For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2026or☐TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934For the transition period from______________to______________ Commission file number001-40695 Dole plc (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Ireland98-1610692(State of other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) 29 North Anne Street, Dublin 7D07 PH36Ireland 353-1-887-2600Registrant’s telephone number, including area code Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act. New York Stock Exchange Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities ExchangeAct of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file suchreports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.☒Yes☐No Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required tosubmit such files).☒Yes☐No Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, oran emerging growth company. See definition of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerginggrowth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. Accelerated filer☐Smaller reporting company☐Emerging growth company☐ Large accelerated filer☒Non-accelerated filer☐ If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complyingwith any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). ☐Yes☒No As of May 1, 2026, there were 95,158,950 Ordinary shares of Dole plc issued and outstanding. Table of Contents Background and Certain Defined TermsForward-Looking Statements PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION Item 1. Financial StatementsUnaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2026and December 31, 2025Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Three Months ended March 31, 2026 and March31, 2025Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the Three Months ended March 31, 2026and March 31, 2025Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Three Months ended March 31, 2026 and March31, 2025Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity for the Three Months ended March 31, 2026and March 31, 2025Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial StatementsItem 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of OperationsItem 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market RiskItem 4. Controls and Procedures PART II - OTHER INFORMATION Item 1. Legal ProceedingsItem 1A. Risk Factors Item 2.Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of ProceedsItem 3. Defaults Upon Senior SecuritiesItem 4. Mine Safety DisclosuresItem 5. Other InformationItem 6. ExhibitsSignatures Background and Certain Defined Terms In this report, unless otherwise specified, the terms “we”, “our”, “us”, the “Group”, the “Company” and “Dole” refer to Dole plc,individually or together with its subsidiaries, as the context may require. References to “Dole plc” refer to the registrant. The term “Annual Report on Form 10-K” refers to Dole’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025, filed onMarch 2, 2026 by Dole plc (File No. 001-40695). The term “Credit Agreement” refers to the March 26, 2021 credit agreement with Coöperatieve Rabobank U.A., New York Branch, asamended and restated from time to time. Other key terms are defined throughout this report in their first instance, if practical. Forward-Looking Statements This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, including “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results ofOperations” in Item 2 of Part I, contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 andSection 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 relating to our operations, results of operations and other matters that are based on ourcurrent expectations, estimates, assumptions and projections. Our actual results could differ materially from the forward-looking statementsincluded herein. Statements regarding our future and projections relating to products, sales, revenue, expenditures, costs and earnings aretypical of such statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are