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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May&nbsp;2, 2008</B>
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 12pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-&#95;&#95;&#95;</DIV>



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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>
Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B><FONT style="font-size:18pt">FORM S-8</FONT><BR>
REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>BMC Software, Inc.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 7pt">(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>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>74-21226120</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or other jurisdiction
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">of incorporation or organization)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 9.5pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>2101 CityWest Boulevard<BR>
Houston, Texas 77042-2827<BR>
(713)&nbsp;918-8800</B><BR>
<FONT style="font-size:7pt">(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Registrant&#146;s principal executive offices)</FONT>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 9.5pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>BladeLogic, Inc. Third Amended and Restated <FONT style="font-size:10pt">2001 Stock Option and Grant Plan</FONT><BR>
BladeLogic, Inc. 2007 Stock Option and Incentive Plan</B><BR>
<FONT style="font-size:7pt">(Full title of the plan)</FONT>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 9.5pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Denise M. Clolery<BR>
Senior Vice President, General Counsel &#038; Secretary<BR>
BMC Software, Inc.<BR>
2101 CityWest Boulevard<BR>
Houston, Texas 77042-2827<BR>
(713)&nbsp;918-8800</B><BR>
<FONT style="font-size:7pt">(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</FONT>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated
filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
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<TABLE width="100%" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt"><TR><TD>Large accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#254;</FONT></TD><TD align="center">Accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>&nbsp;</TD><TD align="center">Non-accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT><BR>(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</TD><TD align="right">Smaller reporting company&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 9.5pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Proposed</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed Maximum</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title of each class of</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Maximum offering</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>securities to be registered</B></TD>
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                    <TD valign="middle" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Common Stock, par value
$0.01 per share
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    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">1,975,915 shares</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="middle" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$4.40(a)<BR>
$19.62(b)<BR>
$34.37(c)
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="middle" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="middle" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">35,809,897.85</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="middle" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="middle" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="middle" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">587.94</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="middle" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>This registration statement (the &#147;Registration Statement&#148;) registers the issuance of an
aggregate of 1,975,915 shares of the common stock of BMC Software, Inc. (the &#147;Registrant,&#148;
also referred to herein as the &#147;Company,&#148; &#147;we,&#148; &#147;us&#148; and &#147;our&#148;), par value $.01, issuable pursuant to
stock options assumed by the Registrant in connection with the terms of the Agreement and
Plan of Merger, dated as of March&nbsp;17, 2008, by and among the Registrant, Bengal Acquisition
Corporation, and BladeLogic, Inc.</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(h)(1) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), the proposed maximum offering price per share is based on (a)&nbsp;the
weighted average exercise price per share of outstanding options to purchase 917,110 shares
of common stock outstanding under the BladeLogic, Inc. Third Amended and Restated 2001
Stock Option and Grant Plan and covered by this Registration Statement, (b)&nbsp;the weighted
average exercise price per share of outstanding options to purchase 312,984 shares of common
stock outstanding under the BladeLogic, Inc. 2007 Stock Option and Incentive Plan and
covered by this Registration Statement and (c)&nbsp;with respect to the 745,821 shares of common
stock remaining for issuance under the BladeLogic, Inc. 2007 Stock Option and Incentive
Plan covered by this Registration Statement, the average of the high and low prices of the
Registrant&#146;s common stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on April&nbsp;28, 2008 in
accordance with Rule&nbsp;457(h)(1) and Rule 457(c) promulgated under the Securities Act.</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Pursuant to Rule 457(p) promulgated under the Securities Act, the registration fee is
offset by $819.39 worth of registration fees previously paid by BladeLogic, Inc. with
respect to unsold shares of common stock registered under the Registration Statement on
Form S-8 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-144839) of BladeLogic, Inc., filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on July&nbsp;25, 2007.</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">As a result of the consummation on April&nbsp;18, 2008 of the transactions contemplated by the Agreement
and Plan of Merger, dated as of March&nbsp;17, 2008 (the &#147;Merger Agreement&#148;), by and among the
Registrant, Bengal Acquisition Corporation, and BladeLogic, Inc., the Registrant assumed the
outstanding stock options of BladeLogic, Inc.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART II<BR>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE<BR>
REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. </B><U><B>Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B></U>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148;) allows us to &#147;incorporate by reference&#148; the
information we file with them, which means that we can disclose important information to you by
referring you to those documents. The information incorporated by reference is an important part
of this prospectus, and information that we file later with the SEC will automatically update and
supersede this information. We incorporate by reference the documents listed below and any future
filings made with the SEC under Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 until all of the securities described in this prospectus are sold.
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    <TD>The description of our common stock contained in our registration statement on Form 8-A, as
filed with the SEC on August&nbsp;25, 1988;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
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    <TD>Our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March&nbsp;31, 2007 filed with the SEC on
May&nbsp;30, 2007;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
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    <TD>Our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June&nbsp;30, 2007 filed with the
SEC on August&nbsp;7, 2007;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September&nbsp;30, 2007 filed
with the SEC on November&nbsp;7, 2007;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended December&nbsp;31, 2007 filed with
the SEC on February&nbsp;8, 2008; and</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Our current reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on April&nbsp;30, 2007, June&nbsp;19, 2007, July&nbsp;26,
2007, September&nbsp;26, 2007, October&nbsp;25, 2007, December&nbsp;20, 2007, February&nbsp;6, 2008, March&nbsp;18,
2008, and April&nbsp;23, 2008.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not Applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, Article&nbsp;SEVENTH of our Restated
Certificate of Incorporation, Article&nbsp;VIII of our amended and restated bylaws and indemnification
agreements entered into by
us with our directors provide for the indemnification of our officers, directors, employees
and agents under certain circumstances.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Set forth below is Article&nbsp;SEVENTH of our Restated Certificate of Incorporation pertaining to
indemnification of officers, directors, employees and agents and insurance:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#147;SEVENTH: A director of the Corporation shall not be personally liable to the Corporation or
its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for such
liability as is expressly not subject to limitation under the General Corporation Law of the State
of Delaware, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended to further limit or eliminate such
liability. Moreover, the Corporation shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, indemnify any
and all officers and directors of the Corporation, and may, to the fullest extent permitted by law
or to such lesser extent as is determined in the discretion of the Board of Directors, indemnify
any and all other persons whom it shall have power to indemnify, from and against all expenses,
liabilities or other matters arising out of their status as such or their acts, omissions or
services rendered in such capacities. The Corporation shall have the power to purchase and
maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of
the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer,
employee or agent of another Corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise
against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in any such capacity, or arising out
of his status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify him against
such liability.&#148;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Set forth below is Article&nbsp;VIII of our amended and restated bylaws:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&#147;Section&nbsp;8.1 <u>Right to Indemnification</u>.

</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is otherwise
involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative (hereinafter a &#147;proceeding&#148;), by reason of the fact that he or she or a person of
whom he or she is the legal representative is or was or has agreed to become a director or an
officer of the Corporation or is or was serving or has agreed to serve at the request of the
Corporation as a director, officer, employee, agent or trustee of another corporation or of a
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to an
employee benefit plan (hereinafter an &#147;indemnitee&#148;), whether the basis of such proceeding is action
alleged to have been taken or omitted in an official capacity as a director, officer, employee,
agent or trustee or in any other capacity while serving or having agreed to serve as a director,
officer, employee, agent or trustee, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to
the fullest extent authorized by the DGCL, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in
the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to
provide broader indemnification rights than such law permitted the Corporation to provide prior to
such amendment), against all expense, liability and loss (including, without limitation, attorneys&#146;
fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid or to be paid in
settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such indemnitee in connection therewith; <I>provided,
however, </I>that, except as provided in Section&nbsp;8.3 with respect to proceedings to enforce rights to
indemnification, the Corporation shall indemnify any such indemnitee in connection with a
proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such indemnitee only if such proceeding (or part thereof)
was authorized by the Board of Directors of the Corporation.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Section&nbsp;8.2
<u>Right to Advancement of Expenses</u>.

</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition to the right to indemnification conferred in Section&nbsp;8.1, an indemnitee shall also
have the right to be paid by the Corporation the expenses (including attorney&#146;s fees) incurred in
defending any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition (hereinafter an &#147;advancement of
expenses&#148;); <I>provided, however, </I>that, if the DGCL requires, an advancement of expenses incurred by
an indemnitee in his or her capacity as a director or officer or proposed director or officer (and
not in any other capacity in which service was or is or has been agreed to be rendered by such
indemnitee, including, without limitation, service to an employee benefit plan) shall be made only
upon delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking (hereinafter an &#147;undertaking&#148;), by or on behalf
of such indemnitee, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined by final
judicial decision from which there is no further right to appeal (hereinafter a &#147;final
adjudication&#148;) that such indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified for such expenses under this
Section&nbsp;8.2 or otherwise.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Section&nbsp;8.3 <U>Right of Indemnitee to Bring Suit</U>.

</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If a claim under Section&nbsp;8.1 or 8.2 is not paid in full by the Corporation within ninety (90)
days after a written claim has been received by the Corporation, except in the case of a claim for
an advancement of expenses, in which case the applicable period shall be thirty (30)&nbsp;days, the
indemnitee may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Corporation to recover the unpaid
amount of the claim. If successful in whole or in part in any such suit, or in a suit brought by
the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an
undertaking, the indemnitee shall be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting or
defending such suit. In (i)&nbsp;any suit brought by the indemnitee to enforce a right to
indemnification hereunder (but not in a suit brought by the indemnitee to enforce a right to an
advancement of expenses) it shall be a defense that, and (ii)&nbsp;any suit brought by the Corporation
to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the Corporation
shall be entitled to recover such expenses upon a final adjudication that, the indemnitee has not
met the applicable standards of conduct for indemnification set forth in the DGCL. Neither the
failure of the Corporation (including its directors who are not parties to such action, a committee
of such directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) to have made a determination
prior to the commencement of such suit that indemnification of the indemnitee is proper in the
circumstances because the indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the
DGCL, nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including its directors who are not parties
to such action, a committee of such directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) that
the indemnitee has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall create a presumption that the
indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of conduct or, in the case of such a suit brought by
the indemnitee, be a defense to such suit. In any suit brought by the indemnitee to enforce a
right to indemnification or to an advancement of expenses hereunder, or brought by the Corporation
to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the burden of
proving that the indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified, or to such advancement of expenses,
under this Article&nbsp;VIII or otherwise shall be on the Corporation.
</DIV>


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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Section&nbsp;8.4 <U>Non-Exclusivity of Rights</U>.

</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses conferred in this Article
VIII shall not be exclusive of any other right which any person may have or hereafter acquire under
any statute, the Corporation&#146;s Restated Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws, agreement, vote of
stockholders or directors or otherwise.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Section&nbsp;8.5 <U>Insurance</U>.

</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Corporation may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any person who
is or was serving as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or is or was serving
at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any expense, liability or loss,
whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense,
liability or loss under the DGCL.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Section&nbsp;8.6 <U>Indemnification of Employees and Agents of the Corporation</U>.

</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Corporation may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the Board of Directors,
grant rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses to any employee or agent of the
Corporation to the fullest extent of the provisions of this Article&nbsp;VIII with respect to the
indemnification and advancement of expenses of directors and officers of the Corporation.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Section&nbsp;8.7 <U>Nature of Rights</U>.

</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The rights conferred upon indemnitees in this Article&nbsp;VIII shall be contract rights and such
rights shall continue as to an indemnitee who has ceased to be a director, officer or trustee and
shall inure to the benefit of the indemnitee&#146;s heirs, executors and administrators. Any amendment,
alteration or repeal of this Article&nbsp;VIII that adversely affects any right of an indemnitee or its
successors shall be prospective only and shall not limit or eliminate any such right with respect
to any proceeding involving any occurrence or alleged occurrence of any action or omission to act
that took place prior to such amendment or repeal.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Section&nbsp;8.8 <U>Savings Clause</U>.

</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If this Article&nbsp;VIII or any portion hereof shall be invalidated on any ground by any court of
competent jurisdiction, then the Corporation shall nevertheless indemnify and hold harmless each
director and officer of the Corporation, as to costs, charges and expenses (including attorneys&#146;
fees), judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement with respect to any action, suit or
proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative to the full extent permitted
by any applicable portion of this Article&nbsp;VIII that shall not have been invalidated and to the
fullest extent permitted by applicable law.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Section&nbsp;8.9 <U>Definition</U>.

</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;For purposes of this Article&nbsp;VIII, references to the &#147;Corporation&#148; shall include, in addition
to the Corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent)
absorbed in a consolidation or merger prior to (or, in the case of an entity specifically
designated in a resolution of the Board of Directors, after) the
adoption of these Bylaws and which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had
power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees or agents, so that any
person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is
or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or
agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall stand in
the same position under this Article&nbsp;VIII with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as
such person would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had
continued.&#148;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition, we have entered into indemnification agreements with our directors and officers,
under which we have agreed to indemnify such directors and officers in accordance with, and to the
fullest extent permitted by, the Delaware General Corporation Law, against any and all expenses,
judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the indemnitee
in connection with any proceeding in which the indemnitee was or is made a party or was or is
involved by reason of the fact that the indemnitee is or was a director.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We have also purchased liability insurance policies covering our directors and officers.
</DIV>


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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. </B><U><B>Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B></U>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not Applicable.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. </B><U><B>Exhibits.</B></U>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center">
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="92%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left">Exhibit</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Number</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Description</TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="right" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company; incorporated by reference
to Exhibit&nbsp;1.2 to the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on
Form&nbsp;8-A filed August&nbsp;26, 1988.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="right" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Amendment of Restated Certificate of Incorporation; incorporated
by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the
year ended March&nbsp;31, 1997.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="right" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Amendment of Restated Certificate of Incorporation filed November
30, 1999; incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.3 to the Company&#146;s Annual Report
on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended March&nbsp;31, 2002.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="right" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company; incorporated by reference to Exhibit
3.2 to the Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended December
31, 2003.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="right" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">BladeLogic, Inc. Third Amended and Restated 2001 Stock Option and Grant Plan,
incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 to the BladeLogic, Inc. Registration
Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-141915).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="right" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.6
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">BladeLogic, Inc. 2007 Stock Option and Incentive Plan, incorporated by reference
to Exhibit&nbsp;10.5 to the BladeLogic, Inc. Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1
(Registration No.&nbsp;333-141915).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="right" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Christopher C. Chaffin.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="right" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Independent Registered
Public Accounting Firm.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="right" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Christopher C. Chaffin
(contained in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1 hereto).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="right" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Powers of Attorney (included on the
signature page to this Registration Statement).</TD>
</TR>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. </B><U><B>Undertakings</B></U><B>.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&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 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;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&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.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&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.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby 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.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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.
</DIV>



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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 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 the City of Houston, State of Texas, on the 2nd day
of May, 2008.
</DIV>
<DIV align="center">
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    <TD width="50%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">BMC SOFTWARE, INC.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">By: <U>/s/ CHRISTOPHER C. CHAFFIN</U></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Christopher C. Chaffin</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Assistant Secretary</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints Denise M. Clolery and Christopher C. Chaffin, or either of them, his true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution, for him and in his name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto, and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto
said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent or his
substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration
statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
</DIV>

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    <TD width="28%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="43%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="19%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Date</B></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ B. GARLAND CUPP
<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman of the Board
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;2, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;B. Garland Cupp</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ ROBERT E. BEAUCHAMP
<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">President, Chief Executive
Officer and Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;2, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;Robert E. Beauchamp</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ STEPHEN B. SOLCHER
<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer<BR>
(Principal Financial Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;2, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;Stephen B. Solcher</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ T. CORY BLEUER
<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Vice President, Controller &#038; Chief Accounting Officer<BR>
(Principal Accounting Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;2, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;T. Cory Bleuer</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ JON E. BARFIELD
<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;2, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;Jon E. Barfield</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ GARY L. BLOOM
<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;2, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;Gary L. Bloom</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ MELDON K. GAFNER
<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;2, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;Meldon K. Gafner</DIV></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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<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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    <TD width="28%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="43%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="19%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Date</B></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ L. W. GRAY
<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;2, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;L.W. Gray</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ P. THOMAS JENKINS
<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;2, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;P. Thomas Jenkins</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ LOUIS J. LAVIGNE, JR.
<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;2, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;Louis J. Lavigne, Jr.</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ KATHLEEN A. O&#146;NEIL
<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;2, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;Kathleen A. O&#146;Neil</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ GEORGE F. RAYMOND
<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;2, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;George F. Raymond</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ THOMAS J. SMACH
<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;2, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;Thomas J. Smach</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ TOM C. TINSLEY
<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;2, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;Tom C. Tinsley</DIV></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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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">INDEX TO EXHIBITS
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    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="92%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">Exhibit</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Number</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Description</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="right" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company; incorporated by reference
to Exhibit&nbsp;1.2 to the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A filed August&nbsp;26, 1988.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="right" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Amendment of Restated Certificate of Incorporation; incorporated
by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the
year ended March&nbsp;31, 1997.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="right" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Amendment of Restated Certificate of Incorporation filed November
30, 1999; incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.3 to the Company&#146;s Annual Report
on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended March&nbsp;31, 2002.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="right" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company; incorporated by reference to Exhibit
3.2 to the Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended December
31, 2003.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="right" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">BladeLogic, Inc. Third Amended and Restated 2001 Stock Option and Grant Plan,
incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 to the BladeLogic, Inc. Registration
Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-141915).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="right" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.6
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">BladeLogic, Inc. 2007 Stock Option and Incentive Plan, incorporated by reference
to Exhibit&nbsp;10.5 to the BladeLogic, Inc. Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1
(Registration No.&nbsp;333-141915).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="right" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Christopher C. Chaffin.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="right" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Independent Registered
Public Accounting Firm.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="right" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Christopher C. Chaffin
(contained in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1 hereto).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="right" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Powers of Attorney (included on the
signature page to this Registration Statement).</TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 2, 2008
Registration No. 333-___
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
BMC Software, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
74-21226120
(State or other jurisdiction
(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation or organization)
Identification No.)
2101 CityWest Boulevard
Houston, Texas 77042-2827
(713) 918-8800
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Registrant's principal executive offices)
BladeLogic, Inc. Third Amended and Restated
2001 Stock Option and Grant Plan
BladeLogic, Inc. 2007 Stock Option and Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Denise M. Clolery
Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary
BMC Software, Inc.
2101 CityWest Boulevard
Houston, Texas 77042-2827
(713) 918-8800
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated
filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
þ
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
o
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Proposed Maximum
Amount of
Title of each class of
Amount to be
Maximum offering
aggregate
Registration
securities to be registered
Registered (1)
price per share (2)
offering price (2)
Fee (3)
Common Stock, par value
$0.01 per share
1,975,915 shares
$4.40(a)
$19.62(b)
$34.37(c)
$
35,809,897.85
$
587.94
(1)
This registration statement (the "Registration Statement") registers the issuance of an
aggregate of 1,975,915 shares of the common stock of BMC Software, Inc. (the "Registrant,"
also referred to herein as the "Company," "we," "us" and "our"), par value $.01, issuable pursuant to
stock options assumed by the Registrant in connection with the terms of the Agreement and
Plan of Merger, dated as of March 17, 2008, by and among the Registrant, Bengal Acquisition
Corporation, and BladeLogic, Inc.
(2)
Pursuant to Rule 457(h)(1) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "Securities Act"), the proposed maximum offering price per share is based on (a) the
weighted average exercise price per share of outstanding options to purchase 917,110 shares
of common stock outstanding under the BladeLogic, Inc. Third Amended and Restated 2001
Stock Option and Grant Plan and covered by this Registration Statement, (b) the weighted
average exercise price per share of outstanding options to purchase 312,984 shares of common
stock outstanding under the BladeLogic, Inc. 2007 Stock Option and Incentive Plan and
covered by this Registration Statement and (c) with respect to the 745,821 shares of common
stock remaining for issuance under the BladeLogic, Inc. 2007 Stock Option and Incentive
Plan covered by this Registration Statement, the average of the high and low prices of the
Registrant's common stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on April 28, 2008 in
accordance with Rule 457(h)(1) and Rule 457(c) promulgated under the Securities Act.
(3)
Pursuant to Rule 457(p) promulgated under the Securities Act, the registration fee is
offset by $819.39 worth of registration fees previously paid by BladeLogic, Inc. with
respect to unsold shares of common stock registered under the Registration Statement on
Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-144839) of BladeLogic, Inc., filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on July 25, 2007.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
As a result of the consummation on April 18, 2008 of the transactions contemplated by the Agreement
and Plan of Merger, dated as of March 17, 2008 (the "Merger Agreement"), by and among the
Registrant, Bengal Acquisition Corporation, and BladeLogic, Inc., the Registrant assumed the
outstanding stock options of BladeLogic, Inc.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") allows us to "incorporate by reference" the
information we file with them, which means that we can disclose important information to you by
referring you to those documents. The information incorporated by reference is an important part
of this prospectus, and information that we file later with the SEC will automatically update and
supersede this information. We incorporate by reference the documents listed below and any future
filings made with the SEC under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 until all of the securities described in this prospectus are sold.
•
The description of our common stock contained in our registration statement on Form 8-A, as
filed with the SEC on August 25, 1988;
•
Our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007 filed with the SEC on
May 30, 2007;
•
Our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2007 filed with the
SEC on August 7, 2007;
•
Our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2007 filed
with the SEC on November 7, 2007;
•
Our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended December 31, 2007 filed with
the SEC on February 8, 2008; and
•
Our current reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on April 30, 2007, June 19, 2007, July 26,
2007, September 26, 2007, October 25, 2007, December 20, 2007, February 6, 2008, March 18,
2008, and April 23, 2008.
Item 4.
Description of Securities.
Not Applicable.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
.
Not Applicable.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, Article SEVENTH of our Restated
Certificate of Incorporation, Article VIII of our amended and restated bylaws and indemnification
agreements entered into by
us with our directors provide for the indemnification of our officers, directors, employees
and agents under certain circumstances.
Set forth below is Article SEVENTH of our Restated Certificate of Incorporation pertaining to
indemnification of officers, directors, employees and agents and insurance:
"SEVENTH: A director of the Corporation shall not be personally liable to the Corporation or
its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for such
liability as is expressly not subject to limitation under the General Corporation Law of the State
of Delaware, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended to further limit or eliminate such
liability. Moreover, the Corporation shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, indemnify any
and all officers and directors of the Corporation, and may, to the fullest extent permitted by law
or to such lesser extent as is determined in the discretion of the Board of Directors, indemnify
any and all other persons whom it shall have power to indemnify, from and against all expenses,
liabilities or other matters arising out of their status as such or their acts, omissions or
services rendered in such capacities. The Corporation shall have the power to purchase and
maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of
the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer,
employee or agent of another Corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise
against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in any such capacity, or arising out
of his status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify him against
such liability."
Set forth below is Article VIII of our amended and restated bylaws:
"Section 8.1
Right to Indemnification
.
Each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is otherwise
involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative (hereinafter a "proceeding"), by reason of the fact that he or she or a person of
whom he or she is the legal representative is or was or has agreed to become a director or an
officer of the Corporation or is or was serving or has agreed to serve at the request of the
Corporation as a director, officer, employee, agent or trustee of another corporation or of a
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to an
employee benefit plan (hereinafter an "indemnitee"), whether the basis of such proceeding is action
alleged to have been taken or omitted in an official capacity as a director, officer, employee,
agent or trustee or in any other capacity while serving or having agreed to serve as a director,
officer, employee, agent or trustee, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to
the fullest extent authorized by the DGCL, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in
the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to
provide broader indemnification rights than such law permitted the Corporation to provide prior to
such amendment), against all expense, liability and loss (including, without limitation, attorneys'
fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid or to be paid in
settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such indemnitee in connection therewith;
provided,
however,
that, except as provided in Section 8.3 with respect to proceedings to enforce rights to
indemnification, the Corporation shall indemnify any such indemnitee in connection with a
proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such indemnitee only if such proceeding (or part thereof)
was authorized by the Board of Directors of the Corporation.
Section 8.2
Right to Advancement of Expenses
.
In addition to the right to indemnification conferred in Section 8.1, an indemnitee shall also
have the right to be paid by the Corporation the expenses (including attorney's fees) incurred in
defending any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition (hereinafter an "advancement of
expenses");
provided, however,
that, if the DGCL requires, an advancement of expenses incurred by
an indemnitee in his or her capacity as a director or officer or proposed director or officer (and
not in any other capacity in which service was or is or has been agreed to be rendered by such
indemnitee, including, without limitation, service to an employee benefit plan) shall be made only
upon delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking (hereinafter an "undertaking"), by or on behalf
of such indemnitee, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined by final
judicial decision from which there is no further right to appeal (hereinafter a "final
adjudication") that such indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified for such expenses under this
Section 8.2 or otherwise.
Section 8.3
Right of Indemnitee to Bring Suit
.
If a claim under Section 8.1 or 8.2 is not paid in full by the Corporation within ninety (90)
days after a written claim has been received by the Corporation, except in the case of a claim for
an advancement of expenses, in which case the applicable period shall be thirty (30) days, the
indemnitee may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Corporation to recover the unpaid
amount of the claim. If successful in whole or in part in any such suit, or in a suit brought by
the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an
undertaking, the indemnitee shall be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting or
defending such suit. In (i) any suit brought by the indemnitee to enforce a right to
indemnification hereunder (but not in a suit brought by the indemnitee to enforce a right to an
advancement of expenses) it shall be a defense that, and (ii) any suit brought by the Corporation
to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the Corporation
shall be entitled to recover such expenses upon a final adjudication that, the indemnitee has not
met the applicable standards of conduct for indemnification set forth in the DGCL. Neither the
failure of the Corporation (including its directors who are not parties to such action, a committee
of such directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) to have made a determination
prior to the commencement of such suit that indemnification of the indemnitee is proper in the
circumstances because the indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the
DGCL, nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including its directors who are not parties
to such action, a committee of such directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) that
the indemnitee has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall create a presumption that the
indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of conduct or, in the case of such a suit brought by
the indemnitee, be a defense to such suit. In any suit brought by the indemnitee to enforce a
right to indemnification or to an advancement of expenses hereunder, or brought by the Corporation
to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the burden of
proving that the indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified, or to such advancement of expenses,
under this Article VIII or otherwise shall be on the Corporation.
Section 8.4
Non-Exclusivity of Rights
.
The rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses conferred in this Article
VIII shall not be exclusive of any other right which any person may have or hereafter acquire under
any statute, the Corporation's Restated Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws, agreement, vote of
stockholders or directors or otherwise.
Section 8.5
Insurance
.
The Corporation may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any person who
is or was serving as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or is or was serving
at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any expense, liability or loss,
whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense,
liability or loss under the DGCL.
Section 8.6
Indemnification of Employees and Agents of the Corporation
.
The Corporation may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the Board of Directors,
grant rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses to any employee or agent of the
Corporation to the fullest extent of the provisions of this Article VIII with respect to the
indemnification and advancement of expenses of directors and officers of the Corporation.
Section 8.7
Nature of Rights
.
The rights conferred upon indemnitees in this Article VIII shall be contract rights and such
rights shall continue as to an indemnitee who has ceased to be a director, officer or trustee and
shall inure to the benefit of the indemnitee's heirs, executors and administrators. Any amendment,
alteration or repeal of this Article VIII that adversely affects any right of an indemnitee or its
successors shall be prospective only and shall not limit or eliminate any such right with respect
to any proceeding involving any occurrence or alleged occurrence of any action or omission to act
that took place prior to such amendment or repeal.
Section 8.8
Savings Clause
.
If this Article VIII or any portion hereof shall be invalidated on any ground by any court of
competent jurisdiction, then the Corporation shall nevertheless indemnify and hold harmless each
director and officer of the Corporation, as to costs, charges and expenses (including attorneys'
fees), judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement with respect to any action, suit or
proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative to the full extent permitted
by any applicable portion of this Article VIII that shall not have been invalidated and to the
fullest extent permitted by applicable law.
Section 8.9
Definition
.
For purposes of this Article VIII, references to the "Corporation" shall include, in addition
to the Corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent)
absorbed in a consolidation or merger prior to (or, in the case of an entity specifically
designated in a resolution of the Board of Directors, after) the
adoption of these Bylaws and which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had
power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees or agents, so that any
person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is
or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or
agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall stand in
the same position under this Article VIII with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as
such person would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had
continued."
In addition, we have entered into indemnification agreements with our directors and officers,
under which we have agreed to indemnify such directors and officers in accordance with, and to the
fullest extent permitted by, the Delaware General Corporation Law, against any and all expenses,
judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the indemnitee
in connection with any proceeding in which the indemnitee was or is made a party or was or is
involved by reason of the fact that the indemnitee is or was a director.
We have also purchased liability insurance policies covering our directors and officers.
Item 7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not Applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
—
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company; incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 1.2 to the Company's Registration Statement on
Form 8-A filed August 26, 1988.
4.2
—
Certificate of Amendment of Restated Certificate of Incorporation; incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended March 31, 1997.
4.3
—
Certificate of Amendment of Restated Certificate of Incorporation filed November
30, 1999; incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to the Company's Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2002.
4.4
—
Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company; incorporated by reference to Exhibit
3.2 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December
31, 2003.
4.5
—
BladeLogic, Inc. Third Amended and Restated 2001 Stock Option and Grant Plan,
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the BladeLogic, Inc. Registration
Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-141915).
4.6
—
BladeLogic, Inc. 2007 Stock Option and Incentive Plan, incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 10.5 to the BladeLogic, Inc. Registration Statement on Form S-1
(Registration No. 333-141915).
5.1
—
Opinion of Christopher C. Chaffin.
23.1
—
Consent of Independent Registered
Public Accounting Firm.
23.2
—
Consent of Christopher C. Chaffin
(contained in Exhibit 5.1 hereto).
24.1
—
Powers of Attorney (included on the
signature page to this Registration Statement).
Item 9.
Undertakings
.
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 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;
(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.
The undersigned Registrant hereby 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.
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.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 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 the City of Houston, State of Texas, on the 2nd day
of May, 2008.
BMC SOFTWARE, INC.
By:
/s/ CHRISTOPHER C. CHAFFIN
Christopher C. Chaffin
Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Assistant Secretary
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints Denise M. Clolery and Christopher C. Chaffin, or either of them, his true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution, for him and in his name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto, and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto
said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent or his
substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration
statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ B. GARLAND CUPP
Chairman of the Board
May 2, 2008
B. Garland Cupp
/s/ ROBERT E. BEAUCHAMP
President, Chief Executive
Officer and Director
May 2, 2008
Robert E. Beauchamp
/s/ STEPHEN B. SOLCHER
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
May 2, 2008
Stephen B. Solcher
/s/ T. CORY BLEUER
Vice President, Controller & Chief Accounting Officer
(Principal Accounting Officer)
May 2, 2008
T. Cory Bleuer
/s/ JON E. BARFIELD
Director
May 2, 2008
Jon E. Barfield
/s/ GARY L. BLOOM
Director
May 2, 2008
Gary L. Bloom
/s/ MELDON K. GAFNER
Director
May 2, 2008
Meldon K. Gafner
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ L. W. GRAY
Director
May 2, 2008
L.W. Gray
/s/ P. THOMAS JENKINS
Director
May 2, 2008
P. Thomas Jenkins
/s/ LOUIS J. LAVIGNE, JR.
Director
May 2, 2008
Louis J. Lavigne, Jr.
/s/ KATHLEEN A. O'NEIL
Director
May 2, 2008
Kathleen A. O'Neil
/s/ GEORGE F. RAYMOND
Director
May 2, 2008
George F. Raymond
/s/ THOMAS J. SMACH
Director
May 2, 2008
Thomas J. Smach
/s/ TOM C. TINSLEY
Director
May 2, 2008
Tom C. Tinsley
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
—
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company; incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 1.2 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed August 26, 1988.
4.2
—
Certificate of Amendment of Restated Certificate of Incorporation; incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended March 31, 1997.
4.3
—
Certificate of Amendment of Restated Certificate of Incorporation filed November
30, 1999; incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to the Company's Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2002.
4.4
—
Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company; incorporated by reference to Exhibit
3.2 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December
31, 2003.
4.5
—
BladeLogic, Inc. Third Amended and Restated 2001 Stock Option and Grant Plan,
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the BladeLogic, Inc. Registration
Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-141915).
4.6
—
BladeLogic, Inc. 2007 Stock Option and Incentive Plan, incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 10.5 to the BladeLogic, Inc. Registration Statement on Form S-1
(Registration No. 333-141915).
5.1
—
Opinion of Christopher C. Chaffin.
23.1
—
Consent of Independent Registered
Public Accounting Firm.
23.2
—
Consent of Christopher C. Chaffin
(contained in Exhibit 5.1 hereto).
24.1
—
Powers of Attorney (included on the
signature page to this Registration Statement).