Amendment No. 1 to Form 8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Amendment No. 1

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 5, 2010 (July 1, 2010)

ACCELRYS, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Delaware

0-27188

33-0557266

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

Commission

file number

(I.R.S. Employer

identification number)

10188 Telesis Court, San Diego, California 92121-1761

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (858) 799-5000

N/A

(Former name, or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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:

¨	Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

¨	Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

¨	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

¨	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

EXPLANATORY NOTE

On July 2, 2010, Accelrys, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), filed a Current Report on Form 8-K (the “Original 8-K”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) in connection with the completion of the previously announced merger (the “Merger”) of Alto Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub”), with and into Symyx Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Symyx”), whereby Symyx became a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. The Merger was effected pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization, dated April 5, 2010, by and among the Company, Symyx and Merger Sub (the “Merger Agreement”).

This Current Report on Form 8-K/A amends Item 9.01(a) of the Original 8-K by providing certain historical financial statements of Symyx under Item 9.01(a), which financial statements were not included in the Original 8-K.

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(a) Financial Statements of Businesses Acquired

The financial statements required by this Item were included in the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed with the SEC on May 5, 2010 and are incorporated herein by reference.

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.


ACCELRYS, INC.

By:		/s/ Michael A. Piraino
		Michael A. Piraino
		Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Date: August 5, 2010