SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 ------------------------ FORM 10-K/A Amendment No. 1 to [X] ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED: COMMISSION FILE NUMBER: JANUARY 31, 1999 0-3713 ------------------------- NATIONAL COMPUTER SYSTEMS, INC. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) MINNESOTA 41-0850527 (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) incorporation or organization) 11000 PRAIRIE LAKES DRIVE EDEN PRAIRIE, MINNESOTA 55344 (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 612/829-3000 ------------------------ Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: Common Shares--par value $.03 a share (Title of Class) Rights to Purchase Series A Participating Preferred Stock (Title of Class) ------------------------ Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or such shorter periods that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes _X_ No ____ Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein and will not be contained, to the best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendments to this Form 10-K. ____ State the aggregate market value of the voting shares held by non-affiliates of the registrant as of March 31, 1999. Common Shares, $.03 par value -- $701,358,000. Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the registrant's classes of common stock, as of April 20, 1999. Common Shares, $.03 par value - 31,593,000 shares NATIONAL COMPUTER SYSTEMS, INC. SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this Amendment No. 1 to Form 10-K on Form 10-K/A to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized. NATIONAL COMPUTER SYSTEMS, INC. Dated: May 5, 1999 By: /s/ J. W. FENTON, JR. ------------------------ J. W. Fenton, Jr. SECRETARY-TREASURER Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this Amendment No. 1 to Form 10-K on Form 10-K/A has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated. By RUSSELL A. GULLOTTI * Chairman of the Board of Directors, ---------------------- President and Chief Executive Russell A.Gullotti Officer (principal executive officer) By William J. Cadogan * Director ---------------------- William J. Cadogan By DAVID C. COX * Director ---------------------- David C. Cox By DELORES M. ETTER * Director ---------------------- Delores M. Etter By MOSES S. JOSEPH * Director ---------------------- Moses S. Joseph By JEAN B. KEFFELER * Director ---------------------- Jean B. Keffeler By STEPHEN G. SHANK * Director ---------------------- Stephen G. Shank By JOHN E. STEURI * Director ---------------------- John E. Steuri By JEFFREY W. TAYLOR * Vice President and Chief ---------------------- Financial Officer (principal Jeffrey W. Taylor financial officer and principal accounting officer) * Executed on behalf of the indicated officers and directors of the registrant by J. W. Fenton, Jr., Secretary-Treasurer, duly appointed attorney-in-fact. /s/ J. W. FENTON, JR. ------------------- Dated: May 5,1999 J. W. Fenton, Jr. (ATTORNEY-IN-FACT) NATIONAL COMPUTER SYSTEMS, INC. EXHIBIT INDEX EXHIBIT - ------------- 13 Report of Independent Auditors dated March 1, 1999