Kyndryl Holdings, Inc.
For the period ended Jul 30, 2026. Filed Jun 16, 2026.
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Jul 30, 2026 · Filed Jun 16, 2026
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Use of Competitive Data
Our CHC Committee believes it is important to clearly understand the relevant market for executive talent to inform its decision-making and ensure that our compensation program for executive officers attracts and retains key talent. Accordingly, the CHC Committee, working with FW Cook, has developed a group of peer companies to inform the Company’s executive compensation decisions. The peer group is reviewed annually to ensure that the peer group continues to provide meaningful and relevant compensation comparisons.
The CHC Committee believes that the peer group companies are an appropriate reference to inform the Company’s executive compensation decisions based on several important criteria:
| • | their listing on a U.S. stock exchange and subjection to reporting obligations similar to Kyndryl’s; |
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| • | the similarity of their industry classification to Kyndryl’s classification; |
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| • | the extent to which they compete with Kyndryl for executive talent and for investors; |
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| • | the similarity in the scale of their business to that of Kyndryl’s; and |
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| • | general comparability of key size measures, primarily revenue and number of employees. |
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Our peer group for the fiscal 2026 performance year, which was the same as the fiscal 2025 peer group, consisted of the 15 companies set forth below.
| • Accenture plc | • Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation | • Jacobs Solutions Inc. |
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| • Aon plc | • DXC Technology Company | • Leidos Holdings, Inc. |
| • Automatic Data Processing, Inc. | • Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. | • Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. |
| • Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation | • Fiserv, Inc. | • Salesforce, Inc. |
| • Cisco Systems, Inc. | • Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company | • Science Applications International Corporation |
While our CHC Committee reviews compensation levels for comparable roles within the peer group to inform its determinations regarding the compensation of our executive officers, our CHC Committee does not rely solely on data from the peer group in establishing the compensation for our executive officers nor does our CHC Committee target a specific competitive position versus the peer group. Our CHC Committee also refers to other resources, including published compensation data from other third-party surveys. The compensation data of the peer group and such other resources are considered alongside the Company’s pay-for-performance and long-term value creation objectives in determining the compensation for our executive officers that best aligns management’s interests with those of our stockholders.
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