Cognyte Software Ltd 2026年年度报告和过渡报告

FORM20-F REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934ORANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934For the fiscal year endedJanuary 31, 2026ORTRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934ORSHELL COMPANY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 Commission File No.001-39829 Cognyte Software Ltd. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Not applicable(Translation of Registrant’s name into English) Israel(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) 33 MaskitHerzliya Pituach4673333, Israel(Address of principal executive office) David Abadi33 MaskitHerzliya Pituach4673333, Israel+972-9-962-4011(Name, Telephone, Email and/or Facsimile number and Address of Company Contact Person) (Title of Class) (Title of Class) Indicate the number of outstanding shares of each of the issuer’s classes of capital or common stock as of the close of the period covered by the annual report:73,078,376 Ordinary Shares, no par value, at January 31, 2026. Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. YesNo If this report is an annual or transition report, indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the SecuritiesExchange Act of 1934.YesNo Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during thepreceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90days.YesNo Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T(§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).YesNo Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or an emerging growth company. See definition of“large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. If an emerging growth company that prepares its financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use theextended period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. † The term “new or revised financial accounting standard” refers to any update issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board to its Accounting Standards Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control overfinancial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report. If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflect thecorrection of an error to previously issued financial statements.☐Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b).☐ Indicate by check mark which basis of accounting the registrant has used to prepare the financial statements included in this filing: International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International AccountingStandards Board If “Other” has been checked in response to the previous question, indicate by check mark which financial statement item the registrant has elected to follow.Item 17Item 18 If this is an annual report, indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Table of Contents INTRODUCTION AND USE OF CERTAIN TERMS We have prepared this annual report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2026 (this “Form 20-F” or “AnnualReport”) using a number of conventions which you should consider when reading the information contained herein. In this Form 20-F,“we,” “us,” “our” and “Cognyte” shall refer to Cognyte Software Ltd., together with its consolidated subsidiaries, as a consolidatedentity. We are a leading software-driven technology company focused on investigative analytics solutions that help customersgenerate actionable intelligence from large volumes of complex data, across diverse operational domains, in order to enhance publicsafety and securi