UNITED STATES
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FORM 8-K
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CURRENT REPORT
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Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 22, 2020
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Item7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
On December 22, 2020, Cognyte Software Ltd. ("Cognyte"), currently a wholly owned subsidiary of Verint Systems Inc. (the "Company"), publicly filed its registration statement on Form 20-F with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") for the previously announced spin-off of the Company's Cyber Intelligence Solutions business into Cognyte, which will be an independent, publicly traded company.
The Form 20-F filing provides detailed information regarding Cognyte's business, strategy and historical financial results. It is available at www.sec.gov under "Cognyte". Additional information can be accessed at the Investor Relations section of Cognyte's website at www.cognyte.com.
The Form 20-F will be updated in subsequent amendments with additional information regarding the spin-off as that information is finalized.
Cautions About Forward-Looking Statements
This report contains forward-looking statements, including statements regarding the expected spin-off. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and they are based on management's expectations that involve a number of known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions, and other important factors, any of which could cause the Company’s actual results or conditions to differ materially from those expressed in or implied by the forward-looking statements. Some of the factors that could cause actual results or conditions to differ materially from current expectations include, among others, the Company’s ability to successfully complete the planned spin-off of our Cyber Intelligence Solutions business, including the possibility that the spin-off transaction may not be completed in the expected timeframe or at all, that it will not achieve the benefits anticipated, or that it may negatively impact the Company’s operations or stock price, including as a result of management distraction from the Company’s business. The Company assumes no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statement, except as otherwise required by law. For a detailed discussion of these risk factors, see the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2020, its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended April 30, 2020, its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended July 31, 2020, its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended October 31, 2020 and other filings the Company makes with the SEC.
Additional Information
For additional information with respect to Cognyte and the proposed spin-off, please refer to the registration statement on Form 20-F filed by Cognyte. The spin-off is subject to customary conditions, including final approval by the Company’s board of directors and the effectiveness of the registration statement on Form 20-F filed by Cognyte. This communication shall not constitute an offer of any securities for sale nor shall there be any offer, sale or distribution of securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, sale or distribution would be unlawful prior to appropriate registration or qualification under the securities laws of such jurisdiction.
SIGNATURES
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.
| VERINT SYSTEMS INC. | ||||||||||||||
| Date: | December 22, 2020 | |||||||||||||
| By: | /s/ Peter Fante | |||||||||||||
| Name: | Peter Fante | |||||||||||||
| Title: | Chief Administrative Officer | |||||||||||||