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AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON MARCH 26, 1998
REGISTRATION NO. 33-41937
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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 December 10, 1997, SunGard Data Systems Inc., a Delaware corporation
("SunGard"), filed Registration Statement No. 33-41937 on Form S-3, which was
later amended on December 18, 1997 (the "Registration Statement") to register
467,079 shares (the "Shares") of common stock, $.01 par value per share, of
SunGard (the "Common Stock") owned by the selling stockholders listed on Page 4
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 December 22, 1997, 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 353,479 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: March 26, 1998 By: /s/ Michael J. Ruane
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MICHAEL J. RUANE
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AND
VICE PRESIDENT - FINANCE
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, March 26, 1998
- - -------------------------------------------- President, and Chairman
JAMES L. MANN of the Board of Directors
(principal executive officer)
/s/ Michael J. Ruane Chief Financial Officer and March 26, 1998
- - -------------------------------------------- Vice President-Finance
MICHAEL J. RUANE (principal financial officer)
/s/ Andrew P. Bronstein Vice President and Controller March 26, 1998
- - -------------------------------------------- (principal accounting officer)
ANDREW P. BRONSTEIN
* Director March 26, 1998
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GREGORY S. BENTLEY
* Director March 26, 1998
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MICHAEL C. BROOKS
* Director March 26, 1998
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ALBERT A. EISENSTAT
* Director March 26, 1998
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BERNARD GOLDSTEIN
* Director March 26, 1998
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MICHAEL ROTH
* Director March 26, 1998
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MALCOLM I. RUDDOCK
* Director March 26, 1998
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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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