<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001824814-23-000027.txt : 20230831
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001824814-23-000027
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20230831
FILED AS OF DATE:		20230831
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20230831

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Cognyte Software Ltd.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001824814
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-PREPACKAGED SOFTWARE [7372]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			L3
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0131

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		6-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-39829
		FILM NUMBER:		231228932

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		33 MASKIT
		CITY:			HERZLIYA PITUACH
		STATE:			L3
		ZIP:			4673333
		BUSINESS PHONE:		97299622300

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		33 MASKIT
		CITY:			HERZLIYA PITUACH
		STATE:			L3
		ZIP:			4673333
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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="i571b3feb7a7541fbb70f012586cb32cb_38"></div><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:161%">UNITED STATES</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:161%">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:161%">WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:161%">&#160;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:1.3pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:161%">________________________&#160;</font></div><div style="margin-top:3.85pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:161%">FORM 6-K</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:161%">________________________&#160;</font></div><div style="margin-top:3.85pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:161%">CURRENT REPORT</font></div><div style="margin-top:7.7pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:161%">REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:161%">UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</font></div><div style="margin-top:7.7pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:161%">For the month of August 2023</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:161%">Commission File Number&#58; 001-39829</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:161%">&#160;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:1.3pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:161%">_________________________&#160;</font></div><div style="margin-top:3.85pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:161%">COGNYTE SOFTWARE LTD. </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:161%">(Translation of registrant&#8217;s name into English)</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:1.3pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:161%">______________________</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:161%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div><div style="padding-left:89.81pt;padding-right:89.81pt;text-align:center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:23.237%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">33 Maskit</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Herzliya Pituach</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">4673333, Israel</font></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-top:6pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:161%">(Address of principal executive offices)</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:7.7pt;margin-top:7.7pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:161%">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F&#58;</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:63.07pt;padding-right:63.07pt;text-align:center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:30.288%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:35.407%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:13.714%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:34.349%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:12.130%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Form 20-F</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Wingdings',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">&#254;</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Form 40-F</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#9744;</font></div></td></tr></table><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> </font></div><div style="margin-bottom:1.3pt;margin-top:7.7pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:8pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;margin-top:3pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:35.45pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Following Cognyte Software Ltd.&#8217;s (the &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Company</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221;) announcement on Form 6-K, from August 1, 2023, regarding the Company&#8217;s Annual General Meeting of its Shareholders (the &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Annual General Meeting</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221;), which Annual General Meeting will be held on Wednesday, September 6, 2023, at 4&#58;30 p.m. (Israel time)&#58;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;margin-top:3pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:35.45pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;margin-top:3pt;padding-left:71.45pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times 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style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;padding-left:14.15pt">In addition, the Company believes that, other than Mr. Elad Sharon, the Company&#8217;s Chief Executive Officer, none of its shareholders should have a personal interest in the Proposal No.2 (&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Proposal No. 2</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221;) included in the Notice of General Meeting and the Proxy Card attached as exhibits 99.1 and 99.2 to the foregoing Form 6-K (the &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Notice of 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Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">not controlling shareholders</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> or </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">do not have a personal interest</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> in the approval of such proposal&#59; or (ii) the total number of shares of the shareholders mentioned in clause (i) above that are voted against the proposal does not exceed two percent (2%) of the total voting rights in the Company. </font></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;margin-top:3pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:35.45pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;margin-top:3pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:35.45pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Accordingly, votes casted by shareholders who marked as being &#8220;controlling shareholders&#8221; or having a personal interest will not be counted for purposes of Proposal No. 2.  </font></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;margin-top:3pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:35.45pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;margin-top:3pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:35.45pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Shareholders who have already voted their shares are encouraged to confirm that they have properly marked whether they are &#8220;controlling shareholders&#8221; or have a personal interest in Proposal No. 2.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;margin-top:3pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:35.45pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;margin-top:3pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:35.45pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:1.3pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:161%">SIGNATURES</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:161%">&#160;</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:161%">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, thereunto duly authorized.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:161%">&#160;</font></div><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.038%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:6.019%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:34.175%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:3.430%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:6.666%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:44.210%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:14pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td 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