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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May&nbsp;19, 2005</B>



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 14pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>

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<P align="center" style="font-size: 18pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>THE ULTIMATE SOFTWARE GROUP, INC.</B>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>65-0694077</B></TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>2000 Ultimate Way<BR>
Weston, FL 33326<BR>
(Address, including Zip code, of<BR>
registrant&#146;s principal executive offices)</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>The Ultimate Software Group, Inc.<BR>
2005 Equity and Incentive Plan<BR>
(Full title of the plan)</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Mitchell K. Dauerman<BR>
The Ultimate Software Group, Inc.<BR>
2000 Ultimate Way<BR>
Weston, FL 33326<BR>
(954)&nbsp;331-7000<BR>
(Name, address, including Zip code, and telephone number,<BR>
including area code, of agent for service)</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>


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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, par
value $0.01 per
share</DIV></TD>
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    <TD colspan="3" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"nowrap>2,057,377 shares</TD>
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    <TD align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$15.56</TD>
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    <TD align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$32,012,786</TD>
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    <TD align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$3,768</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>This Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of Common Stock which
become issuable under The Ultimate Software Group, Inc. 2005 Equity and Incentive Plan (the
&#147;Plan&#148;) by reason of (i)&nbsp;the forfeiture, or cancellation, without exercise of awards issued
under the Plan or stock options issued under The Ultimate Software Group, Inc. Nonqualified
Stock Option Plan, as amended and restated as of December&nbsp;20, 2002 (the &#147;Prior Plan&#148;), (ii)
the exchange of shares of Common Stock by a participant in the Plan as full or partial payment
of the exercise price or tax withholding with respect to awards issued under the Plan or stock
options issued under the Prior Plan, or (iii)&nbsp;any stock dividend, stock split,
recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without the Company&#146;s receipt of
consideration which results in an increase in the number of the outstanding shares of the
Company&#146;s Common Stock.</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rule
457(h)(1) on the basis of the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock as reported on
the Nasdaq on May&nbsp;16, 2005.</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PART I<BR>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The document(s) containing information specified by Part&nbsp;I of this Form S-8 Registration
Statement (the &#147;Registration Statement&#148;) have been or will be sent or given to participants in the
Plan as specified in Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
&#147;Commission&#148;) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), such document(s)
not being filed with the Commission but constituting (along with the documents incorporated by
reference into the Registration Statement pursuant to Item&nbsp;3 of Part&nbsp;II hereof), a prospectus (the
&#147;Prospectus&#148;) that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Act.


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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents are incorporated herein by reference as of their respective dates of
filing:


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    <TD width="4%" nowrap align="left">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Annual Report of The Ultimate Software Group, Inc (the &#147;Company&#148;) on Form
10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2004 filed pursuant to Section 13(a) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;);</TD>
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    <TD width="4%" nowrap align="left">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>All other reports filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of
the Exchange Act since December&nbsp;31, 2004; and</TD>
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    <TD width="4%" nowrap align="left">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The description of the Company&#146;s capital stock set forth in its Registration
Statement on Form 8-A (Reg. No.&nbsp;000-24347) filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;27,1998,
including any further amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and
15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicate that all
securities offered hereunder have been sold or which deregister all securities then remaining
unsold hereunder shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof
from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or
deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for
purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein (or in any
other subsequently filed document that also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein
or therein) modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall
not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration
Statement.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company will provide without charge to each participant under the Plan, upon the written
or oral request of such person, a copy of any or all of the documents referred to above which have
been or may be incorporated by reference herein (other than exhibits to such documents unless such
exhibits are specifically incorporated by reference in such documents). Requests for such copies
should be directed to The Ultimate Software Group, Inc. 2000 Ultimate Way, Weston, Florida 33326,
Attention: Mitchell K. Dauerman, telephone number (954)&nbsp;331-7369.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The legality of the common stock will be passed upon for us by Dewey Ballantine LLP, New York,
New York. Mr.&nbsp;James A. FitzPatrick, Jr., a member of that firm, is also a member of our Board of
Directors and owns 2,000 shares of common stock and holds options to purchase 59,686 shares of
common stock.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Certificate of Incorporation of the Company provides for indemnification, to the fullest
extent permitted by law, of any person who was or is a director, officer, employee or agent of the
Company or was serving in such capacity with another entity at the Company&#146;s request (each, an
&#147;Indemnified Person&#148;), and is a party to, or is threatened to be made a party to, any threatened,
pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether derivative or not. Indemnification
continues as to an Indemnified Person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent
and inures to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of an Indemnified Person. The
indemnification provisions in the Certificate of Incorporation are non-exclusive and allow the
Company to indemnify by agreement or vote of stockholders or disinterested directors.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any indemnification is subject to applicable law requiring a case-by-case determination that
indemnification is appropriate.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Certificate of Incorporation permits the Company to, and the Company has and intends to,
purchase liability insurance on behalf of any such person against any liability which may be
asserted.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Certificate of Incorporation also authorizes, to the fullest extent allowed by law,
indemnification for expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in
settlement, as well as the advancement of expenses to an Indemnified Person.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;See Index to Exhibits following signature page.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this registration statement:


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the
registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or
in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information in the registration statement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any
deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the
form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the
changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20&nbsp;percent change in the maximum aggregate
offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective
registration statement;


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&nbsp;To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in
the registration statement;


<P align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; text-indent: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt">provided, however, that the undertakings set forth in paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above do
not apply if this Registration Statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8 or Form F-3, and the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or
Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby further undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is
incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that
time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by
a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any
action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its
counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed
in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.


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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in Weston, Florida, on this 19<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">th</SUP> day of May, 2005.


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    <TD colspan="3" align="left">THE ULTIMATE SOFTWARE GROUP, INC.<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

<TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/&nbsp;Mitchell K. Dauerman</TD>
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    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer&nbsp;</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:

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    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Title</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Scott Scherr
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Scott Scherr
Scott Scherr</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
President, Chief
Executive Officer and
Chairman of the Board
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 19, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Marc D. Scherr
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Marc D. Scherr</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Vice Chairman of the
Board and Chief
Operating Officer
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 19, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ James A. FitzPatrick, Jr.
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
James A. FitzPatrick, Jr.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 19, 2005</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
LeRoy A. Vander Putten</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;, 2005</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Robert A. Yanover</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;, 2005</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Rick Wilber
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Rick Wilber</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 19, 2005</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">-
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Opinion of Dewey Ballantine LLP as to legality of securities being registered</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">23.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">-
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of KPMG LLP</DIV></TD>
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</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Dewey Ballantine LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</DIV></TD>
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</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">The Ultimate Software Group, Inc. 2005 Equity and Incentive Plan</DIV></TD>
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THE ULTIMATE SOFTWARE GROUP FORM S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 19, 2005
Registration No. 333-__________
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
THE ULTIMATE SOFTWARE GROUP, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
65-0694077
(State of Incorporation)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
2000 Ultimate Way
Weston, FL 33326
(Address, including Zip code, of
registrant's principal executive offices)
The Ultimate Software Group, Inc.
2005 Equity and Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Mitchell K. Dauerman
The Ultimate Software Group, Inc.
2000 Ultimate Way
Weston, FL 33326
(954) 331-7000
(Name, address, including Zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Securities to Be
Amount to be
Offering Price Per
Aggregate Offering
Amount of
Registered
Registered (1)
Share (2)
Price(2)
Registration Fee
Common Stock, par
value $0.01 per
share
2,057,377 shares
$15.56
$32,012,786
$3,768
(1)
This Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of Common Stock which
become issuable under The Ultimate Software Group, Inc. 2005 Equity and Incentive Plan (the
"Plan") by reason of (i) the forfeiture, or cancellation, without exercise of awards issued
under the Plan or stock options issued under The Ultimate Software Group, Inc. Nonqualified
Stock Option Plan, as amended and restated as of December 20, 2002 (the "Prior Plan"), (ii)
the exchange of shares of Common Stock by a participant in the Plan as full or partial payment
of the exercise price or tax withholding with respect to awards issued under the Plan or stock
options issued under the Prior Plan, or (iii) any stock dividend, stock split,
recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without the Company's receipt of
consideration which results in an increase in the number of the outstanding shares of the
Company's Common Stock.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rule
457(h)(1) on the basis of the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock as reported on
the Nasdaq on May 16, 2005.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The document(s) containing information specified by Part I of this Form S-8 Registration
Statement (the "Registration Statement") have been or will be sent or given to participants in the
Plan as specified in Rule 428(b)(1) promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), such document(s)
not being filed with the Commission but constituting (along with the documents incorporated by
reference into the Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II hereof), a prospectus (the
"Prospectus") that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents are incorporated herein by reference as of their respective dates of
filing:
(a)
The Annual Report of The Ultimate Software Group, Inc (the "Company") on Form
10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004 filed pursuant to Section 13(a) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act");
(b)
All other reports filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of
the Exchange Act since December 31, 2004; and
(c)
The description of the Company's capital stock set forth in its Registration
Statement on Form 8-A (Reg. No. 000-24347) filed with the Commission on May 27,1998,
including any further amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such
description.
All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and
15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicate that all
securities offered hereunder have been sold or which deregister all securities then remaining
unsold hereunder shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof
from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or
deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for
purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein (or in any
other subsequently filed document that also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein
or therein) modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall
not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration
Statement.
The Company will provide without charge to each participant under the Plan, upon the written
or oral request of such person, a copy of any or all of the documents referred to above which have
been or may be incorporated by reference herein (other than exhibits to such documents unless such
exhibits are specifically incorporated by reference in such documents). Requests for such copies
should be directed to The Ultimate Software Group, Inc. 2000 Ultimate Way, Weston, Florida 33326,
Attention: Mitchell K. Dauerman, telephone number (954) 331-7369.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
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Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
The legality of the common stock will be passed upon for us by Dewey Ballantine LLP, New York,
New York. Mr. James A. FitzPatrick, Jr., a member of that firm, is also a member of our Board of
Directors and owns 2,000 shares of common stock and holds options to purchase 59,686 shares of
common stock.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The Certificate of Incorporation of the Company provides for indemnification, to the fullest
extent permitted by law, of any person who was or is a director, officer, employee or agent of the
Company or was serving in such capacity with another entity at the Company's request (each, an
"Indemnified Person"), and is a party to, or is threatened to be made a party to, any threatened,
pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether derivative or not. Indemnification
continues as to an Indemnified Person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent
and inures to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of an Indemnified Person. The
indemnification provisions in the Certificate of Incorporation are non-exclusive and allow the
Company to indemnify by agreement or vote of stockholders or disinterested directors.
Any indemnification is subject to applicable law requiring a case-by-case determination that
indemnification is appropriate.
The Certificate of Incorporation permits the Company to, and the Company has and intends to,
purchase liability insurance on behalf of any such person against any liability which may be
asserted.
The Certificate of Incorporation also authorizes, to the fullest extent allowed by law,
indemnification for expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in
settlement, as well as the advancement of expenses to an Indemnified Person.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
See Index to Exhibits following signature page.
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this registration statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the
registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or
in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information in the registration statement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any
deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the
form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the
changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate
offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective
registration statement;
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(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in
the registration statement;
provided, however, that the undertakings set forth in paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above do
not apply if this Registration Statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8 or Form F-3, and the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or
Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned registrant hereby further undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is
incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that
time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by
a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any
action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its
counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed
in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in Weston, Florida, on this 19
th
day of May, 2005.
THE ULTIMATE SOFTWARE GROUP, INC.
By:
/s/ Mitchell K. Dauerman
Mitchell K. Dauerman
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:
Name
Title
Date
/s/ Scott Scherr
Scott Scherr
Scott Scherr
President, Chief
Executive Officer and
Chairman of the Board
May 19, 2005
/s/ Marc D. Scherr
Marc D. Scherr
Vice Chairman of the
Board and Chief
Operating Officer
May 19, 2005
/s/ James A. FitzPatrick, Jr.
James A. FitzPatrick, Jr.
Director
May 19, 2005
LeRoy A. Vander Putten
Director
May    , 2005
Robert A. Yanover
Director
May    , 2005
/s/ Rick Wilber
Rick Wilber
Director
May 19, 2005
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Index to Exhibits
Exhibit Number
Description
5.1
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Opinion of Dewey Ballantine LLP as to legality of securities being registered
23.1
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Consent of KPMG LLP
23.2
-
Consent of Dewey Ballantine LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
99.1
-
The Ultimate Software Group, Inc. 2005 Equity and Incentive Plan
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