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ber 31 $ 619 $ 692 $ 15 $ 19 DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLANS Most employees are eligible to participate in various defined contribution plans. Certain of these plans have features with matching contributions or other Company contributions based on our financial results. Company contributions to these plans are expensed as incurred. Total expense from these plans was $ 59 million, $ 63 million and $ 59 million in 2025, 2024 and 2023, respectively. MULTlEMPLOYER PLANS We contribute to multiemployer pension plans according to collective bargaining agreements that cover certain union-represented employees. The risks of participating in these multiemployer plans are different from the risks of participating in single-employer pension plans in the following respects: • Assets contributed to a multiem

13.48 — 20.11 — 21.05 Outstanding at end of year 0.2 $ 11.86 0.2 $ 11.77 0.5 $ 9.59 Exercisable at end of year 0.2 $ 11.86 0.2 $ 11.77 0.5 $ 9.59 Stock options granted to date are fully vested with an expiration date of ten years from the date of grant. The total intrinsic value of options exercised in 2025 and 2024 was nominal and $ 4 million, respectively. As of December 31, 2025, all outstanding options were exercisable. For options outstanding as of December 31, 2025, the weighted-average remaining contractual life was 2.3 years and the aggregate intrinsic value was $ 1 million. The fair value of stock options is estimated on the date of grant using a Black-Scholes model using the grant date price of our common shares, the option exercise price, the option’s expected term, the volatili

ant synergy opportunities from the Stelco Acquisition were identified and achieved, including asset and capital expenditure optimization, procurement savings, selling, general and administrative expenses, duplicative public company costs and other opportunities. IMPROVE FINANCIAL FLEXIBILITY Given the cyclicality of our business, it is important to us to be in the financial position to easily withstand economic cycles and be opportunistic when attractive strategic opportunities arise. Since becoming a steel company in 2020, we have demonstrated our ability to generate healthy free cash flow and use it to reduce substantial amounts of debt, return capital to shareholders, and make investments to both improve and grow our business. We have a track record of demonstrating that we can quickly