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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-089216"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KD"
cik: "0001867072"
company_name: "Kyndryl Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-07-31T20:15:20+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-07-31T20:17:49.750871+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kyndryl shareholders approve 7.6M share increase in incentive plan; executive compensation advisory vote passes with 75%

## Summary
- Shareholders approved Amended 2021 Long-Term Performance Plan, increasing authorized shares by 7.6M (94% of votes cast).
- Advisory vote on named executive officer compensation passed with 75% support (110.4M for, 35.7M against).
- All six director nominees elected with ~90% of votes cast; no dissident slate.
- Ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers as independent auditor for FY ending March 31, 2027 approved with 97% support.
- Plan amendment increases total share capacity to 55.5M shares (plus assumed awards from prior IBM plans).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-089216
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KD
- cik: 0001867072
- company_name: Kyndryl Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-07-31T20:15:20+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1867072/000110465926089216/0001104659-26-089216-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1867072/000110465926089216/tm2621786d1_8k.htm

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