Company: KD
Filing Date: 2025-06-16
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001140361-25-022676
Chunk: 13

Company: Kyndryl Holdings, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-06-16
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 13
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     | Array of Talents and Perspectives                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
 The particular talents, areas of expertise and diverse perspectives, including international insights, relevant technical skills and/or pertinent business or government acumen they bring to the Board                                                                                   |
| Technology or Cybersecurity Background                                                                                                                                                                             
 Experience in managing technological and/or digital services, information security risks or leadership experience in the technology and/or digital space                                                           |     | Leadership Experience                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
 Experience as a senior executive of a global public or private organization and/or academic institution, with skills and insights gained leading an entity’s business strategy and operations, including managing or overseeing and implementing corporate strategy and development plans |

Because the evaluation of these criteria involves the exercise of careful business judgment, the Nominating and Governance Committee and the Board do not have specific minimum qualifications that are applicable to all director candidates. While there is no formal diversity policy, the Committee and the Board carefully consider work experiences along with a range of backgrounds and perspectives when evaluating whether the Board has the right mix of skills, experience and expertise to effectively oversee the management and governance of the Company.

| KYNDRYL2025 PROXY STATEMENT|15 |

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DIRECTOR CANDIDATE SEARCH The Nominating and Governance Committee and the Board identify candidates through a variety of means, including:

| Recommendations from the Committee and the full Board |     | Recommendations from stockholders |     | Suggestions from management |     | A third-party search firm, periodically |

In identifying prospective director candidates, the Nominating and Governance Committee may seek referrals from other members of the Board, management, stockholders and other sources. The Nominating and Governance Committee also may, but is not required to, retain a third-party search firm to assist it in identifying qualified candidates. The Nominating and Governance Committee and the Board use the same criteria for evaluating director candidates regardless of the source of the referral. STOCKHOLDER RECOMMENDATIONS AND NOMINATIONS The Nominating and Governance Committee will consider director candidates recommended by stockholders. Any recommendation submitted to the Secretary of the Company should be in writing and should include any supporting material the stockholder considers appropriate in support of that recommendation, and must include information that would be required under the rules of the SEC to be included in a Proxy Statement soliciting proxies for the election of such candidate and a written consent of the candidate to serve as one of our directors if elected. All recommendations for nomination received by the Secretary that satisfy our Bylaw requirements relating to director nominations will be presented to the Nomin