Company: KD
Filing Date: 2025-06-16
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001140361-25-022676
Chunk: 27

Company: Kyndryl Holdings, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-06-16
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 27
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 cast an advisory vote, on a non- binding basis, to approve the compensation of our named executive officers as disclosed in this “2025 Executive Compensation” section beginning on page 34of this Proxy Statement. While this vote is non-binding on the Company and the Board, Kyndryl values the opinions of our stockholders and, consistent with our record of engagement, will consider the outcome of the vote when making future compensation decisions for our named executive officers. In deciding how to vote on this proposal, the Board encourages you to read the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, beginning on page 36of this Proxy Statement. Our executive compensation programs are designed to be consistent with our compensation philosophy to pay for performance, align with stockholdersand pay competitively. As described in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, the Compensation and Human Capital Committee and the Board believe that our compensation policies and programs effectively align the interests of our executive officers with the interests of our stockholders by linking a significant portion of their compensation to Kyndryl’s performance and by providing a competitive level of compensation designed to motivate our named executive officers to execute, and reward them for their progress in the execution of, the Company’s strategy to drive profitable growth. The Board recommends that stockholders vote FOR, in an advisory vote, the following resolution: “ RESOLVED, that the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed in this Proxy Statement pursuant to the compensation disclosure rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, the compensation tables and the narrative discussion, is approved.” The Board has adopted a policy of providing annual advisory approvals of the compensation of our named executive officers. The next advisory vote to approve executive compensation will occur at the Company’s 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

| The Board recommends that you voteFORthe approval of the compensation of the named executive officers. |

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Compensation Discussion and Analysis I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This Compensation Discussion and Analysis provides a description of Kyndryl’s executive compensation philosophy and programs, and more specifically, discusses the process in determining the compensation of our named executive officers (“NEOs”). NEOs Kyndryl’s NEOs for fiscal year 2025 were the following five executive officers:

| MARTIN SCHROETER        | DAVID WYSHNER   | ELLY KEINAN     | EDWARD SEBOLD   | MARYJO CHARBONNIER |
| Chairman and