Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
ROBINS BRIAN
  2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
SUNGARD DATA SYSTEMS INC [SDS]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
Sr. VP-Chief Marketing Officer
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
SUNGARD DATA SYSTEMS INC., 951 MARINERS ISLAND BLVD., SUITE 500
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
08/11/2005
(Street)

SAN MATEO, CA 94404
4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)
5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)
6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock 08/11/2005   M   50,000 A $ 11.125 50,000 D  
Common Stock 08/11/2005   M   30,000 A $ 15.9688 80,000 D  
Common Stock 08/11/2005   M   11,280 A $ 19.8125 91,280 D  
Common Stock 08/11/2005   M   9,782 A $ 15.9688 101,062 D  
Common Stock 08/11/2005   S   101,062 D $ 36 0 D  

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)
6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)
7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)
8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)
9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)
10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Option to Buy $ 11.125 08/11/2005   M     50,000 11/30/2004 12/05/2009 Common Stock 50,000 $ 0 0 D  
Option to Buy $ 15.9688 08/11/2005   M     30,000 05/12/2005 05/12/2010 Common Stock 30,000 $ 0 0 D  
Option to Buy $ 19.8125 08/11/2005   M     11,280 08/11/2005(1) 03/03/2009 Common Stock 11,280 $ 0 0 D  
Option to Buy $ 15.9688 08/11/2005   M     9,782 05/12/2005 05/17/2005 Common Stock 9,782 $ 0 20,218 D  
Option to Buy $ 15.9688 08/11/2005   D     20,218 05/12/2005 05/17/2005 Common Stock 20,218 (2) 0 D  
Option to Buy $ 28.5 08/11/2005   D     40,000 08/11/2005(1) 03/07/2011 Common Stock 40,000 (2) 0 D  
Option to Buy $ 28.5 08/11/2005   D     44,400 08/11/2005(1) 03/07/2011 Common Stock 44,400 (2) 0 D  
Option to Buy $ 32.81 08/11/2005   D     36,875 12/31/2004 03/06/2012 Common Stock 36,875 (2) 0 D  
Option to Buy $ 19.35 08/11/2005   D     45,125 08/11/2005(1) 03/03/2013 Common Stock 45,125 (2) 0 D  
Option to Buy $ 28.03 08/11/2005   D     42,250 08/11/2005(1) 02/25/2014 Common Stock 42,250 (2) 0 D  
Option to Buy $ 26.08 08/11/2005   D     46,000 08/11/2005(1) 03/03/2015 Common Stock 46,000 (2) 0 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
ROBINS BRIAN
SUNGARD DATA SYSTEMS INC.
951 MARINERS ISLAND BLVD., SUITE 500
SAN MATEO, CA 94404
      Sr. VP-Chief Marketing Officer  

Signatures

 Leslie S. Brush, Attorney-in-fact for Brian Robins   08/12/2005
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Immediately before the effective time of the merger of Solar Capital Corp. with and into the Issuer, all unvested options became fully vested and immediately exercisable.
(2) In connection with the merger of Solar Capital Corp. with and into the Issuer, stock options of the Issuer were converted into options to purchase equity in the acquiring entities based on a formula designed to equal the current intrinsic value of the converted options.

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