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AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON JULY 10, 1997
REGISTRATION NO. 33-26231
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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)
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DELAWARE 1285 DRUMMERS LANE, 51-0267091
(State or other jurisdiction of WAYNE, PENNSYLVANIA 19087 (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) (610) 341-8700 Identification No.)
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(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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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 30, 1997, SunGard Data Systems Inc., a Delaware corporation
("SunGard"), filed Registration Statement No. 33-26231 on Form S-3 (the
"Registration Statement") to register 267,786 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 May 9, 1997, the Registration Statement became effective and was
supplemented on June 4, 1997. 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 46,931 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
CERTIFIES THAT IT HAS REASONABLE GROUNDS TO BELIEVE THAT IT MEETS ALL OF THE
REQUIREMENTS FOR FILING ON FORM S-3 AND HAS DULY CAUSED THIS REGISTRATION
STATEMENT TO BE SIGNED ON ITS BEHALF BY THE UNDERSIGNED, THEREUNTO DULY AUTHOR
IZED, IN WAYNE, PENNSYLVANIA, ON THE DATE INDICATED.
SUNGARD DATA SYSTEMS INC.
Date: July 10 , 1997 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 REGISTRATION
STATEMENT HAS BEEN SIGNED 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, July 10, 1997
- -------------------------------------------- President, and Chairman
JAMES L. MANN of the Board of Directors
(principal executive officer)
/s/ Michael J. Ruane Chief Financial Officer and July 10, 1997
- -------------------------------------------- Vice President-Finance
MICHAEL J. RUANE (principal financial officer)
/s/ Andrew P. Bronstein Vice President and Controller July 10, 1997
- -------------------------------------------- (principal accounting officer)
ANDREW P. BRONSTEIN
* Director July 10, 1997
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GREGORY S. BENTLEY
* Director July 10, 1997
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MICHAEL C. BROOKS
* Director July 10, 1997
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ALBERT A. EISENSTAT
* Director July 10, 1997
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BERNARD GOLDSTEIN
* Director July 10, 1997
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MICHAEL ROTH
* Director July 10, 1997
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MALCOLM I. RUDDOCK
* Director July 10, 1997
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LAWRENCE J. SCHOENBERG
*By: /s/ Michael J. Ruane
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Michael J. Ruane, Attorney-in-Fact
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