Company: KW
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-058797
Chunk: 95

Company: Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 95
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ants is not required by the Company’s Bylaws or otherwise. However, the Board of Directors is submitting the selection of KPMG to the stockholders for ratification as a matter of good corporate practice. If the stockholders fail to ratify the selection, the Audit Committee will reconsider whether or not to retain that firm. Even if the selection is ratified, the Audit Committee in its discretion may direct the appointment of different independent registered public accountants at any time during the year if they determine that such a change would be in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders. The Company has entered into an engagement agreement with KPMG that sets forth the terms by which KPMG will perform audit services for the Company.

Kennedy Wilson/ Proxy Statement 2025 /67

PROPOSAL 4 Ratification of the Appointment of KPMG LLP as Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Fees of Independent Auditor Audit Fees The following sets forth fees billed for the audit and other services provided by KPMG for fiscal years 2024 and 2023:

| Fee Category           |     |     Fiscal 
  2024 Fees |     |     Fiscal 
  2023 Fees |
| Audit Fees (1)         |     | $2,870,000 |     | $2,757,000 |
| Audit-Related Fees (2) |     |          — |     |          — |
| Tax Fees (3)           |     |          — |     |          — |
| All Other Fees (4)     |     |          — |     |          — |
|                        |     | $2,870,000 |     | $2,757,000 |

(1) Audit fees consist of fees for the audit of our year-end financial statements included on our Annual Report on Form 10-K and for the review of the interim financial statement included in our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. In addition, audit fees include those fees related to KPMG’s audit of the effectiveness of our internal controls over financial reporting pursuant to section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, audits of significant acquisitions under Rule 3-14, the review of SEC registration statements and other filings, and the issuance of comfort letters and consents. (2) Audit-related fees consist of fees for assurance and related services by KPMG that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of our financial statements that are not reported in the audit fees line. (3) Tax