SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* RAMAKRISHNAN CHANDRASEKARAN (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORP. 500 FRANK W. BURR BLVD (Street) TEANECK NJ 07666 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORP [ CTSH ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) Ex. Vice Chairman, Cog. India
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 12/03/2016
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Class A Common Stock	12/03/2016		M		1,249(1)	A	$0.00	374,185	D
Class A Common Stock	12/03/2016		F		444(2)	D	$54.02	373,741	D
Class A Common Stock	12/03/2015		M		15,991(3)	A	$0.00	389,732	D
Class A Common Stock	12/03/2016		F		5,684(2)	D	$54.02	384,048	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Restricted Stock Units	$0.00(4)	12/03/2016		M			1,249	12/03/2016(5)	12/03/2016(5)	Class A Common Stock	1,249	$0.00(4)	0	D
Restricted Stock Units	$0.00(4)	12/03/2016		M			15,991	12/03/2016(6)	12/03/2016(6)	Class A Common Stock	15,991	$0.00(4)	0	D

Explanation of Responses:

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 3, 2013.

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. Represents the number of shares of Class A Common Stock received from the vesting of 2/3 of the vested performance-based restricted stock units previously granted to the reporting person under the Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation 2009 Incentive Compensation Plan on December 3, 2013.

4. Each restricted stock unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of the Company's Class A Common Stock.

5. The restricted stock units were granted on December 3, 2013 under the Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation 2009 Incentive Compensation Plan and vest in quarterly installments over three years, with 1/12th of the stock units vesting on each quarterly vesting date so that the stock units will be fully vested on the twelfth quarterly vesting date. The stock units were fully vested on December 3, 2016.

6. The performance-based restricted stock units were granted on December 3, 2013 under the Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation 2009 Incentive Compensation Plan. In accordance with the performance-based restricted stock unit award, 1/3 of the vested performance-based restricted stock units were issued on the eighteen-month anniversary of the date of grant of such performance-based restricted stock units. The remaining 2/3 of the vested performance-based restricted stock units were issuable on the thirty-six month anniversary of the date of grant of such performance-based restricted stock units, provided that the reporting person remained in the Company's service through such anniversary date.

Remarks:

	/s/ Harry Demas, on behalf of CHANDRASEKARAN RAMAKRISHNAN, by Power of Attorney	12/06/2016
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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