Power Alina Kerdman - 31 Dec 2025 Form 4 Insider Report for COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORP (CTSH)

Role
SVP, Controller & CAO
Signature
/s/ Melissa Glass, on behalf of Alina Kerdman, by Power of Attorney
Issuer symbol
CTSH
Transactions as of
31 Dec 2025
Net transactions value
-$26,708
Form type
4
Filing time
05 Jan 2026, 16:15:20 UTC
Previous filing
17 Dec 2025
Next filing
18 Feb 2026
SEC
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Reporting Owners (1)

Name Relationship Address Signature Signature date CIK
Kerdman Alina SVP, Controller & CAO C/O COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORP., 300 FRANK W. BURR BLVD., STE 36, 6 FL., TEANECK /s/ Melissa Glass, on behalf of Alina Kerdman, by Power of Attorney 05 Jan 2026 0002075228

Transactions Table

Type Sym Class Transaction Value $ Shares Change % * Price $ Shares After Date Ownership Footnotes
transaction CTSH Class A Common Stock Sale $17,080 -203 -31% $84.14 442 31 Dec 2025 Direct F1
transaction CTSH Class A Common Stock Options Exercise +310 +70% 752 01 Jan 2026 Direct F2, F3
transaction CTSH Class A Common Stock Tax liability $9,628 -116 -15% $83.00 636 01 Jan 2026 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 -310 -20% $0.000000 1,244 01 Jan 2026 Class A Common Stock 310 Direct F3, F5
* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Buy Plan / Sale Plan: These are also open market purchases/sales of shares, but in this case the transaction is part of a trading plan. Rule 10b5-1 allows insiders to setup a trading plan to buy/sell stocks over a certain period of time. Since the purchases/sales are predetermined, this protects the insiders from violating insider trading law.

Transaction was made pursuant to a contract, instruction or written plan for the purchase or sale of equity securities of the issuer that is intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c).

Explanation of Responses:

Id Content
F1 The sales reported on this Form 4 were executed pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the reporting person on August 19, 2025.
F2 Shares of Class A Common Stock of Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation (the "Company") received from the vesting of 1/6th of the restricted stock unit ("RSU") award granted on July 1, 2025.
F3 Each RSU represents a contingent right to receive one share of the Company's Class A Common Stock.
F4 Shares of the Company's Class A Common Stock withheld to pay applicable taxes.
F5 A total of 1,864 RSUs were originally granted on July 1, 2025 under the Company's 2023 Incentive Award Plan and such originally granted amount began vesting in ten successive quarterly installments, commencing on October 1, 2025, with (i) 1/6th of such RSUs vesting on the first two vesting dates; (ii) 2/3rds of 1/6th of such RSUs vesting on each of the four successive vesting dates; (iii) 1/3rd of 1/6th of such RSUs vesting on each of the three successive vesting dates; and (iv) the remainder of such RSUs vesting on the tenth vesting date (January 1, 2028).