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Phillips 66

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Phillips 66 (PSX) Economic Moat Analysis38

Competitive advantages, dated evidence and erosion risks.

None economic moat

The passages establish useful infrastructure integration and some contracted Midstream demand, but do not establish a durable company-wide moat. Commodity pricing, limited chemical differentiation and realized industry oversupply constrain pricing power. Refining outcomes improved substantially in 2026, but higher realized margins alone do not demonstrate price-setting power. The negative verdict reflects disclosed competitive fragility, while the relative strength of individual Midstream assets remains insufficiently established.

Efficient scale

The operating Sweeny pipeline, fractionation, storage and export connections provide a current logistical advantage, supported by demonstrated capacity expansion. Certain Midstream minimum-volume contracts provide demand protection. However, neither local market scarcity nor barriers sufficient to prevent competing capacity are demonstrated, so these benefits do not establish an efficient-scale moat.

Durability
Physical integration and contracted commitments support some persistence. Minimum-volume obligations extend through 2036 but have a weighted average remaining life of four years; this does not establish equivalent protection across the portfolio.
Competitors
Comparison not established
Erosion risks
Competing infrastructure additions, inadequate replacement supply, declining utilization and contract repricing could erode the benefits. Overbuild is a disclosed possibility; chemical oversupply is already observed.
What would invalidate the thesis
The logistical advantage thesis would fail if connected assets persistently lose throughput or utilization despite available regional supply, or if replacement contracts lose minimum-volume protection and economic returns deteriorate. A stronger moat conclusion would require evidence that competing capacity cannot economically replicate the service and that customers sustain commitments through renewals.
Evidence (6) · Counterevidence (3)

Changes since the previous analysis

  • No comparable previous version.

Evidence limitations

  • Only supplied passages were assessed. Source dates are filing dates: filing-1 February 20, 2026; filing-2 August 5, 2026; filing-3 April 2, 2026. Subsequent proposals or expectations are not treated as completed actions.
  • Infrastructure integration is demonstrated, but relative costs, local market shares, competing capacity economics and sustained excess returns are not supplied. Large assets alone do not establish efficient scale.
  • The named companies in q63 are identified as a performance peer group, not established asset-level competitors. The competitors array is therefore empty; direct competitor coverage remains unestablished.
  • Contractual protection covers certain Midstream contracts only. Renewal outcomes, customer concentration and the share of company-wide revenue protected by these commitments are absent.
  • Operating statistics and financial statements support numerical assessments without independent research. Leadership descriptions of record results and industry-relative performance remain issuer reports, not independent verification.
  • Proxy passages establish compensation design and governance practices, but do not supply executive ownership levels or enough payout detail to verify realized incentive alignment. The advisory compensation vote is a proposal, not evidence of shareholder approval.
  • Realized refining margins measure selling-price and input-cost spreads, not standalone product prices. They support assessment of commercial outcomes but cannot isolate discretionary pricing power.

Financial indicators to test against the thesis

Calculated from annual filings. Missing data remains unavailable. Detailed financial charts remain in the other topics.

Financial indicators to test against the thesis
PeriodGross marginOperating marginROICFCF margin
20218.4%1.2%3.5%—
202211.8%7.0%23.7%—
202313.1%6.2%15.0%—
20249.2%1.7%4.2%—
202512.3%3.8%8.7%—

Pricing power44

  • Pricing outcomes

    Second-quarter realized refining margins rose from $11.25 to $24.08 per barrel, a favorable observed commercial outcome. Conversely, benchmark polyethylene chain margins fell from 17.7 to 7.1 cents per pound in 2025. These mixed outcomes reflect market spreads and input costs rather than demonstrated discretionary price increases.

  • Customer demand

    Minimum-volume obligations and long-term refinery product placement support continuing demand indirectly. They do not establish customer renewal performance or company-wide retention, and no retention rate is inferred.

  • Margin resilience

    Fee-based Transportation and positive Midstream income in both comparative periods provide a cushion. Chemical spread compression and prior-period Refining and Renewable Fuels losses show material cyclical vulnerability, despite strong subsequent recovery.

  • Pricing freedom

    Fixed-price minimum-volume contracts protect some revenue but limit immediate repricing; certain escalation clauses exist without disclosed scope. Competitive chemical markets constrain cost pass-through, and marketing prices and margins largely follow market conditions. Broad unilateral pricing freedom is weak.

Management56

  • Capital discipline

    First-half 2026 operating cash flow of $4.995 billion covered $1.308 billion of capital expenditures and investments, $179 million of acquisitions and $1.665 billion of repurchases and dividends. However, net debt issuance continued, year-end 2025 debt was $19.716 billion, and the weaker 2025 comparison required a different funding mix. Repurchases exceeded compensation share issuance, but investment returns and buyback value are not established.

  • Incentive alignment

    Implemented 2025 long-term incentive thresholds reference historical WACC, and target payouts require performance above that benchmark. These are substantive alignment features, offset by generous change-in-control severance and full equity acceleration. Actual executive ownership and realized payout sensitivity are missing.

  • Execution

    Demonstrated fractionation capacity expansion and 95% first-half 2026 refining utilization versus 89% establish strong operating delivery. The reported third consecutive year of above-industry utilization provides additional issuer-reported context. Quarterly utilization declined, and Los Angeles fuel production ceased; these qualifications prevent an exceptional grade. Execution is assessed primarily from operating evidence, not earnings growth alone.

  • Governance

    Regular independent director sessions, actual shareholder engagement and explicit audit committee oversight support functioning governance. The proxy still proposes three-year terms for a classified director class, limiting annual accountability. These practices establish a mixed position, without proving exceptional oversight effectiveness or the subsequent election outcome.

Sources and methodology

Current publication · Updated 17/10/2026 · Version 4

AI interpretation based on checked source excerpts. Issuer assertions and evidence limitations remain explicit.

Policy quality-scores-2: six equally weighted categories. The overall score requires full coverage. Missing inputs are not zero. Qualitative grades are sourced interpretations, not probabilities. 3/6 · 18/10/2026

Moat38

Equal-weight average of four evidence-backed rubric grades (0–4), scaled to 100.

structural advantage · 2/4 · Connected fractionation, storage and export infrastructure and demonstrated capacity optimization provide operating benefits. Commodity differentiation limits and unbranded product placement weaken a broader moat claim; economic scarcity and comparative cost leadership are unproven.

durability · 1/4 · Certain minimum-volume contracts provide finite protection, with a four-year weighted average remaining life. Competitive capacity can be added, and actual chemical oversupply shows that capital intensity does not ensure lasting scarcity.

customer dependency · 2/4 · Minimum-volume commitments and retail joint-venture placement demonstrate some committed demand. This is indirect evidence of customer dependency, not demonstrated renewal rates or high switching costs, and unbranded sales need no highly integrated marketing network.

erosion resilience · 1/4 · Fee-based Transportation operations cushion direct commodity exposure, but chemical oversupply and realized Refining and Renewable Fuels losses in the 2025 comparison period demonstrate portfolio fragility. The 2026 recovery does not establish structural resistance to erosion.

Pricing power44

Equal-weight average of four evidence-backed rubric grades (0–4), scaled to 100.

realized pricing · 2/4 · Second-quarter realized refining margins rose from $11.25 to $24.08 per barrel, a favorable observed commercial outcome. Conversely, benchmark polyethylene chain margins fell from 17.7 to 7.1 cents per pound in 2025. These mixed outcomes reflect market spreads and input costs rather than demonstrated discretionary price increases.

retention · 2/4 · Minimum-volume obligations and long-term refinery product placement support continuing demand indirectly. They do not establish customer renewal performance or company-wide retention, and no retention rate is inferred.

margin resilience · 2/4 · Fee-based Transportation and positive Midstream income in both comparative periods provide a cushion. Chemical spread compression and prior-period Refining and Renewable Fuels losses show material cyclical vulnerability, despite strong subsequent recovery.

contractual freedom · 1/4 · Fixed-price minimum-volume contracts protect some revenue but limit immediate repricing; certain escalation clauses exist without disclosed scope. Competitive chemical markets constrain cost pass-through, and marketing prices and margins largely follow market conditions. Broad unilateral pricing freedom is weak.

Predictability—

Missing exact annual revenue, free cash flow or FCF margin; operating cash flow and capex must both be reported for all five years.

Financial strength—

Missing required inputs: debtFcfGrade. Equal-weight grades: debt/FCF (1–8x), net debt/earnings before interest and tax (0–5x), interest service (1–12x), current ratio (0.75–2x). Earnings use reported operating income, or reported pretax profit plus reported interest expense when operating income is unavailable. Interest service uses earnings/interest expense; if unavailable, it uses reported operating cash flow/cash interest paid, without relabeling cash paid as accrued expense. Nonpositive cash flow/earnings score 0 for their service component; reported zero interest with a positive numerator scores 100. Net cash scores 100 for net leverage. Missing disclosures remain unavailable. General nonfinancial-company rubric, not a credit rating; exceptional and nonoperating gains are not normalized out. IFRS finance-cost and cash-flow classifications retain their reported scope.

netDebtEbitGrade
25.33
interestCoverageGrade
34.50
currentRatioGrade
43.68
Net debt / operating income (x)
3.73
Interest coverage (x)
4.79
Current ratio (x)
1.30

Capital allocation—

Missing required inputs: cashConversionGrade. Three-year equal-weight indicators: pretax return on average invested capital (0–25%; equity + debt − cash, each year and its prior year), share-count growth (0–5%, lower better), share-based cost/revenue (2–20%, lower better), consolidated FCF/net income (0–1x). Return uses reported operating income or, if unavailable, EBIT calculated from reported pretax profit plus reported interest expense; exceptional/nonoperating gains are not normalized out. Share-based cost uses the reported cash-flow add-back or, if absent, separately reported recognized compensation expense; the latter never becomes an FCF adjustment. Nonpositive net income scores 0 for cash conversion; absent income/FCF stays unavailable. Nonpositive invested capital has no defined return and remains unavailable. Does not establish acquisition quality or buyback timing.

3-year pre-tax operating return (%)
11.73
3-year average dilution (%)
-4.85
3-year average SBC / revenue (%)
0.17

Management56

Equal-weight average of four evidence-backed rubric grades (0–4), scaled to 100.

capital discipline · 2/4 · First-half 2026 operating cash flow of $4.995 billion covered $1.308 billion of capital expenditures and investments, $179 million of acquisitions and $1.665 billion of repurchases and dividends. However, net debt issuance continued, year-end 2025 debt was $19.716 billion, and the weaker 2025 comparison required a different funding mix. Repurchases exceeded compensation share issuance, but investment returns and buyback value are not established.

incentive alignment · 2/4 · Implemented 2025 long-term incentive thresholds reference historical WACC, and target payouts require performance above that benchmark. These are substantive alignment features, offset by generous change-in-control severance and full equity acceleration. Actual executive ownership and realized payout sensitivity are missing.

execution · 3/4 · Demonstrated fractionation capacity expansion and 95% first-half 2026 refining utilization versus 89% establish strong operating delivery. The reported third consecutive year of above-industry utilization provides additional issuer-reported context. Quarterly utilization declined, and Los Angeles fuel production ceased; these qualifications prevent an exceptional grade. Execution is assessed primarily from operating evidence, not earnings growth alone.

governance · 2/4 · Regular independent director sessions, actual shareholder engagement and explicit audit committee oversight support functioning governance. The proxy still proposes three-year terms for a classified director class, limiting annual accountability. These practices establish a mixed position, without proving exceptional oversight effectiveness or the subsequent election outcome.

Evidence

As a result of engineering and optimization projects, the Sweeny Fractionators have demonstrated an expansion of nameplate capacity to fractionate 675,000 B/D.

Business and Properties / Sweeny Hub demonstrated fractionation capacity · Filed 20/02/2026

The fractionators are supported by significant infrastructure including connectivity to two NGL supply pipelines, a pipeline connecting to the Mont Belvieu market hub and our Clemens Caverns storage facility with access to our LPG export terminal in Freeport, Texas.

Business and Properties / Sweeny infrastructure connectivity · Filed 20/02/2026

We also have certain contracts in our Midstream segment that include minimum volume commitments with fixed pricing.

Revenue contracts / Midstream minimum-volume commitments and fixed pricing · Filed 05/08/2026

At June 30, 2026, the remaining performance obligations related to these minimum volume commitment contracts amounted to $761 million.

Revenue contracts / remaining minimum-volume performance obligations · Filed 05/08/2026

This amount excludes variable consideration and estimates of variable rate escalation clauses in our contracts with customers and is expected to be recognized through 2036, with a weighted average remaining life of four years as of June 30, 2026.

Revenue contracts / recognition horizon and weighted average remaining life · Filed 05/08/2026

Our Transportation business contains fee-based operations not directly exposed to commodity price risk.

Business Environment / fee-based Transportation operations · Filed 05/08/2026

If we are not able to obtain new supplies of natural gas and NGLs to replace the natural decline in volumes from existing wells or because of competition, throughput on our pipelines and the utilization rates of our treating and processing facilities would decline.

Risk Factors / replacement supply and infrastructure utilization · Filed 20/02/2026

The success of these investments largely depends on the realization of anticipated market demand, and these projects typically require significant development periods, during which time demand for our products or services may change, or additional investments by competitors may be made that could result in an overbuild of supply.

Risk Factors / investment lead times and competing capacity · Filed 20/02/2026

The decrease was mainly due to higher ethane prices, partially driven by rising natural gas prices, and continued industry oversupply from capacity additions.

MD&A / realized chemical industry oversupply and feedstock pressure · Filed 20/02/2026

Due to the highly competitive nature of most of the products sold by our Chemicals segment, market position cannot necessarily be protected by product differentiation or by passing on cost increases to customers.

Risk Factors / chemical differentiation and cost pass-through constraints · Filed 20/02/2026

In the Gulf Coast and East Coast regions, most sales are conducted via the unbranded channel of trade, which does not require a highly integrated marketing network to secure petroleum product placement for refinery pull through.

Marketing and Specialties / unbranded sales and product placement · Filed 20/02/2026

These joint ventures enable us to secure long-term placement of our refinery production and participate in the retail value chain.

Marketing and Specialties / retail joint-venture product placement · Filed 20/02/2026

The 2025 Peer Group consists of CVR Energy, Inc.; Delek US Holdings, Inc.; Dow Inc.; HF Sinclair Corporation; LyondellBasell Industries N.V.; Marathon Petroleum Corporation; ONEOK, Inc.; PBF Energy Inc.; Targa Resources Corp.; Valero Energy Corporation; Westlake Chemical Corporation; and The Williams Companies, Inc.

Stock performance comparison / disclosed peer group · Filed 20/02/2026

The benchmark high-density polyethylene chain margin was 7.1 cents per pound in 2025, compared with 17.7 cents per pound in 2024.

MD&A / 2025 versus 2024 benchmark polyethylene chain margins · Filed 20/02/2026

While marketing fuel and lubricant margins are primarily driven by market factors, largely determined by the relationship between supply and demand, marketing fuel margins, in particular, are influenced by trends in spot prices and, where applicable, retail prices for refined products in the regions and countries where we operate.

Business Environment / market-driven marketing margins and prices · Filed 05/08/2026

Following are reconciliations of income (loss) before income taxes to realized refining margins: 63 Table of Contents Millions of Dollars, Except as Indicated Realized Refining Margins Atlantic Basin/ Europe Gulf Coast Central Corridor † West Coast Worldwide Three Months Ended June 30, 2026 Income before income taxes $ 352 953 1,599 158 3,062 Plus: Taxes other than income taxes 16 25 41 6 88 Depreciation, amortization and impairments 58 67 81 16 222 Selling, general and administrative expenses 12 8 (5) 10 25 Operating expenses 314 247 530 53 1,144 Equity in losses of affiliates 1 — — — 1 Other segment (income) expense, net (66) (2) (3) 8 (63) Proportional share of refining gross margins contributed by equity affiliates 20 — — — 20 Realized refining margins $ 707 1,298 2,243 251 4,499 Total processed inputs (thousands of barrels) 48,969 53,522 75,902 8,467 186,860 Income before income taxes per barrel (dollars per barrel)** $ 7.20 17.80 21.07 18.69 16.39 Realized refining margins (dollars per barrel)*** 14.44 24.25 29.56 29.65 24.08 Three Months Ended June 30, 2025 Income (loss) before income taxes $ 49 101 392 (183) 359 Plus: Taxes other than income taxes 20 24 25 25 94 Depreciation, amortization and impairments 53 67 44 282 446 Selling, general and administrative expenses 8 5 13 6 32 Operating expenses 281 257 146 164 848 Equity in losses of affiliates 2 — — — 2 Other segment (income) expense, net (33) — (28) 14 (47) Proportional share of refining gross margins contributed by equity affiliates 22 — 212 — 234 Realized refining margins $ 402 454 804 308 1,968 Total processed inputs (thousands of barrels) 49,270 52,111 28,710 21,914 152,005 Adjusted total processed inputs (thousands of barrels)* 49,270 52,111 51,477 21,914 174,772 Income (loss) before income taxes per barrel (dollars per barrel)** $ 1.00 1.93 13.67 (8.37) 2.36 Realized refining margins (dollars per barrel)*** 8.16 8.71 15.61 14.06 11.25 * Adjusted total processed inputs include our proportional share of processed inputs of an equity affiliate.

Non-GAAP reconciliations / realized refining margins · Filed 05/08/2026

Consolidated Results A summary of income (loss) before income taxes by business segment with a reconciliation to net income attributable to Phillips 66 follows: Millions of Dollars Three Months Ended June 30 Six Months Ended June 30 2026 2025 2026 2025 Midstream $ 785 731 1,376 1,482 Chemicals 404 20 518 133 Refining 3,062 359 3,270 (578) Marketing and Specialties 583 571 422 1,853 Renewable Fuels 544 (133) 503 (318) Corporate and Other (407) (428) (858) (804) Income before income taxes 4,971 1,120 5,231 1,768 Income tax expense 1,092 212 1,133 334 Net income 3,879 908 4,098 1,434 Less: net income attributable to noncontrolling interests 32 31 44 70 Net income attributable to Phillips 66 $ 3,847 877 4,054 1,364 Net income attributable to Phillips 66 in the second quarter of 2026 was $3.8 billion, compared with $0.9 billion in the second quarter of 2025.

Results of Operations / comparative segment income and losses · Filed 05/08/2026

3 Table of Contents Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows Phillips 66 Millions of Dollars Six Months Ended June 30 2026 2025 Cash Flows From Operating Activities Net income $ 4,098 1,434 Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities Depreciation and amortization 1,143 1,607 Impairments 17 30 Accretion on discounted liabilities 25 22 Deferred income taxes 133 (181) Undistributed equity earnings (600) 195 Net gain on dispositions (123) (994) Unrealized investment loss 17 14 Other 306 52 Working capital adjustments Accounts and notes receivable (2,184) (843) Inventories (858) (1,607) Prepaid expenses and other current assets (1,199) (426) Accounts payable 3,159 1,075 Taxes and other accruals 1,061 654 Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities 4,995 1,032 Cash Flows From Investing Activities Capital expenditures and investments (1,308) (1,010) Acquisitions, net of cash acquired (179) (2,220) Return of investments in equity affiliates 41 43 Proceeds from asset dispositions 71 2,031 Other 31 13 Net Cash Used in Investing Activities (1,344) (1,143) Cash Flows From Financing Activities Issuance of debt 6,889 3,499 Repayment of debt (5,901) (2,375) Issuance of common stock 101 25 Repurchase of common stock (648) (666) Dividends paid on common stock (1,017) (956) Distributions to noncontrolling interests (46) (95) Contributions from noncontrolling interests 51 106 Other (56) (61) Net Cash Used in Financing Activities (627) (523) Effect of Exchange Rate Changes on Cash and Cash Equivalents (41) 40 Net Change in Cash and Cash Equivalents, including cash classified within Assets held for sale 2,983 (594) Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period 1,116 1,738 Cash and Cash Equivalents at End of Period, including cash classified within Assets held for sale $ 4,099 1,144 4 Table of Contents Millions of Dollars Six Months Ended June 30 2026 2025 Reconciliation of Cash and Cash Equivalents at end of period Cash and cash equivalents $ 4,099 1,052 Cash and cash equivalents included in Assets held for sale — 92 Cash and cash equivalents at end of period, including cash classified within Assets held for sale $ 4,099 1,144 See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows / spending, financing and shareholder distributions · Filed 05/08/2026

Other Comprehensive Loss Noncontrolling Interests Total December 31, 2025 $ 7 19,948 (23,934) 33,239 (167) 1,148 30,241 Net income — — — 4,054 — 44 4,098 Other comprehensive loss — — — — (89) — (89) Dividends paid on common stock ($2.54 per share) — — — (1,017) — — (1,017) Repurchase of common stock — — (644) — — — (644) Distributions to noncontrolling interests — — — — — (46) (46) Contributions from noncontrolling interests — — — — — 51 51 Benefit plan activity — 115 — (6) — — 109 June 30, 2026 $ 7 20,063 (24,578) 36,270 (256) 1,197 32,703 December 31, 2024 $ 7 19,788 (22,751) 30,771 (407) 1,055 28,463 Net income — — — 1,364 — 70 1,434 Other comprehensive income — — — — 289 — 289 Dividends paid on common stock ($2.35 per share) — — — (956) — — (956) Repurchase of common stock — — (639) — — — (639) Distributions to noncontrolling interests — — — — — (95) (95) Contributions from noncontrolling interests — — — — — 106 106 Benefit plan activity — 32 — (7) — — 25 June 30, 2025 $ 7 19,820 (23,390) 31,172 (118) 1,136 28,627 Shares Six Months Ended June 30 Common Stock Issued Treasury Stock December 31, 2025 659,391,484 258,252,603 Repurchase of common stock — 3,902,253 Shares issued—share-based compensation 1,784,288 — June 30, 2026 661,175,772 262,154,856 December 31, 2024 656,987,861 248,594,923 Repurchase of common stock — 5,542,005 Shares issued—share-based compensation 1,273,332 — June 30, 2025 658,261,193 254,136,928 See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity / repurchases and compensation share issuance · Filed 05/08/2026

Year Ended December 31, 2025 Millions of Dollars (except as Indicated) Total Debt $ 19,716 Total Equity 30,241 Debt-to-Capital Ratio 39 % Total Cash $ 1,116 Net Debt-to-Capital Ratio 38 % Appendix A 111

Appendix A / year-end 2025 debt and capitalization · Filed 02/04/2026

Our worldwide refining crude oil capacity utilization rate was 96% and 95% for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026, respectively, compared with 98% and 89% in the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, respectively.

Refining operating statistics / quarterly and half-year capacity utilization · Filed 05/08/2026

•World-Class Operations. We achieved record clean product yield and a third-consecutive year of above industry-average crude capacity utilization, displaying our commitment to improved performance in our Refining segment.

Chairman and CEO letter / reported refining operating achievements · Filed 02/04/2026

D&A Net PP&E Gross PP&E Accum. D&A Net PP&E Midstream $ 30,851 6,391 24,460 29,558 5,771 23,787 Chemicals — — — — — — Refining 22,880 10,940 11,940 25,955 13,685 12,270 Marketing and Specialties 1,038 562 476 1,014 543 471 Renewable Fuels 3,792 1,813 1,979 3,772 1,762 2,010 Corporate and Other 4,598 3,804 794 1,492 933 559 $ 63,159 23,510 39,649 61,791 22,694 39,097 In the fourth quarter of 2025, we ceased fuel production and began idling facilities at our Los Angeles Refinery.

Note 7 / cessation of Los Angeles Refinery fuel production · Filed 05/08/2026

In setting the LTI Program in 2025, the HRCC: •revised the methodology for setting the PSP Adjusted ROCE threshold, moving from ROCE required to cover sustaining capital and annualized common stock dividend payments to ROCE that equals the Company's historical average WACC, increasing the rigor on the PSP Adjusted ROCE metric.

Compensation Discussion and Analysis / implemented 2025 long-term incentive threshold · Filed 02/04/2026

Our executives must deliver results that are at least 1.5 percentage points above our historical average WACC to receive a target payout for both the Adjusted VCIP EBITDA metric and the Adjusted PSP ROCE metric.

Compensation Discussion and Analysis / target payout performance requirements · Filed 02/04/2026

CICSP cash severance payments include: •A lump sum payment equal to two or three times the sum of the executive’s base salary and the higher of the current target annual bonus or the average of the annual bonuses paid for the previous two years; •A lump sum payment equal to the present value of the increase in pension benefits that would result from crediting the executive with an additional two or three years of age and service under the pension plan; and •A lump sum payment generally equal to the Company contribution for active employees toward the cost of certain welfare benefits for an additional two or three years.

Executive compensation / change-in-control cash severance · Filed 02/04/2026

Accelerated Equity. CICSP benefits also include the full vesting of all equity awards and lapsing of any restrictions.

Executive compensation / change-in-control equity acceleration · Filed 02/04/2026

Executive Sessions The independent directors meet on a regular basis in executive sessions of the Board and its committees without any members of the Company's management present.

Corporate Governance / independent director executive sessions · Filed 02/04/2026

2025 Shareholder Engagement by the Numbers 100% of top 25 shareholders contacted ~55% of total shares outstanding engaged ~44% of shares outstanding engaged with independent members of the Board In the lead-up to the 2025 Annual Meeting, we undertook a significant effort to speak with our shareholders to discuss our strategic priorities, as well as the Company's unique integrated portfolio.

Corporate Governance / actual 2025 shareholder engagement · Filed 02/04/2026

Matters to be voted on: At the Annual Meeting, shareholders will be asked to vote on the following proposals: PROPOSALS DETAILS 1 Election of four Class II Directors named in this Proxy Statement to hold office until the 2029 Annual Meeting Page 17 2 Approval, on an advisory basis, of named executive officer compensation Page 49 3 Ratification of the appointment of our independent registered public accounting firm, Ernst & Young LLP Page 94 The 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the "Annual Meeting") will be held exclusively online.

Annual meeting notice / proposed election of classified directors · Filed 02/04/2026

The A&FC is directly responsible for the appointment, compensation, retention and oversight of the independent registered public accounting firm retained to audit the Company’s financial statements.

Audit oversight / committee responsibility for independent auditor · Filed 02/04/2026

Publication history

Publication history
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Sources

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