# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001058290
**File Stem:** 0001308179-26-000291
**Filing Date:** 2026-4
**Character Count:** 8053
**Document Hash:** 14a11cab12b7d58602d51ccbdd3a5fa3
**Contains OCR:** False
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001308179-26-000291.hdr.sgml**: 20260417

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001308179-26-000291

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: DEFA14A

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 10

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260417

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260417

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORP
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001058290
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** SERVICES-COMPUTER PROGRAMMING SERVICES [7371]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 06 Technology
- **EIN:** 133728359
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** DEFA14A
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 000-24429
- **FILM NUMBER:** 26869444

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 300 FRANK W. BURR BLVD., STE. 36, 6 FL.
- **CITY:** TEANECK
- **STATE:** NJ
- **ZIP:** 07666
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 2018010233

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 300 FRANK W. BURR BLVD., STE. 36, 6 FL.
- **CITY:** TEANECK
- **STATE:** NJ
- **ZIP:** 07666

UNITED STATES<br>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<br>Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 14A

Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the <br>Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No.)

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| ☐ | Definitive Proxy Statement |
| ☑ | Definitive Additional Materials |
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**Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation**

(Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)<br>(Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if other than the Registrant)

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| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ![](pro014861_defa14ax1x1.jpg) <br>COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORPORATION<br>300 FRANK W. BURR BLVD.<br>SUITE 36, 6TH FLOOR<br> TEANECK, NJ 07666 | Your **Vote** Counts!<br> **COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS<br> CORPORATION** <br> 2026 Annual Meeting<br>Vote by June 1, 2026<br> 11:59 PM ET<br>![](pro014861_defa14ax1x2.jpg) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ![](pro014861_defa14ax1x1.jpg) <br>COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORPORATION<br>300 FRANK W. BURR BLVD.<br>SUITE 36, 6TH FLOOR<br> TEANECK, NJ 07666 | Your **Vote** Counts!<br> **COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS<br> CORPORATION** <br> 2026 Annual Meeting<br>Vote by June 1, 2026<br> 11:59 PM ET<br>![](pro014861_defa14ax1x2.jpg) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ![](pro014861_defa14ax1x1.jpg) <br>COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORPORATION<br>300 FRANK W. BURR BLVD.<br>SUITE 36, 6TH FLOOR<br> TEANECK, NJ 07666 | Your **Vote** Counts!<br> **COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS<br> CORPORATION** <br> 2026 Annual Meeting<br>Vote by June 1, 2026<br> 11:59 PM ET<br>![](pro014861_defa14ax1x2.jpg) |
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Get informed before you vote<br>View the Notice and Proxy Statement and Annual Report online OR you can receive a free paper or email copy of the materials by requesting prior to May 19, 2026. If you would like to request a copy of the materials for this and/or future shareholder meetings, you may (1) visit www.ProxyVote.com, (2) call 1-800-579-1639 or (3) send an email to sendmaterial@proxyvote.com. If sending an email, please include your control number (indicated below) in the subject line. Unless requested, you will not otherwise receive a paper or email copy.

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| ![](pro014861_defa14ax1x4.jpg) | Virtually at:<br> www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/CTSH2026 | Virtually at:<br> www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/CTSH2026 |

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| **Voting Items** | **Voting Items** | **Board<br>Recommends** |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;1. | Election of 13 directors to serve until the 2027 annual meeting of shareholders. |  |
|  | **Nominees:** |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;1a. | Zein Abdalla | ![](pro014861_defa14ax1x7.jpg) **For** |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;1b. | Vinita Bali | ![](pro014861_defa14ax1x7.jpg) **For** |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;1c. | Eric Branderiz | ![](pro014861_defa14ax1x7.jpg) **For** |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;1d. | Archana Deskus | ![](pro014861_defa14ax1x7.jpg) **For** |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;1e. | John M. Dineen | ![](pro014861_defa14ax1x7.jpg) **For** |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;1f. | Ravi Kumar S | ![](pro014861_defa14ax1x7.jpg) **For** |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;1g. | Leo S. Mackay, Jr. | ![](pro014861_defa14ax1x7.jpg) **For** |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;1h. | Michael Patsalos-Fox | ![](pro014861_defa14ax1x7.jpg) **For** |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;1i. | Stephen J. Rohleder | ![](pro014861_defa14ax1x7.jpg) **For** |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;1j. | Bram Schot | ![](pro014861_defa14ax1x7.jpg) **For** |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;1k. | Karima Silvent | ![](pro014861_defa14ax1x7.jpg) **For** |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;1l. | Joseph M. Velli | ![](pro014861_defa14ax1x7.jpg) **For** |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;1m. | Sandra S. Wijnberg | ![](pro014861_defa14ax1x7.jpg) **For** |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;2. | Approval, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, of the compensation of the Company's named executive officers (say-on-pay). | ![](pro014861_defa14ax1x7.jpg) **For** |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;3. | Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2026. | ![](pro014861_defa14ax1x7.jpg) **For** |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;4. | Shareholder proposal to adopt shareholder right to act by written consent, if properly presented at the meeting. | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;![](pro014861_defa14ax2x2.jpg)<br> **Against** |
| &nbsp;&nbsp; **Note:** To transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any continuations, postponements or adjournments thereof. | &nbsp;&nbsp; **Note:** To transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any continuations, postponements or adjournments thereof. |  |

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