---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001058290-24-000198"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CTSH"
cik: "0001058290"
company_name: "COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORP"
filed_at: "2024-06-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T05:27:43.117765+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cognizant shareholders approve charter amendment, reelect all directors at June 4 AGM

## Summary
- Amended charter to limit officer liability under Delaware law; effective June 4, 2024.
- All 12 director nominees reelected; vote ranges from 73% to 85% of shares cast.
- Say-on-pay advisory resolution approved with 393.7M for vs 33.1M against.
- PricewaterhouseCoopers ratified as auditor for FY2024 with 422.7M for.
- Shareholder proposal on fair treatment of nominees defeated (6.4M for, 418.5M against).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001058290-24-000198
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CTSH
- cik: 0001058290
- company_name: COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORP
- filed_at: 2024-06-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1058290/000105829024000198/0001058290-24-000198-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1058290/000105829024000198/ctsh-20240604.htm

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