Form 8-K

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): November 16, 2007

 


Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 


 

Delaware   0-24429   13-3728359

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

  (Commission File Number)  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

Glenpointe Centre West

500 Frank W. Burr Blvd.

Teaneck, New Jersey

  07666
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

(201) 801-0233

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 


Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

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Item 8.01. Other Events.

On November 16, 2007, Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation (the “Company”) announced that, pursuant to a merger with a subsidiary of the Company, it acquired marketRx, Inc. (“marketRx”), a New Jersey-based, leading provider of analytics and related software services to global life sciences companies, for approximately $135 million in cash. A copy of the Company’s press release relating to the transaction is filed herewith.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.  

Description

99.1   Press Release of Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation, dated November 16, 2007.


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/ Steven Schwartz

Name:   Steven Schwartz
Title:  

Senior Vice President, General

Counsel and Secretary

 

Date: November 16, 2007