Registration No. 33-57870 Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 THE CONTINUUM COMPANY, INC. (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER) DELAWARE 74-1609363 (STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF (I.R.S. EMPLOYER INCORPORATION OR ORGANIZATION) IDENTIFICATION NO.) 9500 ARBORETUM BOULEVARD 78759-6399 AUSTIN, TEXAS (ZIP CODE) (ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES) EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN (FULL TITLE OF THE PLAN) JOHN L. WESTERMANN III VICE PRESIDENT, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER THE CONTINUUM COMPANY, INC. 9500 ARBORETUM BOULEVARD AUSTIN, TEXAS 78759-6399 (512) 345-5700 (NAME, ADDRESS, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE, OF AGENT FOR SERVICE) COPY TO: JACK DENNISON VICE PRESIDENT, GENERAL COUNSEL THE CONTINUUM COMPANY, INC. 9500 ARBORETUM BOULEVARD AUSTIN, TEXAS 78759-6399 This Post-Effective Amendment is being filed for the purpose of removing from registration all remaining shares of registrant's Common Stock which were not sold pursuant to Registration Statement No. 33-57870 on or prior to August 1, 1996, when all options outstanding under the Employee Stock Purchase Plan were assumed by Computer Sciences Corporation. 1 PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT ITEM 8. EXHIBITS 25.1 Powers of Attorney 2 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 Austin, Texas on this 31st day of July, 1996. THE CONTINUUM COMPANY, INC. By: JOHN L. WESTERMANN III Vice President and Treasurer Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on July 31, 1996. SIGNATURE TITLE *RONALD C. CARROLL Chairman of the Board of Directors *LOWELL C. ANDERSON Director *THOMAS G. BROWN Director *W. MICHAEL LONG President, Chief Executive Officer and Director *THOMAS A. MCDONNELL Director *CARL S. QUINN Director *EDWARD C. STANTON, III Director JOHN L. WESTERMANN III Vice President and Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer) LOU ANNE GILMORE Vice President and Controller (Principal Accounting Officer) *BY JOHN L. WESTERMANN III Attorney-in-Fact 3 INDEX TO EXHIBITS EXHIBIT PAGE 25.1 Powers of Attorney from Officers and Directors of the Company 5 4 Exhibit 25.1 POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned constitutes and appoints John L. Westermann III as true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to sign the post-effective amendments to the Registration Statements on Forms S-8 (the "Registration Statement") of The Continuum Company, Inc. (the "Company") to be filed in connection with the removal from registration of all shares of common stock of the Company, par value $.10, previously registered under Forms S-8 remaining unissued under the Plans, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent 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 as to intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. For purposes of this Power, the Plans shall include the following: W. Michael Long Stock Option Agreement, 1983 Incentive Stock Option Plan, 1992 Stock Option Plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, 1994 Incentive Stock Plan, 1994 Directors Stock Option Plan, 1995 Directors' Stock Option Plan, Hogan Systems, Inc. 1982 Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan, Hogan Systems, Inc. 1982 Incentive Stock Option Plan, Hogan Systems, Inc. 1984 Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan, Hogan Systems, Inc. 1984 Incentive Stock Option Plan, Hogan Systems, Inc. 1985 Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan, and Hogan Systems, Inc. 1985 Incentive Stock Option Plan. JULY 19, 1996 (Date) (Signature) (Printed Name) 5