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 <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May&nbsp;11, 2006</font></b></p> <div style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 6.0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;"> <p align="right" style="border:none;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;padding:0pt;text-align:right;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Registration No.&nbsp;333-______</font></b></p> </div>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.5pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.5pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</font></b></p>

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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 3.5pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;">FORM&nbsp;S-8</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 3.5pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 3.5pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></b></p>

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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 3.5pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;">DATAWATCH CORPORATION</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 3.5pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;">(Exact name of registrant as
specified in its charter)</font></b></p>

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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(State or other
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  organization)</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(I.R.S. Employer
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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Quorum Office Park</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">271 Mill Road</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chelmsford, Massachusetts
01824</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(978) 441-2200</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 4.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Address of Principal
Executive Offices) (Zip Code)</font></p>

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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2006 Equity Compensation
and Incentive Plan</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 4.5pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Full title of the plan)</font></p>

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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 4.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Robert
W. Hagger</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">President, Chief
Executive Officer and Director</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">DATAWATCH CORPORATION</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Quorum Office Park</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">271 Mill Road</font></b></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 2.5pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Chelmsford,&#160; Massachusetts 01824</font></b><br>
(Name and address of agent for service)</p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 2.5pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(978) 441-2200</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for
service)</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Copy to:</font></i></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">William B. Simmons,&nbsp;Jr.,&nbsp;Esq.</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">CHOATE, HALL&nbsp;&amp;
STEWART LLP</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Two International Place</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Boston, MA&#160; 02110</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 5.5pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(617)
248-5000</font></b></p>

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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">CALCULATION
OF REGISTRATION FEE</font></b></p>

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  <p style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;">Title&nbsp;of&nbsp;Securities&nbsp;to&nbsp;be&nbsp;Registered</p>
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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Amount&nbsp;to<br>
  be&nbsp;Registered</font></b></p>
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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="13%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:13.92%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Proposed&nbsp;Maximum<br>
  Offering&nbsp;Price<br>
  Per&nbsp;Share</font></b></p>
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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="13%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:13.92%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Proposed&nbsp;Maximum<br>
  Offering&nbsp;Price</font></b></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.18%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="13%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:13.92%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Amount&nbsp;of<br>
  Registration&nbsp;Fee(3)</font></b></p>
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  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.34%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="39%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2006 Equity
  Compensation and Incentive Plan, Common Stock, $.01 par value</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.18%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:13.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">595,000 shares</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.18%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.98%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3.76(1)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.18%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.98%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">595,004</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.18%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.98%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">64</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="39%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2006 Equity
  Compensation and Incentive Plan, Common Stock, $.01 par value</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.18%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:13.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5,000 shares</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.18%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.98%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3.78(2)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.18%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.98%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">18,900</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.18%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.98%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="39%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Total</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.18%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:13.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">600,000 shares</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.18%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:13.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.18%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.98%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">613,904</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.18%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.98%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">66</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
</table>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 5.5pt 18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)&nbsp;
The price of $3.76 per share, which is the average of the high and low sales
prices per share of Common Stock on the NASDAQ SmallCap Market on May&nbsp;4,
2006 is set forth solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in
accordance with Rule&nbsp;457(c)&nbsp;under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;) and has been used only for those shares without
a fixed exercise price.</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 5.5pt 18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Such shares are issuable upon exercise of outstanding options with
fixed exercise prices. Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(h)&nbsp;of the Securities Act,
the aggregate offering price and the fee have been computed upon the basis of
the price at which the options may be exercised.</p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 5.5pt 18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Calculated pursuant to Section&nbsp;6(b)&nbsp;of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended.</p>


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<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">PART&nbsp;I</font></b><a name="Parti_005403"></a></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION&nbsp;10(A)&nbsp;PROSPECTUS</font></b></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The documents containing the information specified in Item&nbsp;1 and
Item&nbsp;2 of Form&nbsp;S-8 will be sent or given to the employees,
officers and directors who have been granted options, restricted stock, restricted
stock units or other awards under the 2006 Equity Compensation and Incentive
Plan<b><font style="font-weight:bold;"> </font></b>as specified by Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1)&nbsp;of
the Securities Act. In accordance with the rules&nbsp;and regulations of the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148;) and the instructions to Form&nbsp;S-8,
such documents are not being filed with the SEC either as part of this
Registration Statement or as Prospectuses or Prospectus Supplements pursuant to
Rule&nbsp;424.</font></p>


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<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">PART&nbsp;II</font></b><a name="Partii_005409"></a></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">ITEM&nbsp;3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.</font></b><a name="Item3_IncorporationOfDocumentsByR_005412"></a></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
following documents filed by Datawatch Corporation (&#147;Datawatch&#148; or the &#147;Company&#148;)
with the SEC are incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference as of
their respective dates:</font></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 72.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Datawatch&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K
for the fiscal year ended September&nbsp;30, 2005 (File No.&nbsp;000-19960);</p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 72.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Datawatch&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q
for the fiscal quarters ended December&nbsp;31, 2005 and March&nbsp;31, 2006
(File No.&nbsp;000-19960) and Datawatch&#146;s Current Reports on Form&nbsp;8-K
filed on November&nbsp;21, 2005, February&nbsp;27, 2006, March&nbsp;14, 2006, April&nbsp;25,
2006, and May&nbsp;4, 2006 (File No.&nbsp;000-19960); and</p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 72.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The section entitled &#147;Description of
Registrant&#146;s Securities to be Registered&#148; contained in Datawatch&#146;s Registration
Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1, as amended, which was incorporated by
reference in Datawatch&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A filed
pursuant to Section&nbsp;12(g)&nbsp;of the Exchange Act (File No.&nbsp;33-46290).</p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">All
documents subsequently filed with the SEC by Datawatch pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d)&nbsp;of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered herein
have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall
be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to
be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.</font></b><a name="Item4_DescriptionOfSecurities__005425"></a></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Not
applicable.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">ITEM 5. INTEREST OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.</font></b><a name="Item5_InterestOfNamedExpertsAndCo_005429"></a></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Not
applicable.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.</font></b><a name="Item6_IndemnificationOfDirectorsA_005433"></a></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
Delaware General Corporation Law and our Certificate of Incorporation provide
for indemnification of our directors and officers for liabilities and expenses
that they may incur in those capacities. In general, directors and officers are
indemnified with respect to actions taken in good faith in a manner reasonably
believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of Datawatch, and with
respect to any criminal action or proceeding, actions that the indemnitee had no
reasonable cause to believe were unlawful. We refer you to our Restated
Certificate of Incorporation filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to our Registration
Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1 filed with the SEC on March&nbsp;17, 1992
(File No.&nbsp;33-46290) and the Certificate of Amendment thereto filed
as Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to our Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal
year ended September&nbsp;30, 2001 filed with the SEC on December&nbsp;28, 2001
(File No.&nbsp;000-19960).</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">We
maintain directors&#146; and officers&#146; liability insurance to insure our directors
and certain officers against certain liabilities and expenses which arise out
of or in connection with their capacities as directors and officers.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.</font></b><a name="Item7_ExemptionFromRegistrationCl_005441"></a></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Not
applicable.</font></p>


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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">ITEM 8.
EXHIBITS</font></b><a name="Item8_Exhibits_005448"></a></p>

<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:Times New Roman;width:100.0%;">
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  <td width="10%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.7%;">
  <p style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;">Exhibit&nbsp;No.</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:86.92%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Description of Exhibit</font></b></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.7%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Exhibit&nbsp;4.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:86.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Specimen certificate representing the Common Stock
  of Datawatch (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;4.4 to our Registration Statement on
  Form&nbsp;S-1 previously filed with the SEC (File No.&nbsp;33-46290)
  and incorporated herein by reference).</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.7%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Exhibit&nbsp;4.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:86.92%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Restated Certificate of
  Incorporation of Datawatch (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to our Registration
  Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1 previously filed with the SEC (File
  No.&nbsp;33-46290) and incorporated herein by reference).</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.7%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Exhibit&nbsp;4.3</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:86.92%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Certificate of
  Amendment to the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Datawatch (filed as
  Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to the our Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the
  fiscal year ended September&nbsp;30, 2001 previously filed with the SEC (File
  No.&nbsp;000-19960) and incorporated herein by reference).</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.7%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Exhibit&nbsp;4.4</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:86.92%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">By-laws, as amended, of
  Datawatch (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.3 to our Registration Statement on
  Form&nbsp;S-1 previously filed with the SEC (File No.&nbsp;33-46290)
  and incorporated herein by reference).</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.7%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Exhibit&nbsp;4.5</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:86.92%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2006 Equity
  Compensation and Incentive Plan of Datawatch (filed as Appendix A to our
  Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule&nbsp;14A filed with the SEC on
  January&nbsp;30, 2006 (File No.&nbsp;000-19960) and incorporated herein
  by reference).</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.7%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Exhibit&nbsp;5.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:86.92%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Opinion of Choate,
  Hall&nbsp;&amp; Stewart LLP.</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.7%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Exhibit&nbsp;23.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:86.92%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of
  Deloitte&nbsp;&amp; Touche LLP.</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.7%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Exhibit&nbsp;23.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:86.92%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of Choate,
  Hall&nbsp;&amp; Stewart LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.7%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Exhibit&nbsp;24.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:86.92%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Power of Attorney
  (included as part of the signature page&nbsp;to this Registration Statement).</font></p>
  </td>
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</table>

<p style="line-height:1.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS.</font></b><a name="Item9_Undertakings__005630"></a></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)&nbsp; Datawatch hereby
undertakes:</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)&nbsp; To file, during
any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment
to this Registration Statement:</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)&nbsp;&#160;
To include any Prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3)&nbsp;of the
Securities Act;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 54.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(ii)&nbsp; To reflect in the
Prospectus any facts or events which, individually or in the aggregate,
represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration
Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of
securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not
exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high and of
the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of Prospectus
filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424(b)&nbsp;if, in the aggregate, the
changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the
maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration
Fee&#148; table in the effective Registration Statement.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 54.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iii)&nbsp;To include any
additional or changed 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.</font></p>


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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:9.0pt 0pt 12.0pt 36.0pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">provided, however</font></i>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i)&nbsp;and (a)(1)(ii)&nbsp;do
not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective
amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished
to the SEC by Datawatch pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section&nbsp;15(d)&nbsp;of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the
registration statement.</p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)&nbsp; That, for the
purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating
to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that
time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(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.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160;(b)&nbsp; Datawatch hereby undertakes that,
for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing
of Datawatch&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a)&nbsp;or Section&nbsp;15(d)&nbsp;of
the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit
plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;15(d)&nbsp;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.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)&nbsp; Insofar as
indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted
to directors, officers and controlling persons of Datawatch pursuant to the
provisions described in Item&nbsp;6, or otherwise, Datawatch has been advised
that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as
expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a
claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by
Datawatch of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of Datawatch 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, Datawatch 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 Act and will
be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.</font></p>


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<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SIGNATURES</font></b><a name="Signatures_010346"></a></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Company
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing a Form&nbsp;S-8 and has duly caused this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the Town of Chelmsford, Commonwealth of Massachusetts on May&nbsp;9,
2006.</font></p>

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  <td width="51%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:51.92%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"></p>
  </td>
  <td width="48%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:48.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">DATAWATCH CORPORATION</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="51%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:51.92%;">
  <p style="margin:12.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.64%;">
  <p style="margin:12.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">By:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="43%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:43.44%;">
  <p style="margin:12.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/Robert W. Hagger</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="51%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:51.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.64%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="43%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:43.44%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Robert W. Hagger</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="51%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:51.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.64%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="43%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:43.44%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">President, Chief Executive Officer and Director</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
</table>

<p style="line-height:1.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">POWER OF ATTORNEY</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each individual whose
signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Robert W. Hagger and
John J. Hulburt, jointly and severally, his or her true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents with full powers of substitution, for him and in
his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all
supplements amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this
Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and
all documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all
intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their
or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
thereof.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below on the dates indicated by the
following persons in the capacities indicated.</font></p>

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  <p style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.28%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Name</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="19%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:19.64%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:20.8%;">
  <p style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.48%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Title</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:17.84%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.92%;">
  <p style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.48%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Date</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.94%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="46%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:46.54%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Robert W.
  Hagger</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="42%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0.375pt 0pt;width:42.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">President, Chief Executive Officer and Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">May&nbsp;9, 2006</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="46%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:46.54%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Robert W. Hagger</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="42%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:42.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">(Principal Executive Officer)</font></i></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="46%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:46.54%;">
  <p style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/John J. Hulburt</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="42%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0.375pt 0pt;width:42.12%;">
  <p style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.34%;">
  <p style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">May&nbsp;9, 2006</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="46%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:46.54%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">John J. Hulburt</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="42%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:42.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">(Principal Financial Officer)</font></i></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="46%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:46.54%;">
  <p style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Richard de J. Osborne</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="42%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0.375pt 0pt;width:42.12%;">
  <p style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.34%;">
  <p style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">May&nbsp;9, 2006</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="46%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:46.54%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Richard de J.
  Osborne</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="42%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:42.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="46%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:46.54%;">
  <p style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="42%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0.375pt 0pt;width:42.12%;">
  <p style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.34%;">
  <p style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="46%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:46.54%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Thomas H. Kelly</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="42%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:42.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="46%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:46.54%;">
  <p style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Terry W. Potter</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="42%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0.375pt 0pt;width:42.12%;">
  <p style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.34%;">
  <p style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">May&nbsp;9, 2006</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="46%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:46.54%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Terry W. Potter</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="42%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:42.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="46%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:46.54%;">
  <p style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ David T. Riddiford</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="42%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0.375pt 0pt;width:42.12%;">
  <p style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.34%;">
  <p style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">May&nbsp;9, 2006</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="46%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:46.54%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">David T.
  Riddiford</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="42%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:42.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="46%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:46.54%;">
  <p style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ James Wood</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="42%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0.375pt 0pt;width:42.12%;">
  <p style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.34%;">
  <p style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">May&nbsp;9, 2006</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="46%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:46.54%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">James Wood</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="42%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:42.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">INDEX TO EXHIBITS</font></b><a name="IndexToExhibits_010337"></a></p>

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  <td width="10%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.7%;">
  <p style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;">Exhibit&nbsp;No.</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:86.92%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Description of Exhibit</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.7%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Exhibit&nbsp;4.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:86.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Specimen certificate representing the Common Stock
  of Datawatch (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;4.4 to our Registration Statement on
  Form&nbsp;S-1 previously filed with the SEC (File No.&nbsp;33-46290)
  and incorporated herein by reference).</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.7%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Exhibit&nbsp;4.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:86.92%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Restated Certificate of
  Incorporation of Datawatch (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to our Registration
  Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1 previously filed with the SEC (File
  No.&nbsp;33-46290) and incorporated herein by reference).</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.7%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Exhibit&nbsp;4.3</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:86.92%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Certificate of
  Amendment to the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Datawatch (filed as
  Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to the our Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal
  year ended September&nbsp;30, 2001 previously filed with the SEC (File
  No.&nbsp;000-19960) and incorporated herein by reference).</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.7%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Exhibit&nbsp;4.4</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:86.92%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">By-laws, as amended, of
  Datawatch (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.3 to our Registration Statement on
  Form&nbsp;S-1 previously filed with the SEC (File No.&nbsp;33-46290)
  and incorporated herein by reference).</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.7%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Exhibit&nbsp;4.5</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:86.92%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2006 Equity
  Compensation and Incentive Plan of Datawatch (filed as Appendix A to our
  Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule&nbsp;14A filed with the SEC on
  January&nbsp;30, 2006 (File No.&nbsp;000-19960) and incorporated herein
  by reference).</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.7%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Exhibit&nbsp;5.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:86.92%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Opinion of Choate,
  Hall&nbsp;&amp; Stewart LLP.</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.7%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Exhibit&nbsp;23.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:86.92%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of
  Deloitte&nbsp;&amp; Touche LLP.</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.7%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Exhibit&nbsp;23.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:86.92%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of Choate,
  Hall&nbsp;&amp; Stewart LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.7%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Exhibit&nbsp;24.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:86.92%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Power of Attorney
  (included as part of the signature page&nbsp;to this Registration Statement).</font></p>
  </td>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 11, 2006
Registration No. 333-______
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
DATAWATCH CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as
specified in its charter)
Delaware
02-0405716
(State or other
  jurisdiction of
ncorporation or
  organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
  Identification No.)
Quorum Office Park
271 Mill Road
Chelmsford, Massachusetts
01824
(978) 441-2200
(Address of Principal
Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
2006 Equity Compensation
and Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Robert
W. Hagger
President, Chief
Executive Officer and Director
DATAWATCH CORPORATION
Quorum Office Park
271 Mill Road
Chelmsford,  Massachusetts 01824
(Name and address of agent for service)
(978) 441-2200
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for
service)
Copy to:
William B. Simmons, Jr., Esq.
CHOATE, HALL &
STEWART LLP
Two International Place
Boston, MA  02110
(617)
248-5000
CALCULATION
OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities to be Registered
Amount to
be Registered
Proposed Maximum
Offering Price
Per Share
Proposed Maximum
Offering Price
Amount of
Registration Fee(3)
2006 Equity
  Compensation and Incentive Plan, Common Stock, $.01 par value
595,000 shares
$
3.76(1)
$
595,004
$
64
2006 Equity
  Compensation and Incentive Plan, Common Stock, $.01 par value
5,000 shares
$
3.78(2)
$
18,900
$
2
Total
600,000 shares
$
613,904
$
66
(1) 
The price of $3.76 per share, which is the average of the high and low sales
prices per share of Common Stock on the NASDAQ SmallCap Market on May 4,
2006 is set forth solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in
accordance with Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "Securities Act") and has been used only for those shares without
a fixed exercise price.
(2)
Such shares are issuable upon exercise of outstanding options with
fixed exercise prices. Pursuant to Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act,
the aggregate offering price and the fee have been computed upon the basis of
the price at which the options may be exercised.
(3)
Calculated pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS
The documents containing the information specified in Item 1 and
Item 2 of Form S-8 will be sent or given to the employees,
officers and directors who have been granted options, restricted stock, restricted
stock units or other awards under the 2006 Equity Compensation and Incentive
Plan
as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) of
the Securities Act. In accordance with the rules and regulations of the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and the instructions to Form S-8,
such documents are not being filed with the SEC either as part of this
Registration Statement or as Prospectuses or Prospectus Supplements pursuant to
Rule 424.
2
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.
The
following documents filed by Datawatch Corporation ("Datawatch" or the "Company")
with the SEC are incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference as of
their respective dates:
(a)
Datawatch's Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2005 (File No. 000-19960);
(b)
Datawatch's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
for the fiscal quarters ended December 31, 2005 and March 31, 2006
(File No. 000-19960) and Datawatch's Current Reports on Form 8-K
filed on November 21, 2005, February 27, 2006, March 14, 2006, April 25,
2006, and May 4, 2006 (File No. 000-19960); and
(c)
The section entitled "Description of
Registrant's Securities to be Registered" contained in Datawatch's Registration
Statement on Form S-1, as amended, which was incorporated by
reference in Datawatch's Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed
pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act (File No. 33-46290).
All
documents subsequently filed with the SEC by Datawatch pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered herein
have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall
be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to
be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.
Not
applicable.
ITEM 5. INTEREST OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.
Not
applicable.
ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.
The
Delaware General Corporation Law and our Certificate of Incorporation provide
for indemnification of our directors and officers for liabilities and expenses
that they may incur in those capacities. In general, directors and officers are
indemnified with respect to actions taken in good faith in a manner reasonably
believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of Datawatch, and with
respect to any criminal action or proceeding, actions that the indemnitee had no
reasonable cause to believe were unlawful. We refer you to our Restated
Certificate of Incorporation filed as Exhibit 3.2 to our Registration
Statement on Form S-1 filed with the SEC on March 17, 1992
(File No. 33-46290) and the Certificate of Amendment thereto filed
as Exhibit 3.2 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended September 30, 2001 filed with the SEC on December 28, 2001
(File No. 000-19960).
We
maintain directors' and officers' liability insurance to insure our directors
and certain officers against certain liabilities and expenses which arise out
of or in connection with their capacities as directors and officers.
ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.
Not
applicable.
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ITEM 8.
EXHIBITS
Exhibit No.
Description of Exhibit
Exhibit 4.1
Specimen certificate representing the Common Stock
  of Datawatch (filed as Exhibit 4.4 to our Registration Statement on
  Form S-1 previously filed with the SEC (File No. 33-46290)
  and incorporated herein by reference).
Exhibit 4.2
Restated Certificate of
  Incorporation of Datawatch (filed as Exhibit 3.2 to our Registration
  Statement on Form S-1 previously filed with the SEC (File
  No. 33-46290) and incorporated herein by reference).
Exhibit 4.3
Certificate of
  Amendment to the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Datawatch (filed as
  Exhibit 3.2 to the our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
  fiscal year ended September 30, 2001 previously filed with the SEC (File
  No. 000-19960) and incorporated herein by reference).
Exhibit 4.4
By-laws, as amended, of
  Datawatch (filed as Exhibit 3.3 to our Registration Statement on
  Form S-1 previously filed with the SEC (File No. 33-46290)
  and incorporated herein by reference).
Exhibit 4.5
2006 Equity
  Compensation and Incentive Plan of Datawatch (filed as Appendix A to our
  Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the SEC on
  January 30, 2006 (File No. 000-19960) and incorporated herein
  by reference).
Exhibit 5.1
Opinion of Choate,
  Hall & Stewart LLP.
Exhibit 23.1
Consent of
  Deloitte & Touche LLP.
Exhibit 23.2
Consent of Choate,
  Hall & Stewart LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
Exhibit 24.1
Power of Attorney
  (included as part of the signature page to this Registration Statement).
ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS.
(a)  Datawatch 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 which, individually or in the aggregate,
represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration
Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of
securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not
exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high and of
the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of Prospectus
filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the
changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the
maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration
Fee" table in the effective Registration Statement.
(iii) To include any
additional or changed 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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provided, however
, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do
not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective
amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished
to the SEC by Datawatch pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the
registration statement.
(2)  That, for the
purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating
to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that
time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3)  To remove from
registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being
registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b)  Datawatch hereby undertakes that,
for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing
of Datawatch's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of
the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit
plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act)
that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed
to be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered therein,
and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c)  Insofar as
indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted
to directors, officers and controlling persons of Datawatch pursuant to the
provisions described in Item 6, or otherwise, Datawatch has been advised
that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as
expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a
claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by
Datawatch of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of Datawatch 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, Datawatch 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 Act and will
be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Company
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing a Form S-8 and has duly caused this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the Town of Chelmsford, Commonwealth of Massachusetts on May 9,
2006.
DATAWATCH CORPORATION
By:
/s/Robert W. Hagger
Robert W. Hagger
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each individual whose
signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Robert W. Hagger and
John J. Hulburt, jointly and severally, his or her true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents with full powers of substitution, for him and in
his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all
supplements amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this
Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and
all documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all
intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their
or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
thereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below on the dates indicated by the
following persons in the capacities indicated.
Name
Title
Date
/s/ Robert W.
  Hagger
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
May 9, 2006
Robert W. Hagger
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/John J. Hulburt
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
May 9, 2006
John J. Hulburt
(Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ Richard de J. Osborne
Director
May 9, 2006
Richard de J.
  Osborne
Director
Thomas H. Kelly
/s/ Terry W. Potter
Director
May 9, 2006
Terry W. Potter
/s/ David T. Riddiford
Director
May 9, 2006
David T.
  Riddiford
/s/ James Wood
Director
May 9, 2006
James Wood
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit No.
Description of Exhibit
Exhibit 4.1
Specimen certificate representing the Common Stock
  of Datawatch (filed as Exhibit 4.4 to our Registration Statement on
  Form S-1 previously filed with the SEC (File No. 33-46290)
  and incorporated herein by reference).
Exhibit 4.2
Restated Certificate of
  Incorporation of Datawatch (filed as Exhibit 3.2 to our Registration
  Statement on Form S-1 previously filed with the SEC (File
  No. 33-46290) and incorporated herein by reference).
Exhibit 4.3
Certificate of
  Amendment to the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Datawatch (filed as
  Exhibit 3.2 to the our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
  year ended September 30, 2001 previously filed with the SEC (File
  No. 000-19960) and incorporated herein by reference).
Exhibit 4.4
By-laws, as amended, of
  Datawatch (filed as Exhibit 3.3 to our Registration Statement on
  Form S-1 previously filed with the SEC (File No. 33-46290)
  and incorporated herein by reference).
Exhibit 4.5
2006 Equity
  Compensation and Incentive Plan of Datawatch (filed as Appendix A to our
  Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the SEC on
  January 30, 2006 (File No. 000-19960) and incorporated herein
  by reference).
Exhibit 5.1
Opinion of Choate,
  Hall & Stewart LLP.
Exhibit 23.1
Consent of
  Deloitte & Touche LLP.
Exhibit 23.2
Consent of Choate,
  Hall & Stewart LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
Exhibit 24.1
Power of Attorney
  (included as part of the signature page to this Registration Statement).
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