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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

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):

⃞ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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SECTION 5 – CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT

Item 5.02 (b) – Effective March 3, 2017, J. Michael Edenfield has taken a medical leave of absence from the position of President and Chief Executive Officer of American Software, Inc.

Item 5.02 (c) - Effective March 3, 2017, Allan Dow (age 53) has been elected to the office of President of American Software, Inc.  Mr. Dow has served as the President of the Company’s Logility Inc., unit since August 2015 and as that Company’s Executive Vice President of Sales since joining Logility in 2000.

SECTION 5 - CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT

Item 5.02 (b) and (c) Exhibit.

The following Exhibit is filed as part of this Report:

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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.

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