Company: KD
Filing Date: 2025-06-16
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001140361-25-022676
Chunk: 21

Company: Kyndryl Holdings, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-06-16
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 21
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Securities Trading Policy The Company has adopted a securities trading policy and procedures applicable to our directors, officers and key employees, and implemented processes for the Company that are designed to promote compliance with insider trading laws. The policy prohibits the purchase, sale and any other transactions by any person while in possession of material, non-public information. The policy establishes quarterly trading windows during which Company directors, executive officers and key employees are unable to perform any purchases or sales of Kyndryl securities, as the announcement of annual and quarterly financial results has the potential to have a material impact on Kyndryl securities. Directors, executive officers and key employees must request pre-approval to perform any transactions with their Kyndryl securities during open trading periods. For information regarding the Company’s prohibition on the hedging and pledging of Company stock, see “2025 Executive Compensation — Compensation Discussion and Analysis — Additional Compensation Information — Prohibition on Hedging and Pledging of Company Stock” of this Proxy Statement. Board Corporate Governance Guidelines Our Board Corporate Governance Guidelines assist the Board in guiding our governance practices. Our Board Corporate Governance Guidelines are periodically reviewed by the Nominating and Governance Committee and Board, and any changes determined by the Nominating and Governance Committee to be appropriate in light of emerging governance practices or otherwise are submitted to the full Board for consideration. These guidelines describe the Board’s views in a number of areas, including:

| • | Board independence; |

| • | leadership structure; |

| • | composition (including director qualifications and diversity of background); |

| • | responsibilities and operations; |

| • | director compensation and stock ownership; |

| • | Chief Executive Officer evaluation and succession planning; |

| • | Board committees; |

| • | director orientation and continuing education; |

| • | director access to management and independent advisors; and |

| • | annual Board and committee evaluations. |

Our Board Corporate Governance Guidelines can be found on our Investor Relations website at investors.kyndryl.comunder Corporate Responsibility: Governance: Governance Documents: Board Corporate Governance Guidelines. Communications with the Board The method by which stockholders and other interested parties may communicate with the Board, individual directors, the non-management directors as a group, or with the Chair, can be found on our Investor Relations website at investors.kyndryl.comunder Corporate Responsibility: Governance: Board of Directors: Contact the Board.

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