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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">As filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on May&nbsp;29, 2003
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<P align="right"><FONT size="2">Registration No.&nbsp;333-<u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u></FONT>

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<P align="center"><FONT size="4"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center"><FONT size="3"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="5"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="6"><B>VERITAS SOFTWARE CORPORATION</B>
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<DIV align="center"><FONT size="2">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2"><B>Delaware</B><BR>
(State of incorporation)</FONT></TD>
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<B>77-0507675</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</FONT></TD>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><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"><FONT size="2"><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)
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><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"><FONT size="2">Copies to:<BR>
<B>Horace L. Nash, Esq.<BR>
Fenwick &#038; West LLP<BR>
Silicon Valley Center<BR>
801 California Street<BR>
Mountain View, California 94041<BR>
(650)&nbsp;988-8500</B>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><FONT size="1"><B>Title of Securities to be Registered</B></FONT></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="1"><B>Share (4)</B></FONT></TD>
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    <TD colspan="2"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">Common Stock, $0.001 par value</FONT></DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">14,000,000</FONT></TD>
    <TD nowrap><FONT size="2">(2)</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">24.00</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">336,000,000</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">27,182.40</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">600,000 </FONT></TD>
    <TD nowrap><FONT size="2">(3)</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">20.40</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">12,240,000</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">990.22</FONT></TD>
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    <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">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.</FONT></TD>
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    <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">(2)</FONT></TD>
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    <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">Represents shares reserved for issuance upon exercise of options
granted or to be granted under the Registrant&#146;s 2003 Stock Incentive
Plan.</FONT></TD>
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    <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">Represents shares automatically reserved for
issuance on January&nbsp;1, 2003 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.</FONT></TD>
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    <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in
accordance with Rules&nbsp;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 May&nbsp;22, 2003,
which average was $24.00. 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 a discount applicable to purchases made under such plans.</FONT></TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">Part II. Information Required in the Registration Statement.</A></TD></TR>
<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>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#003">Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#004">Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005">Item&nbsp;7. Exemption From Registration Claimed.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#008">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#009">Exhibit&nbsp;Index</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="f90491orexv4w01.txt">EXHIBIT 4.01</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="f90491orexv5w01.txt">EXHIBIT 5.01</A></TD></TR>
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<P align="center"><B><FONT size="2">Explanatory Note</FONT></B>

<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant is
filing this Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 to register
(i)&nbsp;14,000,000 shares of Common Stock issuable under the Registrant&#146;s 2003
Stock Incentive Plan which was approved by the Registrant&#146;s
stockholders on May&nbsp;13, 2003 and (ii)&nbsp;an additional 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, 2003. Pursuant to General Instruction&nbsp;E of
Form&nbsp;S-8, this Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 hereby
incorporates by reference the contents of the Registrant&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 (File No.&nbsp;333-89252) filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) on
May&nbsp;28, 2002.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B></FONT>

<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents filed with the Commission
are incorporated herein by reference:
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    <TD width="93%"><FONT size="2">The Registrant&#146;s latest annual report on Form&nbsp;10-K filed
pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;).</FONT></TD>
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    <TD width="93%"><FONT size="2">All other reports filed pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or 15(d) of
the Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the
annual report referred to in (a)&nbsp;above.</FONT></TD>
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    <TD width="93%"><FONT size="2">The description of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock contained in
the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A (File No.
000-26247) filed with the Commission under Section&nbsp;12(g) of the
Exchange Act on June&nbsp;2, 1999 (the &#147;Form&nbsp;8-A&#148;), including any
amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not Applicable
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not Applicable
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&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.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s certificate of incorporation includes a provision that
eliminates the personal liability of its directors for monetary damages for
breach of fiduciary duty as a director, to the fullest extent permitted by the
Delaware General Corporation Law.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, the bylaws of the
Registrant provide that (i)&nbsp;the Registrant shall indemnify its directors and
officers to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation
Law, subject to certain very limited exceptions, (ii)&nbsp;the Registrant shall
advance expenses, as incurred, to its directors and officers in connection with
a legal proceeding to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General
Corporation Law, subject to certain very limited exceptions and (iii)&nbsp;the
rights conferred in the bylaws are not exclusive.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s policy is to enter into indemnity agreements with each of
its directors and officers. The indemnity agreements provide that directors and
officers will be indemnified from and against all
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees), liabilities, losses, judgments, fines,
ERISA excise taxes or penalties and settlement amounts, any interest or charges
imposed thereon, and any taxes imposed as a result of the receipt of any
payments under the indemnity agreements, paid or reasonably incurred by such
directors and officers in any action, suit or proceeding, or any inquiry,
hearing or investigation that might lead to an action, suit or proceeding, on
account of their services as a director, officer or other agent of the
Registrant or a predecessor corporation, or as directors, officers or other
agents of any other entity when they are serving in such capacities at the
request of the Registrant. The Registrant will not be obligated pursuant to the
agreements to indemnify or advance expenses to an indemnified party (i)&nbsp;with
respect to proceedings or claims initiated by the indemnified party against the
Registrant or any director or officer of Registrant unless the Registrant has
joined in, and except with respect to a proceeding authorized by the Board of
Directors and successful proceedings brought to enforce a right to
indemnification and/or advancement of expenses under the indemnity agreements;
(ii)&nbsp;for any amounts paid in settlement of a proceeding unless the Registrant
consents to such settlement; (iii)&nbsp;with respect to any judicial award if the
Registrant was not given reasonable and timely opportunity to participate in
the defense of such proceeding; or (iv)&nbsp;for any acts, omissions, transactions
or circumstances for which indemnification is prohibited by applicable state or
federal law.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption From Registration Claimed.</B>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not Applicable
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>
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4.02</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">VERITAS Software
Corporation 2002 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 4.01 of the Registrant&#146;s Registration
Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-89252) filed with the Commission
on May&nbsp;28, 2002)</FONT></TD>
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4.03</FONT></TD>
    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">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.
333-89252) filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;28, 2002)</FONT></TD>
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4.04</FONT></TD>
    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.01 of the Form
8-A)</FONT></TD>
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4.05</FONT></TD>
    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">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)</FONT></TD>
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4.06</FONT></TD>
    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">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)</FONT></TD>
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4.07</FONT></TD>
    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">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)</FONT></TD>
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5.01</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">Opinion of Fenwick &#038; West LLP</FONT></TD>
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23.01</FONT></TD>
    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">Consent of Fenwick &#038; West LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.01)</FONT></TD>
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23.02</FONT></TD>
    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">Independent Auditors&#146; Consent</FONT></TD>
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23.03</FONT></TD>
    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">Consent of Independent Auditors</FONT></TD>
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24.01</FONT></TD>
    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">Power of Attorney (see page II-5)</FONT></TD>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">II-2</FONT>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</B>
</FONT>

<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
</FONT>
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    <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">(1)</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="93%"><FONT size="2">To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:</FONT></TD>
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    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
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(i)
</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">To include any prospectus required by Section
10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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(ii)
</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
arising after the effective date of this Registration
Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a
fundamental change in the information set forth in this
Registration Statement; and</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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(iii)
</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">To include any material information with respect
to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this
Registration Statement or any material change to such
information in this Registration Statement;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">(2)</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="93%"><FONT size="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; and</FONT></TD>
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    <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">(3)</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="93%"><FONT size="2">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;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">provided, however, that paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) do not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by
those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished
to the Commission by Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section&nbsp;15(d)
of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement.</FONT></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the
Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s
annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be
a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and
the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide offering thereof.
</FONT>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
Registrant pursuant to the provisions discussed in Item&nbsp;6 hereof, or otherwise,
the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and
is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person 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 hereby, 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.
</FONT>
<P align="center"><FONT size="2">II-3</FONT>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
</FONT>

<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&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&nbsp;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 29th day of May, 2003.
</FONT>
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    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>VERITAS SOFTWARE CORPORATION</B></FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Gary L. Bloom</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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Gary L. Bloom<BR>
<I>Chairman of the Board, President and Chief <BR>
Executive Officer</I></FONT></TD>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">II-4</FONT>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
</FONT>

<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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 true and lawful attorneys-in-fact
and agents with full power of substitution, for him and in his name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8, and to
file the same, with all 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 might or could
do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact
and agents or any of them, or their or his substitutes or substitute, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
</FONT>

<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&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.
</FONT>


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    <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1"><B>Title</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1"><B>Date</B></FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2"><B>Principal Executive Officer:</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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Chairman of the Board,
President and Chief
</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">May&nbsp;29, 2003</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Gary L. Bloom</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Executive Officer</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">Gary L. Bloom</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2"><B>Principal Financial and
Principal Accounting
Officer:</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Executive Vice President,
Finance and Chief
</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">May&nbsp;29, 2003</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Edwin J. Gillis</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Financial Officer</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">Edwin J. Gillis</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2"><B>Additional Directors:</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Geoffrey W. Squire</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Vice Chairman of the Board
</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">May&nbsp;29, 2003</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">Geoffrey W. Squire</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Steven D. Brooks</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director
</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">May&nbsp;29, 2003</FONT></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">Steven D. Brooks</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Michael Brown</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director
</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">May&nbsp;29, 2003</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">Michael Brown</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Mark Leslie</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director
</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">May&nbsp;29, 2003</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">Mark Leslie</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">II-5</FONT>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1"><B>Signature</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1"><B>Title</B></FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Joseph D. Rizzi</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director
</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">May&nbsp;29, 2003</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">Joseph D. Rizzi</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ David J. Roux</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director
</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">May&nbsp;29, 2003</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">David J. Roux</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director
</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">Paul Unruh</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director
</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">Fred van den Bosch</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">II-6</FONT>

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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="5"><FONT size="1"><B>Exhibit No.</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1"><B>Description</B></FONT></TD>
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4.01</FONT></TD>
    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">VERITAS Software Corporation 2003 Stock Incentive Plan</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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4.02</FONT></TD>
    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">VERITAS Software
Corporation 2002 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 4.01 of the Registrant&#146;s Registration
Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-89252) filed with the Commission
on May&nbsp;28, 2002)</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
4.03</FONT></TD>
    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">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.
333-89252) filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;28, 2002)</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
4.04</FONT></TD>
    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.01 of
the Form&nbsp;8-A)</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
4.05</FONT></TD>
    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">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)</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
4.06</FONT></TD>
    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">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)</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
4.07</FONT></TD>
    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">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)</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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Veritas Software Corporation Form S-8
Table of Contents
As filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on May 29, 2003
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:
Horace L. Nash, Esq.
Fenwick & West LLP
Silicon Valley Center
801 California Street
Mountain View, California 94041
(650) 988-8500
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Amount
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
to be
Offering Price Per
Aggregate Offering
Amount of
Title of Securities to be Registered
Registered (1)
Share (4)
Price (4)
Registration Fee
Common Stock, $0.001 par value
14,000,000
(2)
$
24.00
$
336,000,000
$
27,182.40
Common Stock, $0.001 par value
600,000
(3)
$
20.40
$
12,240,000
$
990.22
TOTAL
14,600,000
$
28,172.62
(1)
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.
(2)
Represents shares reserved for issuance upon exercise of options
granted or to be granted under the Registrant's 2003 Stock Incentive
Plan.
(3)
Represents shares automatically reserved for
issuance on January 1, 2003 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.
(4)
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 May 22, 2003,
which average was $24.00. 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 a discount applicable to purchases made under such plans.
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Part II. Information Required in the Registration Statement.
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 4.01
EXHIBIT 5.01
EXHIBIT 23.02
EXHIBIT 23.03
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Explanatory Note
The Registrant is
filing this Registration Statement on Form S-8 to register
(i) 14,000,000 shares of Common Stock issuable under the Registrant's 2003
Stock Incentive Plan which was approved by the Registrant's
stockholders on May 13, 2003 and (ii) an additional 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, 2003. Pursuant to General Instruction E of
Form S-8, this Registration Statement on Form S-8 hereby
incorporates by reference the contents of the Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-89252) filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on
May 28, 2002.
Part II. Information Required in the Registration Statement.
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed with the Commission
are incorporated herein by reference:
(a)
The Registrant's latest annual report on Form 10-K filed
pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act").
(b)
All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of
the Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the
annual report referred to in (a) above.
(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 (the "Form 8-A"), including any
amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such
description.
All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, 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.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not Applicable
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not Applicable
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.
The Registrant's certificate of incorporation includes a provision that
eliminates the personal liability of its directors for monetary damages for
breach of fiduciary duty as a director, to the fullest extent permitted by the
Delaware General Corporation Law.
As permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, the bylaws of the
Registrant provide that (i) the Registrant shall indemnify its directors and
officers to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation
Law, subject to certain very limited exceptions, (ii) the Registrant shall
advance expenses, as incurred, to its directors and officers in connection with
a legal proceeding to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General
Corporation Law, subject to certain very limited exceptions and (iii) the
rights conferred in the bylaws are not exclusive.
The Registrant's policy is to enter into indemnity agreements with each of
its directors and officers. The indemnity agreements provide that directors and
officers will be indemnified from and against all
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expenses (including attorneys' fees), liabilities, losses, judgments, fines,
ERISA excise taxes or penalties and settlement amounts, any interest or charges
imposed thereon, and any taxes imposed as a result of the receipt of any
payments under the indemnity agreements, paid or reasonably incurred by such
directors and officers in any action, suit or proceeding, or any inquiry,
hearing or investigation that might lead to an action, suit or proceeding, on
account of their services as a director, officer or other agent of the
Registrant or a predecessor corporation, or as directors, officers or other
agents of any other entity when they are serving in such capacities at the
request of the Registrant. The Registrant will not be obligated pursuant to the
agreements to indemnify or advance expenses to an indemnified party (i) with
respect to proceedings or claims initiated by the indemnified party against the
Registrant or any director or officer of Registrant unless the Registrant has
joined in, and except with respect to a proceeding authorized by the Board of
Directors and successful proceedings brought to enforce a right to
indemnification and/or advancement of expenses under the indemnity agreements;
(ii) for any amounts paid in settlement of a proceeding unless the Registrant
consents to such settlement; (iii) with respect to any judicial award if the
Registrant was not given reasonable and timely opportunity to participate in
the defense of such proceeding; or (iv) for any acts, omissions, transactions
or circumstances for which indemnification is prohibited by applicable state or
federal law.
Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed.
Not Applicable
Item 8. Exhibits.
4.01
VERITAS Software Corporation 2003 Stock Incentive Plan
4.02
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)
4.03
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)
4.04
Registrant's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.01 of the Form
8-A)
4.05
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)
4.06
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)
4.07
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 Fenwick & West LLP
23.01
Consent of Fenwick & West LLP (included in Exhibit 5.01)
23.02
Independent Auditors' Consent
23.03
Consent of Independent Auditors
24.01
Power of Attorney (see page II-5)
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Item 9. Undertakings.
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)
To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i)
To include any prospectus required by Section
10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii)
To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
arising after the effective date of this Registration
Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a
fundamental change in the information set forth in this
Registration Statement; and
(iii)
To include any material information with respect
to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this
Registration Statement or any material change to such
information in this Registration Statement;
(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; and
(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;
provided, however, that paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) do not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by
those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished
to the Commission by Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d)
of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement.
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's
annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be
a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and
the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide offering thereof.
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 provisions discussed in Item 6 hereof, or otherwise,
the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and
is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person 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 hereby, 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 Mountain View, County of Santa Clara, State of
California, on the 29th day of May, 2003.
VERITAS SOFTWARE CORPORATION
By:
/s/ Gary L. Bloom
Gary L. Bloom
Chairman of the Board, President and Chief
Executive Officer
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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 true and lawful attorneys-in-fact
and agents with full power of substitution, for him and in his name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form S-8, and to
file the same, with all 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 might or could
do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact
and agents or any of them, or their or his substitutes or substitute, 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:
Chairman of the Board,
President and Chief
May 29, 2003
/s/ Gary L. Bloom
Executive Officer
Gary L. Bloom
Principal Financial and
Principal Accounting
Officer:
Executive Vice President,
Finance and Chief
May 29, 2003
/s/ Edwin J. Gillis
Financial Officer
Edwin J. Gillis
Additional Directors:
/s/ Geoffrey W. Squire
Vice Chairman of the Board
May 29, 2003
Geoffrey W. Squire
/s/ Steven D. Brooks
Director
May 29, 2003
Steven D. Brooks
/s/ Michael Brown
Director
May 29, 2003
Michael Brown
/s/ Mark Leslie
Director
May 29, 2003
Mark Leslie
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Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Joseph D. Rizzi
Director
May 29, 2003
Joseph D. Rizzi
/s/ David J. Roux
Director
May 29, 2003
David J. Roux
Director
Paul Unruh
Director
Fred van den Bosch
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Exhibit Index
Exhibit No.
Description
4.01
VERITAS Software Corporation 2003 Stock Incentive Plan
4.02
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)
4.03
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)
4.04
Registrant's Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.01 of
the Form 8-A)
4.05
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)
4.06
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)
4.07
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 Fenwick & West LLP
23.01
Consent of Fenwick & West LLP (included in Exhibit 5.01)
23.02
Independent Auditors' Consent
23.03
Consent of Independent Auditors
24.01
Power of Attorney (see page II-5)