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<P align="right" style="font-size: 10pt">As filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on October&nbsp;27, 2004



<P align="right" style="font-size: 10pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-____



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

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 18pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>VERITAS SOFTWARE CORPORATION</B>

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


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B><BR>
(State of incorporation)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>77-0507675</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>350 Ellis Street<BR>
Mountain View, California 94043</B><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including Zip Code)



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>2003 Stock Incentive Plan<BR>
2002 Employee Stock Purchase Plan<BR>
2002 International Employee Stock Purchase Plan</B><BR>
(Full title of the plans)<BR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Gary L. Bloom<BR>
Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer<BR>
VERITAS Software Corporation<BR>
350 Ellis Street<BR>
Mountain View, California 94043<BR>
(650)&nbsp;527-8000</B><BR>
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">Copies to:<BR>
<B>William H. Hinman, Jr.<BR>
Simpson Thacher &#038; Bartlett LLP<BR>
3330 Hillview Avenue<BR>
Palo Alto, California 94304<BR>
(650)&nbsp;251-5000</B>



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


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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="7"><B>Amount</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed Maximum</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed Maximum</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>&nbsp;</B></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="7"><B>to be</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Offering Price Per</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Aggregate Offering</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Amount of</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title of Securities to be Registered (1)</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="7"><B>Registered (2)</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Share (5)</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Price (5)</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Registration Fee</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">Common Stock, $0.001 par value</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">18,000,000</TD>
    <TD align="right">&nbsp;(3</TD>
    <TD nowrap>)</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">21.37</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">384,660,000.00</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">48,736.43</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">Common Stock, $0.001 par value</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">600,000</TD>
    <TD align="right">&nbsp;(4</TD>
    <TD nowrap>)</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">18.16</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">10,896,100.00</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">1,380.53</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:20px; text-indent:-10px"><B>TOTAL</B></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">50,116.96</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; text-indent: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt">(1)&nbsp;The securities being registered include options and rights to acquire
common stock.</DIV>


<P align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; text-indent: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt">(2)&nbsp;This registration statement shall also cover any additional shares of
common stock which become issuable under the Registrant&#146;s 2003 Stock Incentive
Plan, 2002 Employee Stock Purchase Plan and 2002 International Employee Stock
Purchase Plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or
other similar transaction effected without the receipt of consideration which
results in an increase in the number of the Registrant&#146;s outstanding shares of
common stock.


<P align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; text-indent: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt">(3)&nbsp;Represents
shares of restricted stock and shares reserved for issuance upon
exercise of options or rights to acquire common stock granted or
to be granted under the Registrant&#146;s 2003 Stock Incentive Plan.


<P align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; text-indent: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt">(4)&nbsp;Represents shares reserved for issuance upon the exercise of purchase
rights that may be granted under the Registrant&#146;s 2002 Employee Stock Purchase
Plan and 2002 International Employee Stock Purchase Plan.


<P align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; text-indent: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt">(5)&nbsp;Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in
accordance with Rules 457(c) and (h)&nbsp;under the Securities Act of 1933 and based
upon the average of the high and low sales prices reported on The NASDAQ
National Market on October&nbsp;21, 2004, which average was $21.37. In the case of
the 2002 Employee Stock Purchase Plan and 2002 International Employee Stock
Purchase Plan, this amount is multiplied by 85% in order to reflect the
discount applicable to purchases made under such plans.


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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;8. Exhibits</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#003">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#004">Exhibit&nbsp;Index</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="f02214orexv5w01.txt">EXHIBIT 5.01</A></TD></TR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Explanatory Note</B>



<P align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; text-indent: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt">VERITAS Software Corporation (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) is filing this Registration
Statement on Form S-8 to register (i)&nbsp;18,000,000 shares of common stock of the
Registrant, par value $0.001 per share (&#147;Common Stock&#148;), issuable under the
Registrant&#146;s amended and restated 2003 Stock Incentive Plan, which amendment
and restatement was approved by the Registrant&#146;s stockholders on August&nbsp;25,
2004, and (ii)&nbsp;600,000 shares of Common Stock issuable under the Registrant&#146;s
2002 Employee Stock Purchase Plan and 2002 International Employee Stock
Purchase Plan pursuant to the provisions of such plans providing for an
automatic increase in the number of shares reserved for issuance under such
plans effective on January&nbsp;1, 2004.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Part II. Information Required in the Registration Statement.</B>



<P align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; text-indent: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt">The contents of the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statements on Form S-8 filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) on May&nbsp;28, 2002 (File
No.&nbsp;333-89252) and May&nbsp;30, 2003 (File No.&nbsp;333-105670) are incorporated by
reference herein.

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<P align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; text-indent: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt">The following documents filed with the Commission are incorporated by reference
herein:


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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(a)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 2003, filed with the Commission on June&nbsp;14, 2004.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(b)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange
Act&#148;) since December&nbsp;31, 2003.</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(c)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The description of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock contained in the
Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File
No.&nbsp;000-26247), filed
with the Commission under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act on June&nbsp;2,
1999, as amended by the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on
Form 8-A/A filed on June 14, 1999.</TD>
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    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(d)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The description of the Registrant&#146;s Rights Agreement
contained in the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A
(File No. 000-26247), filed with the Commission under Section 12(g)
of the Exchange Act on June 30, 1999.</TD>
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<P align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; text-indent: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt">All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities registered hereby
have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall
be deemed incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the
date of the filing of such documents. Unless expressly incorporated into this
Registration Statement, a report furnished but not filed on Form 8-K shall not
be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement. Any statement
contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this
Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in
any subsequently filed document which also is deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so
modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or
superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

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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">VERITAS Software Corporation 2003 Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10.1 of the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed with the Commission on August&nbsp;31,
2004)</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">VERITAS Software Corporation 2002 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated herein by reference
to Exhibit&nbsp;4.01 of the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 (File No.&nbsp;333-89252)
filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;28, 2002)</TD>
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</DIV></TD>
    <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">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">VERITAS Software Corporation 2002 International Employee Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.02 of the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 (File
No.&nbsp;333-89252) filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;28, 2002)</TD>
</TR>

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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated herein by reference
to Exhibit&nbsp;3.01 of the Form&nbsp;8-A filed with the Commission on June&nbsp;2, 1999)</TD>
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<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.5
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Registrant&#146;s Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.02 of the Form&nbsp;8-A filed with the Commission on
June&nbsp;2, 1999)</TD>
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<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.6
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Registrant&#146;s Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.03 of the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on
Form&nbsp;S-8 (File No.&nbsp;333-38460) filed with the Commission on June&nbsp;2, 2000)</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.7
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated Bylaws (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.04 of
the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-4 (File No.&nbsp;333-41318) filed with the
Commission on September&nbsp;28, 2000)</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.01
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Simpson Thacher &#038; Bartlett LLP</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">23.01
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Simpson Thacher &#038; Bartlett LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.01)</TD>
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</DIV></TD>
    <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">23.02
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.01
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (see the Signature Page to this Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8)</TD>
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<P align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; text-indent: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Mountain View, County of Santa Clara, State of
California, on the 26th day of October, 2004.


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    <TD colspan="3"><B>VERITAS SOFTWARE CORPORATION</B><BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/
Edwin J. Gillis</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Edwin J. Gillis&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>



<P align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; text-indent: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt">KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints Gary L. Bloom, Edwin J. Gillis and John F.
Brigden, and each or any one of them, his or her true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact, each with the power of substitution, for him or her in any
and all capacities to sign any and all amendments to this Registration
Statement on Form S-8 (including post-effective amendments), and to file the
same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact
and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each
and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection
therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do
in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact, or
his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.



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

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><B>Principal Executive Officer:</B></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">&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/ Gary L. Bloom
<HR size="1" noshade>
Gary L. Bloom
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman of the Board, President and
Chief Executive Officer
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">October&nbsp;26, 2004</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">&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"><B>Principal Financial and Principal Accounting
Officer:</B></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">&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/ Edwin J. Gillis
<HR size="1" noshade>
Edwin J. Gillis
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Executive Vice President, Finance
and Chief Financial Officer
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">October&nbsp;26, 2004</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">&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"><B>Additional Directors:</B></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>

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<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Geoffrey W. Squire
<HR size="1" noshade>
Geoffrey W. Squire
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Vice Chairman of the Board
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">October&nbsp;26, 2004</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">&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/ Michael Brown<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Michael Brown
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">October&nbsp;26, 2004</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>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Kurt J. Lauk
<HR size="1" noshade>
Kurt J. Lauk
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">October&nbsp;26, 2004</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>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ William Pade<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
William Pade
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">October&nbsp;26, 2004</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">&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">/s/ David J. Roux
<HR size="1" noshade>
David J. Roux
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">October&nbsp;26, 2004</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">&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">/s/ Carolyn M. Ticknor
<HR size="1" noshade>
Carolyn M. Ticknor
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">October&nbsp;26, 2004</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>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ V. Paul Unruh
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V. Paul Unruh
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">October&nbsp;26, 2004</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">VERITAS Software Corporation 2003 Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10.1 of the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed with the Commission on August&nbsp;31,
2004)</TD>
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<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">VERITAS Software Corporation 2002 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated herein by reference
to Exhibit&nbsp;4.01 of the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 (File No.&nbsp;333-89252)
filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;28, 2002)</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
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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">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">VERITAS Software Corporation 2002 International Employee Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.02 of the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 (File
No.&nbsp;333-89252) filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;28, 2002)</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></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">4.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated herein by reference
to Exhibit&nbsp;3.01 of the Form&nbsp;8-A filed with the Commission on June&nbsp;2, 1999)</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></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">4.5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Registrant&#146;s Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.02 of the Form&nbsp;8-A filed with the Commission on
June&nbsp;2, 1999)</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></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">4.6
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Registrant&#146;s Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.03 of the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on
Form&nbsp;S-8 (File No.&nbsp;333-38460) filed with the Commission on June&nbsp;2, 2000)</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></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">4.7
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated Bylaws (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.04 of
the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-4 (File No.&nbsp;333-41318) filed with the
Commission on September&nbsp;28, 2000)</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></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">5.01
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Simpson Thacher &#038; Bartlett LLP</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></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">23.01
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Simpson Thacher &#038; Bartlett LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.01)</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></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">23.02
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.01
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (see the Signature Page to this Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8)</TD>
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Table of Contents
As filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on October 27, 2004
Registration No. 333-____
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
VERITAS SOFTWARE CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State of incorporation)
77-0507675
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
350 Ellis Street
Mountain View, California 94043
(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including Zip Code)
2003 Stock Incentive Plan
2002 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
2002 International Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(Full title of the plans)
Gary L. Bloom
Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer
VERITAS Software Corporation
350 Ellis Street
Mountain View, California 94043
(650) 527-8000
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
William H. Hinman, Jr.
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
3330 Hillview Avenue
Palo Alto, California 94304
(650) 251-5000
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Amount
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
to be
Offering Price Per
Aggregate Offering
Amount of
Title of Securities to be Registered (1)
Registered (2)
Share (5)
Price (5)
Registration Fee
Common Stock, $0.001 par value
18,000,000
(3
)
$
21.37
$
384,660,000.00
$
48,736.43
Common Stock, $0.001 par value
600,000
(4
)
$
18.16
$
10,896,100.00
$
1,380.53
TOTAL
$
50,116.96
(1) The securities being registered include options and rights to acquire
common stock.
(2) This registration statement shall also cover any additional shares of
common stock which become issuable under the Registrant's 2003 Stock Incentive
Plan, 2002 Employee Stock Purchase Plan and 2002 International Employee Stock
Purchase Plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or
other similar transaction effected without the receipt of consideration which
results in an increase in the number of the Registrant's outstanding shares of
common stock.
(3) Represents
shares of restricted stock and shares reserved for issuance upon
exercise of options or rights to acquire common stock granted or
to be granted under the Registrant's 2003 Stock Incentive Plan.
(4) Represents shares reserved for issuance upon the exercise of purchase
rights that may be granted under the Registrant's 2002 Employee Stock Purchase
Plan and 2002 International Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
(5) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in
accordance with Rules 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act of 1933 and based
upon the average of the high and low sales prices reported on The NASDAQ
National Market on October 21, 2004, which average was $21.37. In the case of
the 2002 Employee Stock Purchase Plan and 2002 International Employee Stock
Purchase Plan, this amount is multiplied by 85% in order to reflect the
discount applicable to purchases made under such plans.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Part II. Information Required in the Registration Statement
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Item 8. Exhibits
SIGNATURES
Exhibit Index
EXHIBIT 5.01
EXHIBIT 23.02
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Explanatory Note
VERITAS Software Corporation (the "Registrant") is filing this Registration
Statement on Form S-8 to register (i) 18,000,000 shares of common stock of the
Registrant, par value $0.001 per share ("Common Stock"), issuable under the
Registrant's amended and restated 2003 Stock Incentive Plan, which amendment
and restatement was approved by the Registrant's stockholders on August 25,
2004, and (ii) 600,000 shares of Common Stock issuable under the Registrant's
2002 Employee Stock Purchase Plan and 2002 International Employee Stock
Purchase Plan pursuant to the provisions of such plans providing for an
automatic increase in the number of shares reserved for issuance under such
plans effective on January 1, 2004.
Part II. Information Required in the Registration Statement.
The contents of the Registrant's Registration Statements on Form S-8 filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on May 28, 2002 (File
No. 333-89252) and May 30, 2003 (File No. 333-105670) are incorporated by
reference herein.
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed with the Commission are incorporated by reference
herein:
(a)
The Registrant's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 2003, filed with the Commission on June 14, 2004.
(b)
All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange
Act") since December 31, 2003.
(c)
The description of the Registrant's Common Stock contained in the
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File
No. 000-26247), filed
with the Commission under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act on June 2,
1999, as amended by the Registrant's Registration Statement on
Form 8-A/A filed on June 14, 1999.
(d)
The description of the Registrant's Rights Agreement
contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A
(File No. 000-26247), filed with the Commission under Section 12(g)
of the Exchange Act on June 30, 1999.
All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities registered hereby
have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall
be deemed incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the
date of the filing of such documents. Unless expressly incorporated into this
Registration Statement, a report furnished but not filed on Form 8-K shall not
be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement. Any statement
contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this
Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in
any subsequently filed document which also is deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so
modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or
superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 8. Exhibits.
4.1
VERITAS Software Corporation 2003 Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10.1 of the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on August 31,
2004)
4.2
VERITAS Software Corporation 2002 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated herein by reference
to Exhibit 4.01 of the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-89252)
filed with the Commission on May 28, 2002)
4.3
VERITAS Software Corporation 2002 International Employee Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 4.02 of the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File
No. 333-89252) filed with the Commission on May 28, 2002)
4.4
Registrant's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated herein by reference
to Exhibit 3.01 of the Form 8-A filed with the Commission on June 2, 1999)
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4.5
Registrant's Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.02 of the Form 8-A filed with the Commission on
June 2, 1999)
4.6
Registrant's Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.03 of the Registrant's Registration Statement on
Form S-8 (File No. 333-38460) filed with the Commission on June 2, 2000)
4.7
Registrant's Amended and Restated Bylaws (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.04 of
the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-41318) filed with the
Commission on September 28, 2000)
5.01
Opinion of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
23.01
Consent of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP (included in Exhibit 5.01)
23.02
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
24.01
Power of Attorney (see the Signature Page to this Registration Statement on Form S-8)
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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 Mountain View, County of Santa Clara, State of
California, on the 26th day of October, 2004.
VERITAS SOFTWARE CORPORATION
By:
/s/
Edwin J. Gillis
Name:
Edwin J. Gillis
Title:
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints Gary L. Bloom, Edwin J. Gillis and John F.
Brigden, and each or any one of them, his or her true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact, each with the power of substitution, for him or her in any
and all capacities to sign any and all amendments to this Registration
Statement on Form S-8 (including post-effective amendments), and to file the
same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact
and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each
and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection
therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do
in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact, or
his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration
Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the
dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
Principal Executive Officer:
/s/ Gary L. Bloom
Gary L. Bloom
Chairman of the Board, President and
Chief Executive Officer
October 26, 2004
Principal Financial and Principal Accounting
Officer:
/s/ Edwin J. Gillis
Edwin J. Gillis
Executive Vice President, Finance
and Chief Financial Officer
October 26, 2004
Additional Directors:
/s/ Geoffrey W. Squire
Geoffrey W. Squire
Vice Chairman of the Board
October 26, 2004
/s/ Michael Brown
Michael Brown
Director
October 26, 2004
/s/ Kurt J. Lauk
Kurt J. Lauk
Director
October 26, 2004
/s/ William Pade
William Pade
Director
October 26, 2004
/s/ David J. Roux
David J. Roux
Director
October 26, 2004
/s/ Carolyn M. Ticknor
Carolyn M. Ticknor
Director
October 26, 2004
/s/ V. Paul Unruh
V. Paul Unruh
Director
October 26, 2004
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Exhibit Index
4.1
VERITAS Software Corporation 2003 Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10.1 of the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on August 31,
2004)
4.2
VERITAS Software Corporation 2002 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated herein by reference
to Exhibit 4.01 of the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-89252)
filed with the Commission on May 28, 2002)
4.3
VERITAS Software Corporation 2002 International Employee Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 4.02 of the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File
No. 333-89252) filed with the Commission on May 28, 2002)
4.4
Registrant's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated herein by reference
to Exhibit 3.01 of the Form 8-A filed with the Commission on June 2, 1999)
4.5
Registrant's Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.02 of the Form 8-A filed with the Commission on
June 2, 1999)
4.6
Registrant's Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.03 of the Registrant's Registration Statement on
Form S-8 (File No. 333-38460) filed with the Commission on June 2, 2000)
4.7
Registrant's Amended and Restated Bylaws (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.04 of
the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-41318) filed with the
Commission on September 28, 2000)
5.01
Opinion of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
23.01
Consent of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP (included in Exhibit 5.01)
23.02
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
24.01
Power of Attorney (see the Signature Page to this Registration Statement on Form S-8)