COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORPORATION AMENDED AND RESTATED NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS' STOCK OPTION PLAN AMENDMENT NO. 1

Exhibit 10.3

COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORPORATION

AMENDED AND RESTATED

NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS’ STOCK OPTION PLAN

AMENDMENT NO. 1

The Amended and Restated Non-Employee Directors’ Stock Option Plan of Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation (the “Plan”) is hereby amended in the following respects:

1. Section 9(a) of the Plan is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following new Section 9(a), effective immediately, and such amended Section 9(a) shall be effective for each Award now or hereafter outstanding under the Plan:

(a) Generally. In the event of any of the following transactions affecting the outstanding Shares as a class without the Company’s receipt of consideration: any stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend, split-up, split-off, spin-off transaction, extraordinary distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property), dividend in kind, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, reorganization, combination of shares, exchange of shar