Kathryn Diaz - 01 Mar 2025 Form 4 Insider Report for COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORP (CTSH)

Role: Chief People Officer
Signature: /s/ Kelli Arman, on behalf of Kathryn Diaz, by Power of Attorney
Issuer symbol: CTSH
Transactions as of: 01 Mar 2025
Transactions value $: -$28,666
Form type: 4
Filing time: 04 Mar 2025, 19:43:01 UTC
Previous filing: 19 Feb 2025
Next filing: 05 Mar 2025
SEC: View on sec.gov

Transactions Table

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	CTSH	Class A Common Stock	Options Exercise		+292	+2.39%		12,514	01 Mar 2025	Direct	F1, F2
transaction	CTSH	Class A Common Stock	Options Exercise		+744	+5.95%		13,258	01 Mar 2025	Direct	F2, F3
transaction	CTSH	Class A Common Stock	Tax liability	-$28,665	-344	-2.59%	$83.33	12,914	01 Mar 2025	Direct	F4

Derivative Securities (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Underlying Class	Amount	Exercise Price	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	CTSH	Restricted Stock Units	Options Exercise	$0	-292	-100%	$0.000000	0	01 Mar 2025	Class A Common Stock	292		Direct	F2, F5
transaction	CTSH	Restricted Stock Units	Options Exercise	$0	-744	-11.1%	$0.000000	5,946	01 Mar 2025	Class A Common Stock	744		Direct	F2, F6

* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Explanation of Responses:

Id	Content
F1	Shares of Class A Common Stock of Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation (the "Company") received from the vesting of the restricted stock unit ("RSU") award granted on March 1, 2022.
F2	Each RSU represents a contingent right to receive one share of the Company's Class A Common Stock.
F3	Shares of Class A Common Stock of the Company received from the vesting of 1/12th of the RSU award granted on February 28, 2024.
F4	Shares of the Company's Class A Common Stock withheld to pay applicable taxes.
F5	A total of 3,496 RSUs were originally granted on March 1, 2022, under the Company's 2017 Incentive Award Plan and such originally granted amount began vesting in quarterly installments over three years, commencing on June 1, 2022, with 1/12th of such RSUs vesting on each quarterly vesting date and the remainder of the RSUs were fully vested on March 1, 2025.
F6	A total of 8,919 RSUs were originally granted on February 28, 2024, 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 1, 2024, and each quarterly anniversary of such date so that such RSUs will be fully vested on the twelfth quarterly vesting date (March 1, 2027).