================================================================================ 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) August 18, 2004 AMERICAN SOFTWARE, INC. ------------------------------------------------------ (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Georgia 0-12456 58-1098795 ---------------------------- ---------------- ------------------- (State or other jurisdiction (Commission File (IRS Employer of incorporation) Number) Identification No.) 470 East Paces Ferry Road, N.E. 30305 Atlanta, Georgia (Zip Code) ---------------------------------------- ---------- (Address of principal executive offices) Registrant's telephone number, including area code (404) 261-4381 ================================================================================ Item 7(c). Exhibit Exhibit 99.1 Press Release of American Software, Inc., dated August 18, 2004, reporting American Software, Inc.'s financial results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2005. Item 12. 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 its first fiscal quarter, ended July 31, 2004, and certain forward-looking statements, as presented in a press release of August 18, 2004. 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or hereafter filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except to the extent that such information is superseded by information as of a subsequent date that is included in or incorporated by reference into such registration statement.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. SIGNATURES 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: August 18, 2004 By: /s/ Vincent C. Klinges ----------------------- Vincent C. Klinges Chief Financial Officer 2 EXHIBIT INDEX Exhibit No. Subject Matter Exhibit 99.1 Press Release of American Software, Inc., dated August 18, 2004, reporting American Software, Inc.'s financial results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2005. 3