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Issuer:     COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORP (CTSH)
CIK:        0001058290
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-05-28T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001058290-25-000144
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.50
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Cognizant appoints Alina Kerdman as CAO, replacing retiring Robert Telesmanic
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- Robert Telesmanic to retire as SVP, Controller & CAO effective July 1, 2025; will stay as special advisor through Dec 31, 2025.
- Alina Kerdman, current SVP Assistant Global Controller since Dec 2023, appointed as new CAO effective July 1, 2025.
- Kerdman's compensation: $400k base salary, $200k cash incentive target, $600k annual equity target ($300k PSUs + $300k RSUs).
- Transition equity awards: RSUs of $150k and PSUs of ~$50k to be granted on July 1, 2025.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1058290/000105829025000144/0001058290-25-000144-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1058290/000105829025000144/ctsh-20250523.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001058290-25-000144

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