Dole plc 10-K

Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities Market for our Ordinary Shares Our Ordinary shares are traded on the NYSE, under the symbol "DOLE", and commenced trading on July 30, 2021, the date of our IPO. As of February 25, 2026, there were 4,054 record holders of Dole’s outstanding Ordinary shares. See “Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters” for information on Ordinary share ownership of certain beneficial owners, management and related parties. Dividends Dole plc has historically paid quarterly cash dividends and intends to continue to pay comparable quarterly cash dividends on our Ordinary shares. Future dividends will be declared at the sole discretion of our Board of Directors and subject to earnings, financial condition, operating results, capital requirements and other relevant factors. Dividend payments must also comply with applicable law, including the Irish Companies Act, which requires, among other things, Irish companies to have profits available for distribution (known as distributable reserves) equal to or greater than the amount of the proposed dividend. Because we are a holding company and have no direct operations, we will only be able to pay dividends from our available cash on hand and any funds we receive from our subsidiaries. Our future ability to pay cash dividends on our shares may also be limited by the terms of our current and any future debt or preferred securities. In addition, certain of our debt agreements, including the Credit Agreement, may limit our ability and the ability of certain of our subsidiaries to pay dividends. Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities None. Issuer Purchase of Equity Securities None. 36 Table of Contents Performance Graph The following graph compares the cumulative five-year total return of holders of DOLE ordinary shares with the cumulative total returns of the Russell 2000 and S&P 600 Food Products (Industry) indices. The graph tracks the performance of a $100 investment in our common stock and in each of the indexes (with the reinvestment of all dividends) from July 30, 2021 (the date of our IPO) to December 31, 2025. 7/30/2021 12/31/2021 12/31/2022 12/31/2023 12/31/2024 12/31/2025 DOLE $100.00 $ 92.43 $ 69.09 $ 90.38 $ 101.97 $ 115.59 Russell 2000 $100.00 $ 101.35 $ 80.64 $ 94.29 $ 105.16 $ 118.63 S&P 600 Food Products (Industry) $100.00 $ 101.85 $ 98.53 $ 107.53 $ 116.85 $ 84.74 Item 6. [Reserved]