Filing Details

Accession Number:
0001209191-10-059848
Form Type:
4
Zero Holdings:
No
Publication Time:
2010-12-13 12:46:25
Reporting Period:
2010-12-09
Filing Date:
2010-12-13
Accepted Time:
2010-12-13 12:46:25
SEC Url:
Form 4 Filing
Issuer
Cik Name Symbol Sector (SIC) IRS No
1058290 Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp CTSH Services-Computer Programming Services (7371) 133728359
Insiders
Cik Name Reported Address Insider Title Director Officer Large Shareholder Other
1231713 Gordon Coburn C/O Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp.
500 Frank W. Burr Blvd
Teaneck NJ 07666
Chief Oper. And Fin. Officer No Yes No No
Reported Non-Derivative Transactions
Sec. Name Acquisiton - Disposition Date Amount Price Remaning Holdings Equity Swap Involved Form Type Code Nature of Ownership Explanation
Class A Common Stock Acquisiton 2010-12-09 6,667 $0.00 24,160 No 4 M Direct
Class A Common Stock Disposition 2010-12-09 2,921 $70.59 21,239 No 4 F Direct
Class A Common Stock Disposition 2010-12-09 5,964 $70.49 15,275 No 4 S Direct
Equity Swap Involved Form Type Code Nature of Ownership Explanation
No 4 M Direct
No 4 F Direct
No 4 S Direct
Reported Derivative Transactions
Sec. Name Sec. Type Acquisiton - Disposition Date Amount Price Amount - 2 Price - 2
Class A Common Stock Restricted Stock Units Disposition 2010-12-09 6,667 $0.00 6,667 $0.00
Remaning Holdings Exercise Date Expiration Date Equity Swap Involved Transaction Form Type Transaction Code Nature of Ownership
77,766 2010-12-09 2010-12-09 No 4 M Direct
Footnotes
  1. Shares of the Company's Class A Common Stock received from the vesting of 1/12 of the restricted stock unit award granted on December 9, 2008.
  2. Represents the portion of shares of Class A Common Stock that the Company determined to settle in cash to pay applicable tax withholding.
  3. Each restricted stock unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of the Company's Class A Common Stock.
  4. The restricted stock units were granted under the Company's Amended and Restated 1999 Incentive Compensation Plan, as amended, on December 9, 2008 and vest in quarterly installments over three years, with 1/12 of the restricted stock units vesting on each quarterly vesting date so that the restricted stock units will be fully vested on the twelfth quarterly vesting date, December 9, 2011.