# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001058290
**File Stem:** 0001058290-25-000228
**Filing Date:** 2025-6
**Character Count:** 7926
**Document Hash:** 8a55d3cd25cf7aec24da5b0c0656e956
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001058290-25-000228.hdr.sgml**: 20250606

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001058290-25-000228

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 13

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20250603

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Financial Statements and Exhibits

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20250606

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20250606

**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:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 000-24429
- **FILM NUMBER:** 251030620

**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

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**UNITED STATES**

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION**

**Washington, D.C. 20549** 

**FORM 8-K** 

**CURRENT REPORT**

**PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE**

**SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934**

**Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): June 3, 2025** 

![Cognizant.jpg](ctsh-20250603_g1.jpg)

**Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation** 

**(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)**

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| **Delaware** | **0-24429** | **13-3728359** |
| **(State or Other Jurisdiction**<br>**of Incorporation)** | **(Commission**<br>**File Number)** | **(IRS Employer**<br>**Identification No.)** |

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 **300 Frank W. Burr Blvd.**

**Teaneck, New Jersey 07666**

**(Address of Principal Executive Offices including Zip Code)**

**(201) 801-0233** 

**(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)**

**N/A**

**(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)**

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425).

☐ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12).

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)).

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)).

**Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:**

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| **Title of each class** | **Trading Symbol(s)** | **Name of each exchange on which registered** |
| Class A Common Stock,<br>$0.01 par value per share | CTSH | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

Emerging growth company ☐

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

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**Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.**

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation (the "Company") held its annual meeting of shareholders (the "Annual Meeting") on Tuesday, June 3, 2025. At the close of business on April 7, 2025, the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting (the "Record Date"), there were 492,939,296 shares of the Company's Class A Common Stock outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. A total of 442,088,256 shares of Class A Common Stock were present or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting, representing approximately 89.68% of the Company's outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock as of the Record Date.

The following are the voting results on the four proposals considered and voted upon at the Annual Meeting, all of which were described in the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 18, 2025.

At the Annual Meeting, all of the directors were re-elected, Proposals 2 and 3 were approved and Proposal 4 was not approved.

**Proposal 1. Election of 13 Directors**

The vote with respect to the election of directors was as follows:

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| | For | Against | Abstain | Broker<br>Non-Votes |
| Zein Abdalla | 392235366 | 21464808 | 158676 | 28229406 |
| Vinita Bali | 402120088 | 11360531 | 378231 | 28229406 |
| Eric Branderiz | 412453746 | 1246396 | 158708 | 28229406 |
| Archana Deskus | 412484084 | 1203960 | 170806 | 28229406 |
| John M. Dineen | 413418023 | 286820 | 154007 | 28229406 |
| Ravi Kumar S | 413469875 | 230022 | 158953 | 28229406 |
| Leo S. Mackay, Jr. | 366326496 | 47168479 | 363875 | 28229406 |
| Michael Patsalos-Fox | 403811159 | 9895072 | 152619 | 28229406 |
| Stephen J. Rohleder | 405170272 | 8534410 | 154168 | 28229406 |
| Abraham Schot | 401580773 | 12118788 | 159289 | 28229406 |
| Karima Silvent | 412608929 | 1078786 | 171135 | 28229406 |
| Joseph M. Velli | 412494002 | 1206540 | 158308 | 28229406 |
| Sandra S. Wijnberg | 397596322 | 16110284 | 152244 | 28229406 |

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**Proposal 2. Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation (Say-on-Pay)**

The advisory vote on the compensation of the Company's named executive officers was as follows:

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| For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes |
| 387,689,081 | 25,306,878 | 862,891 | 28,229,406 |

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**Proposal 3. Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm**

The vote with respect to the ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2025 was as follows:

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| For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes |
| 405,760,380 | 36,103,761 | 224,115 | - |

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**Proposal 4. Shareholder Proposal Regarding Support for Special Shareholder Meeting Improvement**

The vote with respect to the shareholder proposal regarding the shareholders' right to call special meetings, was as follows:

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|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes |
| 38,416,206 | 375,161,700 | 280,944 | 28,229,406 |

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**Item 9.01.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Financial Statements and Exhibits.**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) <u>Exhibits</u>.

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| **Exhibit No.** | **Description** |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) |

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**<u>SIGNATURES</u>**

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

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| COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORPORATION | COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORPORATION |
| By: | /s/ John Kim |
| Name: | John Kim |
| Title: | Chief Legal Officer, Chief Administrative Officer and Corporate Secretary |

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Date: June 6, 2025