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Form 6-K
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| DISCLOSURE OF APPOINTMENT OF NEW DIRECTOR |
DISCLOSURE OF APPOINTMENT OF NEW DIRECTOR
Infosys Technologies Limited, a company organized under the laws of the Republic of India (“Infosys,” or the “Company”) hereby furnishes to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission certain information regarding the appointment of a new non-executive director to the Company’s Board of Directors. The following information shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.
On May 2, 2009, the Board of Directors of Infosys, upon the recommendation of its Nominations Committee, appointed Mr. Kundapur Vaman Kamath to the position of non-executive director, effective as of such date. Mr. Kamath will serve on the Company’s Board of Directors until the Company’s annual general meeting of members to be held on June 20, 2009, when he will be subject to re-appointment as a non-executive director liable to retire by rotation, by a vote of the Company’s members.
On May 2, 2009, the Company issued a press release announcing the appointment of Mr. Kamath to our Board of Directors, a copy of which is attached to this report on Form 6-K as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference.
As on the date of this report on Form 6-K, Mr. Kamath has not been named and is not expected to be named as a member of any of the committees of the Company’s Board of Directors.
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 organized.
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Infosys Technologies Limited |
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/s/ S. Gopalakrishnan |
S. Gopalakrishnan |
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Date: May 5, 2009 |
Chief Executive Officer |
| Exhibit No. | Description of Document |
99.1 |
Press release of Infosys Technologies Limited, dated May 2, 2009. |