Prospectus Summary
YOU SHOULD READ THE FOLLOWING SUMMARY TOGETHER WITH THE MORE DETAILED INFORMATION AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND NOTES APPEARING ELSEWHERE IN THIS PROSPECTUS. GENERALLY, THE INFORMATION IN THIS PROSPECTUS ASSUMES THAT THE OVER-ALLOTMENT OPTION GRANTED TO THE UNDERWRITERS BY BLUESTONE AND CERTAIN SELLING STOCKHOLDERS IS NOT EXERCISED. THIS PROSPECTUS GIVES EFFECT TO THE AUTOMATIC CONVERSION OF ALL SHARES OF OUR OUTSTANDING SERIES A, SERIES B AND SERIES C CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK INTO AN AGGREGATE OF SHARES OF COMMON STOCK WHICH WILL OCCUR IMMEDIATELY UPON COMPLETION OF THIS OFFERING. THE TERMS "BLUESTONE," "WE," "US," AND "OUR" REFER TO BLUESTONE SOFTWARE, INC. FOR AN EXPLANATION REGARDING SOME OF THE TERMS USED IN THIS PROSPECTUS, SEE "GLOSSARY" BEGINNING ON PAGE 61.