SEGMENTS

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2022

SEGMENTS

SEGMENTS

NOTE 4. SEGMENTS

Our reportable segments correspond to how the chief operating decision maker (“CODM”) reviews performance and allocates resources. Our four reportable segments consist of the following:

United States: This reportable segment is comprised of Kyndryl’s operations in the United States.

Japan: This reportable segment is comprised of Kyndryl’s operations in Japan.

Principal Markets: This reportable segment represents the aggregation of our operations in Australia / New Zealand, Canada, France, Germany, India, Italy, Spain / Portugal, and the United Kingdom / Ireland.

Strategic Markets: This reportable segment is comprised of our operations in all other countries in which we operate.

The measure of segment operating performance used by Kyndryl’s CODM is adjusted EBITDA. Adjusted EBITDA is defined as net income (loss) excluding net interest expense, depreciation and amortization (excluding depreciation of right-of-use assets and amortization of capitalized contract costs), transaction-related costs, pension costs other than pension servicing costs and multi-employer plan costs, stock-based compensation expense, workforce rebalancing charges, impairment expense, significant litigation costs, and foreign currency impacts of highly inflationary countries. The use of revenue and adjusted EBITDA aligns with how the CODM assesses performance and allocates resources for the Company’s segments. The Company has recast the prior-period results to reflect the change in segment structure that became effective in the fourth quarter of 2021. In addition, during the three months ended March 31, 2022, the Company updated certain allocation methodologies related to its measure of segment adjusted EBITDA and has accordingly recast the prior-period information to reflect these updates, which did not change the aggregate amount of segment adjusted EBITDA.

Our geographic markets frequently work together to sell and implement certain contracts. The economic environment and its effects on the industries served by our geographic markets affect revenues and operating expenses within our geographic markets to differing degrees. Currency fluctuations also tend to affect our geographic markets differently, depending on the geographic concentrations and locations of their businesses.

The following table reflects the results of the Company’s segments:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
(Dollars in millions)	2022		2021
Revenue
United States	$	1,169	$	1,228
Japan		706		763
Principal Markets		1,579		1,825
Strategic Markets		978		955
Total revenue	$	4,431	$	4,771
Segment adjusted EBITDA
United States	$	248	$	180
Japan		154		123
Principal Markets		98		52
Strategic Markets		92		96
Total segment adjusted EBITDA	$	592	$	450

The following table reconciles consolidated pretax income to segment adjusted EBITDA:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
(Dollars in millions)	2022		2021
Pretax income (loss)	$	(189)	$	(403)
Workforce rebalancing charges		—		52
Transaction-related costs		58		55
Stock-based compensation expense		31		16
Interest expense		21		14
Depreciation expense		246		339
Amortization expense		326		330
Corporate expense not allocated to the segments		56		40
Other adjustments *		43		7
Segment adjusted EBITDA	$	592	$	450

* Other adjustments represents significant litigation costs and pension costs other than pension servicing costs and multi-employer plan costs.