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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-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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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 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 align="center" valign="bottom"><B>85260</B><BR>
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(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></DIV>

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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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<TD align="center">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>
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                    <TD nowrap align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">Common stock, $0.01 par value
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    <TD>In addition, pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
&#147;<B><I>Securities Act</I></B>&#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>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 (the &#147;<B><I>Common Stock</I></B>&#148;), 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;To induce Mr.&nbsp;Pete Hathaway to accept employment with JDA Software Group, Inc. (the &#147;<B><I>Company</I></B>&#148;)
as the Company&#146;s Executive Vice President &#038; Chief Financial Officer, the Company proposes to offer
and sell shares of its Common Stock pursuant to the following equity awards (collectively, the
&#147;<B><I>Inducement Awards</I></B>&#148;):
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    <TD>50,000 restricted stock units of the Company (each such unit representing the
right to receive upon settlement thereof one share of the Company&#146;s Common Stock),
which will, in general, vest over three years commencing 12&nbsp;months from the date of
hire;</TD>
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    <TD>50,000 restricted stock units of the Company (each such unit representing the
right to receive upon settlement thereof one share of the Company&#146;s Common Stock),
which will, in general, vest ratably if and when the Company achieves certain
pre-defined EBITDA milestones; and</TD>
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    <TD>a performance share award with respect to the Company&#146;s Common Stock providing
for the issuance of 25,000 shares of Common Stock (up to a maximum of 31,250 shares of
Common Stock) in settlement thereof upon the achievement of the Company&#146;s 2009 annual
EBITDA target, as previously established by the Company&#146;s Board of Directors.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Inducement Awards, which were approved by the Compensation Committee of the Board of
Directors of the Company, will be granted outside of the terms of the Company&#146;s 2005 Performance
Incentive Plan, as amended, and will be granted pursuant to NASDAQ Marketplace Rule&nbsp;5635(c)(4).
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 registers shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the
Inducement Awards.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART II</B>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents, which the Company has previously filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the &#147;<B><I>Commission</I></B>&#148;), are incorporated herein by reference:
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(a)</TD>
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    <TD>The Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31,
2008, as filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;13, 2009;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(b)</TD>
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    <TD>The Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31,
2009, as filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;8, 2009;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(c)</TD>
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    <TD>The Company&#146;s Proxy Statement for the 2009 annual meeting of stockholders, as
filed with the Commission on April&nbsp;7, 2009;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(d)</TD>
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    <TD>The Company&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K, as filed with the Commission on
January&nbsp;20, 2009 and April&nbsp;15, 2009; and</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(e)</TD>
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    <TD>The description of Common Stock of the Company contained the Company&#146;s
registration statements on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;1, 1996,
including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.</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 Company with the Commission pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;<B><I>Exchange Act</I></B>&#148;),
prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this registration statement which indicates
that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities remaining
unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this registration statement and to be
a part of this registration statement from the date of filing of such documents.
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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: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</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: 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;Section&nbsp;102(b) of the Delaware General Corporation Law authorizes a corporation to provide in
its Certificate of Incorporation that a director of the corporation shall not be personally liable
to a corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach or alleged breach of the
director&#146;s &#147;duty of care.&#148; While this statute does not change directors&#146; duty of care, it enables
corporations to limit available relief to equitable remedies such as injunction or rescission. The
statute has no effect on a director&#146;s duty of loyalty or liability for acts or omissions not in
good faith or involving intentional misconduct or knowing violations of law, illegal payment of
dividends or stock redemptions or repurchases, or for any transaction from which the director
derives an improper personal benefit. As permitted by the statute, the Company has adopted
provisions in its Certificate of Incorporation which eliminate, to the fullest extent permissible
under Delaware law, the personal liability of its directors to the Company and its stockholders for
monetary damages for breach or alleged breach of their duty of care.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware provides for the
indemnification of officers, directors, employees and agents of a corporation. The Company&#146;s Bylaws
provide for indemnification of its directors, officers, employees and agents to the full extent
permitted by Delaware law, including those circumstances in which indemnification would otherwise
be discretionary under Delaware law. The Company&#146;s Bylaws also empower it to enter into
indemnification agreements with its directors and officers and to purchase insurance on behalf of
any person whom it is required or permitted to indemnify. The Company has entered into agreements
with its directors and officers that require the Company to indemnify such persons to the fullest
extent permitted under Delaware law against expenses, judgments, fines, settlements and other
amounts actually and reasonably incurred (including expenses of a derivative action) in connection
with any proceeding, whether actual or threatened, to which any such person may be made a party by
reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or an officer of the Company or any of its
affiliated enterprises. The indemnification agreements also set forth certain procedures that will
apply in the event of a claim for indemnification thereunder.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware provides for
indemnification in terms sufficiently broad to indemnify such individuals, under certain
circumstances, for liabilities (including reimbursement of expenses incurred) arising under the
Securities Act.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</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: 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="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned Company hereby undertakes:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">(1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this registration statement:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities
Act;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(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 this registration statement;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(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 such information in the registration statement;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;p<I>rovided however, </I>that paragraphs (l)(i) and (l)(ii) above do not apply if this
registration statement is on Form S-3 or Form S-8, and the information required to be
included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed
with or furnished to the Commission by the Company pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d)
of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">(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 <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">(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;The undersigned Company hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act, each filing of the Company&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or
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 <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted
to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions,
or otherwise, the Company has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than
the payment by the Company of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Company 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 Company 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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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
</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 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.
</DIV>

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    <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>
<TR>
    <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>
</TR><TR>
    <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>
</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;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 pursuant to the employment inducement awards 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 width="20%">&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>
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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/ James D. Armstrong
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
James D. Armstrong
</DIV></TD>
    <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>
    <TD align="center" 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">/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&nbsp;
<br>
(Principal Executive Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July&nbsp;20, 2009</TD>
</TR>
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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/ 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,&nbsp;<br>
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>&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>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Orlando Bravo
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Orlando Bravo
</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>
    <TD align="center" 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">/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>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</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>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <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/ 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>
    <TD nowrap align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">3.1
</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>
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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">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>
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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">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 align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (filed herewith).</TD>
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JDA SOFTWARE GROUP, INC.
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)
New Hire Employment Inducement Awards
(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
Amount
Proposed Maximum
Proposed 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
131,250
$15.43
$2,025,188
$113
(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 (the "
Common Stock
"), on July 14,
2009, as reported by the Nasdaq Global Market.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
To induce Mr. Pete Hathaway to accept employment with JDA Software Group, Inc. (the "
Company
")
as the Company's Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, the Company proposes to offer
and sell shares of its Common Stock pursuant to the following equity awards (collectively, the
"
Inducement Awards
"):
(i)
50,000 restricted stock units of the Company (each such unit representing the
right to receive upon settlement thereof one share of the Company's Common Stock),
which will, in general, vest over three years commencing 12 months from the date of
hire;
(ii)
50,000 restricted stock units of the Company (each such unit representing the
right to receive upon settlement thereof one share of the Company's Common Stock),
which will, in general, vest ratably if and when the Company achieves certain
pre-defined EBITDA milestones; and
(iii)
a performance share award with respect to the Company's Common Stock providing
for the issuance of 25,000 shares of Common Stock (up to a maximum of 31,250 shares of
Common Stock) in settlement thereof upon the achievement of the Company's 2009 annual
EBITDA target, as previously established by the Company's Board of Directors.
The Inducement Awards, which were approved by the Compensation Committee of the Board of
Directors of the Company, will be granted outside of the terms of the Company's 2005 Performance
Incentive Plan, as amended, and will be granted pursuant to NASDAQ Marketplace Rule 5635(c)(4).
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 registers shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the
Inducement Awards.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents, which the Company has previously filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "
Commission
"), are incorporated herein by reference:
(a)
The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
2008, as filed with the Commission on March 13, 2009;
(b)
The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31,
2009, as filed with the Commission on May 8, 2009;
(c)
The Company's Proxy Statement for the 2009 annual meeting of stockholders, as
filed with the Commission on April 7, 2009;
(d)
The Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K, as filed with the Commission on
January 20, 2009 and April 15, 2009; and
(e)
The description of Common Stock of the Company contained the Company's
registration statements on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on March 1, 1996,
including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents subsequently filed by the Company with the Commission 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 amendment to this registration statement which indicates
that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities remaining
unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this registration statement and to be
a part of this registration statement from the date of filing of such documents.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section 102(b) of the Delaware General Corporation Law authorizes a corporation to provide in
its Certificate of Incorporation that a director of the corporation shall not be personally liable
to a corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach or alleged breach of the
director's "duty of care." While this statute does not change directors' duty of care, it enables
corporations to limit available relief to equitable remedies such as injunction or rescission. The
statute has no effect on a director's duty of loyalty or liability for acts or omissions not in
good faith or involving intentional misconduct or knowing violations of law, illegal payment of
dividends or stock redemptions or repurchases, or for any transaction from which the director
derives an improper personal benefit. As permitted by the statute, the Company has adopted
provisions in its Certificate of Incorporation which eliminate, to the fullest extent permissible
under Delaware law, the personal liability of its directors to the Company and its stockholders for
monetary damages for breach or alleged breach of their duty of care.
Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware provides for the
indemnification of officers, directors, employees and agents of a corporation. The Company's Bylaws
provide for indemnification of its directors, officers, employees and agents to the full extent
permitted by Delaware law, including those circumstances in which indemnification would otherwise
be discretionary under Delaware law. The Company's Bylaws also empower it to enter into
indemnification agreements with its directors and officers and to purchase insurance on behalf of
any person whom it is required or permitted to indemnify. The Company has entered into agreements
with its directors and officers that require the Company to indemnify such persons to the fullest
extent permitted under Delaware law against expenses, judgments, fines, settlements and other
amounts actually and reasonably incurred (including expenses of a derivative action) in connection
with any proceeding, whether actual or threatened, to which any such person may be made a party by
reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or an officer of the Company or any of its
affiliated enterprises. The indemnification agreements also set forth certain procedures that will
apply in the event of a claim for indemnification thereunder.
Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware provides for
indemnification in terms sufficiently broad to indemnify such individuals, under certain
circumstances, for liabilities (including reimbursement of expenses incurred) arising under the
Securities Act.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
See Exhibit Index.
Item 9. Undertakings.
The undersigned Company hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this registration statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities
Act;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of 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 this 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 such information in the registration statement;
p
rovided however,
that paragraphs (l)(i) and (l)(ii) above do not apply if this
registration statement is on Form S-3 or Form S-8, and the information required to be
included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed
with or furnished to the Commission by the Company 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.
The undersigned Company hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act, each filing of the Company's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or
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.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted
to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions,
or otherwise, the Company has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than
the payment by the Company of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Company 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 Company 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.
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 pursuant to the employment inducement awards 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).