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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13G
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
(AMENDMENT NO. 3)*
Platinum Software Corporation
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(Name of Issuer)
Common Stock, $.001 par value
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(Title of Class of Securities)
72764R105
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(CUSIP Number)
March 26, 1998
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(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)
Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this
Schedule is filed:
/ / Rule 13d-1(b)
/ / Rule 13d-1(c)
/X/ Rule 13d-1(d)
*The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting
person's initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of
securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which
would alter the disclosures provided in a prior cover page.
The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not
be deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that
section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act
(however, see the Notes).
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ITEM 1(a). NAME OF ISSUER: Platinum Software Corporation
ITEM 1(b). ADDRESS OF ISSUER'S PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES:
195 Technology Drive, Irvine, California 94718-2402
ITEM 2(a). NAMES OF PERSONS FILING: New Enterprise Associates VI, Limited
Partnership ("NEA VI"); NEA Partners VI, Limited Partnership ("NEA
Partners VI"), which is the sole general partner of NEA VI; and
Peter J. Barris ("Barris"), Nancy L. Dorman ("Dorman"), Ronald
Kase ("Kase"), C. Richard Kramlich ("Kramlich"), Arther J. Marks
("Marks"), Thomas C. McConnell ("McConnell"), John M. Nehra
("Nehra") and Charles W. Newhall III ("Newhall") (the "General
Partners"). The General Partners are individual general partners of
NEA Partners VI. The persons named in this paragraph are referred
to individually herein as a "Reporting Person" and collectively as
the "Reporting Persons".
ITEM 2(b). ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL BUSINESS OFFICE OR, IF NONE, RESIDENCE: The
address of the principal business office of NEA VI, NEA Partners
VI, Barris, Dorman, Marks, and Newhall is New Enterprise
Associates, 1119 St. Paul Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202. The
address of the principal business office of Kase, Kramlich and
McConnell is New Enterprise Associates, 2490 Sand Hill Road, Menlo
Park, California 94025.
ITEM 4. OWNERSHIP.
Not Applicable.
ITEM 5. OWNERSHIP OF FIVE PERCENT OR LESS OF A CLASS.
Each Reporting Person has ceased to own beneficially more than 5%
of the outstanding Common Stock Platinum Software Corporation.
ALL OTHER ITEMS REPORTED ON THE SCHEDULE 13G DATED AS OF FEBRUARY 10, 1998
AND FILED ON BEHALF OF THE REPORTING PERSONS WITH RESPECT TO THE COMMON STOCK
OF PLATINUM SOFTWARE CORPORATION REMAIN UNCHANGED.
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SIGNATURE
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of its knowledge and belief, each
of the undersigned certifies that the information set forth in this statement is
true, complete and correct.
Date: February 10, 1999
NEW ENTERPRISE ASSOCIATES VI, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
By: NEA PARTNERS VI, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
By: *
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Charles W. Newhall III
General Partner
NEA PARTNERS VI, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
By: *
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Charles W. Newhall III
General Partner
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Peter J. Barris
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Ronald Kase
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John M. Nehra
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C. Richard Kramlich
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Arthur J. Marks
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Thomas C. McConnell
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Charles W. Newhall III
*By: /s/ Nancy L. Dorman
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Nancy L. Dorman, in her individual
capacity and as Attorney-in-Fact
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This Schedule 13G was executed by Nancy L. Dorman pursuant to Powers of
Attorney filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 13,
1992 in connection with a Schedule 13G for Advanced Interventional Systems
Inc., and on February 13, 1995 in connection with a Schedule 13G for Acuity
Imaging, Inc., which Powers of Attorney are incorporated herein by reference
and copies of which are attached hereto as Exhibit 2.
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Exhibit 1
AGREEMENT
Pursuant to Rule 13d-1(f)(1) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the undersigned hereby agree that only one statement containing the
information required by Schedule 13G need be filed with respect to the
ownership by each of the undersigned of shares of Common Stock Platinum
Software Corporation.
EXECUTED as a sealed instrument this 10th day of February, 1999
NEW ENTERPRISE ASSOCIATES VI, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
By: NEA PARTNERS VI, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
By: *
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Charles W. Newhall III
General Partner
NEA PARTNERS VI, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
By: *
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Charles W. Newhall III
General Partner
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Peter J. Barris
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Ronald Kase
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John M. Nehra
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C. Richard Kramlich
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Arthur J. Marks
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*
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Thomas C. McConnell
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Charles W. Newhall III
*By: /s/ Nancy L. Dorman
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Nancy L. Dorman, in her individual
capacity and as Attorney-in-Fact
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This Agreement was executed by Nancy L. Dorman pursuant to Powers of Attorney
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 13, 1992 in
connection with a Schedule 13G for Advanced Interventional Systems Inc., and on
February 13, 1995 in connection with a Schedule 13G for Acuity Imaging, Inc.,
which Powers of Attorney are incorporated herein by reference and copies of
which are attached hereto as Exhibit 2.
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Exhibit 2
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below hereby constitutes and appoints Nancy L. Dorman and Charles W. Newhall
III, and each of them, with full power to act without the other, his true and
lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution, to sign any and all
instruments, certificates and documents that may be necessary, desirable or
appropriate to be executed on behalf of himself as an individual or in his
capacity as a general partner of any partnership, pursuant to section 13 or
16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"),
and any and all regulations promulgated thereunder, and to file the same,
with all exhibits thereto, and any other documents in connection therewith,
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and with any other entity when
and if such is mandated by the Exchange Act or by the By-laws of the National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., granting unto said attorney-in-fact
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
necessary, desirable or appropriate, fully to all intents and purposes as he
might or could do in person, thereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorney-in-fact, or his substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Power of Attorney has been signed as of the 23rd
day of April, 1991.
/s/ Raymond L. Bank
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Raymond L. Bank
/s/ Thomas R. Baruch
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Thomas R. Baruch
/s/ Cornelius C. Bond, Jr.
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Cornelius C. Bond, Jr.
/s/ Frank A. Bonsal, Jr.
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Frank A. Bonsal, Jr.
/s/ James A. Cole
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James A. Cole
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/s/ Nancy L. Dorman
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Nancy L. Dorman
/s/ Neal M. Douglas
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Neal M. Douglas
/s/ John W. Glynn, Jr.
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John W. Glynn, Jr.
/s/ Curran W. Harvey
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Curran W. Harvey
/s/ Ronald Kase
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Ronald Kase
/s/ C. Richard Kramlich
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C. Richard Kramlich
/s/ Robert F. Kuhling
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Robert F. Kuhling
/s/ Arthur J. Marks
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Arthur J. Marks
/s/ Thomas C. McConnell
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Thomas C. McConnell
/s/ Donald L. Murfin
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Donald L. Murfin
/s/ H. Leland Murphy
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H. Leland Murphy
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/s/ John M. Nehra
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John M. Nehra
/s/ Charles W. Newhall III
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Charles W. Newhall III
/s/ Terry L. Opdendyk
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Terry L. Opdendyk
/s/ Barbara J. Perrier
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Barbara J. Perrier
/s/ C. Vincent Prothro
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C. Vincent Prothro
/s/ C. Woodrow Rea, Jr.
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C. Woodrow Rea, Jr.
/s/ Howard D. Wolfe, Jr.
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Howard D. Wolfe, Jr.
/s/ Nora M. Zietz
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Nora M. Zietz
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below hereby constitutes and appoints Nancy L. Dorman and Charles W. Newhall
III, and each of them, with full power to act without the other, his true and
lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution, to sign any and all
instruments, certificates and documents that may be necessary, desirable or
appropriate to be executed on behalf of himself as an individual or in his
capacity as a general partner of any partnership, pursuant to section 13 or
16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"),
and any and all regulations promulgated thereunder, and to file the same,
with all exhibits thereto, and any other documents in connection therewith,
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and with any other entity when
and if such is mandated by the Exchange Act or by the By-laws of the National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., granting unto said attorney-in-fact
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
necessary, desirable or appropriate, fully to all intents and purposes as he
might or could do in person, thereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorney-in-fact, or his substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Power of Attorney has been signed as of the 1st
day of January, 1994.
/s/ Peter J. Barris
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Peter J. Barris
/s/ Debra E. King
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Debra E. King
/s/ Peter T. Morris
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Peter T. Morris
/s/ Hugh Y. Rienhoff, Jr.
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Hugh Y. Rienhoff, Jr.
/s/ Alexander Slusky
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Alexander Slusky
/s/ Louis B. Van Dyck
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Louis B. Van Dyck
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