UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-KSB
(Mark One)

[X] ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended DECEMBER 31, 1999
or
[ ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

     For the transition period from                   to
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         Commission File Number:  0-21142

                              NEMATRON CORPORATION
                 (Name of small business issuer in its charter)

           MICHIGAN                                            38-2483796
(State or other jurisdiction of                             (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)                              Identification No.)

5840 INTERFACE DRIVE, ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN 48103
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(734) 214-2000
(Issuer's telephone number)

Securities registered under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act:
Title of Each Class Name of Exchange on Which Registered
Common Stock, no par value The American Stock Exchange

Securities registered under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act: NONE

Check whether the issuer (1) filed all reports required to be filed by section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. [X] Yes [ ] No

Check if disclosure of delinquent filers in response to Item 405 of Regulation S-B is not contained in this form, and no disclosure will be contained, to the best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-KSB or any amendment to this Form 10-KSB. [ X ]

Issuer's revenues for its most recent fiscal year: $29,772,129

The aggregate market value of the voting stock held by non-affiliates as of March 20, 2000, computed by reference to the closing price of such stock on such date as quoted on The American Stock Exchange, was approximately $26,863,000. For purposes of this computation only, all executive officers, directors and beneficial owners of more than 5% of the outstanding Common Stock are assumed to be affiliates.

The number of shares outstanding of the issuer's Common Stock on March 20, 2000 was 12,605,430.

TRANSITIONAL SMALL BUSINESS DISCLOSURE FORMAT [ ] Yes [ X ] No

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

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              Document                        Which the Document is Incorporated
Portions of Definitive Proxy Statement
for the 2000 Annual Meeting of Shareholders              Part III
(the "2000 Proxy Statement")



PART I

ITEM 1. BUSINESS.

This Business section contains forward-looking statements that involve uncertainties. Actual results could differ materially from those in the forward looking statements due to a number of uncertainties, including, but not limited to those discussed below and in "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Operations - Uncertainties Relating to Forward Looking Statements."

CORPORATE HISTORY

Nematron Corporation ("Nematron" or the "Company") was incorporated in Michigan in October, 1983. In 1986, the Company became a wholly owned subsidiary of Interface Systems, Inc. ("Interface"). On February 26, 1993, the Company became an independent publicly-traded company as a result of a spin-off from Interface, which was effected by the distribution of 100% of the shares of the Company on a pro rata basis to Interface's shareholders.

During the year ended September 30, 1997, the Company acquired Intec Controls Corp., a Massachusetts-based software development company, and Virtual-Time Software, Inc., a California-based software development company.

The Company's principal executive offices are located at 5840 Interface Drive, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48103, and its telephone number is (734) 214-2000.

GENERAL

Nematron designs, manufactures and markets factory automation products, including computer hardware and software products. Its industrial computers and terminals are called Industrial Control Computers(TM) ("ICCs") and Industrial Workstations(TM) ("IWSs"), which are "ruggedized" computers with built-in displays, keyboards or other forms of operator input. ICCs and IWSs are used by operators in industrial processing and in factory floor environments to monitor and control machine and cell level operations. Nematron's software products are sold to industrial users for direct machine control, supervisory control, operator interface and data acquisition.

The primary focus of ICCs and IWSs is on applications where the extremes of temperature, shock, vibration, high humidity, airborne contaminants and physical abuse or hard use require the use of equipment that has been specially designed to operate more reliably than commercial grade equivalents. The Company's industrial computer products are used in industrial manufacturing and process automation, specifically relating to direct machine control and operator-machine interface applications. The Company incorporates electronic technology and software in its ICCs and IWSs to satisfy a broad variety of customer applications. The applications may range from the replacement of traditional hardwired push buttons, lights and gauges that can be used with a single machine or local process, to advanced industrial computer-based systems that provide supervisory control, direct control and networking capabilities over a large number of machines.

The Company has five main software products, all of which were developed by the Company or acquired in the past five years. These products, used in the industrial and factory automation workplace, are marketed under the trade names OpenControl(TM), Hyperkernel(R), Paragon(TM), FloPro(R) and AutoNet(TM). Additionally, most of the Company's IWS products contain proprietary software embedded in the products as firmware that is not sold separately. All five shrink-wrap products can be run on Nematron's computers or those of most other manufacturers.

The Company's OpenControl software product allows operators to leverage PC-based software packages, such as Windows NT and many popular Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition ("SCADA") and Man-Machine Interface ("MMI") programs. OpenControl allows the use of standard networking products and connectivity to the Internet or corporate-wide Intranet systems using a modular approach for open control architecture applications. Hyperkernel allows software developers to integrate highly deterministic real-time applications into Microsoft's Windows NT operating system and enables devices such as robots, process controllers and motion control systems to be configured as application servers on any standard network system. The Company's Paragon software product is a SCADA package, which regulates control and management of process information. The Company's FloPro software product is a flowchart programming and direct machine control software product. The Company's AutoNet software

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product is a test and measurement server which allows for data acquisition and real time processing of data and for performing multiple functions at high speed.

The Company has two primary locations in the United States and one in the United Kingdom. The Company's headquarters are in Ann Arbor, Michigan and employees located there are responsible for computer assembly, customer service, product development, administration, finance, accounting, personnel, corporate purchasing, corporate quality, corporate marketing, corporate-wide sales and international business development. The Company's software development and software manufacturing are conducted at its Foxboro, Massachusetts office. Software engineers and other employees located in Foxboro are responsible for software product development, enhancement, maintenance, and reproduction of shrink-wrapped software. The Company's sales and support operations for the European marketplace are conducted in Waterlooville, Hampshire, The United Kingdom, through its Nematron Limited subsidiary. Located south of London, its principal functions are European sales, distribution management, application engineering, technical support and customer service. Nematron Limited is primarily operated as a cost center since allocation of gross product margins and operating and administrative expenses cannot be reasonably allocated to that entity or by region. The Company also maintains a sales office in Canada.

PRODUCTS, MARKET AND COMPETITION

COMPUTERS AND HARDWARE PRODUCTS

The Company designs and manufactures operator terminals for reliable performance in harsh industrial environments. Each operator terminal provides a display that shows the status of the process and a keyboard or a touch screen that allows personnel to control the process. These terminals all come in a rugged package that withstands extremes of temperature, humidity, vibration, shock, and electrical interference.

The Company offers a variety of ICC and IWS products to the industrial automation marketplace. Each product class includes a range of display options, prices, and capabilities.

Virtually all of the Company's newer products use "flat panel" displays that offer considerable space savings and increased reliability and clarity than the older technology CRT displays. These products also provide immunity to shock, vibration, and electromagnetic interference. They are particularly well suited for applications with physical space limitations and with hazardous environments such as chemical plants, and in the presence of high electrical currents, such as in aluminum and steel processing applications.

While price and features can be important factors in a customer's purchase decision, reliability consistently ranks the highest. As a result, the Company expends significant effort on design verification and testing of new products and purchased components and assembled products. In addition, management believes the Company is able to price its products competitively because of their higher quality, and hence lower warranty and repair work is required to be performed after the sale.

CHARACTER-BASED PLC WORKSTATIONS AND REMOTE MESSAGE UNIT PRODUCTS

Character-based programmable logic controller ("PLC") workstations and remote message unit products economically replace as few as five electro-mechanical push buttons, while also providing message display and alarm annunciation functions. All products in this class include flat panel displays. The Company internally developed the proprietary software for the products in the lower price range of this class of product. Most of these products are used with small PLCs for simple machine control, such as packaging equipment and small fabricating machines. Products in this class range in price from less than $500 to $2,000.

Most of the Company's competitors in this segment are small companies with limited resources and market share. A few competitors, such as Allen-Bradley, Cutler-Hammer and GE Fanuc, have substantially greater resources than the Company, and offer competitive products in the upper end of the price range.

Sales of low-end products in each of fiscal 1999 and fiscal 1998 amounted to less than 10% of consolidated revenue. The Company expects a slow growth rate in this market segment in the next year based upon its market research. The growth rate could accelerate if the market embraces the concept of small footprint operating systems

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and languages that can communicate with Windows NT-based control software. The Company plans to increase its efforts to develop and market new embedded software products and enhance existing products.

INDUSTRIAL GRAPHICS TERMINALS AND PROGRAMMABLE OPERATOR INTERFACE
PRODUCTS

Industrial graphics terminals and programmable operator interface products include both CRT displays or flat panel displays with and without keyboards. These products utilize the Company's proprietary hardware and software designs that support either remote terminal operation with an intelligent host, or fully programmable operation to support PLC operator interface applications.

Because several dozen large and small companies offer competing products in this market, competition is intense. Every major PLC company competes in this market, either with its own designs or with private-labeled products. Significant competitors include Allen-Bradley, Siemens and Cutler-Hammer.

Sales of industrial graphics terminals and programmable operator interface products in each of fiscal 1999 and fiscal 1998 amounted to less than 10% of consolidated revenue. The Company expects a decrease of approximately 10% per year in this market segment due to the anticipated availability of more sophisticated technology at lower costs.

INDUSTRIAL PC PRODUCTS AND INDUSTRIAL CONTROL COMPUTER PRODUCTS

The 5000, 6000 and 8000 series of Industrial Control Computers ("ICCs") were designed and developed by the Company from 1995 through 1999. ICC-5/6/8000 products offer Pentium 133 through Pentium III 600 MHz processors. They are shipped with display options from 10.4" to 15.0" and a choice of motherboards featuring PCI/ISA bus architecture. The front panels of these units have integrated keypads and are rated UL Type 4X (watertight) construction. Each of these models is UL safety rated and is certified to the CE Mark. Many of the ICC products are also "bundled" with the Company's OpenControl and Paragon software products. These units range in price from $4,500 to $13,000, varying primarily on the choice of display, processors, features and bundled software.

The 500i and 600i series of Industrial Control Computers ("ICIs") were designed and developed by the Company in 1998. ICI-500/600i products offer Pentium 133 to Pentium/MMX 233 MHz processors with ISA passive backplane architecture. They are shipped with display options from 10.4" to 12.1" and have the same ratings as the ICC-5/6/8000 series. These units range in price from $4,500 to $10,000, varying primarily on the choice of display, processors, features and bundled software.

The FlexBox(TM) modular rack-mount or bench-top PC offers processors ranging from Pentium 133 to Pentium III 600 MHz processors. These computers are based on the same PCI/ISA motherboard technologies offered in the ICC-5/6/8000 series. These modular computers are often integrated into a system which includes the Nematron MON-500 product, a 10.4" flat panel monitor with UL Type 4X front panel. FlexBox products range in price from $2,500 to $8,000 000 depending upon processors, hardware features and software options and the MON-500 ranges from $3,000 to $4,000 depending upon options selected.

The MOD-D series of Digital Flat Panel Monitors (600D, 800D and 900D) were designed and developed by the Company in 1999. Display options range from 12.1" to 18.1" and have UL, CE Mark and UL Type 4X ratings. These units range in price from $2,500 to $8,000,000 depending upon processors and hardware features selected.

Sales of these products in fiscal 1999 and fiscal 1998 amounted to 70% and 33%, respectively, of consolidated revenue. The Company expects that revenue from this product category will continue at the same rate as experienced in fiscal 1999.

Management believes, based on market research and reports of various research analysts, that a large segment of the existing PLC market will over many years migrate to PC-based control and operator interface solutions that eliminate the PLC. The resulting market for industrial PC-based products will expand significantly. In response to this evaluation of the market, the Company will place substantial emphasis on further enhancements to Industrial Workstations and ICC products as cost effective replacements for existing, lower functionality, products that complement as well as replace PLCs.

Many competitors participate in the industrial PC product market, most notably IBM, Allen-Bradley,

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Siemens and smaller companies, including low-cost producers in the Far East. Many segments in this market are highly price-sensitive, especially in environments where desk top type products perform adequately. As the market expands, numerous competitive offerings will probably appear, putting downward pressure on prices and gross profit margins. The Company intends to continue providing industrial PC products with unique and valued features for reliable operation in factories and other harsh environments.

COMPUTER HARDWARE PARTS AND SERVICE

The Company maintains an inventory of spare parts and service stock and dedicates service technicians and support personnel whose functions include technical advice regarding product applications and service and repair of returned hardware products. With the increasing number of units in service in the marketplace due to the products' wide acceptance and long life, the shipment of spare parts and performing repair service on out-of-warranty product continues to be an important part of the business. Revenues from the service and repair of industrial hardware products in each of fiscal 1999 and fiscal 1998 amounted to less than 10% of consolidated revenue.

SOFTWARE PRODUCTS

The software products described below, all of which were acquired or developed by the Company in the last five years, represent the cornerstone of the Company's shift in its strategic focus. Prior to 1995, the Company relied solely on sales of Industrial Workstation products. Since 1995 the Company's strategy has been to position itself as a high value-added provider of bundled industrial PC hardware and Microsoft operating system-based software solutions. With the acquisition of the software products described below, the continued enhancement of existing products, the development of new hardware and software products, the Company is positioning itself to become a leading supplier of industrial automation solutions. These solutions include the delivery of superior software products bundled with state-of-the-art hardware products. The Company will attempt to use its software and proven reliable PC hardware to help drive the factory automation industry from PLCs to PC-based control with superior technical features compared to the older technology of PLCs.

The Company's software products are used in the industrial and factory automation workplace. Additionally, most of the hardware products discussed above contain proprietary software embedded in the products as firmware which is not sold as a separate product. All software products may be run on Nematron's computers or on computers of most other manufacturers.

Sales of software products, including associated support, training and maintenance agreements, amounted to 14% and 24% of the Company's consolidated revenue in fiscal 1999 and fiscal 1998, respectively. The Company expects that revenue from software products will represent 15-20% of revenues in 2000.

OPENCONTROL(TM)

The Company's software product suite for open architecture, direct control of machines is called OpenControl(TM). OpenControl allows operators to leverage PC-based software packages, such as Windows NT and many popular Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition and Man-Machine Interface programs, including the Company's proprietary Paragon SCADA product and MMI product. OpenControl allows the use of standard networking products and connectivity to the Internet or to corporate-wide Intranet systems. OpenControl provides a modular approach for open control architecture applications. The product is comprised of a series of Visual Programming languages for control, a FloPro for Windows NT run-time control engine, and independent device network I/O servers. FloPro for Windows NT, OpenControl's run-time engine, is a 32-bit version of the original field-proven FloPro technology described below. FloPro for Windows NT is several times faster than its DOS-based predecessor and is based on the Hyperkernel real-time Windows NT technology. A variety of device networks and legacy PLC I/O systems are supported.

OpenControl competes with several products offered by companies of similar or smaller size than Nematron in the soft logic marketplace. The soft logic marketplace is an emerging market that is expected to grow significantly in the next several years as PCs and soft logic software programs replace PLCs and ladder logic software. Several of the Company's competitors license the technology upon which OpenControl is based. The OpenControl product has many advantages over its competitors: the software is self-documenting, it allows for more efficient programming, it costs less than many other products, it operates on open PC architecture, and it reduces plant down time through diagnostic messages and fast execution time.

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PARAGON(TM)

The Company's SCADA and MMI software is called Paragon(TM). Paragon was originally acquired in March 1997 and has undergone many upgrades and enhancements since then. It is now often sold bundled with OpenControl and Hyperkernel on ICC products as a complete machine control solution. Paragon is a software package that regulates the control and management of process information and delivers high performance and reliability in networked applications with a scaleable database design. The open modular design and dynamic connectivity of Paragon simplify the integration into enterprise-wide networks. Paragon supports seamless cross-platform communication among operating systems from Windows NT to Windows 95 and OS/2 on the same network.

Paragon competes with other software product offerings from other companies, most notably Wonderware and Intellution. However, the flexible feature set of Paragon and its networking capabilities provide users with advantages over competitive products. Paragon's built-in mechanisms allow data exchange with third-party applications through Dynamic Data Exchange, standards or programming languages. Paragon separates application functions into servers, which acquire, generate and store information. Peer-to-peer communication between any client/server or server/server pair occurs without a central server.

HYPERKERNEL(R)

Hyperkernel allows software developers to integrate highly deterministic real-time applications into the Microsoft Windows NT operating system and enables devices such as robots, process controllers and motion control systems to be configured as application servers on any standard network system. Hyperkernel product features include high speed timers, memory management, interrupt handlers, inter-process communication, file system services, and task scheduling and prioritization routines. By using a standardized development environment like Microsoft C and Visual C++, program developers may achieve significant reductions in software development efforts. The Hyperkernel technology provides true client/server capabilities for complex software applications. The Hyperkernel RTSS for the Windows NT operating system utilizes a sophisticated message-passing architecture for inter-process communications, which is the key difference between Hyperkernel and similar products developed to operate under DOS or Microsoft's Windows 3.1 operating systems.

Traditionally, many developers have used custom or proprietary operating systems and tools to gain high-speed determinism in their application development work. This meant that developers were not able to leverage the extensive collection of tools and applications available for the desktop Windows/PC marketplace. With the Hyperkernel product, development in a mainstream operating system architecture is now practical.

FLOPRO(R)

The Company's soft logic software is called FloPro(R). FloPro is a flowchart programming system which executes from personal. FloPro is based upon the technology in Patent Number 4,852,047 "Continuous Flow Chart, Improved Data Format and Debugging System for Programming and Operation of Machines." The programming system is used to create, debug, document and execute control applications in an open architecture environment. Its open system architecture allows operators to interface it concurrently with many different input/output systems, motion controllers, message units and RF tag/bar code systems. FloPro simplifies machine control system development by allowing the use of multiple flowcharts, each one handling a relatively simple task, thus allowing for the concurrent development of applications by a team of control engineers. These flowcharts communicate with each other in a multi-tasking environment, which means that the control application is easy to create and understand. Additionally, FloPro is self-documenting in that it is a programming language based on the flowcharts; there is no need to translate the flowcharts to ladder logic. The use of FloPro and a PC replaces the need for PLCs and ladder logic for machine control applications. FloPro is in use at several automotive component manufacturing facilities and controls thousands of machines involved in the manufacture of engines and transmissions.

AUTONET(TM)

The Company's AutoNet(TM) software product, a test and measurement software, is sold to commercial and industrial companies primarily for use in a test cell environment. AutoNet allows for data acquisition and real time processing of high-speed data while performing multiple functions. AutoNet graphically displays real time

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information through a wide variety of configurable graphic instruments, trends and Cartesian plots. AutoNet performs real-time mathematical, statistical and trigonometric calculations for control, test sequencing, filtering and batch management of data. It features color coded annunciation of alarm information, diagnostic files and automatic time stamps, and presents stored data in report, historical graphics or ad hoc queries. AutoNet competes with products offered by other companies, most notably Hewlett Packard and National Instruments. The AutoNet product is unique in that it is a real time operating system, which operates at a higher performance level than competitive products.

SALES CHANNELS

The Company employs three forms of sales channels. The Company's primary sales channel is a network of high-tech industrial distributors. The Company also sells its products to major original equipment manufacturers ("OEMs") of industrial processing systems and machines and to other major end users. And lastly, the Company markets certain products to private-label accounts that remarket Nematron's products primarily through their own networks of industrial electrical distributors. Traditionally, the split between these three channels is 40% / 40% / 20%, respectively. However, these percentages may vary by year depending on the success of various marketing campaigns and sales efforts to the various channels in any one period of time. The Company presently markets OpenControl heavily to the automotive manufacturing industry, and intends to expand that focus to other discrete and process industries in fiscal 2000. The Company also intends to increase its sales and marketing efforts for bundled hardware and software products among all industries.

One distributor accounted for 30% of total fiscal 1999 revenues and three distributors accounted for 26% of total fiscal 1998 sales. These distributors resell products primarily to the automotive industry, OEMs and machine tool builders. No other private label, direct customer, or distributor accounted for more than 10% of total Company sales in 1999 or 1998. The ICC product family, including ICC products bundled with software products, accounted for approximately 70% and 33% of total fiscal 1999 and fiscal 1998 revenues, respectively. No other single model or product family accounted for more than 15% of the Company's revenues during those periods.

The Company's distributors are typically companies with non-exclusive written agreements that purchase inventory and resell it to their customers. In addition, distributors typically provide varying amounts of customer training, application engineering, and support. The Company has approximately 40 domestic distributor branches and approximately 25 distributor branches in over 20 countries internationally. The Company has regional sales managers covering major geographic regions of the United States and Europe and several sales managers who concentrate on key accounts nationwide. These managers are located in the United States in Alabama, Arizona, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Texas, Tennessee, Virginia, Washington, Toronto, Canada and the United Kingdom. In addition, direct sales accounts and private label accounts are handled by both key account sales managers as well as corporate executive management.

MANUFACTURING AND SUPPLY

The Company performs final assembly and testing for almost all hardware products. The assembly process encompasses the assembly of sheet metal parts, keypads, displays, electronic circuit boards and other component parts into finished products. In addition, the Company performs some limited cable manufacturing and wave soldering, and assembles engineering prototypes for new products. Beginning in May 1999, the Company began to subcontract the material acquisition and assembly of certain high volume - low mix ICC products to two subcontractors, one located in South Carolina and one in the Czech Republic. Approximately 40% of fiscal 1999 revenues were derived from sales of products assembled by these two subcontractors. For products assembled in-house, the Company purchases substantially all components. It uses a number of independent firms for these purchases and is not materially dependent upon any third party that performs these services. Although the Company was dependent in 1999 on one of the two subcontractors of complete ICC products, the Company may shift such assembly in-house or find alternate subcontractors in 2000 to achieve price reductions compared to newly quoted assembly pricing from the South Carolina subcontractor. Some components used in the Company's products are currently purchased from single or limited sources of supply. The Company believes that the loss of one or more suppliers would not have a material long-term impact on its operations but could cause some production delays.

A network of PC-based workstations are used by personnel involved in accounting, purchasing, production, scheduling and inventory, as well as the computer-aided design and development of electronic circuitry, circuit board layout, programming of programmable logic devices, mechanical design and software development.

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In addition, the Company employs a variety of assembly and test equipment to reduce the cost of and ensure the quality of the designed and assembled products and components. The Company employs its environmental chambers and electronic instrumentation to certify that its products meet the severe industrial environments for which they are intended.

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

The Company maintains an active product development program and continues to supplement existing research and development capabilities through active recruiting of technical personnel and development of proprietary technology. The Company has a substantial product development staff, including electrical and electronic design engineers, mechanical design engineers, software design engineers, product managers, application engineers and directly associated staff members involved in technical documentation and product support. The Company also periodically employs the services of unrelated contract engineering companies on an as-needed basis. The Company also has assigned certain of its engineers to quality control responsible for assuring the long term quality and reliability of the Company's products. The Company conducts its software development activities in Foxboro, Massachusetts and its hardware development and quality control and testing activities testing in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

The Company emphasizes product development and quality and the employment of highly skilled and motivated individuals in the product development and quality assurance areas. Management believes that its product development staff is an important factor in the Company's ability to compete in the markets in which its products are sold. During the fiscal years 1999 and 1998, the Company expended approximately $2.1 million and $4.2 million, respectively, for direct hardware and software product development and product design quality, including those costs capitalized under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 86. All of such costs were sponsored by the Company. These amounts represented 7% and 25% of total revenues in fiscal 1999 and 1998, respectively. The decrease in the percentage results from the combination of an increase in revenues and the consolidation of software development offices.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

The Company's FloPro software product, which is sold as a separate product but is also the underlying technology incorporated into the Company's OpenControl product, is based upon the technology specified in a patent for continuous flow chart, improved data formatting and a debugging system for programming and operations of machines. This patent was issued in 1989 as a 17 year patent. In 1997, the Company received a patent for a chassis hinged mechanism used on its ICC and certain other products. In 1999, the Company received a patent for a unique and effective method of logging and retrieving computer system parameters to assist with examining environmental variables, operating times and temperature ranges. The Company has no patents on other hardware products or computer software designs. The Company filed a patent application for its Hyperkernel real-time extension to Windows NT during fiscal 1996. The Company has an active technology committee that meets regularly with its patent counsel to review trademark and patent potential.

In addition to trademarks on the trade names under which the Company does or did business, including Nematron(R), NemaSoft(R), Imagination Systems(TM) and Universal Automation(TM), the Company also owns trademarks on certain of its products, including Industrial Workstation(TM), OpenControl(TM), Industrial Control Computers(TM), Hyperkernel(R), Paragon(TM), FloPro(R), AutoNet(TM) and PowerVIEW(R), FlexBox(TM) and QuickShip(TM).

The Company's software products are sold under licenses to use the products as specified in the underlying contract. Certain of the licenses for the use of the FloPro software product are site licenses for unlimited use of the master copy of the product in a specified building, plant or group of plants. To date, the revenue from these site licenses has not been a significant source of revenue to the Company. Also, the Company has licensed its soft logic technology to several unrelated companies under royalty arrangements and licenses. These arrangements and licenses have not been a significant source of revenue.

EMPLOYEES

The Company employs 100 full time employees as of December 31, 1999, including 72 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, 12 in Foxboro, Massachusetts, 6 in the United Kingdom, and 10 at other locations, primarily home offices of its sales

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staff. No employees are represented by a collective bargaining unit. The Company believes its employee relations are good.

ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE

The Company's products comply with federal, state and/or local laws and regulations that have been enacted or adopted relating to the discharge of materials into the environment, or otherwise relating to the protection of the environment. The Company believes that continuing efforts and expenditures incurred to maintain compliance with such laws and regulations will not have a material effect on capital expenditures, earnings or the competitive position of the Company.

ITEM 2. PROPERTIES.

The Company's headquarters and principal assembly facility is in Ann Arbor, Michigan in a two-story building containing a total of approximately 51,200 square feet of space. Of this space, approximately 6,400 square feet remain unfinished and available for future office or assembly expansion. This facility, located on approximately five acres of land, has been designed such that further expansion of up to 20,000 square feet may be accommodated. The Ann Arbor facility was designed and built to the Company's specifications and is Company owned. A mortgage on the property comprises a portion of the security for the Company's bank line of credit and a term loan from LaSalle Business Credit.

The Company's Foxboro, Massachusetts's facility consists of approximately 4,600 square feet of leased space in a three-story office building. The operating lease for this facility is non-cancelable through June 2001.

The Company's Waterlooville, United Kingdom, facility consists of 2,100 square feet of leased space in a three-story office building. Prior to January 2000, the United Kingdom office was in the neighboring town of Chichester. The operating lease is non-cancelable through December 2004.

ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.

The Company is not involved in any legal proceedings other than routine, non-material litigation incidental to the business.

ITEM 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS

Not applicable.

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PART II

ITEM 5. MARKET FOR COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

The Company's Common Stock is listed on The American Stock Exchange (the "AMEX") under the symbol NMN, and began trading on that exchange on November 23, 1999. From January 1, 1998 through April 27, 1998, the Company's Common Stock was traded on the Nasdaq Stock Market's National Market (the "National Market") and traded under the symbol NEMA. Trading of the Company's Common Stock was suspended on the National Market on April 28, 1998 through August 2, 1998. On January 21, 1999, the Company's Common Stock was delisted from the National Market for failing to maintain the National Market's minimum tangible net worth criteria. The Common Stock traded on the Over-The-Counter Bulletin Board (the "OTC BB") under the symbol NEMA from January 21, 1999 until November 23, 1999, when it became listed for trading on the AMEX. The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, the closing price on the AMEX and the National Market or the bid proce on the OTC BB covering the periods during which the Company's Common Stock was traded thereon. The quotations on the OTC BB reflect inter-dealer prices, without retail mark-up, mark-down or commission, and may not represent actual transactions.

     Fiscal 1998               Period                    High                      Low
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    First Quarter          Oct - Dec 1997               $8.00                    $4.00
    Second Quarter         Jan - Mar 1998               $6.50                    $4.12
    Third Quarter          Apr - Jun 1998               $6.62                    $5.50
    Fourth Quarter         Jul - Sep 1998               $4.00                    $1.09


Transition Quarter         Oct - Dec 1998               $1.93                    $0.56
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     Fiscal 1999
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    First Quarter          Jan - Mar 1999               $1.97                    $1.00
    Second Quarter         Apr - Jun 1999               $3.13                    $2.00
    Third Quarter          Jul - Sep 1999               $4.72                    $2.00
    Fourth Quarter         Oct - Dec 1999               $4.50                    $2.38

There are approximately 850 holders of record of the Company's Common Stock as of March 20, 2000.

The Company has never paid cash dividends and does not expect to pay cash dividends in the foreseeable future. A covenant in the Company's bank financing agreement prohibits the payment of dividends. See Note 8 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

ITEM 6. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF OPERATIONS

The following discussion and analysis contains a number of "forward looking statements" within the meaning of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, with respect to expectations for future periods which are subject to various uncertainties explained herein and in "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Operations Uncertainties Relating to Forward Looking Statements."

OVERVIEW

Management's operating strategy is to incorporate its software products into the Company's hardware product offerings and to vertically integrate its product offerings to include both hardware and software products related to industrial automation. The Company's marketing and sales efforts to existing and new customers include stand-alone computers, software products and bundled products. The Company intends to continue its shift of business away from dominance by computer hardware sales, and will pursue the development of new software products and the enhancement of current software products. Additionally, the Company has identified new markets for both hardware and software products, and will pursue new business from customers which offer the greatest likelihood of large unit volume. Management anticipates significant growth in the industrial software marketplace and intends, through concentrated development and aggressive marketing and sales efforts, to capture an increasing percentage of that market.

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The discussion of operations that follows includes comparisons of the year ended December 31, 1999 ("fiscal 1999") with the year ended September 30, 1998 ("fiscal 1998") and the three-month transition period ended December 31, 1998 to the three-month period ended December 31, 1997. As previously reported, the Company changed its fiscal year from September 30 to December 31 and the Company filed a Transition Report on Form 10-QSB for the three-month period ended December 31, 1998.

YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1999 COMPARED TO YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1998

Net revenues increased to $29,772,000 in fiscal 1999 compared to $16,829,000 in fiscal 1998. This represents an increase of $12,943,000, or 76.9%, compared to the fiscal 1998 level. Revenues increased primarily because of sales to original equipment manufacturers ("OEMs") under a major supply program with an automotive company that specified Nematron's bundled products and other hardware products to the OEMs for their program to equip several automotive power train plants with PC-based direct machine control industrial control computers. Revenues under this major program totaled $13,200,000 compared to $500,000 in fiscal 1998. Revenues have been recorded net of deferred revenue which will be recognized as the Company provides the post sales support specified in the underlying agreement. Revenues derived from all other customers decreased approximately $1.5 million stemming from a lower order intake early in fiscal 1999 that resulted from the Company's inability to secure component parts and assembled products in a timely manner and the corresponding increase in quoted delivery times. The Company solved this operating issue beginning in May 1999 by employing subcontractors to purchase and assemble products, by raising cash in the April 1999 capital infusion and from profitable operations. Although management believes that revenues from non-automotive customers will increase as a result of increased marketing and sales efforts, management also expects that overall revenues in 2000 will decrease approximately 15% because of the completion in early 2000 of significant portions of the major automotive supply program.

Foreign revenues increased to $11,999,000 in fiscal 1999 compared to $5,225,000 in fiscal 1998 primarily because of sales made to foreign-based OEMs under the major program discussed above. Domestic revenues increased in fiscal 1999 to $17,773,000 compared to $11,605,000 in fiscal 1998 also because of sales made to domestic-based OEMs under the same program. With the decrease in forecasted revenues under this major program in 2000, the percentage of foreign revenues in 2000 is expected to return to historical levels of approximately 35% of total revenues.

Cost of revenues includes costs related to raw materials and component parts, direct labor, overhead, amortization of capitalized software costs, provisions for warranty costs on products sold and provisions for excess and obsolete inventory. Cost of revenues decreased to 67.1% of revenues in fiscal 1999 compared to 83.1% in fiscal 1998. The decrease results primarily from the increased margin on bundled hardware/software products sold in 1999 and from a $900,000 lower provision for obsolete inventory. The cost of revenue from bundled products is significantly lower than on hardware only products because of the low cost of reproduction of the software that is loaded on the hardware product. Also, improved inventory management resulted in a decrease in provisions for possible obsolete inventory, and the Company's use of subcontractors relieved it of significant purchasing and storage responsibilities, in turn reducing the Company's exposure to inventory obsolescence. Although the cost of purchasing complete units from subcontractors was higher than the cost of assembling similar units in house, the increased percentage of total revenue attributable to sales of higher margin software and services offset the increased component cost. Management expects that the change in product mix towards an increased percentage of hardware only products in 2000, resulting from the expected decrease in revenues from the major automotive supply program discussed above, will cause the cost of revenues percentage to increase slightly in 2000.

Product development expenses decreased to $794,000 in fiscal 1999 compared to $1,318,000 in fiscal 1998. This represents a decrease of $525,000, or 39.8%, over the fiscal 1998 level. The decrease results a combination of decreases in total development costs pursuant to the closing at the end of fiscal 1998 of three software development offices and the elimination of significant overhead costs associated with those operations, offset in part by a decrease in the amounts of software development costs capitalized in fiscal 1999. Management expects that product development expenses will increase moderately in 2000 from the amount expended in fiscal 1999.

Selling, general and administrative expenses in fiscal 1999 decreased to $6,471,000 compared to $8,926,000 in fiscal 1998. This represents a decrease of $2,455,000, or 27.5%, over the fiscal 1998 level. The decrease results from the closing of three offices at the end of fiscal 1999, a reduction in staff, lower discretionary spending for marketing and advertising and sales activities, and decreases in professional fees because of the completion of all significant litigation against the Company in early fiscal 1999. Management expects that selling,

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general and administrative expenses will increase moderately in 2000 from the amount expended in fiscal 1999 because of increases in marketing and sales staff late in 1999 and planned increases in marketing campaigns in 2000.

Other operating expenses in fiscal 1999 decreased to $-0- compared to $1,670,000 in fiscal 1998. Other operating expenses in fiscal 1998 included a write down of purchased intangible assets, including goodwill recorded at the acquisition of Intec, totaling $1,320,000 and a provision of $350,000 for payroll and other costs related to the closing of three satellite offices at the end of fiscal 1998. The writedown of intangible assets was required because of personnel changes and changes in software development, operating and marketing strategies.

Interest expense in fiscal 1999 decreased to $524,000 compared to $735,000 in fiscal 1998. This represents a decrease of $211,000, or 28.7%, over the fiscal 1998 level. The decrease results from significantly lower average borrowing levels made possible by the application of cash to outstanding debt levels which became available from the $4 million capital infusion completed in April 1999, and from cash generated from the profitable 1999 operations. Management expects that interest expense will continue to decrease in 2000 because of continuing lower debt levels and the lack of any significant borrowings under the Company's $8 million revolving line of credit.

THREE-MONTHS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1998 COMPARED TO THREE MONTH ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1997 (UNAUDITED)

Net revenues for the three months ended December 31, 1998 decreased to $3,187,000 compared to $4,351,000 in the year earlier period. This represents a decrease of $1,164,000, or 26.8%, over the year earlier period. The decrease is attributable to reduced sales of Industrial Workstations and Industrial Control Computers caused by component parts shortages resulting from the Company's working capital deficiency during the three months ended December 31, 1998.

Gross profit for the three months ended December 31, 1998 decreased to $1,102,000 compared to $1,314,000 in the year earlier period. This represents a decrease of $212,000, or 16.1%, compared to the year earlier period. However, gross profit as a percentage of revenues in the three months ended December 31, 1998 was 34.6% compared to 30.2% in the same period last year. The improvement in gross profit percentage resulted primarily from a higher percentage of sales of higher margin bundled hardware/software products in 1998 compared to the same period in 1997.

Product development expenses for the three months ended December 31, 1998 decreased to $132,000 compared to $209,000 in the year earlier period. This represents a decrease of $77,000, or 36.9%, compared to the year earlier period. The decrease results primarily from a decrease in the number of product development employees and reduced development efforts in the current period compared to the same period last year.

Selling, general and administrative expenses for the three months ended December 31, 1998 decreased to $1,324,000 compared to $2,301,000 in the year earlier period. This represents a decrease of $977,000, or 42.5%, compared to the year earlier period. As a percentage of net revenue, such expenses decreased to 41.5% in the three months ended December 31, 1998 from 52.9% in the same period last year. The decrease resulted from lower staff levels, the effects of closing of three satellite offices as of September 30, 1998 and the effects of cost controls initiated as of September 30, 1998.

Interest expense on borrowed funds for the three months ended December 31, 1998 increased to $159,000 compared to $143,000 in the year earlier period. This represents an increase of $16,000, or 11.2%, compared to the year earlier period and resulted from higher average borrowing levels.

Interest expense from the December 1998 issuance of convertible promissory was $3,000,000, representing the charge to operations (with the offsetting increase in shareholders' equity) to reflect the beneficial conversion feature of the promissory notes allowing the note holders to convert such notes into 4,000,000 shares of common stock. That amount was calculated at the date of issuance as the difference between the conversion price ($0.25 per share) and the quoted market price of the common stock into which the promissory notes are convertible ($1.00 per share), multiplied by 4,000,000 shares of common stock into which the promissory notes were convertible.

YEAR 2000 ISSUE

The Year 2000 issue ("Y2K") is the result of certain computer programs being written using two digits rather than four digits to define the applicable year. Computer systems with a Y2K problem will be unable to

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interpret dates beyond the years 1999, which could cause a system failure or other computer errors, leading to disruptions in operations. In 1997, the Company began to assess its Y2K readiness and adopted a three-phase program for Y2K information systems compliance. Phase I was the identification of systems and products with which the Company has exposures to Y2K issues. Only one software product, AutoNet, was not Y2K compliant in all respects, and some older-model hardware products required manual adjustments to achieve Y2K compliance. Phase II encompassed the development and implementation of action plans to be Y2K compliant in all areas. Phase III included final testing of each major area of exposure to ensure compliance. The Company identified four major areas determined to be critical for successful Y2K compliance: (1) financial and information system applications; (2) software and hardware products currently sold; (3) third-party relationships and (4) non-information technology areas such as security, telephone systems and climate control systems.

All phases of the program were completed prior to December 31, 1999, and the AutoNet software was enhanced to be Y2K compliant at a cost of less than $50,000, primarily related to the salary and benefits of the Company's software development employees. The Company experienced no Y2K compliance issues to date. Management does not expect other incidents related to problems caused by the Y2K issue and does not anticipate the expenditure of any additional funds related to the Y2K issue.

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

Primary sources of liquidity are cash generated from operations and the Company's $8.0 million line of credit. The Company's operations generated $2.8 million in cash during 1999, primarily as a result of $2.0 million in net income, $2.2 million in depreciation and amortization expense and an increase in deferred revenue and accrued liabilities of $0.9 million, partially offset by an increase in accounts receivable of $3.0 million. The increase in accounts receivable resulted from an increase in revenues and an increase in days sales outstanding from certain foreign customers. The Company also used $1.8 million in cash for repayment of debt, financed in part with the $3.0 million in net proceeds from the April 1999 stock issuance, new bank term debt (discussed below) and cash from operations.

In November 1999 the Company repaid the amounts outstanding under the predecessor bank agreements and mortgage loan with the proceeds of a $2.9 million three- year term loan pursuant to a Loan and Security Agreement with LaSalle Business Credit, Inc. (the "Credit Agreement"). The Credit Agreement also provides for a revolving line of credit up to $8.0 million, limited by a borrowing formula that allows for advances up to 85% of eligible accounts receivable, which bears interest at the prime rate of interest plus 1.0%. The term loan requires monthly principal payments of $16,100 plus interest at the prime rate of interest plus 1.5% (9.75% at inception), plus a mandatory quarterly prepayment of "Excess Cash Flow", as defined in the Credit Agreement. The loans are secured by substantially all of the Company's assets and guaranteed by its domestic subsidiaries and their assets. Borrowings under the Credit Agreement are due in full on November 12, 2002, but may be extended for an additional one-year period unless the lender gives prior notice of termination to the Company. The Credit Agreement includes various affirmative and negative covenants limiting the Company's ability to take certain actions, including the payment of cash dividends, requiring the Company to maintain specified levels of tangible net worth, debt service coverage and interest coverage, and limiting capital expenditures and software development expenditures to levels higher than expended in 1999.

At December 31, 1999, the Company had letters of credit totaling $2.1 million outstanding under the Credit Agreement and was permitted to borrow an additional $1.4 million under the borrowing formula. The letters of credit expired or were terminated on February 15, 2000 and have not been renewed, and these expirations increased the amounts that could be borrowed by $2.1 million.

Based upon existing working capital, the new borrowing arrangement and forecasted revenue and expense levels, management believes that it has sufficient liquidity to satisfy its liabilities as they become due.

UNCERTAINTIES RELATING TO FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

"Item 6. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Operations" and other parts of this Form 10-KSB contain certain "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1934, as amended, based on current management expectations. Actual results could differ materially from the forward-looking statements due to a number of uncertainties, including, but not limited to, uncertainties discussed in this section and in "Business Products, Market and Competition" above, the decline of economic conditions in general and conditions in the

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automotive manufacturing industry in particular, a reduction in demand for the Company's products and services, the inability of the Company to successfully implement its strategy to lead the industrial automation market migration from closed architecture PLCs to open architecture PC-based solutions, changes in Company strategy, reductions in product life cycles, competitive factors (including the introduction or enhancement of competitive products), pricing pressures which result in materially reduced selling prices for the Company's products, raw material price increases, delays in introduction of planned hardware and software products, software defects and latent technological deficiencies in new products, changes in operating expenses, fluctuations in foreign exchange rates, the inability to attract or retain sales and/or engineering talent, changes in customer requirements and evolving industry standards.

ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

The financial statements filed herewith are set forth in the Index to Consolidated Financial Statements (on page F-1) of the separate financial section which follows this report, and are incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 8. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES

Not applicable.

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PART III

ITEM 9. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS, PROMOTERS AND CONTROL PERSONS; COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 16(A) OF THE EXCHANGE ACT.

The information required by this item is incorporated by reference to the Company's 2000 Proxy Statement under the captions "Election of Directors" and "Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance."

ITEM 10. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

The information required by this item is incorporated by reference to the Company's 2000 Proxy Statement under the caption "Executive Compensation."

ITEM 11. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT

The information required by this item is incorporated by reference to the Company's 2000 Proxy Statement under the caption "Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management."

ITEM 12. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS.

The information required by this item is incorporated by reference to the Company's 2000 Proxy Statement under the caption "Certain Relationships and Related Transactions."

ITEM 13. EXHIBITS REPORTS ON FORM 8-K.

(a) The exhibits filed herewith are set forth in the Index to Exhibits (on the first page of the separate exhibit section, which follows the financial section of this report) and are incorporated herein by reference.

(b) The Company was not required to and did not file any current report on Form 8-K during the fourth quarter of the Company's fiscal year ended December 31, 1999.

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Table of Contents

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Report of Independent Certified Public Accountants                                                  22

Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 1998 and 1999                                        23

Consolidated Statements of Operations for the years ended September 30, 1998 and
     December 31, 1999 and the three months ended December 31, 1998                                 24

nsolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity for the years ended September
     30, 1998 and December 31, 1999 and the three months
     ended December 31, 1998                                                                        25

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended September 30, 1998 and
     December 31, 1999 and the three months ended December 31, 1998                                 26

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements                                                          27

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Nematron Corporation:

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Nematron Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 1998 and 1999, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders' equity, and cash flows for the years ended September 30, 1998 and December 31, 1999 and the three months ended December 31, 1998. These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Nematron Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 1998 and 1999, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for the years ended September 30, 1998 and December 31, 1999 and the three months ended December 31, 1998, in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.

 /s/ Grant Thornton LLP

February 25, 2000
Detroit, Michigan

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NEMATRON CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
DECEMBER 31, 1998 AND 1999

                                                                                           December 31,
                                                                                           ------------
                                                                                        1998          1999
                                                                                    ----------     ----------
                             Assets (NOTES 5 AND 8)
Current assets:
      Cash and cash equivalents                                                    $   106,730    $   356,668
      Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $368,000
         in 1998 and $122,000 in 1999                                                1,999,900      5,014,028
      Inventories (Note 4)                                                           1,884,335      1,671,648
      Prepaid expenses and other current assets                                        305,310        163,895
                                                                                   -----------    -----------
                Total current assets                                                 4,296,275      7,206,239
Property and equipment:
      Land                                                                             117,000        117,000
      Building and improvements                                                      2,287,970      2,287,970
      Equipment                                                                      6,624,572      6,121,875
                                                                                   -----------    -----------
                                                                                     9,029,542      8,526,845
      Less accumulated depreciation                                                 (5,685,402)    (6,129,373)
                                                                                   -----------    -----------
                Net property and equipment                                           3,344,140      2,397,472
Other assets:
      Software and related development costs, net of accumulated amortization of
         $2,557,639 in 1998 and $1,853,660 in 1999 (Note 3)                          3,880,284      3,617,553
      Other intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of
         $2,225,842 in 1998 and $2,282,167 in 1999 (Note 3)                            942,158        861,375
                                                                                   -----------    -----------
                Net other assets                                                     4,822,442      4,478,928
                                                                                   -----------    -----------
                Total assets                                                       $12,462,857    $14,082,639
                                                                                   ===========    ===========
                      Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
Current liabilities:
      Note payable to bank (Note 5)                                                $ 2,715,457      $       -
      Accounts payable                                                               1,409,645      1,757,381
      Trade notes payable (Note 6)                                                   1,123,956              -
      Deferred revenue and other accrued liabilities                                 1,387,403      2,281,176
      Convertible promissory notes payable (Note 7 )                                 1,000,000              -
      Current maturities of long-term debt (Note 8)                                  1,576,492        232,811
                                                                                   -----------    -----------
                Total current liabilities                                            9,212,953      4,271,368
Long-term debt, less current maturities (Note 8)                                     2,182,783      2,706,668
Deferred tax liability (Note 10)                                                       178,200        135,000
                                                                                   -----------    -----------
                Total liabilities                                                   11,573,936      7,113,036
Commitments and contingencies (Note 14)                                                      -              -
Stockholders' equity (Notes 7, 12 and 13):
      Common stock, no par value; 15,000,000 shares authorized and 5,353,316
         shares outstanding at December 31, 1998; 30,000,000 shares authorized
         and 12,605,430 shares outstanding at December 31, 1999                     24,664,809     28,727,838
      Accumulated comprehensive income (loss)                                           (7,134)         1,869
      Accumulated deficit                                                          (23,768,754)   (21,760,104)
                                                                                   -----------    -----------
                                                                                       888,921      6,969,603
                                                                                   -----------    -----------
                Total liabilities and stockholders' equity                         $12,462,857    $14,082,639
                                                                                   ===========    ===========

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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NEMATRON CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
FOR THE YEARS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1998 AND DECEMBER 31, 1999 AND
THREE MONTHS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1998

                                                                                 Three Months
                                                             Year Ended              Ended             Year Ended
                                                             September 30,        December 31,        December 31,
                                                                1998                 1998                1999
                                                                ----                 ----                ----

Net revenues (Notes 15 and 16)                                $ 16,829,334        $  3,186,910         $ 29,772,129
Cost of revenues (Note 9)                                       13,986,019           2,084,915           19,991,704
                                                              ------------       -------------         ------------
                Gross profit                                     2,843,315           1,101,995            9,780,425

Operating expenses:
      Product development costs                                  1,318,894             131,987              794,207
      Selling, general and administrative expenses               8,926,090           1,323,945            6,471,046
      Other charges (Note 9)                                     1,669,698                --                   --
                                                              ------------       -------------         ------------
                Total operating expenses                        11,914,682           1,455,932            7,265,253
                                                              ------------       -------------         ------------

            Operating income (loss)                             (9,071,367)           (353,937)           2,515,172

Other income (expense):
      Interest expense                                            (735,256)           (158,804)            (523,839)
      Interest expense - issuance of convertible promissory
         notes (Note 7)                                               --            (3,000,000)                --
      Foreign currency gain                                          2,900                --                  2,929
      Sundry expense, net                                          (17,105)             (1,208)             (28,812)
                                                              ------------       -------------         ------------
                Total other expense                               (749,461)         (3,160,012)            (549,722)
                                                              ------------       -------------         ------------
                Income (loss) before income tax benefit         (9,820,828)         (3,513,949)           1,965,450

Income tax benefit (Note 10)                                       811,000              10,800               43,200
                                                              ------------       ------------          ------------
                Net income (loss)                             $ (9,009,828)       $ (3,503,149)        $  2,008,650
                                                              ============       ============          ============
Income (loss) per share (Note 11):
      Basic                                                   $      (1.69)       $      (0.65)        $       0.19
                                                              ============       ============          ============
      Diluted                                                 $      (1.69)       $      (0.65)        $       0.18
                                                              ============       ============          ============

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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NEMATRON CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
FOR THE YEARS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1998 AND DECEMBER 31, 1999 AND
THREE MONTHS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1998

                                                                                      ACCUMULATED
                                                            COMMON STOCK              COMPREHENSIVE
                                                    ---------------------------         INCOME
                                                    SHARES               AMOUNT       ADJUSTMENT
                                                    ------               ------       ----------
Balance, October 1, 1997                              5,329,938    $21,589,413       $ (7,571)
Exercise of options, net of 850
   shares redeemed                                       11,050         27,250
Exercise of warrants                                     12,328         48,146
Comprehensive loss:
   Net loss for the year ended
      September 30, 1998
   Foreign currency translation
     adjustment                                                                         1,491
                                                                                      -------

       Total comprehensive loss                                                         1,491
                                                     ----------    -----------        -------
Balance, September 30, 1998                           5,353,316     21,664,809         (6,080)
Additions to equity for the beneficial
   conversion feature of convertible
   promissory notes issued (Note 7)                                  3,000,000
Comprehensive loss:
   Net loss for the period ended
      December 31, 1998
   Foreign currency translation
      adjustment                                                                       (1,054)
                                                     ----------    -----------        -------
        Total comprehensive loss                                                       (1,054)
                                                                                      -------
Balance, December 31, 1998                            5,353,316     24,664,809         (7,134)
Conversion of convertible promissory
   notes and accrued interest thereon
   to common stock (Note 7)                           4,092,114      1,023,029
Private placement of common stock
   (Note 7)                                           3,080,000      3,020,000
Exercise of options (Note 7)                             80,000         20,000
Comprehensive income:
   Net income for the year ended
      December 31, 1999
   Foreign currency translation
      adjustment                                                                        9,003
                                                                                      -------
        Total comprehensive income                                                      9,003
                                                                                      -------
BALANCE, DECEMBER 31, 1999                           12,605,430    $28,727,838        $ 1,869
                                                     ==========    ===========        =======






                                                 ACCUMULATED
                                                  DEFICIT            TOTAL
                                                  -------            -----
Balance, October 1, 1997                          $ (11,255,777)      $10,326,065
Exercise of options, net of 850
   shares redeemed                                                         27,250
Exercise of warrants                                                       48,146
Comprehensive loss:
   Net loss for the year ended
      September 30, 1998                             (9,009,828)       (9,009,828)
   Foreign currency translation
     adjustment                                                             1,491
                                                                       ----------
        Total comprehensive loss                     (9,009,828)       (9,008,337)
                                                    -----------        ----------
Balance, September 30, 1998                         (20,265,605)        1,393,124
Additions to equity for the beneficial
   conversion feature of convertible
   promissory notes issued (Note 7)                                     3,000,000
Comprehensive loss:
   Net loss for the period ended
      December 31, 1998                              (3,503,149)       (3,503,149)
   Foreign currency translation
      adjustment                                                           (1,054)
                                                  -------------       -----------
        Total comprehensive loss                     (3,503,149)       (3,504,203)
                                                  -------------       -----------
Balance, December 31, 1998                          (23,768,754)          888,921
Conversion of convertible promissory
   notes and accrued interest thereon
   to common stock (Note 7)                                             1,023,029
Private placement of common stock
   (Note 7)                                                             3,020,000
Exercise of options (Note 7)                                               20,000
Comprehensive income:
   Net income for the year ended
      December 31, 1999                               2,008,650         2,008,650
   Foreign currency translation
      adjustment                                                            9,003
                                                  -------------       -----------
        Total comprehensive income                    2,008,650         2,017,653
                                                  -------------       -----------
BALANCE, DECEMBER 31, 1999                        $ (21,760,104)      $ 6,969,603
                                                  =============       ===========

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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NEMATRON CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE YEARS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1998 AND
DECEMBER 31, 1999 AND THREE MONTHS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1998

                                                                                        THREE MONTHS
                                                                          YEAR ENDED        ENDED       YEAR ENDED
                                                                         SEPTEMBER 30,   DECEMBER 31,   DECEMBER 31,
                                                                              1998           1998           1999
                                                                          -----------    -----------    -----------
Cash flows from operating activities:
     Net income (loss)                                                    $(9,009,828)   $(3,503,149)   $ 2,008,650
     Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash flows
         provided by (used in) operating activities:
           Depreciation and amortization                                    3,944,397        544,013      2,178,187
           Loss on disposal of property and equipment                          54,711             --         61,094
           Interest expense for beneficial conversion feature (Note 7)             --      3,000,000             --
           Deferred income tax benefit                                       (811,000)       (10,800)       (43,200)
           Changes in assets and liabilities that provided (used) cash:
               Accounts receivable                                          1,690,456        514,841     (3,014,128)
               Inventories                                                  2,295,992        219,099        212,687
               Prepaid expenses and other current assets                      233,150         (9,989)       141,415
               Accounts payable                                             1,490,242         (4,772)       347,736
               Deferred revenue and other accrued liabilities                  48,228       (444,468)       908,617
                                                                          -----------    -----------    -----------
                   Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities        (63,652)       304,775      2,801,058
Cash flows from investing activities:
     Additions to capitalized software development costs                   (2,017,384)      (180,382)      (603,688)
     Additions to property and equipment                                     (271,067)        (8,723)      (175,325)
     Proceeds from disposals of property and equipment                         60,921         12,795         19,316
                                                                          -----------    -----------    -----------
                   Net cash used in investing activities                   (2,227,530)      (176,310)      (759,697)
Cash flows from financing activities:
     Proceeds from issuance of common stock and subscriptions                      --             --      3,020,000
     Borrowings under long-tern debt agreements                                    --             --      2,900,000
     Proceeds from exercise of options and warrants                            75,396             --         20,000
     Proceeds from issuance of convertible promissory notes                        --      1,000,000             --
     Repayments of long-term debt                                            (702,164)      (157,862)    (3,673,544)
     Net borrowings (repayments) under bank line of credit                  2,373,000       (798,543)    (2,715,457)
     Repayments of trade notes payable                                       (241,805)      (422,000)    (1,123,956)
     Additions to deferred financing fees                                          --             --       (227,469)
                                                                          -----------    -----------    -----------
                   Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities      1,504,427       (378,405)    (1,800,426)
Foreign currency translation effect on cash                                     1,491         (1,054)         9,003
                                                                          -----------    -----------    -----------
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents                         (785,264)      (250,994)       249,938
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period                            1,142,988        357,724        106,730
                                                                          -----------    -----------    -----------

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period                                $   357,724    $   106,730    $   356,668
                                                                          ===========    ===========    ===========
Non-Cash Financing and Investing Activities:
     Conversion of accounts payable to trade notes payable                $ 1,787,761    $        --    $        --
     Acquisition of equipment under capital leases (Notes 8 and 15)           342,692             --             --
     Increase in common stock - issuance of convertible
          promissory notes (Note 7)                                                --      3,000,000             --
     Conversion of stock subscriptions to common stock                             --             --      1,500,000
     Conversion of promissory notes and accrued interest
          to common stock (Note 7)                                                 --             --      1,023,029
     Decrease in debt and equipment for purchase price adjustment                  --             --         46,252
Supplemental Disclosures of Cash Flow Information:
     Cash paid for interest                                                   687,023        142,255        508,885
     Cash paid for income taxes                                                    --             --             --

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements September 30, 1998, December 31, 1998 and 1999

(1) BUSINESS

Nematron Corporation (the "Company") designs, manufactures, and markets environmentally ruggedized computers and computer displays known as industrial workstations, and designs, develops, and markets software for worldwide use in factory automation and control and in test and measurement environments.

(2) CHANGE IN FISCAL YEAR END

Effective December 31, 1998, the Company changed its fiscal year end from September 30 to December 31. Accordingly, the Company is presenting its balance sheets as of December 31, 1998 and 1999 and its statements of operations, stockholders' equity and cash flows for the year ended September 30, 1998, the three-month transition period ended December 31, 1998, and the year ended December 31, 1999.

(3) SUMMARY OF ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES

Principles of Consolidation

The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries: Nematron Limited, a United Kingdom corporation; Nematron Canada, Inc., a Canadian corporation formed in 1999; NemaSoft, Inc. ("NemaSoft") and Imagination Systems, Inc. ("ISI"), Michigan corporations formed in 1995 and 1996, respectively. All significant intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation. Certain reclassifications have been made to the September 30, 1998 financial statements to conform with the classifications used in subsequent periods.

Cash Equivalents

The Company considers all highly liquid debt instruments with original maturities of three months or less at the date of purchase to be cash equivalents.

Inventories

Inventories are carried at the lower of cost or market. Cost is determined by the first in, first out method. Provision is made to reduce inventories (including demonstration units) to net realizable value for excess and/or obsolete inventories based upon an item-by-item review of quantities on hand compared to estimated future usage for sales and service.

Property and Equipment

Property and equipment are stated at cost. Capital leases are recorded at the present value of future minimum lease payments and are amortized over their primary term. Depreciation is provided over the estimated useful lives of the assets, ranging from 3 years for certain factory and office equipment to 33 years for the Company's Ann Arbor, Michigan headquarters and assembly facility. Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method for financial reporting purposes and accelerated methods, for tax reporting purposes.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued September 30, 1998, December 31, 1998 and 1999

(3) SUMMARY OF ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES, CONTINUED

Software and Related Development Costs

Certain computer software development costs, primarily salaries, wages and other payroll costs, and purchased software technology have been capitalized. Capitalization of computer software development costs begins upon establishment of technological feasibility. The establishment of technological feasibility and the ongoing assessment of recoverability of capitalized computer software development costs requires considerable judgment by management with respect to certain external factors, including, but not limited to, anticipated future gross revenues, estimated economic life, and changes in software and hardware technology. The Company continually reviews the recoverability of capitalized software costs based on estimated cash flows. Software costs are written off, as amortization expense, at the time a determination has been made that the amounts are not recoverable.

Amortization of capitalized computer software development costs is provided on a product-by-product basis using the greater of the amount computed using (a) the ratio that current gross revenues for each product bear to the total of current and anticipated future gross revenues for that product, or (b) the straight-line method over the remaining estimated economic lives of the respective products, ranging from two to five years.

A summary of capitalized software and related development costs for the periods presented are as follows:

                                                              Three months
                                         Year ended               ended               Year ended
                                        September 30,         December 31,           December 31,
                                            1998                  1998                   1999
                                            ----                  ----                   ----

Balance at beginning of period             $2,724,819            $3,942,695             $3,880,284
Additions                                   1,987,803               180,382                603,688
Amortization                                 (769,927)             (242,793)              (866,429)
                                           ----------            ----------             ----------

Balance at end of period                   $3,942,695            $3,880,284             $3,617,553
                                           ==========            ==========             ==========

Intangible Assets

Other intangible assets, which consist primarily of acquired intangible assets, are carried at cost less accumulated amortization, which is calculated on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives of the assets, ranging from five to ten years.

The carrying value of intangible assets is periodically reviewed, and impairments are recognized when the expected future cash flows derived from such intangible assets are less than their carrying value.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued September 30, 1998, December 31, 1998 and 1999

(3) SUMMARY OF ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES, CONTINUED

Intangible Assets - continued

A summary of intangible assets for the periods presented are as follows:

                                                                 Three months
                                             Year ended             Ended               Year ended
                                            September 30,        December 31,          December 31,
                                                1998                  1998                1999
                                                ----                  ----                ----

Balance at beginning of period                $3,008,547            $1,002,225            $942,158
Additions                                         29,581                    -0-            227,470
Amortization, including impairment
provision of $1,319,700 in the year
ended September 30, 1998 (Note 9)

                                              (2,035,903)              (60,067)           (308,253)
                                              ----------             ---------            --------

Balance at end of period                      $1,002,225              $942,158            $861,375
                                              ==========              ========            ========

Stock Option Plan

The Company adheres to the guidance of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation ("SFAS 123"), which permits entities to recognize as compensation expense over the vesting period the fair value of all stock-based awards on the date of grant. Alternatively, SFAS No. 123 also allows entities to continue to apply the provisions of APB Opinion No. 25 and provide for pro forma net income (loss) and pro forma earnings (loss) per share disclosures for employee stock option grants as if the fair-value-based method defined in SFAS No. 123 had been applied. The Company has elected to continue to apply the provisions of APB Opinion No. 25 and provide the pro forma disclosure provisions of SFAS No. 123 (See Note 12).

Foreign Currency Translation

The assets and liabilities of the Company's foreign subsidiaries, Nematron Limited and Nematron Canada, Inc., denominated in foreign currencies, are translated at exchange rates in effect on the balance sheet date, and revenue and expenses are translated using a weighted average exchange rate during the periods presented. Gains or losses resulting from translating foreign currency financial statements are recorded as a separate component of stockholders' equity. Gains or losses resulting from foreign currency transactions are included in net income (loss).

Revenue Recognition

Revenues from hardware product sales are recognized upon delivery and when collection is probable. Revenues from service and repair of computers are recognized as the services are performed. Revenues from software and engineering development are recognized as the Company performs the services, in accordance with the contract terms. Revenues from extended warranty agreements covering software are recognized ratably over the terms of the agreement with the customer.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued September 30, 1998, December 31, 1998 and 1999

(3) SUMMARY OF ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES, CONTINUED

Revenue Recognition - continued

Revenues from software license agreements and from bundled products (hardware products pre-loaded with software covered by applicable license agreements) and from systems sales (bundled products accompanied by post sale support activities) are deferred until all conditions in Statement of Position 97-2, Software Revenue Recognition, are met. Such conditions include the delivery of the product, the performance of all obligations so that remaining obligations are no longer significant, and collectibility is probable. The Company has established programs which, under specified terms and limited conditions, enable its distributors to return limited amounts of product. The effect of these programs, which is not a material amount, is estimated, and current period revenues and cost of revenues are reduced accordingly.

Research and Development Costs

Research and development costs are expensed when incurred. These costs, representing hardware and software engineering wages, fringe benefits, and a portion of the Company's overhead, are included in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations as components of cost of revenues and product development costs. Research and development costs were approximately $1,287,000, $291,000 and $1,514,000 for the year ended September 30, 1998 and the three months ended December 31, 1998, and the year ended December 31, 1999, respectively.

Warranty Costs

The Company provides for estimated warranty costs as products are shipped. Estimated warranty reserves are adjusted currently based upon projected levels of warranty repairs and estimated costs of materials, labor, and overhead costs to be incurred in meeting warranty obligations.

Income Taxes

Income taxes are accounted for under the asset-and-liability method. Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are computed annually for differences between the financial statement and tax bases of assets and liabilities that will result in taxable or deductible amounts in the future. Such deferred income tax asset and liability computations are based on enacted tax laws and rates. A valuation allowance is established when necessary to reduce deferred income tax assets to the amount expected to be realized.

Income (Loss) Per Share

Income (loss) per share is calculated using the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period, adjusted for the assumed conversion of dilutive stock options and warrants. Since net losses were incurred in the year ended September 30, 1998 and the three months ended December 31, 1998, no conversion of dilutive stock options and warrants was assumed in the loss per share calculation in either period, as the effect would be anti-dilutive.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued September 30, 1998, December 31, 1998 and 1999

(3) SUMMARY OF ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES, CONTINUED

Fair Value

Financial instruments of the Company, consisting principally of cash, accounts receivable, accounts payable, and debt, are recorded at estimated fair value. The estimated fair value amounts have been determined by the Company, using available market information and available valuation methodologies.

Use of Estimates

Management of the Company has made a number of estimates and assumptions relating to the reporting of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities to prepare these consolidated financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Estimates are used in the determination of the allowance for doubtful accounts, obsolete and slow moving inventory, capitalized software and related development costs, intangible assets, warranty costs, returns and allowances, and deferred tax assets and liabilities.

(4) INVENTORIES

Inventories are summarized as follows:

                                                                          December 31,
                                                                    --------------------------
                                                                      1998             1999
                                                                      ----             ----
Purchased parts and accessories                                     $1,142,431      $1,238,980
Work in process                                                        307,762          24,008
Finished goods, demo units and service stock                           434,142         408,660
                                                                   -----------      ----------

          Total inventories                                         $1,884,335      $1,671,648
                                                                    ==========      ==========

(5) NOTE PAYABLE TO BANK

In November 1999, the Company entered into a Loan and Security Agreement (the "Agreement") with a bank. The Agreement provides for an $8.0 million line of credit and a $2.9 million term loan. The Agreement is for a three-year term and may be extended for an additional one-year period at the option of the Company, unless the lender gives prior notice of termination. See Note 8 for additional information concerning the Agreement.

The amount available under the line of credit is limited by a borrowing formula that allows for advances up to a maximum of the sum of 85% of eligible domestic and foreign accounts receivable, less the amount of outstanding letters of credit issued by the Company. Based upon such borrowing formula, approximately $3,500,000 of the available line is eligible for advance at December 31, 1999, less $2,163,000 of outstanding letters of credit (see Note 14). No amounts have been borrowed under the line of credit facility since the line became available. Any amounts borrowed will bear interest at the prime rate plus 1.0%. The line of credit and the term loan (see Note 8) are collateralized by substantially all assets of the Company and a mortgage on the Company's Ann Arbor facility.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued September 30, 1998, December 31, 1998 and 1999

(5) NOTE PAYABLE TO BANK, CONTINUED

Prior to closing on the current Agreement, the Company had a credit agreement with another bank providing for a term note, two equipment notes and revolving credit notes. The revolving credit note provided for maximum borrowing by the Company of $4,000,000. The credit facility with the former senior lender has expired.

(6) TRADE NOTES PAYABLE

Trade notes payable consisted of short-term notes payable to certain of the Company's creditors. The notes arose from the conversion in the year ended September 30, 1998 of $1,787,761 of trade accounts payable. The trade notes, which ranged in terms from six to twelve months in duration with interest generally at 12% per annum, have been repaid in their entirety.

(7) CONVERTIBLE PROMISSORY NOTES PAYABLE AND COMMON STOCK

In December 1998, the Company issued convertible promissory notes (the "Notes") in the aggregate principal amount of $1 million with investors (collectively, the "Note Holders") pursuant to a private placement as the first stage of a capital transaction, under which the Company raised a total of $4,023,029. The Notes bore interest at seven percent (7%) per annum, were due and payable, with accrued interest, on the later of March 31, 1999 or 5 days following the date of shareholder approval of the capital transaction. The Notes were not transferable without the Company's consent. The Notes and accrued interest thereon were convertible by the Note Holders into Common Stock at $.25 per share (the "Conversion Price"). In February and March 1999, certain Note Holders converted $169,863 of Notes and received 679,450 shares of Common Stock. Following shareholder approval of the capital transaction on April 6, 1999, the remaining $830,137 of Notes and $23,029 of accrued interest thereon were converted into 3,412,664 shares Common Stock. As a result of the completion of the first stage of the capital transaction, the Company issued a total of 4,092,114 shares of Common Stock.

On April 6, 1999 the Company's shareholders approved the issuance of shares pursuant to the two stage capital transaction. Stage one included the issuance of $1,000,000 of Notes, as described above, and stage two included the exercise of options included in such Notes and the private placement of additional shares of common stock. On April 7, 1999 the Company completed the second stage of the capital transaction and issued a total of 3,080,000 shares of Common Stock at $1.00 per share upon the exercise of the options and the private placement. The Company recorded the second stage of the transaction net of $60,000 of costs associated with the private placement.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued September 30, 1998, December 31, 1998 and 1999

(7) CONVERTIBLE PROMISSORY NOTES PAYABLE AND COMMON STOCK, CONTINUED

The Notes were convertible by the Note Holders into Common Stock at $.25 per share (the "Conversion Price"). On the December 1, 1998, the closing sale price of the Company's common stock on the Nasdaq National Market was $1.00 per share. The Company was not required to issue more than 1,070,000 shares in connection with the payment and/or conversion of the Notes unless the issuance of any additional shares had been approved by the Company's shareholders to the extent required by applicable law, the Company's organizational documents or the rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market.

At the date the Notes were issued, the Company's common stock was traded on the Nasdaq National Market under which rules the Company was subject. Under such rules, the Company was precluded from issuing common stock in excess of 20% of the outstanding shares of common stock unless the issuance was approved by the Company's shareholders. Because of this requirement, the Company structured the capital transaction as a sale of convertible promissory notes rather than the sale of common stock so that the Company could receive the Notes proceeds on December 1, 1998 and postpone the issuance of common stock until it had received the required shareholder approval.

Accounting for the issuance of the Notes was governed by the SEC's Emerging Issues Task Force pronouncement D-60, Accounting for the Issuance of Convertible Preferred Stock and Debt Securities with a Nondetachable Conversion Feature, ("EITF D-60"). EITF D-60 requires that a beneficial conversion feature should be recognized and measured by allocating a portion of the proceeds equal to the intrinsic value of that feature to additional paid - in capital. That amount is calculated at the date of issue as the difference between the conversion price and the fair value (determined solely by reference to the quoted per share market price) of the common stock into which the Notes are convertible, multiplied by the number of shares into which the Notes are convertible. EITF D-60 further requires that if the common stock is traded in a public market, the quoted market price is the best measure of the common stock's fair value. Additionally, EITF D-60 requires that any discount resulting from an allocation of the proceeds to a beneficial conversion feature increases the effective interest rate of the Notes and is a charge to interest expense. Pursuant to EITF D-60, the Company has recorded interest expense of $3,000,000 on the date of issuance of the Notes to reflect the beneficial conversion feature of $0.75 per share for each of the 4,000,000 shares the Note Holders could have received upon conversion of the Notes into common stock; this represents the difference between the $0.25 per share conversion price compared to the quoted market price of $1.00 per share on the closing date of the transaction.

On April 6, 1999, the Company's shareholders also approved an amendment to the Company's Articles of Incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of Common Stock from 15,000,000 to 30,000,000.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued September 30, 1998, December 31, 1998 and 1999

(8) LONG-TERM DEBT

Long-term debt consists of the following:

                                                                                     December 31,
                                                                              --------------------------
                                                                               1998                 1999
                                                                               ----                 ----
Mortgage loan payable to a bank, interest at 9.5% per annum; payable in
monthly installments of $29,900 through September 2001, at which time the
remaining principal and any interest thereon was due. The loan was repaid
in November 1999.                                                             $1,956,474     $         -

Term note payable to a bank, interest at LIBOR plus 2.5% per annum,
payable in monthly installments of $30,000 plus interest through January
31, 1999. The note was repaid in November 1999.                                1,170,000               -

Term loan payable to a bank, interest at prime plus 1.5% per annum (10..%
at December 31, 1999), payable in monthly installments of $16,111 through
November 2002, at which time the remaining principal and any interest
thereon is due. The term loan is collateralized by substantially all
assets of the Company and a mortgage on the Company's Ann Arbor facility.          -           2,900,000

Capitalized lease obligations and other notes                                    632,801          39,479
                                                                              ----------     -----------


         Total long-term debt                                                  3,759,275       2,939,479

Less current maturities                                                       (1,576,492)       (232,811)
                                                                              ----------     -----------

         Total long-term debt, less current maturities                        $2,182,783      $2,706,668
                                                                              ==========      ==========

The Loan and Security Agreement (the "Agreement"), under which the Company has the line of credit (see Note 5) and the $2.9 million term loan, contains several financial covenants, including specified levels of tangible net worth, interest coverage and debt service coverage. The terms of the Agreement also prohibit the payment of dividends, limits the amount of annual capital expenditures and includes other restrictive covenants. The Company was in compliance with the covenants in the Agreement as of December 31, 1999.

The aggregate amounts of long-term debt maturities at December 31, 1999, are as follows:

Year ended December 31,
         2000                                                                           $232,811
         2001                                                                            193,332
         2002                                                                          2,513,336
                                                                                      ----------

         Total                                                                        $2,939,479
                                                                                      ==========

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued September 30, 1998, December 31, 1998 and 1999

(9) WRITE-DOWNS AND OTHER CHARGES

Following analyses and other decisions reached by Company management in the fourth quarter of the year ended September 30, 1998, the Company took the following charges:

                                                                        Year ended
                                                                       September 30,
                                                                           1998
                                                                           ----
Charged to cost of revenues - write down of obsolete inventory            $1,001,742
Charged to operating expenses:
    Write down of acquired intangible assets                               1,319,698
    Provision for losses upon closing of three U.S. offices                  350,000
        Total charged to operating expenses                                1,669,698
                                                                           ---------

        Total                                                             $2,671,440
                                                                          ==========

In conjunction with the Company's 1998 strategic planning process, analyses were prepared to determine if any asset impairment existed as a result of changes to the Company's long-term strategic plans. These analyses indicated impairment existed due to lower or no planned revenues from certain products, and accordingly, inventories and certain acquired intangible assets related to these products were written off. Also, the Company wrote down certain purchased parts and accessories and finished goods inventories related to discontinued product models, pursuant to results of the Company's strategic planning process. Additionally, in the fourth quarter, the Company determined to close its software development offices in Virginia, Ohio and California and to consolidate the software development activities in its Massachusetts office. A provision for closing costs was recorded in connection with costs expected to occur resulting from such office closings.

(10) TAXES ON INCOME

The following reconciles the statutory federal income tax rate to the Company's effective tax rate:

                                                      Three months
                                      Year ended          ended           Year ended
                                     September 30     December 31,      December 31,
                                         1998            1998               1999
                                         ----            ----               ----
Income tax expense (benefit) based
  on the federal statutory rate          (34.0)%        (34.0)%              34.0%
Generation (utilization) of net
  operating loss carryforwards            34.0 %         34.0 %             (34.0)%
Effect of impairment and
  amortization of intangible assets       (8.3)%         (0.3)%              (8.3)%
                                          ----           ----                ----

Effective tax rate                        (8.3)%         (0.3)%              (8.3)%
                                          =====          =====               =====

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued September 30, 1998, December 31, 1998 and 1999

(10) TAXES ON INCOME, CONTINUED

The domestic and foreign components of income (loss) before taxes on income are as follows:

                                                                  Three months
                                             Year ended               ended             Year ended
                                            September 30,         December 31,        December 31,
                                                1998                  1998                 1999
                                                ----                  ----                 ----

Domestic income (loss)                       $(9,879,752)           $(3,535,904)          $2,156,308
Foreign income (loss)                             58,924                 21,955             (190,858)
                                             -----------            -----------           -----------

Total income (loss) before tax
benefit                                      $(9,820,828)           $(3,513,949)          $1,965,450
                                             ===========            ===========           ==========

Deferred income taxes result from temporary differences in the recognition of income and expenses for financial and income tax reporting purposes.

Temporary differences and net operating loss carryforwards, which give rise to the net deferred tax position as of December 31, 1998 and 1999, are as follows:

                                                                     December 31,
                                                                 --------------------
                                                                 1998           1999
                                                                 ----           ----
Deferred tax assets:
    Inventory valuation allowance                               $844,000       $394,000
    Accounts receivable allowance for
    doubtful accounts                                            124,000         42,000
    Property and equipment, principally depreciation             120,000        178,000
    Accrued expenses deductible when paid                         89,000        118,000
    Net operating loss carryforward                            6,678,800      6,323,000
                                                               ---------      ---------
         Total deferred tax assets                             7,855,800      7,055,000
Less valuation allowance against deferred tax assets          (6,418,000)    (5,731,000)
                                                              ----------     ----------
         Net deferred tax assets                               1,437,800      1,324,000
Deferred tax liabilities - capitalized software
development costs and other intangible assets                 (1,616,000)    (1,459,000)
                                                              ----------     ----------

Net deferred tax position                                     $ (178,200)    $ (135,000)
                                                              ==========     ==========

The valuation allowance against deferred tax assets increased (decreased) by $2,112,000, $134,000 and $(687,000) during the year ended September 30, 1998, the three months ended December 31, 1998 and the year ended December 31, 1999, respectively.

At December 31, 1999, the Company has net operating loss carryforwards of approximately $18,000,000, which expire at various dates between 2004 and 2019. Utilization of these carryforwards is subject to annual limitations under current IRS regulations. The Company has established a valuation allowance for the estimated amount of the total limitation on the utilization of the net operating loss carryforwards. Realization of net deferred tax assets associated with the net operating loss carryforwards is dependent upon generating sufficient taxable income prior to their expiration.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued September 30, 1998, December 31, 1998 and 1999

(11) EARNINGS PER SHARE

Income (loss) per share ("EPS") is as follows:

                                                      Income                        Income
                                                      (Loss)          Shares        (Loss)
                                                    (Numerator)   (Denominator)   Per Share
                                                    -----------   -------------   ---------
Year ended September 30, 1998:
   Basic EPS:
       Net loss                                    $(9,009,828)     5,345,889        $(1.69)
       Effect of dilutive securities                       -0-            -0-          0.00
                                                   -----------    -----------        ------
   Diluted EPS                                     $(9,009,828)     5,345,889        $(1.69)
                                                   ===========    ===========        ======
Three months ended December 31, 1998:
   Basic EPS:
       Net loss                                    $(3,503,149)     5,353,316        $(0.65)
       Effect of dilutive securities                       -0-            -0-          0.00
                                                   -----------    -----------          ----
   Diluted EPS                                     $(3,503,149)     5,353,316        $(0.65)
                                                   ===========    ===========        ======
Year ended December 31, 1999:
   Basic EPS:
       Net income                                  $ 2,008,650     10,753,844        $ 0.19
       Effect of dilutive securities:
          Options                                       24,946        567,668         (0.01)
                                                   -----------    -----------        ------
  Diluted EPS:
       Income available to common
       shareholders plus assumed
       conversion                                  $ 2,033,596     11,321,512         $0.18
                                                   ===========    ===========         =====

For the year ended September 30, 1998, 913,120 options and 322,676 warrants were outstanding but were not included in the computation of diluted loss per share because to do so would have been antidilutive. The options expire on various dates between 2003 and 2009, and the warrants expire between February 2000 and October 2002.

For the three months ended December 31, 1998, 1,428,894 options and 322,676 warrants were outstanding but were not included in the computation of diluted loss per share because to do so would have been antidilutive. The options expire on various dates between 2003 and 2009, and the warrants expire between February 2000 and October 2002.

For the year ended December 31, 1999, 799,037 options and 322,676 warrants were outstanding but were not included in the computation of diluted earnings per share because the exercise prices of the excluded options and warrants were greater than the average market price of the common shares during the period. The options expire on various dates between 2003 and 2009, and the warrants expire between February 2000 and October 2002.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued September 30, 1998, December 31, 1998 and 1999

(12) EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS

1993 Stock Option Plan

The Company's 1993 Stock Option Plan (the "1993 Plan") provides for the granting of options to purchase a total of 950,000 shares of common stock to key employees. The exercise price for each option granted under the 1993 Plan cannot be less than the fair market value of the common stock on the date of the grant.

The 1993 Plan gives the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors latitude in deciding the vesting period. Options generally vest one-third immediately and one-third on each successive anniversary date of the award, or are exercisable at the rate of one-third per year beginning on the day after the first anniversary of the date of the award. Under provisions of the 1993 Plan, shares subject to an option award will become immediately exercisable upon a change in control of the Company. Options remaining unexercised on the tenth anniversary of the date of the grant will expire. No options may be granted after February 26, 2003. As of December 31, 1999, no options are available for award under the 1993 Plan.

Long-Term Incentive Plan

The Company's Long-Term Incentive Plan (the "Incentive Plan"), adopted in April 1999, provides for the granting of awards to purchase a total of 1,250,000 shares of common stock to key employees and others. Awards may be made by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors in the form of incentive stock options, non-qualified stock options, restricted stock or performance shares, provided that the Committee may not grant options to any salaried employee during any three-year period to purchase more than 500,000 shares.

The exercise price for each option granted under the Incentive Plan cannot be less than the fair market value of the common stock on the date of the grant. The Incentive Plan gives the Committee latitude in deciding the vesting and exercise periods. Options shall vest as the Committee determines and will generally have a term of ten years.

The Incentive Plan authorizes the Committee to grant restricted stock awards pursuant to which shares of Common Stock will be awarded, subject to restrictions on transfer that lapse over a period of time or upon achievement of performance goals, as determined by the Committee. Participants who receive restricted stock grants are entitled to dividend and voting rights on the awarded shares prior to the lapse of restrictions on such awards.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued September 30, 1998, December 31, 1998 and 1999

(12) EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS, CONTINUED

The Committee is also authorized to grant performance share awards under the Incentive Plan that are payable at the discretion of the Committee in cash, shares of Common Stock, or a combination of each, upon achievement of performance goals established by the Committee. The Committee will determine the terms and conditions of restricted stock and performance share awards, including the acceleration or lapse of any restrictions or conditions of such awards. No options have been awarded under the Incentive Plan as of December 31, 1999. Awards to purchase an additional 1,250,000 shares of common stock may be made.

Directors Option Plan

The Company's 1993 Directors Stock Option Plan (the "Directors Option Plan") provides for the granting of options to purchase a total of 120,000 shares of common stock. The exercise price for each option granted beginning April 1997 under the Directors Option Plan is equal to 110 percent of the closing price of the stock on the grant date. The exercise price for options granted prior to April 1997 was the greater of the fair market value or book value of the Company's common stock on the date of the grant.

The Directors Option Plan provides that beginning April 1997, each qualified director will be granted an option to purchase 4,500 shares of common stock every three years. Prior to April 1997, each qualified director was granted annually an option to purchase 1,000 shares of common stock. Options granted in April 1997 or thereafter will be exercisable in one-third increments beginning on the date of the grant. Options granted prior to April 1997 are exercisable at any time beginning six months after the date of the grant. Options expire five years from the date of the grant. As of December 31, 1999, an additional 42,344 options may be issued under the Directors Option Plan.

Special Option Grants

During the three months ended December 31, 1998 and the year ended December 31, 1999, the Board of Directors awarded special option grants to certain key employees. The awards were made separate from the plans described above.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued September 30, 1998, December 31, 1998 and 1999

(12) EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS, CONTINUED

Information with respect to options under the plans and the special awards for the year ended September 30, 1998, the three-months ended December 31, 1998 and the year ended December 31, 1999, is as follows:

                                   Outstanding                 Exercisable
                            -------------------------    ----------------------
                                             Weighted                  Weighted
                                             Average                   Average        Number
                               Number        Exercise       Number     Exercise      Available
                            Outstanding       Price      Exercisable     Price       For Grant
                            -----------       -----      -----------     -----       ---------

Balance, October 1, 1997       855,044          $5.48       227,994        $5.05      151,099
Granted                        269,700          $3.39                                (269,700)
Exercisable                                                 251,507        $5.59
Exercised                      (11,900)         $2.70       (11,900)       $2.70
Forfeited                     (199,684)         $5.45        (8,187)       $5.45      199,684
                              --------                       ------                   -------
Balance, September 30,
1998                           913,120          $4.89       459,414        $5.24       81,083
Granted                        833,438          $0.75
Exercisable                                                 674,002        $0.84
Exercised                        -                -           -              -
Forfeited                     (317,664)         $5.26      (233,498)       $5.13      317,664
                              --------                     --------                   -------
Balance, December 31,
1998                         1,428,894          $2.39       899,917        $2.00      225,309
Adoption of the
Long-Term Incentive Plan                                                            1,250,000
Granted                      1,143,435          $2.35                                (783,435)
Exercisable                                                 473,396
Exercised                      (80,000)         $0.25       (80,000)       $0.25
Forfeited                     (564,673)         $3.44      (161,140)       $3.44      564,673
                            ----------                   ----------                ----------
Balance, December 31,
1999                         1,927,656          $2.18     1,132,173        $1.76    1,256,547
                             =========                    =========                 =========

Information concerning outstanding options at December 31, 1999 is as follows:

                                    Options Outstanding                       Options Exercisable
                       ---------------------------------------------     -----------------------------
                    Number of                           Weighted       Number of        Weighted
                     Options       Weighted Average     Average         Options         Average
     Range of      Outstanding        Remaining         Exercise      Exercisable       Exercise
Exercise Prices    at 12-31-99     Contractual Life      Price        at 12-31-99        Price
---------------    -----------     ----------------      -----        -----------        -----

  $0.75 to $1.00      740,000           8.8 years         $0.78           740,000         $0.78
  $1.01 to $2.00      108,200           8.6               $2.00            38,567         $2.00
  $2.01 to $3.00      950,000           9.6               $2.69           250,000         $2.60
  $4.01 to $7.00      107,406           7.4               $6.15            81,406         $6.07
  $7.01 to $8.75       22,000           6.3               $8.75            22,000         $8.75
                  -----------                                         -----------

  Total             1,927,656           9.1               $2.18         1,132,173         $1.76
                    =========                                           =========

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued September 30, 1998, December 31, 1998 and 1999

(12) EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS, CONTINUED

The Company applies APB Opinion 25 in accounting for its stock option plans. Accordingly, no compensation cost has been recognized in the Company's financial statements. Had compensation cost been determined based on the fair value of such awards at the date of grant consistent with the provisions of SFAS No. 123, the Company's total and per share net income (loss) would have been as follows:

                                                              Three months
                                          Year ended              ended            Year ended
                                         September 30          December 31,        December 31,
                                             1998                1998                1999
                                             ----                ----                ----

Net income (loss):
     As reported                           $(9,009,828)          $(3,503,149)          $2,008,650
     Pro forma                             $(9,570,278)          $(4,055,915)          $1,062,196
Net income (loss) per share:
     As reported                                $(1.69)              $(0.65)               $0.19
     Pro forma                                  $(1.79)              $(0.76)               $0.10

The fair values of options granted during periods presented were determined using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model based on the following assumptions:

                                                   Three months
                                  Year ended          ended                  Year ended
                                 September 30,     December 31,              December 31,
                                      1998             1998                     1999
                                      ----             ----                     ----
Risk-free interest rate              5.80%                 4.96%                6.17%
Dividend yield                       0.00%                 0.00%                0.00%
Expected life                      3 to 6 years         3 to 6 years        3 to 6 years
Expected volatility                 74.10%               147.23%              111.59%

401(k) Plan and Trust

The Company has established a defined-contribution retirement plan for all eligible employees. Participants may make basic contributions of up to 15 percent of their compensation, pursuant to section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code. Under terms of the 401(k) plan, the Company may make a basic matching contribution and a discretionary contribution to the 401(k) plan. The Company matching contribution is 100% of a specified percentage of each employee's contribution limited to the first 5% of the employee's base salary. Company matching contributions were 5% from January 1998 to March 1998, 3% from April 1998 to May 1998, -0-% from June 1998 to May 1999, and 2% from June 1999 to December 1999. A 401(k) plan participant becomes vested in the Company's contribution on his or her behalf at a rate of 20 percent for each year of service, and will be fully vested in the Company's contributions in the event of death, disability or normal retirement. The Company's contributions to the 401(k) plan were $38,000, $-0- and $31,000 for the year ended September 30, 1998, the three months ended December 31, 1998 and the year ended December 31, 1999, respectively.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued September 30, 1998, December 31, 1998 and 1999

(13) WARRANTS

The Company has outstanding warrants for the purchase of its common stock. The warrants were issued in connection with acquisitions made in 1995 and 1997 and in connection with issuing subordinated debt in 1995. Information with respect to such warrants is as follows:

                              ISI            UAI          Subordin-        Intec
                          Acquisition    Acquisition      ated Debt     Acquisition       Total
                          -----------    -----------      ---------     -----------       -----

Exercise price                 $2.50          $4.81           $4.00          $6.73
Expiration date             03-03-98       11-20-97        10-31-02       02-20-00
Balance,
October 1, 1997                4,928        137,000         197,678        124,998        464,604
Exercised                     (4,828)        (7,500)             -0-            -0-       (12,328)
Expired                         (100)      (129,500)             -0-            -0-      (129,600)
                            --------       --------        --------       --------      ---------
Balance, Sept. 30,
1998, Dec.31, 1998 and
1999                              -0-            -0-        197,678        124,998        322,676
                            ========       ========        ========       ========      =========

(14) COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

The Company leases its Massachusetts and the United Kingdom facilities, as well as certain office equipment, under operating leases. The leases on the facilities expire at various dates through July 2001, and the equipment operating leases expire at various dates through January 2003.

The Company leases certain computer equipment under a capital lease from a finance company. The lease has an initial term of three years beginning December 1997 and requires monthly payments, including interest, of $3,898 through December 2000. The unpaid balance of this capital lease totaled $39,479 at December 31, 1999 (Note 8). The net book value of equipment leased under the capital lease is $-0- at December 31, 1999.

A summary of commitments under noncancelable leases as of December 31, 1999, is as follows:

                                             Capital Lease        Operating Leases       Total
                                             -------------        ----------------       -----
Year ending December 31,
           2000                                 $42,874                $97,095         $139,969
           2001                                      -0-                49,474           49,474
           2002                                      -0-                 4,152            4,152
           2003                                      -0-                   346              346
                                                -------               --------         --------
Total minimum lease obligations                  42,874               $151,067         $193,941
                                                                      ========         ========
Less amount representing interest                 3,395
                                                -------
Present value of minimum lease
payments                                        $39,479
                                                =======

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued September 30, 1998, December 31, 1998 and 1999

(14) COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES, CONTINUED

Total rental expense was $245,000, $8,000 and $75,000 for the year ended September 30, 1998, the three months ended December 31, 1998 and the year ended December 31, 1999, respectively.

As of December 31, 1999, the Company has issued letters of credit totaling $2,163,000 to two suppliers as conditions of the supply agreements. A $2,000,000 letter of credit expired in January 2000, and a $163,000 letter of credit was terminated in February 2000.

(15) SEGMENT INFORMATION

The Company operates in one market segment - factory automation.

Net revenues include export sales to various countries. A summary of both foreign and domestic revenues is as follows:

                                                                   Three months
                                             Year ended               ended             Year ended
                                            September 30,          December 31,        December 31,
                                                1998                  1998                 1999
                                                ----                  ----                 ----
Foreign:
     France                                 $  1,795,275           $   368,700        $   1,899,142
     Germany                                     252,864                43,022            7,892,954
     Other countries                           3,176,439               361,811            2,206,728
                                            ------------           -----------        -------------
         Total foreign revenue                 5,224,578               773,533           11,998,824
United States                                 11,604,756             2,413,377           17,773,305
                                            ------------           -----------         ------------

Total revenue                                $16,829,334            $3,186,910          $29,772,129
                                             ===========            ==========          ===========

Long-lived assets include property and equipment, capitalized software development costs and other intangible assets. A summary of both foreign and domestic long-lived assets at depreciated or amortized cost is as follows:

                                                                               December 31,
                                                                               ------------
                                                                         1998                 1999
                                                                         ----                 ----
Foreign countries                                                     $   60,908           $   45,429
United States                                                          8,105,674            6,830,971
                                                                      ----------           ----------

Total                                                                 $8,166,582           $6,876,400
                                                                      ==========           ==========

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued September 30, 1998, December 31, 1998 and 1999

(16) SIGNIFICANT CUSTOMERS

The Company conducts its business through distributors, end users and other entities under purchase orders, supply contracts and other agreements. Information with respect to significant customers is as follows:

                                                   Revenues               Accounts
                                                     From              Receivable at
                                                  Customer(s)          End of Period
                                                  -----------          -------------
Year ended September 30, 1998:
   One significant customer                        $1,795,000             $442,000

Three months ended December 31, 1998:
   Two significant customers                       $  876,000             $636,000

Year ended December 31, 1999:
   One significant customer                        $8,931,000             $748,000

The Company derived approximately $512,000, $771,000 and $13,200,000, of revenues under a single supply agreement from a company in the automotive industry for the year ended September 30, 1998, the three months ended December 31, 1998 and the year ended December 31, 1999, respectively. These revenues were derived from sales to certain machine tool builders and distributors, including certain significant customers included in the table above, that ordered Nematron products that the automotive company had specified to those companies for its major automation programs.

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SIGNATURES

In accordance with Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the registrant caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized

NEMATRON CORPORATION

By:      /s/ Matthew S. Galvez                      Dated:  March 21, 2000
       --------------------------------------               --------------
       Matthew S. Galvez, President and CEO

In accordance with the Exchange Act, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

          Signature                                    Title                              Date

  /s/ Matthew S. Galvez               President, CEO and a Director                   March 21, 2000
-----------------------------------   (Principal Executive and Financial Officer)     --------------
Matthew S. Galvez

  /s/ David P. Gienapp                Vice President - Finance and Administration     March 21, 2000
-----------------------------------   (Principal Accounting Officer) and Secretary   --------------
David P. Gienapp

  /s/ Hugo E. Braun                   Director                                        March 21, 2000
-----------------------------------                                                   --------------
Hugo E. Braun

  /s/ Joseph J. Fitzsimmons           Chairman of the Board and a Director            March 21, 2000
-----------------------------------                                                   --------------
Joseph J. Fitzsimmons

  /s/ Garnel F. Graber                Director                                        March 21, 2000
------------------------------------                                                  --------------
Garnel F. Graber

  /s/ Michael L. Hershey              Director                                        March 21, 2000
------------------------------------                                                  --------------
Michael L. Hershey

  /s/ Stephen E. Globus               Director                                        March 21, 2000
------------------------------------                                                  --------------
Stephen E. Globus

  /s/ James A. Nichols                Director                                        March 21, 2000
------------------------------------                                                  --------------
James A. Nichols

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit
Number                         Description of Exhibit
------                         ----------------------

3.01      Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended, filed as
          Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Form 10-QSB for the quarterly period
          ended September 30, 1999 and incorporated herein by reference.
3.02      Amended and Restated Bylaws, as amended.
3.03      Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended, filed as
          Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Form 10-QSB for the quarterly period
          ended September 30, 1999 and incorporated herein by reference.
4.01      Term Loan and Warrant Purchase Agreement dated as of November 7, 1995
          between the Registrant and Onset BIDCO, The Capital Fund, Joseph
          Krinski Trust U/A Dated 6/20/91, Emily Krinski Trust U/A Dated
          6/20/91, and Urban A. MacDonald filed as Exhibit 4.04 to the
          Registrant's Form S-2 Registration Statement dated June 6, 1996 and
          incorporated herein by reference.
4.02      Form of Warrant issued as of March 31, 1997 to Intec shareholders,
          filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant's Form 8-K filed April 10, 1997
          and incorporated herein by reference.
4.03      Amended and Restated Convertible Promissory Notes dated as of January
          12, 1999 filed as Exhibit 4.01 to the Registrant's Form 10-QSB for the
          quarterly period ended March 31, 1999 and incorporated herein by
          reference.
4.04      Loan and Security Agreement dated as of November 12, 1999 by and among
          LaSalle Business Credit, Inc. and the Registrant for a $10.9 million
          credit facility, filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant's Form 10-QSB
          for the quarterly period ended September 30, 1999 and incorporated
          herein by reference.
10.01*    Nematron Corporation 1993 Stock Option Plan, as amended and restated
          March 1997, filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant's Form 10-QSB for
          the quarterly period ended March 31, 1997 and incorporated herein by
          reference.
10.02*    Nematron Corporation 1993 Directors Option Plan, as amended and
          restated, filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Registrant's Form 10-QSB
          for the quarterly period ended March 31, 1997 and incorporated
          herein by reference
10.03*    Nematron 401(k) Plan, filed as Exhibit 10.04 to the Registrant's Form
          10-KSB for the year ended September 30, 1995 and incorporated herein
          by reference
10.04*    Nematron Corporation Long-Term Incentive Plan, filed as Exhibit 10.03
          to the Registrant's Form 10-QSB for the quarterly period ended March
          31, 1999 and incorporated herein by reference.
10.05*    Employment Agreement entered into effective October 1, 1998 and dated
          July 26, 1999 by and between Matthew S. Galvez and the Registrant,
          filed as Exhibit 10.01 to the Registrant's Form 10-QSB for the
          quarterly period ended June 30, 1999 and incorporated herein by
          reference.
10.06*    Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement dated October 13, 1998 between
          Matthew S. Galvez and the Registrant, filed as Exhibit 10.02 to the
          Registrant's Form 10-QSB for the quarterly period ended June 30, 1999
          and incorporated herein by reference.
10.07*    Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement dated December 3, 1998 between
          Matthew S. Galvez and the Registrant, filed as Exhibit 10.02 to the
          Registrant's Form 10-QSB for the quarterly period ended June 30, 1999
          and incorporated herein by reference.
10.08*    Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement dated December 13, 1999 between
          Matthew S. Galvez and the Registrant.
10.09     Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of March 31, 1997, between the
          Company and former stockholders of Intec Controls Corp., filed as
          Exhibit 10.3 to the Registrant's Form 10-QSB for the quarterly period
          ended March 31, 1997 and incorporated herein by reference.
21.01     Subsidiaries of Nematron Corporation.
23.01     Consent of Grant Thornton LLP.
27.00     Financial Data Schedule.

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* Management compensatory plan or arrangement.



UNDERTAKING

The Company will furnish to any shareholder a copy of any of the exhibits listed above upon written request and upon payment of a specified reasonable fee, which fee shall be equal to the Company's reasonable expenses in furnishing the exhibit to the shareholder. Requests for exhibits and information regarding the applicable fee shall be direct to: Mr. David P. Gienapp, Vice President - Finance and Administration, at the address of the principal executive offices set forth on the cover of this Report on Form 10-KSB.

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EXHIBIT 3.02

AMENDED AND RESTATED

BYLAWS

OF

NEMATRON CORPORATION

ARTICLE I

OFFICES

1.01 Principal Office. The principal office of the corporation shall be at such place within or outside the State of Michigan as the Board of Directors shall determine from time to time.

1.02 Other Offices. The corporation also may have offices at such other places as the Board of Directors from time to time determines or the business of the corporation requires.

ARTICLE II

SEAL

2.01 Seal. The corporation may have a seal in such form as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine. The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile to be impressed, affixed, reproduced or otherwise.

ARTICLE III

CAPITAL STOCK

3.01 Issuance of Shares. The shares of capital stock of the corporation shall be issued in such amounts, at such times, for such consideration and on such terms and conditions as the Board shall deem advisable, subject to the Articles of Incorporation and any requirements of the laws of the State of Michigan.

3.02 Certificates for Shares. The shares of the corporation shall be represented by certificates signed by the Chairman of the Board, Vice Chairman of the Board, President or a Vice President of the corporation, and may be sealed with the seal of the corporation or a facsimile thereof. A certificate representing shares shall state upon its face that the corporation is formed under the laws of the State of Michigan, the name of the person to whom it is issued, the number and class of shares, and the designation of the series, if any, which the certificate represents and such other provisions as may be required by the laws of the State of Michigan.

3.03 Transfer of Shares. The shares of the capital stock of the corporation are transferable only on the books of the corporation upon surrender of the certificate therefor, properly endorsed for transfer, and the presentation of such evidences of ownership and validity of the assignment as the corporation may require.

3.04 Registered Shareholders. The corporation shall be entitled to treat the person in whose name any share of stock is registered as the owner thereof for purposes of dividends and other distributions in the course of business, or in the course of recapitalization, consolidation, merger, reorganization, sale of assets, liquidation or otherwise and for the purpose of votes, approvals and consents by shareholders, and for the purpose of notices to

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shareholders, and for all other purposes whatever, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such shares on the part of any other person, whether or not the corporation shall have notice thereof, save as expressly required by the laws of the State of Michigan.

3.05 Lost or Destroyed Certificates. Upon the presentation to the corporation of a proper affidavit attesting the loss, destruction or mutilation of any certificate or certificates for shares of stock of the corporation, the Board of Directors shall direct the issuance of a new certificate or certificates to replace the certificates so alleged to be lost, destroyed or mutilated. The Board of Directors may require as a condition precedent to the issuance of new certificates a bond or agreement of indemnity, in such form and amount and with such sureties, or without sureties, as the Board of Directors may direct or approve.

ARTICLE IV

SHAREHOLDERS AND MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS

4.01 Place of Meetings. All meetings of shareholders shall be held at the principal office of the corporation or at such other place as shall be determined by the Board of Directors and stated in the notice of meeting.

4.02 Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of the shareholders of the corporation shall be held on the last Monday of the fifth calendar month after the end of the corporation's fiscal year at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, or on such other date and at such other time as may be determined by the Board of Directors. Directors shall be elected at each annual meeting and such other business transacted as may come before the meeting. The Board of Directors may postpone and reschedule any previously scheduled annual meeting of shareholders. Any annual meeting of shareholders may be adjourned by the Chairman of the meeting or by the Board of Directors.

4.03 Special Meetings. Special meetings of shareholders may be called by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board (if such office is filled) or the President. Business transacted at a special meeting of shareholders shall be confined to the purpose or purposes of the meeting as stated in the notice of the meeting. The Board of Directors may postpone and reschedule any previously scheduled special meeting of shareholders. Any special meeting of shareholders may be adjourned by the Chairman of the meeting or by the Board of Directors.

4.04 Notice of Meetings. Except as otherwise provided by statute, written notice of the time, place and purposes of a meeting of shareholders shall be given not less than 10 nor more than 60 days before the date of the meeting to each shareholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting, either personally or by mailing such notice to his last address as it appears on the books of the corporation. No notice need be given of an adjourned meeting of the shareholders provided the time and place to which such meeting is adjourned are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken and at the adjourned meeting only such business is transacted as might have been transacted at the original meeting. However, if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each shareholder of record on the new record date entitled to notice as provided in this Bylaw.

4.05 Record Dates. The Board of Directors may fix in advance a date as the record date for the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to notice of and to vote at a meeting of shareholders or an adjournment thereof, or to express consent or to dissent from a proposal without a meeting, or for the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to receive payment of a dividend or allotment of a right, or for the purpose of any other action. The date fixed shall not be more than 60 nor less than 10 days before the date of the meeting, nor more than 60 days before any other action. In such case only such shareholders as shall be shareholders of record on the date so fixed shall be entitled to notice of and to vote at such meeting or adjournment thereof, or to express consent or to dissent from such proposal, or to receive payment of such dividend or to receive such allotment of rights, or to participate in any other action, as the case may be, notwithstanding any transfer of any stock on the books of the corporation, or otherwise, after any such record date. Nothing in this Bylaw shall affect the rights of a shareholder and his transferee or transferor as between themselves.

4.06 List of Shareholders. The Secretary of the corporation or the agent of the corporation having charge of the stock transfer records for shares of the corporation shall make and certify a complete list of the shareholders

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entitled to vote at a shareholders' meeting or any adjournment thereof. The list shall be arranged alphabetically within each class and series, with the address of, and the number of shares held by, each shareholder; be produced at the time and place of the meeting; be subject to inspection by any shareholder during the whole time of the meeting; and be prima facie evidence as to who are the shareholders entitled to examine the list or vote at the meeting.

4.07 Quorum. Unless a greater or lesser quorum is required in the Articles of Incorporation or by the laws of the State of Michigan, the shareholders present at a meeting in person or by proxy who, as of the record date for such meeting, were holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of the corporation entitled to vote at the meeting shall constitute a quorum at the meeting. Whether or not a quorum is present, a meeting of shareholders may be adjourned by a vote of the shares present in person or by proxy. When the holders of a class or series of shares are entitled to vote separately on an item of business, this Bylaw applies in determining the presence of a quorum of such class or series for transaction of such item of business.

4.08 Proxies. A shareholder entitled to vote at a meeting of shareholders or to express consent or dissent without a meeting may authorize other persons to act for the shareholder by proxy. A proxy shall be signed by the shareholder or the shareholder's authorized agent or representative and shall not be valid after the expiration of three years from its date unless otherwise provided in the proxy. A proxy is revocable at the pleasure of the shareholder executing it except as otherwise provided by the laws of the State of Michigan.

4.09 Voting. Each outstanding share is entitled to one vote on each matter submitted to a vote, unless otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation. Votes shall be cast in writing and signed by the shareholder or the shareholder's proxy. When an action, other than the election of directors, is to be taken by a vote of the shareholders, it shall be authorized by a majority of the votes cast by the holders of shares entitled to vote thereon, unless a greater vote is required by the Articles of Incorporation or by the laws of the State of Michigan. Except as otherwise provided by the Articles of Incorporation, directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes cast at any election.

Section 4.10 Nominations and Proposals of Shareholders.

(1) Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors of the corporation and the proposal of business to be considered by the shareholders may be made at an annual meeting of shareholders (i) pursuant to the corporation's notice of meeting, (ii) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (iii) by any shareholder of the corporation who was a shareholder of record at the time of the giving of notice provided for in this Bylaw, who is entitled to vote at the meeting and who complied with the notice procedures set forth in this Bylaw.

(2) For nominations or other business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a shareholder pursuant to clause (iii) of paragraph (a) (1) of this Bylaw, the shareholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the corporation. To be timely, a shareholder's notice shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the corporation not less than 60 days nor more than 90 days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year's annual meeting; provided, however, that in the event that the date of the annual meeting is advanced by more than 30 days or delayed by more than 60 days from such anniversary date, notice by the shareholder to be timely must be so delivered not earlier than the 90th day prior to such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the 60th day prior to such annual meeting or the 10th day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made. Such shareholder's notice shall set forth (i) as to each person whom the shareholder proposes to nominate for election or reelection as a director, all information relating to such person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for election of directors, or is otherwise required, in each case pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") (including such person's written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected); (ii) as to any other business that the shareholder proposes to bring before the meeting, a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the meeting, the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting and any material interest in such business of such shareholder and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made; (iii) as to the shareholder giving the notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made (A) the name and address of such shareholder, as they appear on the corporation's books, and of such beneficial owner and (B) the

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class and number of shares of the corporation which are owned beneficially and of record by such shareholder and such beneficial owner.

(3) Notwithstanding anything in the second sentence of paragraph (a)
(2) of this Bylaw to the contrary, in the event that the number of directors to be elected to the Board of Directors of the corporation is increased and there is no public announcement naming all of the nominees for director or specifying the size of the increased Board of Directors made by the corporation at least 70 days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year's annual meeting, a shareholder's notice required by this Bylaw shall also be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for any new positions created by such increase, if it shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the corporation not later than the close of business on the 10th day following the day on which such public announcement is first made by the corporation.

(b) Special Meetings of Shareholders. Only such business shall be conducted at a special meeting of shareholders as shall have been brought before the meeting pursuant to the corporation's notice of meeting. Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors may be made at a special meeting of shareholders at which directors are to be elected pursuant to the corporation's notice of meeting (i) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (ii) by any shareholder of the corporation who is a shareholder of record at the time of giving of notice provided hereunder, who shall be entitled to vote at the meeting and who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Bylaw. Nominations by shareholders of persons for election to the Board of Directors may be made at such a special meeting of shareholders if the shareholder's notice required by paragraph (a) (2) of this Bylaw shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the corporation not earlier than the 90th day prior to such special meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the 60th day prior to such special meeting or the 10th day following the day on which public announcement is first made of the date of the special meeting and of the nominees proposed by the Board of Directors to be elected at such meeting.

(c) General. (1) Only such persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Bylaw shall be eligible to serve as directors and only such business shall be conducted at a meeting of shareholders as shall have been brought before the meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Bylaw. The Chairman of the meeting shall have the power and duty to determine whether a nomination or any business proposed to be brought before the meeting was made in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Bylaw and, if any proposed nomination or business is not in compliance with this Bylaw, to declare that such defective proposal shall be disregarded.

(2) For purposes of this Bylaw, "public announcement" shall mean disclosure in a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press or comparable national news service or in a document publicly filed by the corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Sections 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

(3) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Bylaw, a shareholder shall also comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in this Bylaw. Nothing in this Bylaw shall be deemed to affect any rights of shareholders to request inclusion of proposals in the corporation's proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act.

ARTICLE V

DIRECTORS

5.01 Number. The business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed by a Board of not less than three nor more than twelve directors, the exact number to be fixed from time to time only by vote of a majority of the Board of Directors. The directors need not be residents of Michigan or shareholders of the corporation.

5.02 Election and Resignation. Directors shall be elected as set forth in the Articles of Incorporation. A director may resign by written notice to the corporation. The resignation is effective upon its receipt by the corporation or a subsequent time as set forth in the notice of resignation.

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5.03 Vacancies. Vacancies in the Board of Directors occurring by reason of death, resignation, removal, increase in the number of directors or otherwise shall be filled as set forth in the Articles of Incorporation.

5.04 Annual Meeting. The Board of Directors shall meet each year immediately after the annual meeting of the shareholders, or within three (3) days of such time excluding Sundays and legal holidays if such later time is deemed advisable, at the place where such meeting of the shareholders has been held or such other place as the Board may determine, for the purpose of election of officers and consideration of such business that may properly be brought before the meeting; provided, that if less than a majority of the directors appear for an annual meeting of the Board of Directors the holding of such annual meeting shall not be required and the matters which might have been taken up therein may be taken up at any later special or annual meeting, or by consent resolution.

5.05 Regular and Special Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at such times and places as the majority of the directors may from time to time determine at a prior meeting or as shall be directed or approved by the vote or written consent of all the directors. Special meetings of the Board may be called by the Chairman of the Board (if such office is filled) or the President and shall be called by the President or Secretary upon the written request of any two directors.

5.06 Notices. No notice shall be required for annual or regular meetings of the Board or for adjourned meetings, whether regular or special. Twenty-four hours written notice shall be given for special meetings of the Board, and such notice shall state the time, place and purpose or purposes of the meeting.

5.07 Quorum. A majority of the Board of Directors then in office, or of the members of a committee thereof, constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business. The vote of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the acts of the Board or of the committee, except as a larger vote may be required by the laws of the State of Michigan. A member of the Board or of a committee designated by the Board may participate in a meeting by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can communicate with the other participants. Participation in a meeting in this manner constitutes presence in person at the meeting.

5.08 Executive and Other Committees. The Board of Directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole Board, appoint three or more members of the Board as an executive committee to exercise all powers and authorities of the Board in management of the business and affairs of the corporation, except that the committee shall not have power or authority to (a) amend the Articles of Incorporation; (b) adopt an agreement of merger or consolidation; (c) recommend to shareholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all of the corporation's property and assets; (d) recommend to shareholders a dissolution of the corporation or revocation of a dissolution;
(e) amend these Bylaws; (f) fill vacancies in the Board; or (g) unless expressly authorized by the Board, declare a dividend or authorize the issuance of stock. The Board of Directors from time to time may, by like resolution, appoint such other committees of one or more directors to have such authority as shall be specified by the Board in the resolution making such appointments. The Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee who may replace an absent or disqualified member at any meeting thereof.

5.09 Dissents. A director who is present at a meeting of the Board of Directors, or a committee thereof of which the director is a member, at which action on a corporate matter is taken is presumed to have concurred in that action unless the director's dissent is entered in the minutes of the meeting or unless the director files a written dissent to the action with the person acting as secretary of the meeting before the adjournment thereof or shall forward such dissent by registered mail to the Secretary of the corporation promptly after the adjournment of the meeting. Such right to dissent does not apply to a director who voted in favor of such action. A director who is absent from a meeting of the Board, or a committee thereof of which the director is a member, at which any such action is taken is presumed to have concurred in the action unless the director files a written dissent with the Secretary of the corporation within a reasonable time after the director has knowledge of the action.

5.10 Compensation. The Board of Directors, by affirmative vote of a majority of directors in office and irrespective of any personal interest of any of them, may establish reasonable compensation of directors for services to the corporation as directors or officers.

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ARTICLE VI

NOTICES, WAIVERS OF NOTICE AND MANNER OF ACTING

6.01 Notices. All notices of meetings required to be given to shareholders, directors or any committee of directors may be given by mail, telecopy, telegram, radiogram or cablegram to any shareholder, director or committee member at his last address as it appears on the books of the corporation. Such notice shall be deemed to be given at the time when the same shall be mailed or otherwise dispatched.

6.02 Waiver of Notice. Notice of the time, place and purpose of any meeting of shareholders, directors or committee of directors may be waived by telecopy, telegram, radiogram, cablegram or other writing, either before or after the meeting, or in such other manner as may be permitted by the laws of the State of Michigan. Attendance of a person at any meeting of shareholders, in person or by proxy, or at any meeting of directors or of a committee of directors, constitutes a waiver of notice of the meeting except when the person attends the meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.

6.03 Action Without a Meeting. Except as may be provided otherwise in the Articles of Incorporation for action to be taken by shareholders, any action required or permitted at any meeting of shareholders or directors or committee of directors may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if all of the shareholders or directors or committee members entitled to vote thereon consent thereto in writing.

ARTICLE VII

OFFICERS

7.01 Number. The Board of Directors shall elect or appoint a President, a Secretary and a Treasurer, and may select a Chairman of the Board, and one or more Vice Presidents, Assistant Secretaries or Assistant Treasurers. Any two or more of the above offices, except those of President and Vice President, may be held by the same person. No officer shall execute, acknowledge or verify an instrument in more than one capacity if the instrument is required by law, the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws to be executed, acknowledged, or verified by one or more officers.

7.02 Term of Office, Resignation and Removal. An officer shall hold office for the term for which he is elected or appointed and until his successor is elected or appointed and qualified, or until his resignation or removal. An officer may resign by written notice to the corporation. The resignation is effective upon its receipt by the corporation or at a subsequent time specified in the notice of resignation. An officer may be removed by the Board with or without cause. The removal of an officer shall be without prejudice to his contract rights, if any. The election or appointment of an officer does not of itself create contract rights.

7.03 Vacancies. The Board of Directors may fill any vacancies in any office occurring for whatever reason.

7.04 Authority. All officers, employees and agents of the corporation shall have such authority and perform such duties in the conduct and management of the business and affairs of the corporation as may be designated by the Board of Directors and these Bylaws.

ARTICLE VIII

DUTIES OF OFFICERS

8.01 Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board shall preside at all meetings of the shareholders and of the Board of Directors at which the Chairman is present. The Chairman shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the corporation. The Chairman shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board are carried into effect and the Chairman shall have the general powers of supervision and management usually vested in the chief executive officer

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of a corporation, including the authority to vote all securities of other corporations and organizations held by the corporation.

8.02 President. The President shall be the Chief Operating Officer of the corporation and shall have the general powers of supervision and management over the day-to-day operations of the corporation. The President shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board are carried into effect and shall be ex officio a member of all management committees. He may execute any documents in the name of the corporation and shall have such other powers and duties as may be prescribed by the Board.

8.03 Vice Presidents. The Vice Presidents, in order of their seniority, shall, in the absence or disability of the President, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the President and shall perform such other duties as the Board of Directors or the President may from time to time prescribe.

8.04 Secretary. The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the Board of Directors and of shareholders and shall record all votes and minutes of all proceedings in a book to be kept for that purpose, shall give or cause to be given notice of all meetings of the shareholders and of the Board of Directors, and shall keep in safe custody the seal of the corporation and, when authorized by the Board, affix the same to any instrument requiring it, and when so affixed it shall be attested by the signature of the Secretary, or by the signature of the Treasurer or an Assistant Secretary. The Secretary may delegate any of the duties, powers and authorities of the Secretary to one or more Assistant Secretaries, unless such delegation is disapproved by the Board.

8.05 Treasurer. The Treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities; shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books of the corporation; and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the corporation in such depositories as may be designated by the Board of Directors. The Treasurer shall render to the President and directors, whenever they may require it, an account of his or her transactions as Treasurer and of the financial condition of the corporation. The Treasurer may delegate any of his or her duties, powers and authorities to one or more Assistant Treasurers unless such delegation is disapproved by the Board of Directors.

8.06 Assistant Secretaries and Treasurers. The Assistant Secretaries, in order of their seniority, shall perform the duties and exercise the powers and authorities of the Secretary in case of the Secretary's absence or disability. The Assistant Treasurers, in the order of their seniority, shall perform the duties and exercise the powers and authorities of the Treasurer in case of the Treasurer's absence or disability. The Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers shall also perform such duties as may be delegated to them by the Secretary and Treasurer, respectively, and also such duties as the Board of Directors may prescribe.

ARTICLE IX

SPECIAL CORPORATE ACTS

9.01 Orders for Payment of Money. All checks, drafts, notes, bonds, bills of exchange and orders for payment of money of the corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers or such other person or persons as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate.

9.02 Contracts and Conveyances. The Board of Directors of the corporation may in any instance designate the officer and/or agent who shall have authority to execute any contract, conveyance, mortgage or other instrument on behalf of the corporation, or may ratify or confirm any execution. When the execution of any instrument has been authorized without specification of the executing officers or agents, the Chairman of the Board, the President or any Vice President, and the Secretary or Assistant Secretary or Treasurer or Assistant Treasurer, may execute the same in the name and on behalf of this corporation and may affix the corporate seal thereto.

ARTICLE X

BOOKS AND RECORDS

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10.01 Maintenance of Books and Records. The proper officers and agents of the corporation shall keep and maintain such books, records and accounts of the corporation's business and affairs, minutes of the proceedings of its shareholders, Board and committees, if any, and such stock ledgers and lists of shareholders, as the Board of Directors shall deem advisable, and as shall be required by the laws of the State of Michigan and other states or jurisdictions empowered to impose such requirements. Books, records and minutes may be kept within or without the State of Michigan in a place which the Board shall determine.

10.02 Reliance on Books and Records. In discharging his or her duties, a director or an officer of the corporation is entitled to rely on information, opinions, reports, or statements, including financial statements and other financial data, if prepared or presented by any of the following: (a) one or more directors, officers, or employees of the corporation, or of a business organization under joint control or common control whom the director or officer reasonably believes to be reliable and competent in the matters presented, (b) legal counsel, public accountants, engineers, or other persons as to matters the director or officer reasonably believes are within the person's professional or expert competence, or (c) a committee of the Board of Directors of which he or she is not a member if the director or officer reasonably believes the Committee merits confidence. A director or officer is not entitled to rely on such information if he or she has knowledge concerning the matter in question that makes such reliance unwarranted.

ARTICLE XI

INDEMNIFICATION

11.01 Non-Derivative Actions. Subject to all of the other provisions of this Article XI, the corporation shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative and whether formal or informal (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation), by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director or officer of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee, or agent of another foreign or domestic corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, whether for profit or not, against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, penalties, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation or its shareholders, and with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, if the person had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation or its shareholders, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful.

11.02 Derivative Actions. Subject to all of the provisions of this Article XI, the corporation shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director or officer of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee, or agent of another foreign or domestic corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, whether for profit or not, against expenses (including attorneys' fees) and amounts paid in settlement incurred by the person in connection with such action or suit if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation or its shareholders. However, indemnification shall not be made for any claim, issue or matter in which such person has been found liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the court in which such action or suit was brought has determined upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification for the expenses which the court considers proper.

11.03 Expenses of Successful Defense. To the extent that a person has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in Section 11.01 or 11.02 of these Bylaws, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter in the action, suit or proceeding, the person shall be indemnified against

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expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred by such person in connection with the action, suit or proceeding and any action, suit or proceeding brought to enforce the mandatory indemnification provided by this Section 11.03.

11.04 Definitions. For the purposes of Sections 11.01 and 11.02, "other enterprises" shall include employee benefit plans; "fines" shall include any excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to an employee benefit plan; "serving at the request of the corporation" shall include any service as a director, officer, employee, or agent of the corporation which imposes duties on, or involves services by, the director or officer with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants or beneficiaries; and a person who acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be considered to have acted in a manner "not opposed to the best interests of the corporation or its shareholders" as referred to in Sections 11.01 and 11.02.

11.05 Contract Right; Limitation on Indemnity. The right to indemnification conferred in this Article XI shall be a contract right, and shall apply to services of a director or officer as an employee or agent of the corporation as well as in such person's capacity as a director or officer. Except as provided in Section 11.03 of these Bylaws, the corporation shall have no obligations under this Article XI to indemnify any person in connection with any proceeding, or part thereof, initiated by such person without authorization by the Board of Directors.

11.06 Determination That Indemnification is Proper. Any indemnification under Section 11.01 or 11.02 of these Bylaws (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the person is proper in the circumstances because the person has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in
Section 11.01 or 11.02, whichever is applicable. Such determination shall be made in any of the following ways:

(i) By a majority vote of a quorum of the Board consisting of directors who were not parties to such action, suit or proceeding.

(ii) If the quorum described in clause (i) above is not obtainable, then by a committee of directors who are not parties to the action, suit or proceeding. The committee shall consist of not less than two disinterested directors.

(iii) By independent legal counsel in a written opinion. Legal counsel for this purpose shall be chosen by the Board or its committee prescribed in clauses (i) or (ii), or if a quorum of the Board cannot be obtained under clause (i) and a committee cannot be designated under clause (ii), by the Board.

(iv) By the shareholders. Shares held by directors or officers who are parties or threatened to be made parties to the action, suit or proceeding may not be voted.

11.07 Proportionate Indemnity. If a person is entitled to indemnification under Section 11.01 or 11.02 of these Bylaws for a portion of expenses, including attorneys' fees, judgments, penalties, fines, and amounts paid in settlement, but not for the total amount thereof, the corporation shall indemnify the person for the portion of the expenses, judgments, penalties, fines, or amounts paid in settlement for which the person is entitled to be indemnified.

11.08 Expense Advance. Expenses incurred in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding described in Section 11.01 or 11.02 of these Bylaws shall be paid by the corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding if the corporation receives from the person requesting such advance the following: (i) a written affirmation of the person's good faith belief that the person has met the applicable standard of conduct in
Section 11.01 or 11.02 and (ii) a written undertaking by or on behalf of the person to repay the expenses if it is ultimately determined that the person is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation. The undertaking shall be an unlimited general obligation of the person on whose behalf advances are made but need not be secured.

11.09 Non-Exclusivity of Rights. The indemnification or advancement of expenses provided under this Article XI is not exclusive of other rights to which a person seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under a contractual arrangement with the corporation. However, the total amount of expenses

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advanced or indemnified from all sources combined shall not exceed the amount of actual expenses incurred by the person seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses.

11.10 Indemnification of Employees and Agents of the Corporation. The corporation may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the Board of Directors, grant rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses to any employee or agent of the corporation to the fullest extent of the provisions of this Article XI with respect to the indemnification and advancement of expenses of directors and officers of the corporation.

11.11 Former Directors and Officers. The indemnification provided in this Article XI continues as to a person who has ceased to be a director or officer and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such person.

11.12 Insurance. The corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against the person and incurred by him or her in any such capacity or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the corporation would have power to indemnify the person against such liability under these Bylaws or the laws of the State of Michigan.

11.13 Changes in Michigan Law. In the event of any change of the Michigan statutory provisions applicable to the corporation relating to the subject matter of this Article XI, then the indemnification to which any person shall be entitled hereunder shall be determined by such changed provisions, but only to the extent that any such change permits the corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than such provisions permitted the corporation to provide prior to any such change. Subject to Section 11.14, the Board of Directors is authorized to amend these Bylaws to conform to any such changed statutory provisions.

11.14 Amendment or Repeal of Article XI. No amendment or repeal of this Article XI shall apply to or have any effect on any director or officer of the corporation for or with respect to any acts or omissions of such director or officer occurring prior to such amendment or repeal.

ARTICLE XII

AMENDMENTS

12.01 Amendments. Subject to Section 11.14, the Bylaws of the corporation may be amended, altered or repealed, in whole or in part, by a majority of members of the Board of Directors then in office or by the holders of not less than 80% of the outstanding shares of the capital stock entitled to vote generally in the election of directors at any meeting duly held in accordance with these Bylaws, provided that notice of the meeting includes notice of the proposed amendment, alteration or repeal.

ARTICLE XIII

CONTROL SHARES AND
CONTROL SHARE ACQUISITIONS

13.01 Control Share Acquisitions. The corporation shall not be subject to Chapter 7B, "Control Share Acquisitions," of the Michigan Business Corporation Act.

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EXHIBIT 10.08

NONQUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
NEMATRON CORPORATION

THIS AGREEMENT is entered into effective as of December 13, 1999 by and between Nematron Corporation ("Corporation") and Matthew S. Galvez ("Optionee"). The Corporation hereby grants to the Optionee a stock option to purchase shares of the Corporation's common stock, no par value (the "Common Stock"), subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter provided below (the "Option"). The Option is not an incentive stock option as defined in Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

1. Option Grant. Optionee is hereby granted an option to purchase 200,000 shares of Common Stock at $2.625 per share. The Option is awarded in consideration of satisfactory performance as President and CEO of the Corporation since Mr. Galvez was hired. The Option shall be exercisable upon Optionee's execution of this Agreement.

2. Terms of Exercise.

(a) Exercise. The Option may be exercised at any time, or from time to time, in whole or in part, from the time it first becomes exercisable as provided in Section 1 hereof until the Expiration Date (as defined in Section 2(b) hereof) unless such Option is earlier terminated pursuant to Section 3 hereof. Upon proper exercise of the Option, the Corporation shall promptly cause to be issued to the Optionee certificates for the Common Stock purchased upon such exercise, subject to Section 8 of this Agreement.

(b) Expiration. Any provision of this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, the Option shall expire and no longer be exercisable after the date which is the tenth (10th) anniversary of the date of this Agreement (the "Expiration Date").

(c) Notice. The Option shall be exercisable by delivery to the Secretary of the Corporation of a written and duly executed notice in the form attached hereto.

(d) Payment Terms. Payment of the full purchase price of any shares with respect to which the Option is being exercised shall accompany the notice of exercise of the Option. Payment shall be made (i) in cash, (ii) by certified check, bank draft or money order, (iii) by tendering to the Corporation shares of Common Stock then owned by Optionee, duly endorsed for transfer or with duly executed stock power attached, which shares shall be valued at their "Fair Market Value" ", or by directing the Corporation to withhold shares having a "Fair Market Value" equal to the aggregate exercise price from the number of shares which otherwise would be acquired upon exercise and deeming the Option to have been exercised with respect to such withheld shares as well as the shares actually acquired upon such exercise, or (iv) by delivery to the Corporation of a properly executed exercise notice, acceptable to the Corporation, together with irrevocable instructions to Optionee's broker to deliver to the Corporation a sufficient amount of cash to pay the exercise price and any applicable income and employment withholding taxes in accordance with a written agreement between the Corporation and the brokerage firm if, at the time of exercise, the Corporation has entered into such an agreement. "Fair Market Value" shall mean the average of the high and low sale prices per share of the Common Stock reported in the Wall Street Journal (or if high and low sale prices are not reported, the last sale price reported in the Wall Street Journal or, if the last sale price is not reported, the last reported bid price per share) for the last preceding day on which the Common Stock was traded prior to the date with respect to which the Fair Market Value is to be determined, as determined by the Committee in its sole and reasonable discretion; provided that in the event the last preceding day on which the Common Stock was traded is greater than 10 trading days prior to the date with respect to which the Fair Market Value is to be determined, the Committee, in its good faith reasonable discretion, shall determine the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock.

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3. Termination of Employment.

(a) Termination Prior to Option Becoming Exercisable. If, prior to the date that the Option shall first become exercisable, the Optionee's employment with the Corporation and its subsidiaries shall be terminated, with or without cause, or by the act, death or Disability (as defined in Section 22(e) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended) of the Optionee, the Optionee's right to exercise the Option shall terminate and all rights hereunder shall cease.

(b) Termination Other Than Because of Death or Disability After Option Becomes Exercisable. If, on or after the date that the Option shall first become exercisable, the Optionee's employment with the Corporation and its subsidiaries shall be terminated for any reason other than death or Disability, the Optionee shall have the right, until the Expiration Date, to exercise the Option to the extent that it was exercisable and is unexercised on the date of such termination of employment, subject to any other limitation on the exercise of the Option in effect at the date of exercise. The Option shall thereafter terminate and no longer be of any effect.

(c) Termination Because of Death or Disability After Option Becomes Exercisable. If, on or after the date that the Option shall have become exercisable, the Optionee shall die or become Disabled while an employee of the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries and while the Option remains exercisable, the Optionee or the executor or administrator of the estate of the Optionee (as the case may be), or the person or persons to whom the Option shall have been transferred (if such transfer was made in compliance with Section 7 of this Agreement), shall have the right, until the Expiration Date, to exercise the Option to the extent that it was exercisable and unexercised on the date of death or termination, subject to any other limitation on exercise in effect at the date of exercise. The Option shall thereafter terminate and no longer be of any effect.

4. Authority. The Corporation represents and warrants that the person signing this Agreement on its behalf has the requisite authority to execute this Agreement

5. Withholding. The Optionee consents to withholding from his compensation of all applicable payroll and income taxes with respect to the Option. If the Optionee is no longer employed by the Corporation or its subsidiaries at the time any applicable taxes with respect to the Option are due and must be remitted by the Corporation, the Optionee agrees to pay applicable taxes to the Corporation, and the Corporation may delay issuance of a certificate until proper payment of such taxes has been made by the Optionee.

6. Rights as Shareholder. The Optionee shall have no rights as a shareholder of the Corporation with respect to any of the shares covered by the Option until the issuance of a stock certificate or certificates upon the exercise of the Option, and then only with respect to the shares represented by such certificate or certificates. No adjustment shall be made for dividends or other rights with respect to such shares for which the record date is prior to the date the option with respect to such shares is exercised.

7. Non-Transferability of Option. The Option shall not be transferred in any manner other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution. During the lifetime of the Optionee, the Option shall be exercised only by the Optionee. No transfer of the Option shall be effective to bind the Corporation unless the Corporation shall have been furnished with written notice thereof and such evidence as the Corporation may deem necessary to establish the validity of the transfer and the acceptance by the transferee of the terms and conditions of the Option.

8. Compliance with Securities, Tax and Other Laws.

(a) Anything to the contrary herein notwithstanding, the Corporation's obligation to sell and deliver Common Stock pursuant to the exercise of the Option is subject to such compliance with federal and state laws, rules and regulations applying to the authorization, issuance or sale of securities as the Corporation reasonably deems necessary or advisable. The Corporation shall not be required to sell and deliver Common Stock if counsel for the Corporation reasonably determines (i) that the issuance or transfer of such shares will violate any of the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder or those of the Nasdaq Stock Market or any stock exchange on which the Common Stock may be listed, or the provisions of any state laws governing the sale of securities, or (ii) that there has not been

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compliance with the provisions of such acts, rules, regulations and laws. As a condition to exercise of the Option, the Corporation may require the Optionee, or any person acquiring the right to exercise the Option, to make any representation or warranty that the Corporation reasonably deems to be necessary under any applicable securities, tax, or other law or regulation. The Corporation shall promptly take all actions necessary to bring itself into compliance with such laws and regulations.

(b) The Compensation Committee of the Corporation's Board of Directors (the "Committee") may impose such restrictions on any shares of Common Stock acquired pursuant to the exercise of the Option as it may deem reasonably advisable, including, without limitation, restrictions (i) under applicable federal securities laws, (ii) under the requirements of the Nasdaq Stock Market or any stock exchange or other recognized trading market upon which such shares of Common Stock are then listed or traded, and (iii) under any blue sky or state securities laws applicable to such shares. No shares shall be issued if counsel for the Corporation determines that the Corporation has not complied with all requirements under appropriate securities laws.

(c) The Optionee represents that, unless a registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933 is in effect with respect to the shares of Common Stock acquired upon exercise of the Option, all of such shares will be acquired solely for his own account, for investment purposes and not with a view to any further sale or distribution thereof. All certificates representing any shares acquired upon exercise of the Option shall have endorsed thereon the following legends:

(i) "THE SHARES EVIDENCED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAW AND MAY NOT BE SOLD OR TRANSFERRED WITHOUT COMPLIANCE WITH SUCH LAWS."

(ii) Any legend required to be placed thereon under any applicable state or federal securities law or any other agreement to which the Optionee and the Corporation may be a party.

(d) Registration of Shares. The Corporation shall maintain an effective registration statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, with respect to the shares of Common Stock that may be purchased upon exercise of the Option.

9. Adjustments. In the event that any dividend or other distribution (whether in the form of cash, Common Stock, other securities, or other property), recapitalization, stock split, reverse stock split, reorganization, merger, consolidation, split-up, spin-off, combination, repurchase, or exchange of Common Stock or other securities of the Corporation, issuance of warrants or other rights to purchase Common Stock or other securities of the Corporation, or other similar corporate transaction or event affects the Common Stock such that an adjustment or expansion is required in order to prevent dilution or enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits made available by the grant of the Option, the Company shall adjust, in such manner as is equitable, the number and type of shares of Common Stock subject to the Option and/or the exercise prices of the Option, in order to prevent dilution or expansion of such benefits; provided, however, that any such adjustment shall provide for the elimination of any fractional share which might otherwise become subject to the Option.

10. No Right to Employment. The granting of the Option does not confer upon the Optionee any right to be retained as an employee of the Corporation.

11. Notices. Every notice relating to this Agreement shall be in writing and if given by mail shall be given by registered or certified mail with return receipt requested. All notices to the Corporation shall be sent or delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation at the Corporation's headquarters. All notices by the Corporation to the Optionee shall be delivered to the Optionee personally or addressed to the Optionee at the Optionee's last residence address as then contained in the records of the Corporation or such other address as the Optionee may designate. Either party by notice to the other may designate a different address to which notices shall be addressed. Any notice given by the Corporation to the Optionee at the Optionee's last designated address shall be effective to bind any other person who shall acquire rights hereunder.

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12. Disputes. Any dispute or disagreement which may arise under or as a result of this Agreement shall be determined arbitration conducted pursuant to the rules of the American Arbitration Association in Ann Arbor, Michigan and any determination by the arbitrator shall be final and binding for all purposes and on all persons, and shall be enforceable by any court of proper jurisdiction over the parties.

13. Miscellaneous. The validity, construction and sufficiency of performance under this Agreement shall be governed by the internal laws of the State of Michigan. This is the entire agreement between the parties as to the subject matter herein and this Agreement may not be modified except in writing signed by both parties hereto.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation, by its duly authorized officer, and the Optionee have executed this Agreement effective as of the day and year first written above.

NEMATRON CORPORATION

By:  /s/ David P. Gienapp
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Its: Secretary

OPTIONEE

/s/ Matthew S. Galvez
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Matthew S. Galvez

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NOTICE OF EXERCISE OF NONQUALIFIED STOCK OPTION

Secretary
Nematron Corporation
5840 Interface Drive
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48103

An Option was granted to me as of December 3, 1998 to purchase shares of Common Stock to purchase 460,000 shares of Common Stock at $0.75 per share.

I hereby elect to exercise the Option with respect to shares. Payment of the $ aggregate exercise price is being made in the form of cash, certified check, bank draft or money order delivered with this notice.

I represent that, if a registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933 is not in effect with respect to the shares of Common Stock I am acquiring pursuant to this notice of exercise, such shares are being acquired solely for my own account, for investment purposes and not with a view to any further sale or distribution thereof.

The stock certificate for the shares acquired upon exercise should be issued to:

(name)

(address)

(Social Security No.)

Dated: , Matthew S. Galvez

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EXHIBIT 21.01

SUBSIDIARIES OF NEMATRON CORPORATION

- Imagination Systems, Inc.
- NemaSoft, Inc.
- Nematron Canada Inc.
- Nematron, Limited


EXHIBIT 23.01

The Board of Directors
Nematron Corporation:

We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statements (Numbers 333-1136, 333-1138, 333-1140 and 333-12379) on Form S-8 and in the registration statements (Numbers 333-1314 and 333-15959) on Form S-3 of Nematron Corporation of our report dated February 25, 2000, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of Nematron Corporation as of December 31, 1999 and 1998, and the consolidated statements of operations, stockholders' equity and cash flows for the years ended December 31, 1999 and September 30, 1998 and for the three-month period ended December 31, 1998, which report appears in the December 31, 1999 annual report on Form 10-KSB of Nematron Corporation.

/s/ Grant Thornton LLP

Southfield, Michigan
March 17, 2000


ARTICLE 5


PERIOD TYPE YEAR
FISCAL YEAR END DEC 31 1999
PERIOD END DEC 31 1999
CASH 356,668
SECURITIES 0
RECEIVABLES 5,014,028
ALLOWANCES 368,000
INVENTORY 1,671,648
CURRENT ASSETS 7,206,239
PP&E 8,526,845
DEPRECIATION (6,129,373)
TOTAL ASSETS 14,082,639
CURRENT LIABILITIES 4,271,368
BONDS 2,706,668
PREFERRED MANDATORY 0
PREFERRED 0
COMMON 28,727,838
OTHER SE 1,869
TOTAL LIABILITY AND EQUITY 14,082,639
SALES 29,772,129
TOTAL REVENUES 29,772,129
CGS 19,991,704
TOTAL COSTS 7,265,253
OTHER EXPENSES 28,812
LOSS PROVISION 0
INTEREST EXPENSE 523,839
INCOME PRETAX 1,965,450
INCOME TAX (43,200)
INCOME CONTINUING 2,008,650
DISCONTINUED 0
EXTRAORDINARY 0
CHANGES 0
NET INCOME 2,008,650
EPS BASIC 0.19
EPS DILUTED 0.18