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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001214659-07-001111.txt : 20070511
<SEC-HEADER>0001214659-07-001111.hdr.sgml : 20070511
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20070511184642
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001214659-07-001111
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20070509
FILED AS OF DATE:		20070511
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20070511

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			DENDRITE INTERNATIONAL INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000880321
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-PREPACKAGED SOFTWARE [7372]
		IRS NUMBER:				222786386
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NJ
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1405/1425 ROUTE 206 SOUTH
		CITY:			BEDMINSTER
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			07921
		BUSINESS PHONE:		9084432000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1405/1425 ROUTE 206 SOUTH
		CITY:			BEDMINSTER
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			07921

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			COHEN CARL L
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001368032

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-16379
		FILM NUMBER:		07843663

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		BUSINESS PHONE:		908-443-2000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O DENDRITE INTERNATIONAL, INC.
		STREET 2:		1405 ROUTE 206 SOUTH
		CITY:			BEDMINSTER
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			07921
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<SEQUENCE>1
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    <schemaVersion>X0202</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2007-05-09</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>1</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000880321</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>DENDRITE INTERNATIONAL INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>DRTE</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001368032</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>COHEN CARL L</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O DENDRITE INTERNATIONAL INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>1405 ROUTE 206 SOUTH</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>BEDMINSTER</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NJ</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>07921</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Pres., Mktg Performance Div.</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2007-05-09</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>D</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>33000</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>16</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>0</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Options to Purchase Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>9.38</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2007-05-09</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>D</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>100000</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>6.62</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
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            <exerciseDate>
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            <expirationDate>
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            <underlyingSecurity>
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                <underlyingSecurityShares>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Disposed of pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger by and among the Issuer, Cegedim SA and Dogwood Enterprises, Inc.,
 dated as of March 1, 2007, in exchange for a $16.00 cash payment (without interest and less applicable withholding taxes)
 for (i) each share of Common Stock of the Issuer held by the reporting person and (ii) each share of Common Stock of the
 Issuer underlying each restricted stock unit held by the reporting person.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Options outstanding under the Company's stock plans, whether or not exercisable or vested, were canceled as of the effective
 time of the Issuer's merger with Cegedim SA (May 9, 2007), and holders of options are to receive a cash payment (without
 interest and less applicable withholding taxes) equal to the excess, if any, of $16.00 over the exercise price of such
 option, multiplied by the number of shares of Common Stock of the Issuer covered by each such option.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">These options were granted on June 28, 2006 and were scheduled to vest as follows: (i) twenty-five percent (25%) on the first
 anniversary of the date of grant and (ii) the remaining seventy-five percent (75%) pro rata over the following three (3)
 year period, on a monthly basis, commencing on the first anniversary of the date of grant and ending on the fourth
 anniversary of the date of grant.  These options provided for an expiration date of June 28, 2016.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ David M. McCoy, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2007-05-11</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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