1 As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 28, 1997 Registration No. 333-03261 ================================================================================ 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 ____________________ OPENVISION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter) ____________________ DELAWARE 94-3161663 (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer incorporation of organization) Identification Number) 7133 KOLL CENTER PARKWAY, SUITE 200 PLEASANTON, CA 94566 (510) 426-6400 (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Registrant's principal executive offices) ____________________ 1996 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN 1996 DIRECTOR OPTION PLAN 1992 STOCK PLAN (Full title of the Plans) ____________________ MARK A. LESLIE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OPENVISION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 7133 KOLL CENTER PARKWAY, SUITE 200 PLEASANTON, CA 94566 (510) 426-6400 (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) ____________________ Copy to: BARRY E. TAYLOR, ESQ. WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION 650 PAGE MILL ROAD PALO ALTO, CA 94304-1050 ================================================================================ 2 Registration Statement No. 333-03261 (the "Registration Statement") covered an aggregate of 4,244,847 shares of Common Stock, $.001 par value ("OpenVision Common Stock"), of OpenVision Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("OpenVision"), consisting of an aggregate of 784,977 shares offered for resale by the selling stockholders named in the prospectus contained therein and an aggregate of 3,459,870 shares issuable by the Company pursuant to the following plans on a delayed or continuous basis: the 1996 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, the 1996 Director Option Plan and the 1992 Stock Plan. On April 25, 1997, pursuant to the terms of an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization, dated as of January 13, 1997 (the "Merger Agreement"), by and among VERITAS Software Corporation, a California corporation ("VERITAS California"),VERITAS Software Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("VERITAS Delaware") and OpenVision, OpenVision became a wholly owned subsidiary of VERITAS Delaware and each share of OpenVision Common Stock (other than dissenters' shares and shares owned by VERITAS Delaware or any direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary of VERITAS Delaware or OpenVision) was converted into 0.346 shares of the Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, of VERITAS Delaware. In connection with this transaction, OpenVision has filed a Certification and Notice of Termination of Registration under 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to terminate the registration of OpenVision Common Stock. Pursuant to Rule 478 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act") and the undertaking contained in the Registration Statement pursuant to Item 512(a)(3) of Regulation S-K under the Act, OpenVision hereby removes from registration the shares of OpenVision Common Stock that remain unsold as of the date hereof. -2- 3 SIGNATURE Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Pleasanton, California, on April 28, 1997. OPENVISION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. By: _______________________________________ Mark A. Leslie President and Chief Executive Officer -3-