Company: WKC
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-058752
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Company: WORLD KINECT CORP
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form: DEF 14A
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 SCHEDULE 14A (Rule 14a-101) Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No. )

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| ☐ | Preliminary Proxy Statement                                                     |
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| ☒ | Definitive Proxy Statement                                                      |
| ☐ | Definitive Additional Materials                                                 |
| ☐ | Soliciting Material under § 240.14a-12                                          |

World Kinect Corporation (Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter) (Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if Other Than the Registrant) Payment of Filing Fee (Check all boxes that apply):

| ☒ | No fee required                                                                                     |
| ☐ | Fee paid previously with preliminary materials                                                      |
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| Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders |

| Items of Business |                                                                                                                                       | Board Recommendation        |
| 1                 | To elect as directors the nine nominees named in the attached proxy statement                                                         | “FOR” each Director Nominee |
| 2                 | To approve, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation of our named executive officers                                        | “FOR”                       |
| 3                 | To ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the 2025 fiscal year | “FOR”                       |
| 4                 | To approve the World Kinect Corporation 2025 Omnibus Plan                                                                             | “FOR”                       |

Shareholders will also transact such other business as may properly come before the 2025 annual meeting of shareholders (the "Annual Meeting"), or any adjournment or postponement thereof. These matters are more fully discussed in the accompanying proxy statement. Our Board of Directors is soliciting proxies from shareholders who wish to vote at the Annual Meeting. Whether or not you expect to attend the meeting, please vote using the Internet, by telephone or by mail, in each case, by following the instructions in our proxy statement. Shareholders who execute