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): June 8, 2011

SAPIENT CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

0-28074		04-3130648
(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

131 Dartmouth Street, Boston, MA		02116
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

(617) 621-0200
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Not Applicable

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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.

On June 8, 2011, Sapient Corporation (the “Company”) held its 2011 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “2011 Annual Meeting”), at which the Company’s stockholders approved the Sapient Corporation 2011 Incentive Plan (the “2011 Plan”). The terms and conditions of the 2011 Plan are described in the Company’s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 2, 2011 and are incorporated herein by reference.

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

The following is a brief description of, and voting results for, each matter voted on by the Company’s stockholders at the 2011 Annual Meeting:

Proposal One — Election of Directors

The Company’s eight director nominees were elected to serve on the Company’s Board of Directors until its 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, as follows:

Director		For				Withheld				Broker Non-Votes
James M. Benson			111,286,862				2,606,931				11,926,994
Hermann Buerger			112,762,600				1,131,193				11,926,994
Darius W. Gaskins, Jr.			110,069,550				3,824,243				11,926,994
Jerry A. Greenberg			105,877,910				8,015,883				11,926,994
Alan J. Herrick			110,983,419				2,910,374				11,926,994
J. Stuart Moore			110,698,234				3,195,559				11,926,994
Ashok Shah			111,665,215				2,228,578				11,926,994
Vijay Singal			112,807,547				1,086,246				11,926,994

Proposal Two — Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2011 was ratified, as follows:

For		Against		Abstained		Broker Non-Votes
121,191,631		4,605,558		23,598		N/A

The Company’s stockholders approved, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers. The voting results are as follows:

For		Against		Abstained		Broker Non-Votes
105,690,872		4,595,155		3,607,766		11,926,994

A majority of the Company’s stockholders selected “1 Year” as the preferred frequency at which the Company should include an advisory vote on executive compensation in future proxy statements. The voting results are as follows:

1 Year		2 Years		3 Years		Abstained		Broker Non-Votes
103,985,303		48,026		6,330,777		3,529,687		11,926,994

The Company’s Board of Directors has determined to include an annual advisory vote on the compensation paid to the Company’s executive compensation in future proxy statements until such time as the Company’s shareholders act on the next non-binding advisory vote on the frequency of such votes.

The stockholders approved the Sapient Corporation 2011 Incentive Plan, as follows:

For		Against		Abstained		Broker Non-Votes
91,836,415		17,565,248		4,492,130		11,926,994

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.