Insider trade

Officer received an award of 7.77 CTSH derivative securities

Traded Feb 25, 2026 · Filed Feb 27, 2026

CognizantCTSH

7.77
Derivative units

Why it stands out

Compensation award — excluded from discretionary-purchase analysis.

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View the official recordSEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

All 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: 0001796414-26-000004
Filed / recorded

Feb 27, 2026, 11:07 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 - APJ and ISG

Security

Performance Stock Units

Table

Derivative (Table II)

Transaction date

Feb 25, 2026

Transaction code

A

Shares / units

7.771

Price per share

$0.00

Acquired / disposed

Acquired (A)

Shares owned after

7,771

Ownership form

Direct

Amendment

No

Footnotes from the filing

Each performance-based stock unit ("PSU") represents a contingent right to receive one share of Class A Common Stock of the Company.
Represents a portion of the 13,576 PSUs (a) that were originally granted on March 6, 2023, 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 February 25, 2026, that approximately 57% 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, 2026, provided that the Reporting Person remains in the Company's service through such date.