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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August&nbsp;15, 2008</B>
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-__________</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
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&nbsp;S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>TYLER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.</B>
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>75-2303920</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or other jurisdiction of <BR>
incorporation or organization)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
Identification No.)</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>5949 Sherry Lane, Suite&nbsp;1400<BR>
Dallas, Texas 75225</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>TYLER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.<BR>
STOCK OPTION PLAN</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Full title of the plan)</DIV>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top">H. Lynn Moore, Jr.
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Copy to:</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Executive Vice President, <BR>
Secretary and General Counsel <BR>
Tyler Technologies, Inc. <BR>
5949 Sherry Lane, Suite&nbsp;1400<BR>
Dallas, Texas 75225<BR>
(972)&nbsp;713-3700<BR>
(Name and address and telephone number, <BR>
including area code, of agent for service)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Randall G. Ray, Esq.<BR>
Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP<BR>
1601 Elm Street, Suite&nbsp;3000<BR>
Dallas, Texas 75201<BR>
(214)&nbsp;999-4544</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated
filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</DIV>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Large accelerated filer <FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Accelerated filer <FONT face="Wingdings">&#254;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Non-accelerated filer <FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT> (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Smaller reporting company <FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Proposed maximum</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Proposed maximum</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Title of securities</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Amount to be</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>offering price</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>aggregate offering</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Amount of</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>to be registered</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>registered (1)</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>per share (2)</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>price (2)</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>registration fee (2)</B></TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, $0.01</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">2,500,000 shares</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">15.91</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="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">39,775,000</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">1,563</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 nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement also
covers an indeterminate amount of shares of common stock that may be issued in connection with
stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.</TD>
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<TR style="font-size: 3pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

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    <TD nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, which has been computed
in accordance with Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act, based on prices at which outstanding
options may be exercised (as to 1,128,529 shares), plus the average of the high and low prices
for the common stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange Composite Tape for August&nbsp;12,
2008 (as to 1,371,471 shares for which the exercise price is not known).</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In 2006, our Board of Directors authorized, and our stockholders approved, an increase in the
number of shares authorized for issuance under the Tyler Technologies, Inc. Stock Option Plan (the
&#147;Stock Option Plan&#148;) from 7,500,000 to 8,500,000. Based on a proposal authorized by our Board of
Directors, as described in the Proxy Statement for the 2008 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, on May
15, 2008, our stockholders approved an amendment to increase the aggregate number of shares of our
common stock reserved for issuance under the Stock Option Plan from 8,500,000 shares to 11,000,000
shares. The contents of our Registration Statements on Forms S-8 (File Nos. 333-34544, 333-34809,
333-52163, 333-82117, 333-98929, and 333-136064) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on April&nbsp;25, 1990, September&nbsp;2, 1997, May&nbsp;8, 1998, July&nbsp;1, 1999, August&nbsp;29, 2002, and July&nbsp;27,
2006, respectively, relating to the Stock Option Plan, including the documents incorporated by
reference therein, are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The information required by Part&nbsp;I to be contained in a Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted
from this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule&nbsp;428 under the Securities Act and the Note
to Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition to the exhibits filed or incorporated by reference into the previously filed
Registration Statements on Form S-8 relating to the Plan, the following documents are filed as
exhibits to this Registration Statement:
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">4.1</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Amendment No.&nbsp;4 to the Tyler Technologies, Inc. Stock Option Plan (Amended
and Restated as of May&nbsp;12, 2000), effective as of May&nbsp;15, 2008.</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">5.1</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Opinion of Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP.</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">23.1</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP.</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">23.2</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Consent of Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP (included as part of Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">24.1</TD>
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    <TD>Power of Attorney (set forth on the signature page of this Registration Statement).</TD>
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<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 Dallas, and the State of Texas, on August&nbsp;11, 2008.
</DIV>

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    <TD colspan="3" align="left">TYLER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.<BR>
<BR>
(Registrant)<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Brian K. Miller
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Brian K. Miller&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Executive Vice President, Chief Financial
Officer and Treasurer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each of the undersigned hereby appoints Brian K. Miller and H. Lynn Moore, Jr., and each of
them (with full power to act alone), as attorneys and agents for the undersigned, with full power
of substitution, for and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned, to sign and file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act any and all amendments and exhibits to
this Registration Statement and any and all applications, instruments and other documents to be
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pertaining to the registration of the securities
covered hereby, with full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things
whatsoever requisite or desirable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been
signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated on August&nbsp;11, 2008.
</DIV>
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    <TD nowrap align="left"><u>Signature</u></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left"><u>Title</u></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ John M. Yeaman
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman of the Board of Directors</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">John M. Yeaman</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">and Director</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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    <TD valign="top" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ John S. Marr, Jr.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">President and Chief Executive Officer</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">John S. Marr, Jr.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">and Director (principal executive officer)</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>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Brian K. Miller
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Executive Vice President, Chief Financial</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Brian K. Miller
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Officer and Treasurer (principal financial officer)</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" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ W. Michael Smith
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment No.&nbsp;4 to the Tyler Technologies, Inc. Stock Option Plan (Amended and Restated
as of May&nbsp;12, 2000), effective as of May&nbsp;15, 2008.</TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 15, 2008
Registration No. 333-__________
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
TYLER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
75-2303920
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
5949 Sherry Lane, Suite 1400
Dallas, Texas 75225
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
TYLER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
STOCK OPTION PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
H. Lynn Moore, Jr.
Copy to:
Executive Vice President,
Secretary and General Counsel
Tyler Technologies, Inc.
5949 Sherry Lane, Suite 1400
Dallas, Texas 75225
(972) 713-3700
(Name and address and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
Randall G. Ray, Esq.
Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP
1601 Elm Street, Suite 3000
Dallas, Texas 75201
(214) 999-4544
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated
filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
o
Accelerated filer
þ
Non-accelerated filer
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
o
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed maximum
Proposed maximum
Title of securities
Amount to be
offering price
aggregate offering
Amount of
to be registered
registered (1)
per share (2)
price (2)
registration fee (2)
Common Stock, $0.01
2,500,000 shares
$
15.91
$
39,775,000
$
1,563
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement also
covers an indeterminate amount of shares of common stock that may be issued in connection with
stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, which has been computed
in accordance with Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act, based on prices at which outstanding
options may be exercised (as to 1,128,529 shares), plus the average of the high and low prices
for the common stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange Composite Tape for August 12,
2008 (as to 1,371,471 shares for which the exercise price is not known).
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
In 2006, our Board of Directors authorized, and our stockholders approved, an increase in the
number of shares authorized for issuance under the Tyler Technologies, Inc. Stock Option Plan (the
"Stock Option Plan") from 7,500,000 to 8,500,000. Based on a proposal authorized by our Board of
Directors, as described in the Proxy Statement for the 2008 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, on May
15, 2008, our stockholders approved an amendment to increase the aggregate number of shares of our
common stock reserved for issuance under the Stock Option Plan from 8,500,000 shares to 11,000,000
shares. The contents of our Registration Statements on Forms S-8 (File Nos. 333-34544, 333-34809,
333-52163, 333-82117, 333-98929, and 333-136064) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on April 25, 1990, September 2, 1997, May 8, 1998, July 1, 1999, August 29, 2002, and July 27,
2006, respectively, relating to the Stock Option Plan, including the documents incorporated by
reference therein, are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement.
PART I
The information required by Part I to be contained in a Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted
from this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act and the Note
to Part I of Form S-8.
PART II
Item 8. Exhibits
In addition to the exhibits filed or incorporated by reference into the previously filed
Registration Statements on Form S-8 relating to the Plan, the following documents are filed as
exhibits to this Registration Statement:
4.1
Amendment No. 4 to the Tyler Technologies, Inc. Stock Option Plan (Amended
and Restated as of May 12, 2000), effective as of May 15, 2008.
5.1
Opinion of Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP.
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
23.2
Consent of Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP (included as part of Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Power of Attorney (set forth on the signature page of this Registration Statement).
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 Dallas, and the State of Texas, on August 11, 2008.
TYLER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Registrant)
By:
/s/ Brian K. Miller
Brian K. Miller
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial
Officer and Treasurer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each of the undersigned hereby appoints Brian K. Miller and H. Lynn Moore, Jr., and each of
them (with full power to act alone), as attorneys and agents for the undersigned, with full power
of substitution, for and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned, to sign and file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act any and all amendments and exhibits to
this Registration Statement and any and all applications, instruments and other documents to be
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pertaining to the registration of the securities
covered hereby, with full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things
whatsoever requisite or desirable.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been
signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated on August 11, 2008.
Signature
Title
/s/ John M. Yeaman
Chairman of the Board of Directors
John M. Yeaman
and Director
/s/ John S. Marr, Jr.
President and Chief Executive Officer
John S. Marr, Jr.
and Director (principal executive officer)
/s/ Brian K. Miller
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial
Brian K. Miller
Officer and Treasurer (principal financial officer)
/s/ W. Michael Smith
Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
W. Michael Smith
(principal accounting officer)
Signature
Title
/s/ Dustin R. Womble
Executive Vice President and Director
Dustin R. Womble
/s/ Donald R. Brattain
Director
Donald R. Brattain
/s/ J. Luther King, Jr.
Director
J. Luther King, Jr.
/s/ G. Stuart Reeves
Director
G. Stuart Reeves
/s/ Michael D. Richards
Director
Michael D. Richards
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
Exhibit
4.1
Amendment No. 4 to the Tyler Technologies, Inc. Stock Option Plan (Amended and Restated
as of May 12, 2000), effective as of May 15, 2008.
5.1
Opinion of Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP.
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
23.2
Consent of Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP (included as part of Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Power of Attorney (set forth on the signature page of the Registration Statement).