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Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): December 1, 2025

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Item 5.02(b) Departure of Certain Officers

On December 1, 2025, Nate Jorgensen, Chief Executive Officer of Boise Cascade Company ("Boise Cascade" or the "Company"), notified the Company of his retirement as CEO, effective March 2, 2026. Mr. Jorgensen will continue to serve as a member of the Company’s Board of Directors.

On December 4, 2025, Boise Cascade issued a press release announcing that on December 1, 2025, the Board of Boise Cascade elected Jeff Strom, age 58, as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Company, with an effective date of March 3, 2026. Mr. Strom became Chief Operating Officer (COO) in January 2025. His previous positions with the Company’s Building Materials Distribution business include Executive Vice President, from March 2021 to January 2025; and Vice President and General Manager for the Eastern Region, from January 2020 through March 2021. Mr. Strom received a bachelor’s degree in management from the Georgia Institute of Technology. There are no arrangements or understandings pursuant to which Mr. Strom was selected, or family relationships or transactions with related parties, that require disclosure.

In connection with his election as CEO, on December 1, 2025, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors approved Mr. Strom's annual base salary of $975,000 and an annual short-term incentive target of 120%, with an effective date of March 3, 2026. Mr. Strom’s severance agreement, dated as of August 15, 2022, remains effective, a form of which is filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed October 31, 2022.

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