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<P align="right" style="font-size: 10pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August&nbsp;25, 2004<BR>
Registration No.&nbsp;333-______


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

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 18pt"><B>FORM S-8</b>
<P align="center" style="font-size: 14pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>

<P align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>SYBASE, 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">DELAWARE
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">94-2951005</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State of incorporation)
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">One Sybase Drive<BR>
Dublin, California 94568<BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">1999 NONSTATUTORY STOCK PLAN<BR>
AMENDED AND RESTATED 2003 STOCK PLAN<BR>
(Full title of the plans)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">Daniel R. Carl<BR>
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary<BR>
SYBASE, INC.<BR>
One Sybase Drive<BR>
Dublin, California 94568<BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(925)&nbsp;236-5000<BR>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)



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


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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed Maximum</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" colspan="3"><B>Offering Price Per</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Aggregate Offering</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Registration</B></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">Common Stock, $.001 par value,
issuable under the Sybase, Inc.
1999 Nonstatutory Stock Plan (1)</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">3,000,000</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">13.45</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">40,350,000</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">5,112.35</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">Common Stock, $.001 par value,
issuable under the Sybase, Inc.
Amended and Restated
2003 Stock Plan (1)(3)</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">4,892,096</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="center">NA (3)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="center">NA (3)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="center">NA (3)</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:20px; text-indent:-10px"><B>TOTAL</B></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">7,892,096</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="center">NA (3)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="center">NA (3)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">5,112.35</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(1)</TD>
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    <TD width="96%">Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;429, the prospectus relating to this registration
statement shall also be deemed to relate to shares previously registered
on Form S-8 registration statements, File Nos. 333-85637 and 333-107334.
No plan interests are being registered pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416 (c)&nbsp;under
the Securities Act of 1933. Includes associated Preferred Share
Purchase Rights.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="96%">Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee,
pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(c), on the basis of the average of the high and low
sale prices of the Common Stock as reported on the New York Stock
Exchange on August&nbsp;19, 2004.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(3)</TD>
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    <TD width="96%">No filing fee is due since all of the shares to be issued under the
Amended and Restated 2003 Stock Plan were previously registered by
registration statements filed on Form S-8, as described in the
&#147;Explanatory Note,&#148; below.</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">EXPLANATORY NOTE



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On May&nbsp;27, 2004, the Company&#146;s stockholders approved the Sybase,
Inc. Amended and Restated 2003 Stock Plan (&#147;Amended 2003 Plan&#148;).
Under the terms of the Amended 2003 Plan, the Company may issue up to
4,892,096 shares previously registered and available for future grant
as of March&nbsp;25, 2004 (&#147;Plan Adoption Date&#148;) under the Company&#146;s 2003
Stock Plan (&#147;2003 Plan&#148;), 1996 Stock Plan, as amended (&#147;1996 Plan&#148;),
and 1999 Nonstatutory Stock Plan, as amended (&#147;1999 Plan&#148;), pursuant
to awards under the Amended 2003 Plan. As of the Plan Adoption Date,
there were: (i)&nbsp;2,500,000 shares available for grant under the 2003
Plan that were previously registered by a registration statement on
Form S-8, File No.&nbsp;333-107334 filed July&nbsp;25, 2003; (ii)&nbsp;1,836,351
shares available for grant under the 1996 Plan that were previously
registered by a registration statement on Form S-8, File No.
333-63360 filed June&nbsp;19, 2001; and (iii)&nbsp;555,745 shares available for
grant under the 1999 Plan that were previously registered by a
registration statement on Form S-8, File No.&nbsp;333-85637 filed August
20, 1999 (collectively referred to herein as &#147;Previously Registered
Shares&#148;). All of the Previously Registered Shares are being
deregistered from the above-referenced registration statements
pursuant to post-effective amendments to such registration statements
filed on or about the date hereof.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to Instruction E to Form S-8 and the telephonic
interpretation contained in the Securities and Exchange Commission&#146;s
Division of Corporation Finance&#146;s Manual of Publicly Available
Telephone Interpretations dated July&nbsp;1997 (see G. Securities Act
Forms, number 89), the Previously Registered Shares are being carried
forward to, and deemed covered by, this registration statement on
Form S-8 filed in connection with the Amended 2003 Plan and the 1999
Plan. No filing fees are payable with respect to these Previously
Registered Shares since such fees were previously paid.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Under the terms of the Amended 2003 Plan, in addition to the
Previously Registered Shares, any shares issuable pursuant to awards
granted and outstanding under the 1996 Plan, the 1999 Plan, the
Company&#146;s 1992 Director Option Plan (registered by registration
statements on Form S-8, File Nos. 33-21935, 33-66180, and 33-49754),
and the Company&#146;s 2001 Director Option Plan (registered by a
registration statement on Form S-8, File No.&nbsp;333-63360) that are
forfeited or cancelled after the Plan Adoption Date or expire without
delivery of shares also shall be made available for grant under the
Amended 2003 Plan. The Company intends to file additional
registration statements on Form S-8 from time to time in the future
to register such additional shares.


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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">SYBASE, INC.<BR>
REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">PART II



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



<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;There are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement
the following documents and information heretofore filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission:


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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">1.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended December&nbsp;31, 2003, and Amendment No.&nbsp;1 on Form 10-K/A, filed
pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;).</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">2.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Forms 10-Q for the quarters
ended March&nbsp;31 and June&nbsp;30, 2004 filed pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 of the
Exchange Act.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">3.</TD>
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    <TD>The description of the Company&#146;s Common Stock contained in
the Company&#146;s Form 8-A (File No.&nbsp;0-19395), as amended, as declared
effective by the Commission on August&nbsp;13, 1991.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">4.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The description of the Company&#146;s Preferred Share Purchase
Plan and Series&nbsp;A Participating Preferred Stock filed as Exhibits 1,
2 and 3 to the Company&#146;s Form 8-A/A filed with the Commission on
November&nbsp;14, 1996.</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14
and 15(d) of the Exchange Act on or after the filing date of this Registration
Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates
that all securities offered have been sold, or which deregisters all securities
then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such
documents.


<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.


<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;Not applicable.


<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;Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General Corporation law authorizes a court to
award, or a corporation&#146;s Board of Directors to grant, indemnity to directors
and officers in terms sufficiently broad to permit such indemnification under
certain circumstances for liabilities (including reimbursement for expenses
incurred) arising under the Securities Act of 1933 (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;).
Article&nbsp;TENTH of the Registrant&#146;s Certificate of Incorporation and Article&nbsp;VI
of the Bylaws of the Registrant provide for the indemnification of certain
agents to the maximum extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law.
Persons covered by these indemnification provisions include current and former
directors, officers, employees and other agents of the Registrant, as well as
persons who serve at the request of the Registrant as directors, officers,
employees or agents of another enterprise. In addition, the Registrant


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">has entered into agreements with its officers and directors that require the
Registrant to indemnify its officers and directors to the maximum extent
allowed under Delaware law.


<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

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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sybase, Inc. 1999 Nonstatutory Stock Plan, as amended</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of counsel as to legality of securities being registered</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of counsel</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
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<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 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="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 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 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;H.&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


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">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">SIGNATURES


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Dublin, State of California, on August&nbsp;25, 2004.


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    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left">SYBASE, INC.</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">By:
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">/S/ TERESA D. CHUH</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Teresa D. Chuh<BR>
Vice President, Associate General Counsel
and Assistant Secretary</TD>
</TR>

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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">POWER OF ATTORNEY



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints John S. Chen, Pieter Van der Vorst and
Teresa D. Chuh, jointly and severally, his or her attorneys-in-fact, each with
the power of substitution, for him or her in any and all capacities, to sign
any amendment to this Registration Statement on Form S-8 and to file the same,
with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that
each of said attorneys-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, may do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.

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    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Signature</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Date</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
</TR>


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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/S/ JOHN S. CHEN<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
(John S. Chen)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Chairman of the Board,
President, Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer),
and Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August 25, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/S/ PIETER VAN DER VORST<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
(Pieter Van der Vorst)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August 25, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/S/JEFFREY G. ROSS<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
(Jeffrey G. Ross)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Vice President and
Corporate Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August 25, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/S/ RICHARD C. ALBERDING<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
(Richard C. Alberding)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August 25, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/S/ CECILIA CLAUDIO<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
(Cecilia Claudio)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August 25, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/S/ L. WILLIAM KRAUSE<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
(L. William Krause)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August 25, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/S/ ALAN B. SALISBURY<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
(Alan B. Salisbury)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August 25, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/S/ JACK E. SUM<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
(Jack E. Sum)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August 25, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/S/ ROBERT P. WAYMAN<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
(Robert P. Wayman)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August 25, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/S/ LINDA K. YATES<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
(Linda K. Yates)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August 25, 2004</TD>
</TR>


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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">SYBASE, INC.<BR>
REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">EXHIBIT INDEX


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    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>&nbsp;</B></TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Number</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Description</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
</TR>


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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sybase, Inc. 1999 Nonstatutory Stock Plan, as amended</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sybase, Inc. Amended and Restated 2003 Stock Plan</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of counsel as to legality of securities being registered</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2 (1)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of counsel</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1 (2)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney</TD>
</TR>


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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>See Exhibit&nbsp;5.1</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>See page II-4 of this Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8</TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 25, 2004
Registration No. 333-______
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
SYBASE, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE
94-2951005
(State of incorporation)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
One Sybase Drive
Dublin, California 94568
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
1999 NONSTATUTORY STOCK PLAN
AMENDED AND RESTATED 2003 STOCK PLAN
(Full title of the plans)
Daniel R. Carl
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
SYBASE, INC.
One Sybase Drive
Dublin, California 94568
(Name and address of agent for service)
(925) 236-5000
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of
Amount
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Amount of
Securities to be
to be
Offering Price Per
Aggregate Offering
Registration
Registered
Registered (1)
Share (2)
Price (2)
Fee
Common Stock, $.001 par value,
issuable under the Sybase, Inc.
1999 Nonstatutory Stock Plan (1)
3,000,000
$
13.45
$
40,350,000
$
5,112.35
Common Stock, $.001 par value,
issuable under the Sybase, Inc.
Amended and Restated
2003 Stock Plan (1)(3)
4,892,096
NA (3)
NA (3)
NA (3)
TOTAL
7,892,096
NA (3)
NA (3)
$
5,112.35
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 429, the prospectus relating to this registration
statement shall also be deemed to relate to shares previously registered
on Form S-8 registration statements, File Nos. 333-85637 and 333-107334.
No plan interests are being registered pursuant to Rule 416 (c) under
the Securities Act of 1933. Includes associated Preferred Share
Purchase Rights.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee,
pursuant to Rule 457(c), on the basis of the average of the high and low
sale prices of the Common Stock as reported on the New York Stock
Exchange on August 19, 2004.
(3)
No filing fee is due since all of the shares to be issued under the
Amended and Restated 2003 Stock Plan were previously registered by
registration statements filed on Form S-8, as described in the
"Explanatory Note," below.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
On May 27, 2004, the Company's stockholders approved the Sybase,
Inc. Amended and Restated 2003 Stock Plan ("Amended 2003 Plan").
Under the terms of the Amended 2003 Plan, the Company may issue up to
4,892,096 shares previously registered and available for future grant
as of March 25, 2004 ("Plan Adoption Date") under the Company's 2003
Stock Plan ("2003 Plan"), 1996 Stock Plan, as amended ("1996 Plan"),
and 1999 Nonstatutory Stock Plan, as amended ("1999 Plan"), pursuant
to awards under the Amended 2003 Plan. As of the Plan Adoption Date,
there were: (i) 2,500,000 shares available for grant under the 2003
Plan that were previously registered by a registration statement on
Form S-8, File No. 333-107334 filed July 25, 2003; (ii) 1,836,351
shares available for grant under the 1996 Plan that were previously
registered by a registration statement on Form S-8, File No.
333-63360 filed June 19, 2001; and (iii) 555,745 shares available for
grant under the 1999 Plan that were previously registered by a
registration statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-85637 filed August
20, 1999 (collectively referred to herein as "Previously Registered
Shares"). All of the Previously Registered Shares are being
deregistered from the above-referenced registration statements
pursuant to post-effective amendments to such registration statements
filed on or about the date hereof.
Pursuant to Instruction E to Form S-8 and the telephonic
interpretation contained in the Securities and Exchange Commission's
Division of Corporation Finance's Manual of Publicly Available
Telephone Interpretations dated July 1997 (see G. Securities Act
Forms, number 89), the Previously Registered Shares are being carried
forward to, and deemed covered by, this registration statement on
Form S-8 filed in connection with the Amended 2003 Plan and the 1999
Plan. No filing fees are payable with respect to these Previously
Registered Shares since such fees were previously paid.
Under the terms of the Amended 2003 Plan, in addition to the
Previously Registered Shares, any shares issuable pursuant to awards
granted and outstanding under the 1996 Plan, the 1999 Plan, the
Company's 1992 Director Option Plan (registered by registration
statements on Form S-8, File Nos. 33-21935, 33-66180, and 33-49754),
and the Company's 2001 Director Option Plan (registered by a
registration statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-63360) that are
forfeited or cancelled after the Plan Adoption Date or expire without
delivery of shares also shall be made available for grant under the
Amended 2003 Plan. The Company intends to file additional
registration statements on Form S-8 from time to time in the future
to register such additional shares.
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SYBASE, INC.
REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
There are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement
the following documents and information heretofore filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission:
1.
The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2003, and Amendment No. 1 on Form 10-K/A, filed
pursuant to Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the "Exchange Act").
2.
The Company's Quarterly Report on Forms 10-Q for the quarters
ended March 31 and June 30, 2004 filed pursuant to Section 13 of the
Exchange Act.
3.
The description of the Company's Common Stock contained in
the Company's Form 8-A (File No. 0-19395), as amended, as declared
effective by the Commission on August 13, 1991.
4.
The description of the Company's Preferred Share Purchase
Plan and Series A Participating Preferred Stock filed as Exhibits 1,
2 and 3 to the Company's Form 8-A/A filed with the Commission on
November 14, 1996.
All documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14
and 15(d) of the Exchange Act on or after the filing date of this Registration
Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates
that all securities offered have been sold, or which deregisters all securities
then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such
documents.
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 authorizes a court to
award, or a corporation's Board of Directors to grant, indemnity to directors
and officers in terms sufficiently broad to permit such indemnification under
certain circumstances for liabilities (including reimbursement for expenses
incurred) arising under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act").
Article TENTH of the Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation and Article VI
of the Bylaws of the Registrant provide for the indemnification of certain
agents to the maximum extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law.
Persons covered by these indemnification provisions include current and former
directors, officers, employees and other agents of the Registrant, as well as
persons who serve at the request of the Registrant as directors, officers,
employees or agents of another enterprise. In addition, the Registrant
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has entered into agreements with its officers and directors that require the
Registrant to indemnify its officers and directors to the maximum extent
allowed under Delaware law.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
Sybase, Inc. 1999 Nonstatutory Stock Plan, as amended
4.2
Sybase, Inc. Amended and Restated 2003 Stock Plan
5.1
Opinion of counsel as to legality of securities being registered
23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
23.2
Consent of counsel
24.1
Power of Attorney
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 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.
B. 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 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.
H. 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
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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 of 1933, 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 Dublin, State of California, on August 25, 2004.
SYBASE, INC.
By:
/S/ TERESA D. CHUH
Teresa D. Chuh
Vice President, Associate General Counsel
and Assistant Secretary
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints John S. Chen, Pieter Van der Vorst and
Teresa D. Chuh, jointly and severally, his or her attorneys-in-fact, each with
the power of substitution, for him or her in any and all capacities, to sign
any amendment to this Registration Statement on Form S-8 and to file the same,
with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that
each of said attorneys-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, may do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/S/ JOHN S. CHEN
(John S. Chen)
Chairman of the Board,
President, Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer),
and Director
August 25, 2004
/S/ PIETER VAN DER VORST
(Pieter Van der Vorst)
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
August 25, 2004
/S/JEFFREY G. ROSS
(Jeffrey G. Ross)
Vice President and
Corporate Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
August 25, 2004
/S/ RICHARD C. ALBERDING
(Richard C. Alberding)
Director
August 25, 2004
/S/ CECILIA CLAUDIO
(Cecilia Claudio)
Director
August 25, 2004
/S/ L. WILLIAM KRAUSE
(L. William Krause)
Director
August 25, 2004
/S/ ALAN B. SALISBURY
(Alan B. Salisbury)
Director
August 25, 2004
/S/ JACK E. SUM
(Jack E. Sum)
Director
August 25, 2004
/S/ ROBERT P. WAYMAN
(Robert P. Wayman)
Director
August 25, 2004
/S/ LINDA K. YATES
(Linda K. Yates)
Director
August 25, 2004
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SYBASE, INC.
REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
Sybase, Inc. 1999 Nonstatutory Stock Plan, as amended
4.2
Sybase, Inc. Amended and Restated 2003 Stock Plan
5.1
Opinion of counsel as to legality of securities being registered
23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
23.2 (1)
Consent of counsel
24.1 (2)
Power of Attorney
(1)
See Exhibit 5.1
(2)
See page II-4 of this Registration Statement on Form S-8
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