Chief Legal Officer, Chief Administrative Officer and Corporate Secretary · COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORP (CTSH)

John Kim

A named executive officer of COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2021 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

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Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$5,597,335

FY2024: $5,539,417

4th of 5 named executive officers at Cognizant Technology Solutions by FY2025 total.

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 17, 2026 (DEF 14A).

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COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS Summary Compensation Table · all 5 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$654,615$650,000$700,000$800,000$800,000
Bonus$0$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$2,671,429$2,103,059$3,220,248$3,862,541$3,431,385
Option awards$0$0$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$1,079,650$501,891$212,030$858,640$1,352,000
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0$0
All other$8,700$9,150$12,950$18,236$13,950
Total$4,414,394$3,264,100$4,145,228$5,539,417$5,597,335

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORP DEF 14A filed April 17, 2026, accession 0001308179-26-000290, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORP filed document, accession 0001308179-26-000290. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 17, 2026.

$4.4M
$3.3M
$4.1M
$5.5M
$5.6M
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU42,048$3,489,984—
PSU39,516$3,279,828—
RSU14,819$1,229,977—
RSU10,972$910,676—
RSU6,371$528,793—
RSU2,869$238,127—
RSU1,225$101,675—
RSU628$52,124—
RSU283$23,489—

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORP's FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Change-in-control & termination

estimated payments COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS discloses, by trigger · FY2025
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Change in control and involuntary termination$3,200,000$5,269,836$35,291$8,505,127
Disability$800,000$5,269,836$0$6,069,836
Involuntary for cause$0$0$0$0
Retirement$0$0$0$0
Resignation for good reason, no change in control$1,600,000$2,255,940$35,291$3,891,231
Change in control and resignation for good reason$3,200,000$5,269,836$35,291$8,505,127
Death$800,000$5,269,836$0$6,069,836
Voluntary resignation$0$0$0$0
Involuntary termination without cause$1,600,000$2,255,940$35,291$3,891,231

Per the Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control table in COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORP's FY2025 proxy. Estimates as the company printed them; a dash means it printed no figure.

COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Ravi KumarChief Executive Officer$21,532,448
Jatin DalalChief Financial Officer$7,081,282
Surya GummadiPresident – Americas$5,632,649
John Kim · this pageChief Legal Officer, Chief Administrative Officer and Corporate Secretary$5,597,335
Balu Ganesh AyyarPresident – Asia Pacific & Japan and Industry Solutions Group$3,865,878

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