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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">As
  filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March&nbsp;17, 2006
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  <DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-&#95;&#95;&#95;</DIV>
  
  
  
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER<BR>
  THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Open Solutions Inc.</B>
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</DIV>
  
  
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      <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B>
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      <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>22-3173050</B></TD>
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      <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation<BR>
  or Organization)
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      <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>455 Winding Brook Drive</B>
  </TD>
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      <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>06033</B></TD>
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      <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Glastonbury, Connecticut</B></TD>
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>2000 Stock Incentive Plan</B><BR>
  (Full Title of the Plan)
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Louis Hernandez, Jr.<BR>
  Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer<BR>
  455 Winding Brook Drive<BR>
  Glastonbury, Connecticut 06033</B><BR>
  (Name and Address of Agent For Service)<BR>
  <B>(860)&nbsp;652-3155</B><BR>
  (Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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      <TD nowrap align="left">of Securities To Be</TD>
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                      <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, $0.01
  par value per share</DIV></TD>
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      <TD colspan="3" align="center" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">998,348&nbsp;shares</TD>
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      <TD>In accordance with Rule&nbsp;416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration
  statement shall be deemed to cover any additional securities that may from time to time be
  offered or issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar
  transactions.</TD>
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      <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, in accordance with Rule
  457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The price per share and aggregate offering price
  are calculated on the basis of the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant&#146;s Common
  Stock as reported on the Nasdaq National Market on March&nbsp;10, 2006, in accordance with Rule 457(c)
  of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.</TD>
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  <TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#001">Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</A></TD></TR>
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  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">This Registration Statement on Form S-8, relating to Open Solutions Inc.&#146;s (the &#147;Registrant&#146;s&#148; or
  &#147;our&#148;) 2000 Stock Incentive Plan, incorporates by reference the contents of (i)&nbsp;the Registration
  Statement on Form S-8, File No.&nbsp;333-112571, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
  February&nbsp;6, 2004, relating to the Registrant&#146;s 1994 Stock Option Plan, 2000 Stock Incentive Plan
  and 2003 Stock Incentive Plan, and (ii)&nbsp;the Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No.
  333-123091, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March&nbsp;2, 2005, relating to the
  Registrant&#146;s 2000 Stock Incentive Plan, except for the information required by Items 6 and 9, which
  are contained below.
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  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Article&nbsp;SEVENTH of our Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended to date (the
  &#147;Charter&#148;) eliminates the personal liability of directors to the fullest extent permitted by
  Section&nbsp;102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law and provides that no director of our
  company 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 statute prohibits the
  elimination or limitation of liability of directors for breach of fiduciary duty.
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Article&nbsp;EIGHTH of our Charter provides that each of our directors and officers (a)&nbsp;shall be
  indemnified by us against all expenses (including attorneys&#146; 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 us) threatened or brought against him by virtue of the fact that he
  is, or has agreed to serve as, a director or officer of our company or is serving in the position
  of director, officer, partner, employee or trustee of another corporation, partnership, joint
  venture trust or other enterprise on our behalf, if he acted in good faith and in a manner he
  reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, our best interests, and, with respect to any
  criminal action or proceeding, he had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful and
  (b)&nbsp;shall be indemnified by us against all expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) and amounts paid in
  settlement incurred in connection with any action by or in the right of us brought against him by
  virtue of the fact that he is, or has agreed to serve as, a director or officer of our company or
  is serving in the position of director, officer, partner, employee or trustee of another
  corporation, partnership, joint venture trust or other enterprise on our behalf, if he acted in
  good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, our best interests,
  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 us, 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 us against all expenses (including
  attorneys&#146; fees) incurred in connection therewith. Expenses shall be advanced to a director or
  officer at his request, provided that he undertakes to repay the amount advanced if it is
  ultimately determined that he is not entitled to indemnification for such expenses.
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Indemnification is required to be made unless we determine that the applicable standard of
  conduct required for indemnification has not been met. In the event of a determination by us that
  the director or officer did not meet the applicable standard of conduct required for
  indemnification or if we fail to make an indemnification payment within 30&nbsp;days after such payment
  is claimed by such person, such person is permitted to petition the court to make an independent
  determination as to whether such person is entitled to indemnification. As a condition precedent to
  the right of indemnification, the director or officer must give us notice of the action for which
  indemnity is sought and we have the right to participate in such action or assume the defense
  thereof.
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  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Article&nbsp;EIGHTH of our Charter further provides that the indemnification provided therein is
  not exclusive, and provides that in the event that the Delaware General Corporation Law statute is
  amended, we must continue to indemnify our directors and officers with respect to any action that
  arose prior to the amendment, to the same extent that the director or officer would have been
  indemnified prior to the amendment.
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that a corporation has the power
  to indemnify a director, officer, employee, or agent of the corporation and certain other persons
  serving at the request of 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 has no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful,
  except 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.
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition to the indemnification provided for in our Charter, we have entered into
  indemnification agreements with each of our directors and officers. Each indemnification agreement
  provides that we will indemnify the director or officer to the fullest extent permitted by law for
  claims arising in his or her capacity as a director, officer, employee or agent of ours. We are
  required to advance his or her expenses in connection with his or her defense, provided that he or
  she undertakes to repay all amounts advanced if it is ultimately determined that he or she is not
  entitled to be indemnified by us.
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We maintain a general liability insurance policy which covers certain liabilities of directors
  and officers of our corporation arising out of claims based on acts or omissions in their
  capacities as directors or officers.
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;At present, there is no pending litigation or proceeding involving any director, officer,
  employee or agent as to which indemnification will be required or permitted under our Charter. The
  Registrant is not aware of any threatened litigation or proceeding that may result in a claim for
  such indemnification.
  </DIV>
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  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</B>
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">1. &nbsp;&nbsp; <U><I>Item&nbsp;512(a) of Regulation&nbsp;S-K</I></U>. The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
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  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  (1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
  amendment to this registration statement:
  </DIV>
  
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">
  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
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  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">
  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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; and
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  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) &nbsp;&nbsp; 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;
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  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><I>provided, however, </I>that paragraphs (i)&nbsp;and (ii)&nbsp;do not apply if the information required to be
  included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or
  furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d) of the
  Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
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  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;&nbsp; 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 <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.
  </DIV>
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">2.&nbsp;&nbsp; <U><I>Item&nbsp;512(b) of Regulation&nbsp;S-K</I></U>. The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for
  purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant&#146;s
  annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 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 <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">3.&nbsp;&nbsp; <U><I>Item&nbsp;512(h) of Regulation&nbsp;S-K</I></U>. 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 Securities and Exchange 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.
  </DIV>
  
  
  
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  </DIV>
  
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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 the city of Glastonbury, state of
  Connecticut, on this 17<SUP>th</SUP> day of
  March, 2006.
  </DIV>
  
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      <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
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  <TR>
      <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="left">OPEN SOLUTIONS INC.<BR>
  &nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR><TR>
      <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Louis Hernandez, Jr.
  &nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR><TR>
      <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="2" align="left">Louis Hernandez, Jr.&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR><TR>
      <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="2" align="left">Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR>
      <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  </TABLE>
  
  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES</B>
  </DIV>
  
  
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We, the undersigned officers and directors of Open Solutions Inc., hereby severally constitute
  and appoint Louis Hernandez, Jr. and Kenneth J. Saunders, 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 on our behalf in our capacities as officers and directors to enable Open Solutions
  Inc. to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all requirements
  of the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they
  may be signed by our said attorneys, or any of them, to said registration statement and any and all
  amendments thereto.
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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.
  </DIV>
  
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      <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
      <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Louis Hernandez Jr.
  <DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  Louis Hernandez Jr.</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left">
  Chairman of the Board and
  Chief Executive Officer
  (Principal Executive
  Officer)
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top" nowrap>March&nbsp;17, 2006</TD>
  </TR>
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      <TD align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
      <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Kenneth J. Saunders
  <DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  Kenneth J. Saunders</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left">
  Executive Vice President
  and Chief Financial Officer
  (Principal Financial
  Officer and Principal
  Accounting Officer)
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">March&nbsp;17, 2006</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em"><!-- Blank Space -->
      <TD align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
      <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Douglas K. Anderson
  <DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  Douglas K. Anderson</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left">
  Director
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">March&nbsp;17, 2006</TD>
  </TR>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
      <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Howard L. Carver
  <DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  Howard L. Carver</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left">
  Director
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">March&nbsp;17, 2006</TD>
  </TR>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
      <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Dennis F. Lynch
  <DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  Dennis F. Lynch</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left">
  Director
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">March&nbsp;17, 2006</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em"><!-- Blank Space -->
      <TD align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
      <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Samuel F. McKay
  <DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  Samuel F. McKay</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left">
  Director
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">March&nbsp;17, 2006</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em"><!-- Blank Space -->
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
      <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Carlos P. Naudon
  <DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  Carlos P. Naudon</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left">
  Director
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">March&nbsp;17, 2006</TD>
  </TR>
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  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
      <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Richard P. Yanak
  <DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  Richard P. Yanak</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left">
  Director
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">March&nbsp;17, 2006</TD>
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, counsel to
  the Registrant</TD>
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
  (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5)</TD>
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  Table of Contents
  As
  filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 17, 2006
  Registration No. 333-___
  UNITED STATES
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  Washington, D.C. 20549
  FORM S-8
  REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
  THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  Open Solutions Inc.
  (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
  Delaware
  22-3173050
  (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation
  or Organization)
  (I.R.S. Employer
  Identification No.)
  455 Winding Brook Drive
  06033
  Glastonbury, Connecticut
  (Address of Principal Executive Offices)
  (Zip Code)
  2000 Stock Incentive Plan
  (Full Title of the Plan)
  Louis Hernandez, Jr.
  Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
  455 Winding Brook Drive
  Glastonbury, Connecticut 06033
  (Name and Address of Agent For Service)
  (860) 652-3155
  (Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
  CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
  Title of Each Class
  Proposed Maximum
  Proposed Maximum
  of Securities To Be
  Amount To Be
  Offering Price Per
  Aggregate Offering
  Amount of
  Registered
  Registered(1)
  Share
  Price
  Registration Fee
  Common Stock, $0.01
  par value per share
  998,348 shares
  $25.70(2)
  $25,657,543.60(2)
  $2,745.36
  (1)
  In accordance with Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration
  statement shall be deemed to cover any additional securities that may from time to time be
  offered or issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar
  transactions.
  (2)
  Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, in accordance with Rule
  457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The price per share and aggregate offering price
  are calculated on the basis of the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant's Common
  Stock as reported on the Nasdaq National Market on March 10, 2006, in accordance with Rule 457(c)
  of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
  TABLE OF CONTENTS
  STATEMENT OF INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
  Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
  Item 9. Undertakings.
  SIGNATURES
  INDEX TO EXHIBITS
  EX-5 OPINION OF WILLMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE & DORR
  EX-23.2 CONSENT OF PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
  Table of Contents
  STATEMENT OF INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
  This Registration Statement on Form S-8, relating to Open Solutions Inc.'s (the "Registrant's" or
  "our") 2000 Stock Incentive Plan, incorporates by reference the contents of (i) the Registration
  Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-112571, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
  February 6, 2004, relating to the Registrant's 1994 Stock Option Plan, 2000 Stock Incentive Plan
  and 2003 Stock Incentive Plan, and (ii) the Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No.
  333-123091, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 2, 2005, relating to the
  Registrant's 2000 Stock Incentive Plan, except for the information required by Items 6 and 9, which
  are contained below.
  Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
  Article SEVENTH of our Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended to date (the
  "Charter") eliminates the personal liability of directors to the fullest extent permitted by
  Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law and provides that no director of our
  company 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 statute prohibits the
  elimination or limitation of liability of directors for breach of fiduciary duty.
  Article EIGHTH of our Charter provides that each of our directors and officers (a) shall be
  indemnified by us 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 us) threatened or brought against him by virtue of the fact that he
  is, or has agreed to serve as, a director or officer of our company or is serving in the position
  of director, officer, partner, employee or trustee of another corporation, partnership, joint
  venture trust or other enterprise on our behalf, if he acted in good faith and in a manner he
  reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, our best interests, and, with respect to any
  criminal action or proceeding, he had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful and
  (b) shall be indemnified by us against all expenses (including attorneys' fees) and amounts paid in
  settlement incurred in connection with any action by or in the right of us brought against him by
  virtue of the fact that he is, or has agreed to serve as, a director or officer of our company or
  is serving in the position of director, officer, partner, employee or trustee of another
  corporation, partnership, joint venture trust or other enterprise on our behalf, if he acted in
  good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, our best interests,
  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 us, 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 us against all expenses (including
  attorneys' fees) incurred in connection therewith. Expenses shall be advanced to a director or
  officer at his request, provided that he undertakes to repay the amount advanced if it is
  ultimately determined that he is not entitled to indemnification for such expenses.
  Indemnification is required to be made unless we determine that the applicable standard of
  conduct required for indemnification has not been met. In the event of a determination by us that
  the director or officer did not meet the applicable standard of conduct required for
  indemnification or if we fail to make an indemnification payment within 30 days after such payment
  is claimed by such person, such person is permitted to petition the court to make an independent
  determination as to whether such person is entitled to indemnification. As a condition precedent to
  the right of indemnification, the director or officer must give us notice of the action for which
  indemnity is sought and we have the right to participate in such action or assume the defense
  thereof.
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  Article EIGHTH of our Charter further provides that the indemnification provided therein is
  not exclusive, and provides that in the event that the Delaware General Corporation Law statute is
  amended, we must continue to indemnify our directors and officers with respect to any action that
  arose prior to the amendment, to the same extent that the director or officer would have been
  indemnified prior to the amendment.
  Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that a corporation has the power
  to indemnify a director, officer, employee, or agent of the corporation and certain other persons
  serving at the request of 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 has no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful,
  except 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.
  In addition to the indemnification provided for in our Charter, we have entered into
  indemnification agreements with each of our directors and officers. Each indemnification agreement
  provides that we will indemnify the director or officer to the fullest extent permitted by law for
  claims arising in his or her capacity as a director, officer, employee or agent of ours. We are
  required to advance his or her expenses in connection with his or her defense, provided that he or
  she undertakes to repay all amounts advanced if it is ultimately determined that he or she is not
  entitled to be indemnified by us.
  We maintain a general liability insurance policy which covers certain liabilities of directors
  and officers of our corporation arising out of claims based on acts or omissions in their
  capacities as directors or officers.
  At present, there is no pending litigation or proceeding involving any director, officer,
  employee or agent as to which indemnification will be required or permitted under our Charter. The
  Registrant is not aware of any threatened litigation or proceeding that may result in a claim for
  such indemnification.
  Item 9. Undertakings.
  1.
  Item 512(a) of Regulation S-K
  . The undersigned 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; 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 reports filed with or
  furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the
  Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
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  (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.
  Item 512(b) of Regulation S-K
  . 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 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.
  Item 512(h) of Regulation S-K
  . 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 Securities and Exchange 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 the city of Glastonbury, state of
  Connecticut, on this 17
  th
  day of
  March, 2006.
  OPEN SOLUTIONS INC.
  By:
  /s/ Louis Hernandez, Jr.
  Louis Hernandez, Jr.
  Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
  POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES
  We, the undersigned officers and directors of Open Solutions Inc., hereby severally constitute
  and appoint Louis Hernandez, Jr. and Kenneth J. Saunders, 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 on our behalf in our capacities as officers and directors to enable Open Solutions
  Inc. to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all requirements
  of the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they
  may be signed by our said attorneys, or any of them, to said registration statement and any and all
  amendments thereto.
  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/ Louis Hernandez Jr.
  Louis Hernandez Jr.
  Chairman of the Board and
  Chief Executive Officer
  (Principal Executive
  Officer)
  March 17, 2006
  /s/ Kenneth J. Saunders
  Kenneth J. Saunders
  Executive Vice President
  and Chief Financial Officer
  (Principal Financial
  Officer and Principal
  Accounting Officer)
  March 17, 2006
  /s/ Douglas K. Anderson
  Douglas K. Anderson
  Director
  March 17, 2006
  /s/ Howard L. Carver
  Howard L. Carver
  Director
  March 17, 2006
  /s/ Dennis F. Lynch
  Dennis F. Lynch
  Director
  March 17, 2006
  /s/ Samuel F. McKay
  Samuel F. McKay
  Director
  March 17, 2006
  /s/ Carlos P. Naudon
  Carlos P. Naudon
  Director
  March 17, 2006
  /s/ Richard P. Yanak
  Richard P. Yanak
  Director
  March 17, 2006
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  INDEX TO EXHIBITS
  Number
  Description
  4.1(1)
  Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant
  4.2(1)
  Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Registrant
  5
  Opinion of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, counsel to
  the Registrant
  23.1
  Consent of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
  (included in Exhibit 5)
  23.2
  Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
  24
  Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of this
  Registration Statement)
  (1)
  Previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an Exhibit to the
  Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended (File No. 333-108293), and
  incorporated herein by reference.