Interest Rate Risk We are exposed to interest rate risk on certain of our short- and long-term debt obligations used to finance our operations and acquisitions. We have SOFR-based floating rate borrowings under the Term Loan A / Revolver Credit Agreement and Term Loan B Credit Agreement, which expose us to variability in interest payments due to changes in the reference interest rates. From time to time, we use derivative instruments as hedges against the impact of interest rate changes on future earnings and cash flows. We do not enter into such derivative instruments for speculative or trading purposes. At June 30, 2026, we had a total of $1.80 billion of variable rate debt outstanding. Holding other factors constant and absent the interest rate swap agreements described above, a hypothetical 1% change in our borrowing rates would result in a $18.0 million change in our annual interest expense based on our variable rate debt outstanding at June 30, 2026. The notional amount of the Company’s outstanding interest rate swap contract at June 30, 2026 was $300.0 million. The maturity date of this swap is June 30, 2027, and the fair value of the outstanding swap contract was $6.2 million as of June 30, 2026. See also Note 15 - Investment in Derivative Instruments and Note 16 - Fair Value Measurements to the unaudited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report. The following table presents the future principal payment obligations, interest payments, and fair values associated with the Company’s debt instruments assuming the Company’s actual level of variable rate debt as of June 30, 2026 (unaudited, in thousands). For the Fiscal Year Ending September 30, Fair 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 Thereafter Total Value Debt obligations Principal payments $ 10,375 $ 41,500 $ 41,500 $ 41,500 $ 580,000 $ 1,088,375 $ 1,803,250 $ 1,803,250 Interest payments (1) $ 25,401 $ 100,144 $ 97,807 $ 95,470 $85,447 $ 76,287 (1) Represents projected interest payments using the Company’s June 2026 weighted average SOFR-based floating rate of 5.90% per annum.