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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

At December 31, 2025, PACCAR had standby letters of credit and surety bonds totaling $52.1, from third-party financial institutions, in the normal course of business, which guarantee various insurance, financing and other activities. At December 31, 2025, PACCAR’s financial services companies, in the normal course of business, had outstanding commitments to fund new loan and lease transactions amounting to $812.4. The commitments generally expire in 90 days. The Company had other commitments, primarily to purchase production inventory, equipment and commodities amounting to $194.0, $101.6, $84.2, $74.7, $86.4 and $41.5 for 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029, 2030 and beyond, respectively.

The Company is involved in various stages of investigations and cleanup actions in different countries related to environmental matters. In certain of these matters, the Company has been designated as a “potentially responsible party” by domestic and foreign environmental agencies. The Company has accrued the estimated costs to investigate and complete cleanup actions where it is probable that the Company will incur such costs in the future. Expenditures related to environmental activities for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023 were $1.5, $4.4 and $3.0, respectively.

While the timing and amount of the ultimate costs associated with future environmental cleanup cannot be determined, management expects that these matters will not have a significant effect on the Company’s consolidated financial position.

On July 19, 2016, the European Commission (EC) concluded its investigation of all major European truck manufacturers and reached a settlement with DAF Trucks N.V., DAF Trucks Deutschland GmbH and PACCAR Inc (collectively “the Company”). Following the settlement, certain EC-related claims and lawsuits have been filed in various jurisdictions primarily in Europe against all major European truck manufacturers including the Company and certain subsidiaries. These claims and lawsuits include individual and collective proceedings seeking monetary damages, including class actions in the United Kingdom (U.K.), the Netherlands and Israel. In certain jurisdictions, additional claimants may bring EC-related claims and lawsuits.

Several European courts have issued judgments; some have been favorable while others have been unfavorable and have been
appealed. The Company believes it has meritorious defenses to all pending legal claims. In the first quarter 2023, the Company recorded a pre-tax charge of $
600.0 ($446.4 after-tax) for the estimable total cost. The Company has settled with a significant majority of claimants and continues to pursue appropriate resolutions. Due to ongoing settlement costs, the Company updated its estimate and recorded an additional pre-tax charge of $350.0 ($264.5 after-tax) for the total estimable remaining costs in Interest and other expenses (income), net in the first quarter of 2025.

PACCAR is also a defendant in various other legal proceedings and, in addition, there are various other contingent liabilities arising in the normal course of business. After consultation with legal counsel, management does not anticipate that disposition of these various other proceedings and contingent liabilities will have a material effect on the consolidated financial statements.

Historical Timeline

Fiscal YearFiled
2025Feb 18, 2026Showing above
2024Feb 19, 2025
2023Feb 21, 2024
2022Feb 22, 2023
2021Feb 23, 2022
2020Feb 17, 2021
2019Feb 19, 2020
2018Feb 21, 2019
2017Feb 21, 2018
2016Feb 21, 2017
2015Feb 16, 2016

About Commitments Disclosures

Commitments and contingencies disclosures catalog a company's off-balance-sheet obligations and legal exposures — purchase commitments, guarantee arrangements, pending litigation, and regulatory proceedings. These items represent potential future cash outflows that may not appear as liabilities on the balance sheet until they become probable and estimable.

Key signals: litigation reserves and disclosed loss ranges quantify management's estimate of legal exposure, but unquantified "reasonably possible" losses often represent the larger risk. Watch for changes in language around pending cases — shifts from "remote" to "reasonably possible" or increases in estimated loss ranges signal deteriorating outcomes. Unconditional purchase obligations and take-or-pay contracts create fixed cost structures that reduce operational flexibility. Guarantee arrangements for subsidiaries or joint ventures can create cascading obligations. Compare the total commitment schedule against projected free cash flow to assess whether the company can meet its obligations without additional financing.