UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
March 5, 2009

AMERICAN SOFTWARE, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Georgia
   
0-12456
   
58-1098795
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
  
(Commission File
Number)
  
(IRS Employer
 Identification No.)

470 East Paces Ferry Road, N.E.
Atlanta, Georgia
                
30305
(Address of principal executive offices)
  
(Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code
(404) 261-4381

Former name or former address, if changed since last report: Not applicable

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (See General Instruction A.2. below):

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SECTION 2 – FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 2.02   RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION

Attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference herein is financial information for American Software, Inc. for the quarter ended  January 31, 2009, and certain forward-looking statements, as presented in a press release of  March 5, 2009. The information in this report shall be deemed incorporated by reference into any registration statement heretofore or hereafter filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except to the extent that such information is superseded by information as of a subsequent date that is included in or incorporated by reference into such registration statement. The information in this report shall not be treated as filed for purposes of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

SECTION 9 – FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

The following Exhibit is filed as part of this Report:

 
Description
99.1
  
Press Release of American Software, Inc., dated March 5, 2009.

 
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SIGNATURE

    Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                          
                                         
AMERICAN SOFTWARE, INC.
   
(Registrant)
       
 
Date:  March 5, 2009
By:
/s/ Vincent C. Klinges
     
Vincent C. Klinges
     
Chief Financial Officer

 
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