DecisionOne Holdings Corp.
Ticker: DOCI 50 East Swedesford Road
Exchange: NASDAQ-National Market Frazer, Pennsylvania 19355
Industry: Service (610) 296-6000

Type of Shares:Common Shares Filing Date:2/12/96
U.S. Shares:6,000,000 Offer Date:4/3/96
Non-U.S. Shares:1,500,000 Filing Range:$16.50 - $18.50
Primary Shares:6,300,000 Offer Price:$18.00
Secondary Shares:1,200,000 Gross Spread:$1.13
Offering Amount: $131,250,000 Selling:$0.67
Expenses:$850,000 Reallowance:$0.10
Shares Out After:27,137,830
Spin out parent firm: Welsh Carson Anderson & Stowe

ManagerTierPhone
Smith Barney Inc.Lead Manager (718) 921-8473
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.Co-manager (212) 648-9922
Lehman Brothers IncorporatedCo-manager (212) 640-6129

Auditor: Deloitte & Touche
Audited
Income
Latest
Unaudited
Income
Prior
Unaudited
Income
Balance
Sheet
6/30/95 12/31/95 12/31/94 12/31/95
Revenue:$163.02$196.49$73.77Assets:$463.77
Net Income:$41.42$5.02$5.52Liabilities:$400.75
EPS:$1.79$0.22$0.24Equity:$63.02

Note: Dollar amounts are in U.S. millions; Audited figures expressed as full year,
unaudited figures are partial year

Business Description
The company is the largest independent provider of multi-vendor computer maintenance and technology support services in the United States based on Dataquest estimates of 1994 revenues. The company's services include hardware support, user and software support, network support and other support services. These services are offered by the company across a broad range of computing environments, including mainframes, midrange and distributed systems, workgroups, personal computers and related peripherals. The company believes it has a competitive advantage through its ability to provide a single source solution and because it is independent. The company has built an extensive and efficient infrastructure to provide its services. With approximately 3,900 technical personnel located in over 150 service locations in North America supplemented by strategic alliances in selected international markets, the company believes it has a distinct competitive advantage, particularly with respect to large national and multinational customer accounts.

Use of Proceeds
The proceeds from the proposed offering will be used for repayment of debt, payment of dividends to holders of its redeemable preferred stock and other general corporate purposes.

Last updated: 10/28/96

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