COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORP — Director's Dealing 2015

Oct 5, 2015

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORP (CTSH)
CIK: 0001058290
Period of Report: 2015-10-01

Reporting Person: CHATTERJEE DEBASHIS (EVP, President Technology Sol.)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2015-10-01	Class A Common Stock	M	1736	$0.00	Acquired	31896	Direct
2015-10-01	Class A Common Stock	F	591	$63.11	Disposed	31305	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2015-10-01	Restricted Stock Units	$0.00	M	1736	Disposed	2015-10-01	Class A Common Stock (1736)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Shares of the Company's Class A Common Stock received from the vesting of 1/12 of the restricted stock unit award granted on March 9, 2015.

F2: Represents the portion of shares of Class A Common Stock that the Company determined to settle in cash to pay applicable tax withholding.

F3: Each restricted stock unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of the Company's Class A Common Stock.

F4: The restricted stock units were granted on March 9, 2015 under the Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation 2009 Incentive Compensation Plan and vest in quarterly installments over three years, commencing on July 1, 2015, with 1/12th of the stock units vesting on each quarterly vesting date so that the stock units will be fully vested on the twelfth quarterly vesting date. The stock units will be fully vested on April 1, 2018.