X0202 SCHEDULE 13G 0002100121 XXXXXXXX LIVE Common Stock 03/31/2026 0000109563 Applied Industrial Technologies Inc 03820C105 1 Applied Plaza Cleveland OH 44115 Rule 13d-1(b) Vanguard Portfolio Management PA 4492 0 2126930 0 2126930 5.70 IA In accordance with SEC Release No. 34-39538 (January 12, 1998), this Schedule 13G reflects the securities beneficially owned, or deemed to be beneficially owned, by Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC and the following affiliates of Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC or business divisions of such affiliates: Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Company and Vanguard Global Advisers, LLC. This Schedule 13G includes securities held by Vanguard funds, or sleeves thereof, over which Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC exercises dispositive power, in addition to securities held by clients over which the affiliates or business divisions of such affiliates indicated above exercise dispositive and/or voting power. This Schedule 13G does not include securities, if any, beneficially owned by other subsidiaries or affiliates of Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC, or business divisions of such subsidiaries whose ownership of securities is disaggregated from that of the reporting business unit in accordance with such release. Applied Industrial Technologies Inc 1 Applied Plaza, Cleveland, OH, 44115 Vanguard Portfolio Management 100 Vanguard Blvd,, Malvern, PA, 19355 PA N IA 2126930 5.7 4492 0 2126930 0 Y N Vanguard Portfolio Management, including investment companies registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 and other managed accounts, have the right to receive or the power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds from the sale of, the securities reported herein.No one other person's interest in the securities reported herein is more than 5%. Y Y Y N By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were acquired and are held in the ordinary course of business and were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect, other than activities solely in connection with a nomination under § 240.14a-11. Vanguard Portfolio Management Ashley Grim 04/28/2026