SEC Form 4 · accession 0001209191-16-103224
COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORP · CTSH
Statement of changes in beneficial ownership, as filed. Original on EDGAR ↗
Reporting owner
Steven Schwartz
Officer — EVP, Chief Legal & CAO.
Period of report
Feb 25, 2016
Accepted (ET)
Feb 29, 2016 · 11:56 am EST
Rule 10b5-1 plan
unknown — predates the checkbox
Issuer CIK
0001058290
Table I — non-derivative securities
No Table I lines on this filing.
Table II — derivative securities
| Security | Conv. / exercise price | Date | Code | Shares | A/D | Exercisable | Expires | Underlying | Underlying shares | Owned after | D/I |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Restricted Stock UnitsF1,F2 | — | Feb 25, 2016 | A | 24,469 | A | — | — | Class A Common Stock | 24,469 | 24,469 | D |
Explanation of responses
- F1Represents the total number of performance-based restricted stock units which vested based upon attainment by the Company of certain performance milestones, as determined by the Company's compensation committee on February 25, 2016 based upon the audited financials for the 2015 fiscal year. The performance-based restricted stock units were granted on December 1, 2014 under the Cognizant Technology Solutions 2009 Incentive Compensation Plan. In accordance with the performance-based restricted stock unit award, 1/3 of the vested performance-based restricted stock units shall be issued on the eighteen-month anniversary of the date of grant of such performance-based restricted stock units, provided the reporting person remains in the Company's service through such anniversary date. (Continued in the next footnote.)
- F2(Continued from the previous footnote.) The remaining 2/3 of the vested performance-based restricted stock units shall be issued on the thirty-six month anniversary of the date of grant of such performance-based restricted stock units, provided that the grantee remains in the Company's service through such anniversary date. Each performance-based restricted stock unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of the Company's Class A Common Stock. The reporting person will disclose the receipt of shares of the Company's Class A Common Stock underlying the performance-based restricted stock units on Table I of Form 4, if and when such reporting person satisfies the aformentioned service-based conditions.