Apple Inc.

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We are pleased to welcome shareholders to the 2026 Annual Meeting, to be held virtually on February 24, 2026, at 8:00 A.M. Pacific Time.

To attend, vote, and submit questions during the Annual Meeting, visitwww.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/AAPL2026 and enter the control number included in your Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials, voting instruction form, or proxy card. Online access to the webcast will open approximately 15 minutes prior to the start of the Annual Meeting. Attendance at the Annual Meeting is subject to capacity limits set by the virtual meeting platform provider. To submit questions in advance of the Annual Meeting, visit proxyvote.combefore 8:59 P.M. Pacific Time on February 23, 2026, and enter your control number.

Your vote is important to us. We encourage you to vote your shares in advance to ensure that your vote will be represented at the Annual Meeting. You may vote online, as well as by telephone, or, if you requested to receive printed proxy materials, by mailing a proxy or voting instruction form. For more detailed information, see the section entitled “Voting Procedures” beginning on page 87 of the Proxy Statement.

In the Proxy Statement, the terms “Apple,” “we,” “our,” and “Company” refer to Apple Inc. Information presented in the Proxy Statement is based on Apple’s fiscal calendar, other than references to particular years in connection with our shareholder engagement program and in the biographical information about our directors and executive officers, which refer to calendar years. The Proxy Statement includes website addresses and references to additional materials found on those websites. These websites and materials are not incorporated by reference into the Proxy Statement or in any other Securities and Exchange Commission filing we make under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

This document includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements regarding our goals, commitments, and strategies, and our executive compensation program. These statements involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results could differ materially from any future results expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements for a variety of reasons, including due to the risks, uncertainties, and other important factors that are discussed in our most recently filed periodic reports on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q and subsequent Securities and Exchange Commission filings. We assume no obligation to update any forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date they are made.

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These materials were first sent or made available to shareholders on January 8, 2026.

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