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Cognizant Corporation Holds 1998 Annual Meeting of Shareholders

    WESTPORT, Conn., April 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Cognizant Corporation
(NYSE: CZT) today held its annual meeting of shareholders in Wilmington, Del.
Three Class II directors were elected to three-year terms, and the appointment
of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P. as independent public accountants was ratified.
    The three directors elected to serve three-year terms are Clifford L.
Alexander, Jr., president, Alexander & Associates, Inc.; William C. Van
Faasen, president and chief executive officer, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of
Massachusetts; and Robert E. Weissman, chairman and chief executive officer,
Cognizant Corporation.
    Cognizant Corporation integrates information and technology to create
business insight.  Its principal operating units are IMS, which offers global
information solutions to the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries, and
Nielsen Media Research, the leader in audience measurement for electronic
media.  Cognizant also is the largest shareholder of Gartner Group, the
premier provider of research and advisory services to the information
technology industry.  Additional information is available at Cognizant's
website, http://www.cognizantcorp.com.


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