Matthew T. Moroun is Chair of our Board of Directors and his son, Matthew J. Moroun, is a member of our Board. Certain Moroun family trusts beneficially own a majority of our outstanding shares. Matthew T. Moroun has investment authority over the shares held by such trusts and has the power to appoint and remove the special trustee. Frederick P. Calderone, a member of our Board, serves as special trustee of such trusts and exercises voting authority over the shares. The Moroun family also owns or significantly influences the management and operating policies of other businesses engaged in transportation, insurance, business services and real estate development and management. In the ordinary course of business, we procure from these companies certain supplementary administrative support services, including legal, human resources, tax and IT infrastructure services. The Audit Committee of our Board reviews and approves related-party transactions. The cost of these services is based on the actual or estimated utilization of the specific service.

We also purchase other services from affiliates. The following is a schedule of cost incurred and included in operating expenses for services provided by affiliates for the thirteen weeks ended April 4, 2026 and March 29, 2025 (in thousands):

We pay the direct variable cost of maintenance, fueling and other operational support costs for services delivered at our affiliates’ trucking terminals that are geographically remote from our own facilities. Such costs are billed when incurred, paid on a routine basis, and reflect actual labor utilization, repair parts costs or quantities of fuel purchased.

We lease 28 facilities from related parties. Our occupancy is based on either month-to-month or contractual multi-year lease arrangements that are billed and paid monthly. Leasing properties from related parties affords us significant operating flexibility; however, we are not limited to such arrangements. See Note 10, “Leases,” for further information regarding the cost of leased properties.

We also purchase employee medical, workers’ compensation, property and casualty, cargo, warehousing and other general liability insurance from an affiliated insurance company. In our Consolidated Balance Sheets, we record our insured claims liability and the related recovery in insurance and claims, and other receivables. At April 4, 2026 and December 31, 2025, there were $18.7 million and $18.0 million, respectively, included in each of these accounts for insured claims.

Other services from affiliates, including contracted transportation services, are delivered to us on a per-transaction basis or pursuant to separate contractual arrangements provided in the ordinary course of business. At April 4, 2026 and December 31, 2025, amounts due to affiliates were $24.9 million and $17.2 million, respectively.

During the thirteen weeks ended March 29, 2025, we contracted with an affiliate to provide real property improvements totaling $4.4 million. There were no such purchases made during the thirteen weeks ended April 4, 2026.

Services provided by Universal to Affiliates

We periodically provide transportation, logistics and facility-related services to companies affiliated with our controlling stockholder in connection with their customer contracts, purchase orders and operational needs. Certain truck fueling and administrative costs are netted against the related affiliate revenues in operating expense.

At April 4, 2026 and December 31, 2025, amounts due from affiliates were $0.7 million and $1.0 million, respectively.