Power Alina Kerdman - 16 Feb 2026 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
16 Feb 2026
Net transactions value
-$16,071
Form type
4
Filing time
18 Feb 2026, 16:02:21 UTC
Previous filing
05 Jan 2026
Next filing
27 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 18 Feb 2026 0002075228

Transactions Table

Type Sym Class Transaction Value $ Shares Change % * Price $ Shares After Date Ownership Footnotes
transaction CTSH Class A Common Stock Options Exercise +235 +37% 871 16 Feb 2026 Direct F1, F2
transaction CTSH Class A Common Stock Tax liability $5,391 -81 -9.3% $66.55 790 16 Feb 2026 Direct F3
transaction CTSH Class A Common Stock Sale $10,680 -160 -20% $66.75 630 17 Feb 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 -235 -100% $0.000000 0 16 Feb 2026 Class A Common Stock 235 Direct F2, 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 Shares of Class A Common Stock of Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation (the "Company") received from the fully vested restricted stock unit ("RSU") award granted on February 16, 2023.
F2 Each RSU represents a contingent right to receive one share of the Company's Class A Common Stock.
F3 Shares of the Company's Class A Common Stock withheld to pay applicable taxes.
F4 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.
F5 A total of 2,817 RSUs were originally granted on February 16, 2023 under the Company's 2017 Incentive Award Plan and such originally granted amount began vesting in quarterly installments over three years, commencing on May 16, 2023, with 1/12th of such RSUs vesting on each quarterly vesting date and the remainder of the RSUs were fully vested on February 16, 2026.