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 7, 2012

SAPIENT CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

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

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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 7, 2012, the Board of Directors of Sapient Corporation (the “Company”) appointed Karl Stubelis, the Company’s Vice President – Finance and Corporate Controller, to serve in the additional role of Chief Accounting Officer.  Mr. Stubelis reports to Joseph S. Tibbetts, Jr., the Company’s Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.  Mr. Tibbetts served as Chief Accounting Officer prior to Mr. Stubelis’ designation.  

Mr. Stubelis, age 46, has over 20 years of experience in finance and operations.  Mr. Stubelis joined the Company as Vice President – Finance in November 2004 and became Corporate Controller in September 2009.  Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Stubelis served as the controller for RSVP Corp., a direct mail company, in 2003 and for Corporate Sports Incentives, an incentive rewards company, in 2002. He also served as the Chief Financial Officer at Affinity Partners LLC, a marketing agency, from 1998 to 2001.  Prior to that, Mr. Stubelis served in a variety of financial and operational capacities at Arthur D. Little, Raytheon Company, and Sullivan & Associates, P.C.  Mr. Stubelis received his finance degree from the University of Vermont and his MBA from Suffolk University.  

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 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which was held on June 7, 2012:

Proposal One – Election of Director

The Company’s eight director nominees were elected to serve on the Company’s Board of Directors until its 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, as follows:  

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 2012 was ratified, as follows:

Proposal Three – Stockholder Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation:

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

Item 8.01  Other Events.

On June 8, 2012, the Company issued a press release announcing that its Board of Directors elected the Company’s president and chief executive officer, Alan Herrick, and its co-founder, Jerry Greenberg, as co-chairmen of the Board of Directors.  The Company also announced that Jim Benson will assume the new role of lead independent director.  Mr. Benson will also serve as chairman of the Governance & Nominating Committee.

A copy of such press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

Item 9.01  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)       Exhibits

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.