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Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance

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Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance

Code of Ethics and Business Conduct

The Company has adopted a Code of Ethics and Business Conduct that applies to its principal executive officer, principal financial officer and principal accounting officer. The Company’s Code of Ethics and Business Conduct can be found at www.usbank.com by clicking on “About us” and then clicking on “Investor relations” and then clicking on “Corporate Governance” and then clicking on “Governance documents” and then clicking on “Code of Ethics and Business Conduct.” The Company intends to satisfy the disclosure requirements under Item 5.05 of Form 8-K regarding amendments to, or waivers from, certain provisions of the Code of Ethics and Business Conduct that apply to its principal executive officer, principal financial officer and principal accounting officer by posting such information on its website, at the address and location specified above.

Insider Trading Policies

The Company has adopted an Insider Trading Policy that applies to its directors, executive officers, and certain other employees. The Company’s Insider Trading Policy governs the purchase, sale and other dispositions of the Company’s securities by these individuals, and the Company believes it is reasonably designed to promote compliance with insider trading laws, rules and regulations and the listing standards of the NYSE. The foregoing summary of the Insider Trading Policy does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Insider Trading Policy incorporated by reference as Exhibit 19.

The Company is also prohibited from trading at any time in any Company securities on the basis of material non-public information, subject to applicable law.

Information About the Company’s Managing Committee****1

Gunjan Kedia

Ms. Kedia, 55, is Chief Executive Officer and President of U.S. Bancorp and a member of U.S. Bancorp’s Board of Directors. Ms. Kedia has served as Chief Executive Officer since April 2025 and has served as President since May 2024. From June 2023 to May 2024, she served as Vice Chair, Wealth, Corporate, Commercial and Institutional Banking, of U.S. Bancorp. From December 2016 to June 2023, she served as Vice Chair, Wealth Management and Investment Services, of U.S. Bancorp. In April 2026, she will assume the additional role of Chairman of U.S. Bancorp’s Board of Directors.

Souheil S. Badran

Mr. Badran, 61, is Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer of U.S. Bancorp. Mr. Badran has served in this position since joining U.S. Bancorp in December 2022. From January 2019 until November 2022, he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Northwestern Mutual, having also served as Chief Innovation Officer from January 2019 until September 2019.

Elcio R.T. Barcelos

Mr. Barcelos, 55, is Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer of U.S. Bancorp. Mr. Barcelos has served in this position since joining U.S. Bancorp in September 2020. Prior to joining U.S. Bancorp, he served in a leadership role at Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae).

1 This section includes the biographies of the members of the Managing Committee of U.S. Bancorp. Each member of the Managing Committee, except for Gregory G. Cunningham, Adam Graves, Sekou Kaalund, Felicia La Forgia and Dominic V. Venturo, is deemed to be an executive officer of U.S. Bancorp.

James L. Chosy

Mr. Chosy, 62, is Senior Executive Vice President and General Counsel of U.S. Bancorp. Mr. Chosy has served in this position since March 2013. He also served as Corporate Secretary of U.S. Bancorp from June 2022 until December 2023 and from March 2013 until April 2016.

Gregory G. Cunningham

Mr. Cunningham, 62, is Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Community Impact and Inclusion Officer of U.S. Bancorp. Mr. Cunningham has served in this position since May 2025. From July 2020 until May 2025, he served as Chief Diversity Officer of U.S. Bancorp. From July 2019 until July 2020, he served as Senior Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer of U.S. Bancorp, having served as Vice President of Customer Engagement of U.S. Bancorp from October 2015, when he joined U.S. Bancorp, until July 2019.

Venkatachari Dilip

Mr. Dilip, 66, is Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Information and Technology Officer of U.S. Bancorp. Mr. Dilip previously was an Executive Vice President from September 2018 to April 2023 and has served as Chief Information and Technology Officer since September 2018, when he joined U.S. Bancorp.

Adam Graves

Mr. Graves, 48, is Senior Executive Vice President and Head of Enterprise Strategy and Administration of U.S. Bancorp. Mr. Graves has served in this position since April 2025. From September 2023 until April 2025, he served as Executive Vice President and Head of Strategy and Corporate Development of U.S. Bancorp, having also served as Head of Finance Strategy and Corporate Development of U.S. Bancorp from February 2018 until September 2023.

Sekou Kaalund

Mr. Kaalund, 50, is Senior Executive Vice President, Head of Branch and Small Business Banking of U.S. Bancorp. Mr. Kaalund previously was Executive Vice President from December 2022 to January 2025 and has served as Head of Branch and Small Business Banking since joining U.S. Bancorp in December 2022. Prior to joining U.S. Bancorp, he served as the Head of Consumer Banking for the Northeast Division at JPMorgan Chase from September 2020 to December 2022. He served as Managing Director and Head of Advancing Black Pathways at JPMorgan Chase from August 2018 to September 2020 and was a Managing Director across several areas in the Corporate Investment Bank at JPMorgan Chase, including U.S. Public and Corporate Pensions and Global Private Equity and Real Estate Fund Services, from July 2007 to September 2020.

Courtney Kelso

Ms. Kelso, 48, is Senior Executive Vice President, Head of Payments: Consumer and Small Business of U.S. Bancorp. Ms. Kelso has served in this position since joining U.S. Bancorp in February 2025. Prior to joining U.S. Bancorp, she served as Executive Vice President and Head of Card Products, Global Commercial Services at American Express from February 2021 to February 2024. From February 2018 to February 2021, she served as Senior Vice President of US Small Business, Co-Brand and Corporate Cards, Global Commercial Services at American Express.

Felicia La Forgia

Ms. La Forgia, 57, is Senior Executive Vice President, Head of the Institutional Client Group (ICG) of U.S. Bancorp. Ms. La Forgia previously was Executive Vice President from July 2016 to January 2025 and has served as Head of ICG since June 2024. From June 2020 to June 2024, she served as Head of Corporate Banking of U.S. Bancorp.

Stephen L. Philipson

Mr. Philipson, 47, is Vice Chair and Head of Wealth, Corporate, Commercial and Institutional Banking (WCIB). Mr. Philipson has served as Vice Chair since April 2025 and Head of WCIB since June 2024. He served as Senior Executive Vice President from April 2023 through April 2025. From April 2023 to June 2024, he served as Head of Global Markets and Specialized Finance of U.S. Bancorp. From October 2017 to April 2023, he served as Head of Fixed Income and Capital Markets of U.S. Bancorp.

Jodi L. Richard

Ms. Richard, 57, is Vice Chair and Chief Risk Officer of U.S. Bancorp. Ms. Richard has served in this position since October 2018. She served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operational Risk Officer of U.S. Bancorp from January 2018 until October 2018.

Arijit Roy

Mr. Roy, 49, is Senior Executive Vice President, Head of Consumer and Business Banking Products of U.S. Bancorp. Mr. Roy previously was Executive Vice President from August 2023 to October 2024 and has served as Head of Consumer and Business Banking Products since July 2024. Prior to July 2024, he served as Head of Consumer and Segment Solutions since joining U.S. Bancorp in July 2022. Prior to joining U.S. Bancorp, he held various leadership positions at Truist, including Executive Vice President and Head of Consumer Products from April 2022 to July 2022, Executive Vice President of Deposits, Small Business Banking, Strategy and Analytics from July 2021 to April 2022, and Senior Vice President of Strategy, Digital Integration and Transformation from September 2019 to July 2021.

Mark G. Runkel

Mr. Runkel, 49, is Vice Chair and Head of Payments: Merchant and Institutional. Mr. Runkel has served as Vice Chair since April 2025 and Head of Payments: Merchant and Institutional since January 2025. From August 2021 to January 2025, he served as Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Transformation Officer of U.S. Bancorp. From December 2013 to August 2021, he served as Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer of U.S. Bancorp.

John C. Stern

Mr. Stern, 47, is Vice Chair and Chief Financial Officer of U.S. Bancorp. Mr. Stern has served as Vice Chair since April 2025 and Chief Financial Officer since September 2023. He served as Senior Executive Vice President from April 2023 until April 2025. He also served as Head of Finance of U.S. Bancorp from May 2023 to August 2023. He served as Executive Vice President of U.S. Bancorp from July 2013 through April 2023. From May 2021 until May 2023, he served as President of the Global Corporate Trust and Custody business of U.S. Bancorp. Previously, he served as Treasurer of U.S. Bancorp from July 2013 to May 2021.

Dominic V. Venturo

Mr. Venturo, 59, is Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Digital Officer of U.S. Bancorp. Mr. Venturo has served in this position since July 2020. From January 2015 until July 2020, he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer of U.S. Bancorp.

Additional Information

Additional information in response to this Item 10 can be found in the Proxy Statement under the headings “Proposal 1 — Election of directors,” “Corporate governance — Committee responsibilities” and “Corporate governance — Committee member qualifications.” That information is incorporated into this report by reference.

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