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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July&nbsp;20, 2009
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>WASHINGTON, DC 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><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: 12pt"><B>JDA Software Group, Inc.</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>Delaware</B><BR>
(State or Other Jurisdiction of <BR>
Incorporation or Organization)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>86-0787377</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>14400 North 87th Street <BR>
Scottsdale, Arizona</B><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="BOTTOM"><B>85260</B><BR>
(Zip Code)</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>JDA Software Group, Inc.<BR>
2005 Performance Incentive Plan</B><BR>
(Full Title of the Plan)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Hamish Brewer, Chief Executive Officer<BR>
JDA Software Group, Inc.<BR>
14400 North 87th Street<BR>
Scottsdale, Arizona 85260-3649<BR>
(480)&nbsp;308-3000</B><BR>
(Name, Address and Telephone<BR>
Number, including Area Code, of Agent for Service)</DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>With a copy to:<BR>
Steven D. Pidgeon<BR>
DLA Piper LLP (US)<BR>
2525 East Camelback Road<BR>
Suite&nbsp;1000<BR>
Phoenix, Arizona 85016<BR>
(480)&nbsp;606-5100</B><BR>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated
filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
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<TR><TD>Large accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD>
<TD align="center">Accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#254;</FONT>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD align="center"><BR>Non-accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT><BR>(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</TD>
<TD align="right">Smaller reporting company&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common stock, $0.01 par value</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">2,000,000</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">15.43</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">30,860,000</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">1,722</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>In addition, pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
&#147;Securities Act&#148;), this registration statement also covers an indeterminate number of shares of
Common Stock that may be offered or issued by reason of stock splits, stock dividends or similar
transactions.</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Securities Act
Rules 457(c) and 457(h). The proposed maximum offering price per share, proposed maximum aggregate
offering price and the amount of the registration fee are based on the average of the high and low
prices of JDA Software Group, Inc. common stock, $0.01 par value, on July&nbsp;14, 2009, as reported by
the Nasdaq Global Market.</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;JDA Software Group, Inc. (the &#147;<B><I>Company</I></B>&#148;) has prepared this registration statement in
accordance with the requirements of Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
&#147;<B><I>Securities Act</I></B>&#148;), to register an additional 2,000,000 shares of the Company&#146;s common stock, par
value $0.01 per share (the &#147;<B><I>Common Stock</I></B>&#148;), which are authorized for issuance under the JDA
Software Group, Inc. 2005 Performance Incentive Plan, as amended (the &#147;<B><I>Incentive Plan</I></B>&#148;). The
Company filed a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No.&nbsp;333-128255) with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the &#147;<B><I>Commission</I></B>&#148;) on September&nbsp;12, 2005 registering 1,000,000 shares of Common
Stock that were authorized for issuance under the Incentive Plan. A total of 847,000 shares
issuable under the Incentive Plan were previously registered for offer or sale under the JDA
Software Group, Inc. 1996 Stock Option Plan, 1996 Outside Directors Stock Option Plan and 1998
Nonstatutory Plan.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, this registration statement is being filed to
register an additional 2,000,000 shares of Common Stock that are authorized for issuance under the
Incentive Plan. Pursuant to such Instruction E, the contents of the Registration Statements on
Form S-8 (File No.&nbsp;333-128255) are incorporated herein by reference.
</DIV>

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


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

</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;See Exhibit&nbsp;Index.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Scottsdale, State of Arizona, on July&nbsp;20, 2009.
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    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>JDA SOFTWARE GROUP, INC.</B><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/ Hamish N.J. Brewer
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Hamish N.J. Brewer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">President and Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officers and directors of JDA Software
Group, Inc, a Delaware corporation (the &#147;<B><I>Company</I></B>&#148;), hereby constitute and appoint Hamish N. J.
Brewer and G. Michael Bridge and each of them, the true and lawful agents and attorneys-in-fact of
the undersigned with full power and authority in said agents and attorneys-in-fact, and in any one
or more of them, to sign for the undersigned and in their respective names as officers and as
directors of the Company, a registration statement on Form S-8 (or other appropriate form) (the
&#147;<B><I>Registration Statement</I></B>&#148;) relating to the proposed issuance of common stock, par value $0.01, of
the Company and other securities that are the subject of this Registration Statement (or any and
all amendments, including post-effective amendments, to such Registration Statement) and file the
same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, and with full power of substitution; 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, as amended, this Registration
Statement on Form S-8 has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates
indicated.
</DIV>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ James D. Armstrong
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
James D. Armstrong
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Chairman of the Board of Directors&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July&nbsp;20, 2009</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Hamish N. J. Brewer
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Hamish N. J. Brewer
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">President and Chief Executive Officer<br>
(Principal Executive Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July&nbsp;20, 2009</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ David Alberty
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
David Alberty
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Vice President of Accounting,
Finance and Treasury<br>
(Principal Financial and Accounting
Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July&nbsp;20, 2009</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Orlando Bravo
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Orlando Bravo
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July&nbsp;20, 2009</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <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">/s/ J. Michael Gullard
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
J. Michael Gullard
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July&nbsp;20, 2009</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Douglas G. Marlin
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Douglas G. Marlin
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July&nbsp;20, 2009</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Jock Patton
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Jock Patton
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July&nbsp;20, 2009</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Number</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">3.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Third Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated by
reference from the Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarterly
period ended September&nbsp;30, 2002, as filed on November&nbsp;12, 2002).</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" 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 align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">3.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">First Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (incorporated by reference
from the Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarterly period
ended June&nbsp;30, 1998, as filed on August&nbsp;14, 1998).</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" 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 align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of DLA Piper LLP (US), counsel for the Company (filed herewith).</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (filed herewith).</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included in signature page to this Registration Statement).</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">2005 Performance Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Appendix&nbsp;B of
the Company&#146;s definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule&nbsp;14A filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on April&nbsp;11, 2005).</TD>
</TR>
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</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">First Amendment to the 2005 Performance Incentive Plan (incorporated by
reference to Appendix&nbsp;B of the Company&#146;s definitive Proxy Statement on
Schedule&nbsp;14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April&nbsp;6,
2007).</TD>
</TR>
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</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Second Amendment to the 2005 Performance Incentive Plan (incorporated by
reference to Schedule&nbsp;A of the Company&#146;s definitive Proxy Statement on
Schedule&nbsp;14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April&nbsp;7,
2009).</TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 20, 2009
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
JDA Software Group, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
86-0787377
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
14400 North 87th Street
Scottsdale, Arizona
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
85260
(Zip Code)
JDA Software Group, Inc.
2005 Performance Incentive Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
Hamish Brewer, Chief Executive Officer
JDA Software Group, Inc.
14400 North 87th Street
Scottsdale, Arizona 85260-3649
(480) 308-3000
(Name, Address and Telephone
Number, including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
With a copy to:
Steven D. Pidgeon
DLA Piper LLP (US)
2525 East Camelback Road
Suite 1000
Phoenix, Arizona 85016
(480) 606-5100
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated
filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
o
Accelerated filer
þ
Non-accelerated filer
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
o
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Proposed
Amount
Maximum
Maximum
Amount of
Title of Securities
to be
Offering
Aggregate
Registration
to be Registered
Registered (1)
Price Per Share (2)
Offering Price (2)
Fee
Common stock, $0.01 par value
2,000,000
$
15.43
$
30,860,000
$
1,722
(1)
In addition, pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"), this registration statement also covers an indeterminate number of shares of
Common Stock that may be offered or issued by reason of stock splits, stock dividends or similar
transactions.
(2)
Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Securities Act
Rules 457(c) and 457(h). The proposed maximum offering price per share, proposed maximum aggregate
offering price and the amount of the registration fee are based on the average of the high and low
prices of JDA Software Group, Inc. common stock, $0.01 par value, on July 14, 2009, as reported by
the Nasdaq Global Market.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
JDA Software Group, Inc. (the "
Company
") has prepared this registration statement in
accordance with the requirements of Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"
Securities Act
"), to register an additional 2,000,000 shares of the Company's common stock, par
value $0.01 per share (the "
Common Stock
"), which are authorized for issuance under the JDA
Software Group, Inc. 2005 Performance Incentive Plan, as amended (the "
Incentive Plan
"). The
Company filed a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-128255) with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "
Commission
") on September 12, 2005 registering 1,000,000 shares of Common
Stock that were authorized for issuance under the Incentive Plan. A total of 847,000 shares
issuable under the Incentive Plan were previously registered for offer or sale under the JDA
Software Group, Inc. 1996 Stock Option Plan, 1996 Outside Directors Stock Option Plan and 1998
Nonstatutory Plan.
Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, this registration statement is being filed to
register an additional 2,000,000 shares of Common Stock that are authorized for issuance under the
Incentive Plan. Pursuant to such Instruction E, the contents of the Registration Statements on
Form S-8 (File No. 333-128255) are incorporated herein by reference.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 8. Exhibits.
See Exhibit Index.
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 Scottsdale, State of Arizona, on July 20, 2009.
JDA SOFTWARE GROUP, INC.
By:
/s/ Hamish N.J. Brewer
Hamish N.J. Brewer
President and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officers and directors of JDA Software
Group, Inc, a Delaware corporation (the "
Company
"), hereby constitute and appoint Hamish N. J.
Brewer and G. Michael Bridge and each of them, the true and lawful agents and attorneys-in-fact of
the undersigned with full power and authority in said agents and attorneys-in-fact, and in any one
or more of them, to sign for the undersigned and in their respective names as officers and as
directors of the Company, a registration statement on Form S-8 (or other appropriate form) (the
"
Registration Statement
") relating to the proposed issuance of common stock, par value $0.01, of
the Company and other securities that are the subject of this Registration Statement (or any and
all amendments, including post-effective amendments, to such Registration Statement) and file the
same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, and with full power of substitution; 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, as amended, this Registration
Statement on Form S-8 has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates
indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ James D. Armstrong
James D. Armstrong
Chairman of the Board of Directors
July 20, 2009
/s/ Hamish N. J. Brewer
Hamish N. J. Brewer
President and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
July 20, 2009
/s/ David Alberty
David Alberty
Vice President of Accounting,
Finance and Treasury
(Principal Financial and Accounting
Officer)
July 20, 2009
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Orlando Bravo
Orlando Bravo
Director
July 20, 2009
/s/ J. Michael Gullard
J. Michael Gullard
Director
July 20, 2009
/s/ Douglas G. Marlin
Douglas G. Marlin
Director
July 20, 2009
/s/ Jock Patton
Jock Patton
Director
July 20, 2009
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description
3.1
Third Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated by
reference from the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly
period ended September 30, 2002, as filed on November 12, 2002).
3.2
First Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (incorporated by reference
from the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period
ended June 30, 1998, as filed on August 14, 1998).
5.1
Opinion of DLA Piper LLP (US), counsel for the Company (filed herewith).
23.1
Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (filed herewith).
24.1
Power of Attorney (included in signature page to this Registration Statement).
99.1
2005 Performance Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Appendix B of
the Company's definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on April 11, 2005).
99.2
First Amendment to the 2005 Performance Incentive Plan (incorporated by
reference to Appendix B of the Company's definitive Proxy Statement on
Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 6,
2007).
99.3
Second Amendment to the 2005 Performance Incentive Plan (incorporated by
reference to Schedule A of the Company's definitive Proxy Statement on
Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 7,
2009).