CARRIER GLOBAL Corp

This Annual Report contains statements which, to the extent they are not statements of historical or present fact, constitute "forward-looking statements" under the securities laws. From time to time, oral or written forward-looking statements may also be included in other information released to the public. These forward-looking statements are intended to provide management’s current expectations or plans for our future operating and financial performance, based on assumptions currently believed to be valid. Forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as "believe," "expect," "expectations," "intend," "plans," "strategy," "prospects," "estimate," "project," "target," "anticipate," "will," "should," "see," "guidance," "outlook," "confident," "scenario" and other words of similar meaning in connection with a discussion of future operating or financial performance. Forward-looking statements may include, among other things, statements relating to future sales, earnings, cash flow, results of operations, uses of cash, share repurchases, tax rates and other measures of financial performance or potential future plans, strategies or transactions of Carrier, cost optimization actions, market conditions including with respect to residential end-markets, data center and otherwise, growth prospects for 2026 and beyond, pending dispositions, Carrier's guidance for full-year 2026, future revenues including relating to digitally-enabled products, Carrier's plans with respect to our indebtedness and other statements that are not historical facts. All forward-looking statements involve risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements. For those statements, we claim the protection of the safe harbor for forward-looking statements contained in the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation:

•the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which Carrier and our businesses operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, inflationary cost pressures, fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, levels of end market demand in construction, the impact of weather conditions, pandemic health issues, natural disasters and the financial condition of our customers and suppliers;

•challenges in the development, production, delivery, support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits of advanced technologies and new products and services;

•future levels of capital spending and research and development spending;

•future availability of credit and factors that may affect such availability, including credit market conditions and Carrier's capital structure and credit ratings;

•the timing and scope of future repurchases of Carrier's common stock, including market conditions and the level of other investing activities and uses of cash;

•delays and disruption in the delivery of materials and services from suppliers;

•cost reduction efforts and restructuring costs and savings and other consequences thereof;

•new business and investment opportunities;

•the outcome of legal proceedings, investigations and other contingencies;

•the impact of pension plan assumptions on future cash contributions and earnings;

•the impact of the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes;

•the effect of uncertainty and/or changes in political conditions in the U.S. and other countries in which Carrier and our businesses operate, including the effect of uncertainty and/or changes in U.S. trade policies, on general market conditions, global trade policies, the imposition of tariffs, and currency exchange rates in the near term and beyond;

•the effect of changes in tax, environmental, regulatory (including among other things import/export) and other laws and regulations in the U.S. and other countries in which we and our businesses operate;

•the ability of Carrier to retain and hire key personnel;

•the scope, nature, impact or timing of acquisition and divestiture activity, including among other things integration of acquired businesses, such as the VCS Business (as defined below), into existing businesses and realization of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation and incurrence of related costs;

•a determination by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") and other tax authorities that the Distribution (as defined below) or certain related transactions should be treated as taxable transactions; and

•risks associated with current and future indebtedness, as well as our ability to reduce indebtedness and the timing thereof.

This Annual Report includes important information as to risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements. See the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements in this Annual Report under the heading "Note 23 – Commitments and Contingent Liabilities," the sections entitled "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" under the headings "Business Overview," "Results of Operations," "Liquidity and Financial Condition," and "Critical Accounting Estimates," and the section entitled "Risk Factors." This Annual Report also includes important information as to these factors in the "Business" section under the headings "General," "Other Matters Relating to Our Business as a Whole," and in the "Legal Proceedings" section. The forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this report or, in the case of any document incorporated by reference, the date of that document. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable law. Additional information as to factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements is disclosed from time to time in our other filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC").

This Annual Report and our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K and amendments to those reports are available free of charge through the Investors section of our Internet website (http://www.ir.carrier.com) under the heading "Financials" and sub-heading "SEC Filings" as soon as reasonably practicable after these reports are electronically filed with, or furnished to, the SEC. In addition, the SEC maintains an Internet website (http://www.sec.gov) containing reports, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding issuers that file electronically with the SEC.