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Filed With the Securities and Exchange Commission On August 14, 2000
Registration No. 333-87589
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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POST-EFFECTIVE
AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
FORM S-1
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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VERITAS SOFTWARE CORPORATION
(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
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DELAWARE 77-0507675
(STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF (I.R.S. EMPLOYER
INCORPORATION OR ORGANIZATION) IDENTIFICATION NO.)
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1600 PLYMOUTH STREET
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA 94043
(650) 335-8000
(ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER,
INCLUDING AREA CODE, OF REGISTRANT'S PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)
MARK LESLIE
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
VERITAS SOFTWARE CORPORATION
1600 PLYMOUTH STREET, MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA 94043
(650) 335-8000
(NAME, ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER,
INCLUDING AREA CODE, OF AGENT FOR SERVICE)
COPIES TO:
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HORACE L. NASH, ESQ. EDWARD M. URSCHEL, ESQ.
LYNDA M. TWOMEY, ESQ. SENIOR CORPORATE COUNSEL
FENWICK & WEST LLP VERITAS SOFTWARE CORPORATION
TWO PALO ALTO SQUARE 1600 PLYMOUTH STREET
PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA 94306 MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA 94043
(650) 494-0600 (650) 335-8000
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DEREGISTRATION OF SHARES
The offering contemplated by this Registration Statement has terminated.
Pursuant to the undertakings contained in Item 17 of the Registration Statement,
the Registrant files this post-effective amendment to deregister all shares
originally registered by the Registration Statement that remained unsold as of
the termination of the offering.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement to
be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the
City of Mountain View, State of California, on the 14th day of August, 2000.
VERITAS SOFTWARE CORPORATION
By: /s/ KENNETH LONCHAR
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Kenneth Lonchar
Senior Vice President, Finance and
Chief Financial Officer
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