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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 15, 2009</DIV>


<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333- <U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
<i>Under The Securities Act of 1933</i></B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>INFORMATICA CORPORATION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)</B></DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>77-0333710</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>100 Cardinal Way, Redwood City, California 94063</B>
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<B>(Address, including zip code, of Principal Executive Offices)</B></DIV>


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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>2009 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN<BR>
EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN</B></DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>(Full title of the plan)</B></DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Sohaib Abbasi<BR>
President and Chief Executive Officer<BR>
Informatica Corporation<BR>
100 Cardinal Way<BR>
Redwood City, California 94063<BR>
(650)&nbsp;385-5000</B></DIV>

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<B>(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</B></DIV>


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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><I>Copy to:</I><BR>
<B>Jose F. Macias, Esq.<BR>
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich &#038; Rosati<BR>
Professional Corporation<BR>
650 Page Mill Road<BR>
Palo Alto, CA 94304-1050</B></DIV>

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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 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.
(Check one):
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Large accelerated filer <FONT face="Wingdings">&#254;</FONT>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Accelerated filer <FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>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>Amount of</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title of Securities to</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Amount to be</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Offering Price</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Aggregate Offering</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>be Registered</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Registered (1)</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Per Share</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Price</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, par
value $0.001 per
share, reserved under
the 2009 Equity
Incentive Plan (the
&#147;Plan&#148;)</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">9,000,000</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">15.27</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</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 nowrap align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">137,430,000</TD>
    <TD nowrap style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">(2)</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">7,668.59</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, par
value $0.001 per
share, reserved under
the Employee Stock
Purchase Plan (the
&#147;ESPP&#148;)</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">8,850,000</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">12.98</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</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 nowrap align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">114,873,000</TD>
    <TD nowrap style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">(3)</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">6,409.91</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"><B>Total</B></DIV></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 style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">17,850,000</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</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 style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</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="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">252,303,000</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">14,078.50</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>This Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of the Registrant&#146;s
Common Stock that become issuable under the Plan or the ESPP by reason of any dividend, stock
split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without receipt of consideration that
increases the number of shares of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock outstanding.</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Computed in accordance with Rules&nbsp;457(h)(1) and 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933.
The proposed maximum offering price per share of $15.27 was computed by averaging the high and low
prices of a share of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock as reported on the Nasdaq Global Select Market
on May&nbsp;12, 2009.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The proposed maximum offering price per share of $12.98 was determined by discounting the
offering price per share as computed in footnote (2)&nbsp;above by 15%, in accordance with the terms of
the ESPP.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART I</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#001">Item&nbsp;1. Plan Information</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;2. Registration Information and Employee Plan Annual Information</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#003">PART II</A></TD></TR>
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<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities</A></TD></TR>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#011">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>INFORMATICA CORPORATION<BR>
REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INTRODUCTION</B>

</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is filed by Informatica Corporation, a Delaware
corporation (the &#147;Registrant&#148;), relating to (i)&nbsp;the 9,000,000 shares of its common stock, par value
$0.001 per share (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;), reserved for issuance under the Registrant&#146;s 2009 Equity
Incentive Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;) as provided in the Plan, and (ii)&nbsp;the 8,850,000 shares of Common Stock
reserved for issuance under the Registrant&#146;s Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the &#147;ESPP&#148;) as provided
in the ESPP.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART I</B>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE PROSPECTUS</B>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;1. Plan Information.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The documents containing the information specified in this Item&nbsp;1 will be sent or given to
employees, officers, directors or others as specified by Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1). In accordance with the
rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) and the
instructions to Form S-8, such documents are not being filed with the Commission either as part of
this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;2. Registration Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The documents containing the information specified in this Item&nbsp;2 will be sent or given to
employees, officers, directors or others as specified by Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1). In accordance with the
rules and regulations of the Commission and the instructions to Form S-8, such documents are not
being filed with the Commission either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or
prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B></DIV>


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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents and information previously filed with the Commission by the Registrant
are hereby incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:
</DIV>

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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">1.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2008,
filed with the Commission on February&nbsp;26, 2009 pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;).</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">2.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2009,
filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;7, 2009 pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">3.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The description of Registrant&#146;s Common Stock contained in the Registrant&#146;s Registration
Statement on Form 8-A dated April&nbsp;26, 1999, as amended on November&nbsp;6, 2001, filed pursuant
to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act.</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
Exchange Act after the date hereof, and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which
indicates that all securities offered hereunder have been sold or which deregisters all securities
then remaining unsold under this registration statement, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&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;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As of May&nbsp;11, 2009, Mark A. Bertelsen, a member of the law firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich &#038;
Rosati (&#147;WSGR&#148;) and a director of the Registrant, holds 12,000 shares of the Registrant&#146;s Common
Stock, options to purchase 125,000 shares of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock and 8,333 restricted
stock units of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock. WSGR is giving an opinion upon the validity of the
shares being registered.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Under Section&nbsp;145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, the Registrant has
broad powers to indemnify its directors and officers against liabilities they may incur in such
capacities, including liabilities under the Securities Act. The Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated
Bylaws also provide for mandatory indemnification of its directors, executive officers, employees
and agents, to the fullest extent permissible under Delaware law.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that the liability
of its directors for monetary damages shall be eliminated to the fullest extent permissible under
Delaware law. Pursuant to Delaware law, this includes elimination of liability for monetary damages
for breach of the directors&#146; fiduciary duty of care to the Registrant and its stockholders. These
provisions do not eliminate the directors&#146; duty of care and, in appropriate circumstances,
equitable remedies such as injunctive or other forms of non-monetary relief will remain available
under Delaware law. In addition, each director will continue to be subject to liability for breach
of the director&#146;s duty of loyalty to the Registrant, for acts or omissions not in good faith or
involving intentional misconduct, for knowing violations of law, for any transaction from which the
director derived an improper personal benefit, and for payment of dividends or approval of stock
repurchases or redemptions that are unlawful under Delaware law. The provision also does not affect
a director&#146;s responsibilities under any other laws, such as the securities laws or state or federal
environmental laws. The Registrant maintains a policy of directors&#146; and officers&#146; liability
insurance that insures the Company&#146;s directors and officers against the costs of defense,
settlement or payment of a judgment under certain circumstances.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant has entered into indemnification agreements with its directors and officers
that provide the maximum indemnity allowed to directors and officers by the General Corporation Law
of the State of Delaware and the Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated Bylaws.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B>
</DIV>


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

<DIV align="center">
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    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="88%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Number</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Description of Document</B></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (<I>incorporated by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to Amendment No.&nbsp;1 of the Company&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1 (Commission File No.&nbsp;333-72677) filed
on April&nbsp;8, 1999</I>)</DIV></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation (<I>incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.4 to the Company&#146;s
Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q filed on August&nbsp;14, 2000, Commission File
No.&nbsp;0-25871</I>)</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.3</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Amended and Restated Bylaws (<I>incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.4 to
the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K filed on February&nbsp;28, 2008,
Commission File No.&nbsp;0-25871</I>)</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.4</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">2009 Stock Incentive Plan</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.5</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Employee Stock Purchase Plan (<I>incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.1
to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed on May&nbsp;29, 2008,
Commission File No.&nbsp;0-25871</I>)</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">5.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Opinion of Counsel as to legality of securities being registered</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">23.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">23.2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Counsel (contained in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</DIV></TD>
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    <TD width="88%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Number</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Description of Document</B></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">24.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Power of Attorney (see the signature page to this Registration Statement)</DIV></TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&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:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933 (the
&#147;Securities Act&#148;);
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the
registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or
in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration
statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered
(if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and
any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in
the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the
changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20&nbsp;percent change in the maximum aggregate
offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective
registration statement;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&nbsp;To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in
the registration statement.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
reports filed or furnished by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this registration statement.
</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;(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 (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;(c)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the 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>


<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, 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 Redwood City, State of
California, on May&nbsp;15, 2009.
</DIV>

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    <TD colspan="3" align="left">INFORMATICA CORPORATION<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/     Sohaib Abbasi
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Sohaib Abbasi&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>
</TABLE>

<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;KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints Sohaib Abbasi as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him and on his behalf to sign, execute and file this
Registration Statement and any or all amendments (including, without limitation, post-effective
amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and any
or all documents required to be filed with respect therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission or any regulatory authority, granting unto such attorney-in-fact and agent full power
and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
connection therewith and about the premises in order to effectuate the same as fully to all intents
and purposes as he might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming that
such attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done.
</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, this Registration Statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
</DIV>
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    <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 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="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Sohaib Abbasi
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Sohaib Abbasi
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chief Executive Officer,
President and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May &nbsp;15, 2009</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="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Earl E. Fry
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Earl E. Fry
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chief Financial Officer,
Executive Vice President and
Secretary (Principal Financial
Officer and Principal
Accounting Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May &nbsp;15, 2009</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="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Mark A. Bertelsen
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Mark A. Bertelsen
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May &nbsp;15, 2009</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="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Mark Garrett
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Mark Garrett
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May &nbsp;15, 2009</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="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Gerald Held
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Gerald Held
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May &nbsp;14, 2009</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="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ David W. Pidwell
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
David W. Pidwell
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May &nbsp;15, 2009</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="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Charles J. Robel
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Charles J. Robel
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May&nbsp;12, 2009</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="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ A. Brooke Seawell
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
A. Brooke Seawell
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May &nbsp;15, 2009</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="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Geoff W. Squire, OBE
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Geoff W. Squire, OBE
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May &nbsp;15, 2009</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="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Godfrey R. Sullivan
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Godfrey R. Sullivan
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May &nbsp;13, 2009</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (<I>incorporated by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to Amendment No.&nbsp;1 of the Company&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1 (Commission File No.&nbsp;333-72677) filed
on April&nbsp;8, 1999</I>)</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation (<I>incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.4 to the Company&#146;s
Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q filed on August&nbsp;14, 2000, Commission File
No.&nbsp;0-25871</I>)</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.3</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Amended and Restated Bylaws (<I>incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.4 to
the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K filed on February&nbsp;28, 2008,
Commission File No.&nbsp;0-25871</I>)</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.4</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">2009 Stock Incentive Plan</DIV></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.5</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Employee Stock Purchase Plan (<I>incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.1
to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed on May&nbsp;29, 2008,
Commission File No.&nbsp;0-25871</I>)</DIV></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">5.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Opinion of Counsel as to legality of securities being registered</DIV></TD>
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As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 15, 2009
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under The Securities Act of 1933
INFORMATICA CORPORATION
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
77-0333710
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
100 Cardinal Way, Redwood City, California 94063
(Address, including zip code, of Principal Executive Offices)
2009 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
Sohaib Abbasi
President and Chief Executive Officer
Informatica Corporation
100 Cardinal Way
Redwood City, California 94063
(650) 385-5000
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
Jose F. Macias, Esq.
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Professional Corporation
650 Page Mill Road
Palo Alto, CA 94304-1050
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 definitions of "large accelerated
filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
(Check one):
Large accelerated filer
þ
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
o
Smaller reporting company
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Amount of
Title of Securities to
Amount to be
Offering Price
Aggregate Offering
Registration
be Registered
Registered (1)
Per Share
Price
Fee
Common Stock, par
value $0.001 per
share, reserved under
the 2009 Equity
Incentive Plan (the
"Plan")
9,000,000
$
15.27
$
137,430,000
(2)
$
7,668.59
Common Stock, par
value $0.001 per
share, reserved under
the Employee Stock
Purchase Plan (the
"ESPP")
8,850,000
$
12.98
$
114,873,000
(3)
$
6,409.91
Total
17,850,000
$
252,303,000
$
14,078.50
(1)
This Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of the Registrant's
Common Stock that become issuable under the Plan or the ESPP by reason of any dividend, stock
split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without receipt of consideration that
increases the number of shares of the Registrant's Common Stock outstanding.
(2)
Computed in accordance with Rules 457(h)(1) and 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933.
The proposed maximum offering price per share of $15.27 was computed by averaging the high and low
prices of a share of the Registrant's Common Stock as reported on the Nasdaq Global Select Market
on May 12, 2009.
(3)
The proposed maximum offering price per share of $12.98 was determined by discounting the
offering price per share as computed in footnote (2) above by 15%, in accordance with the terms of
the ESPP.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I
Item 1. Plan Information
Item 2. Registration Information and Employee Plan Annual Information
PART II
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Item 4. Description of Securities
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
Item 8. Exhibits
Item 9. Undertakings
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
EX-4.4
EX-5.1
EX-23.1
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INFORMATICA CORPORATION
REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8
INTRODUCTION
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is filed by Informatica Corporation, a Delaware
corporation (the "Registrant"), relating to (i) the 9,000,000 shares of its common stock, par value
$0.001 per share (the "Common Stock"), reserved for issuance under the Registrant's 2009 Equity
Incentive Plan (the "Plan") as provided in the Plan, and (ii) the 8,850,000 shares of Common Stock
reserved for issuance under the Registrant's Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "ESPP") as provided
in the ESPP.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE PROSPECTUS
Item 1. Plan Information.
The documents containing the information specified in this Item 1 will be sent or given to
employees, officers, directors or others as specified by Rule 428(b)(1). In accordance with the
rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") and the
instructions to Form S-8, such documents are not being filed with the Commission either as part of
this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424.
Item 2. Registration Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.
The documents containing the information specified in this Item 2 will be sent or given to
employees, officers, directors or others as specified by Rule 428(b)(1). In accordance with the
rules and regulations of the Commission and the instructions to Form S-8, such documents are not
being filed with the Commission either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or
prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents and information previously filed with the Commission by the Registrant
are hereby incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:
1.
The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008,
filed with the Commission on February 26, 2009 pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act").
2.
The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2009,
filed with the Commission on May 7, 2009 pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.
3.
The description of Registrant's Common Stock contained in the Registrant's Registration
Statement on Form 8-A dated April 26, 1999, as amended on November 6, 2001, filed pursuant
to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act.
All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
Exchange Act after the date hereof, and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which
indicates that all securities offered hereunder have been sold or which deregisters all securities
then remaining unsold under this registration statement, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
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Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
As of May 11, 2009, Mark A. Bertelsen, a member of the law firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich &
Rosati ("WSGR") and a director of the Registrant, holds 12,000 shares of the Registrant's Common
Stock, options to purchase 125,000 shares of the Registrant's Common Stock and 8,333 restricted
stock units of the Registrant's Common Stock. WSGR is giving an opinion upon the validity of the
shares being registered.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Under Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, the Registrant has
broad powers to indemnify its directors and officers against liabilities they may incur in such
capacities, including liabilities under the Securities Act. The Registrant's Amended and Restated
Bylaws also provide for mandatory indemnification of its directors, executive officers, employees
and agents, to the fullest extent permissible under Delaware law.
The Registrant's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that the liability
of its directors for monetary damages shall be eliminated to the fullest extent permissible under
Delaware law. Pursuant to Delaware law, this includes elimination of liability for monetary damages
for breach of the directors' fiduciary duty of care to the Registrant and its stockholders. These
provisions do not eliminate the directors' duty of care and, in appropriate circumstances,
equitable remedies such as injunctive or other forms of non-monetary relief will remain available
under Delaware law. In addition, each director will continue to be subject to liability for breach
of the director's duty of loyalty to the Registrant, for acts or omissions not in good faith or
involving intentional misconduct, for knowing violations of law, for any transaction from which the
director derived an improper personal benefit, and for payment of dividends or approval of stock
repurchases or redemptions that are unlawful under Delaware law. The provision also does not affect
a director's responsibilities under any other laws, such as the securities laws or state or federal
environmental laws. The Registrant maintains a policy of directors' and officers' liability
insurance that insures the Company's directors and officers against the costs of defense,
settlement or payment of a judgment under certain circumstances.
The Registrant has entered into indemnification agreements with its directors and officers
that provide the maximum indemnity allowed to directors and officers by the General Corporation Law
of the State of Delaware and the Registrant's Amended and Restated Bylaws.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number
Description of Document
4.1
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (
incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Amendment No. 1 of the Company's
Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Commission File No. 333-72677) filed
on April 8, 1999
)
4.2
Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation (
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.4 to the Company's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on August 14, 2000, Commission File
No. 0-25871
)
4.3
Amended and Restated Bylaws (
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.4 to
the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on February 28, 2008,
Commission File No. 0-25871
)
4.4
2009 Stock Incentive Plan
4.5
Employee Stock Purchase Plan (
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1
to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 29, 2008,
Commission File No. 0-25871
)
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 (contained in Exhibit 5.1)
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Exhibit
Number
Description of Document
24.1
Power of Attorney (see the signature page to this Registration Statement)
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this registration statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933 (the
"Securities Act");
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the
registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or
in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration
statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered
(if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and
any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in
the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the
changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate
offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective
registration statement;
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in
the registration statement.
Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
reports filed or furnished by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this registration statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is
incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that
time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than
the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted
by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered,
the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by
controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be
governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act 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 Redwood City, State of
California, on May 15, 2009.
INFORMATICA CORPORATION
By:
/s/     Sohaib Abbasi
Sohaib Abbasi
President and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints Sohaib Abbasi as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him and on his behalf to sign, execute and file this
Registration Statement and any or all amendments (including, without limitation, post-effective
amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and any
or all documents required to be filed with respect therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission or any regulatory authority, granting unto such attorney-in-fact and agent full power
and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
connection therewith and about the premises in order to effectuate the same as fully to all intents
and purposes as he might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming that
such attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done.
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/ Sohaib Abbasi
Sohaib Abbasi
Chief Executive Officer,
President and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
May  15, 2009
/s/ Earl E. Fry
Earl E. Fry
Chief Financial Officer,
Executive Vice President and
Secretary (Principal Financial
Officer and Principal
Accounting Officer)
May  15, 2009
/s/ Mark A. Bertelsen
Mark A. Bertelsen
Director
May  15, 2009
/s/ Mark Garrett
Mark Garrett
Director
May  15, 2009
/s/ Gerald Held
Gerald Held
Director
May  14, 2009
/s/ David W. Pidwell
David W. Pidwell
Director
May  15, 2009
/s/ Charles J. Robel
Charles J. Robel
Director
May 12, 2009
/s/ A. Brooke Seawell
A. Brooke Seawell
Director
May  15, 2009
/s/ Geoff W. Squire, OBE
Geoff W. Squire, OBE
Director
May  15, 2009
/s/ Godfrey R. Sullivan
Godfrey R. Sullivan
Director
May  13, 2009
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description of Document
4.1
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (
incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Amendment No. 1 of the Company's
Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Commission File No. 333-72677) filed
on April 8, 1999
)
4.2
Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation (
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.4 to the Company's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on August 14, 2000, Commission File
No. 0-25871
)
4.3
Amended and Restated Bylaws (
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.4 to
the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on February 28, 2008,
Commission File No. 0-25871
)
4.4
2009 Stock Incentive Plan
4.5
Employee Stock Purchase Plan (
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1
to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 29, 2008,
Commission File No. 0-25871
)
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 (contained in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Power of Attorney (see the signature page to this Registration Statement)
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