Derivative exercise or conversion — not an open-market buy.
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 16, 2026
Reporting period
Not applicable
Filed with the SEC
Feb 18, 2026
OfficerOption exercise
Context
Classification
option exercise
Code M — exercise or conversion of a derivative security
Planned / mechanical clue
Footnote references vesting of compensation awards
Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred
Source receipt
Record ID
0001796414-26-000002
Filed / recorded
Feb 18, 2026, 9:09 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
Balu Ganesh Ayyar
Relationship
Officer
Officer title
President - IOA & ISG
Security
Restricted Stock Units
Table
Derivative (Table II)
Transaction date
Feb 16, 2026
Transaction code
M
Shares / units
63
Price per share
$0.00
Acquired / disposed
Disposed (D)
Shares owned after
0
Ownership form
Direct
Amendment
No
Footnotes from the filing
Each RSU represents a contingent right to receive one share of the Company's Class A Common Stock.
A total of 1,506 RSUs were originally granted on February 16, 2023 under the Company's 2017 Incentive Award Plan and such originally granted amount began vesting in quarterly installments over three years, commencing on May 16, 2023, with (i) 1/8th of such RSUs vesting on each of the first four vesting dates; (ii) 2/3rds of 1/8th of such RSUs vesting on each of the successive four vesting dates; (iii) 1/3rd of 1/8th of such RSUs vesting on each of the next three successive vesting dates; and (iv) the remainder of the RSUs were fully vested on February 16, 2026.
