COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORP. 2023-2024 Proxy Voting Records

Description as filed by funds: Election of 12 directors to serve until the 2025 annual meeting of shareholders: Zein Abdalla

COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORP.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Zein Abdalla”): 363,012,429 for, 63,549,316 against, per its Form 8-K filed June 7, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “At the Annual Meeting, all of the directors were re-elected, Proposals 2, 3 and 4 were approved and Proposal 5 was not approved.”
Support: 85% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 174 asset managers below reported 197,943,816 for, 5,898,315 against, 28,867 abstained.

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Description as filed by funds: Election of 12 directors to serve until the 2025 annual meeting of shareholders: Vinita Bali

COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORP.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Vinita Bali”): 408,071,851 for, 18,810,130 against, per its Form 8-K filed June 7, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “At the Annual Meeting, all of the directors were re-elected, Proposals 2, 3 and 4 were approved and Proposal 5 was not approved.”
Support: 96% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 174 asset managers below reported 203,577,906 for, 257,523 against, 35,569 abstained.

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Description as filed by funds: Election of 12 directors to serve until the 2025 annual meeting of shareholders: Eric Branderiz

COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORP.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Eric Branderiz”): 424,323,428 for, 2,553,349 against, per its Form 8-K filed June 7, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “At the Annual Meeting, all of the directors were re-elected, Proposals 2, 3 and 4 were approved and Proposal 5 was not approved.”
Support: 99.4% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 174 asset managers below reported 203,829,308 for, 12,823 against, 28,867 abstained.

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Description as filed by funds: Election of 12 directors to serve until the 2025 annual meeting of shareholders: Archana Deskus

COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORP.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Archana Deskus”): 419,852,637 for, 7,030,988 against, per its Form 8-K filed June 7, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “At the Annual Meeting, all of the directors were re-elected, Proposals 2, 3 and 4 were approved and Proposal 5 was not approved.”
Support: 98% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 174 asset managers below reported 203,836,010 for, 6,121 against, 28,867 abstained.

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Description as filed by funds: Election of 12 directors to serve until the 2025 annual meeting of shareholders: John M. Dineen

COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORP.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: John M. Dineen”): 425,186,117 for, 1,681,690 against, per its Form 8-K filed June 7, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “At the Annual Meeting, all of the directors were re-elected, Proposals 2, 3 and 4 were approved and Proposal 5 was not approved.”
Support: 99.6% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 174 asset managers below reported 203,835,079 for, 7,052 against, 28,867 abstained.

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Description as filed by funds: Election of 12 directors to serve until the 2025 annual meeting of shareholders: Leo S. Mackay, Jr.

COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORP.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Leo S. Mackay, Jr.”): 376,152,413 for, 50,724,378 against, per its Form 8-K filed June 7, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “At the Annual Meeting, all of the directors were re-elected, Proposals 2, 3 and 4 were approved and Proposal 5 was not approved.”
Support: 88% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 174 asset managers below reported 198,424,041 for, 5,418,091 against, 28,867 abstained.

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Description as filed by funds: Election of 12 directors to serve until the 2025 annual meeting of shareholders: Michael Patsalos-Fox

COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORP.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Michael Patsalos-Fox”): 410,421,662 for, 16,466,072 against, per its Form 8-K filed June 7, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “At the Annual Meeting, all of the directors were re-elected, Proposals 2, 3 and 4 were approved and Proposal 5 was not approved.”
Support: 96% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 174 asset managers below reported 203,224,505 for, 617,526 against, 28,867 abstained, 100 unknown.

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Description as filed by funds: Election of 12 directors to serve until the 2025 annual meeting of shareholders: Stephen J. Rohleder

COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORP.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Stephen J. Rohleder”): 407,939,130 for, 18,945,400 against, per its Form 8-K filed June 7, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “At the Annual Meeting, all of the directors were re-elected, Proposals 2, 3 and 4 were approved and Proposal 5 was not approved.”
Support: 96% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 174 asset managers below reported 203,326,572 for, 515,559 against, 28,867 abstained.

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Description as filed by funds: Election of 12 directors to serve until the 2025 annual meeting of shareholders: Abraham Schot

COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORP.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Abraham Schot”): 408,114,845 for, 18,756,430 against, per its Form 8-K filed June 7, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “At the Annual Meeting, all of the directors were re-elected, Proposals 2, 3 and 4 were approved and Proposal 5 was not approved.”
Support: 96% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 174 asset managers below reported 203,525,325 for, 316,806 against, 28,867 abstained.

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Description as filed by funds: Election of 12 directors to serve until the 2025 annual meeting of shareholders: Joseph M. Velli

COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORP.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Joseph M. Velli”): 419,349,217 for, 7,521,449 against, per its Form 8-K filed June 7, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “At the Annual Meeting, all of the directors were re-elected, Proposals 2, 3 and 4 were approved and Proposal 5 was not approved.”
Support: 98% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 174 asset managers below reported 203,836,010 for, 6,121 against, 28,867 abstained.

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Description as filed by funds: Election of 12 directors to serve until the 2025 annual meeting of shareholders: Sandra S. Wijnberg

COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORP.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Sandra S. Wijnberg”): 411,297,294 for, 15,580,637 against, per its Form 8-K filed June 7, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “At the Annual Meeting, all of the directors were re-elected, Proposals 2, 3 and 4 were approved and Proposal 5 was not approved.”
Support: 96% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 174 asset managers below reported 198,325,449 for, 5,516,682 against, 28,867 abstained.

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The 162 asset managers below reported 203,579,633 for, 19,665 against, 25,187 abstained. The figure above is FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST + WITHHELD) of the shares these managers voted; abstained and unvoted shares are in neither half, and these managers are a subset of all shareholders, not the meeting result.

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Description as filed by funds: Adopt the company's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to limit the liability of certain officers as permitted by Delaware law, remove obsolete provisions and make other technical and administrative updates.

COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORP.’s own tally for this item (“3. Adoption of the Company's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation The vote with respect to the adoption of the Company's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation”): 363,414,827 for, 63,311,688 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed June 7, 2024 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “At the Annual Meeting, all of the directors were re-elected, Proposals 2, 3 and 4 were approved and Proposal 5 was not approved.”
Support: 85% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 169 asset managers below reported 183,603,583 for, 20,161,234 against, 25,187 abstained.

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Description as filed by funds: Approve, on an advisory (non- binding) basis, the compensation of the company's named executive officers (say-on-pay).

COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORP.’s own tally for this item (“2. Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation (Say-on-Pay) The advisory vote on the compensation of the Company's named executive officers”): 393,682,093 for, 33,132,503 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed June 7, 2024 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “At the Annual Meeting, all of the directors were re-elected, Proposals 2, 3 and 4 were approved and Proposal 5 was not approved.”
Support: 92% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

Fund voting reports and institutional-manager reports both cover this item. An institutional manager can report shares that a fund it advises also reports, so the two are shown separately below and never added together, and their sum is not shown (fund and manager reports combined may count the same shares twice).

Fund voting reports, all 168 managers: 202,639,560 for, 1,172,986 against, 28,867 abstained. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

No total is shown for the institutional-manager reports: their sum exceeds the total votes cast at the meeting. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Description as filed by funds: Ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2024.

COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORP.’s own tally for this item (“4. Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm The vote with respect to the ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for t”): 422,656,358 for, 35,898,145 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed June 7, 2024 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “At the Annual Meeting, all of the directors were re-elected, Proposals 2, 3 and 4 were approved and Proposal 5 was not approved.”
Support: 92% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 176 asset managers below reported 203,139,803 for, 706,054 against, 28,867 abstained, 100 unknown.

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Description as filed by funds: Shareholder proposal regarding fair treatment of shareholder nominees, requesting that the board of directors adopt and disclose a policy relating to treating shareholders' board nominees equitably and without certain unnecessary requirements.

The 167 asset managers below reported 179,810 for, 181,034,602 against, 25,187 abstained, 100 unknown. The figure above is FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST + WITHHELD) of the shares these managers voted; abstained and unvoted shares are in neither half, and these managers are a subset of all shareholders, not the meeting result.

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