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): AUGUST 31, 2004


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


                                    DELAWARE
                 (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

                0-28074                                  04-3130648
         (Commission File Number)           (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

             25 FIRST STREET
             CAMBRIDGE, MA                                 02141
(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)


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ITEM 8.01 OTHER EVENTS

      On August 31, 2004, Jerry A. Greenberg, the Co-Chairman and Co-Chief
Executive Officer of the Company, entered into a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan to
sell up to 1,000,000 shares of the Company's common stock currently owned by
him. Under this plan, the plan's agent will undertake to sell specified numbers
of shares each month if the stock trades above certain prearranged minimum
prices. Mr. Greenberg will have no control over the timing of any sales under
the plan. The plan takes effect October 1, 2004 and expires March 31, 2005. Mr.
Greenberg entered into the plan in order to diversify his financial holdings and
achieve liquidity for certain tax obligations, although he will continue to have
a significant ownership interest in the Company.

      On August 31, 2004, Sheeroy D. Desai, the Executive Vice President and
Chief Operating Officer of the Company, entered into a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan
to sell up to 400,000 shares of the Company's common stock currently owned by
him. Under this plan, the plan's agent will undertake to sell specified numbers
of shares each month if the stock trades above certain prearranged minimum
prices. Mr. Desai will have no control over the timing of any sales under the
plan. The plan takes effect October 1, 2004 and expires September 30, 2005. Mr.
Desai entered into the plan in order to diversify his financial holdings.

      These plans are intended to comply with Rule 10b5-1 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the Company's insider trading policies.
Rule 10b5-1 allows corporate insiders to establish prearranged written plans to
buy or sell a specified number of shares of company stock over a set period of
time. A plan must be entered into in good faith, at a time when the corporate
insider did not possess material, nonpublic information regarding the Company.


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                                    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:  September 3, 2004             SAPIENT CORPORATION
                                        (Registrant)



                                     By:   /s/ Jane E. Owens
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                                        Jane E. Owens,
                                        Senior Vice President, General Counsel
                                        and Secretary


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