Company: KD
Filing Date: 2025-06-16
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001140361-25-022676
Chunk: 19

Company: Kyndryl Holdings, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-06-16
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 19
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seeing the evaluation of management;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
 •approving, by direct action or through delegation, participation in and all awards, grants and related actions under our equity plan;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
 •monitoring compliance with stock ownership guidelines and administering clawback policies; and                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
 •evaluating, on at least an annual basis, whether any work provided by the Committee’s compensation consultant raised any conflict of interest and pre-approving any services to be provided to the Company or its subsidiaries by any of the Committee’s compensation consultants.                                                                                                                                              |
|                                |     | Ms. Schreuder brings to our Committee her perspective as a former public company chief operating officer and chair of another public company compensation committee, as well as valuable risk management experience.                              |     |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| JANINA KUGEL                   |     |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |     |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
|                                |     | Ms. Kugel brings to our Committee over a decade of experience as a human resources executive, including as a chief human resources officer responsible for executive recruitment and compensation as well as employee engagement.                 |     |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| HOWARD I. UNGERLEIDER          |     |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |     |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
|                                |     | Mr. Ungerleider brings to our Committee financial planning experience through serving as a president and chief financial officer of a public company and an understanding of the link between such financial planning and incentive compensation. |     |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |

| KYNDRYL2025 PROXY STATEMENT|25 |

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Compensation and Human Capital Committee Oversight of Kyndryl Compensation

| • | The Committee approves the individual salary, annual bonus and equity awards for our non-CEO executive officers and approves the aggregate annual bonus and annual long-term equity award pools for employees who are not executive officers. |

| • | The Committee reviews and approves the corporate goals and objectives relevant to our CEO’s compensation, evaluates, together with the other independent members of the Board, his performance in light of those goals and objectives and, based on such evaluation, recommends his compensation level for approval by the independent members of the Board. |

| • | The Committee considers the CEO’s review of each executive officer’s performance and recommendations with respect to his or her compensation. |

| • | The Committee has authority under its charter to retain outside consultants or advisors, as it deems necessary or advisable. In accordance with this authority