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filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 16, 2015</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>FORM S-8</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SS&amp;C Technologies Holdings, Inc.</B></P>

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its Charter)</P>

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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><b>Delaware</b></P>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><b>71-0987913</b></P>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(State or Other Jurisdiction of&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Incorporation or Organization)</P>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(I.R.S. Employer&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Identification No.)</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P></td></tr>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>80 Lamberton Road</B>&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Windsor, CT 06095&nbsp;</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(860) 298-4500</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P></td>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 11pt">&nbsp;</td></tr>
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    <td colspan="3" style="text-align: center; font-size: 10pt"><font style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</font></td></tr>
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    <td colspan="3" style="text-align: center; font-size: 10pt"><font style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><b>_____________________</b></font></td></tr>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><b>Advent Software, Inc. 2002 Stock Plan<br>
        (as amended and restated effective as of April 1, 2014)</b></P>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><b>SS&amp;C Technologies Holdings, Inc.
        2008 Stock Incentive Plan</b></P>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Full Titles of the Plans)</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P></td></tr>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><b>William C. Stone</b></P>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><b>Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive
        Officer</b></P>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><b>SS&amp;C Technologies Holdings, Inc.</b></P>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><b>80 Lamberton Road</b></P>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Windsor, CT 06095</B>&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><b>(860) 298-4500</b></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P></td>
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    <td colspan="3" style="text-align: center; font-size: 10pt"><font style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agents for Service)</font></td></tr>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>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 &ldquo;large accelerated filer,&rdquo; &ldquo;accelerated filer&rdquo; and &ldquo;smaller reporting company&rdquo; in Rule 12b-2
of the Exchange Act.</B></P>

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    <td style="width: 62%; font-size: 10pt"><font style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><b>Large accelerated filer </b></font><b><font style="font: 10pt Wingdings">x</font></b></td>
    <td style="width: 38%; font-size: 10pt"><font style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><b>Accelerated filer </b></font><b><font style="font: 10pt Wingdings">o</font></b></td></tr>
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    <td style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</td></tr>
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    <td style="font-size: 10pt"><font style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><b>Non-accelerated filer </b></font><b><font style="font: 10pt Wingdings">o</font></b><b><font style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"> (Do not check if a smaller reporting company) </font></b></td>
    <td style="font-size: 10pt"><font style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><b>Smaller reporting company </b></font><b><font style="font: 10pt Wingdings">o</font></b></td></tr>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 45%; border: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>Title of Each Class of Securities to be Registered</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 17%; border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Amount to Be </B>&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Registered (1)</B></P>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 12%; border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Proposed </B>&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Maximum &nbsp;</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Offering Price </B>&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Per Share&nbsp;</B></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 15%; border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering
&nbsp;</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Price</B>&nbsp;</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 11%; border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>Amount of Registration Fee (2)</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share </FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">2,486,420
(3)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">$50.30
(4)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">$125,066,926.00
(4)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center">$14,532.78<FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">
(4)</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center">660,017<FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">
(5)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center">$<FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"></FONT>63.14
<FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(6)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center">$41,673,473.38 <FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(6)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center">$4,842.46<FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">
(6)</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share </FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">1,416,661 (7)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center">$63.14<FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">
(6)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center">$89,447,975.54<FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">
(6)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center">$10,393.85<FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">
(6)</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <td style="width: 5%; font-size: 10pt"><font style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(1)</font></td>
    <td style="width: 95%">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">This
Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this &ldquo;Registration Statement&rdquo;) covers (i) 3,146,437 shares of Common Stock, par
value $0.01 per share (&ldquo;Common Stock&rdquo;), of SS&amp;C Technologies Holdings, Inc. (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo; or the
&ldquo;Registrant&rdquo;) issuable pursuant to the Advent Software, Inc. 2002 Stock Plan, as amended and restated effective as
of April 1, 2014 (the &ldquo;2002 Plan&rdquo;), (ii) 1,416,661 shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the SS&amp;C Technologies
Holdings, Inc. 2008 Stock Incentive Plan (the &ldquo;2008 Plan&rdquo;), and (iii) pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the &ldquo;Securities Act&rdquo;), any additional shares of Common Stock that become issuable under the
2002 Plan and the 2008 Plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, or other similar transaction.</FONT></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P></td></tr>
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    <td style="font-size: 10pt"><font style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(2)</font></td>
    <td>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Rounded up to the nearest penny.</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P></td></tr>
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    <td style="font-size: 10pt"><font style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(3)</font></td>
    <td>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Represents shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to outstanding
        options and stock appreciation rights under the 2002 Plan.</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P></td></tr>
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    <td style="font-size: 10pt"><font style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(4)</font></td>
    <td>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration
        fee and, pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act, based upon the weighted average exercise price of outstanding options
         and stock appreciation rights to purchase shares of Common Stock.</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P></td></tr>
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    <td style="font-size: 10pt"><font style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(5)</font></td>
    <td>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Represents shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to outstanding
        restricted stock units  under the 2002 Plan.</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P></td></tr>
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    <td style="font-size: 10pt"><font style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(6)</font></td>
    <td>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Estimated
pursuant to Rule 457(h) and Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act, solely for the purpose of computing the registration fee, based
on the average of the high and low prices reported for a share of Common Stock on the NASDAQ Global Select Market on July 9,
2015.</FONT></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P></td></tr>
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    <td style="font-size: 10pt"><font style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(7)</font></td>
    <td style="font-size: 10pt"><font style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Represents shares of Common Stock issuable as equity-based awards pursuant to the 2008 Plan.</font></td></tr>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">This
Registration Statement has been filed to register (i) 3,146,437 shares of Common Stock to be offered pursuant to the Advent Software,
Inc. 2002 Stock Plan, as amended and restated effective as of April 1, 2014 (the &ldquo;2002 Plan&rdquo;), and (ii) 1,416,661
shares of Common Stock to be offered pursuant to the SS&amp;C Technologies Holdings, Inc. 2008 Stock Incentive Plan (the &ldquo;2008
Plan&rdquo;). </FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><I>2002
Plan</I>. Pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of February 2, 2015 (the &ldquo;Merger Agreement&rdquo;), among
Advent Software, Inc. (&ldquo;Advent&rdquo;), the Registrant and Arbor Acquisition Company, Inc. (&ldquo;Merger Sub&rdquo;), Merger
Sub was merged with and into Advent (the &ldquo;Merger&rdquo;) on July 8, 2015 (the &ldquo;Effective Time&rdquo;). In accordance
with the Merger Agreement, at the Effective Time, the Registrant assumed each unvested equity award (the &ldquo;Advent Equity
Awards&rdquo;) outstanding under the 2002 Plan. As a result of this assumption, at the Effective Time, the Advent Equity Awards
were converted into equivalent equity awards with respect to shares of Common Stock of the Registrant. </FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in"><I>2008 Plan</I>. Registration statements
have been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &ldquo;Commission&rdquo;) on each of March 31, 2010, June 25,
2010, March 28, 2013 and August 7, 2014 to register 9,498,306 shares of Common Stock under the Securities Act to be offered and
sold pursuant to the 2008 Plan.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>PART I</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A)
PROSPECTUS</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">Information required by Part I of Form
S-8 to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428 under
the Securities Act. The documents containing the information specified in Part I have been delivered (or will be delivered) to
the participants in the plans covered by this Registration Statement as required by Rule 428(b). Such documents are not being filed
with the Commission as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 of
the Securities Act.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>PART II</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">The Registrant is subject to the informational
and reporting requirements of Sections 13(a), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &ldquo;Exchange
Act&rdquo;), and in accordance therewith files reports, proxy statements and other information with the Commission. The following
documents, which are on file with the Commission, are incorporated herein by reference:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">(a) The Registrant&rsquo;s Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 (the &ldquo;Annual Report&rdquo;), as filed with the Commission on February 26,
2015;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">(b) All other reports filed by the Registrant
pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Annual Report; and</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">(c) The description of the securities contained
in the Registrant&rsquo;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A, as filed with the Commission on March 23, 2010, including any amendments
or supplements thereto.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">In addition, all documents subsequently
filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered 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 the filing of such documents.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">Any statement contained in a document incorporated
or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration
Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein, (or in any other subsequently filed document which also is incorporated
or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein), modifies or</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">&nbsp;</P>


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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or
superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 4. Description of Securities.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">Not applicable.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">Not applicable.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 102
of the Delaware General Corporation Law permits a corporation to eliminate the personal liability of its directors to the corporation
or its stockholders for monetary damages for a breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except where the director breached his or
her duty of loyalty, failed to act in good faith, engaged in intentional misconduct or knowingly violated a law, authorized the
payment of a dividend or approved a stock repurchase in violation of Delaware corporate law or obtained an improper personal benefit.
The Registrant&rsquo;s certificate of incorporation provides that no director shall be personally liable to the Registrant or its
stockholders for monetary damages for any breach of fiduciary duty as director, notwithstanding any provision of law imposing such
liability, except to the extent that the Delaware General Corporation Law prohibits the elimination or limitation of liability
of directors for breaches of fiduciary duty.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">S<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">ection 145
of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that a corporation has the power to indemnify a director, officer, employee or
agent of the corporation and certain other persons serving at the request of the corporation in related capacities against expenses
(including attorneys&rsquo; fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlements actually and reasonably incurred by the person
in connection with an action, suit or</FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">proceeding to which he or she is or is threatened to
be made a party by reason of such position, if such person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to
be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, in any criminal action or proceeding, had no</FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">reasonable
cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful, except that, in the case of actions brought by or in the right of the corporation,
no</FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">indemnification shall be made with respect to any claim, issue or matter as to which such
person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the</FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">corporation unless and only to the extent
that the Court of Chancery or other adjudicating court determines that, despite the adjudication of liability</FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">but
in view of all of the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which
the Court of</FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The Registrant&rsquo;s
certificate of incorporation provides that the Registrant will indemnify each person who was or is a party or threatened to be
made</FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, other than
an action by or in the right of the Registrant, by reason of</FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">the fact that he or she is or
was, or has agreed to become, a director or officer, or is or was serving, or has agreed to serve, at the Registrant&rsquo;s</FONT>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">request as a director, officer, partner, employee or trustee of, or in a similar capacity with, another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or</FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">other enterprise, all such persons being
referred to as an indemnitee, or by reason of any action alleged to have been taken or omitted in such</FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">capacity,
against all expenses, including attorneys&rsquo; fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably
incurred in</FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">connection with such action, suit or proceeding and any appeal therefrom, if such
indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner he or she</FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">reasonably believed to be in, or
not opposed to, the Registrant&rsquo;s best interests, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, he or she</FONT>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The Registrant&rsquo;s
certificate of incorporation provides that the Registrant will indemnify any indemnitee who was or is a party to or threatened
to be</FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right
of the Registrant to procure a judgment in our favor by</FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">reason of the fact that the indemnitee
is or was, or has agreed to become, the Registrant&rsquo;s director or officer, or is or was serving, or has agreed to</FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">serve,
at the Registrant&rsquo;s request as a director, officer, partner, employee or trustee of, or in a similar capacity with, another
corporation,</FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, or by reason of any action
alleged to have been taken or omitted in such capacity, against all</FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">expenses, including attorneys&rsquo;
fees, and, to the extent permitted by law, amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by or on</FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">behalf
of the indemnitee in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, and any appeal therefrom, if the indemnitee acted in good
faith and in a</FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">manner he or she reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the Registrant&rsquo;s
best interests, except that no indemnification shall be made with</FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">respect to any claim, issue
or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the Registrant, unless a court determines that,</FONT>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">despite such adjudication but in view of all of the circumstances, he or she is entitled to indemnification
of such expenses. Notwithstanding the</FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">foregoing, to the extent that any indemnitee has been
</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">&nbsp;</P>


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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">successful, on the merits or otherwise,
the Registrant will indemnify him or her against all</FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">expenses, including attorneys&rsquo;
fees, actually and reasonably incurred in connection therewith. Expenses must be advanced to an indemnitee under</FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">certain
circumstances.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The
Registrant has entered into indemnification agreements with each of its directors in addition to the indemnification provided for
in its certificate</FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">of incorporation. These indemnification agreements require the Registrant,
among other things, to indemnify its directors for certain expenses,</FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">including attorneys&rsquo;
fees, judgments, fines and settlement amounts incurred by a director in any action or proceeding arising out of his service as</FONT>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">one of the Registrant&rsquo;s directors, or any of the Registrant&rsquo;s subsidiaries or any other
company or enterprise to which the person provides services</FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">at the Registrant&rsquo;s request.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.25in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">The Registrant maintains a general liability
insurance policy that covers certain liabilities of directors and officers of the Registrant arising out of claims based on acts
or omissions in their capacities as directors or officers.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">Not applicable.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 8. Exhibits.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">See Exhibit Index, which is incorporated
herein by reference.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 9. Undertakings.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.25in; text-indent: 0in">a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.25in; text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</P>

<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in">1.</TD><TD>To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</P>

<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="width: 0.75in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in; text-align: left">i.</TD><TD>To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3)
of the Securities Act&#894;</TD>
</TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1.25in; text-indent: -1.25in">&nbsp;</P>

<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="width: 0.75in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">ii.</FONT></TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">To reflect in the prospectus
any facts or events arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective</FONT>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
information set forth in this Registration</FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any
increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered</FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">would
not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be
reflected</FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if,
in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more</FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">than a 20 percent change
in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &ldquo;Calculation of Registration Fee&rdquo; table in the effective
registration statement&#894; and</FONT></TD>
</TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1.25in; text-indent: -1.25in">&nbsp;</P>

<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="width: 0.75in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">iii.</FONT></TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">To include any material
information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any</FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">material
change to such information in this Registration Statement&#894;</FONT></TD>
</TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1.25in; text-indent: -1.25in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 27pt"><I>provided, however</I>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i)
and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the registration statement is on 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 Registrant pursuant to Section
13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 27pt">&nbsp;</P>

<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in">2.</TD><TD>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.</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</P>

<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in">3.</TD><TD>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.</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">b.&#9;The undersigned Registrant hereby
undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&rsquo;s annual
report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">&nbsp;</P>


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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&rsquo;s
annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this 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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">c.&#9; Insofar as indemnification for liabilities
arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to
the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification
is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or
controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel
the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification
by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">&nbsp;</P>


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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SIGNATURES</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">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 Windsor, Connecticut, on this 16<SUP>th</SUP> day of July, 2015.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">&nbsp;</P>

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    <td style="font-size: 11pt">&nbsp;</td>
    <td colspan="2" style="font-size: 10pt"><font style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">SS&amp;C TECHNOLOGIES HOLDINGS, INC.</font></td>
    <td style="font-size: 11pt">&nbsp;</td></tr>
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    <td style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</td>
    <td colspan="2" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</td></tr>
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    <td style="width: 52%; font-size: 11pt">&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="width: 5%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="width: 42%; font-size: 11pt">&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="width: 1%; font-size: 11pt">&nbsp;</td></tr>
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    <td style="font-size: 11pt">&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="font-size: 10pt"><font style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">By: </font></td>
    <td style="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; font-size: 10pt">/s/ William C. Stone</td>
    <td style="font-size: 11pt">&nbsp;</td></tr>
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    <td style="font-size: 11pt">&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</td>
    <td>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">William C. Stone</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P></td>
    <td style="font-size: 11pt">&nbsp;</td></tr>
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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each
person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints William C. Stone, Patrick J. Pedonti and Paul G. Igoe, Esq., (with
full power to each of them to act alone) as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead in any and all capacities to sign any and all amendments or post-effective
amendments to this Registration Statement, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith,
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, to sign any and all applications, registration statements, notices or other document
necessary or advisable to comply with the applicable state securities laws, and to file the same, together with all other documents
in connection therewith, with the appropriate state securities authorities, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents or
any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person,
thereby 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 hereof.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.25in"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.25in"><B>SIGNATURES</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.25in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed this 16<SUP>th</SUP></FONT>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">day of July, 2015 by the following persons in the following capacities.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">&nbsp;</P>

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    <td style="width: 29%; text-decoration: underline; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><font style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><u>Signature</u></font></td>
    <td style="width: 4%">&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="width: 43%; text-decoration: underline; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><font style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><u>Title</u></font></td>
    <td style="width: 5%">&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="width: 19%; text-decoration: underline; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><font style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><u>Date</u></font></td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr>
    <td style="vertical-align: top; border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; font-size: 10pt"><font style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">/s/ William C. Stone</font></td>
    <td style="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="text-align: center; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">July<B> </B>16, 2015</FONT></td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <td style="font-size: 10pt"><font style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">William C. Stone</font></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="font-size: 10pt"><font style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer</font></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <td style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="font-size: 10pt"><font style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(Principal Executive Officer)</font></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr>
    <td style="vertical-align: top; border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; font-size: 10pt"><font style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">/s/ Patrick J. Pedonti</font></td>
    <td style="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="text-align: center; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">July<B> </B>16, 2015</FONT></td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <td style="font-size: 10pt"><font style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Patrick J. Pedonti</font></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="font-size: 10pt"><font style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</font></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <td style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="font-size: 10pt"><font style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)</font></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr>
    <td style="vertical-align: top; border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; font-size: 10pt"><font style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">/s/ Normand A. Boulanger</font></td>
    <td style="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="text-align: center; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">July<B> </B>16, 2015</FONT></td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <td style="font-size: 10pt"><font style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Normand A. Boulanger</font></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="font-size: 10pt"><font style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Director</font></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <td style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr>
    <td style="vertical-align: top; border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; font-size: 10pt"><font style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">/s/ William A. Etherington</font></td>
    <td style="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="text-align: center; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">July<B> </B>16, 2015</FONT></td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <td style="font-size: 10pt"><font style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">William A. Etherington</font></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="font-size: 10pt"><font style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Director</font></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <td style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr>
    <td style="vertical-align: top; border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; font-size: 10pt"><font style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">/s/ Allan M. Holt</font></td>
    <td style="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="text-align: center; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">July<B> </B>16, 2015</FONT></td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <td style="font-size: 10pt"><font style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Allan M. Holt</font></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="font-size: 10pt"><font style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Director</font></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <td style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr>
    <td style="vertical-align: top; border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; font-size: 10pt"><font style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">/s/ Michael E. Daniels</font></td>
    <td style="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="text-align: center; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">July<B> </B>16, 2015</FONT></td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <td style="font-size: 10pt"><font style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Michael E. Daniels</font></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="font-size: 10pt"><font style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Director</font></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <td style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr>
    <td style="vertical-align: top; border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; font-size: 10pt"><font style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">/s/ Jonathan E. Michael </font></td>
    <td style="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="text-align: center; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">July<B> </B>16, 2015</FONT></td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <td style="font-size: 10pt"><font style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Jonathan E. Michael</font></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="font-size: 10pt"><font style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Director</font></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <td style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr>
    <td style="vertical-align: top; border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; font-size: 10pt"><font style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">/s/ David A. Varsano </font></td>
    <td style="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="text-align: center; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">July<B> </B>16, 2015</FONT></td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <td style="font-size: 10pt"><font style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">David A. Varsano</font></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="font-size: 10pt"><font style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Director</font></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <td style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr>
    <td style="vertical-align: top; border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; font-size: 10pt"><font style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">/s/ Michael J. Zamkow</font></td>
    <td style="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="text-align: center; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">July<B> </B>16, 2015</FONT></td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <td style="font-size: 10pt"><font style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Michael J. Zamkow</font></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="font-size: 10pt"><font style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Director</font></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Exhibit</P>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Number</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"></P></td>
    <td style="width: 2%; font-size: 11pt">&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="width: 90%; font-size: 11pt">&nbsp;</td></tr>
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    <td><font style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">4.1 (1)</font></td>
    <td style="font-size: 11pt">&nbsp;</td>
    <td><font style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant</font></td></tr>
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    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
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    <td><font style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">4.2 (2)</font></td>
    <td style="font-size: 11pt">&nbsp;</td>
    <td><font style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant</font></td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <td><font style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">5</font></td>
    <td style="font-size: 11pt">&nbsp;</td>
    <td><font style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Opinion of Davis Polk &amp; Wardwell LLP, counsel to the Registrant</font></td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
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    <td><font style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">23.1</font></td>
    <td style="font-size: 11pt">&nbsp;</td>
    <td><font style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent registered public accounting firm of the Registrant</font></td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <td><font style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">23.2</font></td>
    <td style="font-size: 11pt">&nbsp;</td>
    <td><font style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Consent of Davis Polk &amp; Wardwell LLP (included in Exhibit 5)</font></td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <td><font style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">24</font></td>
    <td style="font-size: 11pt">&nbsp;</td>
    <td><font style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Power of Attorney (included in the signature pages of this Registration Statement)</font></td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <td><font style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">99.1</font></td>
    <td style="font-size: 11pt">&nbsp;</td>
    <td><font style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Advent Software, Inc., Inc. 2002 Stock Plan (as amended and restated effective as of April 1, 2014)</font></td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="font-size: 11pt">&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <td><font style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">99.2 (3)</font></td>
    <td style="font-size: 11pt">&nbsp;</td>
    <td><font style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">SS&amp;C Technologies Holdings, Inc. 2008 Stock Incentive Plan </font></td></tr>
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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in">(1)</TD><TD>Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to the Registrant&rsquo;s Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended, filed on
March 12, 2010</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in">(2)</TD><TD>Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.4 to the Registrant&rsquo;s Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended, filed on
March 12, 2010</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in">(3)</TD><TD>Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.26 to the Registrant&rsquo;s Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended, filed
on April 24, 2008</TD></TR></TABLE>

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As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 16, 2015
Registration No. 333-______
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
_____________________
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
_____________________
SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in
its Charter)
Delaware
71-0987913
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
80 Lamberton Road
Windsor, CT 06095
(860) 298-4500
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
_____________________
Advent Software, Inc. 2002 Stock Plan
(as amended and restated effective as of April 1, 2014)
SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc.
        2008 Stock Incentive Plan
(Full Titles of the Plans)
William C. Stone
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive
        Officer
SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc.
80 Lamberton Road
Windsor, CT 06095
(860) 298-4500
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agents for Service)
_____________________
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
x
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
o
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Each Class of Securities to be Registered
Amount to Be
Registered (1)
Proposed
Maximum
Offering Price
Per Share
Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering
Price
Amount of Registration Fee (2)
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
2,486,420
(3)
$50.30
(4)
$125,066,926.00
(4)
$14,532.78
(4)
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
660,017
(5)
$
63.14
(6)
$41,673,473.38
(6)
$4,842.46
(6)
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
1,416,661 (7)
$63.14
(6)
$89,447,975.54
(6)
$10,393.85
(6)
(1)
This
Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this "Registration Statement") covers (i) 3,146,437 shares of Common Stock, par
value $0.01 per share ("Common Stock"), of SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. (the "Company" or the
"Registrant") issuable pursuant to the Advent Software, Inc. 2002 Stock Plan, as amended and restated effective as
of April 1, 2014 (the "2002 Plan"), (ii) 1,416,661 shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the SS&C Technologies
Holdings, Inc. 2008 Stock Incentive Plan (the "2008 Plan"), and (iii) pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), any additional shares of Common Stock that become issuable under the
2002 Plan and the 2008 Plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, or other similar transaction.
(2)
Rounded up to the nearest penny.
(3)
Represents shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to outstanding
        options and stock appreciation rights under the 2002 Plan.
(4)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration
        fee and, pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act, based upon the weighted average exercise price of outstanding options
         and stock appreciation rights to purchase shares of Common Stock.
(5)
Represents shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to outstanding
        restricted stock units  under the 2002 Plan.
(6)
Estimated
pursuant to Rule 457(h) and Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act, solely for the purpose of computing the registration fee, based
on the average of the high and low prices reported for a share of Common Stock on the NASDAQ Global Select Market on July 9,
2015.
(7)
Represents shares of Common Stock issuable as equity-based awards pursuant to the 2008 Plan.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This
Registration Statement has been filed to register (i) 3,146,437 shares of Common Stock to be offered pursuant to the Advent Software,
Inc. 2002 Stock Plan, as amended and restated effective as of April 1, 2014 (the "2002 Plan"), and (ii) 1,416,661
shares of Common Stock to be offered pursuant to the SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. 2008 Stock Incentive Plan (the "2008
Plan").
2002
Plan
. Pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of February 2, 2015 (the "Merger Agreement"), among
Advent Software, Inc. ("Advent"), the Registrant and Arbor Acquisition Company, Inc. ("Merger Sub"), Merger
Sub was merged with and into Advent (the "Merger") on July 8, 2015 (the "Effective Time"). In accordance
with the Merger Agreement, at the Effective Time, the Registrant assumed each unvested equity award (the "Advent Equity
Awards") outstanding under the 2002 Plan. As a result of this assumption, at the Effective Time, the Advent Equity Awards
were converted into equivalent equity awards with respect to shares of Common Stock of the Registrant.
2008 Plan
. Registration statements
have been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on each of March 31, 2010, June 25,
2010, March 28, 2013 and August 7, 2014 to register 9,498,306 shares of Common Stock under the Securities Act to be offered and
sold pursuant to the 2008 Plan.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A)
PROSPECTUS
Information required by Part I of Form
S-8 to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428 under
the Securities Act. The documents containing the information specified in Part I have been delivered (or will be delivered) to
the participants in the plans covered by this Registration Statement as required by Rule 428(b). Such documents are not being filed
with the Commission as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 of
the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The Registrant is subject to the informational
and reporting requirements of Sections 13(a), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange
Act"), and in accordance therewith files reports, proxy statements and other information with the Commission. The following
documents, which are on file with the Commission, are incorporated herein by reference:
(a) The Registrant's Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 (the "Annual Report"), as filed with the Commission on February 26,
2015;
(b) All other reports filed by the Registrant
pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Annual Report; and
(c) The description of the securities contained
in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A, as filed with the Commission on March 23, 2010, including any amendments
or supplements thereto.
In addition, all documents subsequently
filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered 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 the filing of such documents.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated
or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration
Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein, (or in any other subsequently filed document which also is incorporated
or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein), modifies or
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supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or
superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
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
of the Delaware General Corporation Law permits a corporation to eliminate the personal liability of its directors to the corporation
or its stockholders for monetary damages for a breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except where the director breached his or
her duty of loyalty, failed to act in good faith, engaged in intentional misconduct or knowingly violated a law, authorized the
payment of a dividend or approved a stock repurchase in violation of Delaware corporate law or obtained an improper personal benefit.
The Registrant's certificate of incorporation provides that no director shall be personally liable to the Registrant or its
stockholders for monetary damages for any breach of fiduciary duty as director, notwithstanding any provision of law imposing such
liability, except to the extent that the Delaware General Corporation Law prohibits the elimination or limitation of liability
of directors for breaches of fiduciary duty.
S
ection 145
of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that a corporation has the power to indemnify a director, officer, employee or
agent of the corporation and certain other persons serving at the request of the corporation in related capacities against expenses
(including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlements actually and reasonably incurred by the person
in connection with an action, suit or
proceeding to which he or she is or is threatened to
be made a party by reason of such position, if such person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to
be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, in any criminal action or proceeding, had no
reasonable
cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful, except that, in the case of actions brought by or in the right of the corporation,
no
indemnification shall be made with respect to any claim, issue or matter as to which such
person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the
corporation unless and only to the extent
that the Court of Chancery or other adjudicating court determines that, despite the adjudication of liability
but
in view of all of the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which
the Court of
Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.
The Registrant's
certificate of incorporation provides that the Registrant will indemnify each person who was or is a party or threatened to be
made
a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, other than
an action by or in the right of the Registrant, by reason of
the fact that he or she is or
was, or has agreed to become, a director or officer, or is or was serving, or has agreed to serve, at the Registrant's
request as a director, officer, partner, employee or trustee of, or in a similar capacity with, another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or
other enterprise, all such persons being
referred to as an indemnitee, or by reason of any action alleged to have been taken or omitted in such
capacity,
against all expenses, including attorneys' fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably
incurred in
connection with such action, suit or proceeding and any appeal therefrom, if such
indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner he or she
reasonably believed to be in, or
not opposed to, the Registrant's best interests, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, he or she
had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful.
The Registrant's
certificate of incorporation provides that the Registrant will indemnify any indemnitee who was or is a party to or threatened
to be
made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right
of the Registrant to procure a judgment in our favor by
reason of the fact that the indemnitee
is or was, or has agreed to become, the Registrant's director or officer, or is or was serving, or has agreed to
serve,
at the Registrant's request as a director, officer, partner, employee or trustee of, or in a similar capacity with, another
corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, or by reason of any action
alleged to have been taken or omitted in such capacity, against all
expenses, including attorneys'
fees, and, to the extent permitted by law, amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by or on
behalf
of the indemnitee in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, and any appeal therefrom, if the indemnitee acted in good
faith and in a
manner he or she reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the Registrant's
best interests, except that no indemnification shall be made with
respect to any claim, issue
or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the Registrant, unless a court determines that,
despite such adjudication but in view of all of the circumstances, he or she is entitled to indemnification
of such expenses. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, to the extent that any indemnitee has been
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successful, on the merits or otherwise,
the Registrant will indemnify him or her against all
expenses, including attorneys'
fees, actually and reasonably incurred in connection therewith. Expenses must be advanced to an indemnitee under
certain
circumstances.
The
Registrant has entered into indemnification agreements with each of its directors in addition to the indemnification provided for
in its certificate
of incorporation. These indemnification agreements require the Registrant,
among other things, to indemnify its directors for certain expenses,
including attorneys'
fees, judgments, fines and settlement amounts incurred by a director in any action or proceeding arising out of his service as
one of the Registrant's directors, or any of the Registrant's subsidiaries or any other
company or enterprise to which the person provides services
at the Registrant's request.
The Registrant maintains a general liability
insurance policy that covers certain liabilities of directors and officers of the Registrant arising out of claims based on acts
or omissions in their capacities as directors or officers.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
See Exhibit Index, which is incorporated
herein by reference.
Item 9. Undertakings.
a.      
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
1.
To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
i.
To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3)
of the Securities Act;
ii.
To reflect in the prospectus
any facts or events arising after the effective date of this 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. 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 end of the estimated maximum offering range may be
reflected
in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if,
in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more
than a 20 percent change
in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective
registration statement; and
iii.
To include any material
information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any
material
change to such information in this Registration Statement;
provided, however
, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i)
and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the registration statement is on 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 Registrant pursuant to Section
13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
2.
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed
to be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
3.
To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold
at the termination of the offering.
b.	The undersigned Registrant hereby
undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual
report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where
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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 this 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 the Registrant pursuant to
the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant 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 Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or
controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel
the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification
by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it
meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Windsor, Connecticut, on this 16
th
day of July, 2015.
SS&C TECHNOLOGIES HOLDINGS, INC.
By:
/s/ William C. Stone
William C. Stone
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each
person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints William C. Stone, Patrick J. Pedonti and Paul G. Igoe, Esq., (with
full power to each of them to act alone) as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead in any and all capacities to sign any and all amendments or post-effective
amendments to this Registration Statement, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith,
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, to sign any and all applications, registration statements, notices or other document
necessary or advisable to comply with the applicable state securities laws, and to file the same, together with all other documents
in connection therewith, with the appropriate state securities authorities, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents or
any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person,
thereby 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 hereof.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed this 16
th
day of July, 2015 by the following persons in the following capacities.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ William C. Stone
July
16, 2015
William C. Stone
Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Patrick J. Pedonti
July
16, 2015
Patrick J. Pedonti
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ Normand A. Boulanger
July
16, 2015
Normand A. Boulanger
Director
/s/ William A. Etherington
July
16, 2015
William A. Etherington
Director
/s/ Allan M. Holt
July
16, 2015
Allan M. Holt
Director
/s/ Michael E. Daniels
July
16, 2015
Michael E. Daniels
Director
/s/ Jonathan E. Michael
July
16, 2015
Jonathan E. Michael
Director
/s/ David A. Varsano
July
16, 2015
David A. Varsano
Director
/s/ Michael J. Zamkow
July
16, 2015
Michael J. Zamkow
Director
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
4.1 (1)
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant
4.2 (2)
Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant
5
Opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, counsel to the Registrant
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent registered public accounting firm of the Registrant
23.2
Consent of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP (included in Exhibit 5)
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Power of Attorney (included in the signature pages of this Registration Statement)
99.1
Advent Software, Inc., Inc. 2002 Stock Plan (as amended and restated effective as of April 1, 2014)
99.2 (3)
SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. 2008 Stock Incentive Plan
(1)
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended, filed on
March 12, 2010
(2)
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.4 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended, filed on
March 12, 2010
(3)
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.26 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended, filed
on April 24, 2008
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