0001058290-23-000062.txt : 20230223 0001058290-23-000062.hdr.sgml : 20230223 20230223164118 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001058290-23-000062 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20230221 FILED AS OF DATE: 20230223 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20230223 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Branderiz Eric CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001352816 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-24429 FILM NUMBER: 23660374 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 915 DEGUIGNE DRIVE STREET 2: PO BOX 3453 CITY: SUNNYVALE STATE: CA ZIP: 94088-3453 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001058290 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-COMPUTER PROGRAMMING SERVICES [7371] IRS NUMBER: 133728359 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 300 FRANK W. BURR BLVD., STE. 36, 6 FL. CITY: TEANECK STATE: NJ ZIP: 07666 BUSINESS PHONE: 2018010233 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 300 FRANK W. BURR BLVD., STE. 36, 6 FL. CITY: TEANECK STATE: NJ ZIP: 07666 3 1 wf-form3_167718843128473.xml FORM 3 X0206 3 2023-02-21 0 0001058290 COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORP CTSH 0001352816 Branderiz Eric C/O COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORP. 300 FRANK W. BURR BLVD., #36, 6TH FL. TEANECK NJ 07666 1 0 0 0 Class A Common Stock 45 I Branderiz Family Trust Shares held by a trust for the benefit of the Reporting Person's family members and for which the Reporting Person and his spouse are the co-trustees. Mr. Branderiz was elected as a member of the Board of Directors of Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation (the "Company") effective February 21, 2023. Exhibit List: Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney /s/ Carrie P. Ryan, on behalf of Eric Branderiz, by Power of Attorney 2023-02-23 EX-24 2 ex-24.htm EXHIBIT 24 POA - BRANDERIZ

Exhibit 24

LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
FOR SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS

With respect to holdings of and transactions in securities issued by Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation (the "Company"), the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints the individuals named on Schedule A attached hereto and as may be amended from time to time, or any of them signing singly, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to act as the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

1. prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the undersigned's behalf, and submit to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain and/or regenerate codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any rule or regulation of the SEC;

2. execute for and on behalf of the undersigned Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules thereunder;

3. do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the SEC and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

4. take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution and resubstitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.

The undersigned acknowledges that the attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of February 21, 2023.

By: /s/ Eric Branderiz
Name: Eric Branderiz

Schedule A

Individuals Appointed as Attorney-in-Fact with Full Power of Substitution and Resubstitution:

1. John Kim, Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Corporate Affairs Officer and Corporate Secretary

2. Carrie P. Ryan, Vice President and Assistant Corporate Secretary