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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>As filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on May 25, 2004</B>



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


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


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933<BR>
______________________</B>


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

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


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Washington</B><BR>
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>91-1629814</B><BR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>1100-112th Avenue NE, Suite&nbsp;100<BR>
Bellevue, Washington 98004</B><BR>
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>ONYX SOFTWARE CORPORATION 1998 STOCK INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN<BR>
ONYX SOFTWARE CORPORATION 1998 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN</B><BR>
(Full title of the plan)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Brent R. Frei<BR>
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board<BR>
Onyx Software Corporation<BR>
1100-112th Avenue NE, Suite&nbsp;100<BR>
Bellevue, Washington 98004<BR>
(425)&nbsp;451-8060</B><BR>
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)<BR>
<B>______________________</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Copy to:</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Alan C. Smith<BR>
Orrick, Herrington &#038; Sutcliffe LLP<BR>
719 Second Avenue, Suite&nbsp;900<BR>
Seattle, Washington 98104</B>



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


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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed Maximum</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Amount of</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Title of Securities to Be Registered</B></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>to Be Registered</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Offering Price Per Share(2)</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Aggregate Offering Price</B></TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:20px; text-indent:-10px">Common Stock,
$0.01 par
value,
authorized but
unissued under
1998 Stock
Incentive
Compensation
Plan</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="center" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">3,863,143 shares(1)</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">3.65</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>

<TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">14,100,472</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">1,787</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:20px; text-indent:-10px">Common Stock,
$0.01 par
value,
authorized but
unissued under
1998 Employee
Stock Purchase
Plan</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="center" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">593,648 shares(1)</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">3.65</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">2,166,816</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">275</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:20px; text-indent:-10px">Total</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">2,062</TD>
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    <TD width="96%">This Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of
common stock that become issuable under the 1998 Stock Incentive
Compensation Plan or the 1998 Employee Stock Purchase Plan being
registered hereby by reason of any stock dividend, stock split,
recapitalization or any other similar transaction effected without the
receipt of consideration that results in an increase in the number of the
registrant&#146;s outstanding shares of common stock.</TD>
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    <TD width="96%">Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act solely
for the purpose of calculating the registration fee. The computation is
based on the average of the high and low sales price of the common stock
as reported on the Nasdaq National Market on May&nbsp;20, 2004.</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES</B>

<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This registration statement on Form S-8 is being filed by Onyx Software
Corporation for the purpose of (i)&nbsp;registering an additional 3,863,143 shares
of common stock, par value $0.01, to be issued pursuant to the Onyx Software
Corporation 1998 Stock Incentive Compensation Plan, as amended and restated on
March&nbsp;21, 2003 (the &#147;1998 Plan&#148;) and (ii)&nbsp;registering an additional 593,648
shares of common stock, par value $0.01, to be issued pursuant to the Onyx
Software Corporation Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended and restated on
April&nbsp;6, 2001 (the &#147;ESPP&#148;). A registration statement on Form S-8 relating to
both the 1998 Plan and the ESPP was filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on February&nbsp;2, 1999 and remains effective. Pursuant to General
Instruction E of Form S-8, we incorporate by reference into this registration
statement the contents of our registration statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 (No.
333-72235) relating to both the 1998 Plan and the ESPP.

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legality of the common stock being registered</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Onyx Software Corporation 1998 Stock Incentive Compensation Plan,
as amended and restated on March&nbsp;21, 2003 (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.5 to the registrant&#146;s annual report on
Form 10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2003)</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Onyx Software Corporation 1998 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as
amended and restated on April&nbsp;6, 2001 (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 to the registrant&#146;s quarterly report on Form&nbsp;10-Q
for the quarter ended June&nbsp;30, 2001)</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Orrick, Herrington &#038; Sutcliffe LLP (included in the
opinion filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it
meets all 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 Bellevue, state of Washington, on
this 25th day of May, 2004.

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    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left">ONYX SOFTWARE CORPORATION</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ BRENT R. FREI</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">By:
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Brent R. Frei<BR>
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman
of the Board</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>

<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Brent
R. Frei and Brian C. Henry, or either of them, as attorneys-in-fact with full
power of substitution, to execute in the name and on the behalf of each person,
individually and in each capacity stated below, and to file, any and all
amendments to this Registration Statement, including any and all post-effective
amendments.

<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this registration statement on Form S-8 has been signed by the following
persons in the capacities indicated below on this 25th day of May, 2004.

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ BRENT R. FREI
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BRENT R. FREI</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive
Officer) and Chairman of
the Board</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ BRIAN C. HENRY
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BRIAN C. HENRY</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Executive Vice President
and Chief Financial
Officer (Principal
Financial and Accounting Officer)</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">

<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ H. RAYMOND BINGHAM
<HR align="center" size="1" noshade width="100%">
H. RAYMOND BINGHAM</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ TERESA A. DIAL
<HR align="center" size="1" noshade width="100%">
TERESA A. DIAL
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ WILLIAM B. ELMORE
<HR align="center" size="1" noshade width="100%">
WILLIAM B. ELMORE
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ DANIEL R. SANTELL
<HR align="center" size="1" noshade width="100%">
DANIEL R. SANTELL
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Orrick, Herrington &#038; Sutcliffe LLP regarding the
legality of the common stock being registered</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">10.1</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Onyx Software Corporation 1998 Stock Incentive Compensation Plan,
as amended and restated on March&nbsp;21, 2003 (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.5 to the registrant&#146;s annual report on
Form 10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2003)</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">10.2</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Onyx Software Corporation 1998 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as
amended and restated on April&nbsp;6, 2001 (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 to the registrant&#146;s quarterly report on Form&nbsp;10-Q
for the quarter ended June&nbsp;30, 2001)</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP, Independent Auditors</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Orrick, Herrington &#038; Sutcliffe LLP (included in the
opinion filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
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As filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on May 25, 2004
Registration No. 333-________
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
______________________
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
______________________
ONYX SOFTWARE CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Washington
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
91-1629814
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
1100-112th Avenue NE, Suite 100
Bellevue, Washington 98004
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
ONYX SOFTWARE CORPORATION 1998 STOCK INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN
ONYX SOFTWARE CORPORATION 1998 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
Brent R. Frei
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board
Onyx Software Corporation
1100-112th Avenue NE, Suite 100
Bellevue, Washington 98004
(425) 451-8060
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
______________________
Copy to:
Alan C. Smith
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
719 Second Avenue, Suite 900
Seattle, Washington 98104
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Maximum Amount
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Amount of
Title of Securities to Be Registered
to Be Registered
Offering Price Per Share(2)
Aggregate Offering Price
Registration Fee
Common Stock,
$0.01 par
value,
authorized but
unissued under
1998 Stock
Incentive
Compensation
Plan
3,863,143 shares(1)
$
3.65
$
14,100,472
$
1,787
Common Stock,
$0.01 par
value,
authorized but
unissued under
1998 Employee
Stock Purchase
Plan
593,648 shares(1)
$
3.65
$
2,166,816
$
275
Total
$
2,062
(1)
This Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of
common stock that become issuable under the 1998 Stock Incentive
Compensation Plan or the 1998 Employee Stock Purchase Plan being
registered hereby by reason of any stock dividend, stock split,
recapitalization or any other similar transaction effected without the
receipt of consideration that results in an increase in the number of the
registrant's outstanding shares of common stock.
(2)
Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act solely
for the purpose of calculating the registration fee. The computation is
based on the average of the high and low sales price of the common stock
as reported on the Nasdaq National Market on May 20, 2004.
REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES
This registration statement on Form S-8 is being filed by Onyx Software
Corporation for the purpose of (i) registering an additional 3,863,143 shares
of common stock, par value $0.01, to be issued pursuant to the Onyx Software
Corporation 1998 Stock Incentive Compensation Plan, as amended and restated on
March 21, 2003 (the "1998 Plan") and (ii) registering an additional 593,648
shares of common stock, par value $0.01, to be issued pursuant to the Onyx
Software Corporation Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended and restated on
April 6, 2001 (the "ESPP"). A registration statement on Form S-8 relating to
both the 1998 Plan and the ESPP was filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on February 2, 1999 and remains effective. Pursuant to General
Instruction E of Form S-8, we incorporate by reference into this registration
statement the contents of our registration statement on Form S-8 (No.
333-72235) relating to both the 1998 Plan and the ESPP.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 8. EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
Description
5.1
Opinion of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP regarding the
legality of the common stock being registered
10.1
Onyx Software Corporation 1998 Stock Incentive Compensation Plan,
as amended and restated on March 21, 2003 (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the registrant's annual report on
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003)
10.2
Onyx Software Corporation 1998 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as
amended and restated on April 6, 2001 (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 10.1 to the registrant's quarterly report on Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended June 30, 2001)
23.1
Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
23.2
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Auditors
23.3
Consent of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP (included in the
opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page)
EXHIBIT 5.1
EXHIBIT 23.1
EXHIBIT 23.2
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it
meets all 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 Bellevue, state of Washington, on
this 25th day of May, 2004.
ONYX SOFTWARE CORPORATION
/s/ BRENT R. FREI
By:
Brent R. Frei
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman
of the Board
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Brent
R. Frei and Brian C. Henry, or either of them, as attorneys-in-fact with full
power of substitution, to execute in the name and on the behalf of each person,
individually and in each capacity stated below, and to file, any and all
amendments to this Registration Statement, including any and all post-effective
amendments.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this registration statement on Form S-8 has been signed by the following
persons in the capacities indicated below on this 25th day of May, 2004.
Signature
Title
/s/ BRENT R. FREI
BRENT R. FREI
Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive
Officer) and Chairman of
the Board
/s/ BRIAN C. HENRY
BRIAN C. HENRY
Executive Vice President
and Chief Financial
Officer (Principal
Financial and Accounting Officer)
/s/ H. RAYMOND BINGHAM
H. RAYMOND BINGHAM
Director
/s/ TERESA A. DIAL
TERESA A. DIAL
Director
/s/ WILLIAM B. ELMORE
WILLIAM B. ELMORE
Director
/s/ DANIEL R. SANTELL
DANIEL R. SANTELL
Director
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
Description
5.1
Opinion of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP regarding the
legality of the common stock being registered
10.1
Onyx Software Corporation 1998 Stock Incentive Compensation Plan,
as amended and restated on March 21, 2003 (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the registrant's annual report on
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003)
10.2
Onyx Software Corporation 1998 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as
amended and restated on April 6, 2001 (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 10.1 to the registrant's quarterly report on Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended June 30, 2001)
23.1
Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
23.2
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Auditors
23.3
Consent of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP (included in the
opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page)