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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 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): April 21, 1998
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Keane, Inc.
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(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Massachusetts
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(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
1-7516 04-243-7166
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(Commission File Number) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
Ten City Square
Boston, Massachusetts 02129
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
(617) 241-9200
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(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
Not Applicable
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(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS.
The Company has been advised that John F. Keane, the Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer of the Company, and various members of his family, including
John F. Keane, Jr. and Brian T. Keane, executive officers of the Company, and
trusts for the benefit of such members of the Keane family plan to sell an
aggregate of up to 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock of the Company, an amount
representing an aggregate of approximately 8.0% of the Keane family's holdings
and approximately 1.5% of the total outstanding shares of Common Stock of the
Company as of April 21, 1998, in one or more market transactions over the period
commencing shortly following the date of this filing and ending on or about May
1, 1998. There can be no assurance that these sales will be made in the
amounts, manner or time frame indicated, if at all.
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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.
Date: April 21, 1998 KEANE, INC.
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(Registrant)
By: /s/ John F. Keane, Jr.
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Office of the President
and Executive Vice President
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