UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-8 Registration Statement No. 333-176967

Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-8 Registration Statement No. 333-146559

Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Form S-8 Registration Statement No. 033-57364

Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-8 Registration Statement No. 333-119956

Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-8 Registration Statement No. 333-68808

Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-8 Registration Statement No. 333-57984

Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-8 Registration Statement No. 333-79821

Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-8 Registration Statement No. 333-70549

Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-8 Registration Statement No. 333-43971

Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-8 Registration Statement No. 333-37873

Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-8 Registration Statement No. 333-17263

Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-8 Registration Statement No. 333-4522

Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-8 Registration Statement No. 33-98742

Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Form S-8 Registration Statement No. 33-78822

 

COMPUWARE CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

Commission File Number: 000-20900

 

 

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code): (313) 227-7300

 

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Compuware Corporation Amended and Restated 2007 Long Term Incentive Plan

Compuware Corporation 2007 Long Term Incentive Plan

Compuware Corporation ESOP/401(K) Plan

Compuware Corporation 2001 Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Compuware Corporation 2001 International Employee Stock Purchase Plan

2001 Broad Based Stock Option Plan

Compuware Corporation Fiscal 1999 Stock Option Plan

Compuware Corporation Employee’s Stock Ownership Plan and 401(K) Salary Reduction Arrangement

Nu-Mega Technologies, Inc. 1996 Stock Plan

Compuware Corporation Fiscal 1998 Stock Option Plan

Compuware Corporation Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Compuware Corporation 1996 Incentive Stock Option Plan (Technalysis)

Compuware Corporation Fiscal 1996 Stock Option Plan

Compuware Corporation 1991 Stock Option Agreements (UNIFACE)

Compuware Corporation 1993 Stock Option Plan (UNIFACE)

Compuware Corporation 1986 Incentive Stock Option Plan

Compuware Corporation 1990 Stock Option Plan

Compuware Corporation 1990 Stock Option Plan (CENTURA)

Compuware Corporation 1992 Stock Option Plan

Compuware Corporation Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors

Compuware Corporation Fiscal 1993 Stock Option Plan

(Full title of the plans)

Daniel S. Follis, Jr.

General Counsel and Secretary

Compuware Corporation

One Campus Martius

Detroit, Michigan 48226

(Name and address of agent for service)

(313) 227-7300

(Telephone number, including area code, of agent 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:

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DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES

 

Compuware Corporation (the “Registrant”) is filing this Post-Effective Amendment to each of the following Registration Statements on Form S-8 (collectively, the “Registration Statements”) to deregister any and all securities that remain unsold under such Registration Statements:

 

(1)

Registration Statement No. 333-176967, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 23, 2011, registering the offer and sale of the Registrant’s common shares, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Shares”), issuable pursuant to the Compuware Corporation Amended and Restated 2007 Long Term Incentive Plan;

 

(2)	Registration Statement No. 333-146559, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 9, 2007, registering the offer and sale of the Registrant’s Common Shares issuable pursuant to the Compuware Corporation 2007 Long Term Incentive Plan;

 

(3)

Registration Statement No. 33-57364, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 25, 1993, registering the offer and sale of the Registrant’s Common Shares issuable pursuant to the Compuware Corporation 1992 Stock Option Plan, Compuware Corporation Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors, and Compuware Corporation Fiscal 1993 Stock Option Plan.

 

(4)	Registration Statement No. 333-119956, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 26, 2004, registering the offer and sale of the Registrant’s Common Shares issuable pursuant to the Compuware Corporation ESOP/401(K) Plan;

 

(5)

Registration Statement No. 333-68808, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 31, 2001, registering the offer and sale of the Registrant’s Common Shares issuable pursuant to the Compuware Corporation 2001 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, and the Compuware Corporation 2001 International Employee Stock Purchase Plan;

 

(6)	Registration Statement No. 333-57984, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 30, 2001, registering the offer and sale of the Registrant’s Common Shares issuable pursuant to the 2001 Broad Based Stock Option Plan;

 

(7)	Registration Statement No. 333-79821, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 2, 1999, registering the offer and sale of the Registrant’s common shares issuable pursuant to the Compuware Corporation Fiscal 1999 Stock Option Plan;

 

(8)	Registration Statement No. 333-70549, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 13, 1999, registering the offer and sale of the Registrant’s Common Shares issuable pursuant to the Compuware Corporation Employee’s Stock Ownership Plan and 401(K) Salary Reduction Arrangement;

 

(9)	Registration Statement No. 333-43971, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 9, 1998, registering the offer and sale of the Registrant’s Common Shares issuable pursuant to the Nu-Mega Technologies, Inc. 1996 Stock Plan;

 

(10)	Registration Statement No. 333-37873, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 14, 1997, registering the offer and sale of the Registrant’s Common Shares issuable pursuant to the Compuware Corporation Fiscal 1998 Stock Option Plan;

 

(11)	Registration Statement No. 333-17263, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 4, 1996, registering the offer and sale of the Registrant’s Common Shares issuable pursuant to the Compuware Corporation Employee Stock Purchase Plan;

 

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(12)	Registration Statement No. 333-4522, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 2, 1996, registering the offer and sale of the Registrant’s Common Shares issuable pursuant to the Compuware Corporation 1996 Incentive Stock Option Plan (Technalysis);

 

(13)	Registration Statement No. 33-98742, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 27, 1995, registering the offer and sale of the Registrant’s Common Shares issuable pursuant to the Compuware Corporation Fiscal 1996 Stock Option Plan;

 

(14)

Registration Statement No. 33-78822, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 27, 1994, registering the offer and sale of the Registrant’s Common Shares issuable pursuant to the Compuware Corporation 1991 Stock Option Agreements (UNIFACE), and the Compuware Corporation 1993 Stock Option Plan (UNIFACE);

 

On December 15, 2014, Compuware Corporation, a Michigan corporation (the “Company”), completed its merger (the “Merger”) with and into Project Copper Merger Corp. (“Acquisition Sub”), a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Compuware Holdings, LLC (formerly Project Copper Holdings, LLC), a Delaware limited liability company (“Parent”), pursuant to the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of September 2, 2014 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among Parent, Acquisition Sub and the Company. The Company was the surviving corporation in the Merger, and, as a result, is now a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Parent. Parent is controlled by investment funds affiliated with Thoma Bravo, LLC, and is beneficially owned by such funds. As a result of the Merger, the Company terminated all offers and sales of its securities registered pursuant to the Registration Statements.

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statements on Form S-8 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Detroit, State of Michigan on the 16th day of December, 2014.

 

 

No other person is required to sign this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statements in reliance upon Rule 478 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

 

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