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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001293437-05-000008.txt : 20051214
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20051214173835
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001293437-05-000008
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4/A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20051121
FILED AS OF DATE:		20051214
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20051214

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			HAQUE PROMOD
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001089744
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			CA

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4/A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-22194
		FILM NUMBER:		051264814

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		BUSINESS PHONE:		605 289-2229

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O NORWEST VENTURE PARTNERS
		STREET 2:		525 UNIVERSITY AVENUE, SUITE 800
		CITY:			PALO ALTO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94301

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SPSS INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000869570
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-PREPACKAGED SOFTWARE [7372]
		IRS NUMBER:				362815480
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		233 S WACKER DR
		CITY:			CHICAGO
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60606
		BUSINESS PHONE:		3123292400

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		233 SOUTH WACKER DRIVE
		CITY:			CHICAGO
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60606
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Promod Haque is a managing general partner of Itasca Partners (&quot;Itasca&quot;), the general partner of Norwest Equity Partners IV, L.P. (&quot;NEP IV&quot;).  The shares shown on Line 2 of Table I were received by Mr. Haque in pro-rata partnership distributions of an aggregate of 631,044 shares by NEP IV and Itasca shown on Line 1.  The shares shown on Lines 3 and 4 of Table I as disposed of represent shares of the issuer received by Mr. Haque and a family partnership of which he is the general partner in previous pro-rata distributions by Norwest Equity Partners V, LP and its general partner, Itasca Partners V, LLP.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">This amendment is being filed soley (1) to correct  the date shown in &quot;3. Date of Earliest Transaction Required to be Reported&quot; to reflect the partnership distribution on that date shown on Lines 1 and 2 of Table I, and (2) to correct the ticker symbol for the Issuer.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

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        <signatureName>Mary E. Schaffner, as Attorney-In-Fact for Promod Haque</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2005-12-14</signatureDate>
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