INFORMIX ANNOUNCES RECORD FOURTH QUARTER AND YEAR RESULTS

INFORMIX ANNOUNCES RECORD FOURTH QUARTER AND YEAR RESULTS ANNUAL REVENUES INCREASE 51% QUARTERLY REVENUES EXCEED $200 MILLION NET INCOME INCREASES 63% IN FOURTH QUARTER MENLO PARK, Calif. (January 31, 1996) -- Informix Corporation (NASDAQ: IFMX) today announced results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 1995. "1995 was clearly a great year for Informix, and we are excited about our technology and in turn our prospects for 1996 and beyond," said Phil White, Informix Chairman and CEO. "Customers continue to choose Informix's highly scalable parallel processing database technology for solutions in mission critical applications, data warehousing and any situation in which they require a robust, scalable and reliable RDBMS. In 1996 we plan to combine the power of our industry leading parallel database technology with Illustra's ability to support extended data types in our Universal Server product." The Illustra acquisition is expected to be completed in February, 1996. SUMMARY FINANCIAL RESULTS Quarter Ended Quarter Ended Percent December 31, 1995 December 31, 1994 Increase Revenue $217,070,000 $150,068,000 45% Operating Income$ 57,825,000 $ 37,342,000 55% Pretax Income $ 59,743,000 $ 37,243,000 60% Net Income $ 38,834,000 $ 23,836,000 63% Net Income Per Share $ 0.28 $ 0.18 56% Year Ended Year Ended Percent December 31, 1995 December 31, 1994 Increase Revenue $708,985,000 $468,697,000 51% Operating Income$159,253,000 $102,561,000 55% Pretax Income $166,140,000 $103,430,000 61% Net Income $105,333,000 $ 66,196,000 59% Net Income Per Share $ 0.76 $ 0.49 55% Total revenue in the fourth quarter increased by 45%, operating income increased by 55%, net income increased by 63% and net income per share increased by 56% in comparison with Q4 1994 results. The reported revenue increase includes the net impact of foreign exchange rate movements, which accounts for 3 percentage points of the reported revenue increase of 45%. For the full year, total revenue increased by 51%, operating income increased by 55%, net income increased by 59% and net income per share increased by 55% in comparison with 1994 results. The reported revenue increase includes the net impact of foreign exchange rate movements, which accounts for 4 percentage points of the reported revenue increase of 51% for 1995. All share and per share amounts reflect the two-for-one stock split (effected in the form of a stock dividend) which was effective June 26, 1995. Fourth quarter North American revenues increased by 23% to $92,057,000, European revenues increased by 62% to $81,510,000 and Intercontinental region revenues increased by 75% to $43,503,000. Full year North American revenues increased by 37% to $296,293,000, European revenues increased by 54% to $270,197,000 and Intercontinental region revenues increased by 85% to $142,495,000. Informix ended the year with approximately $262 million in cash and investments and no short or long term borrowings. Cash and investments increased by approximately $41 million during the fourth quarter. Days sales outstanding in accounts receivable were 76, compared with 79 at the end of 1994. NEW CUSTOMERS IN 1995 Informix signed many new customers in 1995, among them, financial services sector participants such as Wells Fargo Bank, Bamerindus (Brazil's third largest bank), First Chicago/Mercantile Services and Shinhan Bank of Korea. New customers in the insurance sector include Mercantile Mutual and Segurros Monterrey Aetna. New customers in the telecommunications sector include Telecom Australia and Sprint. In addition to these new customers in established vertical markets, Informix also added Yamaha Motor Company, Visa Interactive, Time, Inc., the U.S. Coast Guard, and Disney Attractions to its customer roster. NEW PRODUCTS IN 1995 Informix launched new products in both the database and tools arenas during 1995. At its fourth annual and largest ever worldwide users conference in July 1995, Informix introduced INFORMIX(R)-OnLine Extended Parallel Server (XPS), extending Informix's industry leading Dynamic Scalable Architecture(TM) to clustered SMP and MPP environments. Informix also introduced its INFORMIX-NewEra(TM) Version 2.0, including new features for rapid application development, application partitioning, and character based deployment. In September, 1995, Informix announced that it has optimized INFORMIX-OnLine Dynamic Server(TM) for 64 bit UNIX based computer systems. This version of INFORMIX-OnLine Dynamic Server became available on Digital's AlphaServer in mid-September. Other products introduced during 1995 include class libraries for use with INFORMIX-NewEra, the INFORMIX-Enterprise Gateway for Database Connectivity, and Informix ViewPoint(TM) and ViewPoint Pro for multiple database access. TECHNOLOGY MILESTONES IN 1995 Informix continued to build on its leading position in parallel processing database technology throughout 1995. Informix extended the power of its Dynamic Scalable Architecture to clustered SMP and MPP environments with the introduction of INFORMIX- Extended Parallel Server in July. In September, Informix announced the formation of an alliance with Hewlett-Packard and Gemplus to develop a secure infrastructure that will enable corporations to speed new services to consumers via credit card sized personal information cards, often called smart cards. These personal information cards will allow service providers, such as financial institutions, telecommunications companies and airlines, to provide customers with individualized service. Also in September, Informix and Hewlett-Packard announced a 1,110 user sales and distribution (SD) benchmark at under 1.6 second response time for SAP's leading R/3 sales and distribution module. This SD benchmark demonstrated the high-end scalability of INFORMIX-OnLine Dynamic Server, a system configuration that large SAP customers are demanding. These benchmark results give customers an important planning point of reference for proving the ability of SAP, Informix, and Hewlett-Packard to run a customer's entire enterprise. Informix and MobileWare Corporation announced that they will work together to provide a mobile architecture that will enable mobile workers to access vertical client/server applications through a simple wireless communications connection. Informix announced its strategy for providing the leading database technology for the Worldwide Web. In addition to its industry leading database products, Informix's Web strategy includes Web interface kits for customers requiring the ability to build Web database applications; the formation of a new Web Partner Program, created to provide customers with a complete Web solution by incorporating best-in-class technologies from leading Web technology providers with Informix's OnLine Dynamic Server; and strong partnerships with leading Web providers in a variety of areas including Netscape Communications, Spider Technologies, Bluestone, net.Genesi