AGILE SOFTWARE CORPORATION
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BUSINESS DESCRIPTION:
Agile is a leading supplier of web-centric product content management software for use within and among
enterprises in a manufacturing supply chain. The suite of products is designed to improve the ability of supply
chain members to communicate and collaborate with one another about new or changing product content. The
company believes that their products are well-suited for participants in web-connected outsourced supply
chains, as well as those managing multi-site engineering, manufacturing, sales and distribution. Since June 1996,
when the company shipped their first product, they have licensed their products to approximately 300 customers
in the computers and peripherals, components, consumer electronics, data networking and telecommunications
equipment, electronics manufacturing, medical equipment and semiconductor equipment markets. Agile
customers include Gateway, Texas Instruments, Philips Mobile Computing, Lucent Technologies, Solectron, GE
Marquette Medical Systems and FSI International.
USE OF PROCEEDS:
The proceeds will be used for general corporate purposes, including working capital, capital expenditures and
repayment of debt.
COMPETITION:
The market for product content management software is new, highly fragmented, rapidly changing and
increasingly competitive. The company expects competition to persist and intensify, which could result in price
reductions, reduced gross margins and loss of market share, any one of which could seriously harm the
business. Competitors vary in size and in the scope and breadth of the products and services offered.
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