UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event Reported): December 5, 2007
ARIBA, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
| Delaware | 000-26299 | 77-0439730 | ||
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
| 807 11th Avenue, Sunnyvale, California | 94089 | |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (650) 390-1000
Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report.)
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| Item 8.01 | Other Events. |
On December 5, 2007 and December 6, 2007, certain executive officers of Ariba, Inc. (“Ariba”) entered into written sales plans intended to comply with the requirements of Rule 10b5-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Sales Plans”). Specifically, Robert Calderoni, Ariba’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Kent Parker, Ariba’s Chief Operating Officer, and James Frankola, Ariba’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, each entered into a Sales Plan intended to be in effect through December 8, 2008, unless terminated earlier under certain conditions. The Sales Plan for Mr. Parker is in addition to the sales plans disclosed in a Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 16, 2007 and a Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 8, 2006.
The Sales Plans provide the executive officers with an opportunity to diversify their investment portfolios while avoiding concerns about transactions occurring at a time when they might possess material nonpublic information regarding Ariba.
Transactions made under the executive officers’ Sales Plans will be reported to the Securities and Exchange Commission in accordance with applicable securities laws, rules and regulations. Except as may be so required, Ariba does not undertake any obligation to update or report any modification, termination, or other activity under the Sales Plans or any other plan that may be adopted by other officers or directors of Ariba.
SIGNATURE
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.
| ARIBA, INC. | ||||||||
| DATE: December 11, 2007 | By: | /s/ James W. Frankola | ||||||
| James W. Frankola | ||||||||
| Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ||||||||
