Company: KD
Filing Date: 2025-06-16
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001140361-25-022676
Chunk: 3

Company: Kyndryl Holdings, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-06-16
Form: DEF 14A
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 A.M. Hester                      
 •Shirley Ann Jackson                      
 •Martin Schroeter                         |

Upon the recommendation of the Nominating and Governance Committee, the Board has considered and nominated the following slate of nominees for a one-year term: Janina Kugel, Denis Machueland Rahul N. Merchant. Unless otherwise instructed, the persons named in the form of proxy card (“proxyholders”) attached to this Proxy Statement intend to vote the proxies held by them for the election of Janina Kugel, Denis Machuel and Rahul N. Merchant. If any of these nominees ceases to be a candidate for election by the time of the 2025 Annual Meeting (a contingency which the Board does not expect to occur), such proxies may be voted by the proxyholders in accordance with the recommendation of the Board.

| The Board recommends that you voteFORthe election of each of the three nominees set forth above. |

| 6|KYNDRYL2025 PROXY STATEMENT |

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Director Nominees for Election to a One-Year Term

| JANINA KUGEL                                                                                         |     | INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR since 2021                                                                                                                                                                                                    |     | AGE 55                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| Former Chief Human Resources Officer, Siemens AG, a diversified manufacturing and technology company 
 COMMITTEE: Compensation and Human Capital                                                            |     | Qualifications, Attributes and Skills                                                                                                                                                                                              
 •Global business experience as former chief human resources officer of Siemens AG                                                                                                                                                  
 •Government service as a former member of the Innovation Council for the Federal Ministry of Digitization and the Council of Future of Work for the Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs of Germany                        
 •Technology, digital and/or cybersecurity experience as the chairwoman of Seatti GmbH                                                                                                                                              
 •Affiliation with a leading business and public policy association as the co-chair of the Digital Council of the Confederation of German Employers’ Associations                                                                   
 •Academic experience as a member of the International Advisory Board of the IESE Business School in Spain, the University Council of the Technical University of Munich and the Global Navigation Board of the University of Tokyo 
 •Outside board experience as a director of TUI AG                                                                                                                                                                                  |     | Relevant Experience                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
 Ms. Kugel served as the chief human resources officer and member of the managing board of Siemens AG from 2015 until 2020. Ms. Kugel joined Siemens AG in 2001 as vice president of group strategy in the communications sector and in 2005,