John Kim - Jun 1, 2022 Form 4 Insider Report for COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORP (CTSH)

Role: EVP & General Counsel
Signature: /s/ Udele Lin, on behalf of John Sunshin Kim, by Power of Attorney
Stock symbol: CTSH
Transactions as of: Jun 1, 2022
Transactions value $: -$32,788
Form type: 4
Date filed: 6/3/2022, 06:30 PM
Previous filing: Mar 31, 2022
Next filing: Jun 17, 2022

Transactions Table

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	CTSH	Class A Common Stock	Options Exercise		+801	+7.23%		11.9K	Jun 1, 2022	Direct	F1, F2, F3
transaction	CTSH	Class A Common Stock	Tax liability	-$32.8K	-442	-3.72%	$74.18	11.4K	Jun 1, 2022	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	-801	-8.33%	$0.00	8.81K	Jun 1, 2022	Class A Common Stock	801		Direct	F2, F5

* 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 March 1, 2022.
F2	Each RSU represents a contingent right to receive one share of the Company's Class A Common Stock.
F3	Includes 278 shares acquired under the Company's 2004 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended, on March 31, 2022.
F4	Shares of the Company's Class A Common Stock withheld to pay applicable taxes.
F5	A total of 9,615 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 so that the RSUs will be fully vested on the twelfth quarterly vesting date (March 1, 2025.)