BMC SOFTWARE INC
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                               BMC SOFTWARE, INC.
 
                    NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
                           TO BE HELD AUGUST 19, 1996
 
To the Stockholders of
 BMC Software, Inc.:
 
    The  annual  meeting  of  stockholders of  BMC  Software,  Inc.,  a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), will be  held at 2101 CityWest Boulevard,  Houston,
Texas,  on Monday, August 19, 1996 at 10:00 a.m., Central Daylight Savings Time,
for the following purposes:
 
        1.  To elect six directors of the Company, each to serve until the  next
    annual  meeting or until their respective  successors have been duly elected
    and qualified;
 
        2.  To consider and vote on a proposal to approve the BMC Software, Inc.
    1996 Employee Stock Purchase Plan;
 
        3.  To consider and  vote on a proposal to  approve an amendment to  the
    Company's  Restated Certificate of Incorporation  to increase the authorized
    number of shares of common stock,  par value $.01 per share from  90,000,000
    shares to 300,000,000 shares;
 
        4.  To ratify the Board of Directors' appointment of Arthur Andersen LLP
    as the Company's independent accountants; and
 
        5.   To consider and  act upon such other  business as may properly come
    before the meeting or any adjournments thereof.
 
   
    A record of stockholders has been taken as of the close of business on  July
5,  1996, and only those stockholders of record on that date will be entitled to
notice of and to vote  at the meeting. A list  of stockholders is available  and
may be inspected during normal business hours prior to the annual meeting at the
offices  of the Company, 2101 CityWest  Boulevard, Houston, Texas 77042-2827 and
at the time and place of the annual meeting.
    
 
                                            By Order of the Board of Directors
 
                                                  /s/ M. Brinkley Morse
                                                    M. Brinkley Morse
                                                        SECRETARY
 
   
Houston, Texas
July 16, 1996
    
 
    IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOUR STOCK BE REPRESENTED AT THE MEETING REGARDLESS  OF
THE  NUMBER OF SHARES YOU HOLD. THIS WILL ENSURE THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM AT THE
MEETING. PLEASE COMPLETE, SIGN AND MAIL  THE ENCLOSED PROXY IN THE  ACCOMPANYING
ENVELOPE  EVEN IF YOU INTEND  TO BE PRESENT AT  THE MEETING. RETURNING THE PROXY
WILL NOT LIMIT YOUR RIGHT TO VOTE IN PERSON OR TO ATTEND THE ANNUAL MEETING, BUT
WILL ENSURE YOUR REPRESENTATION IF YOU CANNOT ATTEND. THE PROXY IS REVOCABLE  AT
ANY TIME PRIOR TO ITS USE.
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                               BMC SOFTWARE, INC.
 
                            2101 CITYWEST BOULEVARD
                           HOUSTON, TEXAS 77042-2827
 
   
                                 JULY 16, 1996
                                PROXY STATEMENT
    
 
                              GENERAL INFORMATION
 
PROXY SOLICITATION
 
   
    This proxy statement is furnished to the stockholders of BMC Software, Inc.,
a  Delaware corporation (the "Company"), in  connection with the solicitation of
proxies by the Board of Directors of the Company (the "Board"). The proxies  are
to  be voted  at the  1996 Annual  Meeting of  Stockholders to  be held  at 2101
CityWest Boulevard, Houston, Texas 77042-2827,  at 10:00 a.m., Central  Daylight
Savings Time, on August 19, 1996, and any adjournments thereof, for the purposes
set  forth  in the  accompanying notice.  The Board  is not  aware of  any other
matters to be presented at the meeting. If any other matter should be  presented
at  the meeting upon which  a vote properly may  be taken, shares represented by
all duly executed  proxies received by  the Company will  be voted with  respect
thereto  in accordance with the  best judgment of the  persons designated as the
proxies. This  proxy statement  and the  accompanying form  of proxy  have  been
mailed to stockholders on or about July 16, 1996.
    
 
RECORD DATE AND VOTING RIGHTS
 
   
    As  of July 5, 1996,  the record date for  the determination of stockholders
entitled to notice of  and to vote  at the meeting,  there were outstanding  and
entitled  to vote 50,105,171 shares of the  common stock, $.01 par value, of the
Company (the "Common Stock"). Each share of Common Stock entitles the holder  to
one  vote on each matter presented at the meeting. A majority of the outstanding
shares will constitute a quorum at the meeting. Abstentions and broker non-votes
are counted for purposes of determining the presence or absence of a quorum  for
the transaction of business. Abstentions are counted in tabulations of the votes
cast  on proposals presented  to stockholders, whereas  broker non-votes are not
counted for purposes of determining whether a proposal has been approved.
    
 
VOTING OF PROXY; REVOCABILITY
 
   
    Proxies will be voted  in accordance with  the directions specified  thereon
and  otherwise  in accordance  with the  judgment of  the persons  designated as
proxies. Any proxy  on which no  direction is  specified will be  voted FOR  the
election  of the nominees named herein to the Board, FOR the approval of the BMC
Software, Inc.  1996  Employee Stock  Purchase  Plan,  FOR the  approval  of  an
amendment to the Company's Restated Certificate of Incorporation to increase the
authorized  shares of Common Stock from  90,000,000 shares to 300,000,000 shares
and FOR  the ratification  of the  appointment  of Arthur  Andersen LLP  as  the
Company's independent accountants. Any proxy may be revoked at any time prior to
its  exercise by delivery to  the Secretary of the  Company of written notice of
revocation or a duly executed proxy bearing a later date, or by voting in person
at the meeting.
    
 
ANNUAL REPORT
 
    An Annual Report  to Stockholders, containing  financial statements for  the
fiscal year ended March 31, 1996, accompanies this Proxy Statement.
 
    Stockholders are referred to that report for financial and other information
about  the activities of the  Company. The Annual Report  is not incorporated by
reference into this Proxy Statement and is not deemed to be a part hereof.
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                        ITEM ONE: ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
 
NOMINEES
 
    Each of  the  persons named  below  has been  nominated  for election  as  a
director  of the Company until the 1997  Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until
his successor has been duly elected  and qualified. Each of the nominees  listed
below  was  elected  by the  stockholders  at  the last  annual  meeting  and is
currently a director. All directors serve one year terms. No proxy may be  voted
for more persons than the number of nominees listed below. Shares represented by
all  duly executed proxies  received by the  Company and not  marked to withhold
authority to vote for any individual director or for all directors will be voted
FOR the election of all the nominees  named below. The Board knows of no  reason
why  any such nominee should be unable or unwilling to serve, but if such should
be the case,  the shares represented  by duly executed  proxies received by  the
Company  will be voted for the election  of a substitute nominee selected by the
Board. The nominees receiving a majority of  the votes cast at the meeting  will
be  elected  as directors.  Stockholders  may not  cumulate  their votes  in the
election of directors.
 
    Certain information concerning the nominees is set forth below:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                  POSITION AND OFFICES              DIRECTOR
NAME                                           AGE                   OF THE COMPANY                   SINCE
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<S>                                        <C>          <C>                                        <C>
Max P. Watson Jr. .......................          50   Chairman of the Board, President and             1990
                                                        Chief Executive Officer
John W. Barter...........................          49   Director                                         1988
B. Garland Cupp..........................          55   Director                                         1989
Meldon K. Gafner.........................          48   Director                                         1987
L. W. Gray...............................          59   Director                                         1991
George F. Raymond........................          59   Director                                         1987
</TABLE>
 
    Mr. Watson joined the  Company in October 1985  and has served as  President
and  Chief Executive Officer since April 1990 and as Chairman of the Board since
January 1992. He served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating  Officer
from  January 1989 to  April 1990 and  as Senior Vice  President, North American
Sales and Marketing from February 1987 to December 1988.
 
    Mr. Barter has been employed since  1977 with AlliedSignal, Inc. in  various
financial  and executive capacities and is currently an Executive Vice President
of AlliedSignal, Inc., and President of AlliedSignal Automotive, Inc.
 
   
    Mr. Cupp was employed by the American Express Corporation from 1978 to 1995,
when he retired. From 1989 to 1995, he served as Executive Vice President -- TRS
Technologies and  Chief  Information  Officer at  the  Travel  Related  Services
subsidiary of American Express Corporation.
    
 
    Mr.  Gafner has been Vice Chairman of  the Board of ComStream Corporation, a
manufacturer of high speed satellite earth stations for data distribution, since
December 1992 and was its President from July 1988 to December 1992.
 
    Mr. Gray is a  private investor. He  was employed from 1961  to 1987 by  the
International   Business  Machines  Corporation  ("IBM")  in  various  executive
capacities including President, National Marketing Division. He was appointed  a
corporate vice president of IBM in 1983.
 
    Mr.  Raymond is a private investor and  a director of several privately held
software companies.  He  founded Automatic  Business  Centers, Inc.,  a  payroll
processing  company ("ABC"), in  1972 and sold the  company to CIGNA Corporation
("CIGNA") in 1983. Mr. Raymond and other members of ABC's management repurchased
ABC in 1986 from CIGNA and sold ABC to Automatic Data Processing Corporation  in
1989.
 
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BOARD ORGANIZATION AND MEETINGS
 
    The  Board met seven  times in fiscal  1996. No Board  member attended fewer
than 75% of the total number of the meetings of the Board and of the  committees
on which he served.
 
    The Board has established an Audit Committee and a Compensation Committee to
act  on behalf  of the Board  and to advise  the Board with  respect to specific
matters. The Board does not have a standing nominating committee or a  committee
that  performs a similar  function. The responsibilities  of the Audit Committee
and Compensation Committee are as follows:
 
    AUDIT COMMITTEE.  The Audit Committee is comprised entirely of directors who
are not officers  of the Company.  The Audit Committee  has been established  to
discuss  the scope and plan of the annual  audit of the books and records of the
Company; to review, evaluate and advise the Board with respect to the engagement
of independent public accounts;  to review the  adequacy of internal  accounting
procedures,  and to review audit results. Messrs. Barter and Raymond are members
of the Audit Committee, which held two meetings in fiscal 1996.
 
    COMPENSATION COMMITTEE.  The Compensation Committee is comprised entirely of
directors who  are not  officers of  the Company.  The Compensation  Committee's
function  is  to  review  the compensation  levels  of  the  Company's executive
officers, to administer the Company's stock option and incentive stock plans and
to  authorize  bonuses,  awards  under  such   plans  and  any  other  form   of
remuneration.  Messrs. Barter, Gafner  and Cupp are  members of the Compensation
Committee, which held four meetings in fiscal 1996.
 
COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS
 
    Board members other than those employed by the Company receive an annual fee
of $20,000 and receive an additional fee of $1,000 per meeting for each board or
committee meeting attended in excess of  five meetings per year, with board  and
committee  meetings that are held on the  same day being counted as one meeting.
Directors are  reimbursed for  travel  and certain  other expenses  incurred  in
connection with their duties as a director of the Company.
 
    In  August 1994, the Company's stockholders  approved the BMC Software, Inc.
1994 Nonemployee  Directors' Stock  Option Plan  (the "1994  Directors'  Plan"),
which  authorizes 200,000 shares of Common  Stock for issuance pursuant to stock
options granted to  nonemployee directors.  Under the 1994  Director Plan,  each
director  who  is  first appointed  subsequently  to  the adoption  of  the 1994
Directors' Plan is granted a nontransferable, "nonqualified" option to  purchase
40,000  shares of  Common Stock,  and each director  receives a  grant of 10,000
shares on each  annual re-election  to the Board.  In every  case, the  exercise
price  is  the fair  market value  on the  date  of grant  and the  option vests
quarterly in  6.25% increments  over five  years from  the grant  date. The  BMC
Software,  Inc. 1990 Director Stock Option  Plan was terminated upon stockholder
approval of the 1994 Plan.
 
    THE BOARD RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR EACH OF THE PROPOSED NOMINEES.
 
              ITEM TWO: PROPOSAL TO APPROVE THE BMC SOFTWARE, INC.
                       1996 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
 
    The Board of Directors  adopted the BMC Software,  Inc. 1996 Employee  Stock
Purchase  Plan (the "Purchase Plan") on June 3, 1996, subject to approval by the
Company's shareholders. The purpose of the Purchase Plan is to furnish  eligible
employees  an incentive to advance the  Company's interest by providing a method
whereby they may  acquire a  proprietary interest  in the  Company on  favorable
terms.  The complete text of the Purchase  Plan is attached hereto as Exhibit A.
In the event  that shareholders do  not approve  the Purchase Plan,  it will  be
terminated.
 
GENERAL
 
    The  Purchase Plan authorizes the issuance of up to 250,000 shares of Common
Stock (subject to adjustment in the  event of stock dividends, stock splits  and
certain  other events)  and provides  that no options  may be  granted under the
Purchase  Plan  after  June  3,  2006.   The  Purchase  Plan  is  available   to
 
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all  employees  of  the  Company and  its  participating  subsidiaries  who have
completed six  months of  employment and  who are  scheduled to  work more  than
twenty  hours per week. However, an employee  may not be granted an option under
the Purchase Plan if  after the granting  of the option  such employee would  be
deemed to own 5% or more of the combined voting power or value of all classes of
stock  of  the Company.  Further,  an employee  who  is both  highly compensated
(within the  meaning  of the  Internal  Revenue Code  provisions  applicable  to
employee  benefit  plans)  and an  officer  of  the Company  or  a participating
subsidiary at  or  above  the  level  of  Vice  President  is  not  eligible  to
participate  in  the  Purchase  Plan. The  committee  charged  with  the general
administration of the Purchase Plan has the authority to designate any preset or
future subsidiary of the Company as  a participating subsidiary. As of June  24,
1996,  approximately 183 employees were eligible  to participate in the Purchase
Plan.
 
    Under the  Purchase  Plan,  an  eligible  employee  must  authorize  payroll
deductions to be made during a 6-month period (the "Option Period")(the first of
which  commenced on July 1,  1996 and ends on  December 31, 1996), which amounts
are used at the end  of the Option Period to  acquire shares of Common Stock  at
85% of the fair market value of the Common Stock on the first or the last day of
the  Option Period, whichever  is lower. Employees  have discretion to determine
the amount of their  payroll deduction under the  Purchase Plan, subject to  the
limits  that not more than 10% of compensation or $21,250 may be deducted in any
Option Period or calendar  year, respectively. On the  first day of each  Option
Period,  the Company grants options  to purchase shares of  Common Stock to each
participant. On the last day of the Option Period, the participant is deemed  to
have exercised the option to the extent of the participant's accumulated payroll
deductions.  A committee appointed from  time to time by  the Board of Directors
makes all determinations necessary  or advisable for  the administration of  the
Purchase Plan.
 
    An  employee may withdraw from the Purchase  Plan, in whole but not in part,
at any time  prior to  the beginning  of the last  payroll period  in an  Option
Period,  by delivering a  withdrawal notice to  the Company, in  which event the
Company will  refund the  entire amount  of the  payroll deductions  during  the
Option Period, without interest.
 
    An  employee's rights under the Purchase  Plan terminate upon termination of
employment for any reason  other than by retirement  or death. Upon  termination
for  reasons  other  than  retirement  or death,  the  Company  will  return the
employee's  payroll  deductions,  without  interest.  A  participant  under  the
Purchase Plan who retires at or after the age of 65 may elect either to exercise
his  or her options to purchase Common Stock on the date of his retirement or to
receive a refund of his or her accumulated payroll deductions. If the employment
of a participant  under the  Purchase Plan  is terminated  by the  participant's
death,  the executor of  his will or  the administrator of  his estate may elect
either to exercise such participant's options to purchase Common Stock as of the
date of such participant's  death or to receive  a refund of such  participant's
accumulated payroll deductions. An employee's rights under the Purchase Plan may
not be transferred except by will or the laws of descent and distribution.
 
    Option  holders  are protected  against  dilution in  the  event of  a stock
dividend, stock  split, subdivision,  combination, recapitalization  or  similar
event.  If  the  Company is  not  the  surviving corporation  in  any  merger or
consolidation (or survives only as a subsidiary) or if the Company is  dissolved
or  liquidated, then unless the surviving corporation assumes or substitutes new
options for all options then outstanding,  the date of exercise for all  options
then  outstanding will be accelerated to a  date fixed by the Board of Directors
prior to  the  effective date  of  such merger,  consolidation,  dissolution  or
liquidation.
 
    For  a period of 12  months (or such other period  as the Committee may from
time to time specify with  respect to a particular  grant of options) after  the
date  of exercise of an  option pursuant to the  Purchase Plan (the "Restriction
Period"), the shares of Common Stock issued in connection with such exercise may
not be sold  or disposed of  by the  paricipant who has  purchased such  shares.
During the
 
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Restriction  Period, a custodian selected by  the committee that is appointed to
administer the  Purchase  Plan will  hold  such shares  of  Common Stock.  If  a
participant's   employment  with  the  Company  and  its  parent  or  subsidiary
corporations is terminated for any reason whatsoever, such transfer restrictions
will cease to apply.
 
    The Board of Directors may at any time amend or terminate the Purchase  Plan
except  that no amendment shall be made without the approval of the holders of a
majority of the Company's outstanding Common Stock, if such amendment would  (a)
materially  increase the  benefits accruing  to participants  under the Purchase
Plan, (b) increase the number of shares  which may be issued under the  Purchase
Plan,  (c) change the class of individuals eligible to receive options under the
Purchase Plan, (d) cause options issued under the Purchase Plan to fail to  meet
the  requirements  of  Section 423  of  the  Code or  (e)  otherwise  modify the
requirements as to eligibility for participation.
 
FEDERAL INCOME TAX ASPECTS
 
    The following discussion summarizes certain United States federal income tax
considerations for employees participating in the Purchase Plan and certain  tax
effects  to the Company.  However, the summary does  not address every situation
that may result in taxation. The Purchase Plan is not subject to the  provisions
of  the Employee Retirement Income  Security Act of 1974,  and the provisions of
Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue  Code are not applicable to the  Purchase
Plan.
 
    Amounts deducted from an employee's pay under the Purchase Plan are included
in  the employee's  compensation subject to  federal income  and social security
taxes. The Company will  withhold taxes on these  amounts. An employee will  not
recognize  any additional income at the time  he or she elects to participate in
the Purchase Plan or purchases Common Stock under the Purchase Plan.
 
    If an employee disposes of Common  Stock purchased pursuant to the  Purchase
Plan  within two years after the first day  of the Option Period with respect to
which  such  stock   was  purchased,  the   employee  will  recognize   ordinary
compensation  income at the time of disposition in an amount equal to the excess
of the fair market value of the stock  on the day the option was exercised  over
the  purchase price the employee paid for  the stock. This amount may be subject
to withholding taxes, including social security taxes. In addition, the employee
generally will  recognize a  capital gain  or loss  in an  amount equal  to  the
difference between the amount realized upon the sale of the stock and his or her
basis  in the stock (that is, his or her purchase price plus the amount taxed as
compensation income). If the shares have been held for more than one year,  such
gain or loss will be long-term capital gain or loss.
 
    If  an employee disposes of Common  Stock purchased pursuant to the Purchase
Plan more than two years after the  first day of the Option Period with  respect
to  which  such stock  was purchased,  the employee  will recognize  as ordinary
compensation income  at the  time of  such disposition  an amount  equal to  the
lesser  of (a) the excess of the fair  market value of the stock measured at the
time of such disposition over the amount paid  for the stock, or (b) 15% of  the
fair market value of the stock measured as of the first day of the Option Period
with  respect to  which the  stock was purchased.  This amount,  however, is not
subject to  social security  taxes  or withholding.  In addition,  the  employee
generally  will recognize a long-term capital gain or loss in an amount equal to
the difference between the amount realized upon the disposition of the stock and
his or her  basis in  the stock (that  is, his  or her purchase  price plus  the
amount, if any, taxed as compensation income).
 
    Although the amounts deducted from an employee's pay under the Purchase Plan
generally  are  tax-deductible business  expenses  of the  Company,  the Company
generally will  not  be  allowed  any additional  deduction  by  reason  of  any
employee's  purchase of  Common Stock  under the  Purchase Plan.  However, if an
employee disposes of Common Stock purchased pursuant to the Purchase Plan within
two years after the first  day of the Option Period  with respect to which  such
stock  was purchased, the Company should be entitled to a deduction in an amount
equal to the  compensation income  recognized by  the employee.  If an  employee
disposes  of Common Stock purchased under the  Purchase Plan more than two years
after  the  first  day  of  the  Option  Period  with  respect  to  which   such
 
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stock  was purchased,  the Company  will not  receive any  deduction for federal
income tax purposes with respect to such stock. Except when an employee disposes
of Common Stock after  the two-year period described  above, the Company may  be
required  to withhold taxes upon,  and to pay employment  taxes with respect to,
compensation income recognized by its employees in connection with the  Purchase
Plan.
 
VOTE REQUIRED
 
    The  affirmative vote of the  holders of a majority  of the shares of Common
Stock represented in  person or  by proxy  and entitled  to vote  at the  Annual
Meeting  is required  for approval  of the  Purchase Plan,  which approval  is a
condition to the effectiveness of the Purchase Plan. Accordingly, under Delaware
law, the Company's Restated Certificate of Incorporation and bylaws, abstentions
have the  same legal  effect  as a  vote against  this  proposal, but  a  broker
non-vote  is not counted. The persons named in  the proxy intend to vote FOR the
approval of the Purchase Plan, unless otherwise instructed.
 
    THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS  RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR  THE APPROVAL OF THE  PURCHASE
PLAN.
 
    ITEM THREE: PROPOSAL TO AMEND THE RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
          TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF AUTHORIZED SHARES OF COMMON STOCK
 
    Subject  to stockholder  approval, the  Board of  Directors has  approved an
amendment to  the  Restated  Certificate  of Incorporation  of  the  Company  to
increase  the number of authorized shares of Common Stock from 90,000,000 shares
to 300,000,000  shares. If  the Amendment  is approved,  Article FOURTH  of  the
Restated  Certificate of Incorporation, which sets forth the Company's presently
authorized capital stock, will be deleted  and the following will be  subtituted
therefor:
 
    "The  aggregate  number  of  shares which  the  Corporation  shall  have the
authority to issue is Three Hundred  One Million (301,000,000) shares, of  which
One  Million (1,000,000) shall be shares of Preferred Stock, of the par value of
One Cent ($.01)  per share (the  "Preferred Stock"), and  Three Hundred  Million
(300,000,000)  shall be  shares of Common  Stock, of  the par value  of One Cent
($.01) per share ("Common Stock")."
 
    The Board of  Directors believes  that the  authorized number  of shares  of
Common Stock should be increased to provide sufficient shares for such corporate
purposes  as  may be  determined by  the Board  of Directors  including, without
limitation: raising  additional capital;  issuing  additional stock  options  or
awards  in  order  to  attract  and  retain  valuable  employees  and directors;
effecting a  stock split  or issuing  a stock  dividend in  order to  facilitate
broader  ownership of the Company's Common  Stock and acquiring other businesses
in exchange for shares of the Company's Common Stock. The Company at present has
no commitments, agreements or undertakings to issue any such additional  shares,
other  than pursuant to  employee incentive compensation,  stock option or stock
purchase plans. The Board of Directors considers the authorization of additional
shares of Common  Stock advisable to  ensure prompt availability  of shares  for
issuance  should  the occasion  arise.  If required  by  law or  regulation, the
Company will seek stockholder approval prior to any issuance of shares.
 
    The Company intends to apply to the NASDAQ National Market System, on  which
the  shares of Common Stock are currently listed, for the listing thereon of the
additional shares to be issued and reserved  for future issuance as a result  of
the  Amendment. Shares of Common Stock, including the additional shares proposed
for authorization, do  not have preemptive  or similar rights.  The issuance  of
additional  shares of  Common Stock could  have the effect  of diluting existing
stockholder earnings per share, book value per share and voting power.  Adoption
of  this proposal requires the affirmative vote  of the holders of a majority of
the outstanding  shares of  Common Stock  entitled to  vote at  the 1996  Annual
Meeting. Shares not voted (whether by abstention, broker non-votes or otherwise)
have the effect of a vote against the proposal.
 
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    THE  BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE  FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE AMENDMENT
TO THE RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF  INCORPORATION TO INCREASE THE AUTHORIZED  SHARES
OF COMMON STOCK FROM 90,000,000 SHARES TO 300,000,000 SHARES.
 
                 ITEM FOUR: PROPOSAL TO RATIFY THE SELECTION OF
                              INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
 
APPOINTMENT OF ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP
 
    The  Board, upon recommendation of the Audit Committee, has appointed Arthur
Andersen  LLP,  Certified  Public  Accountants,  as  the  Company's  independent
accountants for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1997, subject to ratification of
this  appointment  by  the  stockholders of  the  Company.  Arthur  Andersen LLP
performed audit services  in connection  with the examination  of the  financial
statements  of the Company and its subsidiaries  for the fiscal year ended March
31, 1996 and is considered by management of the Company to be well qualified. If
this proposal does not receive  a majority vote at  the meeting, the Board  will
reconsider  the  appointment. Representatives  of  Arthur Andersen  LLP  will be
present  at  the  1996  Annual  Meeting  of  Stockholders.  They  will  have  an
opportunity  to  make  a  statement  if  they desire  to  do  so  and  to answer
appropriate questions.
 
    THE BOARD RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR RATIFICATION OF THE SELECTION OF INDEPENDENT
AUDITORS.
 
                            ITEM FIVE: OTHER MATTERS
 
    The Board of Directors  does not know  of any other matters  that are to  be
presented for action at the 1996 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. However, if any
other  matter should be presented at the  meeting upon which a vote properly may
be taken,  shares represented  by  all duly  executed  proxies received  by  the
Company  will be voted with respect thereto in accordance with the best judgment
of the persons designated as the proxies.
 
                               OTHER INFORMATION
 
CERTAIN STOCKHOLDERS
 
    The following  table sets  forth as  of June  24, 1996  certain  information
regarding  beneficial ownership of the Common Stock by each stockholder known by
the Company to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of its Common Stock, each
director, the  Chief Executive  Officer,  each of  the  four other  most  highly
compensated executive officers and all directors and officers as a group. Unless
otherwise indicated, the stockholders have sole voting and investment power with
respect to shares
 
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beneficially   owned  by  them,  subject   to  community  property  laws,  where
applicable. All  information  with  respect to  beneficial  ownership  has  been
furnished to the Company by the respective stockholders.
 
   
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                     COMMON
NAME                                                                               STOCK OWNED   PERCENT
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------  -----------  ---------
<S>                                                                                <C>          <C>
Massachusetts Financial Services.................................................        4,794    9.6%
 500 Boylston Street
 Boston, MA 02116
 617/954-5027
 
Wellington Management Company....................................................        3,412    6.8%
 75 State Street
 Boston, MA 02109
 617/951-5455
 
Twentieth Century Companies......................................................        2,820    5.65%
 45 Main Street
 Kansas City, MO 64141
 816/340-4103
 
T. Rowe Price Associates.........................................................        2,550    5.1%
 100 East Pratt Street
 Baltimore, MD 21202
 410/547-5774
Max P. Watson Jr.(1).............................................................      566,038    1.1%
Douglas J. Erwin(2)..............................................................      138,220      *
Richard P. Gardner(3)............................................................       42,055      *
James E. Juracek(4)..............................................................      108,274      *
Gerd A. Ordelheide(5)............................................................       17,000      *
John W. Barter(6)................................................................       41,000      *
B. Garland Cupp(7)...............................................................       30,625      *
Meldon K. Gafner(8)..............................................................       21,250      *
L. W. Gray(9)....................................................................       25,000      *
George F. Raymond(10)............................................................       36,551      *
All directors and officers as a group
 (15 persons)(11)................................................................    1,261,341    2.4%
</TABLE>
    
 
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*   Represents less than 1%.
 
(1) Includes  398,310 shares subject to stock options exercisable within 60 days
    after June 24, 1996, and 40,000 shares held by trusts for the benefit of Mr.
    Watson's children, of which he is one of two trustees and shares voting  and
    investment power of which Mr. Watson disclaims beneficial ownership.
 
(2) Includes  90,000 shares subject to stock  options exercisable within 60 days
    of June 24, 1996 and 20,000  shares of restricted stock subject to  transfer
    restrictions.
 
(3) Includes  25,000 shares subject to stock  options exercisable within 60 days
    of June 24, 1996 and 10,000  shares of restricted stock subject to  transfer
    restrictions.
 
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(4) Includes  33,000 shares subject to stock  options exercisable within 60 days
    of June 24, 1996 and 50,000  shares of restricted stock subject to  transfer
    restrictions.
 
(5) Includes  17,000 shares subject to stock  options exercisable within 60 days
    after June 24, 1996.
 
(6) Includes 35,000 shares subject to  stock options exercisable within 60  days
    after June 24, 1996.
 
(7) Includes  30,624 shares subject to stock  options exercisable within 60 days
    after June 24, 1996.
 
(8) Includes 21,250 shares subject to  stock options exercisable within 60  days
    after June 24, 1996.
 
(9)  Includes 25,000 shares subject to  stock options exercisable within 60 days
    after June 24, 1996.
 
(10) Includes 31,627 shares subject to stock options exercisable within 60  days
    of June 24, 1996.
 
(11) Includes 837,312 shares subject to stock options exercisable within 60 days
    after  June  24,  1996 and  80,000  shares  of restricted  stock  subject to
    transfer restrictions.
 
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
 
    The  executive  officers  are  elected   to  serve  annual  terms.   Certain
information  concerning the Company's executive officers  as of June 24, 1996 is
set forth below,  except that  information concerning  Mr. Watson  is set  forth
above under Item One: "Election of Directors."
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
              NAME                     AGE                                 POSITION
- ---------------------------------      ---      --------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                <C>          <C>
Douglas J. Erwin.................          43   Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Richard P. Gardner...............          42   Senior Vice President, North American Sales
James E. Juracek.................          50   Senior Vice President, Research Development
Gerd A. Ordelheide...............          53   Senior Vice President, European Operations
Theodore W. Van Duyn.............          47   Chief Technology Officer
M. Brinkley Morse................          38   Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Leland D. Putterman..............          37   Vice President, Worldwide Marketing
Kevin M. Klausmeyer..............          37   Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller
Stephen B. Solcher...............          35   Treasurer
</TABLE>
 
   
    Mr. Erwin joined the Company as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating
Officer  in April  1994. Prior  to joining the  Company, Mr.  Erwin was employed
since 1988 with Northern Telecom  in various senior operating positions,  lastly
Vice  President,  Network  Services  and Software  Applications.  Mr.  Erwin was
employed by IBM Corporation in various sales and marketing capacities from  1975
to 1988.
    
 
    Mr.  Gardner joined  the Company  as Senior  Vice President,  North American
Sales, in May 1994. He was employed by IBM Corporation from March, 1975 to  May,
1994  in  various sales  and general  management  capacities, lastly  as General
Manager of its Houston, Texas operations.
 
    Mr. Juracek  joined  the Company  as  Senior Vice  President,  Research  and
Development  in February  1993. From  June 1992  to February  1993, he  was Vice
President, MIS and  Chief Information  Officer of Frito-Lay,  Inc. From  October
1988  to June 1992, he was Vice President, Systems Engineering of SABRE Computer
Services, a division  of AMR Corporation.  From August 1968  to August 1987,  he
served in various information systems capacities for AT&T Corporation.
 
   
    Mr.  Ordelheide  joined  the  Company  as  Senior  Vice  President, European
Operations in January 1995. He was employed by DataSwitch Corporation from  1993
to  1995 and by  Siemens Nixdorf USA  from 1980 to  1992. From 1970  to 1980, he
served in various marketing positions with IBM Corporation.
    
 
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    Mr. Van Duyn joined the Company in October 1985 as Director of Research  and
served  as Senior  Vice President,  Research and  Development from  July 1986 to
February 1993, when he became Chief Technology Officer.
 
    Mr. Morse has served as General  Counsel and Secretary since November  1988,
when he joined the Company, and as Vice President since January 1991.
 
   
    Mr.  Putterman joined the Company in September 1994 from Oracle Corporation,
where he was employed since July 1985 in various sales and marketing capacities.
His last position was as a Vice President, Database and Tools Marketing.
    
 
    Mr. Klausmeyer joined the Company in August 1993 as Corporate Controller and
has served as Chief  Accounting Officer since October  1994. From December  1979
through July 1993, he was employed by Arthur Andersen LLP in various capacities,
the last of which was Principal -- High Technology/Enterprise Group.
 
    Mr.  Solcher joined the Company as Assistant Treasurer in September 1991 and
has served as  Treasurer since  April 1992. Prior  to joining  the Company,  Mr.
Solcher  was employed as an audit manager  by Arthur Andersen LLP, the Company's
independent auditors, from 1983 to 1991.
 
                             EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
 
    The following tables  and notes thereto  present information concerning  the
cash compensation, restricted stock grants, stock option grants and stock option
exercises  of Messrs. Watson, Erwin, Gardner, Juracek and Ordelheide (the "Named
Executive Officers"). The Company's compensation  policies are discussed in  the
Report of the Compensation Committee of the Board.
 
                              SUMMARY COMPENSATION
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                         OTHER ANNUAL    RESTRICTED
                                                        FISCAL     SALARY                COMPENSATION    STOCK AWARD
                                                         YEAR        ($)     BONUS ($)      ($)(1)         ($)(2)
                                                       ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------------  -----------
<S>                                                    <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>              <C>
Max P. Watson Jr.....................................       1996    240,000    600,970         5,000          0
 Chairman of the Board,                                     1995    240,000    512,360         5,000          0
 President and Chief Executive Officer                      1994    240,000    560,000         5,000          0
Douglas A. Erwin.....................................       1996    180,000    490,857         5,000          0
 Senior Vice President and                                  1995    180,000    420,000         5,000      1,886,250
 Chief Operating Officer                                    1994    N.A.       N.A.          N.A.           N.A.
Richard P. Gardner...................................       1996    139,992    349,393         5,000          0
 Vice President                                             1995    124,108    288,001         5,000        725,625
 N. American Sales and Marketing                            1994     NA.       N.A.          N.A.           N.A.
James E. Juracek.....................................       1996    140,004    342,026         5,000          0
 Senior Vice President                                      1995    140,000    290,936         5,000          0
 Research and Development                                   1994    140,000    354,611         5,000      3,087,500
Gerd A. Ordelheide...................................       1996    124,441    347,930         4,425          0
 Senior Vice President,                                     1995     34,011    157,500         4,000          0
 European Operations                                        1994    N.A.       N.A.          N.A.           N.A.
</TABLE>
 
- ------------------------
(1) Represents  nondiscriminatory Board authorized  matching contributions under
    the Company's 401(k) plan.
 
(2) As of March 31, 1996, the Named Executive Officers held shares of restricted
    stock in the following amounts and having the following dollar values  based
    on  the closing price of  the Company's common stock  of $54.75 on March 31,
    1996: Mr.  Erwin, 40,000  shares, $2,190,000;  Mr. Gardner,  20,000  shares,
    $1,095,000;   Mr.  Juracek,  70,000  shares,  $3,833,500.  These  restricted
 
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    shares all represent  long-term incentive  awards under  which the  transfer
    restrictions  on  the  restricted  shares  lapse in  a  fiscal  year  if the
    Company's earnings  per share  meets or  exceeds the  targeted earnings  per
    share  amount for  the fiscal  year. The  restricted shares  were granted in
    connection with the grantees' employment with the Company and are valued  in
    the  above  table at  the  closing price  on  the grant  date.  The transfer
    restrictions on the  shares of Mr.  Juracek lapse in  increments of 29%  and
    71%,  respectively, and the transfer restrictions on the shares of Mr. Erwin
    and Mr. Gardner lapse in one-third increments, if the Company's earnings per
    share meets or exceeds the prescribed  targets in fiscal 1996 and 1997.  The
    Company's earnings per share in fiscal 1996 exceeded the fiscal 1996 target,
    excluding  the  one-time charge  of  $23,589,000 for  acquired  research and
    development in the third quarter of fiscal 1996. The Compensation  Committee
    excluded  the charge in  determining that the objectives  were met in fiscal
    1996 because  of  the  extraordinary  nature of  the  charge.  The  transfer
    restrictions thus lapsed on the shares of restricted stock held by the Named
    Executive  Officers for  fiscal 1996.  If the  Company fails  to achieve the
    target in a fiscal year, the  transfer restrictions on the shares  allocated
    to  that  year do  not  lapse and  the shares  cannot  be sold  or otherwise
    disposed of, except that the transfer  restrictions on all of an  employee's
    restricted  shares will lapse on the tenth  anniversary of the grant date if
    the grantee's employment with the Company has not terminated.
 
                AGGREGATED OPTION EXERCISES IN LAST FISCAL YEAR
                       AND FISCAL YEAR-END OPTION VALUES
 
    The following table provides information on option exercises in fiscal  1996
by  the Named  Executive Officers  and the  value of  such officers' unexercised
options at March 31, 1996.
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                            NUMBER OF SECURITIES
                                                           UNDERLYING UNEXERCISED        VALUE OF UNEXERCISED
                                                                 OPTIONS AT            IN-THE-MONEY OPTIONS AT
                                   SHARES       VALUE        FISCAL YEAR-END(#)           FISCAL YEAR-END($)
                                 ACQUIRED ON  REALIZED   --------------------------  ----------------------------
                                 EXERCISE #       $      EXERCISABLE  UNEXERCISABLE   EXERCISABLE   UNEXERCISABLE
                                 -----------  ---------  -----------  -------------  -------------  -------------
<S>                              <C>          <C>        <C>          <C>            <C>            <C>
Max P. Watson Jr...............           0           0     398,310        528,000      17,739,437     17,226,000
Douglas J. Erwin...............           0           0      90,000        360,000       2,936,250     11,745,000
Richard P. Gardner.............      33,000     915,188      33,000        264,000       1,076,625      8,613,000
James J. Juracek...............      33,000     917,907      33,000        264,000       1,076,625      8,613,000
Gerd A. Ordelheide.............      33,000     821,563      33,000        264,000         981,750      7,854,000
</TABLE>
 
REPORT OF THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD
 
    The Compensation Committee, which is composed only of independent directors,
administers the compensation program for executive officers of the Company.  The
Compensation   Committee,  with  the  aid  of  internal  staff  and  independent
compensation consultants, at least annually reviews and evaluates the  Company's
compensation  program to determine their effectiveness in attracting, motivating
and retaining highly skilled executive officers.
 
    COMPENSATION  PHILOSOPHY.    The  Company's  compensation  program  for  its
executive  officers is  designed to  preserve and  enhance stockholder  value by
heavily emphasizing  performance-based  compensation. The  program  is  directed
towards  motivating executives to achieve  the Company's business objectives, to
reward them for their achievement and  to attract and retain executive  officers
who contribute to the Company's long-term success.
 
    COMPENSATION  COMPONENTS.  The Company's  executive compensation program has
three  primary  components:  base   salary,  annual  incentives  and   long-term
incentives. Each of these three components is described below.
 
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    BASE  SALARY.   The  level  of base  salary  paid to  executive  officers is
determined on the basis of performance, experience and such other factors as may
be appropriately considered by the Compensation Committee. The salaries are  set
at  the low  to middle  end of  the competitive  market based  upon compensation
surveys of industry peers by an independent compensation consultant.
 
    ANNUAL INCENTIVES.  Annual  incentive compensation awards for  participating
executive  officers are determined by allocating, as a percentage of pay, 10% of
the amount by which the Company's pretax income (excluding extraordinary  items)
in  a quarter exceeds  its pretax income  in the same  quarter one year earlier.
These quarterly bonuses are adjusted at the end of the fiscal year to equal  the
recipient's  allocated share of 10% of the  amount by which the Company's pretax
income for the fiscal year exceeded its pretax income in the preceding year. The
individual executive  officer  percentage  allocations  are  determined  by  the
relationship  of  individual salaries  to the  total  salaries of  all executive
officer participants.  These  percentages are  then  adjusted quarterly  by  the
Compensation  Committee at the recommendation of the Chief Executive Officer for
various individual contributions.
 
    Annual bonuses are directly tied to  year over year growth in the  Company's
pretax  earnings in order to focus  executive officers' efforts on the Company's
financial performance. The  program is  designed to heavily  weigh the  variable
component  of  an executive's  total annual  compensation  and to  generate 90th
percentile or higher  awards compared to  a peer group  if the Company  achieves
expected  levels  of performance.  The  annual incentive  compensation  plan was
implemented in mid-fiscal  year 1990  and has been  in effect  since then,  with
minor variations.
 
    LONG  TERM INCENTIVES.   The Compensation Committee  approved in fiscal 1995
long term incentives for the  Company's executive officers, including the  Named
Executive  Officers.  The long  term incentives  are nonstatutory  stock options
vesting over five years, with an exercise  price equal to the fair market  value
on the grant date. The design of the long term incentives granted in fiscal 1995
was  based upon the recommendation of Godwins,  Booke & Dickenson and on factors
including the  responsibilities  of  the individual  executive  officers,  their
expected  future contributions and  long term incentives  granted by competitors
and peer  companies  within the  computer  software industry.  The  Compensation
Committee  intends that the stock option grants  made in fiscal 1995 will be the
primary grants  to the  covered executive  officers for  the five  year  vesting
period. No long term incentives were granted in fiscal 1996.
 
    The  key purpose of the long-term incentive compensation program is to focus
executive officers'  efforts on  performance  that increases  the value  of  the
Company  for its  stockholders. It  is also intended  to align  the interests of
executive officers with  those of  stockholders by  encouraging share  ownership
while providing a significant retention incentive for executive officers.
 
    COMPENSATION  OF  THE  CHIEF EXECUTIVE  OFFICER.   As  described  above, the
Company  determines  compensation  for  all  executives,  including  the   Chief
Executive  Officer, considering both a pay-for-performance philosophy and market
rates of  compensation.  The  Chief  Executive Officer's  base  salary  has  not
increased over the last five fiscal years, reflecting the emphasis on the annual
incentive  bonus opportunity in  the total mix of  annual cash compensation. The
Chief Executive Officer's  annual incentive was  based on an  allocation of  the
annual  incentive pool described  above based on the  relative percentage of his
salary to the salaries  of the five other  participants in the annual  incentive
program.  The Chief Executive Officer did not receive any stock options or other
long-term compensation in fiscal 1996.
 
    DEDUCTIBILITY.   Internal Revenue  Code Section  162(m) precludes  a  public
corporation from taking a deduction in 1994 or subsequent years for compensation
in excess of $1 million for its chief executive officer or any of its four other
highest-paid   officers.  Performance-based  compensation  meeting  criteria  in
Section 162(m), however, is specifically exempt from the deduction limit.
 
    Based  on  Section  162(m)  and  the  regulations  issued  thereunder,   any
compensation derived from all grants of stock options and restricted stock prior
to  the  effective  date of  Section  162(m) is  exempt  from the  limit  on the
corporate tax  deduction. The  stock option  grants to  the Company's  executive
 
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officers  described  above  have  been  designed  so  that  compensation expense
deductions taken by the Company in connection with the exercise of such  options
will  be  excluded from  the  deduction limit.  The  Company does  not currently
anticipate taking  actions  necessary  to  qualify  the  Company's  annual  cash
incentive  plan for  the exclusion  to Section 162(m),  and believes  that it is
unlikely that  any  executive  officer's  annual  cash  compensation,  including
bonuses awarded under the annual incentive plan described above, will exceed the
$1,000,000 limit.
 
    Respectfully  submitted  by  the  Compensation  Committee  of  the  Board of
Directors of the Company:
 
                                          John W. Barter
                                          B. Garland Cupp
                                          Meldon K. Gafner
 
PERFORMANCE GRAPH
 
    The following  indexed graph  indicates the  Company's total  return to  its
stockholders  for the five year period ended  March 31, 1996, as compared to the
total return over such period for the Standard & Poor's 500 Composite Index  and
the  Standard & Poor's Computer Software  & Services Composite Index. This graph
assumes a $100 investment at the  beginning of such period and the  reinvestment
of all dividends.
 
EDGAR REPRESENTATION OF DATA POINTS USED IN PRINTED GRAPHIC
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                          1992       1993       1994       1995       1996
<S>                                          <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>
BMC Software, Inc.                                 100    $142.60    $115.68    $146.15    $150.89    $259.17
S&P 500 Composite                                  100    $111.04    $127.95    $129.84    $150.05    $198.22
S&P Computer Software & Services Composite         100    $164.14    $204.03    $203.95    $312.15    $421.99
</TABLE>
 
COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 16(A) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
   
    The  Company believes that, during the fiscal year ended March 31, 1996, all
Section  16(a)  filing  requirements  applicable  to  the  Company's  directors,
executive  officers and greater than ten-percent beneficial owners were complied
with, except  that  Mr.  Klausmeyer reported  on  Form  5 his  holdings  in  the
Company's  securities that should have been reported  earlier on Form 3 upon his
promotion to Chief Accounting Officer.
    
 
RELATED TRANSACTIONS
 
    John S. Watson, the brother of Max P. Watson Jr., the Company's Chairman  of
the  Board, President and Chief Executive Officer,  is a partner in the law firm
of Vinson & Elkins,  L.L.P., which is the  Company's principal outside  counsel.
The  Company paid $904,786 in  legal fees to Vinson  & Elkins for legal services
rendered in fiscal 1996.
 
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                             STOCKHOLDER PROPOSALS
 
   
    Any stockholder who wishes to submit a proposal for presentation at the 1997
Annual Meeting of Stockholders  must forward such proposal  to the Secretary  of
the  Company, at the address indicated on page 1 of this proxy statement so that
the Secretary receives it no later than March 17, 1997.
    
 
                                   FORM 10-K
 
    The Company will furnish without charge to each person whose proxy is  being
solicited,  upon written  request of  any such person,  a copy  of the Company's
annual report on Form 10-K for the  fiscal year ended March 31, 1996 (the  "1996
10-K"),  as filed  with the  Securities and  Exchange Commission,  including the
financial statements and the financial statement schedules thereto. The  Company
will  furnish to any such person any  exhibit described in the list accompanying
the 1996 10-K, upon  the payment, in advance,  of the specified reasonable  fees
related  to the Company's furnishing of  such exhibit(s). Requests for copies of
such report  and/or exhibit(s)  should be  directed to  Mr. M.  Brinkley  Morse,
Secretary for the Company, at the Company's principal address as shown on page 1
hereof.
 
                                 OTHER MATTERS
 
    The  Annual Report to Stockholders for the  fiscal year ended March 31, 1996
has been mailed to each stockholder entitled to vote at the annual meeting.
 
    The cost of soliciting proxies in the accompanying form will be borne by the
Company. In addition to solicitations by  mail, a number of officers,  directors
and regular employees of the Company may, if necessary to ensure the presence of
a  quorum and at no additional expense to the Company, solicit proxies in person
or by  telephone or  telegraph. The  Company also  will make  arrangements  with
brokerage  firms,  banks  and  other  nominees  to  forward  proxy  materials to
beneficial  owners  of  shares  and  will  reimburse  such  nominees  for  their
reasonable costs.
 
    The  persons designated to vote shares covered by proxies intend to exercise
their judgment in voting such shares on  other matters that may come before  the
meeting  adjourns. Management does  not expect, however,  that any matters other
than those referred to in this proxy  statement will be presented for action  at
the Meeting.
 
                                          By Order of the Board of Directors
 
                                                  /s/ M. Brinkley Morse
                                                    M. Brinkley Morse
                                                        SECRETARY
 
   
Houston, Texas
July 16, 1996
    
 
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                             BMC SOFTWARE, INC.
P                         2101 CITY WEST BOULEVARD
R                             HOUSTON, TX 77042
O
X       THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Y

     The undersigned hereby appoints Max P. Watson Jr. and M. Brinkley Morse
as Proxies, each with the power to appoint his or her substitute, and hereby 
authorizes them, acting unanimously if more than one shall act, to represent
and to vote as designated on the reverse side, all the shares of common stock
of BMC Software, Inc. held of record by the undersigned on July 5, 1996, at
the annual meeting of stockholders to be held on August 19, 1996 or any 
adjournment thereof.

     THE UNDERSIGNED ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THIS PROXY WHEN PROPERLY EXECUTED WILL 
BE VOTED IN THE MANNER DIRECTED HEREIN BY THE UNDERSIGNED STOCKHOLDER AND 
THAT IF NO DIRECTION IS MADE, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED FOR ALL NOMINEES 
LISTED IN PROPOSAL 1 AND IN FAVOR OF PROPOSAL 2, 3 AND 4.

            (Continued and to be signed on the other side)      /SEE REVERSE/
                                                               /   SIDE    /



<PAGE>

/X/ Please mark
    votes as in
    this example.

1. ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

NOMINEES: J. BARTER, G. CUPP, M. GAFNER, L. GRAY,
G. RAYMOND AND M. WATSON


FOR ALL NOMINEES  |  |   |  |  WITHHOLD AUTHORITY
LISTED (EXCEPT    |  |   |  |     TO VOTE FOR
AS MARKED IN      |  |   |  |     ALL NOMINEES
THE CONTRARY)     |  |   |  |        LISTED


_____________________________________________________
INSTRUCTION: TO WITHHOLD AUTHORITY FOR ANY INDIVIDUAL
NOMINEE, WRITE THE NOMINEE'S NAME ON THE LINE ABOVE.



   2. PROPOSAL TO APPROVE THE          FOR    AGAINST    ABSTAIN  
      BMC SOFTWARE, INC. 1996         |   |  |       |  |       | 
      EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE         |   |  |       |  |       | 
      PLAN.                           |   |  |       |  |       | 



   3. PROPOSAL TO APPROVE AN           FOR    AGAINST    ABSTAIN  
      AMENDMENT TO THE COMPANY'S      |   |  |       |  |       | 
      RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF         |   |  |       |  |       | 
      INCORPORATION TO INCREASE       |   |  |       |  |       | 
      THE AUTHORIZED NUMBER OF
      SHARES OF COMMON STOCK,
      PAR VALUE $.01 PER SHARE
      FROM 90,000,000 SHARES TO
      300,000,000 SHARES.



                                       FOR    AGAINST    ABSTAIN
    4. PROPOSAL TO RATIFY THE         |   |  |       |  |       |
       APPOINTMENT OF ARTHUR          |   |  |       |  |       |
       ANDERSEN LLP AS THE            |   |  |       |  |       |
       INDEPENDENT PUBLIC
       ACCOUNTANTS OF THE COMPANY.

    5. IN THEIR DISCRETION, UPON ANY OTHER BUSINESS WHICH MAY PROPERLY COME
       BEFORE SAID MEETING.

                                     MARK HERE
                                    FOR ADDRESS  |   |
                                     CHANGE AND  |   |
                                    NOTE AT LEFT

       PLEASE SIGN EXACTLY AS YOUR NAME APPEARS ON THE COMPANY'S STOCK
       TRANSFER RECORDS. WHEN SHARES ARE HELD BY JOINT TENANTS, BOTH
       SHOULD SIGN. WHEN SIGNING AS ATTORNEY, AS EXECUTOR, ADMINISTRATOR,
       TRUSTEE OR GUARDIAN, PLEASE GIVE FULL TITLE AS SUCH. IF A CORPORATION,
       PLEASE SIGN IN FULL CORPORATE NAME BY PRESIDENT OR OTHER AUTHORIZED
       OFFICER. IF A PARTNERSHIP, PLEASE SIGN IN PARTNERSHIP NAME BY
       AUTHORIZED PERSON.

PLEASE MARK, SIGN, DATE AND RETURN THIS PROXY
CARD PROMPTLY.

       SIGNATURE:______________________________________DATE_______________

       SIGNATURE:______________________________________DATE_______________



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