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7/1/2002 12:00 AM 

PERVASIVE SOFTWARE^® STRENGTHENS MANAGEMENT TEAM

Suaad Sait Appointed Vice President, Marketing and Michele Barbero Thompson Promoted to Vice President, Business Operations and Legal Affairs

AUSTIN, TEXAS—July 1, 2002— Pervasive Software^® Inc. (Nasdaq:PVSW), a leading provider of embedded and Web database software that powers business-critical applications, announced today that David Sikora officially assumes the role of president and CEO, succeeding Ron Harris who has been appointed chairman of the board. With a keen focus on corporate growth, Sikora has strengthened his executive team with the appointments of Suaad Sait, Vice President, Marketing and Michele Barbero Thompson, Vice President, Business Operations and Legal Affairs.

“Assembling the executive team to implement and drive Pervasive’s new growth strategy was my first priority,” said David Sikora, president and CEO of Pervasive Software. “With Suaad and Michele added to the executive team, the company continues on its charge to enhancing existing offerings, carving in-roads into new markets and delivering on product growth strategies, while ensuring premier customer satisfaction.”

Suaad Sait brings more than 12 years of high-tech experience from a number of key executive roles in marketing and strategy for high-growth software businesses. Most recently, Sait was chief marketing officer and COO of Liaison Technology, where he drove the product and marketing strategy, resulting in product adoption by a number of Fortune 100 companies. Previously at Motive Communications, Sait was the vice president of e-business marketing. He also served as vice president of marketing at Ventix Systems and was instrumental in its market strategy and execution, which lead to a merger with Motive. In addition, Sait held leadership positions at DAZEL Corporation (acquired by Hewlett Packard), InConcert Software and Xerox Corporation. Sait earned his MBA from the William E. Simon Graduate School of Business at the University of Rochester and his Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the State University of New York.

Michele Thompson has 20 years of multi-disciplinary business, legal and executive management experience and has served as Pervasive’s director of legal affairs for the last three years, during which she has demonstrated significant corporate leadership and cross-functional business expertise. Before joining Pervasive, Thompson practiced law in the Austin office of a large Dallas-based law firm. Prior to law school at The University of Texas School of Law, she was a vice president at a financial institution holding company based in Dallas. Thompson received her JD degree with honors from The University of Texas School of Law and her Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance with highest honors from The University of Texas at Austin.

About Pervasive Software
Pervasive Software, a leading provider of embedded and Web data management solutions for small and medium-size enterprises, serves a channel of more than 10,000 independent software vendors, developers, value-added resellers and partners. Pervasive Software’s flagship product, Pervasive.SQL, is a leading application development database, combining low-cost, reliable, resource-efficient operations with world-class performance and usability. In addition, Pervasive.SQL 2000i has a 7-to-1 cost advantage over Microsoft SQL Server, according to research from the Aberdeen Group. Founded in 1994, Pervasive is based in Austin, Texas, and also has offices in Europe and distributors covering 100 countries. More information may be found on the Web at http://www.pervasive.com or by calling 800.287.4383.

Cautionary Statement
This release may contain forward-looking statements, which are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are generally preceded by words such as “may,” “plans,” “expects,” “believes,” “anticipates,” “estimates” or “intends.” All forward-looking statements included in this document are based upon information available to Pervasive as of the date hereof, and Pervasive assumes no obligation to update any such forward-looking statement. Investors are cautioned that actual results could differ materially from Pervasive’s current expectations. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, the factors and risks discussed in Pervasive’s reports filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission including, without limitation, the risk that we will be unable to attract, motivate and retain skilled sales, marketing, engineering and other personnel, the risk that the packaged client/server applications market will not continue to grow at historical rates, and the risk that our current revenues are substantially dependent upon continued market acceptance of and revenues from our database products.

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