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UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INC

For the period ended Mar 31, 2026. Filed May 6, 2026.

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Mar 31, 2026 · Filed May 6, 2026

UPS$108.30-2.5%Stored close · as of Nov 6, 2026

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Supplemental Information - Items Affecting Comparability

We supplement the reporting of our financial information determined under generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") with certain non-GAAP adjusted financial measures.

Non-GAAP adjusted financial measures should be considered in addition to, and not as an alternative for, our reported results prepared in accordance with GAAP. Our non-GAAP adjusted financial measures do not represent a comprehensive basis of accounting and therefore may not be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies.

Non-GAAP adjusted amounts reflect the following (in millions):

Three Months Ended March 31,
Non-GAAP Adjustments20262025
Operating Expenses:
Transformation Strategy Costs:
Transformation 2.0$—$16
Fit to Serve—19
Network Reconfiguration and Efficiency Reimagined5523
Total Transformation Strategy Costs5558
Goodwill and Asset Impairment Charges—39
Total Non-GAAP Adjustments to Operating Expenses$55$97
Three Months Ended March 31,
Non-GAAP Adjustments20262025
Other Income and (Expense):
Goodwill and Asset Impairment Charges$—$19
Total Non-GAAP Adjustments to Other Income$—$19
Total Non-GAAP Adjustments to Income Before Income Taxes$55$116
Three Months Ended March 31,
Non-GAAP Adjustments20262025
Income Tax (Benefit) Expense:
Transformation Strategy Costs:
Transformation 2.0$—$4
Fit to Serve—4
Network Reconfiguration and Efficiency Reimagined136
Total Transformation Strategy Costs1314
Goodwill and Asset Impairment Charges—9
Reversal of Income Tax Valuation Allowance—10
Total Non-GAAP Adjustments to Income Tax Expense$13$33
Total Adjustments to Non-GAAP Net Income$42$83

The income tax impacts of these items are calculated at the statutory tax rates applicable in each tax jurisdiction.

We supplement the presentation of operating profit, operating margin, other income and (expense), income before income taxes, net income and earnings per share with non-GAAP financial measures that exclude the impact of the following:

Transformation Strategy Costs

We exclude the impact of charges related to activities within our transformation strategy. Our transformation strategy activities have spanned several years and are designed to fundamentally change the spans and layers of our organization structure, processes, technologies and the composition of our business portfolio. Our transformation strategy has included initiatives within our Transformation 2.0, Fit to Serve, and Network Reconfigurationand Efficiency Reimagined programs.

Various circumstances precipitated these initiatives, including identification and prioritization of certain investments, developments and changes in competitive landscapes, inflationary pressures, consumer behaviors, and other factors including post-COVID normalization and volume diversions attributed to our 2023 labor negotiations.

Our transformation strategy includes the following programs and initiatives:

Transformation 2.0: We reduced spans and layers of management, reviewed and refined our business portfolio and invested in certain technologies to reduce costs, increase visibility and reduce reliance on legacy systems. Costs associated with Transformation 2.0 consisted primarily of compensation and benefit costs related to reductions in our workforce and fees paid to third-party consultants. This initiative was completed in 2025.

Fit to Serve: We undertook our Fit to Serve initiative to right-size our business to create a more efficient operating model that was more responsive to market dynamics through a workforce reduction, primarily within management. This initiative was completed in 2025.

Network Reconfiguration and Efficiency Reimagined: Our Network of the Future initiative is intended to enhance the efficiency of our network through automation and operational sort consolidation in our U.S. Domestic Package network. In connection with our strategic execution of planned volume declines from our largest customer, we began our Network Reconfiguration initiative, which is an expansion of Network of the Future and has led, and could continue to lead to further reductions in our facilities, vehicles, aircraft and workforce, as well as an end-to-end process redesign. We launchedour

Efficiency Reimagined initiatives to undertake the end-to-end process redesign effort which will align our organizational processes to the network reconfiguration. Through these initiatives we have reduced our operational workforce and closed certain daily operations at leased and owned buildings. We continue to review expected changes in volume in our integrated air and ground network to identify additional workforce reductions and buildings for closure. In the first quarter of 2026, we closed 23 leased and owned buildings, 22 of which have been permanently closed as of March 31, 2026. We have identified 27 additional buildings for closure in 2026. We will continue to review expected changes in volume in our integrated air and ground network and may identify additional workforce reductions and buildings for closure. In the first three months of 2026, we achieved approximately $600 million of program cost savings, and expect to achieve approximately $3 billion in full year-over-year cost savings from this initiative in 2026.

In connection with these Network Reconfigurationand Efficiency Reimagined programs, we expect non-GAAP adjusted operating expense to exclude between $1.3 and $1.5 billion in cost during 2026, primarily related to employee separation benefits and third-party consulting fees of which $1.2 billion will be related to the Driver Choice Program. As of March 31, 2026, we had incurred program costs to date of $599 million, including $55 million in 2026. These initiatives are expected to conclude by 2027.

We do not consider the related costs to be ordinary because each program involves separate and distinct activities that may span multiple periods and are not expected to drive incremental revenue, and because the scope of the programs exceeds that of routine, ongoing efforts to enhance profitability. These initiatives are in addition to ordinary, ongoing efforts to enhance our business performance.

In addition, we have incurred and expect to continue to incur other costs and benefits associated with our Network Reconfiguration programs and anticipated lower volumes, including early asset retirement, lease related costs and gains from the sale of properties. It is our intention to exit or abandon leases, sell property and transfer or dispose of equipment associated with closed facilities. During the first quarter of 2026, we recorded $47 million in gains on sales of properties. We expect the costs and benefits associated with these actions may increase should we determine to close additional buildings.

For more information regarding transformation strategy costs, see note 16 to the unaudited, consolidated financial statements.

Goodwill and Asset Impairments

We exclude the impact of goodwill and certain asset impairment charges. We do not consider these charges when evaluating the operating performance of our business units, making decisions to allocate resources or in determining incentive compensation awards. For more information regarding goodwill and asset impairment, see note 7 to the unaudited, consolidated financial statements.

Reversal of Income Tax Valuation Allowance

We previously recorded non-GAAP adjustments for transactions that resulted in capital loss deferred tax assets not expected to be realized. As a result of property sales during 2025, these capital losses were fully realized within the 2025 financial reporting period. We supplement our presentation with non-GAAP adjusted financial measures that exclude the impact of the reversals of the valuation allowances against these deferred tax assets as we believe such treatment is consistent with how the valuation allowance was initially established.

Non-GAAP Adjusted Cost per Piece

We evaluate the efficiency of our operations using various metrics, including non-GAAP adjusted cost per piece. Non-GAAP adjusted cost per piece is calculated as non-GAAP adjusted operating expenses in a period divided by total volume for that period. Because non-GAAP adjusted operating expenses exclude costs or charges that we do not consider a part of underlying business performance when monitoring and evaluating the operating performance of our business units, making decisions to allocate resources or in determining incentive compensation awards, we believe this is the appropriate metric on which to base reviews and evaluations of the efficiency of our operational performance.

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