Balu Ganesh Ayyar - Apr 1, 2022 Form 4 Insider Report for COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORP (CTSH)

Role: President, Digital Operations
Signature: /s/ Udele Lin, on behalf of Balu Ganesh Ayyar, by Power of Attorney
Stock symbol: CTSH
Transactions as of: Apr 1, 2022
Transactions value $: $0
Form type: 4
Date filed: 4/5/2022, 06:45 PM
Previous filing: Mar 17, 2022
Next filing: Jun 3, 2022

Transactions Table

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	CTSH	Class A Common Stock	Options Exercise		+2.74K	+9.39%		31.9K	Apr 1, 2022	Direct	F1, F2

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	-2.74K	-33.33%	$0.00	5.47K	Apr 1, 2022	Class A Common Stock	2.74K		Direct	F2, F3

* 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 1/12th of the restricted stock unit ("RSU") award granted on September 16, 2019.
F2	Each RSU represents a contingent right to receive one share of the Company's Class A Common Stock.
F3	A total of 32,817 RSUs were originally granted on September 16, 2019 under the Company's 2017 Incentive Award Plan and will vest in quarterly installments over three years, commencing on January 1, 2020, with 1/12th of such RSUs vesting on each quarterly vesting date so that such RSUs will be fully vested on the twelfth quarterly vesting date (October 1, 2022).