BANK EXPRESS INTERNATIONAL INC

that may be made during the plan year. The Plan complied with non-discrimination requirements under the Code during 2025 and 2024 through its safe harbor design for deferrals and matching contributions. Eligible employees hired for the first time on or after January 1, 2017 as well as eligible employees rehired on or after January 1, 2022 are automatically enrolled to make Before-Tax Contributions equal to 6 % of Total Pay, with a 1 % automatic increase each year until the rate reaches 10 %, unless the employee makes an alternative election to contribute at a different rate or opt out of automatic enrollment. 3 AMERICAN EXPRESS RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN Notes to Financial Statements Company Matching Contributions The Company matches 100 % of a participant’s Before-Tax Contributions and/or R

haring Contributions were made in 2025 or 2024. Qualified Non-Elective Contributions The Company may make Qualified Non-Elective Contributions (“QNEC”). A QNEC is a discretionary, fully vested contribution allocated in accordance with the Company’s direction at the time the QNEC is approved. Any QNECs are fully vested when made and distributable only under circumstances that permit distributions of Before-Tax Contributions or Roth Contributions. No QNECs were made in 2025 or 2024. Disability Contributions Certain qualifying participants who become disabled, as defined by the Plan Document, are eligible to receive contributions similar to Fixed Rate Contributions, Discretionary Profit Sharing Contributions (if applicable) and Matching Contributions. Allocation of Account Balances A particip

fter their date of hire, and eligible employees hired for the first time on or after January 1, 2017 as well as those rehired on or after January 1, 2022 are covered by the Plan’s automatic enrollment provisions. Eligible employees can qualify to receive Company contributions, if any, upon completion of six months of service. The Plan is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”). The following is not a comprehensive description of the Plan, and therefore does not include all situations and limitations covered by the Plan. The Plan Document (“Plan Document”) is the exclusive governing document and should be referred to for more complete information. Administration Principal Life Insurance Company is the recordkeeper and Delaware C

me 1,993 Total investment income 1,452,284 Interest on notes receivable from participants 5,993 Total additions to net assets 2,159,835 Deductions: Withdrawal payments ( 749,319 ) Administrative expenses ( 14,383 ) Total deductions ( 763,702 ) Net increase in net assets available for benefits 1,396,133 Net assets available for benefits at beginning of year $ 8,958,491 Net assets available for benefits at end of year $ 10,354,624 See accompanying notes to the financial statements . 2 AMERICAN EXPRESS RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN Notes to Financial Statements 1. Description of the Plan General The American Express Retirement Savings Plan (the “Plan”), which became effective June 11, 1973, is a defined contribution plan. Under the terms of the Plan, regular full-time and certain part-time U.S.-pai

ued under the Plan cannot exceed 400,000 shares of common stock. Shares available for issuance at February 28, 2026 were 188,269 . Certent, Inc. is the record keeper for the Plan. Administrative expenses of the Plan are paid by the Company. Plan Year The Plan year begins on March 1 and ends on February 28 (or February 29 in the case of a leap year). ​ Eligibility An employee of the Company or any Participating Subsidiary is eligible to participate in the Plan if the employee has been continuously employed by the Company or any Participating Subsidiary for at least 90 days (except that any bona fide leave of absence will not render a participant so long as the leave does not exceed three months or, if longer than three months, the individual’s right to reemployment is provided by statute or

participants whose employment commencement date occurs on or after January 1, 2025, all Company contributions made on behalf of such participants are subject to a three-year cliff vesting schedule. Participants who were participating in the Plan as of December 31, 2024, remain fully vested in the balance held in their Plan accounts. A participant is credited with a year of service for vesting purposes upon completion of 365 days ( one year ) of service. Distributions and Withdrawals: Distributions are made only when a person ceases to be a participant. Upon termination, including retirement, a participant has various options available, as described in the Plan, with respect to the distribution of his or her Plan account balances. Participants may make in-service withdrawals in accordance w

de”), certain amounts for highly compensated employees are not contributed to the Plan. No contribution is required from any participant under the Plan. However, new employees are automatically enrolled in the Plan to make before-tax contributions of five percent ( 5 %) of their eligible compensation beginning with the first payroll period that is administratively practicable after the employee's date of hire. Employees that are automatically enrolled can elect not to make contributions or to contribute a different percentage of their eligible compensation. Participants may make contributions on a before-tax, Roth after-tax and/or traditional after-tax basis to the Plan. Participants who are age 50 or older by the end of a Plan year are eligible to make before-tax and Roth after-tax catch-

net assets available for benefits attributable to this investment. Contract value represents contributions made under the contract, plus earnings, less participant withdrawals and administrative expenses. Participants may ordinarily direct the withdrawal or transfer of all or a portion of their investment at contract value. The BNYM Insight Stable Value Fund, a collective -9- PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL DEFERRED PROFIT-SHARING PLAN NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued) trust, is valued based on information reported by the investment advisor using the audited financial statements of the collective trust which are as of and for the year ended December 31, 2025. • Mutual funds are stated at the respective funds' net asset value per share, which is determined based on market values at the