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  <P align="center"><FONT size="2">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July&nbsp;10, 2001</FONT>
  
  <P align="right"><FONT size="2">Registration No.&nbsp;333-_____</FONT>
  
  <P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>
  Washington, D.C. 20549</B></FONT>
  
  <P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>FORM S-8</B></FONT>
  
  <P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER<BR>
  THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></FONT>
  
  <P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>SAPIENT CORPORATION</B><BR>
  (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</FONT>
  
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          <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2"><B>Delaware</B></FONT></TD>
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  <B>04-3130648</B></FONT></TD>
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          <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">(State or Other Jurisdiction of</FONT></TD>
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  (I.R.S. Employer</FONT></TD>
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          <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">Incorporation Organization)</FONT></TD>
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  Identification No.)</FONT></TD>
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          <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2"><B>One Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA</B></FONT></TD>
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  <B>02142</B></FONT></TD>
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          <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</FONT></TD>
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  (Zip Code)</FONT></TD>
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  <P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>2001 STOCK OPTION PLAN</B><BR>
  (Full Title of the Plan)</FONT>
  
  <P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>Jerry A. Greenberg<BR>
  J. Stuart Moore<BR>
  Co-Chief Executive Officers<BR>
  Sapient Corporation<BR>
  One Memorial Drive<BR>
  Cambridge, MA 02142</B><BR>
  (Name and Address of Agent For Service)<BR>
  <B>(617)&nbsp;621-0200</B><BR>
  (Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)</FONT>
  
  <P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></FONT>
  
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          <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>Title of Securities</B></FONT></TD>
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          <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="2"><B>Amount to be</B></FONT></TD>
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          <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="2"><B>Offering Price Per</B></FONT></TD>
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          <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="2"><B>Aggregate Offering</B></FONT></TD>
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          <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="2"><B>Amount of</B></FONT></TD>
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          <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="2"><B>Registered</B></FONT></TD>
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          <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="2"><B>Share</B></FONT></TD>
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          <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="2"><B>Price</B></FONT></TD>
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          <TD><FONT size="2">Common Stock, $0.01
  par value per share</FONT></TD>
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          <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="2">12,000,000 shares</FONT></TD>
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          <TD nowrap align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
          <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">8.415</FONT></TD>
          <TD nowrap><FONT size="2">(1)</FONT></TD>
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          <TD nowrap align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
          <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">100,980,000</FONT></TD>
          <TD nowrap><FONT size="2">(1)</FONT></TD>
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          <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
          <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">25,245</FONT></TD>
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          <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee
  pursuant to Rules&nbsp;457(c) and 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as
  amended, and based upon the average of the high and low prices of the
  Registrant&#146;s Common Stock as reported on the Nasdaq National Market on
  July&nbsp;6, 2001.</FONT></TD>
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  <TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">                                     PART I
                INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#001">           Item 1.  Plan Information.</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">           Item 2.  Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#003">                                    PART II
                 INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#004">           Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005">           Item 4.  Description of Securities.</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006">           Item 5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007">           Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#008">           Item 7.  Exemption from Registration Claimed.</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#009">           Item 8.  Exhibits.</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#010">           Item 9.  Undertakings.</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#011">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#012">                        POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#013">INDEX TO EXHIBITS</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="b39931saex5-1.txt">EX-5.1 OPINION & CONSENT OF HALE AND DORR LLP</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="b39931saex23-2.txt">EX-23.2 CONSENT OF PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="b39931saex23-3.txt">EX-23.3 CONSENT OF KPMG LLP</A></TD></TR>
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  <P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>PART I<BR>
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B></FONT>
  
  
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  <P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Item&nbsp;1. Plan Information.</B></FONT>
  
  <P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The information required by Item&nbsp;1 is included in documents sent or given
  to participants in the plans covered by this registration statement pursuant to
  Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities
  Act&#148;).</FONT>
  
  <!-- link2 "           Item 2.  Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information." -->
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  <P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Item&nbsp;2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.</B></FONT>
  
  <P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The written statement required by Item&nbsp;2 is included in documents sent or
  given to participants in the plans covered by this registration statement
  pursuant to Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) of the Securities Act.</FONT>
  
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  <P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>PART II<BR>
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B></FONT>
  
  
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  <P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B></FONT>
  
  <P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The registrant is subject to the informational and reporting requirements
  of Sections&nbsp;13(a), 14, and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
  amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), and in accordance therewith files reports, proxy
  statements and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission
  (the &#147;Commission&#148;). The following documents, which are on file with the
  Commission, are incorporated in this registration statement by reference:</FONT>
  
  <P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;  The registrant&#146;s latest annual report filed pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a)
  or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or the latest prospectus filed pursuant to Rule
  424(b) under the Securities Act that contains audited financial statements for
  the registrant&#146;s latest fiscal year for which such statements have been filed.</FONT>
  
  <P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;  All other reports filed pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or 15(d) of the
  Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the document referred
  to in (a)&nbsp;above.</FONT>
  
  <P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;  The description of the securities contained in the registrant&#146;s
  registration statement on Form&nbsp;8-A filed under the Exchange Act, including any
  amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.</FONT>
  
  <P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents subsequently filed by the registrant pursuant to Sections
  13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a
  post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby
  have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall
  be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to
  be part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents. Any statement
  contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
  herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for the purposes of this
  registration statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in
  any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be
  incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any
  statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified
  or superseded, to constitute a part of this registration statement.</FONT>
  
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  <P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</B></FONT>
  
  <P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.</FONT>
  
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  <P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B></FONT>
  
  <P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Hale and Dorr LLP has opined as to the legality of the securities being
  offered by this registration statement.</FONT>
  
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  <P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B></FONT>
  
  <P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware provides that a
  corporation has the power to indemnify a director, officer, employee or agent
  of the corporation and certain other persons serving at the request of the
  corporation in related capacities against amounts paid and expenses incurred in
  connection with an action or proceeding to which he is or is threatened to be
  made a party by reason of such position, if such person shall have acted in
  good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to
  the best interests of the corporation, and, in any criminal proceeding, if such
  person had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful; provided
  that, in the case of actions brought by or in the right of the corporation, no
  indemnification shall be made with respect to any matter as to which such
  person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only
  to the extent that the adjudicating court determines that such indemnification
  is proper under the circumstances.</FONT>
  
  <P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Article&nbsp;EIGHTH of the Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated Certificate of
  Incorporation provides that a director or officer of the Registrant (a)&nbsp;shall
  be indemnified by the Registrant against all expenses (including attorney&#146;s
  fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement reasonably incurred in
  connection with any litigation or other legal proceeding (other than an action
  by or in the right of the Registrant) brought against him by virtue of his
  position as a director or officer if he acted in good faith and in a manner he
  reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
  Registrant, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no
  reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful, and (b)&nbsp;shall be
  indemnified by the Registrant against expenses (including attorney&#146;s fees) and
  amounts paid in settlement reasonably incurred in connection with any action by
  or in the right of the Registrant by virtue of his position as a director or
  officer of the Registrant if he acted in good faith and in a manner he
  reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
  Registrant, except that no indemnification shall be made with respect to any
  such matter as to which such director or officer shall have been adjudged to be
  liable to the Registrant, unless and only to the extent that a court determines
  that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the
  circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to
  indemnity for such expenses as the court deems proper. Notwithstanding the
  foregoing, to the extent that a director or officer has been successful, on the
  merits or otherwise, he shall be indemnified against all expenses (including
  attorney&#146;s fees) reasonably incurred by him in connection therewith. Expenses
  incurred in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding shall be
  advanced by the Registrant to a director or officer, at his request, upon
  receipt of an undertaking by the director or officer to repay such amount if it
  is ultimately determined that he is not entitled to indemnification.</FONT>
  
  <P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Indemnification is required to be made unless the Registrant determines
  (in the manner provided in its Amended and Restated Certificate of
  Incorporation) that the applicable standard of conduct required for
  indemnification has not been met. In the event of a determination by the
  Registrant that the director or officer did not meet the applicable standard of
  conduct required for
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  <P><FONT size="2">indemnification, or if the Registrant fails to make an indemnification
  payment within 60&nbsp;days after such payment is claimed by such person, such
  person is permitted to petition a court to make an independent determination as
  to whether such person is entitled to indemnification. As a condition precedent
  to the right of indemnification, the director or officer must give the
  Registrant notice of the action for which indemnity is sought and the
  Registrant has the right to participate in such action or assume the defense
  thereof.</FONT>
  
  <P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Article&nbsp;EIGHTH of the Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated Certificate of
  Incorporation further provides that the indemnification provided therein is not
  exclusive, and provides that in the event that the General Corporation Law of
  Delaware is amended to expand the indemnification permitted to officers and
  directors, the Registrant must indemnify those persons to the fullest extent
  permitted by such law as so amended.</FONT>
  
  <P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Article&nbsp;SEVENTH of the Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated Certificate of
  Incorporation provides that, except to the extent that the General Corporation
  Law of Delaware prohibits the elimination of liability of directors for
  breaches of fiduciary duty, no director of the Registrant shall be personally
  liable to the Registrant or its stockholders for monetary damages for any
  breach of fiduciary duty as a director.</FONT>
  
  <P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant maintains a general liability insurance policy that covers
  certain liabilities of directors and officers of the Registrant arising out of
  claims based upon acts of omissions in their capacity as a director or officer.</FONT>
  
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  <P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B></FONT>
  
  <P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.</FONT>
  
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  <P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B></FONT>
  
  <P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Exhibit&nbsp;Index immediately preceding the exhibits is incorporated
  herein by reference.</FONT>
  
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  <P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</B></FONT>
  
  <P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Item&nbsp;512(a) of Regulation&nbsp;S-K</I>. The undersigned registrant hereby
  undertakes:</FONT>
  
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          <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
  made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:</FONT></TD>
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          <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the
  Securities Act;</FONT></TD>
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          <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after
  the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent
  post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the
  aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in
  the registration statement; and</FONT></TD>
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          <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&nbsp;To include any material information with respect to the plan
  of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or
  any material change to such information in the registration statement;</FONT></TD>
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          <TD><FONT size="2"><I>provided, however, </I>that paragraphs (i)&nbsp;and (ii)&nbsp;do not apply if the
  information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by
  those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished
  to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section
  15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the
  registration statement.</FONT></TD>
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          <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
  Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be
  a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein,
  and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
  the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.</FONT></TD>
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          <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
          <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
  amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at
  the termination of the offering.</FONT></TD>
  </TR>
  </TABLE>
  <P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Item&nbsp;512(b) of Regulation&nbsp;S-K</I>. The undersigned registrant hereby
  undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities
  Act, each filing of the registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or
  Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in the
  registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
  relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
  at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.</FONT>
  
  <P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Item&nbsp;512(h) of Regulation&nbsp;S-K</I>. Insofar as indemnification for
  liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors,
  officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing
  provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion
  of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against
  public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
  unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
  liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or
  paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the
  successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
  director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
  registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
  matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
  appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is
  against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed
  by the final adjudication of such issue.</FONT>
  
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  <P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
  certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
  requirements for filing on Form&nbsp;S-8 and has duly caused this registration
  statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
  authorized, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on this 10th day of July, 2001.</FONT>
  
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          <TD width="100%">&nbsp;</TD>
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          <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">SAPIENT CORPORATION</FONT></TD>
  </TR>
  <TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
          <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">By:    /s/ Jerry A. Greenberg<BR>
  Jerry A. Greenberg<BR>
  Co-Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer</FONT></TD>
  </TR>
  </TABLE>
  </CENTER>
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  <P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We, the undersigned officers and directors of Sapient Corporation, hereby
  severally constitute and appoint Jerry A. Greenberg, J. Stuart Moore
  and Jane E. Owens, and each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys with full power
  to them, and each of them singly, to sign for us and in our names in the
  capacities indicated below, the registration statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 filed
  herewith and any and all subsequent amendments to said registration statement,
  and generally to do all such things in our names and on our behalf in our
  capacities as officers and directors to enable Sapient Corporation to comply
  with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all
  requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and
  confirming our signatures as they may be signed by our said attorneys, or any
  of them, to said registration statement and any and all amendments thereto.</FONT>
  
  <P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
  registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
  capacities and on the dates indicated.</FONT>
  
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          <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>Signature</B></FONT></TD>
          <TD></TD>
          <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>Title</B></FONT></TD>
          <TD></TD>
          <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>Date</B></FONT></TD>
  </TR>
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  </TR>
  
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          <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Jerry A. Greenberg<BR>
  Jerry A. Greenberg</FONT></TD>
          <TD></TD>
          <TD  align="left" valign="top">
  <FONT size="2">Co-Chairman and Co-Chief<BR>
  Executive Officer (principal<BR>
  executive officer)
  </FONT></TD>
          <TD></TD>
          <TD nowrap align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">July 10, 2001</FONT></TD>
  </TR>
  <TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
          <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ J. Stuart Moore<BR>
  J. Stuart Moore</FONT></TD>
          <TD></TD>
          <TD  align="left" valign="top">
  <FONT size="2">Co-Chairman and Co-Chief<BR>
  Executive Officer (principal<BR>
  executive officer)
  </FONT></TD>
          <TD></TD>
          <TD nowrap align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">July 10, 2001</FONT></TD>
  </TR>
  <TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
          <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Edward G. Goldfinger<BR>
  Edward G. Goldfinger</FONT></TD>
          <TD></TD>
          <TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
  <FONT size="2">Chief Financial Officer and<BR>
  Treasurer (principal financial<BR>
  and accounting officer)
  </FONT></TD>
          <TD></TD>
          <TD nowrap align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">July 10, 2001</FONT></TD>
  </TR>
  <TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
          <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ R. Stephen Cheheyl<BR>
  R. Stephen Cheheyl</FONT></TD>
          <TD></TD>
          <TD  align="left" valign="top">
  <FONT size="2">Director
  </FONT></TD>
          <TD></TD>
          <TD nowrap align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">July 10, 2001</FONT></TD>
  </TR>
  <TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
          <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Darius W. Gaskins<BR>
  Darius W. Gaskins, Jr.</FONT></TD>
          <TD></TD>
          <TD  align="left" valign="top">
  <FONT size="2">Director
  </FONT></TD>
          <TD></TD>
          <TD nowrap align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">July 10, 2001</FONT></TD>
  </TR>
  <TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
          <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Bruce D. Parker<BR>
  Bruce D. Parker</FONT></TD>
          <TD></TD>
          <TD  align="left" valign="top">
  <FONT size="2">Director
  </FONT></TD>
          <TD></TD>
          <TD nowrap align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">July 10, 2001</FONT></TD>
  </TR>
  </TABLE>
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          <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>Signature</B></FONT></TD>
          <TD></TD>
          <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>Title</B></FONT></TD>
          <TD></TD>
          <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>Date</B></FONT></TD>
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  <TR valign="bottom">
          <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Carl S. Sloane<BR>
  Carl S. Sloane</FONT></TD>
          <TD></TD>
          <TD  align="left" valign="top">
  <FONT size="2">Director
  </FONT></TD>
          <TD></TD>
          <TD nowrap align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">July 10, 2001</FONT></TD>
  </TR>
  <TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
          <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Jurgen Weber<BR>
  Jurgen Weber</FONT></TD>
          <TD></TD>
          <TD  align="left" valign="top">
  <FONT size="2">Director</FONT></TD>
          <TD></TD>
          <TD nowrap align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">July 10, 2001</TD>
  </FONT></TR>
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          <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>Number</B></FONT></TD>
          <TD></TD>
          <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>Description</B></FONT></TD>
  </TR>
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          <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">4.1(1)</FONT></TD>
          <TD></TD>
          <TD  nowrap align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
  Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant</FONT></TD>
  </TR>
  <TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD>
  <TR valign="bottom">
          <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">4.2(2)</FONT></TD>
          <TD></TD>
          <TD  nowrap align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
  Certificate of Amendment of the Amended and Restated Certificate of
  Incorporation</FONT></TD>
  </TR>
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          <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">4.2(3)</FONT></TD>
          <TD></TD>
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  Second Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated
  Certificate of Incorporation</FONT></TD>
  </TR>
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          <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">4.4(1)</FONT></TD>
          <TD></TD>
          <TD  nowrap align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
  Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Registrant</FONT></TD>
  </TR>
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          <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">5.1</FONT></TD>
          <TD></TD>
          <TD  nowrap align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
  Opinion of Hale and Dorr LLP, counsel to the Registrant</FONT></TD>
  </TR>
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          <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">23.1</FONT></TD>
          <TD></TD>
          <TD  nowrap align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
  Consent of Hale and Dorr LLP
  (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</FONT></TD>
  </TR>
  <TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD>
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          <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">23.2</FONT></TD>
          <TD></TD>
          <TD  nowrap align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
  Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP</FONT></TD>
  </TR>
  <TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD>
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          <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">23.3</FONT></TD>
          <TD></TD>
          <TD  nowrap align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
  Consent of KPMG LLP</FONT></TD>
  </TR>
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          <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">24.1</FONT></TD>
          <TD></TD>
          <TD  nowrap align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
  Power of attorney (included on the signature pages of this
  registration statement)</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="1%" align="left"><FONT size="2">(1)</FONT></TD>
          <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
          <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">Previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an
  Exhibit to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1 (File No.
  333-1586) and incorporated herein by reference.</FONT></TD>
  </TR>
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        <TD width="1%" align="left"><FONT size="2">(2)</FONT></TD>
          <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
          <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">Previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an
  Exhibit to the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year
  ended December&nbsp;31, 1998 (File No.&nbsp;000-28074) and incorporated herein by
  reference.</FONT></TD>
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          <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
          <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">Previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an
  Exhibit to the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year
  ended December&nbsp;31, 2000 (File No.&nbsp;28074) and incorporated herein by
  reference.</FONT></TD>
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text: s-8
  Table of Contents
  As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 10, 2001
  Registration No. 333-_____
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  Washington, D.C. 20549
  FORM S-8
  REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
  THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  SAPIENT CORPORATION
  (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
  Delaware
  04-3130648
  (State or Other Jurisdiction of
  (I.R.S. Employer
  Incorporation Organization)
  Identification No.)
  One Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA
  02142
  (Address of Principal Executive Offices)
  (Zip Code)
  2001 STOCK OPTION PLAN
  (Full Title of the Plan)
  Jerry A. Greenberg
  J. Stuart Moore
  Co-Chief Executive Officers
  Sapient Corporation
  One Memorial Drive
  Cambridge, MA 02142
  (Name and Address of Agent For Service)
  (617) 621-0200
  (Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
  CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
  Proposed Maximum
  Proposed Maximum
  Title of Securities
  Amount to be
  Offering Price Per
  Aggregate Offering
  Amount of
  to be Registered
  Registered
  Share
  Price
  Registration Fee
  Common Stock, $0.01
  par value per share
  12,000,000 shares
  $
  8.415
  (1)
  $
  100,980,000
  (1)
  $
  25,245
  (1)
  Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee
  pursuant to Rules 457(c) and 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as
  amended, and based upon the average of the high and low prices of the
  Registrant's Common Stock as reported on the Nasdaq National Market on
  July 6, 2001.
  TABLE OF CONTENTS
  PART I
                INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
  Item 1.  Plan Information.
  Item 2.  Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.
  PART II
                 INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
  Item 4.  Description of Securities.
  Item 5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
  Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
  Item 7.  Exemption from Registration Claimed.
  Item 8.  Exhibits.
  Item 9.  Undertakings.
  SIGNATURES
  POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES
  INDEX TO EXHIBITS
  EX-5.1 OPINION & CONSENT OF HALE AND DORR LLP
  EX-23.2 CONSENT OF PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
  EX-23.3 CONSENT OF KPMG LLP
  Table of Contents
  PART I
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
  Item 1. Plan Information.
  The information required by Item 1 is included in documents sent or given
  to participants in the plans covered by this registration statement pursuant to
  Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
  Act").
  Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.
  The written statement required by Item 2 is included in documents sent or
  given to participants in the plans covered by this registration statement
  pursuant to Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act.
  PART II
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
  The registrant is subject to the informational and reporting requirements
  of Sections 13(a), 14, and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
  amended (the "Exchange Act"), and in accordance therewith files reports, proxy
  statements and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission
  (the "Commission"). The following documents, which are on file with the
  Commission, are incorporated in this registration statement by reference:
  (a)   The registrant's latest annual report filed pursuant to Section 13(a)
  or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or the latest prospectus filed pursuant to Rule
  424(b) under the Securities Act that contains audited financial statements for
  the registrant's latest fiscal year for which such statements have been filed.
  (b)   All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
  Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the document referred
  to in (a) above.
  (c)   The description of the securities contained in the registrant's
  registration statement on Form 8-A filed under the Exchange Act, including any
  amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
  All documents subsequently filed by the registrant pursuant to Sections
  13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a
  post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby
  have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall
  be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to
  be part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents. Any statement
  contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
  herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for the purposes of this
  registration statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in
  any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be
  incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any
  statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified
  or superseded, to constitute a part of this registration statement.
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  Item 4. Description of Securities.
  Not applicable.
  Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
  Hale and Dorr LLP has opined as to the legality of the securities being
  offered by this registration statement.
  Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
  Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware provides that a
  corporation has the power to indemnify a director, officer, employee or agent
  of the corporation and certain other persons serving at the request of the
  corporation in related capacities against amounts paid and expenses incurred in
  connection with an action or proceeding to which he is or is threatened to be
  made a party by reason of such position, if such person shall have acted in
  good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to
  the best interests of the corporation, and, in any criminal proceeding, if such
  person had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful; provided
  that, in the case of actions brought by or in the right of the corporation, no
  indemnification shall be made with respect to any matter as to which such
  person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only
  to the extent that the adjudicating court determines that such indemnification
  is proper under the circumstances.
  Article EIGHTH of the Registrant's Amended and Restated Certificate of
  Incorporation provides that a director or officer of the Registrant (a) shall
  be indemnified by the Registrant against all expenses (including attorney's
  fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement reasonably incurred in
  connection with any litigation or other legal proceeding (other than an action
  by or in the right of the Registrant) brought against him by virtue of his
  position as a director or officer if he acted in good faith and in a manner he
  reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
  Registrant, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no
  reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful, and (b) shall be
  indemnified by the Registrant against expenses (including attorney's fees) and
  amounts paid in settlement reasonably incurred in connection with any action by
  or in the right of the Registrant by virtue of his position as a director or
  officer of the Registrant if he acted in good faith and in a manner he
  reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
  Registrant, except that no indemnification shall be made with respect to any
  such matter as to which such director or officer shall have been adjudged to be
  liable to the Registrant, unless and only to the extent that a court determines
  that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the
  circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to
  indemnity for such expenses as the court deems proper. Notwithstanding the
  foregoing, to the extent that a director or officer has been successful, on the
  merits or otherwise, he shall be indemnified against all expenses (including
  attorney's fees) reasonably incurred by him in connection therewith. Expenses
  incurred in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding shall be
  advanced by the Registrant to a director or officer, at his request, upon
  receipt of an undertaking by the director or officer to repay such amount if it
  is ultimately determined that he is not entitled to indemnification.
  Indemnification is required to be made unless the Registrant determines
  (in the manner provided in its Amended and Restated Certificate of
  Incorporation) that the applicable standard of conduct required for
  indemnification has not been met. In the event of a determination by the
  Registrant that the director or officer did not meet the applicable standard of
  conduct required for
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  indemnification, or if the Registrant fails to make an indemnification
  payment within 60 days after such payment is claimed by such person, such
  person is permitted to petition a court to make an independent determination as
  to whether such person is entitled to indemnification. As a condition precedent
  to the right of indemnification, the director or officer must give the
  Registrant notice of the action for which indemnity is sought and the
  Registrant has the right to participate in such action or assume the defense
  thereof.
  Article EIGHTH of the Registrant's Amended and Restated Certificate of
  Incorporation further provides that the indemnification provided therein is not
  exclusive, and provides that in the event that the General Corporation Law of
  Delaware is amended to expand the indemnification permitted to officers and
  directors, the Registrant must indemnify those persons to the fullest extent
  permitted by such law as so amended.
  Article SEVENTH of the Registrant's Amended and Restated Certificate of
  Incorporation provides that, except to the extent that the General Corporation
  Law of Delaware prohibits the elimination of liability of directors for
  breaches of fiduciary duty, no director of the Registrant shall be personally
  liable to the Registrant or its stockholders for monetary damages for any
  breach of fiduciary duty as a director.
  The Registrant maintains a general liability insurance policy that covers
  certain liabilities of directors and officers of the Registrant arising out of
  claims based upon acts of omissions in their capacity as a director or officer.
  Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
  Not applicable.
  Item 8. Exhibits.
  The Exhibit Index immediately preceding the exhibits is incorporated
  herein by reference.
  Item 9. Undertakings.
  1.     Item 512(a) of Regulation S-K
  . The undersigned registrant hereby
  undertakes:
  (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
  made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
  (i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the
  Securities Act;
  (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after
  the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent
  post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the
  aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in
  the registration statement; and
  (iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan
  of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or
  any material change to such information in the registration statement;
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  provided, however,
  that paragraphs (i) and (ii) do not apply if the
  information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by
  those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished
  to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section
  15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the
  registration statement.
  (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
  Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be
  a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein,
  and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
  the initial
  bona fide
  offering thereof.
  (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
  amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at
  the termination of the offering.
  2.
  Item 512(b) of Regulation S-K
  . The undersigned registrant hereby
  undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities
  Act, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or
  Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in the
  registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
  relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
  at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
  bona fide
  offering thereof.
  3.
  Item 512(h) of Regulation S-K
  . Insofar as indemnification for
  liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors,
  officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing
  provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion
  of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against
  public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
  unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
  liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or
  paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the
  successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
  director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
  registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
  matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
  appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is
  against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed
  by the final adjudication of such issue.
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  SIGNATURES
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
  certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
  requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration
  statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
  authorized, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on this 10th day of July, 2001.
  SAPIENT CORPORATION
  By:    /s/ Jerry A. Greenberg
  Jerry A. Greenberg
  Co-Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer
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  POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES
  We, the undersigned officers and directors of Sapient Corporation, hereby
  severally constitute and appoint Jerry A. Greenberg, J. Stuart Moore
  and Jane E. Owens, and each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys with full power
  to them, and each of them singly, to sign for us and in our names in the
  capacities indicated below, the registration statement on Form S-8 filed
  herewith and any and all subsequent amendments to said registration statement,
  and generally to do all such things in our names and on our behalf in our
  capacities as officers and directors to enable Sapient Corporation to comply
  with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all
  requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and
  confirming our signatures as they may be signed by our said attorneys, or any
  of them, to said registration statement and any and all amendments thereto.
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
  registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
  capacities and on the dates indicated.
  Signature
  Title
  Date
  /s/ Jerry A. Greenberg
  Jerry A. Greenberg
  Co-Chairman and Co-Chief
  Executive Officer (principal
  executive officer)
  July 10, 2001
  /s/ J. Stuart Moore
  J. Stuart Moore
  Co-Chairman and Co-Chief
  Executive Officer (principal
  executive officer)
  July 10, 2001
  /s/ Edward G. Goldfinger
  Edward G. Goldfinger
  Chief Financial Officer and
  Treasurer (principal financial
  and accounting officer)
  July 10, 2001
  /s/ R. Stephen Cheheyl
  R. Stephen Cheheyl
  Director
  July 10, 2001
  /s/ Darius W. Gaskins
  Darius W. Gaskins, Jr.
  Director
  July 10, 2001
  /s/ Bruce D. Parker
  Bruce D. Parker
  Director
  July 10, 2001
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  Signature
  Title
  Date
  /s/ Carl S. Sloane
  Carl S. Sloane
  Director
  July 10, 2001
  /s/ Jurgen Weber
  Jurgen Weber
  Director
  July 10, 2001
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  INDEX TO EXHIBITS
  Number
  Description
  4.1(1)
  Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant
  4.2(2)
  Certificate of Amendment of the Amended and Restated Certificate of
  Incorporation
  4.2(3)
  Second Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated
  Certificate of Incorporation
  4.4(1)
  Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Registrant
  5.1
  Opinion of Hale and Dorr LLP, counsel to the Registrant
  23.1
  Consent of Hale and Dorr LLP
  (included in Exhibit 5.1)
  23.2
  Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
  23.3
  Consent of KPMG LLP
  24.1
  Power of attorney (included on the signature pages of this
  registration statement)
  (1)
  Previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an
  Exhibit to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
  333-1586) and incorporated herein by reference.
  (2)
  Previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an
  Exhibit to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
  ended December 31, 1998 (File No. 000-28074) and incorporated herein by
  reference.
  (3)
  Previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an
  Exhibit to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
  ended December 31, 2000 (File No. 28074) and incorporated herein by
  reference.