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EX-99.1 - EXHIBIT 99.1 - SAPIENT CORP | a6617206ex991.htm |
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): February
11, 2011
SAPIENT CORPORATION
(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Delaware
(State or Other
Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
0-28074 |
04-3130648 |
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(Commission |
(I.R.S. Employer |
131 Dartmouth Street, Boston, MA |
02116 |
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
(617) 621-0200
(Registrant’s
Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
Not Applicable |
(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 (see General Instructions A.2. below):
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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of
Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of
Certain Officers.
Jane E. Owens, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Sapient Corporation (the “Company” or “Sapient”) is leaving the Company effective April 5, 2011 to return to private practice after a decade of service to the Company. Effective February 21, 2011, Ms. Owens will relinquish her current responsibilities; however, she will continue to serve in an advisory role to the Company until her departure date.
On February 17, 2011, the Company announced the appointment of Joseph A. LaSala, Jr. as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of the Company. Mr. LaSala will join Sapient on February 21, 2011 to oversee its worldwide legal, commercial and regulatory affairs. Mr. LaSala joins Sapient from Discovery Communications, Inc., where he served as general counsel since 2008. Prior to that, Mr. LaSala served as general counsel of Novell, Inc., from 2001 to 2008.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits
99.1 Press Release, dated February 17, 2011, issued by Sapient
Corporation.
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.
Date: |
February 17, 2011 |
SAPIENT CORPORATION |
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(Registrant) |
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By: |
/s/ Kyle A. Bettigole |
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Assistant Secretary |