agreement effective October 1, 1993 between the Company and Thomas H. Conway 
+ 21.1           - List of Subsidiaries 
23.1             - Consent of Independent Accountants 

- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
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<S>        <C>
           Incorporated by reference from the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 
*          31, 1988. 
**         Incorporated by reference from the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 33-6015). 
           Incorporated by reference from the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 
***        31, 1987. 
****       Incorporated by reference from the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated October 19, 1988. 
*****      Incorporated by reference from the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 33-54018). 
           Incorporated by reference from the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 
******     31, 1990. 

                                XYVISION, INC. 
                        COMMISSION FILE NUMBER 0-14747 
                                  FORM 10-K 
                   FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED MARCH 31, 1996 
                          INDEX TO EXHIBITS (CONT'D) 

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 Exhibit 
 Number                                                  Description                                             Page 

- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
            Incorporated by reference from the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended 
+           March 31, 1991. 
            Incorporated by reference from the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended 
++          March 31, 1992. 
            Incorporated by reference from the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended 
+++         March 31, 1993. 
            Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement filed as an exhibit to this Form pursuant to 
0           Items 14(a) and 14(c) of Form 10-K. 
            Incorporated by reference from the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended 
X           March 31, 1994. 
            Incorporated by reference from the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter 
XX          ended September 30, 1994. 
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                      CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS 

   We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration 
statements of Xyvision, Inc. on Form S-8 (File Nos. 33-10405, 33-29485, 
33-29486, 33-36243, 33-41846, 33-54014 and 33-54018) of our report dated June 
9, 1995, which report disclaims an opinion on the consolidated financial 
statements of Xyvision, Inc. as of March 31, 1995 due to the uncertainties as 
to the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. 
                                                         /s/ Coopers & Lybrand 
                                                     COOPERS & LYBRAND, L.L.P. 
Boston, Massachusetts 
June 27, 1995 

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                   THIRD AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED 
                   SECURED ADVANCE FACILITY LOAN AGREEMENT 

   This THIRD AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED SECURED ADVANCE FACILITY 
LOAN AGREEMENT (the "Third Amendment") is entered into as of this 31st day of 
May, 1996 (the "Third Amendment Date") by and between XYVISION, INC., a 
Delaware corporation with its principal office at 101 Edgewater Drive, 
Wakefield, Massachusetts (the "Borrower"), and Jeffrey L. Neuman as trustee 
of the Tudor Trust u/d/t August 11, 1986, with an address of 450 North 
Roxbury Drive, 4th Floor, Beverly Hills, California 90210 (the "Lender"). 

   WHEREAS, the Borrower and the Lender are parties to an Amended and 
Restated Secured Advance Facility Loan Agreement dated September 28, 1993, as 
amended by the First Amendment thereto dated December 3, 1993 and the Second 
Amendment thereto dated February 29, 1996 (the "Agreement"); 

   WHEREAS, the Borrower and the Lender desire to amend the Agreement to 
provide for, among other things, (i) an increase in the loan amount to 
$5,000,000, (ii) a reduction in the interest rate from 10%to 8%, (iii) the 
issuance of additional warrants for Common Stock to the Lender by June 13, 
1996 in lieu of the additional warrants provided in the Agreement prior to 
this Amendment, and (iv) the elimination of certain borrowing covenants; and 

   WHEREAS, the parties hereto wish to amend the Agreement as hereinafter set 
forth: 

   NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and 
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, and with the specific intent to 
be bound hereby, the Borrower and the Lender hereby agree, and hereby agree 
to amend the Agreement, as follows: 
1.  Definitions. Each term in this Third Amendment not otherwise defined 
herein shall be deemed to have the same meaning ascribed to that term in the 
Agreement. 
2.  Borrowing Limit. Section 1.7 is hereby deleted in its entirety and the 
following is inserted in its place: 
"Exhibit 2.5 to the Agreement be and is hereby amended to delete Section C 
thereof." 
3.  Default. Section 1.8 of the Agreement is hereby amended by the addition 
of the following new paragraph (e): 
"(e) The failure of the Borrower to obtain stockholder approval of the 
Certificate of Amendment (as defined in Section 12 below), and to file such 
Certificate of Amendment with the Delaware Secretary of State, by October 15, 
1996 (unless such failure results from the failure of the Lender to vote in 
favor of such Certificate of Amendment)." 
4.  Loan Account. Section 1.18 of the Agreement is hereby deleted in its 
entirety and the following sentence is inserted in its place: 
"The account with Bear, Stearns & Co. at One Sansone Street, Suite 3900, San 
Francisco, California 94104 established by the Lender into which the Lender 
shall deposit a total of $5,000,000.00 in cash, to be held until advanced to 
the Borrower under this Agreement or - 2 - until the Lender is no longer 
obligated to make loans under this Agreement." 
5.  Maximum Loan Amount. Section 1.19 of the Agreement is hereby deleted in 
its entirety and the following is inserted in its place: 
"Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000)." 
6.  Permitted Indebtedness. Section 1.23 is hereby amended to delete the 
reference to Schedule 1.23 and insert in its place Second Amended Schedule 
1.23, a copy of which is attached hereto. 
7.  Secured Promissory Note. Section 1.25 of the Agreement is hereby deleted 
in its entirety and the 

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following sentence is inserted in its place: 
"The amended and restated secured promissory note in the amount of Five 
Million Dollars ($5,000,000) executed by the Borrower and delivered to the 
Lender on the Third Amendment Date." 
 8.  Security Agreement. Section 1.26 of the Agreement is hereby amended to 
delete the reference to Exhibit 4.1 and insert in its place Third Amended 
Exhibit 4.1, a copy of which is attached hereto. 
 9. Interest. Section 2.2 of the Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety 
and the following sentence is inserted in its place: 
"Amounts advanced to the Borrower by the Lender under this Agreement shall 
bear interest, payable as set forth in Section 3.2 of this Agreement, from 
the date of each such Advance on the unpaid principal balance thereof - 3 - 
until paid in full at a rate of thirteen percent (13%) per annum; provided, 
however, that from and after the Amendment Date, all of the unpaid principal 
balance outstanding from time to time shall bear interest at the rate of ten 
percent (10%) per annum provided, further, that from and after the Third 
Amendment Date, all of the unpaid principal balance outstanding from time to 
time shall bear interest at the rate of eight percent (8%) per annum." 
10.  Loan Account. The first sentence of Section 2.3 of the Agreement is 
hereby deleted in its entirety and the following sentence is inserted in its 
place: 
"The Lender shall deposit an additional $1,000,000 in the Loan Account (to 
the extent not already advanced to the Borrower) on the Third Amendment Date 
(for a total of $5,000,000), and shall make all Advances under the Agreement 
from such Loan Account as set forth herein." 
11.  Warrants. Section 3.5 of the Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety 
and the following is inserted in its place: 
"As further consideration for the Loan, the Borrower has issued to the Lender 
the following Warrants, each for the purchase of the following number of 
shares of Common Stock of the Borrower, upon the following dates and at the 
following purchase prices: 

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<S>            <C>                <C>              <C>
                    ISSUE DATE     NUMBER OF SHARES PRICE PER SHARE 
Warrant #1     September 28, 1993 100,000          $.09 per share 
Warrant #2     September 28, 1993 100,000          $.09 per share 
Warrant #3     September 28, 1993 100,000          $.09 per share 
Warrant #4     March 31, 1993     100,000          $.09 per share 
Warrant #5     June 30, 1993      100,000          $.09 per share 
Warrant #6     September 28, 1993 300,000          $.09 per share 
Warrant #7     September 30, 1993 125,000          $.09 per share 
Warrant 
 (unnumbered)  December 3, 1993   500,000          $.19 per share 
Warrant #8     December 31, 1993  200,000          $.22 per share 
Warrant #9     March 31, 1994     200,000          $.19 per share 
Warrant #10    June 30, 1994      200,000          $.20 per share 
Warrant #11    September 30, 1994 200,000          $.20 per share 
Warrant #12    December 31, 1994  200,000          $.50 per share 
Warrant #13    March 31, 1995     200,000          $.50 per share 
Warrant #14    June 30, 1995      200,000          $.53 per share 
Warrant #15    September 30, 1995 200,000          $.47 per share 
Warrant #16    December 31, 1995  325,000          $.41 per share 
Warrant #20    March 31, 1996     325,000          $.10 per share 
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   12.  Additional Facility Fee. As inducement for the Lender to enter into 
this Amendment, except as provided below, the Borrower shall issue to the 
Lender, upon execution of this Amendment, two Warrants for the purchase of 
6,725,000 shares and 3,275,000 shares, respectively, of Common Stock of the 
Borrower, at a purchase price equal to $.10 per share, substantially in the 
form 

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attached to this Amendment as Exhibit 3.5(D-1) and Exhibit 3.5(D-2), 
respectively. The Lender agrees that it shall not exercise, in whole or in 
part, any Warrants issued to it pursuant to the Agreement (excluding the 
Warrant attached hereto - 5 - as Exhibit 3.5(D-2) and the exercise provided 
for in Section 17 below) until after the date on which the Borrower files a 
Certificate of Amendment to its Certificate of Incorporation to increase the 
number of authorized shares of Common Stock to at least 30,000,000 (the 
"Certificate of Amendment"). The Borrower shall submit the Certificate of 
Amendment to its stockholders at its next Annual Meeting of Stockholders, 
shall recommend approval of such amendment to its stockholders, and shall 
file the Certificate of Amendment promptly upon receipt of the requisite 
stockholder approval. The Lender hereby agrees that if it elects to provide 
future credit to the Borrower beyond the $5,000,000 provided for herein 
(which it shall be under no obligation to do), it will not seek any further 
equity in the Borrower. 
13.  Secured Promissory Note. Section 7.1 is hereby amended to delete the 
reference to Amended Exhibit 7.1(A) and insert in its place Third Amended 
Exhibit 7.1(A), a copy of which is attached hereto. 
14.  Patents, Copyrights, etc. The first sentence of Section 9.11 is hereby 
amended to delete the reference to Amended Schedule 9.12 and insert in its 
place Third Amended Schedule 9.12, a copy of which is attached hereto. 
15.  Financial Covenant. Section 11.10 is hereby deleted in its entirety and 
the following is substituted in its place: 
"(Intentionally deleted)" 
16. Notices. Section 14.1 is hereby deleted in its entirety and the following 
is inserted in its place: Except as expressly provided herein, all notices 
required or permitted to be given hereunder shall be in writing and sent 
certified mail as follows: 
(a) To the Lender: 
Tudor Trust 
450 North Roxbury Drive, 4th Floor 
Beverly Hills, California 90210 
with a copy to: 
Robert L. Birnbaum, Esq. 
Foley, Hoag & Eliot 
One Post Office Square 
Boston, Massachusetts 02110 
and 
William D. Simon, Esq. 
Simon, Turnbull & Martin 
1299 Pennsylvania Avenue 
Washington, D.C. 20004-2400 
(b) To the Borrower: 
Xyvision, Inc. 
101 Edgewater Drive 
Wakefield, Massachusetts 01880 
with a copy to: 
Patrick J. Rondeau, Esq. 
Hale and Dorr 

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60 State Street 
Boston, Massachusetts 02109 
17. Exercise of Warrants. The Lender hereby irrevocably agrees to exercise a 
portion of its current Warrants or one of the Warrants issued pursuant to 
Section 11 having an aggregate exercise price of $200,000 on the date hereof 
(it being understood - 7 - that the Lender will exercise those Warrants with 
the lowest exercise price first). 
18.  The changes effected by this Amendment shall be deemed to take effect as 
of the close of business on May 31, 1996. 
19.  Except as amended hereby, the Agreement shall remain in full force and 
effect and is in all respects hereby ratified and affirmed. 
Witnessed: XYVISION, INC. 
/s/ Nancy Moore 
By: /s/ Eugene P. Seneta 
Title: Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, 
Treasurer and Secretary 
/s/ Jeffrey Neuman 
Jeffrey Neuman as trustee of 
the Tudor Trust u/d/t 
August 11, 1986 and not 
individually 

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                               AMENDMENT NO. 2 
                           DATED SEPTEMBER 16, 1992 
                                      TO 
                               RIGHTS AGREEMENT 
                                   BETWEEN 
                                XYVISION, INC. 
                              MELLON BANK, N.A. 
                         DATED AS OF OCTOBER 19, 1988 

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   This Amendment No. 2 is made as of the 16th day of September 1992 by 
Xyvision, Inc., a Delaware 
corporation (the "Company"), and Mellon Bank, M.A., as Rights AGent (the 
"Rights Agent"), to the Rights 
Agreement dated as of October 19, 1988 between the Company and the Rights 
Agent (the "Rights Agreement"). 

   Pursuant to Section 27 of the Rights Agreement, the Company and the Rights 
Agent hereby amend the Rights 
Agreement as follows: 

   1. Paragraph (a) of Section 1 is hereby amended by the addition of the 
following sentence at the end of such 
paraghraph: 
Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither Tudor Trust, nor any Affiliates or 
Associates of Tudor Trust, shall be considered an acquiring Person unless and 
until Tudor Trust, together with all Affiliates and Associates of Tudor 
Trust, shall be the Beneficial Owner of 35% or more of the shares of Comon 
Stock then outstanding. 

   2. Paragraph (y) of Section 1 is hereby amended by the addition of the 
following sentence at the end of such 
paragraph: 
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Section 11(a) (ii) Event shall not be deemed 
to have occurred pursuant to clause (B) of Section II (a) (ii) as a result of 
Tudor Trust, alone or together with its Affiliates and Associates, becoming 
the Beneficial Owner of 30% or more of the shares of Common Stock then 
outstanding unless and until Tudor Trust, along or together with its 
Affiliates and Associates, becomes the Beneficial Owner of 35% or more of the 
shares of common stock then outstanding (subject to the other provisions of 
said clause (B)). 

   IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be 
duly executed and their 
respective corporate seals to be hereunto affixed and attested, all as of the 
day and year first above written. 
Xyvision, Inc. 
By: /s/ Thomas H. Conway 

  Thomas H. Conway 
  President 
ATTEST: 
By: /s/ Daniel M. Clarke 

  Daniel M. Clarke 
  Secretary 
MELLON BANK, N.A. 
By: /s/ JA Livingston, as Agent 

ATTEST: 
By: /s/ Marilyn Spisak, as Agent 

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AMENDMENT 
Dated as of January 2, 1996, 
Effective as of November 14, 1995 
to 
RIGHTS AGREEMENT 
Between 
XYVISION, INC. 
and 
MELLON BANK, N.A. 
Dated as of October 19, 1988 

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   This Amendment is made as of the 2nd day of January, 1996 to be effective 
as of the 14th day of November, 1995 by Xyvision, Inc., a Delaware 
corporation (the "Company"), and Mellon Bank, M.A., as Rights Agent (as 
amended, the "Rights Agent"), to the Rights Agreement dated as of October 19, 
1988 between the Company and the Rights Agent (the "Rights Agreement"). 
WHEREAS:  The Board of Directors of the Company voted to amend the Rights 
Agreement at a meeting on December 19, 1991 to provide that James Saltzman 
shall not be deemed an "acquiring person" until he becomes the beneficial 
owner of 35%or more of the Company's outstanding shares of Common Stock and 
that a Section 11(a)(ii) Event shall not be deemed to occur until Mr. 
Saltzman becomes the beneficial owner of 35% or more of the Company's 
outstanding shares of Common Stock. 
WHEREAS:   The Board of Directors of the Company voted to further amend the 
Rights Agreement at a meeting on August 2, 1992 to provide that Tudor Trust 
shall not be deemed an "acquiring person" until it becomes the beneficial 
owner of 35% or more of the Company's outstanding shares of Common Stock and 
that a Section 11(a)(ii) Event shall not be deemed to occur until Tudor Trust 
becomes the beneficial owner of 35% or more of the Company's outstanding 
shares of Common Stock. 
WHEREAS:  The Board of Directors of the Company voted to further amend the 
Rights Agreement at a meeting on November 14, 1995 to provide that Tudor 
Trust shall not be deemed an "acquiring person" until it becomes the 
beneficial owner of 50%or more of the Company's outstanding shares of Common 
Stock and that a Section 11(a)(ii) Event shall not be deemed to occur until 
Tudor Trust becomes the beneficial owner of 50%or more of the Company's 
outstanding shares of Common Stock. 

   NOW, THEREFORE, pursuant to Section 27 of the Rights Agreement, the 
Company and the Rights Agent hereby amend the Rights Agreement as follows: 

   1. Paragraph (a) of Section 1 is hereby amended and restated in its 
entirety as follows: 
"Acquiring Person" shall mean any Person who or which, together with all 
Affiliates and Associates of such Person, shall be the Beneficial Owner of 
20% or more of the shares of Common Stock then outstanding, but shall not 
include the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan 
of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, or any Person or entity 
organized, appointed or established by the Company for or pursuant to the 
terms of any such plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither James 
Saltzman, nor any Affiliates or Associates of James Saltzman, shall be 
considered an Acquiring Person unless and until James Saltzman, together with 
all Affiliates and Associates of James Saltzman, shall be the Beneficial 
Owner of 35%or more of the shares of Common Stock then outstanding. 
Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither Tudor Trust, nor any Affiliates or 
Associates of Tudor Trust, shall be considered an Acquiring Person unless and 
until Tudor Trust, together with all Affiliates and Associates of Tudor 
Trust, shall be the Beneficial Owner of 50%or more of the shares of Common 
Stock then outstanding. 

   2. Paragraph (y) of Section 1 is hereby amended and restated in its 
entirety as follows: 
"Section 11(a)(ii) Event" shall mean any event described in Section 
11(a)(ii)(A), (B) or (C) hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Section 
11(a)(ii) Event shall not be deemed to have occurred pursuant to clause (B) 
of Section 11(a)(ii) as a result of James Saltzman, alone or together with 
his Affiliates and Associates, becoming the Beneficial Owner of 30%or more of 
the shares of Common Stock then outstanding unless and until James Saltzman, 
alone or together with his Affiliates and Associates, becomes the Beneficial 
Owner of 35% 

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   or more of the shares of Common Stock then outstanding (subject to the 
other provisions of said clause (B)). Notwithstanding the foregoing, a 
Section 11(a)(ii) Event shall not be deemed to have occurred pursuant to 
clause (B) of Section 11(a)(ii) as a result of Tudor Trust, alone or together 
with its Affiliates and Associates, becoming the Beneficial Owner of 30%or 
more of the shares of Common Stock then outstanding unless and until Tudor 
Trust, alone or together with its Affiliates and Associates, becomes the 
Beneficial Owner of 50%or more of the shares of Common Stock then outstanding 
(subject to the other provisions of said clause (B)). 

   IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be 
duly executed and their respective corporate seals to be hereunto affixed and 
attested, all as of the day and year first above written. 
XYVISION, INC. 
By: /s/ Thomas Conway 
Title: CEO 
ATTEST: 
By: /s/ Eugene P. Seneta 
Title: Secretary 
MELLON BANK, N.A. 
By: /s/ Tracie L. Vicki 
Title: Vice President 
ATTEST: 
By: 

    (print name and title) 

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                                   SUBLEASE 

                                    ARTICLE I 

                                  REFERENCE DATA 

   1.1 Subjects Referred To. 

   Each reference in this Sublease to any of the following subjects shall be 
construed to incorporate the data stated for that subject in this Section 
1.1: 

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<S>                         <C>
 Date of Sublease:          May 15, 1996. 

Sublandlord:                Xyvision, Inc., a Delaware corporation 

Sublandlord's Address:      101 Edgewater Drive Wakefield, Massachusetts 01880 

Subtenant:                  Boston Technology, Inc., a Delaware corporation 

Subtenant's Address:        100 Quannapowitt Parkway Wakefield, Massachusetts 01880 

Overlandlord:               Edward W. Callan, Trustee of EWC Realty Trust 

                            c/o Leggat McCall Properties Management, L.P. 401 Edgewater Drive Suite 
Overlandlord's Address:     120 Wakefield, Massachusetts 01880 

                            Lease dated April 3, 1985 between Overlandlord as landlord and Sublandlord 
                            as tenant, as amended by Amendment to Net Building Lease dated May 30, 
                            1986 between Overlandlord and Tenant and by Lease Amendment No. 2 dated 
                            October 27, 1992 between Overlandlord and Tenant (as amended, the 
Overlease:                  "Overlease"), a copy of which Overlease is attached hereto as Exhibit A. 

                            The land in Wakefield, Massachusetts, as more particularly described in 
Land:                       the Overlease. 

Building:                   101 Edgewater Drive Wakefield, Massachusetts 

Overleased Premises:        The Building and Land as more particularly described in the Overlease. 

                            That part of the Overleased Premises consisting of approximately 14,540 
                            square feet on the First Floor of the Building (the "First Floor") and 
                            approximately 15,649 square feet on the Second Floor of the Building (the 
Premises:                   "Second Floor"), all as shown on Exhibit B attached hereto. 

Rentable Floor Area of 
 Premises:                  30,189 Square Feet 

                            May 15, 1996 with respect to the part of the Premises on the First Floor, 
                            and with respect to the part of the Premises on the Second Floor the 
                            earlier of (a) such date that Subtenant completes wiring and cabling and 
                            occupies the part of the Premises located on the Second Floor for the 
                            Permitted Uses or (b) June 15, 1996. Upon request of Sublandlord, 
                            Subtenant agrees to execute and deliver to Sublandlord a written 
Commencement Date:          acknowledgment of the Commencement Date 

Term Expiration Date:       February 16, 1998 
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Monthly Fixed Rent:     $42,767.75 per month 

Free Rent:              As stated in Section 3.1 

Permitted Uses:         All uses permitted in the Overlease 

Expansion Offer:        As stated in Section 2.4 

1.2 Exhibits. 

The exhibits listed below in this section are incorporated in 
 this Sublease by reference and are to be construed as part of 
 this Sublease: 

EXHIBIT A               Overlease 

EXHIBIT B               Floor Plan of Premises 
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                                  ARTICLE II 

                                PREMISES AND TERM 

   2.1 Premises. Subject to and with the benefit of the provisions of this 
Sublease, Sublandlord hereby subleases the Premises to Subtenant, and 
Subtenant subleases the Premises from Sublandlord. 

   The Premises are subleased, and Subtenant accepts the Premises, in their 
condition "as is" on the Commencement Date, except that at Sublandlord's 
expense Sublandlord may remove from the Premises some of the full- height 
modular wall systems (approximately 20 feet by 20 feet), and Sublandlord 
shall install at its own expense doorways and wall systems to the Premises at 
the locations shown on the plans attached as Exhibit B. Upon request of 
Subtenant prior to the Commencement Date, Sublandlord will remove such 
additional modular wall systems as designated by Subtenant. Subtenant shall 
not make any alterations, changes or structural additions to the Premises 
except as provided herein and in the Overlease, which requires the 
Overlandlord's prior written approval to same. 

   Sublandlord further grants Subtenant the right to use, as appurtenant to 
the Premises and in common with Sublandlord, Overlandlord, and all others now 
or hereafter entitled thereto, (a) such lobbies, reception areas, hallways, 
stairways, elevators, shipping and receiving areas and common areas in the 
Building as are necessary for access to and from the Premises, (b) the 
restrooms on the First Floor and the Second Floor of the Building, (c) the 
cafeteria in the Building, (d) subject to prior notice to and confirmation of 
availability from Sublandlord, the board rooms on the Second Floor, and (e) 
reasonable employee and guest parking in the parking areas available to 
Sublandlord under the Overlease. In addition, Subtenant may contract directly 
with Executive Gourmet, Inc., or such successor company designated as the 
operator of the cafeteria, for catered luncheon service. 

   2.2 Term. To have and to hold beginning on the later to occur of (i) the 
Commencement Date and continuing until the Term Expiration Date (the "Term"). 

   2.3 Access Prior to Term. Subtenant shall be permitted to access the 
portion of the Premises located on the First Floor from and after April 29, 
1996 for the purpose of setting up Subtenant's wiring and cabling and 
retrofitting cubicles and nonstructural walls. After five days' prior notice 
to and confirmation from Sublandlord of its availability, Subtenant shall be 
permitted to access the portion of the Premises located on the Second Floor 
from and after May 15, 1996 for the purpose of setting up subtenant's wiring 
and cabling and retrofitting cubicles and nonstructural walls. 

   2.4 Expansion Right of First Offer. Subject to the terms and conditions 
hereof, Sublandlord hereby grants to Subtenant a right of first offer to 
Sublease (the "Offer Right") any portion of the Building leased by 
Sublandlord and which Sublandlord determines it will offer to Sublease to 
unaffiliated third parties (the "Offer Space"). The term of any sublease of 
Offer Space subleased pursuant to this Section 2.4 shall end on the last day 
of the Term of this Sublease with respect to the Premises. If Sublandlord 
desires to sublease the Offer Space, Sublandlord shall first send Subtenant 
notice of the specific same terms and conditions, including rent, upon which 
Sublandlord desires to sublease such Offer Space (the "Proposed Terms") which 
terms and conditions shall be the same terms and conditions, including rent 
per rentable square foot, as are contained in this Sublease, to the extent 
applicable to such Offer Space. Subtenant shall have fifteen (15) days 
subsequent to receipt by Subtenant of notice from Sublandlord that 
Sublandlord desires to lease the Offer Space (the "Offer Date") in which to 
exercise its option to sublease the Offer Space on the proposed Terms. 

   Within thirty (30) days of the Offer Date, Subtenant shall by notice to 
Sublandlord accept or reject the offer on the Proposed Terms. In the event 
Subtenant does not accept the offer on the Proposed Terms, Sublandlord shall 
be free to sublease such Offer Space to any third party without having to 
offer such space to Subtenant. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Subtenant's 
right to accept any offer hereunder and to sublease any Offer Space is 
subject to the additional conditions precedent that (a) prior to executing a 
sublease of such Offer Space (or amending this Sublease with respect thereto) 
Overlandlord and its mortgagee consent and agree to the sublease of such 
Offer Space by Subtenant, and (b) at the time Subtenant exercises its right 
to sublease any such Offer Space and at the time the sublease for any such 
Offer Space commences (i) Subtenant shall not be in default under this 
Sublease beyond applicable grace or cure periods, and (ii) Subtenant shall 
not have further sublet any part of the Premises or assigned this Sublease in 
violation of the provisions of Section 5.4 hereof. 

   The rights of Tenant under this Section 2.4 are expressly subordinate to, 
and shall not apply to, any extension, expansion, sublease, assignment or 
purchase rights granted to Sublandlord and other tenants of Overlandlord in 
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Building prior to the date hereof. This Agreement shall not apply to (i) the 
assignment, conveyance, pledge or mortgage of the Premises or Overlease, or 
(ii) to the foreclosure of or the granting of a deed in lieu of foreclosure 
of any such mortgage or pledge; nor shall the Overlease or Premises, if so 
sold, conveyed, foreclosed upon or conveyed by deed in lieu of foreclosure 
thereafter be subject to the rights of first offer granted in this Agreement. 

   Any person dealing with any part of the Premises leased by Sublandlord may 
without further inquiry rely upon a representation in a certificate of 
Sublandlord or its successors in interest to the Premises, this Sublease or 
the Overlease as to whether or not the provisions of Section 2.4 have been 
satisfied. Time is of the essence to this Section 2.4. 

                                 ARTICLE III 

                                       RENT 

   3.1 Monthly Fixed Rent. Subtenant shall pay Sublandlord the Monthly Fixed 
Rent in advance on the first calendar day of each month included in the Term; 
and for any portion of a calendar month at the beginning of or end of the 
Term, the corresponding fraction of the Monthly Fixed Rent in advance. There 
shall be no additional charge to Subtenant for real estate taxes or operating 
expenses, this Sublease being on a so-called "gross rent" basis, except with 
respect to electricity furnished to the Premises, which shall be paid by 
Subtenant pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.2 hereof. Notwithstanding 
the foregoing, provided Subtenant is not in default hereunder, (a) no Monthly 
Fixed Rent shall be due for any period prior to June 15, 1996 and (b) with 
respect to the space on the Second Floor current occupied by Energia Global, 
comprising approximately 3,300 rentable square feet, no Monthly Fixed Rent 
shall be due until the earlier of (i) the date upon which Energia Global 
vacates such space or (ii) August 15, 1996. Sublandlord shall use reasonable 
efforts to cause Energia Global to vacate the portion of the Premises 
occupied by it by August 15, 1996, but shall not be liable to Subtenant for 
Energia Global's failure to vacate by such date. 

   3.2 Operating Expenses. The Monthly Fixed Rent shall be deemed to include 
Sublandlord's costs for heating furnished to the Premises between the hours 
of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. Monday through Friday (excluding Sublandlord 
company holidays) during the regular heating season, real estate taxes, 
interior common area maintenance, vacuuming of rugs once per week and routine 
janitorial services, including the emptying of paper waste baskets and 
replacement of fluorescent light bulbs. The cost of heating and air 
conditioning requested during additional time periods and any other 
additional services provided for hereunder or requested by Subtenant shall be 
paid by Subtenant as additional rent. Subtenant shall also pay as additional 
rent all costs of electricity furnished to the Premises, which electricity 
use shall be measured by a check meter installed by Sublandlord at 
Subtenant's expense. Subtenant shall pay any amounts due as additional rent 
within 25 days of billing by Sublandlord. 

   3.3 Payment. All payments of Monthly Fixed Rent and additional rent shall 
be made to Sublandlord at Sublandlord's Address set forth in Section 1.1 or 
to such other address as Sublandlord may designate by notice to Subtenant 
from time to time. 

                                  ARTICLE IV 

                      SUBLANDLORD'S COVENANTS AND WARRANTIES 

   4.1 Sublandlord's Obligations. Sublandlord shall make reasonable efforts 
to cause Overlandlord to fulfill its obligations set forth in the Overlease 
with respect to the Premises. Sublandlord shall also insure that the 
following services are provided to the Premises: HVAC during business hours 
(Monday - Friday, 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM) and during non-business hours at rates 
established by Overlandlord from time to time; interior and exterior common 
area maintenance; rugs vacuumed at least once a week; waste baskets emptied 
nightly; and routine facilities maintenance including replacement of 
fluorescent light bulbs. Subtenant shall have the right to contract for the 
above services directly, at its own expense. 

   4.2. Overlease. The copy of the Overlease attached hereto as Exhibit A is 
true and accurate. Except as shown on Exhibit A, the Overlease has not been 
modified, amended or terminated and is in full force and effect. Sublandlord 
is not in default under the Sublease, nor has Sublandlord done or failed to 
do anything which with notice, the passage of time or both could ripen into a 
default. To Sublandlord's knowledge, Overlandlord is not in default under any 
of its obligations under the Overlease. 

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   4.3 Quiet Enjoyment. Upon payment of the rent and performance of and 
compliance with the covenants, terms and conditions upon Subtenant's part to 
be performed and complied with hereunder, Subtenant shall lawfully, 
peacefully and quietly have, hold, occupy and enjoy the Premises during the 
Term without hindrance or molestation by Sublandlord or any persons lawfully 
claiming by, through or under Sublandlord, subject to the terms and 
conditions of this Sublease and the Overlease. 

   4.4 Sublandlord's Plans. Sublandlord will provide Subtenant access to any 
existing drawings and plans which Sublandlord has on file, and Subtenant 
shall be permitted to make copies of such drawings and plans at Subtenant's 
sole cost and expense. 

   4.5 Furniture. Prior to the Commencement Date, Sublandlord will mark any 
furniture in the Premises which Sublandlord will make available to Subtenant 
for its use free of charge during the Term and Subtenant shall inform 
Sublandlord of any of such furniture which Subtenant does not elect to use in 
the Premises. All such furniture not elected for use by Subtenant shall be 
removed from the Premises by Sublandlord prior to the Commencement Date. Such 
furniture as Subtenant does not elect to have removed (the "Retained 
Furniture") may be purchased by Subtenant upon the expiration of this 
Sublease at a price equal to the fair market value of such Retained Furniture 
at the time of such Sublease expiration. All such Retained Furniture shall be 
made available in its "as is" condition without representation or warranty. 

   4.6 Employee Access. Employees of Subtenant whose regular place of 
employment is at the Premises shall be issued access cards keys enabling such 
employees to have access to the Premises 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. 
Subtenant shall provide Sublandlord with the information necessary for 
Sublandlord to issue such employee access card keys, and Subtenant shall pay 
$25.00 in advance for each card key so issued. Subtenant agrees to notify 
Sublandlord promptly of employee terminations and any access card keys 
reported as missing. Sublandlord agrees that unless security conditions 
warrant, card keys shall not be necessary for employee access to the main 
entrance to the Premises between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday 
through Friday, excluding Sublandlord company holidays. 

   4.7 Receptionist. Between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, 
excluding Sublandlord company holidays, Sublandlord's receptionist located at 
the main entrance to the Building shall be available to greet visitors to the 
Subtenant and direct such visitors to the Premises. 

   4.8 Mail, Courier Services; Post Office Box Rental. Subtenant agrees to 
arrange and pay for a post office box rental (the "Post Office Box") at the 
Wakefield post office. Sublandlord shall arrange for pick-up of the contents 
of such Post Office Box and delivery of same to the Premises on a daily 
basis, Monday through Friday, excluding Sublandlord company holidays. 
Subtenant may deliver outgoing mail with adequate postage affixed thereto to 
Sublandlord's mailroom in the Building, and Sublandlord shall deliver such 
mail with adequate postage to the Wakefield post office on a daily basis, 
Monday through Friday, excluding Sublandlord company holidays. 

   Sublandlord will notify personnel of Subtenant by telephone of any 
deliveries by third party courier services, such as Federal Express, to 
Sublandlord's shipping and receiving entrance for Subtenant or its personnel, 
provided however, Sublandlord shall not be obligated to sign or assume any 
liability for anything addressed to Subtenant or its personnel. Subtenant may 
arrange with third party courier services to pick up items at Sublandlord's 
shipping and receiving entrance during Sublandlord's regular shipping and 
receiving hours, which as of the date hereof are from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., 
Monday through Friday, excluding Sublandlord company holidays, but are 
subject to change. 

   All courier and mail service shall be at the sole cost and expense of 
Subtenant. Subtenant acknowledges and agrees that Sublandlord has agreed to 
provide the services as set forth in Sections 4.6 through 4.8 as an 
accommodation to Subtenant for Subtenant's convenience, and notwithstanding 
any provision of this Sublease or the Overlease, Sublandlord shall in no 
event be liable for any misdelivered or lost mail or courier items or any 
other failure to perform under said Sections 4.6 through 4.8. 

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                                  ARTICLE V 

                              SUBTENANT'S COVENANTS 

   Subtenant covenants during the Term and such further time as Subtenant 
occupies any part of the Premises: 

   5.1 Subtenant's Payments. Subtenant shall pay all Monthly Fixed Rent and 
additional rent when due. 

   5.2 Maintenance and Repair. Subtenant shall keep the Premises in good and 
clean order, repair and condition, excepting only reasonable wear and tear, 
damage by fire or other casualty and eminent domain takings and in compliance 
with the Overlease. Subtenant shall be responsible for arranging for all 
services and equipment for Subtenant's telephones, faxes, telecopiers, 
telexes, networking, computers and any other communications equipment and 
cabling. 

   5.3 Occupancy and Use. Subtenant shall not use the Premises for any uses 
other than the Permitted Uses, and shall not make any use of the Premises 
which is prohibited by any applicable law, ordinance, code, regulation, 
license, permit, variances or governmental order. 

   5.4 Assignment and Sub-letting. Subtenant shall not assign, transfer, 
mortgage or pledge this Sublease, or sublease (which term shall be deemed to 
include the granting of concessions and licenses and the like) all or any 
part of the Premises, or suffer or permit this Sublease or the leasehold 
estate hereby created or any other rights arising under this Sublease to be 
assigned, transferred or encumbered, in whole or in part, whether 
voluntarily, involuntarily or by operation of law, or permit the occupancy of 
the Premises by anyone other than Subtenant. Any attempted assignment, 
transfer, mortgage, pledge, sublease or encumbrance, except for said 
occupancy by any affiliate, shall be void. 

   5.5 Subtenant Election As To Janitorial Services. Upon at least 30 days 
prior notice to Sublandlord, Subtenant may elect to contract for its own 
janitorial services for the Premises. In the event Subtenant so elects, there 
shall be no reduction in rent on account of such election. 

   5.6 Insurance. Subtenant shall maintain in force during the Term, at 
Subtenant's expense, the insurance coverages in such amounts and with such 
companies as are required under the Overlease as set forth therein, including 
without limitation comprehensive general liability insurance, property and 
casualty insurance with respect to the Premises and all property of 
Subtenant. Subtenant shall deposit with Sublandlord certificates evidencing 
such insurance on or before the Commencement Date (or the day of any entry 
into the Premises by Subtenant if earlier than the Commencement Date). 

                                  ARTICLE VI 

                               CASUALTY AND TAKING 

   6.1 Termination of Overlease. In the event that during the Term, all or 
any part of the Premises, Overleased Premises, Building or Land are destroyed 
or damaged by fire or other casualty or taken by eminent domain, and either 
Sublandlord or Overlandlord terminates the Overlease pursuant to its terms 
because of such damage, destruction or taking, then this Sublease shall 
likewise terminate on the same date that the Overlease terminates. 
Sublandlord shall give Subtenant prompt notice of such termination and the 
date on which it shall occur. 

   6.2 Repair and Restoration. In the event any such damage, destruction or 
taking of the Premises occurs and this Sublease is not terminated pursuant to 
Section 6.1 above, then Sublandlord shall use best efforts to cause 
Overlandlord to repair and restore the Premises as required by the terms of 
the Overlease. A just proportion of the Monthly Fixed Rent and any additional 
rent hereunder shall be abated until Overlandlord shall have put the Premises 
or what may remain thereof into proper condition for use and occupancy, and 
in the case of a taking which permanently reduces the area of the Premises, a 
just proportion of such rent shall be abated for the remainder of the Term. 

   6.3 Reservation of Award. Any and all rights to receive awards made for 
damages to the Premises, Building or Land and the leasehold hereby created, 
or any one or more of them, accruing by reason of exercise of eminent domain 
or by reason of anything lawfully done in pursuance of public or other 
authority, are reserved to Sublandlord and Overlandlord. Subtenant hereby 
releases and assigns to Sublandlord and Overlandlord all Subtenant's rights 
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such award and covenants to deliver such further assignments and assurances 
thereof as Sublandlord or Overlandlord may from time to time request. 
However, Subtenant shall retain the right to pursue a separate award for 
relocation expenses and damages to its trade fixtures. 

                                 ARTICLE VII 

                                    OVERLEASE 

   7.1 Sublease Subject to Overlease. This Sublease is subject to the 
Overlease and subject to the consent of Overlandlord. All rights of 
Sublandlord under the Overlease with respect to renewals, extensions, 
expansions, options to lease or purchase, if any, shall continue to be vested 
solely in Sublandlord, shall not accrue to Subtenant, and Subtenant shall not 
have any rights with respect thereto. 

   7.2 Compliance with Overlease and Indemnity. Subtenant shall at all times 
comply with all regulations, restrictions and conditions applicable to 
Sublandlord as tenant under the Overlease. Subtenant agrees to indemnify and 
save harmless Sublandlord from and against any and all liability, damage, 
penalties, judgments, claims, actions, expenses and costs (including 
reasonable attorneys' fees) arising from injury to any person or property 
sustained by anyone in and about the Premises, Building and Land and by 
reason of any act or omission of Subtenant or its employees, officers, 
agents, contractors or invitees. 

   7.3 Overlandlord's Rights. Overlandlord shall have all rights with respect 
to the Premises which it has reserved to itself as landlord under the 
Overlease. 

   7.4 Termination of Overlease. In the event that Overlandlord terminates 
the Overlease pursuant to its terms or the Overlease otherwise terminates or 
expires, this Sublease shall likewise and simultaneously terminate. 

                                 ARTICLE VIII 

                                  MISCELLANEOUS 

   8.1 Notices from One Party to the Other. All notices required or permitted 
hereunder shall be in writing and addressed, if to the Subtenant, at 
Subtenant's Address or such other address as Subtenant shall have last 
designated by notice in writing to Sublandlord and, if to Sublandlord, at 
Sublandlord's Address or such other address as Sublandlord shall have last 
designated by notice in writing to Subtenant. Any notice shall be deemed duly 
given when mailed to such address postage prepaid, registered or certified 
mail, return receipt requested, or when delivered to such address by hand. 

   8.2 Estoppel Certificate. Upon not less than 20 days prior notice by the 
requesting party, either party shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the 
other a statement in writing, addressed to such person as the requesting 
party shall designate, certifying (a) that this Sublease is unmodified and in 
full force and effect (or if there have been modifications specifying the 
date and the nature thereof in reasonable detail), (b) the dates to which 
Monthly Fixed Rent and additional rent have been paid, and (c) that the 
requesting party is not in default hereunder (or, if in default, specifying 
the nature of such default in reasonable detail). Any such certificate may be 
relied upon by the person to which it is addressed as to the facts stated 
therein. 

   8.3 Brokerage. Subtenant and Sublandlord mutually represent and warrant 
that they have dealt with no broker in connection with this transaction 
except for Spaulding & Slye and Leggat, McCall/ Grubb & Ellis (the 
"Brokers"). Each agrees to defend, indemnify and save the other harmless from 
and against any and all cost, expense or liability for any compensation, 
commissions or charges claimed by any broker or agent other than the Brokers, 
with respect to the indemnifying party's dealings in connection with this 
Sublease. Sublandlord shall pay the commission due to the Brokers pursuant to 
a separate agreement. 

   8.4. Applicable Law and Construction. This Sublease shall be governed by 
and construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of 
Massachusetts. If any term, covenant, condition or provision of this Sublease 
or the application thereof to any person or circumstances shall be declared 
invalid or unenforceable by the final ruling of a court of competent 
jurisdiction having final review, the remaining terms, covenants, conditions 
and provisions of this Sublease and their application to persons or 
circumstances shall not be affected thereby and shall continue to be enforced 
and recognized as valid agreements of the parties. 

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   There are no oral or written agreements between Sublandlord and Subtenant 
affecting this Sublease. This Sublease may be amended, and the provisions 
hereof may be waived or modified, only by instruments in writing executed by 
Sublandlord and Subtenant. 

   The titles of the several Articles and Sections contained herein are for 
convenience only and shall not be considered in construing this Sublease. 

   Unless repugnant to the context, the words "Sublandlord" and "Subtenant" 
appearing in this Sublease shall be construed to mean those named above and 
their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successor and assigns, and 
those claiming through or under them respectively. If there be more than one 
tenant, the obligations imposed by this Sublease upon Subtenant shall be 
joint and several. 

   EXECUTED as a sealed instrument in two or more counterparts on the day and 
year first above written. 
Sublandlord: 
XYVISION, INC. 
By: /s/ Eugene P. Seneta 
Title: Vice President and CFO 
Subtenant: 
BOSTON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 
By: /s/ Del Wnorowski 
Title: Senior Vice President 

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                                  EXHIBIT B 

Premises: That part of the Overleased Premises consisting of aproximately 
14,540 square feet on the First Floor of the Building (the "First Floor") 
(text description as follows: the entire First Floor of the south wing of the 
Building excluding the cafeteria area, lobby, and restrooms) and 
approximately 15,649 square feet on the Second Floor of the Building (the 
"Second Floor") 
(text description as follows: the entire Second Floor of the south wing of 
the Building excluding the executive area, conference roofs, network and PBX 
room, lobby and restrooms) all as shown on Exhibit B atached hereto. 

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                   SECOND AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED 
                   SECURED ADVANCE FACILITY LOAN AGREEMENT 

   This SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED SECURED ADVANCE FACILITY 
LOAN AGREEMENT (the "Second Amendment") is entered into as of this 29th day 
of February, 1996 (the "Second Amendment Date") by and between XYVISION, 
INC., a Delaware corporation with its principal office at 101 Edgewater 
Drive, Wakefield, Massachusetts (the "Borrower"), and Jeffrey L. Neuman as 
trustee of the Tudor Trust u/d/t August 11, 1986, with an address of 233 
South Beverly Drive, Beverly Hills, California (the "Lender"). 

   WHEREAS, the Borrower and the Lender are parties to an Amended and 
Restated Secured Advance Facility Loan Agreement dated September 28, 1993, as 
amended by the First Amendment thereto dated December 3, 1993 (the 
"Agreement"); 

   WHEREAS, the Borrower and the Lender desire to amend the Agreement to 
provide for, among other things, (i) an increase in the loan amount to 
$4,000,000, (ii) an extension of the date on which Liabilities become due and 
payable to December 31, 1997 and (iii) the issuance of additional warrants 
for Common Stock to the Lender; and 

   WHEREAS, the parties hereto wish to amend the Agreement as hereinafter set 
forth: 

   NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and 
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledge, and with the specific intent to 
be bound hereby, the Borrower and the Lender hereby agree, and hereby agree 
to amend the Agreement, as follows: 
1. Definitions. Each term in this Second Amendment not otherwise defined 
herein shall be deemed to have the same meaning ascribed to that term in the 
Agreement. 
2. Borrowing Limit. Section 1.7 is hereby amended to delete the reference to 
fifty percent (50%) and insert in its place sixty-five percent (65%). A 
corresponding change is hereby made in the form of Borrowing Limit and 
Compliance Certificate attached to the Agreement as Exhibit 2.5. 
3. Loan Account. Section 1.18 of the Agreement is hereby deleted in its 
entirety and the following sentence is inserted in its place: 
"The account with Goldman, Sachs & Co. at 333 South Grand Avenue, Suite 1900, 
Los Angeles, California 90071 established by the Lender into which the Lender 
shall deposit a total of $4,000,000.00 in cash, to be held until advanced to 
the Borrower under this Agreement or until the Lender is no longer obligated 
to make loans under this Agreement." 
4. Maximum Loan Amount. Section 1.19 of the Agreement is hereby deleted in 
its entirety and the following sentence is inserted in its place: 
"The lesser of (i) the Borrowing Limit or (ii) Four Million Dollars 
($4,000,000)." 
5. Permitted Indebtedness. Section 1.23 is hereby amended to delete the 
reference to Schedule 1.23 and insert in its place Amended Schedule 1.23, a 
copy of which is attached hereto. 
6.  Secured Promissory Note. Section 1.25 of the Agreement is hereby deleted 
in its entirety and the following sentence is inserted in its place: 
"The amended and restated secured promissory note in the amount of Four 
Million Dollars ($4,000,000) executed by the Borrower and delivered to the 
Lender on the Second Amendment Date." 
7. Security Agreement. Section 1.26 of the Agreement is hereby amended to 
delete the reference to Exhibit 4.1 and insert in its place Second Amended 
Exhibit 4.1, a copy of which is attached hereto. 
8. Loan Account. The first sentence of Section 2.3 of the Agreement is hereby 
deleted in its entirety and the following sentence is inserted in its place: 
"The Lender shall deposit an additional $1,000,000 in the Loan Account on the 
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Date (for a total of $4,000,000), and shall make all Advances under the 
Agreement from such Loan Account as set forth herein." 
9. Scheduled Principal Payment. Section 3.1 of the Agreement is hereby 
amended to change "June 30, 1995", as it appears in the third line thereof, 
to "December 31, 1997." 
10. Warrants. Section 3.5 of the Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety 
and the following is inserted in its place: 
"As further consideration for the Loan, the Borrower shall issue to the 
Lender the following Warrants, each for the purchase of the following number 
of shares of Common Stock of the Borrower, upon the following dates and at 
the following purchase prices: 

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                   ISSUE DATE      NUMBER OF SHARES PRICE PER SHARE 
Warrant #1    September 28, 1993  100,000         $.09 per share 
Warrant #2    September 28, 1993  100,000         $.09 per share 
Warrant #3    September 28, 1993  100,000         $.09 per share 
Warrant #4    March 31, 1993      100,000         $.09 per share 
Warrant #5    June 30, 1993       100,000         $.11 per share 
Warrant #6    Amendment Date      300,000         $.09 per share 
Warrant #7    September 30, 1993  125,000         The lesser of fair market value or $1.00 per share 
Warrant #8    December 31, 1993   200,000         The lesser of fair market value or $1.00 per share 
Warrant #9    March 31, 1994      200,000         The lesser of fair market value or $1.00 per share 
Warrant #10   June 30, 1994       200,000         The lesser of fair market value or $1.00 per share 
Warrant #11   September 30, 1994  200,000         The lesser of fair market value or $1.00 per share 
Warrant #12   December 31, 1994   200,000         The lesser of fair market value or $1.00 per share 
Warrant #13   March 31, 1995      200,000         The lesser of fair market value or $1.00 per share 
Warrant #14   June 30, 1995       200,000         The lesser of fair market value or $1.00 per share 
Warrant #15   September 30, 1995 200,000*         The lesser of fair market value or $1.00 per share 
Warrant #16   December 31, 1995  200,000*         The lesser of fair market value or $1.00 per share 
Warrant #17   March 31, 1996     200,000*         The lesser of fair market value or $1.00 per share 
Warrant #18   June 30, 1996      200,000*         The lesser of fair market value or $1.00 per share 
Warrant #19   September 30, 1996 200,000*         The lesser of fair market value of $1.00 per share 
Warrant #20   December 31, 1996  200,000*         Fair market value 
Warrant #21   March 31, 1997     200,000*         Fair market value 
Warrant #22   June 30, 1997      200,000*         Fair market value 
Warrant #23   September 30, 1997 200,000*         Fair market value 
Warrant #24   December 31, 1997  200,000*         Fair market value 

* The number of shares subject to such Warrant shall be 325,000 shares (rather than 200,000 shares) 
 in the event that the maximum amount of outstanding Advances on one or more days during the quarter 
 ending on the issue date of such Warrant exceeds $3,000,000. 
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   Each Warrant shall be exercisable within a term of five years from the 
date of issuance; provided, however, that at the time the Borrower fully pays 
the amounts outstanding under this Agreement and the Secured Promissory Note 
and terminates the Lender's obligation to lend hereunder, any Warrants not 
yet issued shall not be issued and the obligation to issue such Warrants 
shall terminate and be null and void. Warrant Nos. 1, 2 and 3 shall be 
substantially in the form attached to the Agreement as Exhibit 3.5(A). 
Warrant No. 6 shall be substantially in the form attached to the Agreement as 
Exhibit 3.5(B). Warrant Nos. 7-24 shall be substantially in the form attached 
to the Agreement as Exhibit 3.5(C) except that the number of shares referred 
to therein shall be changed to the number indicated above with respect to 
Warrant Nos. 8-24. 
11.  Additional Facility Fee. Upon the execution of this Amendment, and as 
inducement for the Lender to enter into this Amendment, the Borrower shall 
issue to the Lender a Warrant for the purchase of 200,000 shares of Common 
Stock of the Borrower, at a purchase price equal to the fair market value of 
the Common Stock of the Borrower as of the date of execution of this 
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Warrant shall be exercisable within a term of five years from the date of 
issuance, and shall be substantially in the form attached to the Agreement as 
Exhibit 3.5(C) (except that the number of shares referred to therein shall be 
changed to 200,000). 
12.  Secured Promissory Note. Section 7.1 is hereby amended to delete the 
reference to Amended Exhibit 7.1(A) and insert in its place Second Amended 
Exhibit 7.1(A), a copy of which is attached hereto. 
13. No Default. Section 9.4 is hereby amended to delete the reference to 
Schedule 9.4 and insert in its place Amended Schedule 9.4, a copy of which is 
attached hereto. 
14. Patents, Copyrights, etc. The first sentence of Section 9.11 is hereby 
amended to delete the 
reference to Amended Schedule 9.12 and insert in its place Second Amended 
Schedule 9.12, a copy of which is attached hereto. 
15. Dividends. Section 11.1 of the Agreement is hereby deleted in its 
entirety and the following sentence is inserted in its place: 
"The Borrower will pay no dividends either in cash or kind on any class of 
its capital stock nor make any distribution (other than in kind) on account 
of its stock, nor redeem, repurchase or otherwise acquire directly or 
indirectly any of its stock; provided that the Borrower shall be entitled to 
pay, to the extent permitted by the applicable provisions of the Delaware 
General Corporation Law, the dividends to which the holders of the 
outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock are entitled in accordance 
with the terms of the Borrower's Certificate of Incorporation, as amended to 
date." 
16. Financial Covenant. Section 11.10 is hereby amended to delete the 
reference to "twice" and insert in its place "1.538 times". 
17. Notices. Section 14.1 is hereby deleted in its entirety and the following 
is inserted in its place: 
Except as expressly provided herein, all notices required or permitted to be 
given hereunder shall be in writing and sent certified mail as follows: 
(a)  To the Lender: 
Tudor Trust 
450 N. Roxbury Drive, 4th Floor 
Beverly Hills, California 90210 
with a copy to: 
Robert L. Birnbaum, Esq. 
Foley, Hoag & Eliot 
One Post Office Square 
Boston, Massachusetts 02110 
(b)  To the Borrower: 
Xyvision, Inc. 
101 Edgewater Drive 
Wakefield, Massachusetts 01880 
with a copy to: 
Patrick J. Rondeau, Esq. 
Hale and Dorr 
60 State Street 
Boston, Massachusetts 02109 
18.  The changes effected by this Amendment shall be deemed to take effect as 
of the close of business on June 30, 1995. 

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19. Except as amended hereby, the Agreement shall remain in full force and 
effect and is in all respects hereby ratified and affirmed. 
Witnessed: XYVISION, INC. 
/s/ Nancy MooreBy: /s/ Thomas H. Conway 
Jeffrey Neuman as trustee of 
the Tudor Trust u/d/t 
August 11, 1986 and not individually 

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                             CONSENT TO SUBLEASE 

   THIS CONSENT TO SUBLEASE ("Consent") dated as of May 15, 1996, is made 
with reference that certain Sublease dated May 15, 1996, (the "Sublease") by 
and between Xyvision, Inc., a Delaware corporation having an address of 101 
Edgewater Drive, Wakefield, MA 01880 ("Sublandlord"), and Boston Technology, 
Inc., a Delaware corporation having an address of 100 Quannapowitt Parkway, 
Wakefield, MA 01880 ("Subtenant"), and is entered into by and amount Edward 
W. Callan, Trustee of EWC Realty Trust ("Overlandlord"), Sublandlord, and 
Subtenant, with reference to the following facts: 
A. Overlandlord and Sublandlord are the parties to that certain lease dated 
as of April 3, 1995 as amended by Amendment to Net Building Lease dated May 
30, 1986 and by Lease Amendment No. 2 dated October 27, 1992 (collectively 
referred to as the Overlease"); 
B. Sublandlord and Subtenant wish to enter into the Sublease; 
C. The Overlease provides, inter alia, that Sublandlord may not enter into 
any sublease without Overlandlord's prior written approval; and 
D. Sublandlord and Subtenant have presented the fully executed Sublease (a 
true copy of which is attached hereto) to Overlandlord for Overlandlord's 
approval. 

   NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and 
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows: 
1. Overlandlord hereby consents to the Sublease upon the terms and conditions 
set forth in the General Conditions to Consent of Sublease attached hereto 
and made an integral part hereof. 
2. Sublandlord and Subtenant hereby acknowledge receipt of the General 
Conditions to Consent of Sublease and further acknowledge that Overlandlord's 
consent is subject to such General Conditions, and that in the event of a 
conflict between the General Conditions and the Overlease or Sublease, the 
General Conditions shall control. 

   EXECUTED under seal as of the date first written above. 
Overlandlord:Sublandlord: 
EDWARD W. CALLAN, TRUSTEEXYVISION, INC. 
OF EWC REALTY TRUST 
 BY: BY: /S/ EUGENE P. SENETA 
LTS:  LTS: VICE PRESIDENT AND CFO 
HEREUNTO DULY AUTHORIZEDHEREUNTO DULY AUTHORIZED 
SUBTENANT: 
BOSTON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 
   BY: /S/ DEL WNOROWSKI 
 LTS; SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT 
    HEREUNTO DULY AUTHORIZED 

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                  GENERAL CONDITIONS OF CONSENT TO SUBLEASE 

   The following terms and conditions are an integral part of the foregoing 
Consent to Sublease. 
1. Neither the Overlease, the Sublease nor this Consent shall be deemed, nor 
such documents intended, to grant to Subtenant any rights whatsoever against 
Overlandlord. Subtenant hereby acknowledges and agrees that its sole remedy 
for any alleged or actual breach of its rights in connection with the 
Sublease shall be solely against Sublandlord. Subtenant acknowledges and 
agrees that it is not a third party beneficiary under the Overlease, and is 
not entitled to assert any of Sublandlord's rights thereunder against 
Overlandlord, whether in its own right or on behalf of Sublandlord. 
2. This Consent shall not release Sublandlord from any existing or future 
duty, obligation or lability to Overlandlord pursuant to the Overlease, nor 
shall this Consent change, modify or amend the Overlease in any manner, 
except insofar as it constitutes Overlandlord's consent to the Sublease. 
Notwithstanding the generality of the foregoing, this Consent expressly shall 
not absolve Sublandlord from any requirement set forth in the Overlease that 
Sublandlor obtain Overlandlord's prior written approval of any additional 
subleases, assignments or other dispositions of its interest in the Overlease 
or the Premises (as defined in the Overlease). 
3. (a) In the event of Overlease Termination (as hereinafter defined) prior 
to the termination of the Sublease, and subject to the provisions of Section 
3(b) hereof, or in the event of Overlandlord's right to terminate 
Sublandlord's (and as a result Subtenant's) right of possession to the 
premises which Subtenant subleases from Sublandlord ("Subleased Premises") 
and the interest of Sublandlord (and as a result Subtenant) therein, 
Overlandlord may, at its sole discretion, but shall not be required, require 
Subtenant to assume and agree to perform Sublandlord's obligations under the 
Overlease with respect to the Subleased Premises. Such assumption by 
Subtenant of each and every one of the obligations of Sublandlord under the 
Overlease with respect to the Subleased Premises shall entitle the Subtenant 
to occupy the Subleased Premises leased pursuant to the Overlease, but shall 
not relieve Sublandlord from any liability to Overlandlord under the 
Overlease. In the event of such assumption, Subtenant agrees to execute and 
deliver at any time and from time to time, upon request of Overlandlord, any 
instruments which may be necessary or appropriate to evidence such assumption 
and Subtenant hereby irrevocably appoints Overlandlord as its attorney in 
fact, coupled with an interest to execute on behalf of Subtenant any 
documents or instruments necessary to evidence such assumption in the event 
of such assumption, Overlandlord shall not (i) be liable to Subtenant for any 
act, omission or breach of the Sublease by Sublandlord, (ii) be subject to 
any offsets of defenses which subtenant might have against Sublandlord, (iii) 
be bound by any rent or additional rent which subtenant might have paid in 
advance to Sublandlord, (iv) be bound to honor any rights of Subtenant in any 
security deposit made with Sublandlord by Subtenant except to the extent 
Sublandlord has specifically assigned and turned over such security deposits 
to Overlandlord, or (v) be bound by any provision of the Sublease. 
Sublandlord hereby agrees that in the event of Overlease Termination, and 
subject to the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof, at Overlandlord's request, 
Sublandlord shall immediately pay or transfer to Overlandlord any security 
deposits, rent or other sums then held by Sublandlord in connection with the 
subleasing of the Sublease Premises. such security deposit may be applied by 
Overlandlord pursuant to the terms of the Overlease in the event of any 
holding over or other default by the Subtenant after a Overlease Termination. 
Subtenant hereby agrees that under no circumstances whatsoever shall 
Overlandlord be held in any way responsible or accountable for any security 
deposit or any sums paid by Subtenant to Sublandlord unless and until and to 
the extent that Overlandlord has actually received such sums from Sublandlord 
and has acknowledged their source, and Subtenant shall have no claim to any 
security or other deposit made by Sublandlord under the Overlease. 
(b) "Overlease Termination" means any event, which by voluntary or 
involuntary act or by operation of law, might cause or permit the Overlease 
to be terminated, expire, or be canceled, including, but not limited to, (1) 
a default by Sublandlord under the Overlease or any of the terms and 
provisions hereof; (2) foreclosure proceedings brought by the holder of any 
mortgage or trust deed to which the Overlease is subject; (3) the termination 
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estate by dispossession proceeding or otherwise; and (4) termination of the 
Overlease in accordance with its terms. 
 4. In addition to Overlandlord's rights under Section 3 hereof, in the event 
Sublandlord is in default under any of the terms and provisions of the 
Overlease, Overlandlord may elect to receive directly from Subtenant all sums 
due or payable to Sublandlord by Subtenant pursuant to the Sublease and upon 
receipt of Overlandlords's notice, Subtenant shall thereafter pay to 
Overlandlord any and all sums becoming due or payable under the Sublease and 
Sublandlord shall receive from Overlandlord a corresponding credit for such 
sums actually received by Overlandlord. against any and all payments then 
owing from Sublandlord. Neither the service of such written notice nor the 
receipt of such direct payments shall cause Overlandlord to assume any of 
Sublandlord's duties, obligations and/or liabilities under the Sublease, nor 
shall such event imposed upon Overlandlord the duty or obligation to honor 
the Sublease, nor subsequently to accept any purported attornment by 
Subtenant. Sublandlord grants Overlandlord a security interest in all such 
payments due to Sublandlord from Subtenant, which security interest 
Overlandlord may perfect by filing a UCC-1 (which Sublandlord shall sign 
within three (3) days of Overlandlord's request and Sublandlord hereby 
irrevocably appoints Overlandlord as its attorney-in-fact, coupled with an 
interest, to execute on behalf of Sublandlord and file such instrument if 
Sublandlord fails to do so). Overlandlord shall credit payments actually 
received pursuant to this conditional assignment to Sublandlord's obligations 
under the lease. 
 5. Subtenant hereby acknowledges that it has read and has knowledge of all 
of the terms, provisions, rules and regulations of the Overlease and agrees 
not to do or omit to do anything which would cause Sublandlord to be in 
breach of the Overlease. Any such act or omission also shall constitute a 
breach of the Overlease and this Consent shall entitle Overlandlord to 
recover any damage, loss, cost, or expense which it thereby suffers, from 
Sublandlord and/or Subtenant. 
 6. In the event of any litigation between the parties hereto with respect to 
the subject matter hereof, the unsuccessful party agrees to pay the 
successful party all reasonable costs, expense and attorney's fees incurred 
therein by the successful party which amounts may be included as a part of a 
judgement rendered therein. 
 7. The parties acknowledge that the Sublease constitutes the entire 
agreement between Sublandlord and Subtenant with respect to the subject 
matter thereof insofar as Overlandlord may be concerned, and that no 
amendment, termination, modification or change therein will be binding upon 
Overlandlord unless Overlandlord shall have given its prior written consent 
thereto. 
 8. This Consent shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the 
parties' respective successors in interest and assigns, subject at all times, 
nevertheless, to all agreements and restrictions contained in the Overlease, 
the Sublease, and herein, with respect to subleasing, assignment or other 
transfer and the foregoing shall not be deemed to limit or negate 
Overlandlord's rights to prohibit or condition its consent to a future 
dispossession of Sublandlord's or Subtenant's interests. The agreements 
contained herein constitute the entire understanding between parties with 
respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersede all prior agreements, 
written or oral, inconsistent herewith. Sublandlord and Subtenant warrant and 
agree that neither Overlandlord nor any of its agents or other 
representatives have made any representations concerning the Premises, the 
Subleased Premises, their condition, the Sublease or the Overlease. 
 9. Notice required or desired to be given hereunder shall be effective 
either upon personal delivery of three (3) days after deposit in the United 
States mail, by registered or certified mail, return receipt required, or by 
reputable delivery service, proof of delivery required, addressed to parties 
at the addresses set forth in this Consent (and if no addresses are so 
listed, then to the Overlandlord at the address set forth in the Overlease 
for the payment of rent, or to Sublandlord or Subtenant at the address of the 
Premises or of the Subleased Presmises, respectively). Any party may change 
its address for notice by given notice in the manner hereinabove provided. 
10. Sublandlord and Subtenant agree to indemnify and hold Overlandlord 
harmless from and against any loss, cost, expense, damage or liability, 
including reasonable attorney's fees, incurred as a result of a claim by any 
person or entity (i) that it is entitled to a commission, finder's fee or 
like payment in connection with the Sublease or (ii) relating to or arising 
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agreements or dealings. 
11. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein or elsewhere, 
if the Overlease was guaranteed at the time of execution or at any time prior 
hereto by any guarantor, then Sublandlord shall deliver to Overlandlord with 
this Consent a counterpart of this Consent indicating the approval thereof by 
any and all such guarantor(s). 
Subtenant:Sublandlord: 
BOSTON TECHNOLOGY, INC.XYVISION, INC. 
By: /s/ Del Wnorowski 
By: /s/ Eugene P. Seneta 
lts Senior Vice President 
  lts Vice President and CFO 
   hereunto duly authorizedhereunto duly authorized 

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