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Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
1901 Guadalupe Parkway, San Jose, CA 95131 * (408) 487-8000
Business Description The company is the leading provider of Fibre Channel switching solutions for storage area networks, or SANs, which apply the benefits of a networked approach to the connection of storage systems and components.
Offering
Information

Company has
gone public

Trading As  BRCD (NASNTL) Industry  Internet (SIC 7372)
Type of Stock Offered  Common Shares Filing Date  3/19/99
Domestic Shares Offered  3,250,000 Offer Date  5/24/99
Foreign Shares Offered  0 Filing Range  $15.00 - $17.00
Company Shares  3,250,000 Offer Price  $19.00
Selling Shrhldrs Shares  0 Gross Spread  $1.330
Gross Proceeds  $61,750,000 Selling  $0.810
Expenses  - - Reallowance  $0.100
Post-IPO Shares  25,685,291 Employees  - -
Primary
Underwriting
Group
Underwriter NameParticipationUnderwriter Phone
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Lead Manager (212) 761-5900
BT Alex Brown Co-manager (410) 727-1700
Dain Rauscher Wessels Co-manager (612) 371-2818
Income
Statement
and
Cash Flow
Summary
  Prior
Audited
Income
Latest
Unaudited
Income
  Full Year Audited Figures 3 Months Ending
Figures in U.S. millions except per share data   10/31/95 10/31/96 10/31/97 10/31/98 1/31/98 1/31/99
Revenues   - 0.000 0.000 8.482 24.246 7.850 8.007
Income from Oper.   - -0.176 -3.818 -9.442 -15.231 -1.398 -1.846
Net Income   - -0.166 -3.934 -9.619 -15.111 -1.355 -1.839
E.P.S   - - - - -0.840 - -0.100
Revenue Growth (%)      - - - 185.852   2.00
Net Income Growth (%)      - - - -   -
Oper. Profit Margin (%)    - - - - - - -
Net Profit Margin (%)    - - - - - - -
Cash Flow - Oper.     -11.59 -0.95 0.38
Cash Flow - Inv.     12.15 14.30 -0.35
Cash Flow - Fin.     7.31 4.66 -0.31
Balance Sheet
Summary
and
Financial
Ratios
Balance sheet as of: 1/31/99 Financial Ratios
Total Assets    24.58 Current Assets    19.18 Current Ratio    1.31
Total Liab.    17.19 Current Liab.    14.68 Debt Ratio    69.95%
Total Equity    7.39 Working Cap.    4.50 Debt to Equity Ratio    2.33
Cash    10.14    Return on Assets   -
Use Of
Proceeds
The proceeds from the proposed offering will be used for general corporate purposes including repayment of indebtedness, capital expenditures and working capital.
Legal Counsel
Registrar
Auditor
Issuer's Law Firm  Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati
Bank's Law Firm  Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich
Auditor  Arthur Andersen
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