Company: KD
Filing Date: 2025-06-16
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001140361-25-022676
Chunk: 53

Company: Kyndryl Holdings, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-06-16
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 53
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 policy consistent with SEC rules and NYSE listing standards, as well as an additional supplemental policy |     | •Deters inappropriate actions or decisions by our executives by reducing the potential financial gain to be realized as a result of such actions or decisions |
|           |     | Use of an independent compensation consultant that performs no other services for the Company                                                                     |     | •Helps ensure advice will not be influenced by conflicts of interest                                                                                          |

For the foregoing reasons, the CHC Committee has concluded that the programs by which our executives are compensated strike an appropriate balance between short-term and long-term compensation and incentivize our executives to act in a manner that prudently manages enterprise risk.

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Compensation and Human Capital Committee Report The Compensation and Human Capital Committee has reviewed and discussed the foregoing “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” with management. Based upon this review and discussion, the Compensation and Human Capital Committee recommended to the Board that the “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” be included in this Proxy Statement and incorporated by reference into the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025. SUBMITTED BY THE COMPENSATION AND HUMAN CAPITAL COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD

| JANA SCHREUDER, Chair |     | JANINA KUGEL |     | HOWARD I. UNGERLEIDER |

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Summary Compensation Table The following table presents summary information regarding the total compensation awarded to, earned by, or paid to each of our NEOs for their service in fiscal 2025, fiscal 2024 and fiscal 2023.

| Name and           
 Principal          
 Position           |     |      Year |     |    Salary 
    ($)(1) |     |      Bonus 
        ($) |     |      Stock 
     Awards 
     ($)(2) |     |    Option 
    Awards 
       ($) |     |   Non-Equity 
    Incentive 
         Plan 
 Compensation 
       ($)(3) |     |    Change in 
      Pension 
    Value and 
 Nonqualified 
     Deferred 
 Compensation 
     Earnings 
       ($)(4) |     |    All Other 
 Compensation 
       ($)(5) |     |      Total 
        ($) |
| Martin Schroeter   
 Chairman and Chief 
 Executive Officer  |     |      2025