---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001058290-24-000204"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CTSH"
cik: "0001058290"
company_name: "COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORP"
filed_at: "2024-06-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T05:13:45.148099+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cognizant to acquire Belcan for ~$1.29B, strengthening ER&D and entering aerospace & defense

## Summary
- Purchase price: $1.19B cash + 1.47M shares (~$97M); expected close Q3 2024.
- Belcan's annualized revenue >$800M; expects >$100M annual revenue synergies within three years.
- Deal expected to be accretive to 2026 EPS, broadly neutral to 2025 EPS.
- Belcan CEO Lance Kwasniewski to continue leading Belcan as a Cognizant operating unit.
- Cognizant plans to increase share repurchase to maintain 2024 share count guidance of 497M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001058290-24-000204
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CTSH
- cik: 0001058290
- company_name: COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORP
- filed_at: 2024-06-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1058290/000105829024000204/0001058290-24-000204-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1058290/000105829024000204/ctsh-20240605.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001058290-24-000204.txt

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