Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation filed SEC Form 8-K: Regulation FD Disclosure, Financial Statements and Exhibits
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): June 30, 2026
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Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.
On June 30, 2026, the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey (the “Court”) entered an order (the “Preliminary Approval Order”) preliminarily approving the proposed settlement of the putative stockholder derivative action captioned Viswanatha Palempalli v. Michael Pastalos-Fox, et al., No. 2:21-cv-12025-EP-SDA. In accordance with the Court’s Preliminary Approval Order, Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation (the “Company”) is making disclosure of the settlement to its stockholders in the Long-Form Notice of Pendency and Proposed Settlement of Stockholder Derivative Action (the “Long-Form Notice”) and the Stipulation and Agreement of Settlement (the “Stipulation of Settlement”), each attached to this current report on Form 8-K as Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2, respectively.* The Long-Form Notice and Stipulation of Settlement also can be found through a link on the “Investors” page of the Company’s website. The Preliminary Approval Order and Stipulation of Settlement require the Company to provide this information to its stockholders on Form 8-K or other appropriate SEC filing.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit No. | Description | |||||||
| 99.1 | ||||||||
| 99.2 | ||||||||
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document). | |||||||
| * | The information in Item 7.01, Exhibit 99.1 and Exhibit 99.2 of this current report on Form 8-K shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing. | ||||
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORPORATION | |||||
By: | /s/ John Kim | ||||
Name: | John Kim | ||||
Title: | Chief Legal Officer, Chief Administrative Officer and Corporate Secretary | ||||
Date: July 10, 2026