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Maplebear Inc.

For the period ended Jun 30, 2026. Filed Aug 7, 2026.

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Jun 30, 2026 · Filed Aug 7, 2026

CART$58.46+0.6%Stored close · as of Nov 9, 2026

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Current report

On May 8, 2026, Emily Reuter, our Chief Financial Officer, adopted a trading arrangement intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c). Ms. Reuter’s trading arrangement provides for the sale through August 13, 2027 of up to 120,000 shares of our common stock subject to RSUs previously awarded to Ms. Reuter that have vested or may vest and be released to her on or prior to August 13, 2027.
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Previous report

The amount of taxes we pay in different jurisdictions depends on the application of the tax laws of various jurisdictions, including the United States, to our international business activities, tax rates, new or revised tax laws, or interpretations of tax laws and policies, and our ability to operate our business in a manner consistent with our corporate structure and intercompany arrangements. The taxing authorities of the jurisdictions in which we operate may challenge our methodologies for pricing intercompany transactions pursuant to our intercompany arrangements or disagree with our

Previous report

(3) On November 10, 2025, we entered into an accelerated share repurchase agreement (the “ASR Agreement”) with a third-party financial institution to repurchase $250 million of our common stock. In January 2026, repurchases under the ASR Agreement were completed, and we received and immediately retired an additional 0.6 million shares.
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AI Solutions). We have also invested heavily in Instacart Ads capabilities and in growing the number of brands that use our services. In addition, we continue to invest in international expansion and strategic initiatives such as Instacart Business and Instacart Health to expand the scope of our business. Our future growth depends on the perceived value of our expanded offerings as a whole to retailers, customers, brands, shoppers, and strategic partners, as well as our ability to balance the effects of various strategic initiatives, including our focus on further scaling our operations to improve our margin and profitability. For example, we may experience fluctuations in our growth due to changes in average order value as a result of restaurant orders and lowered basket minimums for Instacart+ members to receive $0 delivery fees, new or updated pricing strategies, or other strategic initiatives. We have limited experience operating this expanded business model and may not be able to accurately predict and plan for the impacts it may have on our growth rates, revenue mix, margin, and profitability, as well as outside factors that may impact our business model, such as changes in consumer shopping behavior, retailer preferences, competition, and macroeconomic factors.

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Our future growth will depend heavily on our ability to successfully execute on our strategic initiatives. For example, as we continue to expand our business, we have introduced and scaled new features, use cases (such as convenience and restaurants), fulfillment options (such as pickup and priority), and functionalities in our offerings (such as flyers and loyalty programs), and made strategic investments in new technologies and initiatives (such as our enterprise offerings, including AI Solutions). We have also invested heavily in Instacart Ads capabilities and in growing the number of brands that use our services. In addition, we continue to invest in international expansion and strategic initiatives such as Instacart Business and Instacart Health to expand the scope of our business. Our future growth depends on the perceived value of our expanded offerings as a whole to retailers, customers, brands, shoppers, and strategic partners, as well as our ability to balance the effects of various strategic initiatives, including our focus on further scaling our operations to improve our margin and profitability. For example, we may experience fluctuations in our growth due to changes in average order value as a result of restaurant orders and lowered basket minimums for Instacart+ members to receive $0 delivery fees, new or updated pricing strategies, or other strategic initiatives. We have limited experience operating this expanded business model and may not be able to accurately predict and plan for the impacts it may have on our growth rates, revenue mix, margin, and profitability, as well as outside factors that may impact our business model, such as changes in consumer shopping behavior, retailer preferences, competition, and macroeconomic factors.

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restaurants that have their own online ordering platform or online ordering systems, and (iii) other businesses that offer online ordering of prepared meals. Many consumers also rely on offline ordering channels, such as take-out offerings, telephone, and paper menus advertised by restaurants to consumers. The cost to switch between providers of online restaurant delivery is low for consumers, and consumers within various demographics have a propensity to shift to the lowest-cost or highest-quality provider and may use more than one delivery platform. In addition, competitors may offer different restaurant selection or restaurant delivery focused memberships that discourage consumers from switching to our offering.

Current wording

With respect to restaurants offered on Instacart’s Marketplace via our partnership with Uber, there are a number of competitors to such offering available through Instacart including, but not limited to: (i) local on-demand delivery companies such as DoorDash, Uber Eats via Uber’s native applications, and Grubhub (acquired by Wonder), (ii) restaurants that have their own online ordering platform or online ordering systems, and (iii) other businesses that offer online ordering of prepared meals. Many consumers also rely on offline ordering channels, such as take-out offerings, telephone, and paper menus advertised by restaurants to consumers. The cost to switch between providers of online restaurant delivery is low for consumers, and consumers within various demographics have a propensity to shift to the lowest-cost or highest-quality provider and may use more than one delivery platform. In addition, competitors may offer different restaurant selection or restaurant delivery focused memberships that discourage consumers from switching to our offering.

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Instacart. Certain measures we take to incentivize shoppers, such as smaller windows for reducing tips after an order is complete, may be popular with shoppers but may also be viewed negatively by consumers who wish to have more flexibility over tipping. Further, increased shopper flexibility in when, where, and how to shop may result in shopper shortages during periods of peak demand, which may cause frustration with retailers and customers. If we do not adequately balance the tradeoffs among the various constituents on Instacart and continuously assess such tradeoffs in the context of prevailing market and competitive factors, our business may be harmed.

Current wording

Often, we are forced to balance tradeoffs between the satisfaction of various constituents on Instacart, as a change that one category views as positive may be viewed as negative to another category. For example, we take certain measures that are designed to protect against fraud, help increase safety, and prevent privacy and security breaches, such as imposing certain qualifications for shoppers and terminating access to Instacart for shoppers with reported incidents, that may be popular with consumers but may also damage our relationships with shoppers or discourage or diminish their use of Instacart. Certain measures we take to incentivize shoppers, such as smaller windows for reducing tips after an order is complete, may be popular with shoppers but may also be viewed negatively by consumers who wish to have more flexibility over tipping. Further, increased shopper flexibility in when, where, and how to shop may result in shopper shortages during periods of peak demand, which may cause frustration with retailers and customers. If we do not adequately balance the tradeoffs among the various constituents on Instacart and continuously assess such tradeoffs in the context of prevailing market and competitive factors, our business may be harmed.

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Actions taken by us or the third parties with whom we work to detect, investigate, mitigate, contain, and remediate a security incident could result in outages, data losses, and disruptions of our business, which presents additional opportunities for threat actors to gain access to other networks and systems. Threat actors may also gain access to other networks and systems after a compromise of our networks and systems. For example, threat actors may use an initial compromise of one part of our environment to gain access to other parts of our environment, or leverage a compromise of our networks or systems to gain access to the networks or systems of third parties with whom we work, such as through phishing or supply chain attacks.

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We and our third-party providers regularly experience cyberattacks and other security incidents, and we expect such attacks and incidents to continue. For example, we regularly experience credential stuffing attacks in which malicious third parties use credentials compromised in data breaches suffered by other companies or otherwise improperly obtain credentials to access shopper or customer accounts on Instacart, as well as sophisticated social engineering attacks, which, if successful, could lead to the installation of malware on our network and unauthorized access to and acquisition of information. It is increasingly difficult and costly to detect, investigate, mitigate, contain, and remediate a security incident. Actions taken by us or the third parties with whom we work to detect, investigate, mitigate, contain, and remediate a security incident could result in outages, data losses, and disruptions of our business, which presents additional opportunities for threat actors to gain access to other networks and systems. Threat actors may also gain access to other networks and systems after a compromise of our networks and systems. For example, threat actors may use an initial compromise of one part of our environment to gain access to other parts of our environment, or leverage a compromise of our networks or systems to gain access to the networks or systems of third parties with whom we work, such as through phishing or supply chain attacks.

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We have incorporated and may continue to incorporate additional AI (including machine learning) technologies into our platform, offerings, services, and features, including those based on large language models, and these applications have become more important to our operations and to our future growth over time. For example, we recently launched AI Solutions, a new collection of enterprise offerings that bring AI-powered capabilities to our retail partners. We intend to rely on AI to help drive future growth in our business and reduce costs, but there can be no assurance that we will realize the desired or anticipated benefits from, adoption of, or reactions to AI Solutions or other AI technologies that we may use, integrate, or rely upon. We may also fail to properly implement or market AI Solutions or other AI offerings. Our competitors or other third parties may incorporate AI into their products more quickly or more successfully than us, which could impair our ability to compete effectively and adversely affect our results of operations. Additionally, our offerings based on AI or other uses or reliance upon AI tools in our business may expose us to lawsuits, regulatory investigations, and penalties, as well as subject us to legal liability and brand and reputational harm. For example, if the content, analyses, or recommendations that AI offerings or AI tools assist in producing are or are alleged to be deficient, inaccurate, misleading, unfair, or biased, or infringe on third-party intellectual property rights, our business, financial condition, and results of operations may be adversely affected. Third-party AI technologies, including agent-based applications capable of performing online tasks on behalf of users, may change how consumers interact with our offerings, including our advertising offerings, or may divert consumers from engaging with our offerings altogether. Failure to adapt our offerings to such technologies may in the future impact our financial performance and results of operations. Additionally, although we have invested in AI tools for internal use, there can be no assurances that we will successfully develop and employ such tools, or that our personnel will effectively adopt and leverage such tools, to improve productivity and operational efficiencies.

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We have incorporated and may continue to incorporate additional AI (including machine learning) technologies into our platform, offerings, services, and features, including those based on large language models, and these applications have become more important to our operations and to our future growth over time. For example, we recently launched AI Solutions, a new collection of enterprise offerings that bring AI-powered capabilities to our retail partners. We intend to rely on AI and develop additional AI offerings, tools, and features to help drive future growth in our business and reduce costs. There can be no assurance that we will realize the desired or anticipated benefits from, adoption of, or reactions to AI Solutions, other AI offerings that we may develop, or AI technologies that we may use, integrate, or rely upon, and past results with respect to the foregoing may not reliably indicate future results. We may also fail to properly implement or market AI Solutions or other AI offerings or effectively manage the costs associated with developing and supporting such offerings, any of which could adversely affect our profitability, financial condition, and results of operations. Our competitors or other third parties may incorporate AI into their products more quickly or more successfully than us, which could impair our ability to compete effectively and adversely affect our results of operations. Additionally, our offerings based on AI or other uses or reliance upon AI tools in our business may expose us to lawsuits, regulatory investigations, and penalties, as well as subject us to legal liability and brand and reputational harm. For example, if the content, analyses, or recommendations that AI offerings or AI tools assist in producing are or are alleged to be deficient, inaccurate, misleading, deceptive, unfair, or biased, or infringe on third-party intellectual property rights, our business, financial condition, and results of operations may be adversely affected. Third-party AI technologies, including agent-based applications capable of performing online tasks on behalf of users, may change how consumers discover, access, and interact with our offerings, including our advertising offerings, or may divert consumers from engaging with our offerings altogether. For example, these technologies may, among other things, influence search results or the presentation of options in ways that could increase visibility for competing offerings or otherwise shape when and how consumers interact with our offerings. Failure to adapt our offerings to such technologies may in the future impact our financial performance and results of operations. Additionally, although we have invested in AI tools for internal use, there can be no assurances that we will successfully develop, employ, or manage the costs associated with such tools, or that our personnel will effectively adopt and leverage such tools, to improve productivity and operational efficiencies. …

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Demand for our offerings is highly sensitive to a range of factors, including our strategies relating to the amount of potential earnings required to attract shoppers, incentives paid to shoppers, and the fees we charge retailers, customers, and brands. Many factors, including operating costs, launching or scaling new strategic initiatives or use cases, legal and regulatory requirements, constraints, or changes, supply chain issues, the price sensitivity of consumers in different income groups or other demographics, inflation, and our current and future competitors’ pricing and marketing strategies, have in the past significantly affected and may in the future significantly affect our pricing strategies. For example, certain of our competitors offer, or may in the future offer, lower-priced or a broader range of offerings, including subscription offerings for bundled services. Moreover, some jurisdictions in which we operate have established requirements to engage certain delivery workers, including around shopper pay and benefits, shopper access to our platform, and other types of regulations governing our engagement of shoppers, and we expect other such measures may be enacted in the future. Such competition, regulation, or other factors may cause us to change the fees we charge customers, increase the incentives we pay to shoppers who use Instacart, adjust the fees we charge retailers or brands, or increase our marketing and other expenses to attract and maintain or increase the engagement of retailers, customers, brands, and shoppers. We have launched, and may in the future launch, new or updated pricing strategies and initiatives, such as subscription offerings like Instacart+, and customer or shopper loyalty programs, or we may modify existing pricing methodologies or pricing models and fulfillment options. These new or updated pricing strategies and initiatives may not ultimately be successful in attracting and engaging retailers, customers, brands, or shoppers or may negatively impact growth rates, customer retention, and engagement as well as our financial results. We also offer brands and retailers tools and products, including through our Eversight business, to enable them to formulate their pricing and promotions strategies. If these solutions fail to generate improved results for brands and retailer sales, brands and retailers may choose to not use such solutions. In addition, government authorities and regulators have recently been increasingly focused on grocery prices and related pricing methodologies and practices, which may impact our ability to offer such tools and products. Our brand reputation and our ability to attract and retain customers could also be harmed if these solutions negatively impact consumer price perception. The increasing complexity of our pricing models and related expansion of our business may also require us to update our internal systems for invoicing retailers or brands or incur costs to remediate errors…

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Demand for our offerings is highly sensitive to a range of factors, including our strategies relating to the amount of potential earnings required to attract shoppers, incentives paid to shoppers, and the fees we charge retailers, customers, and brands. Many factors, including operating costs, launching or scaling new strategic initiatives or use cases, legal and regulatory requirements, constraints, or changes, supply chain issues, the price sensitivity of consumers in different income groups or other demographics, inflation, and our current and future competitors’ pricing and marketing strategies, have in the past significantly affected and may in the future significantly affect our pricing strategies. For example, certain of our competitors offer, or may in the future offer, lower-priced or a broader range of offerings, including subscription offerings for bundled services. Moreover, some jurisdictions in which we operate have established requirements to engage certain delivery workers, including around shopper pay and benefits, shopper access to our platform, and other types of regulations governing our engagement of shoppers, and we expect other such measures may be enacted in the future. Such competition, regulation, or other factors may cause us to change the fees we charge customers, increase the incentives we pay to shoppers who use Instacart, adjust the fees we charge retailers or brands, or increase our marketing and other expenses to attract and maintain or increase the engagement of retailers, customers, brands, and shoppers. We have launched, and may in the future launch, new or updated pricing strategies and initiatives, such as subscription offerings like Instacart+, and customer or shopper loyalty programs, or we may modify existing pricing methodologies or pricing models and fulfillment options. These new or updated pricing strategies and initiatives may not ultimately be successful in attracting and engaging retailers, customers, brands, or shoppers or may negatively impact growth rates, customer retention, and engagement as well as our financial results. We also offer brands and retailers tools and products, including through our Eversight business, to enable them to formulate their pricing and promotions strategies. If these solutions fail to generate improved results for brands and retailer sales, brands and retailers may choose to not use such solutions. To the extent these solutions result in negative publicity or consumer perception, our brand reputation and our ability to attract and retain customers could be harmed, and we have in the past decided, and may in the future decide, to cease offering certain tools and products as a result. In addition, government authorities and regulators have recently been increasingly focused on grocery prices and related pricing methodologies and practices, including through the passage of new laws and regulations, which may impact our ability to offer, or cause us to cease offering, cer…

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Our success and future growth depend largely upon the continued services of our management team. From time to time, there have been and may continue to be changes in our executive management team resulting from the hiring or departure of these personnel, due to voluntary termination of employment, illness, death, disability, or otherwise. Our executive officers are employed on an at-will basis, which means they may terminate their employment with us at any time. The loss of one or more of our executive officers, including due to a leave of absence for medical reasons or otherwise, or the failure by our executive team to effectively work together or with our employees and lead our company, could harm our business. We also are dependent on the continued service of our existing software engineers because of the complexity of our offering capabilities. We do not maintain key man life insurance with respect to any member of management or other employee.

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The loss of one or more of our executive officers, including due to a leave of absence for medical reasons or otherwise, or the failure by our executive team to effectively work together or with our employees and lead our company, could harm our business. We also are dependent on the continued service of our existing software engineers because of the complexity of our offering capabilities. We do not maintain key man life insurance with respect to any member of management or other employee.

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Our success will depend, in part, on our ability to expand our services and grow our business in response to changing technologies, consumer demands, and competitive pressures. In some circumstances, we may choose to expand our services and grow our business through the acquisition of complementary businesses and technologies rather than through internal development. For example, in April 2025, we acquired Marlin9 Holdings, Inc., which operates as Wynshop, a provider of ecommerce retail solutions for grocers and retailers. We have also entered in the past, and will continue to seek in the future, strategic partnerships, collaborations, commercial arrangements, or alliances with third parties, which we refer to collectively as collaborations. The identification of suitable acquisition candidates or collaborators can be difficult, time-consuming, and costly, and we may not be able to successfully complete identified acquisitions or collaborations, including as a result of regulatory inquiries or actions by antitrust authorities. In particular, our proposed or completed acquisitions or collaborations may be subject to investigations or enforcement actions by antitrust regulatory bodies in the countries in which we operate, such as the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”), which have recently increased their scrutiny of merger or collaboration activity, particularly in the technology sector. In addition, once we have completed an acquisition, we may not be able to successfully integrate the acquired business.

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Our success will depend, in part, on our ability to expand our services and grow our business in response to changing technologies, consumer demands, and competitive pressures. In some circumstances, we may choose to expand our services and grow our business through the acquisition of complementary businesses and technologies rather than through internal development. For example, in April 2025, we acquired Marlin9 Holdings, Inc., which operates as Wynshop, a provider of ecommerce retail solutions for grocers and retailers, in April 2026, we acquired Instaleap, a global enablement and fulfillment solutions services platform for retailers, and in July 2026, we acquired Arpalus, a computer vision company for grocery retail. We have also entered in the past, and will continue to seek in the future, strategic partnerships, collaborations, commercial arrangements, or alliances with third parties, which we refer to collectively as collaborations. The identification of suitable acquisition candidates or collaborators can be difficult, time-consuming, and costly, and we may not be able to successfully complete identified acquisitions or collaborations, including as a result of regulatory inquiries or actions by antitrust authorities. In particular, our proposed or completed acquisitions or collaborations may be subject to investigations or enforcement actions by antitrust regulatory bodies in the countries in which we operate. For example, the Department of Justice, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”), and various other federal and state-level authorities have recently increased their scrutiny of merger or collaboration activity in the technology sector, including investigations of consumer-facing technology companies’ advertising, pricing, billing, cancellation, and subscription practices, among other areas of scrutiny. Any failure or perceived failure to comply with applicable laws and regulations could subject us to claims and other legal and regulatory proceedings, fines, or other penalties, criminal and civil proceedings, forfeiture of significant assets, and other enforcement actions, and could adversely affect our brand and reputation. In addition, once we have completed an acquisition, we may not be able to successfully integrate the acquired business.

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•regulatory inquiries or actions, including changes to applicable regulatory frameworks and/or remedies imposed by antitrust authorities such as divestitures, ownership or operational restrictions, or other structural or behavioral remedies, either as a condition to or following the completion of a transaction;

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•regulatory inquiries or actions, including changes to applicable regulatory frameworks, changes to the interpretation, administration, or enforcement of such regulations, and/or remedies imposed by antitrust authorities such as divestitures, ownership or operational restrictions, or other structural or behavioral remedies, either as a condition to or following the completion of a transaction;

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We establish insurance reserves for claims incurred but not yet paid and claims incurred but not yet reported and any related estimable expenses, and we periodically evaluate and, as necessary, adjust our actuarial assumptions and insurance reserves as our experience develops or if we receive new information. We employ various predictive modeling and actuarial techniques and make numerous assumptions based on historical claim and loss experience and industry statistics to estimate our insurance reserves. Estimating the number and severity of claims, as well as related judgment or settlement amounts, is inherently difficult, subjective, and speculative. Additionally, actuarial projections make no provision for the extraordinary future emergence of losses or types of losses not sufficiently represented in the historical data or which are not yet quantifiable. While an independent actuarial firm periodically reviews our reserves for appropriateness and provides claims reserve valuations, a number of external factors can affect the actual losses incurred for any given claim, including but not limited to the length of time the claim remains open, increases in healthcare costs, increases in automotive costs, legislative and regulatory developments, judicial developments and unexpected events such as natural or human-made catastrophic disasters. Such factors can also impact our insurance reserves and any related estimable expenses for current and historical periods. For any of the foregoing reasons, our actual losses for claims and related expenses may deviate, individually or in the aggregate, from the insurance reserves reflected in our condensed consolidated financial statements. If we determine that our estimated insurance reserves are inadequate, we may be required to increase such reserves at the time of the determination, which could negatively impact our financial condition, and results of operations.

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We establish insurance reserves for claims incurred but not yet paid and claims incurred but not yet reported and any related estimable expenses, and we periodically evaluate and, as necessary, adjust our actuarial assumptions and insurance reserves as our experience develops or if we receive new information. We employ various predictive modeling and actuarial techniques and make numerous assumptions based on historical claim and loss experience and industry statistics to estimate our insurance reserves. Estimating the number and severity of claims, as well as related judgment or settlement amounts, is inherently difficult, subjective, and speculative. Additionally, actuarial projections make no provision for the extraordinary future emergence of losses or types of losses not sufficiently represented in the historical data or which are not yet quantifiable. While an independent actuarial firm periodically reviews our reserves for appropriateness and provides claims reserve valuations, a number of external factors can affect the actual losses incurred for any given claim, including but not limited to the length of time the claim remains open, increases in healthcare costs, increases in automotive costs, legislative and regulatory developments, judicial developments and unexpected events such as natural or human-made catastrophic disasters. Such factors can also impact our insurance reserves and any related estimable expenses for current and historical periods. For any of the foregoing reasons, our actual losses for claims and related expenses may deviate, individually or in the aggregate, from the insurance reserves reflected in our condensed consolidated financial statements.

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In addition, stock prices of many companies, including technology companies, have fluctuated in a manner often unrelated or disproportionate to the operating performance of those companies. In the past, companies that have experienced volatility in the trading price for their stock have been subject to securities class action litigation. For example, we were subject to a class action lawsuit in federal court alleging federal securities law violations in connection with our IPO, which was dismissed with prejudice on May 30, 2025 without plaintiffs receiving any compensation. Any securities litigation that may be instituted against us in the future could result in substantial costs and a diversion of our management’s attention and resources and adversely affect our business, results of operations, and financial condition.

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In addition, stock prices of many companies, including technology companies, have fluctuated in a manner often unrelated or disproportionate to the operating performance of those companies. In the past, companies that have experienced volatility in the trading price for their stock have been subject to securities class action litigation. For example, we were subject to a class action lawsuit in federal court alleging federal securities law violations in connection with our

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Securities Act claims be filed in federal court, there is no guarantee that courts of appeal will affirm the enforceability of such provisions, and a stockholder may nevertheless seek to bring a claim in a venue other than those designated in the exclusive forum provisions. In such an instance, we would expect to vigorously assert the validity and enforceability of the exclusive forum provisions of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation. This may require significant additional costs associated with resolving such action in other jurisdictions and there can be no assurance that the provisions will be enforced by a court in those other jurisdictions. If a court were to find either exclusive forum provision in our amended and restated certificate of incorporation to be inapplicable or unenforceable in an action, we may incur further significant additional costs associated with litigating Securities Act claims in state court, or both state and federal court, which could seriously harm our business, financial condition, results of operations, and prospects. These exclusive forum provisions may limit a stockholder’s ability to bring a claim in a judicial forum that it finds favorable for disputes with us or our directors, officers, or other employees, which may discourage lawsuits against us and our directors, officers, and other employees.

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This provision does not apply to suits brought to enforce a duty or liability created by the Exchange Act. Furthermore, Section 22 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), creates concurrent jurisdiction for federal and state courts over all such Securities Act actions. Accordingly, both state and federal courts have jurisdiction to entertain such claims. To prevent having to litigate claims in multiple jurisdictions and the threat of inconsistent or contrary rulings by different courts, among other considerations, our amended and restated certificate of incorporation further provides that the federal district courts of the United States of America are the exclusive forums for resolving any complaint asserting a cause of action arising under the Securities Act. While the Delaware courts have determined that such choice of forum provisions are facially valid and several state trial courts have enforced such provisions and required that suits asserting Securities Act claims be filed in federal court, there is no guarantee that courts of appeal will affirm the enforceability of such provisions, and a stockholder may nevertheless seek to bring a claim in a venue other than those designated in the exclusive forum provisions. In such an instance, we would expect to vigorously assert the validity and enforceability of the exclusive forum provisions of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation. This may require significant additional costs associated with resolving such action in other jurisdictions and there can be no assurance that the provisions will be enforced by a court in those other jurisdictions. If a court were to find either exclusive forum provision in our amended and restated certificate of incorporation to be inapplicable or unenforceable in an action, we may incur further significant additional costs associated with litigating Securities Act claims in state court, or both state and federal court, which could seriously harm our business, financial condition, results of operations, and prospects. These exclusive forum provisions may limit a stockholder’s ability to bring a claim in a judicial forum that it finds favorable for disputes with us or our directors, officers, or other employees, which may discourage lawsuits against us and our directors, officers, and other employees.

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(1) In June 2024, our board of directors authorized a $500 million share repurchase program, which was subsequently increased to $750 million, $1 billion, and $2.5 billion in November 2024, May 2025, and November 2025, respectively. In April 2026, our board of directors authorized an increase of $1.0 billion to the share repurchase program, bringing the total authorization under the program to $3.5 billion. The share repurchase program has no expiration date. In determining the authorization of each share repurchase program, including the amount authorized, our board of directors considered the trading price levels of our common stock, including relative to that of comparable companies, our cash position, and other relevant business, tax, and legal factors. Our board of directors also considered our profitability and positive operating cash flow in recent periods, which enable us to both engage in capital return and reinvest in our talent, technology, and long-term endeavors to drive more profitable growth and help our partners navigate the digital transformations of their businesses. As such, our board of directors believes that these factors will allow us to generate more value for our stockholders over the long term. For more information regarding the risks associated with our share repurchase program, see the section titled “Risk Factors—Risks Related to Ownership of Our Common Stock—We may not realize the anticipated long-term stockholder value of our share repurchase program, and any failure to repurchase our common stock after we have announced our intention to do so may negatively impact our stock price.”

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(1) In June 2024, our board of directors authorized a $500 million share repurchase program, which was subsequently increased to $750 million, $1 billion, $2.5 billion, and $3.5 billion in November 2024, May 2025, November 2025, and April 2026, respectively. The share repurchase program has no expiration date. In determining the authorization of each share repurchase program, including the amount authorized, our board of directors considered the trading price levels of our common stock, including relative to that of comparable companies, our cash position, and other relevant business, tax, and legal factors. Our board of directors also considered our profitability and positive operating cash flow in recent periods, which enable us to both engage in capital return and reinvest in our talent, technology, and long-term endeavors to drive more profitable growth and help our partners navigate the digital transformations of their businesses. As such, our board of directors believes that these factors will allow us to generate more value for our stockholders over the long term. For more information regarding the risks associated with our share repurchase program, see the section titled “Risk Factors—Risks Related to Ownership of Our Common Stock—We may not realize the anticipated long-term stockholder value of our share repurchase program, and any failure to repurchase our common stock after we have announced our intention to do so may negatively impact our stock price.”
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Current report — wording carried from elsewhere

Our success and future growth depend largely upon the continued services of our management team. From time to time, there have been and may continue to be changes in our executive management team resulting from the hiring or departure of these personnel, due to voluntary termination of employment, illness, death, disability, or otherwise. Our executive officers are employed on an at-will basis, which means they may terminate their employment with us at any time.

Current report — wording carried from elsewhere

If we determine that our estimated insurance reserves are inadequate, we may be required to increase such reserves at the time of the determination, which could negatively impact our financial condition, and results of operations.

Current report — wording carried from elsewhere

IPO, which was dismissed with prejudice on May 30, 2025 without plaintiffs receiving any compensation. Any securities litigation that may be instituted against us in the future could result in substantial costs and a diversion of our management’s attention and resources and adversely affect our business, results of operations, and financial condition.
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Previous report — wording carried elsewhere

Our future growth will depend heavily on our ability to successfully execute on our strategic initiatives. For example, as we continue to expand our business, we have introduced and scaled new features, use cases (such as convenience and restaurants), fulfillment options (such as pickup and priority), and functionalities in our offerings (such as flyers and loyalty programs), and made strategic investments in new technologies and initiatives (such as our enterprise offerings, including

Previous report — wording carried elsewhere

With respect to restaurants offered on Instacart’s Marketplace via our partnership with Uber, there are a number of competitors to such offering available through Instacart including, but not limited to: (i) local on-demand delivery companies such as DoorDash, Uber Eats via Uber’s native applications, and Grubhub (acquired by Wonder), (ii)

Previous report — wording carried elsewhere

Often, we are forced to balance tradeoffs between the satisfaction of various constituents on Instacart, as a change that one category views as positive may be viewed as negative to another category. For example, we take certain measures that are designed to protect against fraud, help increase safety, and prevent privacy and security breaches, such as imposing certain qualifications for shoppers and terminating access to Instacart for shoppers with reported incidents, that may be popular with consumers but may also damage our relationships with shoppers or discourage or diminish their use of

Previous report — wording carried elsewhere

We and our third-party providers regularly experience cyberattacks and other security incidents, and we expect such attacks and incidents to continue. For example, we regularly experience credential stuffing attacks in which malicious third parties use credentials compromised in data breaches suffered by other companies or otherwise improperly obtain credentials to access shopper or customer accounts on Instacart, as well as sophisticated social engineering attacks, which, if successful, could lead to the installation of malware on our network and unauthorized access to and acquisition of information. It is increasingly difficult and costly to detect, investigate, mitigate, contain, and remediate a security incident.

Previous report — wording carried elsewhere

This provision does not apply to suits brought to enforce a duty or liability created by the Exchange Act. Furthermore, Section 22 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), creates concurrent jurisdiction for federal and state courts over all such Securities Act actions. Accordingly, both state and federal courts have jurisdiction to entertain such claims. To prevent having to litigate claims in multiple jurisdictions and the threat of inconsistent or contrary rulings by different courts, among other considerations, our amended and restated certificate of incorporation further provides that the federal district courts of the United States of America are the exclusive forums for resolving any complaint asserting a cause of action arising under the Securities Act. While the Delaware courts have determined that such choice of forum provisions are facially valid and several state trial courts have enforced such provisions and required that suits asserting