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Issuer:     COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORP (CTSH)
CIK:        0001058290
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-06-10T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001058290-24-000204
Event type: m_and_a
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 1.01, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1058290/000105829024000204/0001058290-24-000204-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1058290/000105829024000204/ctsh-20240605.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001058290-24-000204

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