**UNITEDSTATES**

**SECURITIESAND EXCHANGE COMMISSION**

**Washington,D.C. 20549**

 

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**FORM 10-K/A**

**(AmendmentNo. 1)**

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| x                                                | **ANNUAL  REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE  ACT OF 1934**     |
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| **FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED  MAY 31, 2009** |
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| **OR**                                           |
| ** **                                       |
| o                                                | **TRANSITION  REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE  ACT OF 1934** |

 

**FOR THETRANSITION PERIODFROM          TO         **

 

**Commissionfile number: 000-51942**

 

 

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**LAWSONSOFTWARE, INC.**

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

| **DELAWARE**  (State or other jurisdiction of  incorporation or organization) | ** ** | **20-3469219**(I.R.S. Employer  Identification Number) |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------|--------------------------------------------------------|

 

**380 ST.PETER STREET**

**ST. PAUL,MINNESOTA 55102**

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

**(651) 767-7000**

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

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SECURITIES REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OFTHE ACT:

**CommonStock, $0.01 Par Value Per Share**

**PreferredStock Purchase Rights**

 

SECURITIES REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(g) OFTHE ACT: **None**

 

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Indicate by check mark if the registrant is awell-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the SecuritiesAct. Yes x No o

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is notrequired to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) ofthe Act. Yes o No x

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) hasfiled all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of theSecurities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or forsuch shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and(2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past90 days. Yes x No o

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant hassubmitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, everyInteractive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required tosubmit and post such files). Yes o  No o

 

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquentfilers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not containedherein, and will not be contained, to the best of Registrant’s knowledge, indefinitive proxy or information statements incorporated by Reference in Part IIIof this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. x

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is alarge accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or asmaller reporting company. See definition of “large accelerated filer,” “acceleratedfiler” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.(Check one):

 

| Large accelerated filer x                                              |   | Accelerated filer o         |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|----------------------------------|
| Non-accelerated filer o

(Do not check if a smaller reporting company) |   | Smaller reporting company o |

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is ashell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Yes o  No x

 

The aggregate market value of the voting and non-votingcommon stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant, based upon the closingsale price of Common Stock on November 30, 2008 as reported on the NasdaqNational Market, was $551,394,197.

 

The number of shares of the registrant’s common stockoutstanding on July 2, 2009 was 161,509,648.

 

**DOCUMENTSINCORPORATED BY REFERENCE**

 

Portions of the definitive Proxy Statement of LawsonSoftware, Inc. for the 2009 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held October 15,2009, are incorporated by reference into Part III of this Annual Report onForm 10-K.

 

 

 

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**LAWSON SOFTWARE, INC.**

 

**Form 10-K/A**

**(Amendment No. 1)**

 

**Explanatory Note**

 

This amendment to ourAnnual Report on Form 10-K for our fiscal year ended May 31, 2009, asoriginally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 16, 2009,has been filed solely to include a corrected Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopersLLP, Exhibit 23.1, accurately reflecting the date of their *Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm* as July 15,2009.  No other revisions are being madeto our financial statements or any other disclosures contained in our Form 10-Kas originally filed.  This Form 10-K/Aspeaks as of the original filing date of our Form 10-K and does notreflect events that may have occurred subsequent to the original filingdate.  Accordingly, this amendment shouldbe read in conjunction with our original Annual Report on Form 10-K filedon July 16, 2009.

 

**Part IV**

 

**Item 15.   Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules**

 
| **(b)**    | **Exhibit Listing**                                 |   |   |
|------------|----------------------------------------------------------|--------|--------|
| ** ** | ** **                                               |   |   |
| ** ** | The following exhibits are filed as part of this report: |   |   |

 
| ** ** | **Exhibit   Number** | ** ** | **Description**                                                                         | ** ** | **Method of  Filing** |
|------------|---------------------------|------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------|-----------------------|
|       | 23.1                      |       | Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP                                              |       | Filed herewith        |
|       | 31.3                      |       | Certification Pursuant to Section 302 of Sarbanes-Oxley  Act—Harry Debes      |       | Filed herewith        |
|       | 31.4                      |       | Certification Pursuant to Section 302 of Sarbanes-Oxley  Act—Stefan B. Schulz |       | Filed herewith        |

 

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**SIGNATURES**

 

Pursuant to the requirementsof Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, theRegistrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by theundersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 
|                       | LAWSON SOFTWARE, INC. |
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|                       |                       |   |
| Dated: March 18, 2010 | By:                        | /s/ STEFAN B. SCHULZ |
|                       |                       | Stefan B. Schulz |
|                       |                       | *Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer   (principal financial and accounting officer)* |

 

Pursuant to the requirementsof the Securities Act of 1934, the following persons in the capacities and onthe dates indicated have signed this Annual Report on Form 10-K/A.

 
| **Signature**                  | ** ** | **Title**                                 | ** ** | **Date**            |
|--------------------------------|------------|-------------------------------------------|------------|---------------------|
|                           |       |                                      |       |                |
| *                              |       | Director, Co-Chairman                     |       | March 18, 2010 |
| H. Richard Lawson              |       |                                      |       |                |
|                           |       |                                      |       |                |
| *                              |       | Director, Co-Chairman                     |       | March 18, 2010 |
| Romesh Wadhwani                |       |                                      |       |                |
|                           |       |                                      |       |                |
| /s/ HARRY DEBES                |       | President and Chief Executive Officer and |       | March 18, 2010 |
| Harry Debes                    |       | Director (principal executive officer)    |       |                |
|                           |       |                                      |       |                |
| *                              |       | Director                                  |       | March 18, 2010 |
| Steven Chang                   |       |                                      |       |                |
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| *                              |       | Director                                  |       | March 18, 2010 |
| David R. Hubers                |       |                                      |       |                |
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| *                              |       | Director                                  |       | March 18, 2010 |
| Michael A. Rocca               |       |                                      |       |                |
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| *                              |       | Director                                  |       | March 18, 2010 |
| Paul Wahl                      |       |                                      |       |                |
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| *                              |       | Director                                  |       | March 18, 2010 |
| Peter Gyenes                   |       |                                      |       |                |
|                           |       |                                      |       |                |
| * /s/ HARRY DEBES              |       |                                      |       | March 18, 2010 |
| Harry Debes   Attorney-in-Fact |       |                                      |       |                |

 

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**Index to Exhibits (Item 15(b))**

 

| **Number** | ** ** | **Description**                                                                         |
|------------|------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 23.1       |       | Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP                                              |
| 31.3       |       | Certification Pursuant to Section 302 of Sarbanes-Oxley  Act—Harry Debes      |
| 31.4       |       | Certification Pursuant to Section 302 of Sarbanes-Oxley  Act—Stefan B. Schulz |

 

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