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As filed on December 13, 2000
Registration No. 333-86141
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
AMERICAN SOFTWARE, INC.
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(Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter)
GEORGIA 58-1098795
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(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
470 East Paces Ferry Road, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30305
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
American Software, Inc. Incentive Stock Option Plan, Nonqualified
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Stock Option Plan, 1991 Employee Stock Option Plan
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and Director and Officer Stock Option Plan
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(Full title of the plans)
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Agent for Service: With Copies to:
Henry B. Levi, Esq. James C. Edenfield and
Gambrell & Stolz, L.L.P. Vincent C. Klinges
Suite 4300, SunTrust Plaza American Software, Inc.
303 Peachtree Street, N.E. 470 East Paces Ferry Road, N.E.
Atlanta, Georgia 30308 Atlanta, Georgia 30305
Telephone number of agent:
(404) 577-6000
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BACKGROUND
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On August 30, 1999, the Issuer filed with the Commission Registration Statement
No. 333-86141 on Form S-8 in order to register 6,246,731 Class A Common Shares
for issuance pursuant to the Issuer's Incentive Stock Option Plan, Nonqualified
Stock Option Plan, 1991 Employee Stock Option Plan, and Directors and Officers
Stock Option Plan. Under those Plans, 1,354,880 shares were issued under that
Registration Statement pursuant to exercise of options during the period August
30, 1999 through August 28, 2000, leaving 4,891,851 registered shares unissued.
A new Registration Statement on Form S-8, Registration No. 333-44744, was filed
on August 29, 2000, registering 5,833,583 Class A Common Shares under the
Incentive Stock Option Plan, 1991 Employee Stock Option Plan, Directors and
Officers Stock Option Plan and 2001 Stock Option Plan. The new Registration
Statement was and is intended to replace Registration Statement No. 333-86141.
The new Registration Statement applies to all shares issued pursuant to options
exercised under the Plans on or after August 29, 2000.
DEREGISTRATION
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Based upon the foregoing, the Issuer hereby deregisters the 4,891,851 Class A
Common Shares heretofore registered and not sold pursuant to Registration
Statement No. 333-86141.
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SIGNATURES
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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 Post-Effective
Amendment No. 1 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized in the City of Atlanta, State of Georgia, on November 30, 2000.
AMERICAN SOFTWARE, INC.
By: /s/ James C. Edenfield
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James C. Edenfield, President
and Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective
Amendment has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and
on the dates indicated.
Name Capacity Date
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/s/ James C. Edenfield President, Chief November 30, 2000
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James C. Edenfield (Principal Executive Officer)
and Director
* Chairman of the Board
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Thomas L. Newberry
* Director
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David H. Gambrell
* Director
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Thomas R. Williams
/s/ Vincent Klinges Chief Financial Officer November 30, 2000
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Vincent Klinges
*By: /s/ James C. Edenfield November 30, 2000
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James C. Edenfield, as Attorney-in-Fact
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