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Carrier Access Corporation
5395 Pearl Parkway, Boulder, CO 80301 * (303) 442-5455

The company is a leading provider of multi-service digital access equipment to competitive telecommunications carriers, including competing local exchange carriers, Internet service providers and wireless carriers.

Primary Underwriting Group
ManagerTierPhone
Deutsche Morgan GrenfellLead Manager (212) 469-5600
Hambrecht & Quist IncorporatedCo-manager (415) 439-3626
UBS Securities Inc.Co-manager (212) 821-4510

Offering Information
NASNTL:CACS Manufacturing: SIC 3661
Type of Shares:Common Shares Filing Date:5/29/98
U.S. Shares:3,000,000 Offer Date:7/30/98
Non-U.S. Shares:0 Filing Range:$10.00 - $12.00
Primary Shares:3,000,000 Offer Price:$12.00
Secondary Shares:0 Gross Spread:$0.84
Offering Amount: $33,000,000 Selling:$0.50
Expenses: - Reallowance:$0.10
Post-IPO Shares: -
Employees:106

Legal Counsel, Auditor and Registrar
Issuer's Law Firm: Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison
Bank's Law Firm: Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati
Registrar/Transfer Agent: American Securities Transfer, Inc
Auditor: KPMG Peat Marwick

Selected Financial Data

Dollar amounts in U.S. millions except for per share data
3 Month Ending Financials
Full Year
Audited
Income
Latest
Unaudited
Income
Prior
Audited
Income
Balance
Sheet
12/31/97 3/31/98 3/31/97 3/31/98
Revenue:$18.72$7.24$2.50Assets:$22.94
Net Income:$1.74$0.72$0.13Curr Assets:$21.45
EPS:$0.10$0.03$0.01Liabilities:$4.24
Prior EPS:-$0.01Curr Liab:$4.24
Cash Flow/Oper:-$3.50-$0.43$0.32Equity:$18.69
Cash Flow/Fin:$12.29$0.03$0.00Cash:$6.38
Cash Flow/Inv:-$3.62$0.67-$0.07Working Cap:$17.21

Competition
The Company's existing and potential competitors include many large domestic and international companies, including certain companies that have substantially greater financial, manufacturing, technological, sales and marketing, distribution and other resources. The Company's principal competitors for its Access Bank product family include AFC, Cisco, DSC, General Datacom, Lucent, NEC, Newbridge, Nortel, Pairgain, Paradyne, Premisys, Pulsecom, Reltec, Telco and other small private companies. The Company's principal competitors for its Wide Bank product family include Alcatel, NEC, Nortel and Telco. The Company expects that many of its competitors who currently offer products competitive with only one of the Company's product lines will eventually offer products competitive with all of the Company's product lines. In addition, several start up companies have recently begun to manufacture products similar to those offered by the Company. Due to the rapidly evolving markets in which the Company competes, additional competitors with significant market presence and financial resources, including large telecommunications equipment manufacturers and computer hardware and software companies, may enter those markets, thereby further intensifying competition. Additionally, one of the Company's distributors is currently competing with the Company, and there can be no assurance that additional distributors will not begin to develop or market products in competition with the Company.

Business Plan
The Company's objective is to become the leading supplier of innovative telecommunications solutions utilized by competitive carriers to provide enhanced voice and high-speed digital access services. Key elements of the Company's strategy include the following: (I) Extend Technology Leadership, (ii) Provide End-to-End Voice and Data Solutions, (iii) Increase Penetration of Existing Competitive Carrier Customer Base, (iv) Gain Entry into New Markets, (v) Leverage Third Party Distribution Channels and (vi) Maintain Rapid Product Fulfillment and Manufacturing Efficiency.

Use of Proceeds
The proceeds from the proposed offering will be used for general corporate purposes, working capital, product development and capital expenditures.

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