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Command Systems, Inc.
76 Batterson Park Road, Farmington, CT 06032 * (860) 409-2000

The company provides a wide range of information technology solutions and services to financial services organizations to support their evolving business processes.

Primary Underwriting Group
ManagerTierPhone
Cowen & CompanyLead Manager (212) 495-6000
Volpe Brown Whelan & CompanyCo-manager (415) 274-4463

Offering Information
NASNTL:CMND High-Tech: SIC 7371
Type of Shares:Common Shares Filing Date:1/8/97
U.S. Shares:2,700,000 Offer Date:3/12/98
Non-U.S. Shares:0 Filing Range:$10.00 - $12.00
Primary Shares:2,400,000 Offer Price:$12.00
Secondary Shares:300,000 Gross Spread:$0.84
Offering Amount: $29,700,000 Selling:$0.47
Expenses:$993,000 Reallowance:$0.10
Post-IPO Shares:7,556,750
Employees:17

Legal Counsel, Auditor and Registrar
Issuer's Law Firm: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky And Popeo
Bank's Law Firm: Buchanan Ingersoll
Registrar/Transfer Agent: Boston Equiserve Limited Partnership
Auditor: Ernst & Young

Selected Financial Data

Dollar amounts in U.S. millions except for per share data
9 Month Ending Financials
Full Year
Audited
Income
Latest
Unaudited
Income
Prior
Audited
Income
Balance
Sheet
12/31/96 9/30/97 9/30/96 9/30/97
Revenue:$17.07$17.74$12.56Assets:$8.12
Net Income:-$0.42-$0.66$0.23Curr Assets:
EPS:-$0.09-$0.15$0.05Liabilities:$6.68
Prior EPS:$0.05Curr Liab:
Cash Flow/Oper:-$1.07Equity:$1.44
Cash Flow/Fin:$2.25Cash:$0.67
Cash Flow/Inv:-$0.95

Competition
The IT services market is highly competitive and fragmented and served by numerous international, national, regional and local firms. Primary competitors include other IT service providers, along with participants from a variety of market segments, including "Big Six" accounting firms, implementation firms, applications software firms, service groups of computer equipment companies, general management consulting firms, programming companies and temporary staffing firms, as well as in-house IT departments. In addition, a significant and increasing number of companies have recently announced that they offer Year 2000 solutions services or automated Year 2000 solutions software products. Many of the Company's competitors have significantly greater financial, technical and marketing resources and generate greater revenue than the Company, and there can be no assurance that the Company will not lose existing customers to such competitors. The Company believes that its ability to compete also depends in part on a number of factors outside its control, including the ability of its competitors to hire and retain professional and technical employees, the price at which others offer comparable services and the extent of its competitors' responsiveness to customer needs.

Business Plan
The Company's objective is to become the preferred provider of IT services to an expanding base of customers. The Company's strategies to achieve this objective include the following: (I) Cross-Sell Services to Existing Customers, (ii) Leverage Expertise in Insurance Market, (iii) Continue Migration to Higher Margin Services, (iv) Further Develop Offshore Technology Resource Center, (v) Continued Development of Long-Term Relationships with Customers and (vi) Attract, Train and Retain Highly Skilled IT Professionals.

Use of Proceeds
The proceeds from the proposed offering will be used for the repayment of debt, the payment of accumulated and unpaid preferred stock dividends, expansion of sales and marketing capabilities and other general corporate purposes including working capital.

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