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COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS
CORPORATION


 
       
           
COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
GLENPOINTE CENTRE WEST
500 FRANK W. BURR BLVD.
TEANECK, NJ 07666









 
Meeting Information
Meeting Type:         Annual Meeting
For holders as of:   April 10, 2017
Date:     June 6, 2017     Time:   9:30 AM EDT
Location:     

Teaneck Marriott at Glenpointe

  100 Frank W. Burr Blvd.
 

Teaneck, New Jersey 07666

 

 

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Voting Items

 

The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR each of the nominees:
 
1.        Election of Directors
 
    Nominees
 
    1a.        Zein Abdalla
 
    1b.   Betsy S. Atkins
 
    1c.   Maureen Breakiron-Evans
 
    1d.   Jonathan Chadwick
 
    1e.   John M. Dineen
 
    1f.   Francisco D'Souza
 
    1g.   John N. Fox, Jr.
 
    1h.   John E. Klein
 
    1i.   Leo S. Mackay, Jr.
 
    1j.   Michael Patsalos-Fox
 
    1k.   Robert E. Weissman
 
The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR proposal 2.
 
2. Approval, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, of the compensation of the Company's named executive officers.
 
 
 
The Board of Directors recommends you vote 1 YEAR on proposal 3.
 
3.        Approval, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, of the frequency of future advisory votes on the compensation of the Company's named executive officers.
 
The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR proposals 4, 5 and 6.
 
4.   Approval of the Company's 2017 Incentive Award Plan.
 
5. Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2017.
 
6. Stockholder proposal requesting that the Board of Directors take the steps necessary to eliminate the supermajority voting provisions of the Company's Certificate of Incorporation and By-laws.
 
The Board of Directors recommends you vote AGAINST proposal 7.
 
7.   Stockholder proposal requesting that the Board of Directors take the steps necessary to permit stockholder action by written consent.
 
Note: To transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any continuation, postponement or adjournment thereof.