ERIE INDEMNITY CO

We continue to monitor the sufficiency of our liquidity and capital resources given the potential impact of current economic

conditions, including the uncertain inflationary and interest rate environment. While we did not see a significant impact on our sources or uses of cash in 2024, future market disruptions could occur which may affect our liquidity position. If our normal operating and investing cash activities were to become insufficient to meet future funding requirements, we believe we have sufficient access to liquidity through our cash position, diverse liquid marketable securities, and our $100 million bank revolving line of credit that does not expire until November 1, 2029. See broader discussions of potential risks to our operations in Operating Overview and Part I, Item 1A. "Risk Factors" contained within this report.

Sources and Uses of Cash

Liquidity is a measure of a company's ability to generate sufficient cash flows to meet the short- and long-term cash requirements of its business operations and growth needs. Our liquidity requirements have been met primarily by funds generated from management fee revenue and income from investments. Cash provided from these sources is used primarily to fund the costs of our management operations including commissions, salaries and wages, pension plans, share repurchases, dividends to shareholders, the purchase and development of information technology, and other capital expenditures. We expect that our operating cash needs will be met by funds generated from operations. Cash in excess of our operating needs is primarily invested in investment grade fixed maturities. As part of our liquidity review, we regularly evaluate our capital needs based on current and projected results and consider the potential impacts to our liquidity, borrowing capacity, financial covenants and capital availability.

We have certain obligations and commitments to make future payments under various agreements. Cash requirements within the next twelve months include accounts payable, accrued liabilities, and other current obligations.

Our long-term cash requirements under various contractual obligations and commitments include:

•Pension – We have a funded noncontributory defined benefit pension plan covering substantially all employees and an unfunded SERP for certain members of executive and senior management. See Item 8. "Financial Statements and Supplementary Data - Note 10, Postretirement Benefits, of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements" for the funding policy and related contributions for our defined benefit pension plan, and accumulated benefit obligation for our unfunded SERP.

•Deferred compensation – We have two deferred compensation plans for our executives, senior vice presidents and other selected officers, and two deferred compensation plans for our outside directors. See Item 8. "Financial Statements and Supplementary Data - Note 11, Incentive and Deferred Compensation Plans, of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements" for additional details of these obligations and estimated future payments.

•Home office renovations – We have agreements with external contracting firms for renovations to an office building that is part of our principal headquarters. Remaining commitments related to the underlying contracts total $45.4 million at December 31, 2024, of which over half is due in the next 12 months. Additional contracts will be executed as we begin each new phase of the overall renovation project and will be funded using our working capital. See Item 8. "Financial Statements and Supplementary Data - Note 8, Fixed Assets, of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements" for additional details on construction in progress costs and expected completion date.

•Other commitments – We have commitments for approximately $460 million which include agreements for various services, including information technology, support and maintenance obligations, operating leases for equipment, vehicles and real estate, and other obligations in the ordinary course of business. We expect to make future cash payments according to the contract terms. These agreements are enforceable and legally binding and specify fixed amounts or minimum quantities to be purchased. Some agreements may contain cancellation provisions, some of which may require us to pay a termination fee. Over half of these commitments are due in the next 12 months. We are reimbursed from the Exchange and its insurance subsidiaries for the portion of these costs related to administrative services.

We maintain relationships and cash balances at diversified and well-capitalized financial institutions and have established processes to monitor them. We believe that our current cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities and cash generated from operations will be sufficient to meet our current and future cash requirements.

Volatility in the financial markets presents challenges to us as we occasionally access our investment portfolio as a source of cash. Some of our fixed income investments, despite being publicly traded, may be illiquid. Additionally, if we require

significant amounts of cash on short notice in excess of anticipated cash requirements, or if we are required to return cash collateral in connection with our securities lending program, we may have difficulty selling investments in a timely manner, or

be forced to sell at deep discounts. We believe we have sufficient liquidity to meet our needs from sources other than the liquidation of securities.

Cash flow activities

The following table provides condensed cash flow information for the years ended December 31:

Net cash provided by operating activities was $611.2 million in 2024, compared to $381.2 million in 2023 and $366.2 million in 2022. Increased cash provided by operating activities in 2024, compared to 2023, was primarily due to an increase in management fees received of $478.2 million driven by growth in direct and affiliated assumed premiums written by the Exchange, a decrease in pension and employee benefits paid of $59.0 million due to lower pension contributions, and a decrease in incentive compensation paid to agents of $25.3 million. Pension contributions totaled $33.0 million in 2024 compared to $95.0 million in 2023. This was partially offset by increases in cash paid for agent commissions of $243.3 million driven by premium growth and income taxes paid of $55.5 million. Increased cash provided by operating activities in 2023, compared to 2022, was primarily due to an increase in management fees received of $319.2 million driven by growth in direct and affiliated assumed premiums written by the Exchange. This was partially offset by increases in cash paid for agent commissions of $157.9 million driven by premium growth, pension and employee benefits paid of $101.3 million primarily due to higher pension contributions, and general operating expenses paid of $30.3 million primarily driven by higher information technology-related professional fees and hardware and software costs.

Net cash used in investing activities was $226.9 million in 2024, compared to $157.6 million in 2023 and $106.9 million in 2022. In 2024, 2023 and 2022, net cash used in investing activities was primarily driven by fixed asset purchases of $124.8 million, $92.6 million and $67.2 million, respectively, mostly related to software and home office renovations. Additionally, purchases of investments exceeded proceeds generated from sales and maturities/calls of investments in all periods, while 2024 and 2023 also included loans issued to fund real estate development projects supporting revitalization efforts in our community.

Net cash used in financing activities was $230.0 million in 2024, compared to $221.7 million in 2023 and $300.8 million in 2022 primarily due to dividends paid to shareholders. While we increased both our Class A and Class B shareholder regular quarterly dividends by 7.1% in 2024 and 7.2% in 2023, the change in net cash used related to financing activities in 2023 compared to 2022 was primarily due to the repayment of the remaining $93.2 million balance on the term loan in 2022.

Capital Outlook

We regularly prepare forecasts evaluating the current and future cash requirements for both normal and extreme risk events, including under current inflationary conditions and a higher interest rate environment. Should an extreme risk event result in a cash requirement exceeding normal cash flows, we have the ability to meet our future funding requirements through various alternatives available to us.

Outside of our normal operating and investing cash activities, future funding requirements could be met through: 1) unrestricted and unpledged cash and cash equivalents, which totaled approximately $271.0 million at December 31, 2024, 2) $100 million available bank revolving line of credit, and 3) liquidation of unrestricted and unpledged assets held in our investment portfolio, including equity securities and investment grade bonds, which totaled approximately $849.8 million at December 31, 2024. Volatility in the financial markets could impair our ability to sell certain fixed income securities or cause such securities to sell at deep discounts. Additionally, we have the ability to curtail or modify discretionary cash outlays such as those related to shareholder dividends and share repurchase activities. See Item 8. "Financial Statements and Supplementary Data - Note 9, Bank Line of Credit, of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements" for additional information related to our bank revolving line of credit.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We have entered into certain contingent obligations for guarantees. See Item 8. "Financial Statements and Supplementary Data - Note 17, Commitments and Contingencies, of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements" for additional information. We do not believe that these obligations will have a material current or future effect on our consolidated financial condition, results of operations, or cash flows.

Enterprise Risk Management

The role of our Enterprise Risk Management ("ERM") function is to ensure that all significant risks are clearly identified, understood, proactively managed and consistently monitored to achieve strategic objectives for all stakeholders. Our ERM program views risk holistically across all our companies and facilitates implementation of risk responses to mitigate potential impacts. See Part I, Item 1A. "Risk Factors" contained in this report for a list of risk factors.

Our ERM process is founded on a governance framework that includes oversight at multiple levels of our organization, including our Board of Directors and executive management. Accountability to identify, manage, and mitigate risk is embedded within all functions and areas of our business. We establish risk tolerance ranges to monitor and manage significant risks. In addition to identifying, evaluating, prioritizing, monitoring, and mitigating significant risks, our ERM process includes extreme event analyses and scenario testing. Given our defined tolerance for risk, risk model output is used to quantify the potential variability of future performance and the sufficiency of capital and liquidity levels.