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  0001553895
  XXXXXXXX
  LIVE
  0001058290
  Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation
  000-24429
  300 Frank W. Burr Blvd.
  Teaneck
  NJ
  07666
  201-801-0233
  Michael Patsalos-Fox
  Director
  Class A Common Stock
  J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
  390 Madison Avenue, 6th Floor
  New York
  NY
  10017
  3225
  254614
  494615514
  03/14/2025
  NASDAQ
  Class A Common Stock
  12/01/2020
  Transfer
  Michael Patsalos-Fox, who acquired the shares from compensation on 12/16/14
  N
  3225
  12/01/2020
  N/A
  Y
  The shares filed today will be sold by the PFOXFAMILY LLC, Michael Patsalos-Fox as authorized signor.
  03/14/2025
  /s/ J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as agent and attorney-in-fact for Michael Patsalos-Fox