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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August&nbsp;8, 2006<BR>
333-
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
Under<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>BUSINESS OBJECTS S.A.</B>
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<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>Republic of France</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>98-0355777</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or other jurisdiction of<BR>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>157-159 rue Anatole France<BR>
92300 Levallois-Perret<BR>
France</B><BR>
(Address, including zip code, of Registrant&#146;s principal executive offices)

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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>2001 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN, as amended</B><BR>
(Full titles of the Plans)

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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>James R. Tolonen<BR>
Chief Financial Officer<BR>
Business Objects S.A.<BR>
c/o Business Objects Americas<BR>
3030 Orchard Parkway<BR>
San Jose, California 95134<BR>
(408)&nbsp;953-6000</B><BR>
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Copies to:

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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Susan J. Wolfe, Esq.<BR>
Senior Vice President, General<BR>
Counsel and Secretary<BR>
Business Objects S.A.<BR>
c/o Business Objects Americas<BR>
3030 Orchard Parkway<BR>
San Jose, California 95134<BR>
(408)&nbsp;953-6000</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>John T. Sheridan, Esq.<BR>
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich &#038; Rosati<BR>
Professional Corporation<BR>
650 Page Mill Road<BR>
Palo Alto, CA 94304-1050<BR>
(650)&nbsp;493-9300</B></TD>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>

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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Ordinary Shares, nominal value
<FONT face="'Times New Roman',times,serif">&#128;</FONT>0.10 per share (1):</DIV></TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">2001 Stock Incentive Plan</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">1,100,000</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$23.72 (3)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$26,092,000.00 (3)</TD>
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    <TD>American depositary shares evidenced by American depositary receipts that are issuable upon
deposit of the Ordinary Shares with The Bank of New York as Depositary registered hereby have been
registered pursuant to a separate Registration Statement on Form F-6, filed on October&nbsp;15, 2003
(File No.&nbsp;333-109712).</TD>
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    <TD>Pursuant to Rule 416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), this
Registration Statement shall also cover any additional Ordinary Shares which become issuable under
the 2001 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended, by reason of any stock dividend, stock
split, capitalization of reserves, profits or premiums or other similar transaction effected
without the Registrant&#146;s receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of the
Registrant&#146;s issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares.</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act solely for the purpose of
calculating the registration fee on the basis of $23.72 per share, which was the average of the
high and low prices of the Registrant&#146;s American depositary shares as reported on the Nasdaq
National Market on August&nbsp;1, 2006.</TD>
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<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#001">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>BUSINESS OBJECTS S.A.<BR>
REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">PART II

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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><U>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</U>

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

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed for the purpose of registering an
additional 1,100,000 Ordinary Shares of the Registrant to be issued pursuant to the Business
Objects S.A. 2001 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended, (the &#147;2001 Plan&#148;), within the limits of the
third resolution of the extraordinary general meeting of shareholders of February&nbsp;6, 2001, the
eighth resolution of the extraordinary general meeting of shareholders of December&nbsp;11, 2003 and the
twenty fifth resolution of the extraordinary general meeting of shareholders of June&nbsp;10, 2004. The
entire contents of the following registration statements previously filed by the Registrant with
the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to the 2001 Plan are hereby incorporated herein by
reference: (1)&nbsp;the Registrant&#146;s Form S-8 Registration Statement, Registration No.&nbsp;333-69376, dated
September&nbsp;14, 2001, (2)&nbsp;the Registrant&#146;s Form S-8 Registration Statement, Registration No.
333-109275, dated September&nbsp;30, 2003 and (3)&nbsp;the Registrant&#146;s Form S-8 Registration Statement,
Registration No.&nbsp;333-129434, dated November&nbsp;3, 2005.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents and information filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
&#147;Commission&#148;) by the Registrant are incorporated herein by reference:
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">1.</TD>
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    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2005, filed with the Commission on March
16, 2006.</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">2.</TD>
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    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2006, filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;10, 2006.</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">3.</TD>
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    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with
the Commission on each of January&nbsp;31, 2006, February&nbsp;1, 2006 (except
with respect to Item&nbsp;2.02), February&nbsp;8, 2006 (as amended on Form 8-K/A
filed on February&nbsp;9, 2006), February&nbsp;9, 2006, February&nbsp;10, 2006, March
7, 2006, March&nbsp;31, 2006, April&nbsp;6, 2006, April&nbsp;7, 2006, April&nbsp;26, 2006
(except with respect to Item&nbsp;2.02), May&nbsp;10, 2006, May&nbsp;16, 2006, June&nbsp;12,
2006, June&nbsp;13, 2006 and July&nbsp;26, 2006 (except with respect to Item
2.02); provided, however, that the Registrant does not incorporate by
reference any information contained in, or exhibits submitted with, the
Forms 8-K that was expressly furnished and not filed.</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">4.</TD>
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    <TD>The description of Registrant&#146;s Ordinary Shares, nominal
value &#128;0.10 per share, contained in the Registrant&#146;s Registration
Statement on Form 8-A (File No.&nbsp;0-24720).</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), prior to the filing
of a post-effective
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">amendment which indicates that all securities offered under this Registration Statement have
been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement from the date of filing of such documents.
Any statement contained in a document 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 other subsequently filed document which also is, or is deemed to be,
incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified
or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute part of this
Registration Statement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;None.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The indemnification and liability of the Registrant&#146;s directors and Officers (as defined
below) are governed by French law.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;French law generally limits the ability of a French company to indemnify its (i)&nbsp;directors, as
well as (ii)&nbsp;its chief executive officer (<I>Directeur G&#233;n&#233;ral</I>) and (iii)&nbsp;its deputy chief executive
officers (<I>Directeurs G&#233;n&#233;raux D&#233;l&#233;gu&#233;s</I>), (ii)&nbsp;and (iii)&nbsp;collectively or individually named the
&#147;Officer(s)&#148;, against their liabilities. However, if a director or an Officer is sued by a third
party and ultimately prevails in the litigation on all counts, but is nevertheless required to bear
attorneys&#146; fees and costs, the company may in specified circumstances reimburse those fees and
costs, to the extent permitted by the laws and regulations in effect, under an indemnification
arrangement with the director or the Officer.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to French law, any indemnification arrangement between the Registrant and any of its
directors or Officers must be approved by the Registrant&#146;s shareholders. The Registrant has
entered into indemnification agreements with its current directors and Officers pursuant to which
the Registrant is obligated to purchase directors and officers liability insurance for all of its
directors and Officers, each a &#147;Beneficiary&#148;, under which each Beneficiary is indemnified for any
costs, damages or losses related to any litigation, suit, proceeding or claim, each a &#147;Claim&#148;,
(including reasonable expenses, taxes, costs and fees related to the defense of such Claim) against
such Beneficiary by reason of his position as a director or Officer of the Registrant, except in
the case of any costs, damages or losses resulting from any gross or willful misconduct, fraudulent
misrepresentation or breach of criminal laws and regulations by the Beneficiary. The Registrant&#146;s
current form of indemnification agreement was approved by the Registrant&#146;s board of directors on
March&nbsp;31, 2004 and by the Registrant&#146;s shareholders on June&nbsp;10, 2004.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The French Commercial Code does not prohibit a company from purchasing directors and officers
insurance for all or part of the members of its management. Under French law, a company is
responsible to third parties for the consequences of the decisions of its directors or Officers,
such as violations of the laws and regulations applicable to French commercial companies, breaches
of a company&#146;s articles of association or mismanagement. If those decisions qualify as
mismanagement for instance, the relevant director or Officer may be required to fully or partly
indemnify the company. In addition, under French law, the directors and Officers are liable
individually or jointly, as the case may be, to the company or to third parties to the same extent.
The Registrant has purchased directors and officers liability insurance for all of its directors
and
Officers, which is currently in effect. The coverage provided pursuant to such policy complies
with the terms of the indemnification agreement described above.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="90%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Number</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Description of Document</B></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.1&nbsp; </TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">(1)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Form of Deposit Agreement, as amended and restated on October&nbsp;15, 2003,
among Business Objects S.A. and the Bank of New York, as Depositary, and
holder from time to time of American Depositary Shares issued thereunder
(including Exhibit&nbsp;A to Deposit Agreement).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">5.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Opinion of Shearman &#038; Sterling LLP as to the validity of the Ordinary
Shares that may be issued.</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">10.25&nbsp; </TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">(2)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">2001 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended July&nbsp;20, 2006.</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">23.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">23.2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Shearman &#038; Sterling LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">24.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Powers of Attorney (included on signature page).</DIV></TD>
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<DIV style="font-size: 3pt; margin-top: 16pt; width: 18%; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV>

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    <TD width="96"></TD>
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<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;1 to The Bank of New York&#146;s registration
statement on Form F-6 filed with the Commission on October&nbsp;15, 2003 (File No.
333-109712).</TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 3pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.25 of the Registrant&#146;s Current Report
on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on July&nbsp;26, 2006.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement: (i)&nbsp;to include any prospectus required by Section
10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the
Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or
in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration
Statement;
</DIV>


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


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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above 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 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant
to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that
time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by
a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any
action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its
counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed
in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
</DIV>

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</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this Registration Statement on Form S-8 to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of San Jose, California, on August&nbsp;7, 2006.
</DIV>

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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">BUSINESS OBJECTS S.A.<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ John G. Schwarz
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">John G. Schwarz,&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-size: 10pt">
<TR>
    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS</I>, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes
and appoints John G. Schwarz and James R. Tolonen and each of them, acting individually, as his
attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution, for him and in any and all capacities, to sign
any and all amendments to this Registration Statement on this Form S-8 (including any
post-effective amendments thereto) and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, may do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement on
Form S-8 has been signed on August&nbsp;7, 2006, by the following persons in the capacities indicated.
</DIV>
<DIV align="center">
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    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Date</B></TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ John G. Schwarz
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;John G. Schwarz
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chief Executive Officer and
Director (Principal Executive
Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">August&nbsp;7, 2006</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ James R. Tolonen
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;James R. Tolonen
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chief Financial Officer and
Senior Group Vice President
(Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">August&nbsp;7, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Bernard Liautaud
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Bernard Liautaud
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman of the Board of Directors
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">August&nbsp;7, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Bernard Charl&#232;s
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Jean-Fran&#231;ois Heitz
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Jean-Fran&#231;ois Heitz
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">August&nbsp;7, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Gerald Held
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Gerald Held
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">August&nbsp;7, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Kurt J. Lauk
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kurt J. Lauk
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">August&nbsp;7, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Carl S. Pascarella
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Carl S. Pascarella
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">August&nbsp;7, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ David Peterschmidt
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;David Peterschmidt
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">August&nbsp;7, 2006</TD>
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among Business Objects S.A. and the Bank of New York, as Depositary, and
holder from time to time of American Depositary Shares issued thereunder
(including Exhibit&nbsp;A to Deposit Agreement).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Opinion of Shearman &#038; Sterling LLP as to the validity of the Ordinary
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Table of Contents
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 8, 2006
333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
BUSINESS OBJECTS S.A.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Republic of France
98-0355777
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
157-159 rue Anatole France
92300 Levallois-Perret
France
(Address, including zip code, of Registrant's principal executive offices)
2001 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN, as amended
(Full titles of the Plans)
James R. Tolonen
Chief Financial Officer
Business Objects S.A.
c/o Business Objects Americas
3030 Orchard Parkway
San Jose, California 95134
(408) 953-6000
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Susan J. Wolfe, Esq.
Senior Vice President, General
Counsel and Secretary
Business Objects S.A.
c/o Business Objects Americas
3030 Orchard Parkway
San Jose, California 95134
(408) 953-6000
John T. Sheridan, Esq.
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Professional Corporation
650 Page Mill Road
Palo Alto, CA 94304-1050
(650) 493-9300
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Amount of
Title of Securities
Amount to be
Offering Price
Aggregate
Registration
to be Registered
Registered (2)
Per Share
Offering Price
Fee
Ordinary Shares, nominal value
€
0.10 per share (1):
2001 Stock Incentive Plan
1,100,000
$23.72 (3)
$26,092,000.00 (3)
$2,791.84
(1)
American depositary shares evidenced by American depositary receipts that are issuable upon
deposit of the Ordinary Shares with The Bank of New York as Depositary registered hereby have been
registered pursuant to a separate Registration Statement on Form F-6, filed on October 15, 2003
(File No. 333-109712).
(2)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this
Registration Statement shall also cover any additional Ordinary Shares which become issuable under
the 2001 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended, by reason of any stock dividend, stock
split, capitalization of reserves, profits or premiums or other similar transaction effected
without the Registrant's receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of the
Registrant's issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares.
(3)
Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act solely for the purpose of
calculating the registration fee on the basis of $23.72 per share, which was the average of the
high and low prices of the Registrant's American depositary shares as reported on the Nasdaq
National Market on August 1, 2006.
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PART II
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Item 4. Description of Securities
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
Item 8. Exhibits
Item 9. Undertakings
SIGNATURES
Index to Exhibits
EXHIBIT 5.1
EXHIBIT 23.1
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BUSINESS OBJECTS S.A.
REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Explanatory Note
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed for the purpose of registering an
additional 1,100,000 Ordinary Shares of the Registrant to be issued pursuant to the Business
Objects S.A. 2001 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended, (the "2001 Plan"), within the limits of the
third resolution of the extraordinary general meeting of shareholders of February 6, 2001, the
eighth resolution of the extraordinary general meeting of shareholders of December 11, 2003 and the
twenty fifth resolution of the extraordinary general meeting of shareholders of June 10, 2004. The
entire contents of the following registration statements previously filed by the Registrant with
the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to the 2001 Plan are hereby incorporated herein by
reference: (1) the Registrant's Form S-8 Registration Statement, Registration No. 333-69376, dated
September 14, 2001, (2) the Registrant's Form S-8 Registration Statement, Registration No.
333-109275, dated September 30, 2003 and (3) the Registrant's Form S-8 Registration Statement,
Registration No. 333-129434, dated November 3, 2005.
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents and information filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") by the Registrant are incorporated herein by reference:
1.
The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 2005, filed with the Commission on March
16, 2006.
2.
The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended March 31, 2006, filed with the Commission on May 10, 2006.
3.
The Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with
the Commission on each of January 31, 2006, February 1, 2006 (except
with respect to Item 2.02), February 8, 2006 (as amended on Form 8-K/A
filed on February 9, 2006), February 9, 2006, February 10, 2006, March
7, 2006, March 31, 2006, April 6, 2006, April 7, 2006, April 26, 2006
(except with respect to Item 2.02), May 10, 2006, May 16, 2006, June 12,
2006, June 13, 2006 and July 26, 2006 (except with respect to Item
2.02); provided, however, that the Registrant does not incorporate by
reference any information contained in, or exhibits submitted with, the
Forms 8-K that was expressly furnished and not filed.
4.
The description of Registrant's Ordinary Shares, nominal
value €0.10 per share, contained in the Registrant's Registration
Statement on Form 8-A (File No. 0-24720).
All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), prior to the filing
of a post-effective
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amendment which indicates that all securities offered under this Registration Statement have
been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement from the date of filing of such documents.
Any statement contained in a document 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 other subsequently filed document which also is, or is deemed to be,
incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified
or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute part of this
Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
None.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The indemnification and liability of the Registrant's directors and Officers (as defined
below) are governed by French law.
French law generally limits the ability of a French company to indemnify its (i) directors, as
well as (ii) its chief executive officer (
Directeur Général
) and (iii) its deputy chief executive
officers (
Directeurs Généraux Délégués
), (ii) and (iii) collectively or individually named the
"Officer(s)", against their liabilities. However, if a director or an Officer is sued by a third
party and ultimately prevails in the litigation on all counts, but is nevertheless required to bear
attorneys' fees and costs, the company may in specified circumstances reimburse those fees and
costs, to the extent permitted by the laws and regulations in effect, under an indemnification
arrangement with the director or the Officer.
Pursuant to French law, any indemnification arrangement between the Registrant and any of its
directors or Officers must be approved by the Registrant's shareholders. The Registrant has
entered into indemnification agreements with its current directors and Officers pursuant to which
the Registrant is obligated to purchase directors and officers liability insurance for all of its
directors and Officers, each a "Beneficiary", under which each Beneficiary is indemnified for any
costs, damages or losses related to any litigation, suit, proceeding or claim, each a "Claim",
(including reasonable expenses, taxes, costs and fees related to the defense of such Claim) against
such Beneficiary by reason of his position as a director or Officer of the Registrant, except in
the case of any costs, damages or losses resulting from any gross or willful misconduct, fraudulent
misrepresentation or breach of criminal laws and regulations by the Beneficiary. The Registrant's
current form of indemnification agreement was approved by the Registrant's board of directors on
March 31, 2004 and by the Registrant's shareholders on June 10, 2004.
The French Commercial Code does not prohibit a company from purchasing directors and officers
insurance for all or part of the members of its management. Under French law, a company is
responsible to third parties for the consequences of the decisions of its directors or Officers,
such as violations of the laws and regulations applicable to French commercial companies, breaches
of a company's articles of association or mismanagement. If those decisions qualify as
mismanagement for instance, the relevant director or Officer may be required to fully or partly
indemnify the company. In addition, under French law, the directors and Officers are liable
individually or jointly, as the case may be, to the company or to third parties to the same extent.
The Registrant has purchased directors and officers liability insurance for all of its directors
and
Officers, which is currently in effect. The coverage provided pursuant to such policy complies
with the terms of the indemnification agreement described above.
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Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number
Description of Document
4.1
(1)
Form of Deposit Agreement, as amended and restated on October 15, 2003,
among Business Objects S.A. and the Bank of New York, as Depositary, and
holder from time to time of American Depositary Shares issued thereunder
(including Exhibit A to Deposit Agreement).
5.1
Opinion of Shearman & Sterling LLP as to the validity of the Ordinary
Shares that may be issued.
10.25
(2)
2001 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended July 20, 2006.
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
23.2
Consent of Shearman & Sterling LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Powers of Attorney (included on signature page).
(1)
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1 to The Bank of New York's registration
statement on Form F-6 filed with the Commission on October 15, 2003 (File No.
333-109712).
(2)
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.25 of the Registrant's Current Report
on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on July 26, 2006.
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement: (i) to include any prospectus required by Section
10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
(ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the
Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or
in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration
Statement;
(iii) to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to the information in the
Registration Statement;
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provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above 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.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant
to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that
time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by
a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any
action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its
counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed
in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this Registration Statement on Form S-8 to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of San Jose, California, on August 7, 2006.
BUSINESS OBJECTS S.A.
By:
/s/ John G. Schwarz
John G. Schwarz,
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 John G. Schwarz and James R. Tolonen and each of them, acting individually, as his
attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution, for him and in any and all capacities, to sign
any and all amendments to this Registration Statement on this Form S-8 (including any
post-effective amendments thereto) and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, may do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement on
Form S-8 has been signed on August 7, 2006, by the following persons in the capacities indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ John G. Schwarz
John G. Schwarz
Chief Executive Officer and
Director (Principal Executive
Officer)
August 7, 2006
/s/ James R. Tolonen
James R. Tolonen
Chief Financial Officer and
Senior Group Vice President
(Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer)
August 7, 2006
/s/ Bernard Liautaud
Bernard Liautaud
Chairman of the Board of Directors
August 7, 2006
Bernard Charlès
Director
/s/ Jean-François Heitz
Jean-François Heitz
Director
August 7, 2006
/s/ Gerald Held
Gerald Held
Director
August 7, 2006
/s/ Kurt J. Lauk
Kurt J. Lauk
Director
August 7, 2006
/s/ Carl S. Pascarella
Carl S. Pascarella
Director
August 7, 2006
/s/ David Peterschmidt
David Peterschmidt
Director
August 7, 2006
/s/ Arnold N. Silverman
Arnold N. Silverman
Director
August 7, 2006
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Index to Exhibits
Exhibit
Number
Description of Document
4.1
(1)
Form of Deposit Agreement, as amended and restated on October 15, 2003,
among Business Objects S.A. and the Bank of New York, as Depositary, and
holder from time to time of American Depositary Shares issued thereunder
(including Exhibit A to Deposit Agreement).
5.1
Opinion of Shearman & Sterling LLP as to the validity of the Ordinary
Shares that may be issued.
10.25
(2)
2001 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended July 20, 2006.
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
23.2
Consent of Shearman & Sterling LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Powers of Attorney (included on signature page).
(1)
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1 to The Bank of New York's registration
statement on Form F-6 filed with the Commission on October 15, 2003 (File No.
333-109712).
(2)
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.25 of the Registrant's Current Report
on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on July 26, 2006.