Overview We believe we are one of the largest international equipment rental companies by rental revenue, with a network of 1,611 stores across North America and the United Kingdom as of April 30, 2026. We conduct our equipment rental operations under the name “Sunbelt Rentals.” We believe that Sunbelt Rentals is the second largest equipment rental business in North America and the largest equipment rental company in the United Kingdom, in each case, by rental revenue. In the fiscal year ended April 30, 2026, we generated revenue of $11,154 million, operating income of $2,181 million and adjusted operating profit of $2,500 million and in the fiscal year ended April 30, 2025, we generated revenue of $10,791 million, operating income of $2,499 million and adjusted operating profit of $2,615 million. See Item 7 “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Key Financial Metrics—Non-GAAP Financial Measures” for a definition and reconciliation of adjusted operating profit to the most directly comparable U.S. GAAP measure. Our rental equipment fleet comprises an extensive range of construction, industrial and general equipment designed to meet broad, general-purpose job site needs, such as mobile elevating work platforms, skid steers, forklifts, excavators, lighting equipment and small general tools. This core equipment range is complemented by Specialty business lines, including power and HVAC, climate control, scaffold services, flooring solutions, pump solutions, trench safety, industrial tool, film and television, temporary structures, ground protection, temporary fencing, and temporary walls. The original (or “first”) cost of our rental equipment fleet as of April 30, 2026 was $19,231 million and as of April 30, 2025 was $18,567 million. As of the same dates, the average age of our serialized rental equipment, which consists of individual pieces of equipment linked to a specific serial number and constitutes the substantial majority of our fleet, was approximately 53 months and 49 months, respectively, weighted on an original cost basis. Our customers range in size and scale from multinational businesses, to well-established local contractors and individual do-it-yourselfers, and include construction and industrial customers, service, repair and facility management businesses, emergency response organizations, event organizers, as well as government entities, such as municipalities and specialist contractors. We organize and manage our operations based on geography and product and service offering. We operate under two primary geographic regions, aligned with our North American activities and assets and our U.K. activities and assets, and have further divided our North American business operationally into “General Tool” and “Specialty,” reflecting the nature of our products and services, as well as our management structure. As such, our business is divided into three reportable operational segments: •North America – General Tool, which encompasses a broad selection of general construction and industrial equipment available to customers primarily in the United States and Canada. In addition, unless specified herein or otherwise clear from the context, references to this segment also include our limited operations in the Bahamas; •North America – Specialty, which includes our product groups with comparatively low rental penetration in predominantly non-construction markets, available to customers in the United States and Canada; and •United Kingdom, which delivers a comprehensive range of General Tool and Specialty products and services to customers primarily located across the United Kingdom. In addition, unless specified herein or otherwise clear from the context, references to this segment also include our limited operations in Ireland, Germany and the Netherlands. In the fiscal year ended April 30, 2026, 58% of our revenue was attributable to the North America – General Tool segment, 33% of our revenue was attributable to the North America – Specialty segment and 9% of our revenue was attributable to the United Kingdom segment. In the fiscal year ended April 30, 2025, 59% of our revenue was attributable to the North America – General Tool segment, 32% of our revenue was attributable to the North America – Specialty segment and 9% of our revenue was attributable to the United Kingdom segment. Redomiciliation and U.S. Listing On June 10, 2025, the shareholders of Ashtead Group plc (the “Ashtead Shareholders”) voted in favor of a reorganization to be implemented by means of a U.K. court-sanctioned scheme of arrangement under the U.K. Companies Act 2006 (the “Scheme”) pursuant to which Sunbelt Rentals Holdings, Inc. (“Sunbelt Rentals”) would become the new parent holding company of Ashtead and Sunbelt Rentals common stock would be admitted to trading (the “U.S. Listing”) 1 Table of Contents on the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”), with a secondary listing on the London Stock Exchange (the “LSE”), which is the historical trading venue for Ashtead shares. The Scheme completed on February 27, 2026. As a result of the Scheme, Ashtead Shareholders had their Ashtead shares exchanged for Sunbelt Rentals common stock. Each Ashtead Shareholder received the same number of shares of Sunbelt Rentals common stock as the number of Ashtead Shares held at the time at which the record of the register of the Ashtead Shareholders was taken. The Redomiciliation and the U.S. Listing did not result in any changes in the day-to-day operations of our business or our strategy. Sunbelt Rentals common stock began trading on the NYSE and the LSE on March 2, 2026. Competitive Strengths We believe that we benefit from the following competitive strengths: Geographic scale and customer diversity. We have significant geographic scale in the markets in which we operate. We believe Sunbelt Rentals is the second largest equipment rental business in North America and the largest equipment rental company in the United Kingdom, in each case, by rental revenue. As of April 30, 2026, Sunbelt Rentals North America operated 1,428 stores across all 50 U.S. states and eight provinces in Canada, of which 814 were North America – General Tool stores (including one store in the Bahamas) and 614 were North America – Specialty stores, and had rental operations in all of the top 100 North American markets (based on the size of the rental market of geographical districts across North America, as estimated by management based on public filings). As of the same date, Sunbelt Rentals U.K. operated 183 stores throughout the United Kingdom (including three stores in Ireland, Germany and the Netherlands). In North America, we achieve scale through a “clustered market” approach of grouping General Tool and Specialty rental locations in each market, allowing us to provide a comprehensive product offering and convenient service to our customers wherever their job sites may be located within these markets. In the United Kingdom, our strategy is focused on maintaining a store structure that allows us to offer a full range of General Tool and Specialty equipment on a nationwide basis. In the United Kingdom, we are migrating to a regional operating center model with a few, larger locations offering a diverse range of products, combined with smaller, local locations, similar to the cluster approach we deploy in North America. This approach reflects the nature of the customer base, which is based on more national accounts, and the smaller geography of the United Kingdom. We also benefit from our diversified customer base, with our customers ranging in size and scale from multinational businesses to well-established local contractors and individual do-it-yourselfers (see “—Customers” below). For example, in the fiscal year ended April 30, 2026, we served approximately 800,000 customers in the United States, with our top ten customers accounting for less than 10% of our total revenue and no single customer accounting for more than 1% of our total revenues. We believe that our breadth of customers, in combination with our diversified product offering, makes us more resilient to economic downturns and enables us to take advantage of end market opportunities. Our geographic scale and diversified customer base provide us with several benefits, including (i) reducing the impact of localized economic fluctuations on our overall financial performance, (ii) reducing our dependence on any particular customer or group of customers, and (iii) enabling us to meet the needs of larger customers who increasingly demand wide geographic coverage across a broad range of equipment needs. Differentiated product offering. Our differentiated rental fleet provides us with the ability to service a diverse customer base, to cross-market our products to our customers and to serve customers that require large quantities or different types of equipment. While the individual components of our General Tool fleet are similar to that of our peers, we offer a broad range of differentiated equipment through our Specialty business (see “—Product and Service Offering” below). We aim to offer a full-service solution for our customers in all scenarios and are often involved in supplying various types of equipment, as well as service expertise, over an extended period at each distinct stage of a project’s development. On “mega projects” (defined internally as projects with a construction value over $400 million) and other major long-term projects, we often provide the full range of our equipment, from small hand-held tools to larger dirt moving or aerial equipment. We believe that our focus on Specialty markets, which are typically characterized by low rental penetration and small local players, contributes to our growth as rental penetration increases and customers become accustomed to the quality and convenience of our offering. High quality and standardized rental fleet. We purchase equipment from well-known manufacturers with strong reputations for product quality and reliability and maintain close relationships with these suppliers to ensure certainty of supply and good after-purchase service and support. We work with suppliers to provide early visibility of our equipment needs, which enables them to plan production schedules and deliver the fleet when we need it. Across our rental fleet, we generally carry equipment from one or two suppliers in each product range and limit the number of model types of each product. Having a standardized fleet results in lower costs, because we obtain greater discounts by purchasing in bulk and reduce maintenance costs through more focused, and therefore reduced, training requirements for our staff. We are also 2 Table of Contents able to share spare parts between stores within a clustered market, which helps to minimize the risk of over-stocking, and to transfer fleet between locations easily, which enables us to achieve high levels of fleet utilization. Significant purchasing power. As one of the largest participants in our industry, we purchase significant amounts of equipment, parts and other items from our suppliers. Our capital expenditure on rental equipment for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2026 was $2,023 million and for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2025 was $1,960 million. We believe that this level of capital expenditure enables us to negotiate favorable terms with our vendors, including in relation to pricing and warranties. As a result, we believe that we generally are able to purchase equipment at prices that are more favorable than those paid by the majority of our competitors. Motivated local management teams. We have motivated local management teams, largely due to our strong company culture and decentralized structure, which empowers local management teams to make timely, market-specific decisions that best serve their local customer base. By entrusting local leaders with operational control, within a framework of strategic oversight, including budgetary and other controls, we foster a sense of ownership and accountability that drives performance. We believe that this approach not only enhances adaptability and responsiveness, but also ensures that decision-making remains closely aligned with the unique needs and opportunities within each clustered market that we serve. All members of our teams also participate in our reward and incentive programs, which we believe motivate them to maximize returns on investment and encourage them to build and reinforce relationships with our customers. We also believe that our reward and incentive programs act as an incentive to promote cross-selling between our General Tool and Specialty offerings, control costs, optimize pricing and promote efficient fleet management, while concurrently building motivated and cohesive teams focused on profitability. Experienced senior management team. Most members of our local senior operational management teams have spent the majority of their careers in the equipment rental industry. Our senior management team presently is led by Brendan Horgan, our Chief Executive Officer, who has served in his current position since May 2019. He previously served as our Chief Operating Officer from January 2018 to May 2019 and as the Chief Executive Officer of Sunbelt Rentals North America and a director of Ashtead since January 2011. Mr. Horgan joined Sunbelt Rentals, Inc. in 1996 and has held a number of senior management positions, including Chief Sales Officer. Mr. Horgan was selected to serve as our Chief Executive Officer due to his detailed knowledge of our operations and active leadership of our strategy, M&A, commercial go-to-market and business development. Alex Pease, our Chief Financial Officer, joined the Company in October 2024 as Chief Financial Officer Designate and has served in his current role since March 2025. Mr. Pease brings more than 20 years of experience to the company, having previously served as the Chief Financial Officer of WestRock Company, with experience in finance, corporate strategy, M&A, capital markets, portfolio optimization and broad-based business transformation. In addition, our other executive officers have been employed by the Group for an average of approximately 20 years. Focus on customer service. We believe that our focus on customer service and the guarantees we offer help distinguish our businesses from competitors and assist us in delivering strong financial returns. Responsiveness to customer needs is critical in the rental business, with customers increasingly seeking a comprehensive product offering and convenient service, often requesting delivery within 24 hours. We have a large and experienced sales force, which is focused on building and reinforcing customer relationships and to concentrate on generating strong, whole-life returns from our rental fleet. Our sales force is equipped with real-time access to fleet availability and pricing, assisting it to respond quickly to the needs of a customer while also optimizing returns. We also believe that our ability to cross-sell our General Tool and Specialty offerings is an important part of the customer experience. Well-established brand. Sunbelt Rentals, with its distinctive logo, is well-established, and we believe well-recognized, in the markets in which we operate. We believe that our customers associate the name with high quality equipment and customer service, which fosters loyalty and enables us to attract new, as well as retain repeat, customers in our markets as we grow the business. Investing in the best systems. Our competitive advantage also depends on having the right systems and applications to allow our staff to deliver the highest standards of service. We make use of what we believe is industry-leading technology to further differentiate our service and capitalize on growth opportunities in the marketplace, including mobile apps and websites where customers can, among other things, manage their accounts and track deliveries, as well as systems and tools aimed to optimize our workflows (see “—Information Technology” below). Health and safety fundamental to our business. We believe that health and safety is fundamental to our business and a primary business goal. Our Engage for Life program forms the backbone of our health and safety work, and we believe our efforts have resulted in both leading and lagging performance indicators that are relevant to our operations and rank among the best in the industry, including Total Recordable Incident Rate and Total Lost Time Rate. 3 Table of Contents Our Strategy – Sunbelt 4.0 While our business will always be impacted by a degree of cyclicality, we believe that the continuing level of structural change in our markets, particularly in North America, where we are seeing an increased shift from ownership to rental (see “—Market Opportunity” below), combined with our proven strategy of building diversification throughout the business and increased focus on non-construction end markets, is enabling us to be more resilient to economic downturns. In April 2024, we launched our current five-year strategic growth plan, Sunbelt 4.0 – Runway for Success. Sunbelt 4.0 marks the next step of our strategy and follows the successful completion of our previous strategic growth plan, Sunbelt 3.0, which was launched in April 2021. Sunbelt 4.0 is designed to deliver further growth, resilience and performance and will be guided by five actionable components – Customer, Growth, Performance, Sustainability and Investment – which are described in further detail below. Underpinning these five actionable components are our foundational elements that are essential to the delivery of our strategy. These are our people, our platform and innovation. Our foundational elements are present in everything we do and core to the culture of our organization, enabling us to deliver on our customer promise of Availability, Reliability and Ease. These foundational elements drive the success of our business, and as such, underpin our strategic plan. Customer The first of our actionable components is to elevate our focus on customer service and experience throughout the organization to a level that we believe will be truly differentiating. Customers have always been the priority at Sunbelt Rentals, but putting them front and center in our strategic plan is a step designed to further elevate that focus. As our business has changed, so too have our customers. They now rely on us to get their job done, safely, efficiently, without any hassle and often in the most sustainable way possible. Cross-selling our General Tool and Specialty offerings is an important part of the customer experience and supports our business fundamentals. We continue to grow our customer base, particularly in North America, where we added approximately 118,000 new credit account customers under our previous strategic growth plan, Sunbelt 3.0, and a further approximately 126,000 new credit account customers in the first two years of Sunbelt 4.0 since May 1, 2024. Meanwhile, those customers who rent from multiple lines of business also grew over the same period. We believe that our focus on ensuring that our customers enjoy the very best customer service and experience is key to attracting new customers, while also increasing the revenue generated by existing customers. Growth Our second actionable component is to grow our General Tool and Specialty businesses through the ongoing structural progression of our business and industry (see “—Market Opportunity” below). We are evolving our clustered market approach as we look to increase our fleet density. We believe that there is a clear opportunity to increase the fleet density in our markets through accessing the latent capacity in our existing locations, particularly those added during our previous strategic growth plan, Sunbelt 3.0, and supplementing those through further greenfield locations (defined internally as new locations added to our store network through organic expansion rather than through acquisition). In this way, we aim to ensure that rental penetration increases in ever broadening markets as our market density grows. We aim to add 300 to 400 greenfield locations in North America during Sunbelt 4.0, of which 99 had been added as of April 30, 2026. Our clustered market approach has been an important aspect of our strategy and success at building the business to the scale that we have today and, as part of Sunbelt 4.0, we are focusing also on increasing our market density where we have existing clusters. Our greenfield sites are chosen to enhance our existing business. We focus on building clusters of stores because, as they mature, they access a broader range of markets unrelated to construction, leading to better margins and return on investment. The size and composition of a cluster depends on the market size based on designated market areas. We have defined clusters such that a top 25 market cluster in the United States has more than 15 stores, a top 26–50 market cluster has more than 10 stores and a top 51–100 market cluster has more than four stores. We also include the smaller 101–210 markets within our cluster analysis. Our definition of a cluster in these markets is two or more stores. With the advanced technology we have in place, we are able to analyze local market data more accurately. This allows us to find similarities between certain U.S. and Canadian centers and model our growth plans accordingly. The more customers get to know and trust us, the faster we believe we will be able to grow. We believe that the interaction of the stores in a cluster gives us real competitive advantage and that having a blend of locations, where we like to include large equipment locations alongside smaller General Tool stores, is desirable. The addition of Specialty stores serves to differentiate us from competitors in the area. This enables us to broaden and 4 Table of Contents diversify our customer base and our end markets, as we extend our reach within a market. The value is in the mix of products and services we are able to provide in a concentrated environment. Performance Our third actionable component is performance, unlocking the capacity to operate more efficiently through process, technology and scale, with the aim of achieving margin progression with growing revenues. We see three areas of opportunity where we can drive performance: •First, we aim to leverage our central and field sales and support services, using the investments made during our previous strategic growth plan, Sunbelt 3.0, as a platform for future growth. We believe that these investments provide the foundation for our next chapter of growth without the same levels of incremental cost, thus contributing to margin improvement. •Second, we aim to extract the full potential from our existing footprint and leverage our scale. We added 401 locations in North America during our previous strategic growth plan, Sunbelt 3.0, between the fiscal years ended April 30, 2021 and 2024, of which 231 were greenfield openings and 170 were added through bolt-on acquisitions. We added an additional 61 locations in the fiscal year ended April 30, 2025, the first year of Sunbelt 4.0, of which 48 were greenfield openings and 13 were added through bolt-on acquisitions. In the fiscal year ended April 30, 2026, we added a further 75 locations, of which 51 were greenfield openings and 24 were added through bolt-on acquisitions. We believe these additional locations have the potential to contribute to revenue growth and margin progression. We believe that targeted capital investment in these locations presents an opportunity for further growth. •Third, we aim to achieve further performance advantage through operational excellence and harnessing the power of our next-generation technology platform, Sunbelt Edge™. Under Sunbelt 4.0, we have introduced a Market Shared Services model that centralizes logistics, field service, and repair service decisions at the market level, enabling us to leverage the density and scale of our network. Our Market Logistics Operations (“MLO”) program consolidates dispatchers, trucks and drivers across stores within a market to optimize delivery and pick-up efficiency, reduce outside hauling costs, and improve equipment availability. Our Market Service Operations (“MSO”) program orchestrates technician capacity across dense service networks to increase asset throughput and enable scalable service without proportional labor growth. During our previous strategic growth plan, Sunbelt 3.0, we also launched and benefited from dynamic pricing, order capture and eCommerce tools, while investing in a wide range of what we believe are industry-leading technologies — including asset telematics, logistics, field service and customer-focused tools — which we are continuing and expanding under Sunbelt 4.0 through our Sunbelt Edge™ technology platform, which we believe will take our capabilities to the next level. Sustainability Our fourth actionable component is sustainability. We aim to advance our position as a thriving, growing enterprise to deliver long-term sustainable value for our people, customers, communities and investors. We endeavor to be a sustainability leader in our industry, and we have targeted an ambitious 50% reduction in Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas intensity by 2034 (using 2024 as the base year) on our journey to become Net Zero by 2050. We have four areas of focus within our sustainability actionable component: •Operations – Committing to Scope 1 and 2 Net Zero by 2050 supported by a tangible pathway, reducing environmental impact and advancing sustainability in the value chain. •Customers – Partnering and innovating to bring new products to the rental market, while driving benefits of rental amplified by our scale. •Our people – Focusing on attracting, developing and retaining top talent and fostering inclusion and belonging, while keeping health and safety as our key priority. •Communities – Advancing an integrated community investment strategy, with 1% of post-tax profit going to community investment by 2028/29, and scaling strategic sustainability and community partnerships. Investment Our fifth and final actionable component is investment, which entails disciplined capital allocation to help drive profitable growth, strong cash generation and enhanced shareholder value. We will continue to allocate capital within our clearly defined framework, focused on: 5 Table of Contents •organic growth investment in existing locations and greenfield sites; •bolt-on acquisitions; and •returns to shareholders through a progressive dividend policy and share repurchases to maintain our leverage within our target range. Maintaining financial and operational flexibility is key to adapting our business and operational models through the economic cycle, as it enables us to react quickly to both opportunities and adverse changes in the market. We also believe that having a strong balance sheet, and our consistent commitment to low leverage and a well-invested fleet, is fundamental to our success at all stages in the cycle. We believe that we benefit from the options this strategy has provided, with the length and gradual nature of the last cycle having enabled us to establish a well-distributed fleet age. Traditionally, rental companies have often generated cash only in economic downturns, during which they tend to reduce capital expenditure and increase the age of the fleet, as opposed to economic upturns, when they tend to increase capital expenditure and focus on replacing their fleet, thus catering to future growth. However, we believe that we have changed this dynamic through the cycle with our scale and historically strong margins. During Sunbelt 4.0, we intend to continue utilizing our free cash flow to fund our organic growth plans, bolt-on acquisitions and returns to shareholders. See also Item 7 “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations–Liquidity and Capital Resources.” Segment Information We organize and manage our operations based on geography and product and service offering. We operate under two primary geographic regions, reflecting our North American activities and assets and our U.K. activities and assets, and have further divided our North American business operationally into “General Tool” and “Specialty,” reflecting the nature of our products and services, as well as our management structure. As such, our business is divided into three reportable operational segments – North America – General Tool, North America – Specialty and United Kingdom – which reflect the nature of our products and services, as well as the basis upon which we review the performance of the business and allocate resources internally. North America – General Tool Our North America – General Tool segment operates primarily across the United States and Canada, offering a comprehensive portfolio of general construction and industrial equipment to customers through a network of clustered markets, which is designed to meet the needs of a diverse customer base, including construction, industrial, and individual do-it-yourselfers customers, as well as service, repair, and facility management businesses. The North America – General Tool segment provides flexible rental solutions designed to meet broad, general-purpose job site needs, such as mobile elevating work platforms, skid steers, excavators, lighting equipment and small general tools. We believe this segment is foundational to our business strategy and will support our continued growth through increasing fleet density, expanding our network of locations, and leveraging our integrated service model. North America – General Tool segment revenues represented 58% of our total revenues for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2026 and 59% of our total revenues for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2025. North America – Specialty Our North America – Specialty segment focuses on products with comparatively low rental penetration in predominantly non-construction markets, available to customers across the United States and Canada. This segment includes products that require specialized knowledge and technical capabilities to operate and maintain, such as products relating to power & HVAC, climate control, scaffolding, film & TV equipment, flooring solutions, pump solutions, industrial tool, trench safety, ground protection, temporary structures, and temporary fencing. We have in-house experts in each business line with in-depth product and application knowledge to help provide a high level of service to our customers. These products are often a natural add-on to our General Tool products and services, and we are continuously looking for new rental opportunities and to expand our Specialty business. North America – Specialty segment revenues represented 33% of our total revenues for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2026 and 32% of our total revenues for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2025. 6 Table of Contents United Kingdom Our United Kingdom segment encompasses a full range of equipment rental solutions, predominantly available to customers across the United Kingdom. It offers both General Tool and Specialty equipment through a regionally distributed network of stores, enabling responsive, localized service and significant growth through cross-selling and targeted acquisitions in recent years, with an emphasis on areas with low rental penetration. This segment supports a diverse customer base across construction, industrial, infrastructure and energy markets. We believe that the United Kingdom segment presents opportunities to improve operational efficiency, utilize underused capacity, and make targeted fleet investments to support growth. United Kingdom segment revenues represented 9% of our total revenues for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2026 and 9% of our total revenues for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2025. Market Opportunity Our markets continue to expand in terms of geography, range of equipment provided and the applications for which our equipment is used. In the construction end market, which remains a core part of our business, although now accounting for less than half of total activity, we are seeing an increasing level of crossover between our General Tool and Specialty products on any typical construction site. Construction projects are also becoming larger and longer, often completed over several years, with mega projects – which can include, for example, data centers, electric vehicle factories, battery plants and semi-conductor factories – becoming an increasingly important part of our project portfolio. In addition, our non-construction end markets are becoming increasingly large and resilient. These non-construction end markets include, among others: (i) maintenance, repair and operations, which is a stable end market characterized by recurring necessary work, regardless of what may be happening in the wider economy; (ii) sports, entertainment and special events, which is a large and stable end market with, we believe, long-term growth prospects; (iii) emergency response and restoration, which is a key market for us where we have been designated as an essential service in North America and the United Kingdom in times of need, supporting government and the private sector with response to both day-to-day emergencies, as well as major events, including hurricanes, tornadoes and other disasters, natural disasters generating spikes in demand, and day to day emergencies generating steady demand; and (iv) state and local government, which is our most stable end market, with expenditures typically determined in advance and sheltered from macroeconomic shifts. We believe that there are ongoing opportunities for further rental penetration across these non-construction markets. North America In North America, our industry is undergoing a structural change, with a continuing shift from ownership to rental, driven by, among other things, significant cost inflation associated with the replacement of equipment, technical changes to equipment requirements, and health, safety and environmental issues, which make equipment rental more economical, easier and safer than ownership in many cases. With equipment rental becoming increasingly essential for customer success, we believe that this benefits larger, more experienced, and more capable rental companies that can position themselves to serve as partners for their customers, deliver more complex solutions, and capitalize on the growing market. While growth used to be a factor of fleet size, we believe that the equipment rental industry has matured from equipment providers into business service providers, where pricing progression will become fundamental to our operations, as we add greater value to our customers through the services and industry solutions we provide. Supported by these trends, we believe that we have entered a period of moderate growth in North America. According to a study by S&P Global Market Intelligence published in May 2026, rental industry revenue in the United States is expected to grow 4% in 2026, 4% in 2027 and 4% in 2028 (compared to 13% in 2023, 8% in 2024 and 4% in 2025) and rental industry revenue in Canada is expected to grow 5% in 2026, 6% in 2027 and 5% in 2028 (compared to 4% in 2023, 6% in 2024 and 4% in 2025). In May 2026, the Dodge Construction Network reported continued strength in construction starts in our U.S. end markets, with the outlook for the construction market being underpinned primarily by a surge in data center planning. Mega projects (with a construction value of over $400 million) made up an increasing part of recent years’ construction start values and project activity continues to be robust, particularly in the data center space, with the total pipeline of mega projects starts projected to grow from approximately $765 billion in 2023 through 2025 to more than $1.5 trillion in 2026 through 2028, based on projects currently in planning. Projects of this scale and sophistication require suppliers with comparable scales, but also the expertise, experience, breadth of product and services, and financial strength to meet the needs of the customer, and is therefore a portion of the market where we believe we benefit from our scale and differentiated product and service offering. 7 Table of Contents At the same time, the local commercial construction market is weaker than in recent years, as the prolonged higher interest rate environment has weighed on local and regional developers. This predominantly impacts some of the small-, mid- and regional-sized projects, which are an important segment of our customer base. However, the increased activity in mega projects and broader non-construction markets helped offset the weaker local non-construction activity in the fiscal year ended April 30, 2026. Canada also remains a growing market for us, with the overall rental market estimated to be less than a tenth of the size of the U.S. market. However, as in the United States, the Canadian market has experienced structural growth, as more types of equipment are rented for different applications, and we therefore expect similar trends in Canada. While rental still only makes up around 55% to 60% of the North American market, this is a broad average, with penetration levels for smaller general tools, such as floor scrubbers, typically being significantly lower than the penetration levels for larger equipment, such as large aerial equipment, and we see potential for market penetration for rental equipment to reach well over 60% in North America in the medium to long term. Market share We believe that we are the second largest rental equipment company in North America in terms of revenue, with an estimated market share of 11%. The graph below sets out our estimated market share in North America as of December 2025. Source: Management estimate based on public filings Our market share estimates are based on the American Rental Association’s definition of the rental market as of May 2026, which incorporates a broad range of equipment, much of which is used in non-construction applications across a wide range of end markets. These markets include facility maintenance, repair and operation across the geographic markets we serve, characterized by square footage under roof. In the United States, there are more than 100 billion square feet under roof, where we believe there is significant opportunity for further rental penetration. As illustrated above, the three largest players in the North American market represent approximately 31% of the market in aggregate, with the remainder of the market being made up of small local independent rental shops. For example, in the United States, it is estimated that over 40% of the market is represented by rental companies with five or fewer locations. A large part of our market share gain comes from these small independents when we set up new stores or acquire them, and we believe that there is room for further consolidation in the North American market. As the overall North American rental market grows, we believe that we are well-positioned to increase our market share by continuing to broaden our end markets and the range of our equipment, particularly within our North America – Specialty segment, as well as through bolt-on and greenfield investments. 8 Table of Contents United Kingdom The U.K. market is more mature, competitive and fragmented than the North American market. While overall market conditions remain subdued in the United Kingdom, we continue to see significant opportunities in both construction and non-construction markets. In recent years we have experienced market share gains, particularly in infrastructure and industrial projects, as well as increasing progress into areas such as facility maintenance. Market share We believe that we are the largest equipment rental company in the United Kingdom in terms of revenue, with an estimated 10% market share. The graph below sets out our estimated market share in the United Kingdom as of December 2025. Source: Management estimate based on public filings A consistent area of focus to improve our U.K. business has been on advancing rental rates by adding value to our customers through the services and industry solutions we provide, as well as improving operational efficiency. We believe that we continue to be well-positioned in the market with our strong customer service, broad based fleet and a strong balance sheet. We further believe that we have enhanced our market position through simplifying our go-to-market message and leveraging the cross-selling opportunities provided by our broad product offering and Specialty business. Product and Service Offering We create value through the short-term rental of equipment that is used for a wide variety of applications and the provision of services and solutions to a diverse customer base through a broad platform across North America and the United Kingdom. We aim to offer a full-service solution for our customers in all scenarios, from a single rental to a long-term turnkey solution requiring technical expertise and engineered design. Equipment Fleet Rental Our equipment is applicable to broad and diverse end markets, with individual products having many different applications. Our rental equipment fleet comprises an extensive range of construction, industrial and general equipment designed to meet broad, general-purpose job site needs, such as mobile elevating work platforms, skid steers, forklifts, excavators, lighting equipment and small general tools. This core equipment range is complemented by Specialty business lines, including power and HVAC, climate control, scaffold services, flooring solutions, pump solutions, trench safety, industrial tool, film and television, temporary structures, ground protection, temporary fencing, and temporary walls. Across our rental fleet, we generally carry equipment from one or two suppliers in each product range and limit the number of model types of each product. The size, age and mix of our rental fleet is driven by the needs of our customers, market conditions and overall demand. The average age of our serialized rental equipment, which constitutes the substantial majority of our fleet, as of April 30, 2026, was approximately 53 months, weighted on an original cost basis. 9 Table of Contents We strive to offer the widest variety of specialized and non-specialized equipment in the industry and believe that our rental fleet is one of the most extensive fleets in North America and the United Kingdom. North America – General Tool As of April 30, 2026, the original cost of our North America – General Tool fleet was $12,946 million and the average age of the fleet was approximately 51 months, weighted on an original cost basis. The table below sets out the composition of our North America – General Tool rental fleet as of the same date, by major category based on original cost. North America – General Tool fleet breakdown % of gross fleet Original cost($ in millions) Mobile elevating work platforms 39% $ 5,026 Forklifts 25% 3,241 Earth moving 17% 2,217 Other 19% 2,462 Total 100 % $ 12,946 North America – Specialty As of April 30, 2026, the original cost of our North America – Specialty fleet was $4,828 million and the average age of the fleet was approximately 56 months, weighted on an original cost basis. The table below sets out the composition of our North America – Specialty rental fleet as of the same date, by major category based on original cost. North America – Specialty fleet breakdown % of gross fleet Original cost($ in millions) Power & HVAC 43% $ 2,053 Scaffold 8% 374 Pump 5% 256 Film & TV 4% 203 Climate control 2% 80 Other 38% 1,862 Total 100 % $ 4,828 United Kingdom As of April 30, 2026, the original cost of our U.K. fleet was $1,457 million and the average age of the fleet was approximately 57 months, weighted on an original cost basis. The table below sets out the composition of Sunbelt Rentals U.K.’s rental fleet as of the same date, by major category based on original cost. Sunbelt Rentals U.K. fleet breakdown % of gross fleet Original cost($ in millions) Accommodation 16% $ 231 Panels, fencing and barriers 11% 166 Film & TV 10% 142 Mobile elevating work platforms 10% 140 Forklifts 9% 125 Earth moving 8% 122 Other 36% 531 Total 100 % $ 1,457 Equipment Sales In addition to our rental business, we also routinely sell our used rental equipment on the secondary market to manage repair and maintenance costs, as well as the composition, age and size of our fleet. We utilize various channels to 10 Table of Contents sell our used equipment, including retail sales to customers and other third parties through brokered sales and auctions, and directly back to manufacturers. We also sell used equipment through our website. We also generate revenue from the sale of new equipment, merchandise and consumables. The types of new equipment that we sell vary by location and include a variety of tools and supplies, small equipment, safety supplies and consumables. During the fiscal year ended April 30, 2026, 93% of our total revenue was derived from equipment rentals, with the remaining coming from sales of used rental equipment (4%) and sales of new equipment, merchandise and consumables (3%). Customers Our customers range in size and scale from multinational businesses to well-established local contractors and individual do-it-yourselfers, and include construction and industrial customers, service, repair and facility management businesses, emergency response organizations, event organizers, as well as government entities, such as municipalities and specialist contractors. A large portion of our customer base comes from the commercial construction and industrial sectors. Commercial construction rentals are intended primarily to support contractors conducting new-build and repair and renovation work who rent a wide range of equipment, from power tools to backhoes. Industrial rentals support businesses conducting routine plant maintenance, as well as special projects that require welding equipment, power washing equipment, forklifts and other material handling equipment. The nature of our business consists of a high number of relatively small transactions. As an example, in the fiscal year ended April 30, 2026, we served approximately 800,000 customers in the United States who generated an average equipment rental revenue of approximately $11,200. However, this average reflects a broad and diverse customer base, which includes our smallest customers, who transact with a single line of business, compared to our largest, who transact across most of our services. During the fiscal year ended April 30, 2026, our top ten customers accounted for less than 10% of our total revenue and no single customer accounted for more than 1% of our total revenues. Suppliers We purchase equipment from vendors with superior reputations for product quality and reliability and maintain close relationships with these vendors to ensure excellent after-purchase service and support. In North America, the five largest equipment manufacturers from which Sunbelt Rentals purchases equipment, in terms of original cost of purchases, are Avtron Power Solutions, Bobcat, JCB, JLG, and MEC. These suppliers accounted for 42% of our North American capital expenditure on rental equipment in the fiscal year ended April 30, 2026. Sunbelt Rentals U.K. has continued to rationalize the number of suppliers from which it purchases new equipment. The five largest equipment manufacturers from which Sunbelt Rentals U.K. purchases equipment, in terms of original cost of purchases, are Dingli Machinery, Energy Solutions U.K., Greenshields JCB, LCA, and Press Metal. These suppliers accounted for 28% of Sunbelt Rentals U.K.’s capital expenditures on rental equipment in the fiscal year ended April 30, 2026. We believe that Sunbelt Rentals has sufficient alternative sources of supply for the equipment we purchase in each of our product categories in each geography in which we operate. Sales and Marketing We have dedicated sales forces focused on establishing and expanding our national, regional and local equipment customers in various sectors. In addition, in both North America and the United Kingdom, we have dedicated national account sales forces focused on building and reinforcing relationships with our larger customers, particularly those with a national or multi-regional presence. Our sales force is further broken down into smaller product-focused sales representative teams, which enhances the development of technical expertise. In addition to the efforts of our sales force, we market our business through digital media (including organic and paid search), as well as traditional outlets, such as direct mail campaigns, print advertising, telemarketing and industry trade publications. 11 Table of Contents Maintenance and Service Rental equipment requires regular maintenance and service, with maintenance and repair costs amounting to $644 million in the fiscal year ended April 30, 2026 and $571 million in the fiscal year ended April 30, 2025. The vast majority of our maintenance and service work is carried out locally by our Sunbelt Rentals technicians. Costs related to maintenance and repairs, as well as the risk of equipment being out of service, typically increases as our rental equipment ages (see “—Product and Service Offering—Equipment Fleet Rental” above for further details on our fleet). Information Technology We believe that investing in technology is important for our continued growth and contributes to our competitive advantage in the industry. North America Our digital ecosystem in North America is Sunbelt Edge™, our proprietary next-generation technology platform that connects our customer-facing digital experiences with our operational, fleet and financial systems. Sunbelt Edge™ builds on more than 25 years of RentalIQ data and is designed to drive superior customer service, asset productivity and operational efficiency at scale. Our online Command Center platform, including our mobile app, has evolved into an operational cockpit for our customers, with embedded telematics and operational intelligence. Customers can track what equipment they have on rent, order new items from the available range, view recent rentals, request service or pick-up, extend contracts and locate stores. Through our integration with Connected Solutions, Command Center now also surfaces real-time asset locations and utilization, machine health, diagnostic alerts, and live job site-level visibility with geo-fencing and location-based alerts. Our sales representatives have access to this same information, together with our Customer 360 CRM, which provides visibility into equipment availability, customer contacts, preferences and potential needs. Our customer website, SBR.com, is the primary digital storefront for Sunbelt Rentals in North America, providing a unified self-service experience across browsing, quoting, reservation, delivery tracking and payment. Recent enhancements include an improved quote-to-reservation conversion funnel, end-to-end delivery tracking across the United States and Canada, and expanded digital payment options. Our Procure-to-Pay capability integrates with strategic customers' procurement systems to improve quote accuracy, purchase order visibility, invoicing efficiency and speed of payment, while EZ Pay, our digital payment platform, supports broader digital engagement and improves cash collection efficiency. We also capture customer experience data across six key touchpoints in the rental journey through our Customer Obsession survey program. Connected Worksite, part of our Connected Solutions offering, is our unique and integrated solution tailored for megaprojects and large job sites. It provides customers and our team members with a unified, real-time view and control of job site activity, including managed access control to the job site, video and IoT-based surveillance and alerts, equipment operating access control (governing who can operate which assets and when), and real-time visibility into asset location, utilization and geo-fencing. Our Vehicle Delivery Optimization System 4.0 (“VDOS 4.0”), is a machine learning-powered logistics platform used by dispatchers to manage deliveries and collections of equipment at job sites and to schedule drivers for these services. VDOS 4.0 optimizes dispatch decisions by evaluating demand, capacity, proximity, timing, equipment specifications, and hours of service requirements, creating automated workflows connected to our point-of-sale and logistics systems. Drivers access VDOS 4.0 on their mobile phones, improving equipment availability, utilization, efficiency and the user experience. VDOS 4.0 underpins our Market Logistics Operations (“MLO”) model, which was live in 30 of our top 50 North American markets as of April 30, 2026. Our Service 360 platform, launched in fiscal year 2026, is used by service leaders and technicians to manage shop operations and technician workflows. Service 360 provides technician optimization and prioritization, AI powered prescriptive and guided repair workflows informed by historical failure and repair data, and failure prevention alerts that surface root cause and step-by-step corrective actions. Service 360 integrates with our fleet telematics and logistics systems, supporting our Market Service Operations (“MSO”) model by orchestrating technician capacity at the market level rather than at the individual store level. Sunbelt Edge™ has been designed to integrate with our partners' and customers' procurement and operating systems, enabling order capture, data exchange and reporting. There is a significant amount of data behind each of these 12 Table of Contents applications, which we reference to make efficiency gains, deliver improvements in procurement, service operations, logistics and our management of resources, add depth to our growth strategy and provide more accurate strategic forecasts. United Kingdom Similar to Sunbelt Rentals in North America, Sunbelt Rentals U.K. has a range of technology-based tools to enhance the customer experience and to deliver operational efficiencies. Sunbelt Rentals U.K. offers its customers an interactive website where customers can find their nearest Sunbelt Rentals U.K. store and browse Sunbelt Rentals U.K.’s range of rental equipment. In addition, Sunbelt Rentals U.K. also operates a customer extranet where customers can access their accounts online at any time and tailor the presentation according to their preferences. Sunbelt Rentals U.K. utilizes a sophisticated point-of-sale invoicing and asset control computer system that links all Sunbelt Rentals U.K. stores and allows Sunbelt Rentals U.K. staff to manage and control the rental fleet effectively. These tools are supported by Sunbelt Rentals U.K.’s Logistic tool, which provides customers with real-time delivery tracking through text message and app, contactless and paperless delivery and the ability to off-hire in the same manner, providing customers with instant visibility of products on hire. Logistic is also used internally to create operational efficiencies, for example, through providing visibility of our vehicle fleet to maximize utilization and create the most efficient delivery routes for drivers. Health and Safety Health and safety is fundamental to our operations and a primary business goal. We are committed to the following basic principles across all of our operations: •strict adherence to occupational health and safety legislation; •continuous identification and assessment of occupational risks and adoption of measures to control and mitigate them; •establishment of quantitative and qualitative targets and close monitoring of the Total Recordable Incident Rate, as well as other leading and lagging indicators relevant to our operations; •continuous provision of information and training to personnel, business partners and customers to ensure competency, equipment quality and safe working practices; and •maintenance of suitable emergency preparedness plans. Being a responsible business also means sharing and promoting our safety culture with our customers and suppliers whenever possible. We have the highest safety expectations for all of our equipment suppliers. Our program for recording “near misses” is an important tool we use to deliver feedback to, and collaborate with, our suppliers and original equipment manufacturers (“OEMs”). For example, if we identify heightened risk in a particular asset, we work with OEMs to repair or innovate their equipment. Being an intermediary between customers and suppliers means we can influence and innovate in both directions. For our customers, we have dedicated equipment trainers and offer customized training programs to meet their needs. We work with customers’ safety teams to develop customized training courses, sometimes for a specific job site, and participate in training days for major customers, demonstrating safe use of equipment and running training seminars. This is in addition to the routine safety briefings that accompany equipment rental. As of April 30, 2026, we offered dedicated full-time safety trainers for our customers in 104 markets across North America and maintained 30 training centers in the United Kingdom. Safety on the road for our drivers and other road users is also paramount to our business. We make use of technology in our driver safety program, such as on-board telematics, to help us prevent unsafe behaviors on the road, and dash cameras, enabling real-time feedback on behaviors that could lead to vehicle incidents (collectively known as our Road Intelligence Transportation Assistant or RITA). As of April 30, 2026, over 97% of our vehicle fleet in North America was equipped with telematics and approximately 95% was equipped with cameras. We also utilize a system of “driver profiles” – a risk assessment tool that uses five data sources: driver’s license records, telematics events, RITA behaviors, preventable collisions and Department of Transportation records, to create safety scores for team members. The goal of the driver safety program is to assess driving behaviors and provide training and support to our drivers and reduce on-road risk. Environmental and Other Regulatory Matters Our operations are subject to numerous international, national, state and local laws and regulations, including those governing environmental protection and occupational health and safety matters. These laws regulate matters such as wastewater, storm water, solid and hazardous wastes and materials and air quality. Under these laws, we may be liable for, 13 Table of Contents among other things, the cost of investigating and remediating contamination at our sites, as well as sites to which we send hazardous wastes for disposal or treatment, regardless of fault, and also fines and penalties for non-compliance. We use hazardous materials to clean and maintain equipment, dispose of solid and hazardous waste and wastewater from equipment washing, and store and dispense petroleum products from underground and above ground storage tanks located at certain of our locations. We continuously monitor current and emerging regulations to ensure that our policies and practices remain appropriate, including that our rental and vehicle fleet is compliant with engine emission standards, such as the Californian Air Emissions Standards or the London Ultra-low Emission Zone requirements. We believe that environmental regulations will continue to increase over time and the potential for government-imposed restrictions on greenhouse gas emissions, through carbon taxes and import carbon pricing mechanisms, could lead to higher operating and capital costs for our business in the future. However, since these costs are associated with the use of an asset, whether it is owned or rented, we expect them to be borne by the user of the asset and hence, in the case of rentals, be reflected in increased rental rates. The increasing level and pace of regulatory requirements also make it more burdensome for customers to maintain compliance. As such, it will be more efficient for many customers to rent rather than buy a new asset, providing an additional impetus to the structural shift across our industry from ownership to rental. We therefore believe that an increase in these types of regulations will ultimately contribute to a larger rental market, from which we are well-positioned to benefit. Based on the conditions currently known to us, we do not believe that any pending or likely remediation and compliance costs will have a material adverse effect on our business. We cannot be certain, however, as to the potential financial impact on our business if new adverse environmental conditions are discovered or environmental and safety requirements become more stringent. If we are required to incur environmental compliance or remediation costs that are not currently anticipated by us, our business could be adversely affected depending on the magnitude of the cost. For more information about the regulatory risks we face, and how, if realized, those risks are reasonably likely to materially affect us, see the risk factor entitled “We could be adversely affected by environmental and safety requirements, which could force us to incur significant capital and other operational costs and subject us to reputational damage, fines or other penalties for non-compliance” under Item 1A “Risk Factors.” Intellectual Property We own intellectual property, including trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets, that plays an important role in maintaining our competitive position. While no single copyright or trade secret is, in our opinion, of such value to us that our business would be materially affected by the expiration or termination thereof, taken in the aggregate, these intellectual property rights provide meaningful protection for our business. However, we view the trade name “Sunbelt Rentals” as material to our business as a whole. We own a number of secondary trade names and trademarks applicable to certain aspects of our business that we also view as important. Competition The equipment rental industry in both North America and the United Kingdom is highly fragmented and competitive. Our competitors include large companies, regional competitors, small independent businesses and equipment vendors and dealers. In North America, our largest national competitors include United Rentals, Herc Rentals and EquipmentShare. The U.K. equipment rental market is much more mature than the North American market, but still fragmented. Our largest competitors in the U.K. market are Speedy Hire, HSS ProService and Vp. Employees As of April 30, 2026, our worldwide workforce consisted of 25,751 full-time and 265 part-time employees, of which 21,826 were located in North America and 4,190 were located in the United Kingdom. Approximately 7% of our employees in North America are members of the laborers’, teamsters’ or operating engineers’ unions. We believe that, overall, our relations with our employees are good. Staff costs remain our largest individual cost and amounted to $2,616 million in the fiscal year ended April 30, 2026 and $2,417 million in the fiscal year ended April 30, 2025. As of April 30, 2026, approximately 98%, 92% and 96% of our qualified employees in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom, respectively, were enrolled in a retirement plan. See Note 16, Retirement Benefits Plans in Part II, Item 8 “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” of this report for further information on our retirement plans. Recruiting and retaining the best talent is critical for supporting our growth plans. Our people strategy is focused on accurate recruitment, which means finding the right people for the right openings and accurately communicating to candidates what the job entails and the benefits of working for Sunbelt Rentals. Once onboarded, our investments in safety 14 Table of Contents and well-being, personal and professional growth, compensation and reward structure and inclusion are important retention enablers. Some of our key initiatives include: •providing well-structured and competitive reward and benefit packages that ensure our ability to attract and retain the employees we need; •ensuring that our employees have the right working environment and equipment to enable them to do the best job possible and maximize their satisfaction at work; •investing in training and career development for our employees to support them in their careers; and •ensuring that succession plans are in place and reviewed regularly to meet the ongoing needs of our business. Properties Our principal executive office is located in Fort Mill, South Carolina and is Company owned. In addition, we lease office buildings in London, England and Warrington, England. The principal executive office of Ashtead prior to the Redomiciliation was located in London, England. As of April 30, 2026, we operated 1,611 stores across North America and the United Kingdom. We own 105 properties in North America and lease the remaining locations. We own 30 properties in the United Kingdom and hold a leasehold interest in the remaining locations. Each of our store locations typically includes offices for sales, administration and management, a customer showroom displaying rental equipment, an equipment service area, office accommodation and outdoor and indoor storage facilities for equipment. Each location offers a range of rental equipment dependent on the specializations of the store(s) based at the location. As of April 30, 2026, we operated 814 North America – General Tool stores, 614 North America – Specialty stores and 183 United Kingdom stores. We do not consider any specific leased location to be material to our operations. Legal Proceedings We are involved in various legal proceedings, claims and governmental audits in the ordinary course of business, including, but not limited to, general liability claims (including personal injury, product liability, and property and automobile claims), indemnification and guarantee obligations, employee injuries and employment-related claims, self-insurance obligations and contract and real estate matters. In the opinion of management, based on information currently available, the ultimate disposition of these proceedings, claims and audits will not have a material adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations, or cash flows. Available Information Our website is located at www.sunbeltrentals.com and our investor relations website is located at www.ir.sunbeltrentals.com. Our annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K, and amendments to those reports are available free of charge on our investor relations website as soon as reasonably practicable after such materials are electronically filed with, or furnished to, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). The SEC maintains an internet site that contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding issuers that file electronically with the SEC at http://www.sec.gov. The information contained on, or accessible through, our websites does not constitute a part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K and is not incorporated by reference into this Annual Report on Form 10-K. 15 Table of Contents