XYVISION INC
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                                XYVISION, INC. 

                             101 EDGEWATER DRIVE 
                     WAKEFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS 01880-1291 

                NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS TO BE 
                     HELD ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1996 

   The Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Xyvision, Inc. (the "Company") will 
be held at the offices of the Company, 101 Edgewater Drive, Wakefield, 
Massachusetts on Thursday, September 26, 1996 at 10:00 a.m., local time, to 
consider and act upon the following matters: 

To elect one Class I director to serve for the ensuing three years; 

To approve an amendment to the Company's Certificate of Incorporation 
increasing the authorized number of shares of Common Stock from 20,000,000 to 
50,000,000 shares; 

   
To ratify the selection by the Board of Directors of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P. 
as the Company's independent public accountants for the current fiscal year; 
and 
    

To transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting or 
any adjournment thereof. 

   Stockholders of record at the close of business on July 31, 1996 will be 
entitled to vote at the meeting or any adjournment thereof. 

By Order of the Board of Directors, 

Eugene P. Seneta, Secretary 

Wakefield, Massachusetts 
August 16, 1996 

   WHETHER OR NOT YOU EXPECT TO ATTEND THE MEETING, PLEASE COMPLETE, DATE AND 
SIGN THE ENCLOSED PROXY AND MAIL IT PROMPTLY IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE IN 
ORDER TO ENSURE REPRESENTATION OF YOUR SHARES. NO POSTAGE NEED BE AFFIXED IF 
THE PROXY IS MAILED IN THE UNITED STATES. 

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                                XYVISION, INC. 
                               PROXY STATEMENT 
                    FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS 
                       TO BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER 26, 1996 

   This Proxy Statement is furnished in connection with the solicitation of 
proxies by the Board of Directors of Xyvision, Inc. (the "Company") for use 
at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on September 26, 1996 and at 
any adjournment of that meeting. All proxies will be voted in accordance with 
the stockholders' instructions, and if no choice is specified, the proxies 
will be voted in favor of the matters set forth in the accompanying Notice of 
Annual Meeting. Any proxy may be revoked by a stockholder at any time before 
its exercise by delivery of written revocation or a subsequently dated proxy 
to the Secretary of the Company or by voting in person at the Annual Meeting. 
The Company's Annual Report for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1996 ("fiscal 
1996") will be mailed to stockholders, along with this Notice of Annual 
Meeting and Proxy Statement, on or about August 22, 1996. 

   A COPY OF THE COMPANY'S ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K FOR FISCAL 1996, 
INCLUDING ANY AMENDMENTS THERETO, AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 
COMMISSION ("SEC"), EXCEPT FOR EXHIBITS, WILL BE FURNISHED WITHOUT CHARGE TO 
ANY STOCKHOLDER UPON WRITTEN REQUEST TO THE SECRETARY OF THE COMPANY, 
XYVISION, INC., 101 EDGEWATER DRIVE, WAKEFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS 01880-1291. 
SUCH MATERIAL MAY ALSO BE ACCESSED ELECTRONICALLY BY MEANS OF THE SEC'S HOME 
PAGE ON THE INTERNET AT HTTP://WWW.SEC.GOV. 

VOTING SECURITIES AND VOTES REQUIRED 

   
   At the close of business on July 31, 1996, the record date for the 
determination of stockholders entitled to notice of and to vote at the Annual 
Meeting, there were outstanding and entitled to vote an aggregate of 
11,375,699 shares of Common Stock of the Company ("Common Stock") and 232,049 
shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock of the Company ("Series B 
Stock"), constituting all of the voting stock of the Company. Holders of 
Common Stock are entitled to one vote per share and holders of Series B Stock 
are entitled to the number of votes equal to the number of whole shares of 
Common Stock into which the Series B Stock held by such holders are then 
convertible (two shares as of August 16, 1996). For the matters to be acted 
on at this Annual Meeting, holders of the Common Stock and the Series B Stock 
(collectively, the "Capital Stock") shall vote together as a single class. 
    

   The holders of a majority of the shares of Capital Stock outstanding and 
entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting shall constitute a quorum for the 
transaction of business at the Annual Meeting. Shares of Capital Stock 
represented in person or by proxy (including shares which abstain or do not 
vote with respect to one or more of the matters presented for stockholder 
approval) will be counted for purposes of determining whether a quorum exists 
at the Annual Meeting. 

   
   The affirmative vote of the holders of a plurality of the votes 
represented by the shares of Capital Stock voting on the matter is required 
for the election of directors. The affirmative vote of the holders of a 
majority of the votes represented by the shares of Capital Stock outstanding 
on the record date is required for the approval of the amendment to the 
Company's Certificate of Incorporation. The affirmative vote of the holders 
of a majority of the votes represented by the shares of Capital Stock voting 
on the matter is required for the approval of and the ratification of the 
selection of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P. as the Company's independent public 
accountants for the current fiscal year. 
    

   Shares which abstain from voting as to a particular matter, and shares 
held in "street name" by brokers or nominees who indicate on their proxies 
that they do not have discretionary authority to vote such shares as to a 
particular matter, will not be counted as votes in favor of such matter, and 
also will not be counted as shares voting on such matter. Accordingly, 
abstentions and "broker non-votes" will 

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have no effect on the voting on a matter that requires the affirmative vote 
of a plurality or a certain percentage of the votes represented by the shares 
voting on the matter. However, because shares which abstain and shares 
represented by "broker non-votes" are nonetheless considered outstanding 
shares, abstentions and "broker non-votes" with respect to a matter that 
requires the affirmative vote of a certain percentage of the votes 
represented by the outstanding shares will have the same effect as a vote 
against such matter. 
    

STOCK OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGERS 

   
   The following table sets forth the beneficial ownership of the Company's 
Common Stock as of May 31, 1996 (i) by each person who is known by the 
Company to beneficially own more than 5% of the outstanding shares of Common 
Stock, (ii) by each director, (iii) by each of the executive officers named 
in the Summary Compensation Table set forth under the caption "Executive 
Compensation" below (the "Senior Executives"), and (iv) by all current 
directors and executive officers as a group. 
    

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
<S>                                              <C>                  <C>
                                                    Number of Shares     Percentage of 
                                                      Beneficially        Common Stock 
Name and Address                                        Owned(1)         Outstanding(2) 
5% Stockholders 
Tudor Trust(3)  c/o Braverman Codron & Company 
 450 N. Roxbury Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90210     5,224,958            40.5% 
James S. Saltzman(4)  General Partner 621 E. 
 Germantown Pike Plymouth Valley, PA 19401       1,671,991            18.7% 
Other Directors 
Thomas H. Conway(5)                              325,000              3.6% 
Leland S. Kollmorgen(6)                          20,000                * 
James L. McKenney(7)                             8,000                 * 
Other Senior Executives 
Daniel M. Clarke                                 89,644               1.0% 
James G. Hickey(8)                               87,640               1.0% 
Kevin J. Duffy(9)                                74,076                1.0% 
Paul J. Woods(10)                                15,500               1.0% 
All current directors and officers as a group (9 
 persons)(11)                                    2,221,357            23.4% 

- - ------------------------------------------------ 
* Less than 1%. 

</TABLE>

   
  (1) The inclusion herein of any shares deemed beneficially owned does not 
 constitute an admission by such stockholder of beneficial ownership of those 
 shares. Each stockholder possesses sole voting and investment power with 
 respect to the shares listed, except as otherwise indicated. For purposes of 
 this table, each person or entity listed is included as beneficially owning 
 any shares issuable upon the conversion of the Series B Stock or of the 
 Company's 6% Convertible 

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 Subordinated Debentures due 2002 (the "Debentures") or upon the exercise of 
 stock options or warrants or Debentures that are currently exercisable or 
 exercisable within 60 days after May 31, 1996. 
  (2) Number of shares deemed outstanding includes 8,844,099 shares 
 outstanding as of May 31, 1996, plus any shares issuable upon conversion of 
 Series B Stock or Debentures or subject to options or warrants held by the 
 person or entity in question that are currently exercisable or exercisable 
 within 60 days following May 31, 1996. 
  (3) Includes 3,875,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of 
 Common Stock Purchase Warrants, 117,458 shares of Common Stock issuable upon 
 conversion of Series B Stock and 66,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon 
 conversion of Debentures. See "Certain Transactions" regarding additional 
 shares which may be acquired by Tudor Trust. Does not include warrants for 
 an aggregate of 10,000,000 shares of Common Stock of the Company issued to 
 Tudor Trust on June 13, 1996, of which warrants for 3,275,000 shares are 
 currently exercisable and of which warrants for 6,725,000 shares will be 
 exercisable upon stockholder approval, and the filing, of an amendment to 
 the Company's Certificate of Incorporation increasing the number of 
 authorized shares. See "Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation" regarding 
 these warrants. 
  (4) Includes 16,000 shares of Common Stock subject to stock options and 
 93,372 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series B Stock 
 owned by Saltzman Partners, of which Mr. Saltzman is the General Partner. 
  (5) Includes 300,000 shares subject to stock options. 
  (6) Includes 19,000 shares subject to stock options. 
  (7) Consists 8,000 shares subject to stock options. 
  (8) Consists of 87,640 shares subject to stock options. 
  (9) Includes 73,801 shares subject to stock options. 
 (10) Consists 15,500 shares subject to stock options. 
 (11) Includes a total of 539,091 shares subject to stock options and 93,372 
 shares issuable upon conversion of Series B Stock. 
    

                            ELECTION OF DIRECTORS 

   The Company's Board of Directors is divided into three classes (designated 
Class I directors, Class II directors and Class III directors), with members 
of each class serving for staggered three-year terms. There are currently one 
Class I director, whose term expires at the 1996 Annual Meeting of 
Stockholders, one Class II director, whose term expires at the 1997 Annual 
Meeting of Stockholders, and two Class III directors, whose terms expire at 
the 1998 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (in all cases subject to the election 
and qualification of their successors and to their earlier death, resignation 
or removal). 

   The persons named in the enclosed proxy will vote to elect James S. 
Saltzman as a Class I director, unless authority to vote for him is withheld 
by marking the proxy to that effect. Mr. Saltzman is currently a Class I 
director of the Company. If elected, Mr. Saltzman will serve until the 1999 
Annual Meeting of Stockholders (subject to the election and qualification of 
his successor and to his earlier death, resignation or removal). Mr. Saltzman 
indicated his willingness to serve, if elected, but if he should be unable or 
unwilling to stand for election, proxies may be voted for a substitute 
nominee, as the case may be, designated by the Board of Directors. 

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   Set forth below are the name and certain information with respect to each 
director of the Company, including the nominee for Class I director. 

                               CLASS I DIRECTOR 

JAMES S. SALTZMAN, age 52, has been the General Partner of Saltzman Partners, 
an investment firm, since 1982. He served as Chairman of the Board of 
Directors of the Company from February 1994 to February 1995. He has been a 
director of the Company since 1992. 

                              CLASS II DIRECTOR 

   
THOMAS H. CONWAY, age 57, has been Chief Executive Officer of the Company 
since 1991, President of the Company since December 1995 and from 1991 to 
February 1994, and President of T.H. Conway and Associates, Inc., a 
management consulting firm specializing in corporate operational and 
financial remediation, since July 1993. From 1985 to June 1993, he was 
President of Conway and Youngman, a management consulting firm. He has been a 
director of the Company since March 1993 (at which time he was elected to 
fill a vacancy in the Class II Directors) and has been Chairman of the Board 
of Directors since February 1995. Prior to joining the Company in August 
1991, Mr. Conway served as interim Chief Executive Officer of Smart Names, 
Inc. A petition for involuntary bankruptcy under Chapter 7 was filed against 
Smart Names, Inc. in the Bankruptcy Court for the State of Maryland on 
February 28, 1992. 
    

                             CLASS III DIRECTORS 

   LELAND S. KOLLMORGEN, age 69, has been the President of TLK Inc., a 
business consulting firm, since 1983 and is a self- employed consultant. Rear 
Admiral Kollmorgen (USN, Retired) is a consultant and former Chief of Naval 
Research to the United States Navy. He has been a director of the Company 
since 1988. 

   JAMES L. MCKENNEY, age 67, has been the John J. McLean Professor of 
Business Administration at Harvard University since 1960. Mr. McKenney has 
been a director of the Company since November 1994. 

BOARD AND COMMITTEE MEETINGS 

   The Board of Directors met eight times during fiscal 1996. Each director 
attended at least 75% of the aggregate of the number of Board of Directors' 
meetings and the number of meetings of Committees of the Board on which he 
then served. 

   The Company has an Audit Committee of the Board of Directors, which 
provides the opportunity for direct contact between the Company's independent 
public accountants and the Board. The Audit Committee reviews the 
effectiveness of the auditors during the annual audit, discusses the 
Company's internal accounting control policies and procedures and considers 
and recommends the selection of the Company's independent public accountants. 
The Audit Committee met once during fiscal 1996. The current Audit Committee 
members are Mr. Conway (Chairman), Mr. Kollmorgen, Mr. McKenney and Mr. 
Saltzman. 

   The Company also has a Compensation and Stock Option Committee (the 
"Compensation Committee") of the Board of Directors, which provides 
recommendations to the Board regarding compensation programs of the Company 
and administers the Company's 1992 Stock Option Plan. The Compensation 
Committee met once during fiscal 1996. The current Compensation Committee 
members are Mr. Kollmorgen (Chairman) and Mr. Saltzman. 

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   The Company has a Technology Committee of the Board of Directors which 
provides recommendations to the Board regarding the Company's technology. The 
Technology Committee met three times during fiscal 1996. The current 
Technology Committee members are Mr. Kollmorgen (Chairman) and Mr. McKenney. 

   The Company also has a Nominating Committee of the Board of Directors, 
which provides recommendations to the Board of Directors regarding nominees 
for directorships. The Nominating Committee did not meet during fiscal 1996 
as its function for such period was performed by the full Board of Directors. 
The Committee will consider nominees recommended by stockholders. 
Stockholders who wish to recommend nominees for director should submit such 
recommendations to Eugene P. Seneta, Secretary of the Company, at the 
principal office of the Company, who will forward them to the Nominating 
Committee for consideration. The current Nominating Committee members are Mr. 
Saltzman (Chairman) and Mr. Kollmorgen. 

DIRECTORS' COMPENSATION 

   Directors who are not employees of the Company receive directors' fees of 
$2,000 per year. Such outside directors also receive fees of $500 for each 
Board meeting attended in person and $250 for each telephonic Board meeting, 
and directors who are members of Committees of the Board receive fees of $250 
per Committee meeting attended, provided such Committee meeting was not held 
on the same day as a Board meeting. Directors are also reimbursed for 
expenses incurred in attending Board or Committee meetings. Directors who are 
employees receive no additional compensation for serving as directors. 

   Under the Company's 1992 Director Stock Option Plan, each newly elected 
outside director is granted, upon his initial election as a director, a 
non-qualified option to purchase 20,000 shares of Common Stock at an exercise 
price equal to the fair market value of the Common Stock as of the date of 
grant. Each option granted under the 1992 Director Stock Option Plan becomes 
exercisable on a cumulative basis in five equal annual installments beginning 
on the date of grant. 

EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION 
SUMMARY COMPENSATION 

   
   The following table sets forth certain information concerning the 
compensation, for the fiscal years indicated, of the Company's Chief 
Executive Officer and the Company's four other most highly compensated 
executive officers during fiscal 1996. 
    

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
<S>                                    <C>           <C>          <C>      <C>             <C>
                                                                           Long-Term 
                                                                           Compensation 
                                       Annual Compensation                 Awards 
                                       ----------------------------------- --------------- --------------- 
                                                                                Options        All Other 
Name and Principal Position            Fiscal Year     Salary (1)   Bonus   (No. of shares) Compensation(2) 
- - -------------------------------------- ------------- ------------ -------- --------------- --------------- 
                                       1996          $182,200     $--        --            $-- 
Thomas H. Conway(3) President, Chief 
 Executive Officer and Chairman of the 1995          $141,200       --       --              -- 
 Board of Directors                    1994          $157,250       --       --              -- 
                                       1996          $156,923       --       --              -- 
Daniel M. Clarke(4) Former President   1995          $149,654     30,000   60,000            -- 
 and Chief Operating Officer           1994          $131,615     20,000     --              -- 
                                       1996          $120,751     10,000     --            1,221 
James G. Hickey Vice President, 
 Customer Support, and Managing        1995          $120,751       --     25,000          1,222 
 Director, Europe                      1994          $120,751     20,000     --            1,522 
                                       1996          $122,135     15,000     --            1,221 
Kevin J. Duffy (5) Senior Vice 
 President and General Manager,        1995          $119,741     20,000   10,000          1,349 
 Xyvision Publishing Group             1994          $115,500     20,000     --            1,304 
                                       1996          $116,768       --     4,500           287 
Paul J. Woods Senior Vice President    1995          $129,165       --       --            323 
 and General Manager, Contex Group     1994          $125,800       --       --            315 
</TABLE>

   
(1) In accordance with the rules of the SEC, other compensation in the form 
of perquisites and other personal benefits has been omitted because such 
perquisites and other personal benefits constituted less than the lesser of 
$50,000 or 10% of the total annual salary and bonus for the Senior Executive. 
(2) Consists of Company matching contributions to 401(k) Plan. 
(3) The Company pays T.H. Conway and Associates, Inc., a management 
consulting firm of which Mr. Conway is the President, directly for Mr. 
Conway's services. See "Certain Transactions." Mr. Conway resigned as 
President in August 1996. 
(4) Mr. Clarke served as President and Chief Operating Officer until December 
8, 1995. Includes severance payments of $43,269 pursuant to an agreement 
between Mr. Clarke and the Company. See "Agreements with Senior Executives." 
(5) Mr. Duffy was elected President and Chief Operating Officer of the 
Company in August 1996. 
    

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OPTION GRANTS 

   The following table sets forth certain information concerning grants of 
stock options during fiscal 1996 to each of the Senior Executives. 

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
<S>                  <C>                     <C>                     <C>                     <C>                 <C>    <C>
                                                                                                                 Potential 
                                                                                                                    Realizable 
                                                                                                                 Value at 
                                                                                                                     Assumed 
                                                                                                                 Annual Rates 
                                                                                                                     of Stock 
                                                                                                                 Price 
                                                                                                                 Appreciation 
                                                                                                                 for Option 
                     INDIVIDUAL GRANTS                                                                           Term (3) 
                                             Percent of Total 
         per year. Such outside directors also receive fees of $500 for each 
Board meeting attended in person and $250 for each telephonic Board meeting, 
and directors who are members of Committees of the Board receive fees of $250 
per Committee meeting attended, provided such Committee meeting was not held 
on the same day as a Board meeting. Directors are also reimbursed for 
expenses incurred in attending Board or Committee meetings. Directors who are 
employees receive no additional compensation for serving as directors. 

   Under the Company's 1992 Director Stock Option Plan, each newly elected 
outside director is granted, upon his initial election as a director, a 
non-qualified option to purchase 20,000 shares of Common Stock at an exercise 
price equal to the fair market value of the Common Stock as of the date of 
grant. Each option granted under the 1992 Director Stock Option Plan becomes 
exercisable on a cumulative basis in five equal annual installments beginning 
on the date of grant. 

EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION 
SUMMARY COMPENSATION 

   
   The following table sets forth certain information concerning the 
compensation, for the fiscal years indicated, of the Company's Chief 
Executive Officer and the Company's four other most highly compensated 
executive officers during fiscal 1996. 
    

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</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
<S>                                    <C>           <C>          <C>      <C>             <C>
                                                                           Long-Term 
                                                                           Compensation 
                                       Annual Compensation                 Awards 
                                       ----------------------------------- --------------- --------------- 
                                                                                Options        All Other 
Name and Principal Position            Fiscal Year     Salary (1)   Bonus   (No. of shares) Compensation(2) 
- - -------------------------------------- ------------- ------------ -------- --------------- --------------- 
                                       1996          $182,200     $--        --            $-- 
Thomas H. Conway(3) President, Chief 
 Executive Officer and Chairman of the 1995          $141,200       --       --              -- 
 Board of Directors                    1994          $157,250       --       --              -- 
                                       1996          $156,923       --       --              -- 
Daniel M. Clarke(4) Former President   1995          $149,654     30,000   60,000            -- 
 and Chief Operating Officer           1994          $131,615     20,000     --              -- 
                                       1996          $120,751     10,000     --            1,221 
James G. Hickey Vice President, 
 Customer Support, and Managing        1995          $120,751       --     25,000          1,222 
 Director, Europe                      1994          $120,751     20,000     --            1,522 
                                       1996          $122,135     15,000     --            1,221 
Kevin J. Duffy (5) Senior Vice 
 President and General Manager,        1995          $119,741     20,000   10,000          1,349 
 Xyvision Publishing Group             1994          $115,500     20,000     --            1,304 
                                       1996          $116,768       --     4,500           287 
Paul J. Woods Senior Vice President    1995          $129,165       --       --            323 
 and General Manager, Contex Group     1994          $125,800       --       --            315 
</TABLE>

   
(1) In accordance with the rules of the SEC, other compensation in the form 
of perquisites and other personal benefits has been omitted because such 
perquisites and other personal benefits constituted less than the lesser of 
$50,000 or 10% of the total annual salary and bonus for the Senior Executive. 
(2) Consists of Company matching contributions to 401(k) Plan. 
(3) The Company pays T.H. Conway and Associates, Inc., a management 
consulting firm of which Mr. Conway is the President, directly for Mr. 
Conway's services. See "Certain Transactions." Mr. Conway resigned as 
President in August 1996. 
(4) Mr. Clarke served as President and Chief Operating Officer until December 
8, 1995. Includes severance payments of $43,269 pursuant to an agreement 
between Mr. Clarke and the Company. See "Agreements with Senior Executives." 
(5) Mr. Duffy was elected President and Chief Operating Officer of the 
Company in August 1996. 
    

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OPTION GRANTS 

   The following table sets forth certain information concerning grants of 
stock options during fiscal 1996 to each of the Senior Executives. 

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
<S>                  <C>                     <C>                     <C>                     <C>                 <C>    <C>
                                                                                                                 Potential 
                                                                                                                    Realizable 
                                                                                                                 Value at 
                                                                                                                     Assumed 
                                                                                                                 Annual Rates 
                                                                                                                     of Stock 
                                                                                                                 Price 
                                                                                                                 Appreciation 
                                                                                                                 for Option 
                                          INDIVIDUAL GRANTS                                                        Term (3) 
                                             Percent of Total 
                     Number of Securities    Options Granted to 
                     Underlying Options      Employees in Fiscal     Exercise or Base 
EXECUTIVE OFFICER    Granted (1)             Year                    Price($/Sh)(2)          Expiration Date     5%     10% 
                     ----------------------- ----------------------- ----------------------- ------------------- ------ ------- 
Thomas H. Conway                --                      --                      --                     --          $--     $-- 
Daniel M. Clarke                 --                      --                      --                    --          $ --   $ -- 
James G. Hickey                  --                      --                      --                    --          $ --   $ -- 
Kevin J. Duffy                   --                      --                      --                    --          $ --   $ -- 
Paul J. Woods                  4,500                    1.6                    $0.95                8/16/05         $0     $0 
</TABLE>

   
   (1) Each option becomes exercisable in equal annual installments over a 
              five-year period commencing on the date of grant. 
   (2) The exercise price is equal to the fair market value on the date of 
                                    grant. 
   (3) Amounts represent hypothetical gains that could be achieved for the 
respective options if exercised at the end of the option term (ten years from 
     the date of grant). Theom stockholders. 

                                OTHER MATTERS 

   The Board of Directors does not know of any other matters which may come 
before the Annual Meeting. However, if any other matters are properly 
presented to the Annual Meeting, it is the intention of persons named in the 
accompanying proxy to vote, or otherwise act, in accordance with their 
judgment on such matters. 

   All costs of solicitations of proxies will be borne by the Company. In 
addition to solicitations by mail, the Company's directors, officers and 
regular employees, without additional remuneration, may solicit proxies by 
telephone, telecopy and personal interviews. Brokers, custodians and 
fiduciaries will be requested to forward proxy-soliciting material to the 
owners of stock held in their names, and, as required by law, the Company 
will reimburse them for their out-of-pocket expenses in this regard. 
Georgeson & Company Inc. has been engaged by the Company to solicit proxies 
on behalf of the Company. For these services, the Company will pay Georgeson 
a fee of $7,000 plus reimbursement of its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses. 
In addition, the Company has agreed to indemnify Georgeson against 
liabilities or claims arising out of the performance by Georgeson of such 
services. 

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DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF STOCKHOLDER PROPOSALS 


    
   
   Proposals of stockholders intended to be presented at the 1997 Annual 
Meeting of Stockholders must be received by the Company at its principal 
office in Wakefield, Massachusetts not later than May 4, 1997 for inclusion 
in the proxy statement for that meeting. 
    

By Order of the Board of Directors, 

Eugene P. Seneta, Secretary 

August 16, 1996 

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS HOPES THAT STOCKHOLDERS WILL ATTEND THE MEETING. 
WHETHER OR NOT YOU PLAN TO ATTEND, YOU ARE URGED TO COMPLETE, DATE, SIGN AND 
RETURN THE ENCLOSED PROXY IN THE ACCOMPANYING ENVELOPE. PROMPT RESPONSE WILL 
GREATLY FACILITATE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE MEETING AND YOUR COOPERATION WILL BE 
APPRECIATED. 

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PROXY 

                                XYVISION, INC. 
             ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS -- SEPTEMBER 26, 1996 

   The undersigned, having received notice of the meeting and management's 
proxy statement therefor, and revoking all prior proxies, hereby appoint(s) 
Thomas H. Conway, Eugene P. Seneta and Patrick J. Rondeau, and each of them, 
the attorneys of the undersigned with power of substitution, to attend the 
Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Xyvision, Inc. (the "Company") to be held 
at the offices of the Company, 101 Edgewater Drive, Wakefield, Massachusetts 
at 10:00 a.m. (local time), on Thursday, September 26, 1996 and any adjourned 
sessions thereof, and there to vote and act upon the following matters in 
respect of all shares of Common Stock of the Company and Series B Convertible 
Preferred Stock of the Company which the undersigned will be entitled to vote 
or act upon, with all powers the undersigned would possess if personally 
present. 

   Attendance of the undersigned at the meeting or at any adjourned session 
thereof will not be deemed to revoke this proxy unless the undersigned shall 
affirmatively indicate thereat the intention of the undersigned to vote said 
shares in person. If the undersigned hold(s) any of the shares of the Company 
in a fiduciary, custodial or joint capacity or capacities, this proxy is 
signed by the undersigned in every such capacity as well as individually. 

   In their discretion, the Proxies are authorized to vote upon such other 
matters as may properly come before the meeting, or any adjournment thereof. 

To elect James S. Saltzman as a Class I Director: 
FOR  [ ] WITHHOLD AUTHORITY TO VOTE  [ ] 

   
To approve an amendment to the Company's Certificate of Incorporation 
increasing the authorized number of shares of Common Stock from 20,000,000 to 
50,000,000 shares: 
FOR  [ ]AGAINST  [ ] ABSTAIN  [ ] 

To ratify the selection of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P. as the Company's 
independent public accountants for the fiscal year ending March 31, 1997: 
FOR  [ ]AGAINST  [ ]ABSTAIN  [ ] 

   THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED AS DIRECTED BY THE 
UNDERSIGNED. IF NO DIRECTION IS GIVEN WITH RESPECT TO ANY ELECTION TO OFFICE 
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OFFICE OR PROPOSAL. 

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                                       SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION 
                      PROXY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(A) OF THE 
                                  SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 
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