# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001402436
**File Stem:** 0000950170-25-099625
**Filing Date:** 2025-7
**Character Count:** 18688
**Document Hash:** 4da1156bf9d9f50b956ef0b9c551f21d
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0000950170-25-099625.hdr.sgml**: 20250729

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0000950170-25-099625

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: S-8

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 15

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20250729

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20250729

**EFFECTIVENESS DATE**: 20250729

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** SS&C Technologies Holdings Inc
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001402436
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** SERVICES-PREPACKAGED SOFTWARE [7372]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 06 Technology
- **EIN:** 710987913
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** S-8
- **SEC ACT:** 1933 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 333-289036
- **FILM NUMBER:** 251161873

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 80 LAMBERTON RD
- **CITY:** WINDSOR
- **STATE:** CT
- **ZIP:** 06095
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 860-298-4500

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 80 LAMBERTON RD
- **CITY:** WINDSOR
- **STATE:** CT
- **ZIP:** 06095

**As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 29, 2025**

**Registration No. 333-______**

UNITED STATES<br>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

**FORM S-8**

**REGISTRATION STATEMENT<br>UNDER<br>THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933** 

**SS&C TECHNOLOGIES HOLDINGS, INC.**

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

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| &nbsp;&nbsp;**Delaware** |  | &nbsp;&nbsp;**71-0987913** |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;(State or Other Jurisdiction of<br>Incorporation or Organization) |  | &nbsp;&nbsp;(I.R.S. Employer<br>Identification No.) |
|  | &nbsp;&nbsp;**80 Lamberton Road**<br>**Windsor, Connecticut**<br>**06095** |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;(Address including zip code of Principal Executive Offices) | &nbsp;&nbsp;(Address including zip code of Principal Executive Offices) | &nbsp;&nbsp;(Address including zip code of Principal Executive Offices) |

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|  | &nbsp;&nbsp;**SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. <br>Second Amended and Restated 2023 Stock Incentive Plan** |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;(Full Title of the Plan) | &nbsp;&nbsp;(Full Title of the Plan) |

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| &nbsp;&nbsp; <br>**Jason White**<br>**Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary**<br>**SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc.**<br>**80 Lamberton Road**<br>**Windsor, CT 06095**<br> **<br>Telephone:** <br>**(860) 298-4500** |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service) |

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company," and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act.

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| Large accelerated filer  | Accelerated filer  |
| Non-accelerated filer  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company) | Smaller reporting company  |
|  | Emerging growth company <br>|
| If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.  | If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.  |

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**EXPLANATORY NOTE**

Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") is being filed for the purpose of registering an additional 6,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Shares"), of SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. (the "Registrant") authorized for issuance pursuant to the Registrant's Second Amended and Restated 2023 Stock Incentive Plan (the "Plan"), which was approved by the Registrant's Board of Directors on March 31, 2025 and its shareholders on May 21, 2025. This Registration Statement hereby incorporates by reference the contents of the registration statements on Form S-8 (File Nos. 333-272295 and 333-281105) previously filed by the Registrant on May 31, 2023 and July 30, 2024, respectively, to the extent not superseded hereby.

**PART II**

**INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT**

**Item 3. INCORPORATION 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 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:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, as filed with the Commission on [<u>March 3, 2025</u>](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1402436/000095017025030421/ssnc-20241231.htm) and amended on [<u>March 4, 2025</u>](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1402436/000095017025031295/ssnc-20241231.htm) (the "Annual Report"), including the sections of the [<u>Registrant's Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A for the Registrant's 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, as filed with the Commission on April 3, 2025</u>](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1402436/000095017025050376/ssnc-20250403.htm), incorporated by reference in the Annual Report;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) 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 (a) above, including [<u>the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2025, as filed with the Commission on April 30, 2025</u>](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1402436/000095017025061161/ssnc-20250331.htm), and the Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K, as filed with the Commission on [<u>March 26, 2025</u>](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1402436/000095017025045308/ssnc-20250324.htm), [<u>May 22, 2025</u>](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1402436/000095017025076481/ssnc-20250521.htm), and [<u>July 21, 2025</u>](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1402436/000095017025097062/ssnc-20250721.htm); and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[<u>(c) The description of the Registrant's common stock included as Exhibit 4.3 to the Annual Report, including any amendment or report filed for purposes of updating such description.</u>](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1402436/000156459020007695/ssnc-ex43_12.htm)

In addition, 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 the post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and to be part thereof from the date of filing of such documents. The Registrant is not incorporating by reference any documents or portions thereof, whether specifically listed above or filed in the future, that are not deemed "filed" with the Commission.

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 deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

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**Item 8. EXHIBITS.** 

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| **<u>Exhibit Number</u>** | **<u>Description</u>** |
| 4.1 | [<u>Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed on August 5, 2016 (File No. 001-34675)</u>](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1402436/000156459016023009/ssnc-ex31_283.htm) |
| 4.2 | [<u>Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on November 22, 2022 (File No. 001-34675)</u>](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1402436/000095017022025610/ssnc-ex3_1.htm) |
| 5.1 | [<u>Opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP (filed herewith)</u>](ssnc-ex5_1.htm) |
| 23.1 | [<u>Consent of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)</u>](ssnc-ex5_1.htm) |
| 23.2 | [<u>Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent registered public accounting firm (filed herewith)</u>](ssnc-ex23_2.htm) |
| 24.1 | [<u>Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Registration Statement)</u>](#powerofattorney) |
| 99.1 | [<u>SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. Second Amended and Restated 2023 Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Appendix B of the Registrant's Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A for the Registrants 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, as filed with the Commission on April 3, 2025) (File No. 001-34675)</u>](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1402436/000095017025050376/ssnc-20250403.htm#appendixb_ssc_technologies_holdings_inc) |
| 107 | [<u>Filing Fee Table (filed herewith)</u>](ssnc_exfilingfees.htm) |

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**SIGNATURES**

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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, on this 29th day of July 2025.

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| &nbsp;&nbsp;SS&C TECHNOLOGIES HOLDINGS, INC. | &nbsp;&nbsp;SS&C TECHNOLOGIES HOLDINGS, INC. |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;By: | &nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ William C. Stone |
|  | Name: William C. Stone |
|  | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Title: Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer |

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**POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES**

We, the undersigned officers and directors of SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc., hereby severally constitute William C. Stone, Brian N. Schell, Rahul Kanwar and Jason White, Esq. (with full power to each of them to act alone), and each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents 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 SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. 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-in-fact, or any of them, to said Registration Statement and any and all amendments thereto.

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

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| &nbsp;&nbsp;**<u>Signature</u>** | &nbsp;&nbsp;**<u>Title</u>** | &nbsp;&nbsp;**<u>Date</u>** |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ William C. Stone | &nbsp;&nbsp;Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer<br>(Principal Executive Officer) | &nbsp;&nbsp;July 29, 2025 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;William C. Stone |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Brian N. Schell | &nbsp;&nbsp;Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer<br>(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) | &nbsp;&nbsp;July 29, 2025 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;Brian N. Schell  |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Normand A. Boulanger | &nbsp;&nbsp;Director | &nbsp;&nbsp;July 29, 2025 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;Normand A. Boulanger |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Smita Conjeevaram | &nbsp;&nbsp;Director | &nbsp;&nbsp;July 29, 2025 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;Smita Conjeevaram |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Jonathan E. Michael | &nbsp;&nbsp;Director | &nbsp;&nbsp;July 29, 2025 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;Jonathan E. Michael |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Francesco Vanni d'Archirafi | &nbsp;&nbsp;Director | &nbsp;&nbsp;July 29, 2025 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;Francesco Vanni d'Archirafi |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ David A. Varsano | &nbsp;&nbsp;Director | &nbsp;&nbsp;July 29, 2025 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;David A. Varsano |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Debra Walton-Ruskin | &nbsp;&nbsp;Director | &nbsp;&nbsp;July 29, 2025 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;Debra Walton-Ruskin |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Michael J. Zamkow | &nbsp;&nbsp;Director | &nbsp;&nbsp;July 29, 2025 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;Michael J. Zamkow |  |  |

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## Exhibit 5.1

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| ![img139004239_0.jpg](img139004239_0.jpg) | Davis Polk & Wardwell llp<br>450 Lexington Avenue<br>New York, NY 10017<br>davispolk.com |

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**EXHIBIT 5.1**

**OPINION OF DAVIS POLK & WARDWELL LLP**

July 29, 2025

SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc.<br>80 Lamberton Road

Windsor, Connecticut

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as special counsel to SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "**Company**"), and are delivering this opinion in connection with the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "**Registration Statement**") filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, for the registration of 6,000,000 shares (the "**Shares**") of the Company's Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, issuable pursuant to the SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. Second Amended and Restated 2023 Stock Incentive Plan (the "**Plan**").

We, as your counsel, have examined originals or copies of such documents, corporate records, certificates of public officials and other instruments as we have deemed necessary or advisable for the purpose of rendering this opinion.

In rendering the opinion expressed herein, we have, without independent inquiry or investigation, assumed that (i) all documents submitted to us as originals are authentic and complete, (ii) all documents submitted to us as copies conform to authentic, complete originals, (iii) all signatures on all documents that we reviewed are genuine, (iv) all natural persons executing documents had and have the legal capacity to do so, (v) all statements in certificates of public officials and officers of the Company that we reviewed were and are accurate and (vi) all representations made by the Company as to matters of fact in the documents that we reviewed were and are accurate.

On the basis of the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the Shares have been duly authorized and, when and to the extent issued pursuant to the Plan upon receipt by the Company of the consideration for the Shares specified therein, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

We are members of the Bar of the State of New York and the foregoing opinion is limited to the laws of the State of New York and the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

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## Exhibit 23.2

**Exhibit 23.2**

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement on Form S-8 of SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. of our report dated March 3, 2025 relating to the financial statements and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, which appears in SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the year ended December 31, 2024.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

<br>Hartford, CT****<br> July 29, 2025

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## Ex-Filing

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**Exhibit 107**

Calculation of Filing Fee Table

Form S-8

(Form Type)

SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Newly Registered Securities

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| &nbsp;&nbsp;Security Type | &nbsp;&nbsp;Security Class Title | &nbsp;&nbsp;Fee Calculation Rule | &nbsp;&nbsp;Amount Registered(1) | &nbsp;&nbsp;Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Unit(2) | &nbsp;&nbsp;Maximum Aggregate Offering Price | &nbsp;&nbsp;Fee Rate | &nbsp;&nbsp;Amount of Registration Fee(3) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;Equity | &nbsp;&nbsp;Common Stock, $0.01 per value per share | &nbsp;&nbsp;Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) | &nbsp;&nbsp;6000000 | &nbsp;&nbsp;$83.61 | &nbsp;&nbsp;$501660000 | &nbsp;&nbsp;0.00015310 | &nbsp;&nbsp;$76804.15 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;**Total Offering Amounts** | &nbsp;&nbsp;**Total Offering Amounts** | &nbsp;&nbsp;**Total Offering Amounts** | &nbsp;&nbsp;**Total Offering Amounts** |  | &nbsp;&nbsp;$501660000 |  | &nbsp;&nbsp;$76804.15 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;**Total Fee Offsets(4)** | &nbsp;&nbsp;**Total Fee Offsets(4)** | &nbsp;&nbsp;**Total Fee Offsets(4)** | &nbsp;&nbsp;**Total Fee Offsets(4)** |  |  |  | &nbsp;&nbsp;- |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;**Net Fee Due** | &nbsp;&nbsp;**Net Fee Due** | &nbsp;&nbsp;**Net Fee Due** | &nbsp;&nbsp;**Net Fee Due** |  |  |  | &nbsp;&nbsp;$76804.15 |

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(1) This Registration Statement on Form S-8 covers 6,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Shares"), of SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. (the "Registrant") (i) authorized for issuance under the Second Amended and Restated 2023 Stock Incentive Plan (the "Plan") and (ii) pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), any additional Shares that may become issuable under the Plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, or other similar transaction.

(2) Estimated pursuant to Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act, solely for the purpose of computing the registration fee, based on the average of the high and low prices reported for the Registrant's Shares on the NASDAQ Global Select Market on July 23, 2025.

(3) Rounded to the nearest cent.

(4) There are no fee offsets.

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