SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* SPIRTOS JOHN (Last) (First) (Middle) 810 7TH AVENUE 35TH FLOOR (Street) NEW YORK NY 10019 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 11/24/2008	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol VERINT SYSTEMS INC [ VRNT ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)	5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
			6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

Remarks:

The reporting person does not beneficially own any securities or derivative securities.

No securities are beneficially owned.

	/s/ Peter D. Fante as Attorney in Fact for John Spirtos	11/26/2008
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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EXHIBIT 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned
hereby makes, constitutes and appoints Peter D. Fante
and Jonathan Kohl, each acting individually, as the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with
full power and authority as hereinafter described, to:
(1) prepare, execute, deliver and file for and on
behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
capacity as an officer and/or director of Verint
Systems Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in
accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations
thereunder as amended from time to time (the "Exchange
Act");
(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf
of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable
to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5,
including any electronic filing thereof, complete and
execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and
timely file such form with the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock
exchange or similar authority;
(3) seek or obtain, as the undersigned's
representative and on the undersigned's behalf,
information on transactions in the Company's
securities from any third party, including brokers,
employee benefit plan administrators and trustees, and
the undersigned hereby authorizes any such person to
release any such information to the undersigned and
approves and ratifies any such release of information;
and
(4) take any other action of any type whatsoever in
connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of
such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the
best interest of, or legally required by, the
undersigned, it being understood that the documents
executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall
be in such form and shall contain such terms and
conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in
such attorney-in-fact's discretion.
The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-
in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any
and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any
of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to
all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this
power of attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the
responsibility to file the Forms 3, 4 and 5 are the
responsibility of the undersigned, and the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the
request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is
the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's
responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the
Exchange Act.  The undersigned further acknowledges
and agrees that the attorneys-in-fact and the Company
are relying on written and oral information provided
by the undersigned to complete such forms and the
undersigned is responsible for reviewing the completed
forms prior to their filing.  The attorneys-in-fact
and the Company are not responsible for any errors or
omissions in such filings.  The attorneys-in-fact and
the Company are not responsible for determining
whether or not the transactions reported could be
matched with any other transactions for the purpose of
determining liability for short-swing profits under
Section 16(b).

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and
effect until the undersigned is no longer required to
file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in
securities issued by the Company, unless earlier
revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing
delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

[Signature page follows]



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this
Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 24th day
of November, 2008.


Signature: 	/s/ John Spirtos
Print Name:	John Spirtos