Company: KD
Filing Date: 2025-06-16
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001140361-25-022676
Chunk: 12

Company: Kyndryl Holdings, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-06-16
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 12
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| Effective Board Leadership, Independent Oversight and Strong Corporate Governance |

| 100%of Committee members are       
 independent                        
 30%of directors are gender diverse |     | 100%of directors attended our 2024 Annual Meeting of stockholders 
 40%of directors are racially/ethnically diverse                   |

| 14|KYNDRYL2025 PROXY STATEMENT |

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Director Nomination Process OVERVIEW Our Nominating and Governance Committee is responsible for recommending qualified candidates for election to the Board, consistent with the criteria approved by the Board and set forth in our Board Corporate Governance Guidelines and Nominating and Governance Committee Charter. The Board is responsible for selecting nominees for election. Our Nominating and Governance Committee and the Board seek to ensure that the Board, as a whole, possesses the expertise, qualifications, attributes and skills to carry out its oversight responsibilities effectively and to align with our long-term strategies. Accordingly, our Board Corporate Governance Guidelines provide that individuals are nominated to join the Board based on all appropriate criteria, which may include strength of character, mature judgment, familiarity with our business and industry, independence of thought, ability to work collegially, existing commitments to other businesses, potential conflicts of interest with other pursuits, legal considerations such as antitrust issues, business or professional experience, the diversity of their background and their array of talents and perspectives. Our directors invest the time and effort necessary to understand the Company’s business and financial strategies and challenges, a policy reflected in our Board Corporate Governance Guidelines. Our directors’ commitment to their oversight responsibilities is reflected by the 100% attendance of directors at Board and Committee meetings in fiscal year 2025. Pursuant to its charter, before any nomination to the Board, the Nominating and Governance Committee reviews potential directors’ service on other boards, as well as other commitments and engagements, to ensure directors have sufficient time to devote to the Company. Since our inception as a public company, we do not believe that any one of our directors have served on more than four public company boards or have been otherwise “overboarded.” Further, our guidelines provide that no member of the Audit Committee will serve on more than three public company audit committees, including the Company’s, without prior approval of the Board or unless disclosed on our website or Proxy Statement. CANDIDATE ATTRIBUTES

| Business or Professional Experience                                                                                                                                                                                
 Industry and/or other relevant business or professional experience, including corporate governance background, financial and accounting background, compliance background and/or executive compensation background |