Compensation award — excluded from discretionary-purchase analysis.
Written from the filing's own figures. OQRO describes what was reported and never tells you what to buy or sell
View the official recordSEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial OwnershipAll the details
Dates, kept separate
Transaction date
Feb 25, 2026
Reporting period
Not applicable
Filed with the SEC
Feb 27, 2026
OfficerGrant / award
Context
Classification
grant award
Code A — grant or award
Planned / mechanical clue
Footnote references vesting of compensation awards
Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred
Source receipt
Record ID
0002075228-26-000006
Filed / recorded
Feb 27, 2026, 11:10 PM UTC
Added to OQRO
Oct 2, 2026, 12:27 PM UTC
Parser
form4-xml-v1
Data quality
Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer
COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORP
Issuer CIK
1058290
Ticker
CTSH
Reporting person
Alina Kerdman
Relationship
Officer
Officer title
SVP, Controller & CAO
Security
Restricted Stock Units
Table
Derivative (Table II)
Transaction date
Feb 25, 2026
Transaction code
A
Shares / units
4,891
Price per share
$0.00
Acquired / disposed
Acquired (A)
Shares owned after
4,891
Ownership form
Direct
Amendment
No
Footnotes from the filing
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").
A total of 4,891 RSUs were granted on February 25, 2026, 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, 2026, and each quarterly anniversary of such date so that such RSUs will be fully vested on the twelfth quarterly vesting date (March 1, 2029).
