In July 2026, the Company entered into a resolution with Attorneys General from multiple states to settle for an immaterial amount claims related to, among other things, Cash App’s handling of customer complaints and disputes.

The Company also received inquiries from the SEC and Department of Justice (“DOJ”) shortly after the publication of a short seller report in March 2023. In July 2024, the Company received a follow-on inquiry from the SEC. The Company believes these inquiries primarily relate to the allegations raised in the short seller report, the Company’s compliance and risk practices, and related disclosures. In March 2026, the SEC staff notified the Company that it had concluded its investigation and did not intend to recommend an enforcement action against the Company.

The DOJ inquiry remains ongoing, and in March 2026, the DOJ presented the Company with potential terms for resolving this matter. The Company disputes the basis and methodology underlying the DOJ's assessment of the matter, and it does not reflect the Company’s view of the merits or its view of an appropriate measure of loss, harm or the Company's potential financial liability. The Company is negotiating with the DOJ to determine if this matter can be settled on acceptable terms.

The Company has accrued an estimate of loss in the amount of $526 million as of the second quarter of 2026. The Company cannot provide any assurance that the DOJ will not ultimately take legal action against the Company should negotiations not result in an acceptable resolution. While the Company cannot predict the final outcome or estimate a range of loss in excess of amounts accrued, it is reasonably possible that the ultimate resolution could result in losses in excess of the amount accrued and such losses could be material. The Company cannot provide any assurance that the ultimate resolution will not have a material adverse effect on the Company.

On January 17, 2025, a putative federal securities class action was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against the Company and certain of its officers alleging violations of Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Exchange Act on behalf of a putative class of persons who purchased or otherwise acquired the Company’s Class A common stock between February 26, 2020 and August 1, 2024. The plaintiff alleges, among other things, that the Company made materially false or misleading statements regarding its anti-money laundering (“AML”) and compliance programs and seeks unspecified damages, attorneys’ fees and other costs. On June 18, 2025, plaintiffs filed an amended consolidated complaint. On January 6, 2026, the court denied the Company’s motion to dismiss.

In addition, between February 5, 2025 and April 24, 2025, multiple shareholder derivative actions were filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against certain of the Company’s current and former directors and officers based on allegations substantially similar to the securities class action. The plaintiffs seek unspecified damages, attorneys' fees and other costs. On May 7, 2025, the Court ordered that the actions were related and renamed the related cases as “In re Block, Inc. Shareholder Derivative Litigation.” On January 6, 2026, the court denied the Company’s motions to dismiss in the derivative actions. A separate derivative action making similar claims and requesting similar damages was filed on October 9, 2025 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California that has not been consolidated. In April 2026, the board of directors of the Company formed a special litigation committee and empowered it to investigate the claims raised in the derivative actions.

It is reasonably possible that the Company will incur a loss in connection with these federal securities and derivative matters, and the loss could be material; however, the Company cannot estimate the amount of loss or range of loss at this time.

In June 2024, the Office of the Treasurer and Tax Collector of the City and County of San Francisco (the "Tax Collector") issued an assessment of San Francisco gross receipts tax, including interest and penalties, for fiscal years 2020 through 2022, asserting the Company owes incremental taxes on a portion of the receipts generated by the Company related to sales of bitcoin. The Company paid the assessed amount of $71.4 million in January 2025. In September 2025, the Tax Collector issued an assessment of gross receipts tax, including tax, interest, and penalties, of $42.7 million for fiscal years 2023 and 2024, which the Company paid in October 2025. In both cases, the Company paid the assessment in order to preserve its rights to dispute the assessments and initiate the dispute process. The Company strongly disagrees with the Tax Collector’s assessments and plans to vigorously pursue all available remedies. Given the assessed amounts must be paid to initiate the dispute process and will be returned in full or used to settle any final amount due to the Tax Collector, the Company views the amounts as deposit assets.

The Company estimates its aggregate exposure for fiscal years 2020 through 2024 could be up to $114 million, which is the full amount of the assessments already paid. The Tax Collector may continue to challenge the Company's gross receipts tax positions. The Company has currently concluded that a loss for this matter is not probable.

The Company regularly assesses the likelihood of adverse outcomes resulting from litigation and regulatory proceedings and adjusts the financial statements based on such assessments. The eventual outcome of these matters may differ materially from the estimates the Company has currently accrued in the financial statements.

In addition, the Company is subject to various legal matters, investigations, subpoenas, inquiries, audits, claims, lawsuits, arbitrations, and disputes, including with regulatory bodies and governmental agencies. The Company cannot at this time fairly estimate a reasonable range of exposure, if any, of the potential liability, if any, with respect to any of these other matters. Although the Company may be subject to an adverse decision or settlement, it does not believe that the final disposition of any of these other matters will have a material adverse effect on its results of operations, financial position, or liquidity. However, the Company cannot give any assurance regarding the ultimate outcome of any of these matters, and their resolution could be material to the Company's operating results.

From time to time, we may enter into non-cancelable purchase obligations related to cloud computing infrastructure. The commitment amounts in the table below are associated with contracts that are enforceable and legally binding and that specify all significant terms, including fixed or minimum services to be used, and the approximate timing of the actions under the contracts.

The Company is under examination, or may be subject to examination, by several tax authorities. These examinations may lead to proposed adjustments to the Company's taxes or net operating losses with respect to years under examination, as well as subsequent periods. The Company regularly assesses the likelihood of adverse outcomes resulting from tax examinations to determine the adequacy of the Company's provision for direct and indirect taxes. The Company continues to monitor the progress of ongoing discussions with tax authorities and the effect, if any, on the Company's provision for direct and indirect taxes.

Management believes that an adequate provision has been made for any adjustments that may result from tax examinations. However, the outcome of tax audits cannot be predicted with certainty. If any issues addressed in the Company's tax audits are resolved in a manner not consistent with the Company’s expectations, the Company could be required to adjust the Company's provision for direct and indirect taxes in the period such resolution occurs.