COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORP — Director's Dealing 2025

Mar 5, 2025

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORP (CTSH)
CIK: 0001058290
Period of Report: 2025-03-03

Reporting Person: Ayyar Balu Ganesh (President - IOA & ISG)

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2025-03-03	Restricted Stock Units	$	A	10178	Acquired		Class A Common Stock (10178)	Direct
2025-03-03	Performance Stock Units	$	A	2623	Acquired		Class A Common Stock (2623)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Each restricted stock unit ("RSU") represents a contingent right to receive one share of Class A Common Stock of Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation (the "Company").

F2: A total of 10,178 RSUs were granted on March 3, 2025, under the Company's 2023 Incentive Award Plan and will vest in twelve successive quarterly installments, with 1/12th of such RSUs first vesting on June 15, 2025, and each quarterly anniversary of such date so that such RSUs will be fully vested on the twelfth quarterly vesting date (March 15, 2028).

F3: Each performance-based stock unit ("PSU") represents a contingent right to receive one share of Class A Common Stock of the Company.

F4: Represents a portion of the 9,324 PSUs (a) that were originally granted on March 1, 2022, pursuant to the Company's 2017 Incentive Award Plan and (b) for which the Company's Compensation and Human Capital Committee (the "Committee") determined, on March 3, 2025, that approximately 28% of the related performance criteria had been satisfied. In accordance with the award agreement, in light of the Committee's determination regarding the satisfaction of performance criteria, the portion of the award shown in Table II above will vest and settle in Class A Common Stock of the Company on March 15, 2025, provided that the Reporting Person remains in the Company's service through such date.