Edgar Filing: CLARKE ROBERT FRANKLIN

Ownership Submission

FORM 4

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*

CLARKE ROBERT FRANKLIN

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
SUNGARD DATA SYSTEMS INC [SDS]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

_____ Director	_____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below)	_____ Other (specify below)
Group Chief Executive Officer

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

200 MAIN STREET, SUITE 201-G

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
08/11/2005

(Street)

HILTON HEAD, SC 29926

4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Common Stock	08/11/2005		M		34,800	A	$ 19.8125	34,800	D
Common Stock	08/11/2005		M		36,000	A	$ 13.375	70,800	D
Common Stock	08/11/2005		M		25,200	A	$ 19.8125	96,000	D
Common Stock	08/11/2005		M		31,200	A	$ 17.2188	127,200	D
Common Stock	08/11/2005		M		40,000	A	$ 19.8125	167,200	D
Common Stock	08/11/2005		M		45,900	A	$ 15.7188	213,100	D
Common Stock	08/11/2005		M		37,200	A	$ 28.5	250,300	D
Common Stock	08/11/2005		M		30,600	A	$ 32.81	280,900	D
Common Stock	08/11/2005		M		7,715	A	$ 19.35	288,615	D
Common Stock	08/11/2005		S		288,615	D	$ 36	0	D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)

Code

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Option to Buy

$ 19.8125

08/11/2005

34,800

02/26/2004

03/03/2009

Common Stock

34,800

$ 0

Option to Buy

$ 13.375

08/11/2005

36,000

01/06/2005

01/11/2010

Common Stock

36,000

$ 0

Option to Buy

$ 19.8125

08/11/2005

25,200

08/11/2005⁽²⁾

02/26/2009

Common Stock

25,200

$ 0

Option to Buy

$ 17.2188

08/11/2005

31,200

07/02/2001

05/16/2008

Common Stock

31,200

$ 0

Option to Buy

$ 19.8125

08/11/2005

40,000

08/11/2005⁽²⁾

03/03/2009

Common Stock

40,000

$ 0

Option to Buy

$ 15.7188

08/11/2005

45,900

08/11/2005⁽²⁾

02/27/2010

Common Stock

45,900

$ 0

Option to Buy

$ 28.5

08/11/2005

37,200

08/11/2005⁽²⁾

03/07/2011

Common Stock

37,200

$ 0

Option to Buy

$ 32.81

08/11/2005

30,600

08/11/2005⁽²⁾

03/06/2012

Common Stock

30,600

$ 0

Option to Buy

$ 19.35

08/11/2005

7,715

08/11/2005⁽²⁾

03/03/2013

Common Stock

7,715

$ 0

40,785

Option to Buy

$ 19.35

08/11/2005

40,785

08/11/2005⁽²⁾

03/03/2013

Common Stock

40,785

⁽¹⁾

Option to Buy

$ 28.03

08/11/2005

69,400

08/11/2005⁽²⁾

02/25/2014

Common Stock

69,400

⁽¹⁾

Option to Buy

$ 26.08

08/11/2005

77,400

08/11/2005⁽²⁾

03/03/2015

Common Stock

77,400

⁽¹⁾

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
CLARKE ROBERT FRANKLIN 200 MAIN STREET SUITE 201-G HILTON HEAD, SC 29926			Group Chief Executive Officer

Signatures

Leslie S. Brush, Attorney-in-fact for Robert F. Clarke		08/12/2005
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	In connection with the merger of Solar Capital Corp. with and into the Issuer, stock options of the Issuer were converted into options to purchase equity in the acquiring entities based on a formula designed to equal the current intrinsic value of the converted options.
(2)	Immediately before the effective time of the merger of Solar Capital Corp. with and into the Issuer, all unvested options became fully vested and immediately exercisable.

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