Post Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-3
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 22, 2002
REGISTRATION NO. 333-65831
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
FORM S-3

REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

SUNGARD® DATA SYSTEMS INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

DELAWARE
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)		 1285 DRUMMERS LANE,
WAYNE, PENNSYLVANIA 19087
(610) 341-8700
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)		 51-0267091
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

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)

 

          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.

TERMINATION OF OFFERING AND REMOVAL OF SECURITIES FROM REGISTRATION

          On October 16, 1998, SunGard Data Systems Inc. (“SunGard”) filed Registration Statement No. 333-65831 on Form S-3, as it was amended and supplemented from time to time thereafter to register 703,053 shares of common stock, $.01 par value per share, of SunGard (“Common Stock”) owned by the selling stockholders listed therein (the “Selling Stockholders”).

          Pursuant to an undertaking made in Item 17 of the Registration Statement, SunGard hereby removes from registration all shares of Common Stock that have not been sold by the Selling Stockholders pursuant to such Registration Statement during the effective period.

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:    January 18, 2002   By: /s/ MICHAEL J. RUANE
         
        Michael J. Ruane,
Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President - Finance

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.

SIGNATURE     CAPACITY   DATE
              
*   Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors
(principal executive officer)		   January 18, 2002
   
JAMES L. MANN    
         
*   President, Chief Operating Officer and Director   January 18, 2002
   
CRISTÓBAL CONDE    
         
/s/ MICHAEL J. RUANE   Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President-Finance
(principal financial officer)		   January 18, 2002
   
MICHAEL J. RUANE    
         
*   Vice President and Controller
(principal accounting officer)		   January 18, 2002
   
ANDREW P. BRONSTEIN    
         
*   Senior Vice President-Strategy and Director   January 18, 2002
   
TILL M. GULDIMANN    
         
*   Director   January 18, 2002
       
GREGORY S. BENTLEY        
         
*   Director   January 18, 2002
       
MICHAEL C. BROOKS        
         
*   Director   January 18, 2002
       
HENRY C. DUQUES        
         
*   Director   January 18, 2002
       
RAMON DE OLIVEIRA        
         
*   Director   January 18, 2002
       
ALBERT A. EISENSTAT        
         
*   Director   January 18, 2002
       
BERNARD GOLDSTEIN        
         
*   Director   January 18, 2002
       
MICHAEL ROTH        
         
*   Director   January 18, 2002
       
MALCOLM I. RUDDOCK        
         
*   Director   January 18, 2002
       
LAWRENCE J. SCHOENBERG        
                    
* By:       /s/ Michael J. Ruane    
     
   
    Michael J. Ruane, Attorney-in-fact