Power John Kim - 15 Mar 2026 Form 4 Insider Report for COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORP (CTSH)

Role: CLO, CAO & Corporate Secretary
Signature: /s/ Melissa Glass, on behalf of John Kim, by Power of Attorney
Issuer symbol: CTSH
Transactions as of: 15 Mar 2026
Net transactions value: $0
Form type: 4
Filing time: 17 Mar 2026, 16:30:38 UTC
Previous filing: 03 Mar 2026
SEC: View on sec.gov

Reporting Owners (1)

Name	Relationship	Address	Signature	Signature date	CIK
Kim John Sunshin	CLO, CAO & Corporate Secretary	C/O COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORP., 300 FRANK W. BURR BLVD., STE. 36, 6 FL., TEANECK	/s/ Melissa Glass, on behalf of John Kim, by Power of Attorney	17 Mar 2026	0001853867

Transactions Table

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	CTSH	Class A Common Stock	Options Exercise		+1,647	+4.9%		35,511	15 Mar 2026	Direct	F1, F2
transaction	CTSH	Class A Common Stock	Options Exercise		+10,972	+31%		46,483	15 Mar 2026	Direct	F3, F4
transaction	CTSH	Class A Common Stock	Tax liability		-6,668	-14%	$60.37^*	39,815	15 Mar 2026	Direct	F5

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		-1,647	-11%	$0.000000^*	13,172	15 Mar 2026	Class A Common Stock	1,647		Direct	F2, F6
transaction	CTSH	Performance Stock Units	Options Exercise		-10,972	-100%	$0.000000^*	0	15 Mar 2026	Class A Common Stock	10,972		Direct	F3, F4

* 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 3, 2025.
F2	Each RSU represents a contingent right to receive one share of the Company's Class A Common Stock.
F3	Reflects the settlement, in shares of Class A Common Stock of the Company, of performance-based stock units ("PSUs"). The PSUs were originally granted on March 6, 2023, under the Company's 2017 Incentive Award Plan. A portion of the performance conditions were determined to be satisfied on February 25, 2026, and that portion of the PSUs as shown in Table II above were vested and settled in Class A Common Stock of the Company on March 15, 2026.
F4	Each PSU represents a contingent right to receive one share of Class A Common Stock of the Company.
F5	Shares of the Company's Class A Common Stock withheld to pay applicable taxes.
F6	A total of 19,758 RSUs were originally granted on March 3, 2025 under the Company's 2023 Incentive Award Plan and such originally granted amount began vesting in quarterly installments over three years, commencing on June 15, 2025, 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 (March 15, 2028).