SYKES ENTERPRISES INC
S-8, 1999-10-04
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                                                  Registration No. 333-_________
   As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 30, 1999
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                           -------------------------
                                    FORM S-8

                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT

                                      Under

                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                           -------------------------

                         SYKES ENTERPRISES, INCORPORATED
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                   Florida                                   56-1383460
       (State or other jurisdiction of                    (I.R.S. Employer
        incorporation or organization)                   Identification No.)

            100 North Tampa Street
                  Suite 3900                                    33602
                Tampa, Florida                               (Zip Code)
   (Address of principal executive offices)

       Sykes Enterprises, Incorporated 1999 Employees' Stock Purchase Plan
                            (Full title of the plan)

             Scott J. Bendert
Senior Vice President - Finance, Treasurer                Copy to:
       and Chief Financial Officer
     Sykes Enterprises, Incorporated                    Martin A. Traber
       100 North Tampa, Suite 3900                      Foley & Lardner
           Tampa, Florida 33602               100 North Tampa Street, Suite 2700
              (813) 274-1000                         Tampa, Florida 33602
   (Name, address and telephone number,                 (813) 229-2300
including area code, of agent for service)

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                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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  Title of        Amount     Proposed Maximum    Proposed Maximum    Amount of
Securities to     to be       Offering Price    Aggregate Offering  Registration
be Registered   Registered      Per Share             Price            Fee
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Common Stock,    1,000,000
$.01 par value    shares       $24.1875(1)        $24,187,500(1)      $6,725
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(1) Estimated  pursuant to Rule 457(c) under the  Securities  Act of 1933 solely
for the purpose of calculating the  registration fee based on the average of the
high and low sale  prices of the Common  Stock as  reported  on Nasdaq  National
Market on September 29, 1999.

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                                     PART I

              INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS


          The document or documents containing the information specified in Part
I are not  required  to be filed with the  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission
("Commission") as part of this Form S-8 Registration Statement.


                                     PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT


Item 3.   Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

          The  following   documents  have  been   previously   filed  by  Sykes
Enterprises,   Incorporated   (the   "Company")  with  the  Commission  and  are
incorporated herein by reference:

          (a) The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 1998, which includes audited financial statements as of and for the
year ended December 31, 1998.

          (b) Current Report on Form 8-K filed January 12, 1999;

          (c) Current Report on Form 8-K filed January 21, 1999;

          (d) Current Report on Form 8-K filed February 3, 1999;

          (e) Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed March 12, 1999;

          (f) Proxy  Statement  dated April 1, 1999, for the 1999 Annual Meeting
of Shareholders;

          (g) All other reports  filed by the Company  pursuant to Section 13(a)
or 15(d) of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934,  as amended  (the  "Exchange
Act"), since December 31, 1998.

          (h) The  description  of the  Company's  Common Stock set forth in the
Registration  Statement  on Form 8-A,  dated  April  19,  1996,  filed  with the
Commission  pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange  Act, and any  amendments  or
reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.

          All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections
13(a),  13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of filing of this
Registration   Statement  and  prior  to  such  time  as  the  Company  files  a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all
securities  offered  hereby have been sold or which  deregisters  all securities
then remaining  unsold shall be deemed to be  incorporated  by reference in this
Registration  Statement  and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such
documents.  Any  statement  contained  in  a  document  incorporated  or  deemed
incorporated  herein by reference  shall be deemed to be modified or  superceded
for the purpose of this  registration  statement  to the extent that a statement
contained  herein or in any  subsequently  filed  document  which is also, or is
deemed to be,  incorporated  herein by  reference  modifies or  supercedes  such
statement.  Any such  statement so modified or  superceded  shall not be deemed,
except as so modified or superceded,  to constitute a part of this  registration
statement.


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Item 4.   Description of Securities.
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          Not applicable.

Item 5.   Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
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          The  validity  of the shares of Common  Stock  offered  hereby will be
passed  upon for the  Company  by Foley &  Lardner,  Tampa,  Florida.  Martin A.
Traber, a partner of Foley & Lardner, owns 2,250 shares of Company Common Stock.

Item 6.   Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
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          The Florida  Business  Corporation  Act (the "Florida  Act") permits a
Florida  corporation to indemnify a present or former director or officer of the
corporation (and certain other persons serving at the request of the corporation
in related  capacities) for  liabilities,  including legal expenses,  arising by
reason of service in such capacity if such person shall have acted in good faith
and in a manner  he  reasonably  believed  to be in or not  opposed  to the best
interests of the corporation,  and in any criminal proceeding if such person had
no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. However, in the case of
actions brought by or in the right of the corporation, no indemnification may be
made with respect to any matter as to which such  director or officer shall have
been adjudged liable, except in certain limited circumstances.

          The Company's  Articles of  Incorporation  and Bylaws provide that the
Company shall indemnify  directors and executive  officers to the fullest extent
now or hereafter  permitted  by the Florida  Act. In  addition,  the Company may
enter into Indemnification  Agreements with its directors and executive officers
in which the Company may agree to indemnify  such persons to the fullest  extent
now or hereafter permitted by the Florida Act.

          The  indemnification  provided by the  Florida  Act and the  Company's
Articles of  Incorporation  and Bylaws is not  exclusive  of any other rights to
which a director or officer may be entitled. The general effect of the foregoing
provisions may be to reduce the  circumstances  which an officer or director may
be  required  to bear the  economic  burden  of the  foregoing  liabilities  and
expense.

          The  Company  has  a  standard  policy  of  directors'  and  officers'
liability  insurance  covering  directors and officers of the  corporation  with
respect to liabilities incurred as a result of their service in such capacities,
which may extend to, among other things,  liability arising under the Securities
Act of 1933.

Item 7.   Exemption from Registration Claimed.
          -----------------------------------

          Not Applicable.

Item 8.   Exhibits.
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          The  following  exhibits  have  been  filed  (except  where  otherwise
indicated) as part of this Registration Statement:

       Exhibit No.              Exhibit
       ----------               -------

          (4)       Sykes   Enterprises,   Incorporated  1999  Employees'  Stock
                    Purchase Plan

          (5)       Opinion of Foley & Lardner


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          (23.1)    Consent of Ernst & Young LLP

          (23.2)    Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP

          (23.3)    Consent of Foley & Lardner (contained in Exhibit 5 hereto)

          (24)      Power  of  Attorney   relating  to   subsequent   amendments
                    (included  on  the  signature  page  to  this   Registration
                    Statement)

Item 9.   Undertakings.
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          (a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

          (1) To file,  during  any  period  in which  offers or sales are being
made, a post-effective  amendment to this Registration  Statement to include any
material  information  with respect to the plan of  distribution  not previously
disclosed  in  the  Registration  Statement  or  any  material  change  to  such
information in the Registration Statement.

          (2) That,  for the  purpose of  determining  any  liability  under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be
a new registration  statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the
offering of such  securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

          (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment
any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of
the offering.

          (b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining  any liability  under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
Registrant's  annual  report  pursuant to Section  13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934  (and,  where  applicable,  each  filing of an
employee  benefit  plan's  annual  report  pursuant  to  Section  15(d)  of  the
Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934) that is  incorporated  by  reference  in this
Registration  Statement  shall  be  deemed  to be a new  registration  statement
relating to the securities  offered herein,  and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

          (c)  Insofar as  indemnification  for  liabilities  arising  under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors,  officers and  controlling
persons of the Registrant  pursuant to the foregoing  provisions,  or otherwise,
the  Registrant  has been  advised  that in the  opinion of the  Securities  and
Exchange  Commission such  indemnification is against public policy as expressed
in the Act and is,  therefore,  unenforceable.  In the  event  that a claim  for
indemnification  against  such  liabilities  (other  than  the  payment  by  the
Registrant of expenses  incurred or paid by a director,  officer or  controlling
person of the  Registrant  in the  successful  defense  of any  action,  suit or
proceeding)  is  asserted by such  director,  officer or  controlling  person in
connection with the securities being registered,  the Registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit  to a  court  of  appropriate  jurisdiction  the  question  whether  such
indemnification  by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will
be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.


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                                   SIGNATURES

          The Registrant.  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of
1933, 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
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,  thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Tampa, and State of Florida, on this 29th day of
September, 1999.

                                        SYKES ENTERPRISES, INCORPORATED


                                        By:/s/ Scott J. Bendert
                                           ------------------------------------
                                           Scott J. Bendert,
                                           Senior Vice President - Finance,
                                           Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

          Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act of 1933,  this
Registration  Statement  has been signed below by the  following  persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated. Each person whose signature appears below
constitutes  and appoints John H. Sykes and Scott J.  Bendert,  and each of them
individually,  his or her true and lawful  attorney-in-fact and agent, with full
power of  substitution  and  revocation,  for him or her and in his or her name,
place  and  stead,  in any and all  capacities,  to sign any and all  amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement and to file
the  same,  with  all  exhibits  thereto,  and  other  documents  in  connection
therewith,  with the  Securities  and Exchange  Commission,  granting  unto said
attorneys-in-fact  and agents,  and each of them, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing  requisite  and necessary to be done in
connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or
could  do  in  person,   hereby   ratifying   and   confirming   all  that  said
attorneys-in-fact  and agents, or either of them, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.


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   Signature                         Title                           Date
   ---------                         -----                           ----

/s/ John H. Sykes             Chairman of the Board, Chief
- ----------------------------  Executive Officer and Director
                              (Principal Executive Officer)   September 29, 1999


/s/ Scott J. Bendert          Senior Vice President-Finance,
- ----------------------------  Chief Financial Officer and
Scott J. Bendert              Treasurer (Principal Financial
                              and Accounting Officer)         September 29, 1999


/s/ Furman P. Bodenheimer, Jr
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Furman P. Bodenheimer, Jr     Director                        September 29, 1999


/s/ H. Park Helms
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H. Park Helms                 Director                        September 29, 1999


/s/ Gordon H. Loetz
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Gordon H. Loetz               Director                        September 29, 1999


/s/ Iain A. Macdonald
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Iain A. Macdonald             Director                        September 29, 1999


/s/ Linda McClintock-Greco
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Linda McClintock-Greco        Director                        September 29, 1999


/s/ Ernest J. Milani
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Ernest J. Milani              Director                        September 29, 1999


/s/ Adelaide A. Sink
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Adelaide A. Sink              Director                        September 29, 1999


/s/ R. James Stroker
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R. James Stroker              Director                        September 29, 1999


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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

       SYKES ENTERPRISES, INCORPORATED 1999 EMPLOYEES' STOCK PURCHASE PLAN


       Exhibit No.                 Exhibit
       ----------                  -------

          (4)       Sykes   Enterprises,   Incorporated  1999  Employees'  Stock
                    Purchase Plan

          (5)       Opinion of Foley & Lardner

          (23.1)    Consent of Ernst & Young LLP

          (23.2)    Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP

          (23.3)    Consent of Foley & Lardner (contained in Exhibit 5 hereto)

          (24)      Power  of  Attorney   relating  to   subsequent   amendments
                    (included  on  the  signature  page  to  this   Registration
                    Statement)





                                                                       EXHIBIT 4

                         SYKES ENTERPRISES INCORPORATED
                       1999 EMPLOYEES' STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

1.   Purpose.

The Sykes  Enterprises  Incorporated  1999  Employees'  Stock Purchase Plan (the
"Plan")  has been  established  by Sykes  Enterprises  Incorporated,  a Delaware
corporation  (the  "Company"),  to  allow  employees  of  the  Company  and  its
subsidiaries  to  purchase  shares  of  Common  Stock of the  Company  ("Company
Shares") and thereby share in the ownership of the Company.

2.   Company Shares Available for Purchase.

Subject to  adjustment in accordance  with  Paragraph 12, the maximum  number of
Company  Shares which may be  purchased  pursuant to the Plan shall be 1,000,000
Company Shares.

3.   Administration.

The Plan shall be  administered  by a committee of the Board of Directors of the
Company consisting of not less than two (2) directors appointed for such purpose
(the "Committee"). A majority of the members of the Committee shall constitute a
quorum. All determinations of the Committee shall be made by at least a majority
of its members.  Any decision or determination  reduced to writing and signed by
all of the members of the  Committee  shall be fully as  effective  as it if had
been made by a unanimous  vote at a meeting duly called and held. If at any time
the Committee  shall not be in existence,  the Board of Directors of the Company
(the  "Board")  shall  administer  the Plan and all  references to the Committee
herein shall include the Board.

In accordance  with the  provisions of the Plan, the Committee  shall  establish
such terms and conditions for the grants of purchase rights as the Committee may
deem necessary or advisable,  adopt such rules or  regulations  which may become
necessary  or  advisable  for  the   operation  of  the  Plan,   and  make  such
determinations,  and take such other  actions,  as are  expressly  authorized or
contemplated in the Plan or as may be required for the proper  administration of
the Plan in accordance with its terms.  The Committee,  in its  discretion,  may
appoint an  individual  (the "Plan  Administrator")  to assist the  Committee in
corresponding  with  employees,  with  record  keeping and in  performing  other
administerial  type functions in connection  with the Plan;  provided,  however,
that the Plan  Administrator  shall  exercise no discretion  with respect to the
interpretation  of the Plan or of the rights to purchase Company Shares pursuant
to the Plan.  The  interpretation  of any provision of the Plan by the Committee
and any  determination  on the matters  referred to in this  paragraph  shall be
final.

4.   Eligibility.

Any  employee  who is  employed  by  the  Company  or  one of its  participating
subsidiaries  on a given  Grant Date (as  defined  below)  shall be  eligible to
participate  in the Plan;  provided,  however,  that no director  or  "executive
officer" (as defined  below) or five percent (5%) or greater  shareholder of the
Company or its  subsidiaries  shall be eligible to  participate in the

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Plan.  The term  "executive  officer"  shall mean those  persons  designated  as
"officers" of the Company for purposes of reporting pursuant to Section 16(a) of
the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,  and the rules and regulations
promulgated  thereunder.  The  Committee  may  specify  which  of the  Company's
subsidiaries  are eligible to  participate.  The Committee may also exclude from
the group of eligible  employees those with less than two years of employment at
the Grant Date and those whose  customary  employment  is for less than 20 hours
per week or 5 months per year, or may apply any lesser service  requirement as a
condition of eligibility.

5.   Grant of Purchase Rights.

In the  discretion of the Committee,  each calendar year, or more  frequently if
deemed  appropriate,  beginning on such date as the  Committee  may specify (the
"Grant Date"),  each eligible employee of the Company and its subsidiaries shall
automatically  be granted  the right to purchase  up to such  maximum  number of
Company Shares as the Committee, in its discretion,  may determine.  The maximum
number  of  Company  Shares  available  for  purchase  shall be the same for all
eligible  employees  and all eligible  employees  shall have the same rights and
privileges  with respect to the purchase of Company Shares under the Plan. In no
event, however, may an employee be granted an option in any one calendar year to
purchase stock with a value of more than $25,000 as of the Grant Date.  Further,
nothing  contained  herein  shall  require the  Committee  to cause any purchase
rights to be granted  hereunder  during any calendar year and the Committee may,
in connection  with any grant of rights,  specify the maximum  number of Company
Shares in the aggregate  available for purchase by all eligible employees during
any Purchase Period (the "Maximum Number of Purchase Period Company Shares").

Each purchase right shall be exercisable  during the period  following the Grant
Date  (such  period  is  hereinafter  referred  to  as  the  "Purchase  Period")
established by the Committee,  subject to the limitations  provided in paragraph
2. A  purchase  period may not  exceed  two  years.  In the event the  Committee
decides to cause any purchase  rights to be granted under the Plan,  the Company
shall send to each eligible  employee a written notice specifying the Grant Date
and the terms and  conditions  of the right,  including  the purchase  price per
share of Company Shares  subject to such right.  No Company Shares may be issued
pursuant to the exercise of purchase  rights after the maximum number of Company
Shares  provided  for in paragraph 2 has been  purchased.  Each  purchase  right
granted pursuant to this paragraph 5 shall expire at 12:00 P.M., on the last day
of the Purchase Period, unless terminated earlier pursuant to paragraph 11.

In no event may the Committee  issue purchase  rights that may be exercised more
than ten years after shareholder approval of this plan.

6.   Exercise of Purchase Rights.

Subject to the limitations  elsewhere in the Plan,  employees may exercise their
rights to purchase  Company Shares granted under the Plan, in whole, or in part,
at any time during the Purchase  Period.  An employee wishing to exercise his or
her rights to purchase Company


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Shares granted under the Plan must complete an application on a form  prescribed
by the  Committee,  which  form  shall be deemed to  include  the full terms and
conditions of the Plan.  Each  application  to purchase  Company Shares shall be
accompanied by payment in full to the Company, in cash or its equivalent, of the
purchase price for such Company Shares.  An application on the prescribed  form,
properly  completed and accompanied by the required payment,  shall be deemed to
be accepted as of the last day of the Purchase Period,  subject to adjustment in
the number of Company Shares which may be purchased by  participants as provided
for pursuant to this paragraph 6. Notwithstanding the foregoing,  no application
shall be accepted unless received by the Plan  Administrator  or postmarked,  if
delivered  by  mail,  on or  before  the last day of the  Purchase  Period.  Any
purchase  rights that have been granted and which are not exercised or funded on
the last day of the Purchase Period shall immediately  terminate.  The Committee
may establish payroll deduction as a method of funding employee stock purchases,
but amounts deducted from pay will not be segregated from the Company's  general
assets and will not be credited with interest.

If  applications to purchase a number of Company Shares in excess of the Maximum
Number of Purchase Period Company Shares are received by the Plan Administrator,
each employee  properly  exercising  purchase rights during such Purchase Period
shall be entitled to purchase the number of Company Shares determined by the sum
of:

          (a) the Applicable Minimum Number of Company Shares; and

          (b)  a  pro  rata  portion  of  the  Company  Shares  available  after
     satisfying each employee's  minimum  purchase rights based on the number of
     shares with  respect to which such  employee  has  exercised  his  purchase
     rights  and the  aggregate  number  of  shares  with  respect  to which all
     employees have exercised purchase rights during the Purchase Period.

For purposes of this  paragraph  6, the  "Applicable  Minimum  Number of Company
Shares" which may be purchased  during a Purchase Period shall be such number of
Company   Shares  as  the   Committee,   in  its   discretion,   may  determine.
Notwithstanding  any other  provisions  in this  paragraph 6, the  Committee may
adjust  the number of  Company  Shares  which may be  purchased  by an  employee
according to such non-discriminatory  rules and regulations as the Committee may
establish.  Any monies held by the Company on behalf of a participant during the
Purchase  Period but not used to exercise  purchase  rights shall be returned to
the  participant.  No interest  will accrue on any monies held by the Company on
behalf of participants during a Purchase Period.

7.   Purchase Price.

The purchase price per share of each purchase right granted under the Plan shall
be the fair market value, as determined by the Committee,  of a Company Share on
the date of  exercise,  less 12.5% of such  market  value.  Notwithstanding  the
foregoing,  the purchase price per share of a Company Share shall in no event be
less than the par value of a Company Share.


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8.   Limitations on Exercise of Purchase Rights.

Purchase rights granted under the Plan shall not become  exercisable  until such
time as the  Company  Shares  which may be issued  pursuant to the Plan (i) have
been  registered  under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"),  and
any applicable state and foreign  securities laws; or (ii) in the opinion of the
Company's  counsel,  may be issued  pursuant to an exemption  from  registration
under the Act and in compliance with any applicable state and foreign securities
laws.

9.   Stock Certificates.

Certificates  covering  the  Company  Shares  purchased  under the Plan shall be
issued as soon as  reasonably  practicable  after  the last day of the  Purchase
Period.

10.  Nontransferability of Purchase Rights.

An  employee's  right to exercise  purchase  rights  under the Plan shall not be
transferable  by such  employee and may be exercised  only by the  employee.  An
employee's  right to  exercise  purchase  rights  may not be sold,  transferred,
pledged, assigned or otherwise alienated or hypothecated.

11.  Termination of Employment.

Participation  in the Plan terminates  immediately when an employee ceases to be
employed by the Company or a subsidiary for any reason whatsoever,  including by
reason of death, discharge or resignation,  and such terminated employee's right
to exercise purchase rights under the Plan shall thereupon terminate. As soon as
administratively feasible after termination of participation,  the Company shall
pay to such  employee  or his or her estate any  amounts  held by the Company on
behalf of the employee at the time of  termination  and not yet used to exercise
purchase rights.

12.  Adjustments.

In order to prevent dilution or enlargement of purchase rights,  in the event of
reorganization,  recapitalization,  stock split, stock dividend,  combination of
shares,  merger,  consolidation or other change in Company Shares, the Committee
shall make  appropriate  changes in the  number of Company  Shares  which may be
purchased pursuant to the Plan, and the number of Company Shares covered by, and
the purchase  price  under,  each  outstanding  purchase  right,  and such other
changes in the Plan and  outstanding  purchase  rights as the Committee may deem
appropriate under the circumstances.  No rights to purchase a fractional Company
Share shall result from any such change.

13.  Restrictions on Stock Transferability.

The Committee shall impose such non-discriminatory  restrictions on the transfer
of any shares of stock  acquired  pursuant to the  exercise of a purchase  right
under  the  Plan  as it  may  deem


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advisable, including, without limitation,  restrictions under applicable Federal
securities  law,  under the  requirements  of any stock exchange upon which such
shares  of stock are then  listed,  if any,  and  under  any  state and  foreign
securities laws applicable to such shares.

14.  Amendment/Termination.

The Board may amend or terminate the Plan at any time, but any such amendment or
termination  (other than an adjustment  contemplated  by paragraph 12) shall not
affect purchase rights outstanding at the time thereof.

15.  Applicable Law.

The Plan shall, to the extent not inconsistent  with applicable  federal law, be
construed under the laws of the State of Florida.

16.  Effective Date.

The Plan shall become effective as of the date of its adoption by both the Board
and the Company's shareholders.


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                                                                      EXHIBIT 5

                                 Foley & Lardner
                       100 North Tampa Street, Suite 2700
                              Tampa, Florida 33602

                               September 30, 1999

Sykes Enterprises, Incorporated
100 North Tampa Street, Suite 3900
Tampa, Florida 33602

     Re:  Registration Statement on Form S-8

Gentlemen:

          This opinion is being  furnished in connection  with the  Registration
Statement  on From  S-8 (the  "Registration  Statement")  of Sykes  Enterprises,
Incorporated  (the "Company")  under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Act"), for the registration of 1,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $.01
(the  "Shares"),  which  may be  acquired  pursuant  to the  Sykes  Enterprises,
Incorporated  1999 Employees'  Stock Purchase Plan (the "Plan").  As counsel for
the  Company,   we  have   examined  and  are  familiar  with  the  Articles  of
Incorporation  and  Bylaws  of the  Company;  the  proceedings  of the  Board of
Directors  of the Company  relating to the Plan and the  issuance of the Shares;
and such other Company  records,  documents and matters of law as we have deemed
to  be  pertinent.  Based  upon  our  examination  of  such  documents  and  our
familiarity with such proceedings, it is our opinion that:

          1. The  Company  has been duly  incorporated  and its status is active
under the laws of the State of Florida.

          2. The Shares, when issued pursuant to the terms and conditions of the
Plan, will be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

          We hereby consent to the inclusion of this opinion as Exhibit 5 in the
Registration  Statement  and to the  reference  to this firm  under the  caption
"Legal  Matters" in the  prospectus.  In giving this consent,  we do not thereby
admit that we come  within the  category  of persons  whose  consent is required
under Section 7 of the Act or the rules or  regulations  of the  Securities  and
Exchange Commission promulgated thereunder.

                                         FOLEY & LARDNER


                                         By:/s/ Martin A. Traber
                                            --------------------
                                            Martin. A. Traber





                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.1

                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


     We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration  Statement
(Form S-8) and related Prospectus of Sykes Enterprises, Incorporated (Sykes) for
the  registration  of  1,000,000  shares of its common stock of our report dated
March 5, 1999, with respect to the  consolidated  financial  statements of Sykes
incorporated  by reference  in its Annual  Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended
December  31,  1998,  and the  related  financial  statement  schedule  included
therein, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

                                      Ernst & Young LLP
Tampa, Florida
June 25, 1999





                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.2

                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


     We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement
of Sykes  Enterprises,  Incorporated  and subsidiaries on Form S-8 of our report
dated March 6, 1998 on our audits of the  consolidated  financial  statements of
Sykes  Enterprises,  Incorporated  and subsidiaries as of December 31, 1997, and
for the years ended December 31, 1996 and 1997,  which report is incorporated by
reference  in Sykes  Enterprises,  Incorporated  and  subsidiaries'  1998 Annual
Report on Form 10-K.


                                           PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP


Tampa, Florida
June 25, 1999


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