Dutch Bros Inc.

Cash Overview

We had cash and cash equivalents of $263.5 million and $269.4 million as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively.

For the three months ended March 31, 2026, our principal sources of liquidity were cash flows from operations. Our principal uses of liquidity for the three months ended March 31, 2026 were to fund our new shop builds, purchase the assets of Clutch Coffee and other working capital needs.

Cash Flows

The following table summarizes our cash flows for the periods presented:

Operating Activities

The increase in operating activities cash flows was primarily driven by higher net income as a result of year-over-year sales growth and leverage of selling, general and administrative costs.

Investing Activities

The increase in investing activities cash outflows was primarily driven by higher investment in capital expenditures due to new company-operated shops openings in the current period compared to the same period in the prior year and acquisition of Clutch Coffee assets.

Financing Activities

The decrease in financing activities cash flows was primarily driven by non-recurring proceeds received on our delayed draw term loan facility in 2025.

Cash Requirements

We believe that cash provided by operating activities and proceeds from our 2025 Credit Facility are adequate to fund our debt service requirements, lease obligations, cash distributions required by the OpCo LLC Agreement and the TRAs, and working capital obligations for at least the next 12 months.

Our future capital requirements may vary materially from period to period and will depend on many factors, primarily our expansion and growth by opening additional company-operated shops and/or reacquiring existing franchised shops. Further, the payments that we may be required to make under the

TRAs may be significant. We currently expect to fund our current and long-term material capital requirements with operating cash flows and, as needed, additional proceeds from our 2025 Credit Facility, but we may also seek additional debt or equity financing. From time to time, we may explore additional financing sources which could include equity, equity‑linked, and debt financing arrangements.

As of March 31, 2026, cash requirements for the following items have materially changed from our 2025 Form 10-K:

•Lease liabilities — increased approximately $72.2 million from newly commenced leases, including $21.2 million related to the Clutch Coffee asset acquisition.

Credit Facility

JPMorgan Credit Facility

As of March 31, 2026, $147 million of principal was outstanding on the term loan facility, and $50 million was outstanding on our revolving credit facility. The term loan and revolving loan both bear interest at approximately 4.92% as of March 31, 2026.

Interest Rate Swap Contract

As of March 31, 2026, the interest rate swap had a notional amount of approximately $58 million and hedges interest rate risk on the term loan under the 2025 Credit Facility, with a fixed rate of 2.67%. As of March 31, 2026, the one-month adjusted term SOFR was 3.67%.

See NOTE 10 — Debt and NOTE 11 — Derivative Financial Instrument for additional details related to our 2025 Credit Facility and interest rate swap contract.

Seasonality

Our business is subject to seasonal fluctuations that impact our revenue and company-operated shops gross profit margins. We typically experience higher system sales in the summer months, which impacts revenue and company-operated shops gross profit margins in the second and third quarters of our fiscal year.

Critical Accounting Estimates

There have been no material changes to our critical accounting estimates from those disclosed in our 2025 Form 10-K.