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      As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 18, 2001

                                                   Registration No. 333-
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D. C. 20549

                                    FORM S-8

             REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                               CAMINUS CORPORATION
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

         DELAWARE                                              13-4081739
(State or Other Jurisdiction of                             (I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or Organization)                            Identification Number)

825 THIRD AVENUE, NEW YORK, NEW YORK                              10022
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                       (Zip Code)

                           1999 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
                 2001 NON-OFFICER EMPLOYEE STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN

       NONSTATUTORY STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT, DATED MAY 7, 2001, BETWEEN
                      THE REGISTRANT AND JOSEPH P. DWYER
                           (Full Title of the Plans)

                                 DAVID M. STONER
                      PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
                               CAMINUS CORPORATION
                                825 THIRD AVENUE
                            NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10022
                     (Name and Address of Agent for Service)

                                 (212) 515-3600
          (Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)

                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE



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          Title of                                  Proposed Maximum
         Securities                                     Offering         Proposed Maximum       Amount of
           to be                     Amount               Price         Aggregate Offering     Registration
         Registered             to be Registered        Per Share               Price               Fee
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Common Stock,
 $.01 par value                1,076,631 shares(1)     $24.83(2)         $26,732,748(2)         $6,683.19
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(1)     Consists of 716,631 shares issuable under the 1999 Stock Incentive
        Plan, 200,000 shares issuable under the 2001 Non-Officer Employee
        Stock Incentive Plan and 160,000 shares issuable upon the exercise of a
        nonstatutory stock option granted to Joseph P. Dwyer.

(2)     Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the
        registration fee and based upon the average of the high and low sale
        prices of the Common Stock on the Nasdaq National Market on May 14,
        2001 in accordance with Rules 457(c) and 457(h) of the Securities Act of
        1933, as amended.
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PART I. INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

        The information required by Part I is included in documents sent or
given to participants in the Registrant's 1999 Stock Incentive Plan and 2001
Non-Officer Employee Stock Incentive Plan and to the holder of Common Stock
issuable pursuant to the Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement, dated May 7, 2001,
between the Registrant and Joseph P. Dwyer pursuant to Rule 428(b)(1) of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (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 Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission"). The following documents, which are on file with
the Commission, are incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference:

                (1)     The Registrant's latest annual report filed pursuant to
        Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, or the latest prospectus
        filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act that contains
        audited financial statements for the Registrant's latest fiscal year for
        which such statements have been filed.

                (2)     All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or
        15(d) of the Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by
        the document referred to in (1) above.

                (3)     The description of the common stock of the Registrant,
        $0.01 par value per share (the "Common Stock"), contained in a
        registration statement filed under the Exchange Act, including any
        amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.

                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 which indicates that all shares of Common Stock
offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all shares of Common Stock
then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein
and to be 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 or is deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any
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.



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        ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.

        The Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation (the "Certificate of
Incorporation") provides that no director of the Registrant shall be personally
liable for any monetary damages for any breach of fiduciary duty as a director,
except to the extent that the Delaware General Corporation Law (the "Law")
prohibits the elimination or limitation of liability of directors for breach of
fiduciary duty.

        The Certificate of Incorporation provides that a director or officer of
the Registrant (a) shall be indemnified by the Registrant against all expenses
(including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement
incurred in connection with any litigation or other legal proceeding (other than
an action by or in the right of the Registrant) brought against him by virtue of
his position as a director or officer of the Registrant if he acted in good
faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the
best interests of the Registrant, and, with respect to any criminal action or
proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful and (b)
shall be indemnified by the Registrant against all expenses (including
attorneys' fees) and amounts paid in settlement incurred in connection with any
action by or in the right of the Registrant brought against him by virtue of his
position as a director or officer of the Registrant if he acted in good faith
and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best
interests of the Registrant, except that no indemnification shall be made with
respect to any 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 is entitled to
indemnification of such expenses. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent
that a director or officer has been successful, on the merits or otherwise,
including, without limitation, the dismissal of an action without prejudice, he
is required to be indemnified by the Registrant against all expenses (including
attorneys' fees) incurred in connection therewith. Expenses shall be advanced to
a director or officer at his request, unless it is determined that he did not
act in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in, or not
opposed to, the best interests of the Registrant, and, with respect to any
criminal action or proceeding had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct
was unlawful, provided that he undertakes to repay the amount advanced if it is
ultimately determined that he is not entitled to indemnification for such
expenses.

        As a condition precedent to the right of indemnification, the director
or officer must give the Registrant notice of the action for which indemnity is
sought and the Registrant has the right to participate in such action or assume
the defense thereof.

        The Certificate of Incorporation further provides that the
indemnification provided therein is not exclusive and that Registrant may enter
into agreements with officers and directors providing for indemnification rights
and procedures different from those set forth in the Certificate of
Incorporation.

        Section 145 of the Law provides that a corporation has the power to
indemnify a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation and certain
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the corporation in related capacities against amounts paid and expenses incurred
in connection with an action or proceeding to which he is, or is threatened to
be, made a party by reason of such position, if such person shall have acted in
good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the
best interests of the corporation, and, in any criminal proceeding, if such
person had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful; provided
that, in the case of actions brought by or in the right of the corporation, no
indemnification shall be made with respect to any matter as to which such person
shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the
extent that the adjudicating court determines that such indemnification is
proper under the circumstances.

        ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.

        Not applicable.

        ITEM 8. EXHIBITS.

        The Exhibit Index immediately preceding the exhibits is incorporated
herein by reference.

        ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS.

        1.      The 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 the 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 the 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 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 the
                Registration Statement or any material change to such
                information in the Registration Statement;

        provided, however, that paragraphs (i) and (ii) do not apply if the
        information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by
        those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or
        furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section



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        13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in
        the 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.

        2.      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 15(d) of the Exchange
Act (and, where 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 the 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.

        3.      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 New York, New York on Friday, May 18, 2001.

                                        CAMINUS CORPORATION


                                        By:  /S/ David M. Stoner
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                                           David M. Stoner
                                           President and Chief Executive Officer


                        POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES

        We, the undersigned officers and directors of Caminus Corporation,
hereby severally constitute and appoint David M. Stoner, Joseph P. Dwyer and
James R. Burke, and each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys with full
power to them, and each of them singly, to sign for us and in our names in the
capacities indicated below, the Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed
herewith and any and all subsequent amendments to said Registration Statement,
and generally to do all such things in our names and behalf in our capacities as
officers and directors to enable Caminus Corporation to comply with all
requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and
confirming our signatures as they may be signed by said attorneys, or any of
them, to said Registration Statement and any and all amendments thereto.



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        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.




           Signature                                       Title                                 Date
                                                                                       
/s/ David M. Stoner                             President, Chief Executive                   May 18, 2001
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David M. Stoner                                 Executive Officer)

/s/ Joseph P. Dwyer                             Senior Vice President, Chief                 May 18, 2001
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Joseph P. Dwyer                                 (Principal Financial and
                                                Principal Accounting Officer)

/s/ Anthony H. Bloom                            Director                                     May 18, 2001
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Anthony H. Bloom


/s/ Christopher S. Brothers                     Director                                     May 18, 2001
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Christopher S. Brothers


/s/ Nigel L. Evans                              Director                                     May 18, 2001
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Nigel L. Evans


/s/ Lawrence D. Gilson                          Director                                     May 18, 2001
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Lawrence D. Gilson


/s/ Richard K. Landers                          Director                                     May 18, 2001
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Richard K. Landers


/s/ Brian J. Scanlan                            Director                                     May 18, 2001
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Brian J. Scanlan


/s/ Clare M. J. Spottiswoode                    Director                                     May 18, 2001
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Clare M. J. Spottiswoode




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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX




 Exhibit
 Number                        Description
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4.1 (1)         Specimen certificate for shares of the Registrant's common stock.

5.1             Opinion of Hale and Dorr LLP.

23.1            Consent of Hale and Dorr LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).

23.2            Consent of KPMG LLP.

23.3            Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

24.1            Power of Attorney (included in the signature page of this Registration Statement).






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(1)     Incorporated herein by reference from the Registrant's Registration
        Statement on Form S-1, as amended (File No. 333-88437).



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