PRICE T ROWE GROUP INC

Our management, including our principal executive and principal financial officers, have evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of March 31, 2026. Based on that evaluation, our principal executive and principal financial officers have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures as of March 31, 2026, are effective at the reasonable assurance level to ensure that the information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including this Form 10-Q quarterly report, is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms, and to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

Our management, including our principal executive and principal financial officers, have evaluated any change in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the first quarter of 2026, and has concluded that there was no change during the first quarter of 2026 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

For information about our legal proceedings, please see our Commitments and Contingencies footnote to our unaudited consolidated financial statements in Part 1 of this Form 10-Q.