Item 9B. Other Information.

Rule 105b5-1 Trading Plans. During the three months ended December 31, 2025, none of the Company’s directors or executive officers adopted or terminated any contract, instruction or written plan for the purchase or sale of Company securities that was intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c) or any “non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement” as defined in Item 408(c) of Regulation S-K.

Credit Facilities. On February 9, 2026 , the Company entered into (i) the Third Amended and Restated Five-Year Revolving Credit Agreement (as so amended and restated, the “5-Year Revolving Credit Agreement”) by and among the Company, a syndicate of lenders and issuers named therein, Citibank, N.A., as administrative agent for the lenders and issuers, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as syndication agent, which amended and restated the Company's Second Amended and Restated Five-Year Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of July 27, 2023, and (ii) the 364-Day Revolving Credit Agreement (the “364-Day Revolving Credit Agreement”) by and among the Company, a syndicate of lenders named therein, Citibank, N.A., as administrative agent for the lenders and issuers, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as syndication agent.

For more information see “Liquidity and Capital Resources—Credit Facilities” in Part II, Item 7 (Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, which is incorporated herein by reference. The description of the 5-Year Revolving Credit Agreement and the 364-Day Revolving Credit Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of such documents, which are filed as Exhibits 10(b) and 10(c) to this Annual Report on Form 10-K and incorporated by reference herein.

Certificate of Retirement. On February 9, 2026, the Company filed a Certificate of Retirement (the “Certificate of Retirement”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware to retire 659,909 shares of Serial Preferred Stock, with a par value of $100 per share (the “Serial Preferred Stock”), all of which had been designated as “$3.75 Cumulative Preferred Stock.” The Certificate of Incorporation of the Company provides that the shares of Serial Preferred Stock that have been redeemed shall not be reissued and accordingly, effective upon filing, the Certificate of Retirement amended the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company so as to reduce (i) the total authorized number of shares of Serial Preferred Stock from 660,000 to 91; (ii) the total authorized number of shares of $3.75 Preferred Stock from 660,000 to 91; and (iii) the total number of authorized shares of capital stock of the Company from 610,660,000 to 610,000,091.