Company: WKC
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-058752
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Company: WORLD KINECT CORP
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 1
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 a proxy may nevertheless attend the meeting, revoke their proxy and vote their shares during the meeting.

| By Order of the Board of Directors WORLD KINECT CORPORATIONJoel M. WilliamsVice President, Assistant General Counsel and Assistant Corporate Secretary |

Voting Methods You can vote by proxy whether or not you attend the Annual Meeting. To vote by proxy, you have a choice of voting over the Internet, by telephone or by using a traditional proxy card.

| INTERNETVisit www.proxyvote.com and follow the instructions. You will need the 16-digit control number included on your proxy card, voter instruction form or Notice. |     | TELEPHONEDial the number listed on your proxy card, your voter instruction form or Notice. You will need the 16-digit control number included on your proxy card, voter instruction form or Notice. |     | MAILIf wish to vote by traditional proxy card, you can request a full set of materials at no charge through www.proxyvote.com or the phone number listed on the Notice. |

We mailed a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials containing instructions on how to access our proxy statement and Annual Report for the year ended December 31, 2024 on or about April 25, 2025. Our proxy statement and Annual Report are available online at: www.proxyvote.com. WORLD KINECT CORPORATION 9800 Northwest 41st Street, Miami, Florida 33178

| World Kinect 2025 Proxy Statement | 1 |

| Table of Contents |

| Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders                       |                                                     |                                                                                                      |   1 |
| Proxy Summary                                                  |                                                     |                                                                                                      |   3 |
| Election of Directors                                          |                                                     |                                                               Proposal No. 1 — Election of Directors |  10 |
|                                                                | Director Nominees                                   |                                                                                                   10 |     |
| Corporate Governance                                           |                                                     |                                                                                 Corporate Governance |  17 |
|                                                                | Board and Committee Governance                      |                                                                                                   17 |     |
|                                                                | Committees of the Board                             |                                                                                                   23 |     |
|                                                                | Director Nomination Process                         |                                                                                                   28 |     |
|                                                                | Board’s Role in Strategy and Risk                   |                                                                                                   31 |     |
| Executive Compensation                                         |                                                     |                                                            Information Concerning Executive Officers |  43 |
|                                                                | Letter from the Chair of the Compensation Committee |                                                                                                   44 |     |
|                                                                | Compensation Discussion and Analysis                |                                                                                                   46 |