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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001058290-23-000314"
form_type: "8-K/A"
ticker: "CTSH"
cik: "0001058290"
company_name: "COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORP"
filed_at: "2023-09-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T21:59:23.445672+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cognizant Board sets annual say-on-pay vote after shareholders favor one-year frequency

## Summary
- Shareholders voted for one-year frequency on say-on-pay proposal at 2023 annual meeting.
- Board decided on Sept 7, 2023, to hold annual advisory votes on named executive officer compensation.
- Next shareholder frequency vote is expected at the 2029 annual meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001058290-23-000314
- form_type: 8-K/A
- ticker: CTSH
- cik: 0001058290
- company_name: COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORP
- filed_at: 2023-09-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1058290/000105829023000314/0001058290-23-000314-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1058290/000105829023000314/ctsh-20230606.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001058290-23-000314.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORP shareholders approved Advisory vote on the frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  source text: the Company’s shareholders voted in favor of “one year” on the say-on-frequency proposal
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1058290/000105829023000314/0001058290-23-000314-index.htm

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