SHAMROCK HOLDINGS UNIT AQUIRES SOFTWARE COMPANY

  &lt;Shamrock Holdings Inc> said
  its subsidiary, Shamrock Holdings of California, acquired
  controlling interest in &lt;DBMS Inc> through the purchase of
  575,000 shares of its preferred stock.
      The company said the stock was purchased for an undisclosed
  amount from an unnamed group of investors.
      Shamrock said Raymond Nawara, a former executive vice
  president of DBMS, a privately-held software company, also
  granted it options and voting rights on a major portion of his
  shares of common stock.
     
      The combination of preferred and common stock holdings
  permit Shamrock and Nawara to exercise voting control over
  approximately 53 pct of the shares of the company.
      Shamrock also said Nawara has been elected president of
  DBMS and one of its directors.
  

