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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July&nbsp;29, 2005
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 1pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-______
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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"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B></DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>UNDER</B></DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>SYBASE, INC.</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">DELAWARE
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">94-2951005</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State of incorporation)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(IRS Employer Identification No.)</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">One Sybase Drive<BR>
Dublin, California 94568<BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">AMENDED AND RESTATED 2003 STOCK PLAN<BR>
AMENDED AND RESTATED 1991 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN<BR>
AMENDED AND RESTATED 1991 FOREIGN SUBSIDIARY EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">(Full title of the plans)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Daniel R. Carl<BR>
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary<BR>
SYBASE, INC.<BR>
One Sybase Drive<BR>
Dublin, California 94568<BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">(925)&nbsp;236-5000<BR>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</DIV>

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    <TD nowrap align="left">Registered</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">Registered</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">Share (1)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">Price (1)</TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, $.001 par value,
issuable under the Sybase, Inc.
Amended and Restated
2003 Stock Plan</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">4,047,318</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$21.06</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$85,236,517</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$10,032.34</TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD style="border-right: 0px solid #000000; border-top: 0px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 0px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 0px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, $.001 par value, issuable
under the Amended and Restated 1991
Employee Stock Purchase Plan and
Amended and Restated 1991 Foreign
Subsidiary Employee Stock Purchase Plan</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 0px solid #000000; border-top: 0px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 0px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000">1,600,000</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 0px solid #000000; border-top: 0px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 0px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000">$21.06</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 0px solid #000000; border-top: 0px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 0px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000">$33,696,000</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 0px solid #000000; border-top: 0px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 0px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000">$3,966.02</TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 0px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:45px; text-indent:-15px"><B>TOTAL</B></DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 0px solid #000000; border-top: 0px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 0px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000">5,647,318</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 0px solid #000000; border-top: 0px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 0px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000">$21.06</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000">$118,932,517</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 0px solid #000000; border-top: 0px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 0px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000">$13,998.36</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, pursuant to Rule
457(c), on the basis of the average of the high and low sale prices of the Common Stock as
reported on the New York Stock Exchange on July&nbsp;25, 2005.</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">EXPLANATORY NOTE
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On May&nbsp;27, 2004, the Company&#146;s stockholders approved the Sybase, Inc. Amended and
Restated 2003 Stock Plan (&#147;Amended 2003 Plan&#148;). At the Company&#146;s 2005 Annual meeting
on May&nbsp;26, 2005 the Company&#146;s stockholders approved amendments to the Amended 2003
Plan, including a 3,000,000 share increase to the share reserve (the &#147;2005 Share
Increase&#148;).
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Under the terms of the Amended 2003 Plan, any shares issuable pursuant to awards
granted and outstanding under the Company&#146;s 1996 Stock Plan, as amended; 1999
Nonstatutory Stock Plan, as amended; the Company&#146;s 1992 Director Option Plan, and the
Company&#146;s 2001 Director Option Plan (the &#147;Prior Plans&#148;) that are forfeited or cancelled
after March&nbsp;25, 2004, or expire without delivery of shares, also shall be made
available for grant under the Amended 2003 Plan. In addition to the 2005 Share
Increase, as of June&nbsp;30, 2005, an additional 1,047,318 shares have been added to the
Amended 2003 Plan from the Prior Plans due to the forfeiture or cancellation of
unexercised awards outstanding under the Prior Plans (the &#147;Prior Plan Increase&#148;). The
amount of shares registered on this Form S-8 and the registration fee paid were
calculated based on the sum of the 2005 Share Increase and the Prior Plan Increase.
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<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#001">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">SYBASE, INC.<BR>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;There are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement the following
documents and information heretofore filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission:
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">1.</TD>
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    <TD>The Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31,
2004, filed pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;).</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">2.</TD>
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    <TD>The Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Forms 10-Q for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31,
2005 filed pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 of the Exchange Act.</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">3.</TD>
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    <TD>Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on July&nbsp;22, 2005, provided no information other
than the unaudited financial information contained in the tables entitled &#147;Sybase, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets,&#148; &#147;Sybase, Inc. Condensed Consolidated Statements
of Income (Unaudited),&#148; &#147;Sybase, Inc. Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(Unaudited),&#148; &#147;Sybase, Inc. Consolidated Statement of Operations by Segment for the
Three Months Ended June&nbsp;30, 2005 (Unaudited)&#148; and &#147;Sybase, Inc. Consolidated Statement
of Operations by Segment for the Six Months Ended June&nbsp;30, 2005 (Unaudited)&#148; included
in Exhibit&nbsp;99.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K shall be incorporated by reference
into this Form S-8.</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">4.</TD>
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    <TD>Current report on Form 8-K, filed on July&nbsp;29, 2005 to disclose the Company entering into an Agreement and Plan of Merger to acquire Extended Systems Incorporated.</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">5.</TD>
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    <TD>The description of the Company&#146;s Common Stock contained in the Company&#146;s Form 8-A
(File No.&nbsp;0-19395), as amended, as declared effective by the Commission on August&nbsp;13,
1991.</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">6.</TD>
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    <TD>The description of the Company&#146;s Preferred Share Purchase Plan and Series&nbsp;A
Participating Preferred Stock filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.3 to the Company&#146;s Form 8-A filed with
the Commission on August&nbsp;5, 2002 and as amended by Amendment No.&nbsp;1 on September&nbsp;20,
2004, Amendment No.&nbsp;2 on September&nbsp;22, 2004, Amendment No.&nbsp;3 on September&nbsp;22, 2004, and
Amendment No.&nbsp;4 on February&nbsp;17, 2005.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
Exchange Act on or after the filing date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of
a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold, or which
deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference
in this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
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<U>Description of Securities</U>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Item&nbsp;5. <U>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</U>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The opinion of counsel in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1 was provided by Dan Cohen, Corporate Counsel for the
company.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Item&nbsp;6. <U>Indemnification of Directors and Officers</U>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General Corporation law authorizes a court to award, or a
corporation&#146;s Board of Directors to grant, indemnity to directors and officers in terms
sufficiently broad to permit such indemnification under certain circumstances for liabilities
(including reimbursement for expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act of 1933 (the
&#147;Securities Act&#148;). Article&nbsp;TENTH of the Registrant&#146;s Certificate of Incorporation and Article&nbsp;VI
of the Bylaws of the Registrant provide for the indemnification of certain agents to the maximum
extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law. Persons covered by these indemnification
provisions include current and former directors, officers, employees and other agents of the
Registrant, as well as persons who serve at the request of the Registrant as directors, officers,
employees or agents of another enterprise. In addition, the Registrant has entered into agreements
with its officers and directors that require the Registrant to indemnify its officers and directors
to the maximum extent allowed under Delaware law.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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    <TD nowrap align="left">Exhibit</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Number</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Description</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sybase, Inc. Amended and Restated 2003 Stock Plan</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>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated 1991 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended February
2, 2005, and Amended and Restated 1991 Foreign Subsidiary Employee Stock Purchase
Plan, as amended February&nbsp;2, 2005.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of counsel as to legality of securities being registered</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD valign="top" nowrap><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2 (1)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of counsel</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1 (2)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>See Exhibit&nbsp;5.1</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>See page 6 of this Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Item&nbsp;9. <U>Undertakings</U>
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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 to include any material information with respect to the
plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change
to such information in the registration statement.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
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<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.
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<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 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;H.&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by
a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any
action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the registrant 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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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Dublin, State of California, on July&nbsp;29, 2005.
</DIV>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left">SYBASE, INC.</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">By:
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/S/ Daniel Carl</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left">Daniel Carl</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left">Vice President, General Counsel</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left">and Secretary</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">POWER OF ATTORNEY
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes
and appoints John S. Chen, Pieter Van der Vorst and Daniel Carl, jointly and severally, his or her
attorneys-in-fact, each with the power of substitution, for him or her in any and all capacities,
to sign any amendment to this Registration Statement on Form S-8 and to file the same, with
exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact, or his
substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
</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.
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    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="16%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Signature</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Title</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Date</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/S/ JOHN S. CHEN
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman of the Board,
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July&nbsp;29, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">(John S. Chen)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">President, Chief Executive Officer</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">(Principal Executive Officer),</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">and Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/S/ PIETER VAN DER VORST
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Senior Vice President and
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July&nbsp;29, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">(Pieter Van der Vorst)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chief Financial Officer</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">(Principal Financial Officer)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/S/ JEFFREY G. ROSS
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Vice President and
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July&nbsp;29, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">(Jeffrey G. Ross)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Corporate Controller</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">(Principal Accounting Officer)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/S/ RICHARD C. ALBERDING
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July&nbsp;29, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">(Richard C. Alberding)</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/S/ CECILIA CLAUDIO
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July&nbsp;29, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">(Cecilia Claudio)</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/S/ L. WILLIAM KRAUSE
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July&nbsp;29, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">(L. William Krause)</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/S/ ALAN B. SALISBURY
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July&nbsp;29, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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</DIV></TD>
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</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 29, 2005
Registration No. 333-______
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
SYBASE, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE
94-2951005
(State of incorporation)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
One Sybase Drive
Dublin, California 94568
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
AMENDED AND RESTATED 2003 STOCK PLAN
AMENDED AND RESTATED 1991 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
AMENDED AND RESTATED 1991 FOREIGN SUBSIDIARY EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
(Full title of the plans)
Daniel R. Carl
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
SYBASE, INC.
One Sybase Drive
Dublin, California 94568
(Name and address of agent for service)
(925) 236-5000
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of
Amount
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Amount of
Securities to be
to be
Offering Price Per
Aggregate Offering
Registration
Registered
Registered
Share (1)
Price (1)
Fee
Common Stock, $.001 par value,
issuable under the Sybase, Inc.
Amended and Restated
2003 Stock Plan
4,047,318
$21.06
$85,236,517
$10,032.34
Common Stock, $.001 par value, issuable
under the Amended and Restated 1991
Employee Stock Purchase Plan and
Amended and Restated 1991 Foreign
Subsidiary Employee Stock Purchase Plan
1,600,000
$21.06
$33,696,000
$3,966.02
TOTAL
5,647,318
$21.06
$118,932,517
$13,998.36
(1)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, pursuant to Rule
457(c), on the basis of the average of the high and low sale prices of the Common Stock as
reported on the New York Stock Exchange on July 25, 2005.
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
On May 27, 2004, the Company's stockholders approved the Sybase, Inc. Amended and
Restated 2003 Stock Plan ("Amended 2003 Plan"). At the Company's 2005 Annual meeting
on May 26, 2005 the Company's stockholders approved amendments to the Amended 2003
Plan, including a 3,000,000 share increase to the share reserve (the "2005 Share
Increase").
Under the terms of the Amended 2003 Plan, any shares issuable pursuant to awards
granted and outstanding under the Company's 1996 Stock Plan, as amended; 1999
Nonstatutory Stock Plan, as amended; the Company's 1992 Director Option Plan, and the
Company's 2001 Director Option Plan (the "Prior Plans") that are forfeited or cancelled
after March 25, 2004, or expire without delivery of shares, also shall be made
available for grant under the Amended 2003 Plan. In addition to the 2005 Share
Increase, as of June 30, 2005, an additional 1,047,318 shares have been added to the
Amended 2003 Plan from the Prior Plans due to the forfeiture or cancellation of
unexercised awards outstanding under the Prior Plans (the "Prior Plan Increase"). The
amount of shares registered on this Form S-8 and the registration fee paid were
calculated based on the sum of the 2005 Share Increase and the Prior Plan Increase.
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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
EXHIBIT 4.1
EXHIBIT 4.2
EXHIBIT 5.1
EXHIBIT 23.1
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SYBASE, INC.
REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference
There are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement the following
documents and information heretofore filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission:
1.
The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
2004, filed pursuant to Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the "Exchange Act").
2.
The Company's Quarterly Report on Forms 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31,
2005 filed pursuant to Section 13 of the Exchange Act.
3.
Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on July 22, 2005, provided no information other
than the unaudited financial information contained in the tables entitled "Sybase, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets," "Sybase, Inc. Condensed Consolidated Statements
of Income (Unaudited)," "Sybase, Inc. Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(Unaudited)," "Sybase, Inc. Consolidated Statement of Operations by Segment for the
Three Months Ended June 30, 2005 (Unaudited)" and "Sybase, Inc. Consolidated Statement
of Operations by Segment for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2005 (Unaudited)" included
in Exhibit 99.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K shall be incorporated by reference
into this Form S-8.
4.
Current report on Form 8-K, filed on July 29, 2005 to disclose the Company entering into an Agreement and Plan of Merger to acquire Extended Systems Incorporated.
5.
The description of the Company's Common Stock contained in the Company's Form 8-A
(File No. 0-19395), as amended, as declared effective by the Commission on August 13,
1991.
6.
The description of the Company's Preferred Share Purchase Plan and Series A
Participating Preferred Stock filed as Exhibit 3.3 to the Company's Form 8-A filed with
the Commission on August 5, 2002 and as amended by Amendment No. 1 on September 20,
2004, Amendment No. 2 on September 22, 2004, Amendment No. 3 on September 22, 2004, and
Amendment No. 4 on February 17, 2005.
All documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
Exchange Act on or after the filing date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of
a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold, or which
deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference
in this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Item 4.
Description of Securities
Not applicable.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
The opinion of counsel in Exhibit 5.1 was provided by Dan Cohen, Corporate Counsel for the
company.
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Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation law authorizes a court to award, or a
corporation's Board of Directors to grant, indemnity to directors and officers in terms
sufficiently broad to permit such indemnification under certain circumstances for liabilities
(including reimbursement for expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act of 1933 (the
"Securities Act"). Article TENTH of the Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation and Article VI
of the Bylaws of the Registrant provide for the indemnification of certain agents to the maximum
extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law. Persons covered by these indemnification
provisions include current and former directors, officers, employees and other agents of the
Registrant, as well as persons who serve at the request of the Registrant as directors, officers,
employees or agents of another enterprise. In addition, the Registrant has entered into agreements
with its officers and directors that require the Registrant to indemnify its officers and directors
to the maximum extent allowed under Delaware law.
Item 7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed
Not applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
Sybase, Inc. Amended and Restated 2003 Stock Plan
4.2
Amended and Restated 1991 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended February
2, 2005, and Amended and Restated 1991 Foreign Subsidiary Employee Stock Purchase
Plan, as amended February 2, 2005.
5.1
Opinion of counsel as to legality of securities being registered
23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
23.2 (1)
Consent of counsel
24.1 (2)
Power of Attorney
(1)
See Exhibit 5.1
(2)
See page 6 of this Registration Statement on Form S-8
Item 9.
Undertakings
A. The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this registration statement to include any material information with respect to the
plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change
to such information in the registration statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
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(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
B. The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in the
registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
H. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by
a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any
action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its
counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed
in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Dublin, State of California, on July 29, 2005.
SYBASE, INC.
By:
/S/ Daniel Carl
Daniel Carl
Vice President, General Counsel
and Secretary
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes
and appoints John S. Chen, Pieter Van der Vorst and Daniel Carl, jointly and severally, his or her
attorneys-in-fact, each with the power of substitution, for him or her in any and all capacities,
to sign any amendment to this Registration Statement on Form S-8 and to file the same, with
exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact, or his
substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/S/ JOHN S. CHEN
Chairman of the Board,
July 29, 2005
(John S. Chen)
President, Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer),
and Director
/S/ PIETER VAN DER VORST
Senior Vice President and
July 29, 2005
(Pieter Van der Vorst)
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
/S/ JEFFREY G. ROSS
Vice President and
July 29, 2005
(Jeffrey G. Ross)
Corporate Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
/S/ RICHARD C. ALBERDING
Director
July 29, 2005
(Richard C. Alberding)
/S/ CECILIA CLAUDIO
Director
July 29, 2005
(Cecilia Claudio)
/S/ L. WILLIAM KRAUSE
Director
July 29, 2005
(L. William Krause)
/S/ ALAN B. SALISBURY
Director
July 29, 2005
(Alan B. Salisbury)
/S/ JACK E. SUM
Director
July 29, 2005
(Jack E. Sum)
/S/ ROBERT P. WAYMAN
Director
July 29, 2005
(Robert P. Wayman)
/S/ LINDA K. YATES
Director
July 29, 2005
(Linda K. Yates)
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SYBASE, INC.
REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
Sybase, Inc. Amended and Restated 2003 Stock Plan
4.2
Amended and Restated 1991 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended February
2, 2005, and Amended and Restated 1991 Foreign Subsidiary Employee Stock Purchase
Plan, as amended February 2, 2005.
5.1
Opinion of counsel as to legality of securities being registered
23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
23.2 (1)
Consent of counsel
24.1 (2)
Power of Attorney
(1)
See Exhibit 5.1
(2)
See page 6 of this Registration Statement on Form S-8