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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 30, 1996
Registration No. 33-02579
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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Post-Effective Amendment No. 1
to
Form S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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SunGard/(R)/ Data Systems Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 1285 Drummers Lane, 51-0267091
(State or other Wayne, Pennsylvania 19087 (I.R.S. Employer
jurisdiction of (610) 341-8700 Identification No.)
incorporation or
organization)
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including
area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)
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Lawrence A. Gross, Esquire
Vice President And General Counsel
SunGard Data Systems Inc.
1285 Drummers Lane, Wayne, Pennsylvania 19087
(610) 341-8700
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
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Copies To:
Francis E. Dehel, Esquire
Blank, Rome, Comisky & Mccauley
Four Penn Center
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103
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The registrant hereby requests that this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 become
effective as soon as practicable pursuant to Section 8(c) of the Securities Act
of 1933.
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On April 16, 1996, SunGard Data Systems Inc., a Delaware corporation
("SunGard"), filed Registration Statement No. 33-02579 on Form S-3 (the
"Registration Statement") to register 330,718 shares (the "Shares") of common
stock, $.01 par value per share, of SunGard (the "Common Stock") owned by the
selling stockholders listed on Page 3 of the Prospectus (the "Selling
Stockholders"). The Prospectus informed the Selling Stockholders that they would
be permitted to sell the Shares while the Registration Statement was in effect.
On April 29, 1996, the Registration Statement became effective. Since the
effective date, certain Selling Stockholders have sold Shares; however, some
Selling Stockholders did not sell all of their Shares.
Accordingly, SunGard hereby deregisters a total of 16,560 shares of Common
Stock, comprised of the Shares not sold by the Selling Stockholders during the
effective period.
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SIGNATURES AND POWER OF ATTORNEY
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant 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 Wayne,
Pennsylvania, on the date indicated.
SunGard Data Systems Inc.
Date: August 30, 1996 By: /s/ Lawrence A. Gross
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Lawrence A. Gross,
Vice President and General Counsel,
Secretary
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective
Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the
following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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Signature Capacity Date
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* Chief Executive Officer, August 30, 1996
- ------------------------------- President, and Chairman
James L. Mann of the Board of Directors
(principal executive officer)
/s/ Michael J. Ruane
- ------------------------------- Chief Financial Officer and August 30, 1996
Michael J. Ruane Vice President-Finance
(principal financial officer)
/s/ Andrew P. Bronstein
- ------------------------------- Vice President and Controller August 30, 1996
Andrew P. Bronstein (principal accounting officer)
* Director August 30, 1996
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Gregory S. Bentley
* Director August 30, 1996
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Michael C. Brooks
* Director August 30, 1996
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Albert A. Eisenstat
* Director August 30, 1996
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Bernard Goldstein
* Director August 30, 1996
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Michael Roth
* Director August 30, 1996
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Malcolm I. Ruddock
* Director August 30, 1996
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Lawrence J. Schoenberg
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*By: /s/ Michael J. Ruane
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Michael J. Ruane, Attorney-in-fact
