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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 1, 1998
Registration No. 333-2270
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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FORTE SOFTWARE, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE 94-3131872
(State or other jurisdiction (IRS Employer
of incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
1800 HARRISON STREET
OAKLAND, CA 94612
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
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FORTE SOFTWARE, INC.
1996 STOCK OPTION PLAN (1)
EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN (1)
INTERNATIONAL EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN (1)
(Full title of the Plans)
RODGER WEISMANN
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION,
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AND SECRETARY
FORTE SOFTWARE, INC.
1800 HARRISON STREET
OAKLAND, CA 94612
(Name and address of agent for service)
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(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
(510) 869-3400
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement
shall hereafter become effective in accordance with the provisions of
Section 8(c) of the Securities Act of 1933.
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Title of Proposed Maximum Proposed Maximum
Securities Amount Offering Aggregate Amount of
to be to be Price Offering Registration
Registered Registered per Share Price Fee
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1996 STOCK OPTION PLAN
Options 4,413,523 (1) N/A (1) N/A (1) N/A (1)
Common Stock (par value $.001) 4,413,523 (1) N/A (1) N/A (1) N/A (1)
EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
Common Stock (par value $.001) 400,000 (1) N/A (1) N/A (1) N/A (1)
INTERNATIONAL EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
Common Stock (par value $.001) 400,000 (1) N/A (1) N/A (1) N/A (1)
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(1) No additional securities are being registered. The applicable registration
fees were paid upon filing of the original Registration Statement No.
333-2270. Therefore, no further registration fee is required. 360,000
shares of Common Stock issuable under the Registrant's Employee Stock
Purchase Plan and 40,000 shares of Common Stock issuable under the
Registrant's International Employee Stock Purchase Plan were originally
registered on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-2270) on March 12, 1996.
The Employee Stock Purchase Plan and the International Employee Stock
Purchase Plan in fact share a common reserve, and by their terms the
maximum number of shares of Common Stock issuable in the aggregate over
the term of the two plans combined was 400,000 shares.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe
that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly
caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to
be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the
City of Oakland, State of California on this 25th day of September, 1998.
FORTE SOFTWARE, INC.
By: /s/ Martin J. Sprinzen
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Martin J. Sprinzen
Chairman of the Board,
President and Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following
persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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Signature Title Date
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/s/ Martin J. Sprinzen Chairman of the Board, September 25, 1998
- ------------------------------ President and Chief Executive Officer
Martin J. Sprinzen (Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Bob L. Corey Senior Vice President, Finance and September 25, 1998
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Bob L. Corey and Secretary
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
/s/ Christos M. Cotsakos* Director
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Christos M. Cotsakos
/s/ Thomas A. Jermoluk* Director
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Thomas A. Jermoluk
/s/ William H. Younger, Jr.* Director
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William H. Younger, Jr.
*By /s/ Martin J. Sprinzen September 25, 1998
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Martin J. Sprinzen
Attorney-in-Fact
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