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



<div align="right" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Registration No. </B><u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u></div>



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 14pt"><B>UNITED STATES 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>

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


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<P align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>webMethods, Inc.</B>



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

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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>54-1807654</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or other jurisdiction of
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">(I.R.S. Employer</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>3877 Fairfax Ridge Road, South Tower<BR>
Fairfax, Virginia 22030</B>



<div align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Address of principal executive offices)</div>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>webMethods, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan for Directors</B>



<div align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Full title of the Plan(s))</div>


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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>David Mitchell<BR>
President and Chief Executive Officer<BR>
webMethods, Inc.<BR>
3877 Fairfax Ridge Road, South Tower<BR>
Fairfax, Virginia 22030</B>



<div align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Name and address of agent for service)</div>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>703.460.2500</B>



<div align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</div>


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


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    <TD nowrap align="left">Title of Securities to be Registered</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">be registered(1)</TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, par value $0.01
per share, issuable under the
webMethods, Inc. Deferred
Compensation Plan for
Directors, as amended(3)(4)</DIV></TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">200,000 shares</TD>
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    <TD align="center" colspan="2" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$5.945</TD>
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    <TD align="center" colspan="3" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$1,189,000</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" colspan="3" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$139.95</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="96%">Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;),
this Registration Statement includes an indeterminate number of additional shares and
related preferred stock purchase rights which may be offered and issued by the Registrant
to prevent dilution from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.</TD>
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<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="96%">Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee. Pursuant to Rule 457(c)
and Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act, the proposed maximum offering price per share and the proposed maximum
aggregate offering price have been determined on the basis of the average of the high and low
prices reported on the Nasdaq National Market on July&nbsp;15, 2005.</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="96%">Including the related preferred stock purchase rights pursuant to the Rights Agreement, dated as of
October&nbsp;18, 2001, between webMethods, Inc. (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) and American Stock Transfer &#038; Trust Company
as Rights Agent.</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(4)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="96%">The obligations under the webMethods, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan for Directors, as amended,
are unfunded, unsecured obligations of the Registrant to pay benefits in the future as determined
thereunder, which are secured by participating eligible directors.</TD>
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<B>PART I</B>

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

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">
<B>SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS</B>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The information required by Part I is included in the documents
sent or given to participants in the webMethods, Inc. Deferred
Compensation Plan for Directors, as amended, pursuant to
Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the &#147;Securities Act&#148;).

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<B>PART II</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">
<B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE</B>
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<B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">
<B><I>Item 3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Incorporation of
Documents by Reference.</I></B>

<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The Registrant is subject to the informational and reporting
requirements of Sections&nbsp;13(a), 14 and 15(d) of the
Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
&#147;Exchange Act&#148;), and in accordance therewith files
reports, proxy statements and other information with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;).
The following documents, which are on file with the Commission,
are incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference:

<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal
year ended March&nbsp;31, 2005, filed on June&nbsp;14, 2005,
pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act,
which contains audited financial statements for the
Registrant&#146;s latest fiscal year.

<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the description of
the Registrant&#146;s common stock contained in the
Registrant&#146;s registration statement on Form&nbsp;8-A, filed
with the Commission under Section&nbsp;12 of the Exchange Act on
February&nbsp;10, 2000, including any amendment or report filed
for the purpose of updating such description.

<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
c.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The description of
the Registrant&#146;s preferred stock purchase rights contained
in the Registrant&#146;s registration statement on
Form&nbsp;8-A, filed with the Commission under Section&nbsp;12
of the Exchange Act on November&nbsp;13, 2001, including any
amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such
description.

<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to
Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act
after the date of this Registration Statement, and prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all
securities offered hereby have been sold or which de-registers
all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to
be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any
statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified
or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the
extent that a statement contained herein or in any other
subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such
statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be
deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a
part of this Registration Statement.

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

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

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B><I>Item 5. Interests of
Named Experts and Counsel.</I></B>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Morrison
&#38; Foerster LLP is outside counsel for the Registrant and will
pass upon the validity of the shares offered under the Deferred
Compensation Plan. Jack L. Lewis, who is a member of Morrison &#38;
Foerster LLP, serves as a member of the Registrant&#146;s Board of
Directors. Mr. Lewis beneficially owns 195,837 shares of the
Registrant&#146;s common stock (including  options exercisable within
60 days). As a member of the Registrant&#146;s Board of Directors,
Mr. Lewis is eligible to participate in the Deferred Compensation
Plan.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B><I>Item 6. Indemnification
of Directors and Officers.</I></B>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section
102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law enables a Delaware
corporation to provide in its certificate of incorporation for the
elimination or limitation of the personal liability of a director to
the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach
of fiduciary duty as a director. Any such provision cannot eliminate
or limit a director&#146;s liability: (1) for any breach of the
director&#146;s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its
stockholders; (2) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which
involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law; (3)
under Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (which
imposes liability on directors for unlawful payment of dividends or
unlawful stock purchase or redemption); or (4) for any transaction
from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. Article
VII of the Registrant&#146;s Fifth amended and Restated Certificate
of Incorporation, as amended (the &#147;Charter&#148;), eliminates
the personal liability of each of the Registrant&#146;s directors to
the Registrant and its stockholders for monetary damages for breach
of fiduciary duty as a director to the full extent permitted by
Delaware Law.

<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Article
Six of the Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated Bylaws provides for
the indemnification of officers, directors and third parties acting
on behalf of the Registrant if such person acted in god faith and in
a manner reasonably believed to be in and not opposed to the best
interest of the Registrant, and, with respect to any criminal action
or proceeding, the indemnified party had no reason to believe his
conduct was unlawful.

<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section
145 of the Delaware Corporation Law provides that a corporation has
the power to indemnify a director, officer, employee or agent of the
corporation and certain other persons serving at the request of the
corporation in related capacities against amounts paid and expenses
incurred in connection with an action or proceeding to which he is or
is threatened to be made a party by reason of such position, if such
person shall have acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably
believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation and, in any criminal proceeding, if such person had no
reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful; provided that,
in the case of actions brought by or in the right of the corporation,
no indemnification shall be made with respect to any matter as to
which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the
corporation unless and only to the extent that the adjudicating court
determines that such indemnification is proper under the
circumstances.

<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In
addition to the indemnification provided in the Registrant&#146;s
Charter and the Amended and Restated Bylaws and by Delaware law, the
Registrant has entered into indemnification agreements with its
directors and executive officers to provide additional contractual
assurances regarding the scope of indemnification and to provide
additional procedural protections.

<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
Registrant also carries insurance policies that cover its individual
directors and officers for legal liability and which would pay on
their behalf for expenses of indemnifying them in accordance with the
Charter, Amended and Restated Bylaws and Delaware law.

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



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


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



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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">4.1</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>webMethods, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan for Directors, as amended (filed as
Exhibit&nbsp;10.9 to the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K filed with the Commission
on June&nbsp;14, 2005 (Commission File No.&nbsp;001-15681) and incorporated herein by this
reference)</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">5.1</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Opinion of Morrison &#038; Foerster LLP</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">23.1</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Consent of Morrison &#038; Foerster LLP (contained in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
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    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">23.2</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP</TD>
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    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">24.1</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Power of Attorney (included on signature page hereof)</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B><I>Item&nbsp; 9.&nbsp;
Undertakings.</I></B>



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    <TD>(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Registrant hereby undertakes:</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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 this Registration Statement or
any material change to such information in this Registration Statement;



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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 <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof; and



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; to remove from registration by means of 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;(2)&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&nbsp;13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee
benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated
by reference in this 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 <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&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
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 the expenses incurred or paid by a director, office
or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding)
is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities
being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been
settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question
whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act
and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.




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



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, the Registrant, webMethods, Inc., 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 Fairfax, Virginia on July 15, 2005.


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    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>WEBMETHODS, INC.</B><BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ DAVID MITCHELL
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">David Mitchell&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">President and Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>




<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints David Mitchell and
Mark L. Wabschall, and each of them, as attorneys-in-fact, each with the power of substitution,
for him in any and all capacities, to sign any amendment to this Registration Statement and to
file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Commission, granting to said attorneys-in-fact, full power and authority to do and perform each
and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to
all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming the
said attorney-in-fact or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully 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, this Registration Statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

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    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="14%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Signature</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Title</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Date</TD>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ DAVID MITCHELL
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
David Mitchell</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July 15, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ MARK L. WABSCHALL
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Mark L. Wabschall</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Senior Vice President, Finance Chief Accounting
Officer (principal accounting and financial officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July 15, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ JAMES P. GAUER
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
James P. Gauer</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July 15, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ R. JAMES GREEN
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
R. James Green</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July 15, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
William A. Halter</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ JERRY J. JASINOWSKI
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Jerry J. Jasinowski</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July 15, 2005</TD>
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    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="14%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Signature</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Title</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Date</TD>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Jack L. Lewis</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ VINCENT J. MULLARKEY
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Vincent J. Mullarkey</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July 15, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ GENE RIECHERS
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Gene Riechers</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July 15, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ WILLIAM V. RUSSELL
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
William V. Russell</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Non-Executive Chairman of the Board and Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July 15, 2005</TD>
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<B>INDEX TO EXHIBITS</B>

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    <TD align="left" nowrap><B><FONT size="2">Exhibit</FONT></B></TD>
    <TD></TD>
    <TD></TD>
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    <TD align="left" nowrap><B><FONT size="2">Number</FONT></B></TD>
    <TD></TD>
    <TD align="left" nowrap><B><FONT size="2">Document</FONT></B></TD>
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    <DIV style="margin-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px">
    <FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.1&nbsp;</FONT></DIV>
    </TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
    <FONT size="2">webMethods, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan for
    Directors, as amended (filed as Exhibit 10.9 to the
    Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K filed with the
    Commission on June&nbsp;14, 2005 (Commission File<br>
    No.&nbsp;001-15681) and incorporated herein by this reference)
    </FONT></TD>
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    <DIV style="margin-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px">
    <FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.1&nbsp;</FONT></DIV>
    </TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
    <FONT size="2">Opinion of Morrison &#38; Foerster LLP
    </FONT></TD>
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    <DIV style="margin-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px">
    <FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;23.1
    </FONT></DIV>
    </TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
    <FONT size="2">Consent of Morrision &#38; Foerster LLP
    (contained in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)
    </FONT></TD>
</TR>

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    <DIV style="margin-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px">
    <FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;23.2
    </FONT></DIV>
    </TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
    <FONT size="2">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
    </FONT></TD>
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    <FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;24.1
    </FONT></DIV>
    </TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
    <FONT size="2">Power of Attorney (included on signature page
    hereof)
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 19, 2005
Registration No.
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
webMethods, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
54-1807654
(State or other jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or organization)
Identification No.)
3877 Fairfax Ridge Road, South Tower
Fairfax, Virginia 22030
(Address of principal executive offices)
webMethods, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan for Directors
(Full title of the Plan(s))
David Mitchell
President and Chief Executive Officer
webMethods, Inc.
3877 Fairfax Ridge Road, South Tower
Fairfax, Virginia 22030
(Name and address of agent for service)
703.460.2500
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed maximum
Proposed maximum
Amount to
offering price
aggregate offering
Amount of
Title of Securities to be Registered
be registered(1)
per share(2)
price(2)
registration fee
Common Stock, par value $0.01
per share, issuable under the
webMethods, Inc. Deferred
Compensation Plan for
Directors, as amended(3)(4)
200,000 shares
$5.945
$1,189,000
$139.95
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"),
this Registration Statement includes an indeterminate number of additional shares and
related preferred stock purchase rights which may be offered and issued by the Registrant
to prevent dilution from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee. Pursuant to Rule 457(c)
and Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act, the proposed maximum offering price per share and the proposed maximum
aggregate offering price have been determined on the basis of the average of the high and low
prices reported on the Nasdaq National Market on July 15, 2005.
(3)
Including the related preferred stock purchase rights pursuant to the Rights Agreement, dated as of
October 18, 2001, between webMethods, Inc. (the "Registrant") and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company
as Rights Agent.
(4)
The obligations under the webMethods, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan for Directors, as amended,
are unfunded, unsecured obligations of the Registrant to pay benefits in the future as determined
thereunder, which are secured by participating eligible directors.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE
SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS
The information required by Part I is included in the documents
sent or given to participants in the webMethods, Inc. Deferred
Compensation Plan for Directors, as amended, pursuant to
Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "Securities Act").
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.     Incorporation of
Documents by Reference.
The Registrant is subject to the informational and reporting
requirements of Sections 13(a), 14 and 15(d) of the
Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"Exchange Act"), and in accordance therewith files
reports, proxy statements and other information with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission").
The following documents, which are on file with the Commission,
are incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference:
a.       The
Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended March 31, 2005, filed on June 14, 2005,
pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act,
which contains audited financial statements for the
Registrant's latest fiscal year.
b.       the description of
the Registrant's common stock contained in the
Registrant's registration statement on Form 8-A, filed
with the Commission under Section 12 of the Exchange Act on
February 10, 2000, including any amendment or report filed
for the purpose of updating such description.
c.       The description of
the Registrant's preferred stock purchase rights contained
in the Registrant's registration statement on
Form 8-A, filed with the Commission under Section 12
of the Exchange Act on November 13, 2001, including any
amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such
description.
All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to
Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act
after the date of this Registration Statement, and prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all
securities offered hereby have been sold or which de-registers
all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to
be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any
statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified
or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the
extent that a statement contained herein or in any other
subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such
statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be
deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a
part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4.     Description of
Securities.
Not applicable.
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Item 5. Interests of
Named Experts and Counsel.
Morrison
& Foerster LLP is outside counsel for the Registrant and will
pass upon the validity of the shares offered under the Deferred
Compensation Plan. Jack L. Lewis, who is a member of Morrison &
Foerster LLP, serves as a member of the Registrant's Board of
Directors. Mr. Lewis beneficially owns 195,837 shares of the
Registrant's common stock (including  options exercisable within
60 days). As a member of the Registrant's Board of Directors,
Mr. Lewis is eligible to participate in the Deferred Compensation
Plan.
Item 6. Indemnification
of Directors and Officers.
Section
102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law enables a Delaware
corporation to provide in its certificate of incorporation for the
elimination or limitation of the personal liability of a director to
the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach
of fiduciary duty as a director. Any such provision cannot eliminate
or limit a director's liability: (1) for any breach of the
director's duty of loyalty to the corporation or its
stockholders; (2) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which
involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law; (3)
under Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (which
imposes liability on directors for unlawful payment of dividends or
unlawful stock purchase or redemption); or (4) for any transaction
from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. Article
VII of the Registrant's Fifth amended and Restated Certificate
of Incorporation, as amended (the "Charter"), eliminates
the personal liability of each of the Registrant's directors to
the Registrant and its stockholders for monetary damages for breach
of fiduciary duty as a director to the full extent permitted by
Delaware Law.
Article
Six of the Registrant's Amended and Restated Bylaws provides for
the indemnification of officers, directors and third parties acting
on behalf of the Registrant if such person acted in god faith and in
a manner reasonably believed to be in and not opposed to the best
interest of the Registrant, and, with respect to any criminal action
or proceeding, the indemnified party had no reason to believe his
conduct was unlawful.
Section
145 of the Delaware Corporation Law provides that a corporation has
the power to indemnify a director, officer, employee or agent of the
corporation and certain other persons serving at the request of the
corporation in related capacities against amounts paid and expenses
incurred in connection with an action or proceeding to which he is or
is threatened to be made a party by reason of such position, if such
person shall have acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably
believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation and, in any criminal proceeding, if such person had no
reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful; provided that,
in the case of actions brought by or in the right of the corporation,
no indemnification shall be made with respect to any matter as to
which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the
corporation unless and only to the extent that the adjudicating court
determines that such indemnification is proper under the
circumstances.
In
addition to the indemnification provided in the Registrant's
Charter and the Amended and Restated Bylaws and by Delaware law, the
Registrant has entered into indemnification agreements with its
directors and executive officers to provide additional contractual
assurances regarding the scope of indemnification and to provide
additional procedural protections.
The
Registrant also carries insurance policies that cover its individual
directors and officers for legal liability and which would pay on
their behalf for expenses of indemnifying them in accordance with the
Charter, Amended and Restated Bylaws and Delaware law.
3
Item  7.  Exemption From Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item  8. 
Exhibits.
4.1
webMethods, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan for Directors, as amended (filed as
Exhibit 10.9 to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Commission
on June 14, 2005 (Commission File No. 001-15681) and incorporated herein by this
reference)
5.1
Opinion of Morrison & Foerster LLP
23.1
Consent of Morrison & Foerster LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page hereof)
Item  9. 
Undertakings.
(1)      The Registrant hereby undertakes:
(a)      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 this Registration Statement or
any material change to such information in this Registration Statement;
(b)      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; and
(c)      to remove from registration by means of post-effective amendment any of
the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(2)     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 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 this 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.
(3)     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
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 the expenses incurred or paid by a director, office
or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding)
is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities
being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been
settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question
whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act
and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, the Registrant, webMethods, Inc., 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 Fairfax, Virginia on July 15, 2005.
WEBMETHODS, INC.
By:
/s/ DAVID MITCHELL
David Mitchell
President and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints David Mitchell and
Mark L. Wabschall, and each of them, as attorneys-in-fact, each with the power of substitution,
for him in any and all capacities, to sign any amendment to this Registration Statement and to
file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Commission, granting to said attorneys-in-fact, full power and authority to do and perform each
and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to
all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming the
said attorney-in-fact or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ DAVID MITCHELL
David Mitchell
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
July 15, 2005
/s/ MARK L. WABSCHALL
Mark L. Wabschall
Senior Vice President, Finance Chief Accounting
Officer (principal accounting and financial officer)
July 15, 2005
/s/ JAMES P. GAUER
James P. Gauer
Director
July 15, 2005
/s/ R. JAMES GREEN
R. James Green
Director
July 15, 2005
William A. Halter
Director
/s/ JERRY J. JASINOWSKI
Jerry J. Jasinowski
Director
July 15, 2005
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Signature
Title
Date
Jack L. Lewis
Director
/s/ VINCENT J. MULLARKEY
Vincent J. Mullarkey
Director
July 15, 2005
/s/ GENE RIECHERS
Gene Riechers
Director
July 15, 2005
/s/ WILLIAM V. RUSSELL
William V. Russell
Non-Executive Chairman of the Board and Director
July 15, 2005
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
Document
4.1
webMethods, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan for
    Directors, as amended (filed as Exhibit 10.9 to the
    Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the
    Commission on June 14, 2005 (Commission File
No. 001-15681) and incorporated herein by this reference)
5.1
Opinion of Morrison & Foerster LLP
23.1
Consent of Morrision & Foerster LLP
    (contained in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page
    hereof)
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