Burke Stelling Group,

tions. We offer a competitive compensation and benefits program to our employees. In addition to salaries, these programs include annual bonus opportunities, a 401(k) plan with an employer matching contribution, healthcare and insurance benefits, flexible spending accounts, paid time off, and an employee assistance program. We also support dedicated campaigns that communicate directly to employees about wellness. Employee well-being is further supported through policies such as remote work, paid parental leave, military service leave, educational assistance, and bereavement leave policies. General Corporate Information Our headquarters is located at 100 S. Fairfax Street, Alexandria, Virginia 22314, and our telephone number at that address is 703-666-3555. We also maintain executive office

nefits for eligible employees through a defined benefit pension plan. Employees hired prior to June 1, 2005 participate in the retirement plan on a non-contributing basis and were fully vested after five years of service. 134 Table of Contents Note 9— Defined Benefit Pension Plan (continued) The following tables set forth the Plan’s status and related disclosures (in thousands): December 31, 2025 December 31, 2024 Changes in benefit obligation: Benefit obligation at beginning of year $ 28,600 $ 31,500 Service cost 400 445 Interest cost 1,550 1,456 Actuarial (gain) loss 779 ( 3,040 ) Distributions ( 1,587 ) ( 1,761 ) Benefit obligation at end of year $ 29,742 $ 28,600 Change in plan assets: Fair value of plan assets at beginning of year $ 30,614 $ 33,181 Adjustment to beginning of year fair

and • The ability to make investments to promote compliance with existing and evolving regulatory requirements that will increase as the Company grows and will result in increased administrative expenses that we did not previously incur, which costs may materially increase our general and administrative expenses. Our financial performance is also substantially affected by a number of external factors outside of our control, including the following: • Economic conditions, and volatility in markets, including the effects of pandemics, wars, political conflicts, political instability, hostility and uncertainty both in the U.S. and abroad, government spending policies, trade policies, including tariffs and tariff counter-measures, and other barriers to trade (including the threat of such actio