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Our governance framework includes direct oversight by United’s Board of Directors of our ESG goals, targets, commitments, strategies, initiatives, risks, assessments, disclosures and external engagement. The Public Responsibility Committee has primary oversight responsibility for our ESG initiatives and risks, which includes reviewing and monitoring the development and implementation of our safety and public health, DEI and climate-related strategic goals and objectives as well as periodically assessing our performance against these goals and objectives and other relevant and appropriate ESG, sustainability and corporate responsibility frameworks, metrics, scorecards and rankings. Management is responsible for reviewing, refining and implementing long-term ESG strategy and periodically updates the full Board and its committees, as applicable, on issues related to the implementation of our ESG strategy.

United Airlines

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Forward-Looking Statements and Related Cautionary Notes; Legal Disclaimer

This report contains certain "forward-looking statements," within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act. Such forward-looking statements are based on historical performance and current expectations, estimates, forecasts and projections about the Company’s future financial results, goals, plans, commitments, pledges, initiatives, strategies and objectives and involve inherent risks, assumptions and uncertainties, known or unknown, including internal or external factors that could delay, divert or change any of them, that are difficult to predict, may be beyond the Company’s control and could cause the Company’s future financial results, goals, plans, commitments, pledges, initiatives, strategies and objectives to differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, the statements. Words such as "should," "could," "would," "will," "may," "expects," "plans," "intends," "anticipates," "indicates," "remains," "believes," "estimates," "projects," "forecast," "guidance," "outlook," "goals", "targets," "confident" and other words and terms of similar meaning and expression are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain such terms. All statements, other than those that relate solely to historical facts, are forward-looking statements. Additionally, forward-looking statements include conditional statements and statements that identify uncertainties or trends, discuss the possible future effects of known trends or uncertainties, or that indicate that the future effects of known trends or uncertainties cannot be predicted, guaranteed or assured. For example, our disclosures based on any standards may change due to revisions in framework requirements, availability of information, changes in our business or applicable governmental policies, or other factors, some of which may be beyond our control. Forward-looking statements in this report address the Company’s goals, targets, aspirations, or expectations regarding sustainability, environmental matters, corporate responsibility, and our employees, policies, business opportunities and risks. Any reference to the Company’s support of a third-party organization within this report does not constitute or imply an endorsement by the Company of any or all of the positions or activities of such organization. All forward-looking statements in this report are based upon information available to the Company on the date of this report or as of the dates indicated in the statement.

The Company’s actual results could differ materially from these forward-looking statements due to numerous factors including, without limitation, the following: execution risks associated with the Company’s strategic operating plan; changes in the Company’s network strategy or other factors outside the Company’s control resulting in less economic aircraft orders, costs related to modification or termination of aircraft orders or entry into less favorable aircraft orders, as well as any inability to accept or integrate new aircraft into the Company’s fleet as planned; any failure to effectively manage, and receive anticipated benefits and returns from, acquisitions, divestitures, investments, joint ventures and other portfolio actions, or related exposures to unknown liabilities or other issues or underperformance as compared to the Company’s expectations; the adverse impacts of the ongoing COVID-19 global pandemic on the Company’s business, operating results, financial condition and liquidity; adverse publicity, harm to the Company’s brand, reduced travel demand, potential tort liability and voluntary or mandatory operational restrictions as a result of an accident, catastrophe or incident involving the Company, the Company’s regional carriers, the Company’s codeshare partners or another airline; the highly competitive nature of the global airline industry and susceptibility of the industry to price discounting and changes in capacity, including as a result of alliances, joint business arrangements or other consolidations; the Company’s reliance on a limited number of suppliers to source a majority of the Company’s aircraft and certain parts, and the impact of any failure to obtain timely deliveries, additional equipment or support from any of these suppliers; disruptions to the Company’s regional network and United Express flights provided by third-party regional carriers; unfavorable economic and political conditions in the United States and globally (including inflationary pressures); reliance on third-party service providers and the impact of any significant failure of these parties to perform as expected, or interruptions in the Company’s relationships with these providers or their provision of services; extended interruptions or disruptions in service at major airports where the Company operates and space, facility and infrastructure constrains at the Company’s hubs or other airports; geopolitical conflict, terrorist attacks or security events; any damage to the Company’s reputation or brand image; the Company’s reliance on technology and automated systems to operate the Company’s business and the impact of any significant failure or disruption of, or failure to effectively integrate and implement, the technology or systems; increasing privacy and data security obligations or a significant data breach; increased use of social media platforms by the Company, the Company’s employees and others; the impacts of union disputes, employee strikes or slowdowns, and other labor-related disruptions or regulatory compliance costs on the Company’s operations; any failure to attract, train or retain skilled personnel, including the Company’s senior management team or other key employees; the monetary and operational costs of compliance with extensive government regulation of the airline industry; current or future litigation and regulatory actions, or failure to comply with the terms of any settlement, order or arrangement relating to these actions; costs, liabilities and risks associated with environmental regulation and climate change, including the Company’s climate goals; assumptions not being realized, scientific or technological developments, evolving sustainability strategies, changes in carbon markets; high and/or volatile fuel prices or significant disruptions in the supply of aircraft fuel (including as a result of the Russia-Ukraine military conflict); the impacts of the Company’s significant amount of financial leverage from fixed obligations, the possibility the Company may seek material amounts of additional financial liquidity in the short-term, and the impacts of insufficient liquidity on the Company’s financial condition and business; failure to comply with financial and other covenants governing the Company’s debt, including the Company’s MileagePlus® financing agreements; the impacts of the proposed phaseout of the London interbank offer rate; limitations on the Company’s ability to use the Company’s net operating loss carryforwards and certain other tax attributes to offset future taxable income for U.S. federal income tax purposes; the Company’s failure to realize the full value of the Company’s intangible assets or the Company’s long-lived assets, causing the Company to record impairments; fluctuations in the price of the Company’s common stock; the impacts of seasonality and other factors associated with the airline industry; increases in insurance costs or inadequate insurance coverage; and other risks and uncertainties set forth under Part I, Item 1A. Risk Factors of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, as well as other risks and uncertainties as updated from time to time by our subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K and other filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC").

This report documents activities and includes performance data for calendar year 2023, unless otherwise noted. This report is dated April 12, 2024 and speaks only as of such date, unless otherwise stated. The information in this report is current as of the date indicated. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any information, whether as a result of new information, future events, changed circumstances or otherwise, except as required by applicable law or regulation.

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