Falcon's Beyond Global, Inc. (FBYD) Risk Factors

Item 1A. Risk Factors

You should carefully consider the following risk factors in addition to the other information included in this Annual Report, including matters addressed in the section entitled “Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements and Risk Factor Summary.” We may face additional risks and uncertainties that are not presently known to us, or that we currently deem immaterial, which may also impair our business, prospects, financial condition or operating results. The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our financial statements and notes to the financial statements included herein.

Business and Business Development Risks

We may not be able to sustain our growth, effectively manage our anticipated future growth, implement our business strategies or achieve the results we anticipate.

We have a limited operating history and have experienced substantial growth due, in large part, to the combination of Falcon’s Treehouse, LLC and its subsidiaries and Falcon’s Treehouse National, LLC with Katmandu Group, LLC and Fun Stuff, S.L. in April of 2021, the Business Combination with FAST Acquisition Corp. II in October 2023, which resulted in the Company becoming a public company with its securities traded on Nasdaq, the Strategic Investment by Qiddiya Investment Company (“QIC”), and the acquisition of OES assets in May 2025. However, recent growth rates may not be indicative of our future performance due to our limited operating history as a combined company and the rapid evolution of our business model. We may not be able to achieve similar results or accelerate growth at the same rate as we have organically or in connection with the completion of the Business Combination, and we may not achieve our expected results, all of which may have a material and adverse impact on our financial condition and results of operations.

Our growth and expansion have placed, and will continue to place, significant strain on our management and resources. This level of growth may not be sustainable or achievable in the future. We believe that our continued growth will depend on many factors, including our ability to develop new sources of revenue, diversify monetization methods including by direct to consumer offerings, vertically-integrated retail and third-party marketplaces, attract and retain creative contributors and business partners, increase customer engagement, continue developing innovative technologies, experiences and attractions in response to shifting demand in leisure and entertainment preferences, increase brand awareness and licensing, increase our expertise, expand into new markets, raise capital and continue to execute our legacy business.

Throughout 2025 and early 2026, we undertook a series of strategic and operational actions intended to align our business portfolio of equity method investments, capital deployment, and operating focus to align with our platform‑based strategy. Such actions include the expansion of FCG’s work with QIC and New Murabba Development Company (“NMDC”), and the disposition of the Sol Tenerife Hotel, the winding up of Karnival, and the termination of our license with The Hershey Company These actions reflect an emphasis on the continued growth of FCG and FBB, together with continued progress toward a more asset‑efficient operating approach within FBD.

We cannot assure you that we will have the personnel, expertise, or resources to sustain or manage our growth, or that our growth and expansion strategies will be attractive to our customers, and our failure to sustain or increase our growth may materially and adversely affect our business and results of operations.

The impairments of our intangible assets and equity method investment in our joint ventures have materially and adversely impacted our business and results of operations and may do so again in the future.

Under generally accepted accounting principles in the United States ("U.S. GAAP"), we review certain assets for impairment annually in the fourth quarter of each fiscal year, or more frequently if events or changes in circumstances indicate the carrying value may not be recoverable. Further, we review our equity-method investments for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the investment may not be recoverable. We recognize an impairment of an equity-method investment if the fair value of the investment as a whole, and not the underlying assets, has declined and the decline is other than temporary. The outcome of such testing previously has resulted in, and in the future could result in, impairments of our assets, including our property, plant, and equipment, intangible assets, goodwill and/or our equity method investment in our joint ventures.

Our Sierra Parima segment experienced losses in 2023 as a result of financial, operational, infrastructure challenges encountered at the Katmandu Park DR following its opening in March 2023. Sierra Parima performed an evaluation of its long-lived fixed assets in accordance with ASC 360 to determine whether their fair value is less than carrying value. As a result of this analysis, Sierra Parima recorded a fixed asset impairment of $46.7 million as of December 31, 2023. Based on the estimated sale or liquidation proceeds from Sierra Parima, and Sierra Parima’s outstanding debts remaining to be settled, the fair value of the Company’s investment in Sierra Parima was determined to be zero. The impairment is the result of management’s estimates and assumptions regarding the likelihood of certain outcomes related to various liquidation and sale scenarios and pending legal matters, the timing of which remains uncertain. These estimates were determined primarily using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3). The estimates that the Company makes with

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respect to its equity method investment are based upon assumptions that management believes are reasonable, and the impact of variations in these estimates or the underlying assumptions could be material. On May 30, 2025, the Company's investment in Sierra Parima was sold for nominal consideration and no gain or loss on the sale was recognized. For more information about the impairment charge with respect to Sierra Parima, see Note 6, “Investments and advances to equity method investments – Sierra Parima” to our audited consolidated financial statements contained in Item 8 of this Annual Report.

Further, the Tenerife Sale, which was completed on May 30, 2025, represented a significant change in circumstances that could impact the fair value of the Company’s remaining investment in PDP. The Company evaluated its remaining equity investment in PDP for impairment as of December 31, 2025 and determined that it was other-than-temporarily impaired. The Company estimated the fair value of its investment in PDP using the direct capitalization method of the income approach. The Company used the property's estimated net operating income, yearly growth rate, capital expenditure reserves and a capitalization rate as the primary significant unobservable inputs (Level 3). The estimated fair value is based upon assumptions that management believes are reasonable, and the impact of variations in these estimates or the underlying assumptions could be material. The fair value of the Company’s investment in PDP was determined to be $27.1 million. As of December 31, 2025, the Company recognized an other-than-temporary impairment charge of $5.3 million, which is recorded in share of gain (loss) from equity method investments in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income. Note 6, “Investments and advances to equity method investments – PDP” to our audited consolidated financial statements contained in Item 8 of this Annual Report.

The Company has a 50% interest in Karnival, an unconsolidated joint venture. The Company and its joint venture partners have agreed to commence the liquidation process of the joint venture. The liquidation process of the joint venture represents a significant change in circumstances that could impact the fair value of the Company’s remaining investment in Karnival. Accordingly, the Company performed an impairment evaluation of its equity method investment in Karnival to determine whether the remaining carrying amount of the investment exceeds its fair value, and determined that, as of December 31, 2025, it was other-than-temporarily impaired. The Company estimated the fair value of its investment in Karnival using the liquidation value of cash and cash equivalents less estimated costs to liquidate valuation inputs (Level 2). The estimated fair value is based upon assumptions that management believes are reasonable, and the impact of variations in these estimates or the underlying assumptions could be material. The fair value of the Company’s investment in Karnival was determined to be $4.2 million. As of December 31, 2025, the Company recognized an other-than-temporary impairment charge of $3.0 million, which is recorded in share of gain (loss) from equity method investments in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income.

The accounting estimates related to impairments are susceptible to change, including estimating fair value which requires considerable judgment. For goodwill, management’s estimate of a reporting unit’s future financial results is sensitive to changes in assumptions, such as changes in stock prices, weighted-average cost of capital, terminal growth rates and industry multiples. Similarly, cash flow estimates utilized for purposes of evaluating long-lived assets and equity method investments (such as in our PDP joint venture) require us to make projections and assumptions for many years into the future for pricing, demand, competition, operating costs, timing of operations, and other factors. We evaluate long-lived assets and equity method investments for impairment when events or changes in circumstances indicate, in management’s judgment, that the carrying value of such assets may not be recoverable (meaning, in the case of its equity method investment, that such investment has suffered other-than-temporary declines in value under ASC 323, Investments: Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures). When a quantitative assessment is performed, we use estimates and assumptions in estimating our reporting units’, our long-lived assets’ and our equity method investment’s fair values that we believe are reasonable and appropriate at that time; however assumptions and estimates are inherently subject to significant business, economic, competitive and other risks that could materially affect the calculated fair values and the resulting conclusions regarding impairments, which could materially affect our results of operations and financial position.

We cannot guarantee that in future periods we will not be required to recognize additional impairment charges, whether in our other equity method investments, to the extent it is regained in the future, or other intangible assets, nor that we will be able to avoid a significant charge to earnings in our consolidated financial statements during the period in which an impairment is determined to exist. Impairments to our equity method investment in our PDP joint venture have materially and adversely affected our results of operations in the past, and could again in the future, as could reductions in the carrying value of any intangible assets or our other equity method investments.

Our current liquidity resources raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern and holders of our securities could suffer a total loss of their investment.

For the year ended December 31, 2025, we incurred a loss from operations of $13.4 million and negative cash flows from operating activities of $26.0 million. Management has concluded, and the reports of our auditors included in this Annual Report reflect, that there is substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. Since our inception, we have funded our operations primarily through financing transactions such as related party and third-party loans and the Strategic Investment and have incurred recurring net losses and negative cash flows. We will require additional capital in order to fund currently anticipated expenditures and to meet our obligations as they come due. See “—We will require additional capital, which additional financing may result in restrictions on our

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operations or substantial dilution to our stockholders, to support the growth of our business, and this capital might not be available on acceptable terms, if at all” below for additional information related to the risks of obtaining additional capital.

Substantial doubt exists about our ability to continue as a going concern. The reaction of investors to the inclusion of a going concern statement by management and our auditors and our potential inability to continue as a going concern may materially adversely affect the price of our publicly traded securities and our ability to raise new capital or enter into partnerships or strategic collaborations. If we are unable to continue as a going concern, we may have to liquidate our assets and may receive less than the value at which those assets are carried on our financial statements, and it is likely that investors will lose all or part of their investment. Further, the perception that we may be unable to continue as a going concern may impede our ability to pursue strategic opportunities or operate our business due to concerns regarding our ability to fulfill our contractual obligations. In addition, if there remains substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern, investors or other financing sources may be unwilling to provide additional funding to us on commercially reasonable terms, or at all.

We will continue efforts to remedy the conditions or events that raise this substantial doubt, however, as some components of these plans are outside of management’s control, we cannot offer any assurances they will be effectively implemented. We also cannot offer any assurance that any additional financing will be available on acceptable terms or at all. Our consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates the continuity of normal business activities and the realization of assets and the settlement of liabilities in the ordinary course of business.

We will require additional capital, which additional financing may result in restrictions on our operations or substantial dilution to our stockholders, to support the growth of our business, and this capital might not be available on acceptable terms, if at all.

We have funded our operations since inception primarily through financing transactions such as related party and third-party loans and the Strategic Investment. We cannot be certain when or if our operations will generate sufficient cash to fully fund our ongoing operations or the growth of our business. We incurred a loss from operations of $13.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2025, had an accumulated deficit attributable to common stockholders of $44.6 million as of December 31, 2025, and had negative cash flows from operating activities of $26.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2025. We intend to continue to make investments to support our business, which may require us to engage in equity or debt financings to secure additional funds. In addition, as of December 31, 2025, the Company has accrued material amounts of expenses in relation to its external advisors, accountants and legal costs. As of December 31, 2025, the Company had a working capital deficiency of $(18.1) million including $0.6 million debt that matured on May 16, 2025 and debt coming due of $2.6 million in the next 12 months. The Company does not currently have sufficient cash or liquidity to pay liabilities that are owed or are maturing at this time and the ability to do so in the future is contingent upon securing additional financing or capital raises.

Additional financing may not be available on terms favorable to us, if at all, or the cost of additional financing may be exceedingly high. In particular, ongoing conflicts in the Middle East, including hostilities with Iran, and the war between Russia and Ukraine have caused disruption in the global financial markets, which may reduce our ability to access capital and negatively affect our liquidity in the future. If adequate funds are not available on acceptable terms, we may be unable to invest in future growth opportunities or to implement our strategy, which could harm our business, operating results, and financial condition. If we incur additional debt, the debt holders would have rights senior to holders of Common Stock to make claims on our assets, and the terms of any debt could restrict our operations, including our ability to pay future dividends to holders of our Common Stock. If we undertake financing by issuing equity securities, our stockholders may experience substantial dilution. We may sell common stock, preferred stock, convertible securities or other equity securities in one or more transactions at a price per share that is less than the price per share paid by current stockholders. If we sell common stock, preferred stock, convertible securities, or other equity securities in more than one transaction, stockholders may be further diluted by subsequent sales. Additionally, future equity financings may result in new investors receiving rights superior to our existing stockholders. Because our decision to issue securities in the future will depend on numerous considerations, including factors beyond our control, we cannot predict or estimate the amount, timing, or nature of any future issuances of debt or equity securities. As a result, our stockholders bear the risk of future issuances of debt or equity securities reducing the value of our Common Stock and diluting their interests.

Following the closure of Katmandu Park DR and the Tenerife Sale, and the commencement of liquidation of our Karnival joint venture, our FBD business is in transition, and the repositioning and rebranding of FBD projects will be subject to timing, budgeting and other risks which could have a material adverse effect on us. In addition, the ongoing need for capital expenditures to develop our FBD business could have a material adverse effect on us, including our financial condition, liquidity and results of operations.

In our FBD business, we may encounter difficulties in adapting our asset-efficient strategy or in developing and maintaining effective joint partnerships with our existing JV partner, Meliá, and/or with new joint venture partnerships. We expect our asset-efficient strategy to reduce our capital expenditures by harnessing the strengths and resources of current and future strategic partners, allowing us to focus on our core competencies of bringing incredible experiences to people. However, we may not be able to execute on such strategy effectively. For example, we may not be able to negotiate agreements with our existing joint venture partners or with new joint venture

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partners on terms that are acceptable to us or at all, and our ability to successfully operate an asset-efficient model exposes us to different risks than we face with an asset-heavy model, as we will be increasingly subject to the risks inherent in third-party infrastructure over which we would have limited control. Further, our efforts to reduce our existing capital expenditures may not be successful. For example, while we believe the closure of Katmandu Park DR to visitors was in the best interest of the Sierra Parima joint venture with Meliá because the closure eliminates potential ongoing operational losses at the Katmandu Park DR, and while we believe the Tenerife Sale and commencement of liquidation of our Karnival joint venture were each similarly in our best interests, there may be unexpected consequences of such closure, sale and liquidation that negatively impact our business or that of our joint venture partner, whereby such unexpected consequences could be the basis for a dispute with our joint venture partner.

Further, even with an asset-efficient business model, our FBD business may still be subject to traditional risks associated with resort and theme park development, acquisition, expansion, repositioning and rebranding, including, among others:

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construction delays or cost overruns that may increase project costs;

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receipt of zoning and other required governmental permits and authorizations;

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increased costs due to competition for labor, including employees and subcontractors, skilled in emerging technology;

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strikes or other labor issues;

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restrictions or delays in transportation and import-export procedures;

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delays or cost inflation in the supply chain and third-party vendors required to develop the resorts and parks;

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development costs incurred for projects that are not pursued to completion;

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investment of substantial capital without, in the case of developed or repositioned resorts, immediate corresponding income;

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results that may not achieve our desired revenue or profit goals;

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acts of nature such as earthquakes, wildfires, hurricanes, volcanic eruptions, floods or fires that could adversely impact a resort;

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ability to raise capital, including construction or acquisition financing; and

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governmental restrictions on the nature or size of a project.

In addition, in the future, certain of our construction timelines may be lengthened and/or require increased development costs due to competition for skilled construction labor and employees with relevant technical expertise, disruption in the supply chain for materials, increased costs for raw materials and supplies, labor relations and construction practices in foreign markets, rising inflation, ongoing conflicts in the Middle East, including hostilities with Iran, and the war between Russia and Ukraine; and these circumstances could continue or worsen in the future. As a result of the foregoing, we cannot assure you that any of our development, acquisition, expansion, repositioning and rebranding projects will be completed on time or within budget or that the ultimate rates of investment return will be as we forecasted at the time the project was commenced. If we are unable to complete a project on time or within budget, the resort and/or theme park’s projected operating results may be adversely affected, which could have a material adverse effect on us, including our business, financial condition, liquidity, results of operations and prospects.

The FBD properties, including the hotel and theme park owned and operated by our PDP joint venture with Meliá, also have an ongoing need for renovations, rebranding and other capital improvements and expenditures, including to replace furniture, fixtures and equipment from time to time as the need arises. While we believe the closure of Katmandu Park DR to visitors, the Tenerife Sale, and the commencement of liquidation of Karnival should help reduce our ongoing capital expenditures, we still have assets through our PDP joint venture, including a hotel and theme park in Mallorca, Spain.

In addition, because a principal competitive factor for a theme park or other attraction is the uniqueness and perceived quality of its rides and experiential technologies, we must make significant up-front and continued capital investments, from the initial construction of the theme parks through maintenance and potentially the addition of new rides, attractions and technologies. These up-front and continued capital investments may not ever result in net income.

In addition to liquidity risks, these capital expenditures may result in declines in revenues while hotels and parks are in initial construction, while rooms, restaurants, rides or attractions are out of service for rebranding or maintenance, and while areas of our properties are closed due to capital improvement projects. We expect our costs will increase over time, and our losses may continue, as we expect to continue to invest additional funds in expanding our business and sales and marketing activities. We also expect to incur

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additional general and administrative expenses as a result of our growth and expect our costs to continue increase to support our operations as a public company. Historically, our costs have increased over the years due to these factors, and we expect to continue to incur increasing costs to support our anticipated future growth. For example, following the opening of our Katmandu Park DR in March 2023, we experienced various financial, operational, and infrastructure challenges that led to lower than planned open days and attendance at the park. As a result, in March 2024, we closed Katmandu Park DR to visitors. For more information about the closure of the Katmandu Park DR, see Note 8, “Investments and advances to equity method investments – Sierra Parima” to our audited consolidated financial statements contained in Item 8 of this Annual Report.

The costs of capital improvements, expenditures or any of the above noted factors, or if we are unable to generate adequate revenue growth and manage our expenses, could have a material adverse effect on us, including our financial condition, liquidity and results of operations. There is also a risk that our estimates of the cost of such capital improvements will not be accurate, causing us to seek additional financing and creating construction delays. In addition, any construction delays or ride downtime can adversely affect attendance at our hotels, theme parks and other interactive attractions and our ability to realize revenue growth.

Our growth plans in FCG may take longer than anticipated or may not be successful.

Developing FCG requires ongoing investment in personnel and infrastructure. In 2024, we acquired and moved into a larger building in Orlando to meet the space requirement for our continued growth. Our growth plans for FCG place significant demands on our management and operating personnel, and we may not be able to hire, train, and retain the appropriate personnel to manage and grow these services. Depending upon the timing and level of revenues generated from FCG, including through the Consultancy Services Agreement with QIC and other initiatives, the related results of operations and cash flows we anticipate from FCG may not be achieved. If we are unable to manage our growth effectively, our business, results of operations, and financial condition may be adversely affected.

Our ability to execute on our strategy and business model is dependent on the quality of our services, and our failure to offer high quality services could have a material adverse effect on its sales and results of operations.

FCG provides creative and advisory services including destination strategy, master planning, experiential and attraction design, digital media, interactive software, IP development, and creative guardianship for entertainment and hospitality destinations. FBB encompasses a broad portfolio of intellectual property, proprietary technologies, and operating businesses that design, engineer, commercialize, and deploy entertainment systems, products, content, and experiences across physical and digital environments. FBD develops, owns, operates, and expands entertainment venues, hospitality experiences, and branded destination concepts across a variety of location-based formats, utilizing proprietary and third-party intellectual property. As such, increasingly, our intellectual property and technologies will be deployed in large-scale, complex technology environments, and we believe our future success will depend on our ability to provide our customers with a comprehensive solution to their experiential entertainment needs, and to increase sales of our intellectual property and technologies.

FCG’s ability to provide effective ongoing services, or to provide such services in a timely, efficient, or scalable manner, may depend in part on its customers’ environments and their abilities to effectively integrate FCG’s technologies in their existing facilities. In addition, FCG’s ability to provide effective services is largely dependent on our ability to attract, train, and retain qualified personnel, independent contractors and subcontractors, with experience in supporting customers in the use of tools and technologies such as ours. As the number of FCG’s customers or projects grows, that growth may put additional pressure on FCG’s services teams, and FCG may be unable to respond quickly enough to accommodate short-term increases in customer demand for its services. FCG may also be unable to modify the future scope and delivery of its services to compete with changes in the services provided by its competitors. Increased customer demand for support, without corresponding revenue, could increase costs and negatively affect our business and results of operations. In addition, as FCG continues to grow its operations and expand its global customer base, FCG needs to be able to provide efficient services that meet its customers’ needs globally at scale, and its services teams may face additional challenges, including those associated with operating the platforms and delivering support, training, and documentation in languages other than English and providing services across expanded time-zones. If FCG is unable to provide efficient services globally at scale, our ability to grow FCG’s operations may be harmed, and FCG may need to hire additional services personnel, which could negatively impact our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

FCG’s customers typically need training in the proper use of our technologies. If FCG does not effectively deploy our technologies, if we fail to update or upgrade our technologies, or if FCG fails to help customers quickly resolve post-deployment issues and provide effective ongoing services, our ability to sell additional intellectual property, technologies and services to existing customers could be adversely affected, we may face negative publicity, and our reputation with potential customers could be damaged. As a result, FCG’s failure to maintain high quality services may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, and growth prospects.

Further, FBB’s ability to provide effective services and execute on its business strategy depends upon its ability to effectively deploy our and third-party brands’ intellectual property across multiple media and experiential channels. This means that FBB’s success depends

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disproportionately on its ability to successfully develop proprietary and third-party brands across disparate consumer bases, technologies and geographies and to maintain and extend the reach and relevance of these brands to global consumers in a wide array of markets. This strategy will require us to acquire, build, invest in and develop our competencies in disparate areas, which will require significant effort, time and money, with no assurance of success. The success of FBB also requires significant alignment and integration among our business divisions and between FBB and third-party brands. If FBB is unable to successfully develop, maintain and expand key proprietary and third-party brands as planned, our business performance could suffer. Further, if the consumer market does not broadly adopt our intellectual property, FBB would be impacted and we would be unable to implement our current business strategy.

Anticipated synergies across our three business lines may not create the diversified revenue streams that we believe they will.

We may encounter difficulties in developing and maintaining mutually beneficial and synergistic relationships among our three business divisions. While we believe that the FBD, FCG, and FBB businesses mutually reinforce each other in a variety of ways, achieving such anticipated benefits and synergies is subject to a number of uncertainties. It is possible that operations across three distinct business lines may result in higher than anticipated costs and lower than anticipated revenue and/or decreases in the amount of expected net income, all of which would adversely affect our business, financial condition, and operating results.

A significant portion of FCG’s and our revenue is derived from two large clients of FCG and any loss of, or decrease in services to, those clients could harm FCG’s and our results of operations.

A limited number of industry customers have contributed a significant portion of FCG’s and our revenues in the past and are projected to do so in the future. In particular, FCG had two major customers in 2025 and one major customer in 2024. For the year ended December 31, 2025, 60% and 39% of FCG's revenue came from QIC and NMDC. For the year ended December 31, 2024, 99% of FCG's revenue came from QIC. We are likely to continue to experience ongoing customer concentration. It is possible that revenue from QIC may not reach or exceed historical levels in any future period. Each of the agreements that we have entered into with QIC contains the scope of services and completion milestone requirements applicable to each particular entertainment asset or services to which the agreement relates. Because our work for QIC is not subject to a master services agreement, our and QIC’s rights and obligations and our time to complete a specific task may vary from agreement to agreement and the terms and conditions of each agreement is generally tailored to the specific project or services covered by the applicable agreement. In some instances, QIC may have a contractual obligation under separate agreements with unaffiliated third-party intellectual owners to obtain approval of our work prior to acceptance of our work whereby we are not in privity of contract with such third-party intellectual property owners. As of March 30, 2026, we have 9 active agreements with QIC, each of which may be terminated at will by either FCG, after providing 14 days’ notice to QIC, upon a further notice of 42 days or QIC upon 14 days’ notice to FCG. Further, there are no cross-termination or cross-default provisions in these agreements, as they relate to discrete services or projects that are not dependent on each other. Although we believe that we have a strong relationship with QIC, if QIC moves their business elsewhere it would have an adverse effect on our profitability, particularly the profitability of FCG.

Following the completion of the Strategic Investment, the Company, Falcon’s Opco and FCG LLC are subject to contractual restrictions that may affect our ability to access the public markets and expand our business.

In connection with the Strategic Investment, Falcon’s Opco, FCG LLC and QIC entered into a third amended and restated limited liability company agreement of FCG LLC, on September 4, 2023 (as amended, the “FCG A&R LLCA”), which grants certain consent, preemptive and priority rights to QIC with respect to FCG LLC and its subsidiaries, and in some instances, the Company and Falcon’s Opco. The FCG A&R LLCA was amended on March 18, 2024 to provide QIC with additional consent rights over incentive bonuses.

Under the FCG A&R LLCA, for so long as QIC holds at least 25% of the preferred units in FCG LLC it subscribed for in connection with the Strategic Investment:

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QIC’s consent is required to approve certain of FCG LLC’s and its subsidiaries’ activities, including, but not limited to:

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the issuance of equity securities;

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the payment or declaration of dividends;

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the approval of a project that, individually or in the aggregate, would interfere with the QIC Priority Commitment (as defined below);

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entering into affiliate transactions;

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the granting of any exclusive license to material intellectual property or the abandonment or allowing the lapse of any material intellectual property;

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any amendment to the FCG A&R LLCA;

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changing in a material way FCG LLC’s or any of its subsidiaries’ business strategy, including entering into a new line of business or discontinuing any material line of business;

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effecting any investment, acquisition, joint venture, strategic partnership or similar arrangement, in each case, in which such transaction or series of related transactions has an aggregate transaction value in excess of $1.0 million over the course of any calendar year;

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changing materially the remuneration (including equity awards) of, or terminating (other than for cause), any executive or the head of any organizational division of FCG LLC or its subsidiaries;

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the purchase or redemption of any units or other equity securities of FCG LLC or its subsidiaries, except for units issued in connection with an employee equity incentive plan or in accordance with the redemption provisions of the FCG A&R LLCA;

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the sale of any division or other material assets of FCG LLC or its subsidiaries in excess of $1.0 million per transaction or series of related transactions;

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entering into any merger, consolidation, share exchange, restructuring, recapitalization, reorganization, or other business combination or Change of Control (as defined below) transaction (except a change of control transaction, liquidity event, sale of all or substantially all the assets or similar transaction involving the Company);

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granting any benefits (other than health and welfare benefits consistent with past practices), payments or equity-based compensation to any employee or other service provider that provides services primarily for the benefit of FCG LLC or its subsidiaries with the exception of the equity awards granted by Falcon’s Opco in the fourth quarter of 2023;

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the incurrence of any indebtedness for borrowed money in excess of $1.0 million;

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the approval, amendment or deviation from or alteration of the budget and business plan of FCG LLC, in each case, unless approved by the board of FCG LLC (including the QIC Manager (as defined below));

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the exercise of termination rights, entering into any amendment or statement of work, or granting of any consent or approval that would reasonably be expected to modify the scope of services provided or price under the Intercompany Services Agreement (as defined below);

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the commencement of or the agreement to commence an initial public offering provided, however, that this provision does not apply to Falcon’s Opco or prevent Falcon’s Opco or its affiliates (other than FCG LLC and its subsidiaries) from effectuating an initial public offering or a transaction with a special purpose acquisition company;

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the termination (other than for cause) or material change to the service relationship of any service provider in a manner that is, or could be reasonably expected to, interfere with or adversely affect the QIC Priority Commitment;

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the creation, or the authorization of the creation, of any class or series of units or other equity of FCG LLC (including by re-authorization, reclassification, alteration or amendment of any existing securities of FCG LLC or otherwise) that are senior or pari passu to the preferred units or that provide any unique governance rights relative to that of the common units, including any security or debt convertible into or exercisable for any equity security of FCG LLC;

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entering into any agreement under which any of FCG LLC or its subsidiaries agrees not to (x) compete in any material product or service line or territory or (y) assert any material intellectual property rights, including by entering into any covenant not to sue or any co-existence, settlement or similar agreement;

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(A) the commencement of a voluntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law; (B) consenting to the entry of any order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law; (C) consenting to the appointment or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee or sequestrator (or similar official) of any substantial part of its property or assets of FCG LLC; (D) making a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or (E) winding down, dissolving or liquidating FCG LLC;

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increasing or decreasing the number of managers on the board of managers of FCG LLC; and

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the adoption or modification of any tax election or tax or accounting practice or policy that would have a material and disproportionate impact on QIC as compared to the Company.

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Falcon’s Opco shall not, and shall cause the Company not to, without QIC’s consent, issue any equity securities (or securities or debt convertible into or exercisable for equity securities) of Falcon’s Opco or the Company to any Restricted Person (as defined below) other than in a bona fide, broadly distributed underwritten offering, “at-the-market offering” or a “block trade”; establish or amend any equity incentive plan of Falcon’s Opco or the Company under which the service providers that provide services primarily for the benefit of FCG LLC and its subsidiaries participate; grant equity or equity based compensation with a vesting period of less than three years to any C-Suite level executive of Falcon’s Opco or the Company that provides services to FCG LLC or its subsidiaries; exercise termination rights, enter into any amendment or statement of work, or grant any consent or approval that would reasonably be expected to modify the scope of services provided or price under the Intercompany Services Agreement; or terminate (other than for cause) or make any material change to the service relationship of any service provider in a manner that is, or could be reasonably expected to, interfere with or adversely affect the QIC Priority Commitment. A “Restricted Person” is a person that (1)(x) is not a permitted transferee of QIC or the Company (i.e., an affiliate) and (y) directly or indirectly engages in a business that is competitive with any business of FCG LLC or its subsidiaries, (2) derives at least 10% of its revenue from, or is primarily identified with, (i) the manufacture, distribution or sale of tobacco, pork products or alcohol fit for human consumption and/or (ii) Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates and Yemen, or (3) derives any of its revenue from, or is primarily identified with, the operation of gambling establishments (not including any person providing software and/or data services to any person engaged in the operation of gambling establishments), the manufacturing of gambling machines, the manufacturing, distribution or sale of weapons or armaments or the production or distribution of pornography; and

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each of Falcon’s Opco and FCG LLC shall, and shall cause their respective affiliates to prioritize any projects, products and purchase orders submitted by QIC to FCG LLC and its subsidiaries relative to (and ahead of) any commitments of the Company, FCG LLC or their affiliates to other persons (including affiliates of FCG LLC and the Company), including with respect to the allocation (i) by FCG LLC and its subsidiaries of supplies, labor, management and overall design and manufacturing capacity to QIC versus other persons and (ii) to FCG LLC and its subsidiaries of sufficient supplies, labor, management and other resources (the “QIC Priority Commitment”).

QIC, as the holder of the preferred units, has priority with respect to any distributions by FCG LLC, to the extent there is cash available. Under the FCG A&R LLCA, such distributions are payable (i) first, to the holders of preferred units until the holders’ Preferred Return (as defined below) is reduced to zero, (ii) second, to the holders of preferred units until the Investment Amount (as defined below) is reduced to zero, (iii) third, to the holders of common units until each holder, with respect to each common unit owned by each such holder, has received an amount equal to the amount paid to the holders of preferred units, with respect to each preferred unit owned by each such holder, and (iv) fourth, to the holders of preferred units and common units on a pro-rata basis. Furthermore, without the prior written consent of QIC, until after the five-year anniversary of the Strategic Investment, (i) FCG LLC may not make any distributions (except for tax distributions) to any member and (ii) FCG LLC will reinvest all of its available cash to support the growth and capacity of FCG LLC and its subsidiaries for any projects, products and purchase orders submitted by QIC to FCG LLC and its subsidiaries. “Preferred Return” means an amount necessary to result in a rate of return of 9% per annum, compounding annually on the outstanding preferred units’ Investment Amount and accruing from the date of the agreement, as adjusted from time to time to take into account any distribution, return of capital or other payments; and “Investment Amount” means the initial investment amount of $30,000,000, as reduced from time to time to take into account any distributions, redemptions, return of capital or other permitted payments (other than distributions pursuant to the Preferred Return). These limitations in the use of available cash restrict FCG LLC’s ability to distribute cash to Falcon’s Opco and, in turn, Falcon Opco’s ability to distribute cash to the Company, which could have an adverse impact on the Company’s ability to pay dividends to its shareholders.

The FCG A&R LLCA also provides for preemptive rights for the benefit of Falcon’s Opco and QIC with respect to any issuance of any unit or other equity interest of, and options, warrants, or other convertible securities exercisable for or convertible into units of, FCG LLC or its subsidiaries, subject to customary exceptions, including, among others, issuances of such securities (1) pursuant to an equity incentive plan, reorganization, recapitalization or similar transaction, or an acquisition approved by the board of managers of FCG LLC, or (2) in connection with any equity split, reverse equity split, dividend or distribution or equivalent action by FCG LLC, or upon the exercise or conversion or exchange of options, warrants or other convertible or exchangeable securities, (together, the “excluded securities”). In addition, QIC also has the right to purchase its pro-rata share of any equity securities issued by Falcon’s Opco, the Company or any other FCG LLC parent entity, other than securities issued (1) pursuant to an equity incentive plan, reorganization, recapitalization or similar transaction, or an acquisition approved by the Board, (2) in connection with any equity split, reverse equity split, dividend or distribution or equivalent action by Falcon’s Opco, the Company or any other FCG LLC parent entity, or upon the exercise or conversion or exchange of options, warrants or other convertible or exchangeable securities of FCG LLC, (3) pursuant to

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broadly distributed underwritten public offerings, “at the market” offering or a “block trade”, (4) to banks, equipment lessors, financial institutions, or real property lessors pursuant to a debt financing, equipment leasing or real property leasing agreement approved by the board of managers, or to suppliers or third-party service providers in connection with the provision of goods or services, or to strategic partners pursuant to transactions approved by the Board, (5) pursuant to a business combination transaction with a special purpose acquisition company, and (6) securities of Falcon’s Opco issued by Falcon’s Opco to the Company (together, the “FCG parent entity excluded securities”). These preemptive rights may limit our ability to raise money through a PIPE or other private transaction.

QIC may have interests that conflict with our interests and may exercise the consent and QIC Priority Commitment rights described above in ways that could materially restrict the current and future operations of our FCG division or delay, defer or prevent the expansion of our FBD and FBB divisions. Further, the QIC Priority Commitment may mean that we may not be able to pursue other projects and business because of FCG LLC’s and the Company’s requirement to prioritize QIC work. Additionally, QIC’s distribution, consent and preemptive rights may limit our ability to access cash to develop our business and to raise capital privately or in the public markets, which may make it more difficult for us to execute our business strategy, invest in the growth of our FBD and FBB divisions and compete with companies that are not subject to such restrictions.

QIC has board designation rights in certain circumstances, which could limit public shareholders’ ability to influence the election of Falcon’s Board and Falcon’s governance.

In connection with the Strategic Investment, the FCG A&R LLCA provides QIC with board designation rights at the Falcon’s Board level in certain limited circumstances. For so long as QIC owns at least 25% of the preferred units it owned as of the effective date of the FCG A&R LLCA, if Scott Demerau, Cecil D. Magpuri and Infinite Acquisitions, collectively, cease to hold of record or beneficially at least 35% of the equity securities or voting power of Falcon’s, calculated on a fully diluted basis (a “Pubco Board Right Trigger Event”), then, no later than 30 days after such occurrence, Falcon’s Opco is required to take all action necessary under the governing documents of Falcon’s and applicable law to provide QIC the right to nominate two directors to the board of directors of Falcon’s (the “Pubco Board Right”). In the event that the Pubco Board Right is not permissible under applicable law or the rules of the principal national securities exchange on which Falcon’s is listed, Falcon’s Opco is required to use reasonable best efforts to obtain all necessary approvals and satisfy other requirements under such laws and rules to provide the Pubco Board Right and, if despite using such reasonable best efforts, such laws or rules prohibit the provision of the Pubco Board Right, then Falcon’s Opco must reasonably cooperate with QIC to provide QIC with alternative rights that comply with such law and rules and that are as comparable to the Pubco Board Right as may be reasonably practicable. Following a Pubco Board Right Trigger Event, at QIC’s request, Falcon’s Opco will cause Falcon’s to enter into a stockholders or similar agreement with QIC on customary terms memorializing QIC’s nomination right.

As a result of the Pubco Board Right, if it is permissible under applicable law or stock exchange rules, QIC would have the right to nominate two out of the seven members of Falcon’s Board. Such right, together with the QIC Priority Commitment and QIC’s consent rights described in the preceding risk factor, would have the effect of strengthening QIC’s control over our business.

Our development of new sources of revenue depends on development activities that expose us to project cost and completion risks.

Our development of new sources of revenue depends on development activities that expose us to project cost and completion risks, including:

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weakness in the capital markets limiting FCG’s customers’ abilities to raise capital for completion of projects or for development of future properties;

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weakness in the commercial banking market, limiting our ability to raise debt finance for each project as planned;

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construction delays, zoning and other local, state or federal governmental approvals, cost overruns, lender financial defaults, or natural or man-made disasters, such as earthquakes, tsunamis, wildfires, hurricanes, floods, fires, volcanic eruptions and oil spills, increasing overall project costs, affecting timing of project completion or resulting in project cancellations;

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any liability or alleged liability or resultant delays associated with latent defects in design or construction of projects we have developed for our businesses or that we may construct in the future adversely affecting our business, financial condition and reputation; and

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the delay or failure by third-party contractors to perform for any reason, exposing us to operational, reputational and financial harm.

FCG and its clients also source supplies and materials from third parties that are exposed to such risks, and the occurrence of any of these risks with respect to those third parties could have a material adverse effect on FCG’s and its client’s access to the supplies and

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materials sourced from these third parties. In addition, ongoing conflicts in the Middle East, including hostilities with Iran, and the war between Russia and Ukraine may significantly amplify already existing disruptions to clients and supply-chains and logistics.

We are subject to numerous other risks associated with acquisitions, dispositions, business combinations, or joint ventures.

As part of our growth strategy, we regularly engage in discussions with respect to possible acquisitions, dispositions, sale of assets and equity, business combinations, and joint ventures intended to complement or expand our business, or to align our business with our strategy, some of which may be significant transactions for us. Regardless of whether we consummate any such transaction, the negotiation of a potential transaction could require us to incur significant costs, including as a result of professional fees and due diligence efforts, and cause diversion of management’s time and resources. In addition, we may be unable to identify suitable acquisition or strategic investment opportunities, or may be unable to obtain any required financing or regulatory approvals, and therefore may be unable to complete such acquisitions or strategic investments on favorable terms, if at all. We may decide to pursue acquisitions with which our investors may not agree and we cannot assure investors that any acquisition or investment will be successful or otherwise provide a favorable return on investment. In addition, acquisitions and the integration thereof require significant time and resources and place significant demands on our management, as well as on our operational and financial infrastructure. If we fail to successfully close transactions or integrate new teams, or integrate the products and technologies associated with these acquisitions into our company, our business could be seriously harmed. In addition, acquisitions may expose us to operational challenges and risks, including:

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the ability to profitably manage acquired businesses or successfully integrate the acquired businesses’ operations, personnel, financial reporting, accounting and internal controls, technologies and products into the Company’s business;

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increased indebtedness and the expense of integrating acquired businesses, including significant administrative, operational, economic, geographic or cultural challenges in managing and integrating the expanded or combined operations;

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entry into jurisdictions or acquisition of products or technologies with which we have limited or no prior experience, and the potential of increased competition with new or existing competitors as a result of such acquisitions;

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diversion of management’s attention and the over-extension of our operating infrastructure and our management systems, information technology systems, and internal controls and procedures, which may be inadequate to support growth;

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the ability to fund our capital needs and any cash flow shortages that may occur if anticipated revenue is not realized or is delayed, whether by general economic or market conditions, or unforeseen internal difficulties; and

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the ability to retain or hire qualified personnel required for expanded operations.

Our acquisition strategy may not succeed if we are unable to remain attractive to target companies or expeditiously close transactions. Issuing securities to fund an acquisition would cause dilution to existing shareholders. If we develop a reputation for being a difficult acquirer or target companies view our shares unfavorably, we may be unable to consummate key acquisition transactions essential to our corporate strategy and our business may be seriously harmed.

In addition, integrating any business that we acquire may be distracting to our management and disruptive to our business and may result in significant costs to us. We could face several challenges in the consolidation and integration of information technology, accounting systems, personnel and operations. Any such transaction could also result in impairment of goodwill and other intangibles, development write-offs and other related expenses. Any of the foregoing could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, operating results, liquidity and prospects.

We operate in certain international regions that experience varying degrees of social, political, military, and economic instability. These conditions may include civil unrest, geopolitical tensions, armed conflicts, acts of terrorism, or other disruptions that could adversely affect our operations, supply chain, workforce, or the ability of customers and partners to conduct business with us. Any escalation of these risks in the countries where we operate could negatively impact our financial results, business continuity, and long term strategic objectives.

Our FCG division is frequently contracted by international customers to provide its master planning and design services in locations outside the United States. For example, we have been contracted to provide full service master planning for five theme park projects, as well as the potential additional expansion work, for third-party clients in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and we are a 50% shareholder in PDP, which owns and operates the Sol Katmandu Park & Resort in Mallorca, Spain. These joint ventures and other direct and indirect international operations expose us to certain challenges and risks, many of which are outside of our control, and which could materially reduce our revenues or profits, materially increase our costs, result in significant liabilities or sanctions, significantly disrupt our businesses, or significantly damage our reputation. These challenges and risks include: (1) compliance with complex and changing laws, regulations, and government policies, including sanctions (such as economic sanctions administered by the U.S. Treasury Department’s

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Office of Foreign Assets Control, which prohibit certain activities and transactions involving U.S. sanctioned countries and persons), that could have a material negative impact on our operations (and in the case U.S. sanctions, result in criminal or civil liability where violated), harm our ability to pursue creative and development opportunities, cause reputational damage, or otherwise affect us; (2) the difficulties involved in jointly managing an organization doing business in different countries; (3) uncertainties regarding the interpretation of local laws and the enforceability of contract and intellectual property rights under local laws; (4) rapid changes in government policy, political or civil unrest, acts of terrorism, war, pandemics or other health emergencies, border control measures or other travel restrictions, or the threat of international boycotts or U.S. anti-boycott legislation; and (5) monitoring fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates.

We are exposed to risks related to operating in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

A significant portion of FCG’s planned theme park projects are concentrated in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. FCG is supporting the creative development of multiple entertainment experiences within Qiddiya City, a planned tourism destination in Saudi Arabia, including master planning a water theme park, supporting the development for a gaming and esports district, and acting as the master planner, attraction designer and creative guardian of the first-ever Dragon Ball theme park. We have collaborated with QIC over the past six years and we expect this collaboration to continue. FCG is also acting as Creative and Content Advisor for The Mukaab, the central landmark of the New Murabba downtown development in Riyadh.

Risks inherent in operating in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia include:

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complying with, and managing changes to, and developments in, Saudi Arabian laws and regulations, including price regulations and data privacy, changes in environmental regulations, forced divestment of assets, expropriation of property, cancellation or forced renegotiation of contract rights;

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protecting and defending intellectual property rights, as proceedings to enforce patent rights could result in substantial costs and divert our efforts and attention from other aspects of our business, could put our patents at risk of being invalidated or interpreted narrowly and our patent applications at risk of not issuing and could provoke third parties to assert claims against us, see “— Risks Related to our Intellectual Property — Theft of our intellectual property, including unauthorized exhibition of our content, may decrease our licensing, franchising and programming revenue which may adversely affect our business and profitability”; complying with the Saudi Arabian tax regime, including the possible imposition of new or increased withholding or other taxes or royalties on FCG’s earnings;

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the imposition of new, or changes to existing, transfer pricing regulations or the imposition of new restrictions on foreign trade or investment;

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complying with applicable anti-bribery, anti-corruption, economic sanctions, export control, anti-terrorism and anti-money laundering laws, see “— Risks Related to Regulatory, Tax, Legal and Compliance Matters — We could be exposed to liabilities under the FCPA and other anti-corruption laws and regulations, including non-U.S. laws, which could have a material adverse impact on us”;

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adverse changes in economic and trade sanctions, export controls and national security measures resulting in business disruptions, including delays or denials of import or export licenses or blocked or rejected financial transactions;

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regional conflicts and escalating geopolitical tensions in the Middle East and the potential future involvement of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in such conflicts;

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geopolitical instability and uncertainty in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, resulting from government or military regime change, civil unrest or terrorism;

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changes in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s policy of pegging the Saudi Riyal (“SAR”) to the U.S. dollar;

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difficulties in managing and staffing international operations; and

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conducting business through a number of subsidiaries, joint operations and joint ventures and challenges implementing the Company’s policies and procedures in such entities.

Operating in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia requires significant management attention and resources. The occurrence of any of these risks may be burdensome and could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial position, results of operations and reputation.

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Changes in foreign trade policies and tariff structures, as well as the potential impacts of legal challenges related to such policies, could adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

Certain aspects of our business involve cross‑border sourcing, technology deployment, and international development partnerships. Changes in trade policies, including tariffs or other restrictions, could increase costs, delay development timelines, disrupt supply chains, or limit market access. For example, Falcon's Attractions operations may import parts, components, ad materials used in product sales. Volatile trade policy could also reduce margins, disrupt production schedules, or require pricing adjustments that may not be fully recoverable. Uncertainty arising from the evolving application or enforcement of such measures may impair our ability to plan and execute projects efficiently and the imposition of certain foreign trade policies could adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

Damage to our reputation or brands may negatively impact our company.

Our reputation and brands are integral to the success of our businesses. Because our brands engage consumers across our businesses, damage to our reputation or brands in one business may have an impact on our other businesses. Because some of our brands are recognized internationally, brand damage may not be locally contained. In addition, our hotels in Tenerife and Mallorca are co-branded with Meliá hotels.

Maintenance of the reputation of our Company and brands depends on many factors, including the quality of our offerings, maintenance of trust with our customers and our ability to successfully innovate. Significant negative claims or publicity regarding the Company or its operations, products, management, employees, practices, business partners, business decisions, social responsibility and culture may damage our brands or reputation, even if such claims are untrue. Damage to our reputation or brands could impact our sales, business opportunities, profitability, and ability to recruit high quality employees.

Our indebtedness and liabilities could limit the cash flow available for our operations, which may adversely affect our financial condition and future financial results. The principal, premium, if any, and interest payment obligations of such debt may restrict our future operations and impair our ability to invest in our businesses.

Our current indebtedness, and our future levels of indebtedness, may adversely affect our financial condition and financial results. For instance, higher levels of indebtedness could:

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make it more difficult for us to satisfy our financial obligations;

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require us to dedicate a substantial portion of any cash flow from operations to service our indebtedness, which would reduce funds available for other business purposes, including capital expenditures and acquisitions;

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increase our vulnerability to adverse changes in general business, industry and economic conditions and to competitive pressures;

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limit our flexibility in planning for, or reacting to, changes in our business, competitive conditions or our industries;

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impair our ability to make investments or acquisitions, dispose of assets, pay cash dividends or redeem or repurchase shares; and/or

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limit our ability to refinance existing debt or to obtain additional financing required to fund working capital and other business needs, including capital requirements and acquisitions.

Our ability to service any future financial obligations will depend on our ability to generate significant cash flow from operations, which is partially subject to general economic, financial, competitive, legislative, regulatory and other factors beyond our control, and we cannot assure you that our business will generate cash flow from operations, or that we will be able to complete any necessary financings or refinancings, in amounts sufficient to enable us to fund our operations, engage in acquisitions, capital improvements or other development activities, pay our debts and other obligations and fund our other liquidity needs. If we incur significant additional indebtedness and we are not able to generate sufficient cash flow from operations, we may need to refinance or restructure our debt, sell assets, reduce or delay capital investments, or seek to raise additional capital. Additional debt or equity financing may not be available in sufficient amounts, at times or on terms acceptable to us, or at all, and any additional debt financing we do obtain may significantly increase our leverage on unfavorable terms. If we are unable to implement one or more of these alternatives, we may not be able to service such future debt or other obligations, which could result in us being in default thereon, in which case our lenders could cease making loans to us, lenders or other holders of our debt could accelerate and declare due all outstanding obligations under the respective agreements and secured lenders could foreclose on their collateral, any of which could have a material adverse effect on us.

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The growth of our business depends upon our ability to source projects with new and existing customers and take such projects to completion.

Our FCG business depends in large part on our ability to secure the projects contemplated by the service agreements with our existing customers. Our services agreements typically require us to submit bids and proposals for all scopes of work that are contemplated under such service agreement. Winning a bid on a certain portion of a project does not guarantee that we will be awarded all scopes of work contemplated by the service agreement. Bids, contract proposals and negotiations are complex and frequently involve lengthy discussions and challenging selection processes, all of which are affected by a number of factors. These factors include market conditions, us being successful in demonstrating to our customers that our services work for them, satisfying technical and economic requirements and securing financing arrangements. In addition, our projects are frequently awarded only after competitive bidding processes, which are often protracted. In the event that we are unable to secure contracts covering a substantial majority of the contemplated scope of work in our existing service agreements, our business, results of operations and financial condition could be materially impacted.

We may expand into new lines of business in our FBB division and may face risks associated with such expansion.

Our future growth will, in part, depend on our ability to expand FBB into new business lines as we seek to utilize our proprietary and third-party brands in consumer markets, such as film and video, music, licensing and merchandising and gaming, in which we have no or limited direct prior experience. The new business lines that we pursue for FBB may not perform as well as expected, may not achieve profitability, may incur significant or unexpected time and expense, and may expose us to additional liability, which may result in financial or reputational harm to our or third-party brands. Such expansion activities may involve some or all of the following risks: the risk of entering business lines or products in domestic or foreign markets, in which we have little or no experience; the difficulty of competing for growth opportunities with companies having materially greater financial resources than us; the inability to realize anticipated synergies or other expected benefits; the difficulty of integrating new or acquired operations and personnel into our existing operations, while maintaining our culture; the potential disruption of ongoing operations; and the diversion of financial resources or management attention to new operations or lines of business. The expansion into new lines of business might be required for us to remain competitive, but we may not be able to complete any such expansions on favorable terms or obtain financing, if necessary. Future expansions may not improve our competitive position and business prospects as anticipated, and if they do not, our business, results of operations and financial condition could be materially impacted.

Risks Related to our Joint Ventures

The failure to satisfy the requirements imposed by our joint venture partners and disagreements with our joint venture partners could have a material adverse effect on us.

Under the terms of our joint venture agreements with Meliá, and any joint venture agreements we may enter with future joint venture partners, we may be required to contribute certain funds and assets to our joint venture entities, obtain or provide certain permits, licenses or other authorizations, provide certain fiscal indemnification to our joint venture entities and meet various other terms and conditions. If we fail to comply with the terms and conditions of the applicable joint venture agreement, we may incur liabilities to our joint venture partners under the applicable joint venture agreement. In that situation, the damages we would be subject to would be quantified either by the applicable courts or, in the case that we are required to transfer our shares in the joint ventures to the non-breaching counterparties, by third-party valuation firms. In addition, our joint venture partners, as well as any future partners, may have interests that are different from our interests that may result in conflicting views as to the conduct of the business or future direction of the joint venture. In the event that we have a disagreement with a joint venture partner with respect to a particular issue to come before the joint venture, or as to the management or conduct of the business of the joint venture, we may not be able to resolve such disagreement in our favor. Any such disagreement could have a material adverse effect on our interest in the joint venture, the business of the joint venture or our relationship with such joint venture partner.

We have entered and expect to continue to enter into joint venture, strategic collaborations, teaming and other business arrangements, and these activities involve risks and uncertainties. A failure of any such relationship could have a material adverse effect on our business and results of operations.

We have entered into, and expect to continue to enter into, significant joint venture, strategic collaboration, teaming and other arrangements, including our FBD joint ventures with Meliá and our FBB collaborations with certain brands featured on PBS Kids. These activities involve risks and uncertainties, including the risk of a joint venture partner or other party to a business arrangement failing to satisfy its obligations, which may result in certain liabilities to us for any related commitments, the uncertainty created by challenges in achieving strategic objectives and expected benefits of the business arrangement, the risk of conflicts arising between us and the other parties to our business collaborations and the difficulty of managing and resolving such conflicts, and the difficulty of managing or otherwise monitoring such business arrangements. In addition, in these joint ventures, strategic collaborations and alliances, we may have certain overlapping control with our joint venture or brand partners over the operation of the assets, businesses or brands. As a

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result, such joint ventures, strategic collaborations and alliances may involve risks such as the possibility that a counterparty in a business arrangement might become bankrupt, be unable to meet its contractual obligations, have economic or business interests or goals that are inconsistent with our business interests or goals, or take actions that are contrary to our instructions or to applicable laws and regulations. In addition, we may be unable to take action without the approval of our business partners, or our partners could take binding actions without our consent. Consequently, actions by a partner or other third-party could expose us to claims for damages, financial penalties, and reputational harm, any of which could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

Further, we cannot control the actions of Meliá, QIC, or our other future joint venture partners or strategic collaborators, including any non-performance or default under our agreements. If Meliá, QIC, or our other future joint venture partners or strategic collaborators were to fail to timely remit revenues to us, or if we dispute the amount of revenue remitted, such event could materially adversely affect our results of operations.

Our FBD joint ventures with Meliá leverage Meliá’s operational expertise, management services, infrastructure, local knowledge and corporate priorities. As such, any damage to Meliá’s financial condition or change in its corporate priorities could negatively impact the Company. Our participation in the joint ventures with Meliá also exposes us to liability and reputational harm resulting from improper actions of Meliá.

The success of projects held under joint ventures that are not operated by the Company is substantially dependent on the joint venture partner, over which we have limited or no control. Our FBD Mallorca hotel and theme park is a joint venture with Meliá. Control of the existing joint venture entity that owns and operates these properties is split equally between us and Meliá. Although our current FBD joint venture agreement provides certain voting rights and provisions for the resolution of deadlocks, Meliá is primarily responsible for the management of the properties held by our joint venture entity and controls most ordinary course business and operational decisions, including, among other things, with respect to sales and marketing of the hotels and determining annual and long-term objectives for occupancy, rates, revenues, clientele structure, sales terms and methods. Consequently, we are highly dependent on the operational expertise of Meliá, and likely will be similarly dependent on our future joint venture partners, as well as their corporate priorities. Further, while control and ownership of our existing joint venture with Meliá is split equally between the Company and Meliá, our control or ownership of future joint ventures with other partners may be in a different proportion. Therefore, our results are subject to the additional risks associated with the financial condition and corporate priorities of our joint venture partners, which could have a material adverse effect on our financial position or results of operations.

Our partnership or joint venture investments could be adversely affected by our lack of sole decision-making authority.

For our FBD division, we have co-invested with third parties and may in the future co-invest with other third parties through partnerships, joint ventures or other entities, acquiring non-controlling interests in, or sharing responsibility for managing the affairs of, a property, partnership, joint venture or other entity. We participate in such joint ventures to further expand our opportunities, share risks and gain access to new markets. Due to the nature of joint venture arrangements, we do not unilaterally control the operating, strategic and financial policies of these business ventures. Decisions are often made on a collective basis, including the purchase and sale of assets, contract negotiation with counterparties and management of cash, including cash distributions to partners. In addition, joint ventures can often require unanimous approval of the parties to the joint venture or their representatives for certain fundamental decisions, which could lead to deadlock in the operations or strategies with respect to the joint venture or partnership. Decisions made by the managers or the governing bodies of these entities may not always be the decisions that are most beneficial to us as one of the equity holders of the entity, may be contrary to our objectives, or may limit our ability to transfer our interest.

Under our FBD joint venture arrangement with Meliá, pursuant to which neither venture partner has the power to control the venture, an impasse could be reached, which might have a negative influence on the joint venture and decrease potential returns to our stockholders. For example, certain actions by the joint venture entity may require unanimous approval by us and our joint venture partner. An impasse between us and our joint venture partner could result in a “deadlock event.” In such event, if not resolved, we and our respective partners or co-venturers may each have the right to trigger a buy-sell right or forced sale arrangement, which could cause us to sell our interest, or acquire our partners’ or co-venturers’ interest, or to sell the underlying asset, either on unfavorable terms or at a time when we otherwise would not have initiated such a transaction. In addition, a sale or transfer by us to a third-party of our interests in the partnership or joint venture may be subject to consent rights or rights of first refusal in favor of our partners or co-venturers, which would in each case restrict our ability to dispose of our interest in the partnership or joint venture.

Investments in joint ventures involve these and other risks that would not be present were a third-party not involved, including the possibility that the co-venture partners might become bankrupt or fail to fund their share of required capital or asset contributions. In addition, partners or co-venturers may have economic or other business interests or goals that are inconsistent with our business interests or goals and may be in a position to take action or withhold consent contrary to our policies or objectives. In some instances, partners or co-venturers may have competing interests in our FBD markets that could create conflict of interest issues. For example, Meliá may own hotels that compete with our joint venture hotel for tourists. Disputes between us and partners or co-venturers may result in litigation or arbitration that would increase our expenses and prevent our officers from focusing their time and effort on our business.

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Consequently, actions by or disputes with partners or co-venturers might result in subjecting assets owned by the partnership or joint venture, and to the extent of any guarantee our assets, to additional risk. In addition, we may, in certain circumstances, be liable for the actions of our third-party partners or co-venturers.

Our existing and potential future FBD joint venture entities may also be subject to debt and the refinancing of such debt, and we may be required to provide certain guarantees or be responsible for the full amount of the debt, beyond the amount of our equity investment, in certain circumstances in the event of a default. Our joint venture partners may take actions that are inconsistent with the interests of the joint venture or in violation of the financing arrangements and trigger our guaranty, which may expose us to substantial financial obligations and commitments that are beyond our ability to fund.

Any or all of the factors described above could adversely affect the value of our investment, our ability to exit, sell or dispose of our investment at times that are beneficial to us, or our financial commitment to maintaining our interest in the joint ventures. Further, any failure of our joint venture partners to meet their obligations to us, the joint venture entity or to third parties, or any disputes with respect to the parties’ respective rights and obligations, could have a material adverse effect on the joint ventures or their properties and, in turn, could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial position, results of operations, cash flows and prospects.

The operating season our hotel and our theme park is of limited duration, which can magnify the impact of adverse conditions or events occurring within that operating season.

Our operations in the hospitality industry, such as our FBD hotel, theme park, and other attractions, and joint venture properties are normally subject to seasonal variations and generally operate during limited periods and/or have fluctuations in anticipated market tourism and spending based on the time of year. As a result, revenues in our FBD division fluctuate with changes in hotel and theme park attendance and occupancy resulting from the seasonal nature of vacation travel and leisure activities and seasonal consumer purchasing behavior, which generally results in increased revenues during the Company’s second and third quarters. For example, our Katmandu Park in Mallorca, Spain has limited open hours from March to mid-June and mid-September to November, extended open hours from mid-June to mid-September, and is closed from November to March. Likewise, the Sol Katmandu Resort operates on a seasonal basis, from April through October each year. As a result, nearly all of our revenues from the Mallorca operations are generated during a 230- to 245-day operating season. Consequently, when adverse conditions or events occur during the operating season, particularly during the peak vacation months of July and August or the important fall season, there is only a limited period of time during which the impact of those conditions or events can be mitigated. Accordingly, the timing of such conditions or events may have a disproportionate adverse effect upon our revenues.

For example, new hotel and resort room supply is an important factor that can affect FBD’s performance, and over-building in the markets where we are located has the potential to decrease demand for our offerings. Because our operating season is short, a decline in lodging demand, or increase in lodging supply, could result in returns for our FBD division that are substantially below expectations, or result in losses, which could have a material adverse effect on us, including our business, financial condition, liquidity, results of operations and prospects. Further, the costs of running a resort tend to be more fixed than variable. As a result, in an environment of declining revenue, the rate of decline in earnings is likely to be higher than the rate of decline in revenue.

Operational Risks and Risks Related to Our Industries

Increased competitive pressures may reduce our revenues or increase our costs.

We face substantial competition in each of our operating divisions from alternative providers of the technologies, attractions, entertainment experiences and services we offer and from other forms of entertainment, lodging, tourism and recreational activities. This includes, among other types, competition for human resources, content and other resources we require in operating our businesses. For example:

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FBB competes in the attraction systems, and technology commercialization.. All feature a wide range of competitors. Within the attractions systems and technologies markets, FBB competes with Triotech, Dynamic Entertainment, Simtec, Simworx, and DOF Robotics.

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FCG offers an extremely wide range of services to its outside clients and also works on internal development projects. Our broad services offerings include master planning, attractions and experiential entertainment design, and content, interactives and software production. Design studios doing work for outside clients with which we compete include FORREC Ltd., ITEC Entertainment, Jack Rouse Associates (JRA), PGAV Destinations, and Thinkwell Group. Media production studios doing work for outside clients with which we compete include Mack, Pixomundo, Super 78, and Weta Workshop. Design studios working on exclusively internal development include Merlin Magic Making Ltd., Universal Creative, and Walt Disney Imagineering.

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FBD competes in the leisure and entertainment industry, which includes theme parks, LBEs, and hospitality. Market leaders include Merlin Entertainments, Meow Wolf, Legends, Andretti’s, Dave & Busters, Legoland Resorts, and Disney Resorts.

Competition in each of these areas may increase as a result of technological developments and changes in market structure, including consolidation of suppliers of resources and distribution channels. Increased competition may divert consumers from our creative, design, licensing, entertainment or other products, or to other products or other forms of entertainment, which could reduce our revenue or increase our marketing costs.

Competition for the acquisition of resources can increase the cost of developing our properties, products and services, deprive us of talent necessary to produce high quality creative material or increase the cost of compensation for our employees. Such competition may also reduce, or limit growth in, prices for our products and services, including attraction design and master planning services, theme park and resort admissions, room rates and ticket sales, brand expansion service fees, prices for consumer products from which we derive license revenues, and revenues from our direct-to-consumer or retail offerings.

Misalignment with public and consumer tastes and preferences for entertainment, travel and consumer products, and failure to keep pace with developments in technology, could negatively impact demand for our entertainment offerings and products and adversely affect the profitability of any of our business divisions.

Our success depends substantially on consumer tastes and preferences that change in often unpredictable ways. Consumer tastes and preferences impact, among other items, revenues from affiliate fees, licensing fees and royalties, theme park admissions, hotel room charges and attraction sales. The success of our businesses depends on our ability to consistently create marketable content and services, which may be distributed, among other ways, through social media, interactive media, broadcast, cable, internet or cellular technology, print media, theme parks and other entertainment attractions, hotels and resort facilities, travel experiences and consumer products. Such distributions and deployments must meet the changing preferences of the broad consumer market and respond to competition from an expanding array of choices facilitated by technological developments in the delivery of content.

Consumer acceptance of entertainment content is also affected by outside factors, such as critical reviews, promotions, the quality and acceptance of entertainment content released into the marketplace at or near the same time, the availability of alternative forms of entertainment and leisure activities, general economic conditions and public tastes, all of which could change rapidly and most of which are beyond our control. There can be no assurance that the content and customer activations we seek to create in our FBB division will obtain favorable reviews or ratings, be popular with consumers, or perform well in our distribution channels.

In addition, the success of our experiential entertainment offerings in our FBD division depends on demand for public or out-of-home entertainment experiences. The amusement park and experiential entertainment industries demand the use of sophisticated technology and systems for the design, construction and operation of attractions, theme parks, water parks, ticket sales and management, and labor and inventory management. Information technology systems continue to evolve and, in order to remain competitive, we must implement new technologies and systems in a timely and efficient manner. The development and maintenance of these technologies may require significant investment by us and we may not achieve the anticipated benefits from such new developments or upgrades. New technologies also affect the demand for FCG master planning, designs and creation of attractions and experiential entertainment, and content, the manner in which FCG products and services are distributed to consumers, the ways we charge for and receive revenue for all our products and services, and the stability of those revenue streams, the sources and nature of competing content offerings, the time and manner in which consumers acquire and view some of our entertainment products and the options available to advertisers for reaching their desired audiences. The overall effect that technological development and new digital distribution platforms have on the revenue and profits we derive from our entertainment content in our FCG and FBB divisions, and the additional costs associated with changing markets, media platforms and technologies, is unpredictable. If we fail to accurately assess and effectively respond to changes in technology and consumer behavior in the entertainment industry, our business may be harmed.

The success of our businesses depends in large part on acceptance of our offerings and products by consumers outside the United States, and our success therefore depends on our ability to accurately predict and adapt to changing consumer tastes and preferences outside as well as inside the United States. Moreover, we must often invest substantial amounts in digital content, intellectual property creation and experiential entertainment design and creation, and other facilities or customer-facing platforms before we know the extent to which these products will earn consumer acceptance. If our entertainment offerings and products, as well as our methods to make our offerings and products available to consumers, do not achieve sufficient consumer acceptance, our revenues may decline, decline further or fail to grow to the extent we anticipate when making investment decisions and as a result further adversely affect the profitability of one or more of our businesses.

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Increased costs of labor and employee health and welfare benefits may impact our results of operations.

Labor is a primary component in the cost of operating our businesses. Increased labor costs, due to competition, inflationary pressures, increased federal, state, local or foreign minimum wage requirements and increased employee benefit costs, including health care costs and social security benefits, could adversely impact our operating expenses.

Because payroll costs are a major component of the operating expenses at a theme park, a shortage of skilled labor could require higher wages that would increase labor costs, which could adversely affect results of operations and cash flows at our FBD properties. All of the Spanish joint venture employees are subject to collective bargaining agreements governed by the Workers’ Statute of Spain. At the beginning of 2025, there was a pre-agreement announced for a 6.0% wage increase in 2025 and 4% in 2026 (applying only to the positions that are being remunerated with the collective bargain agreement). Outside of Spain, continued increases to both market wage rates and the statutory minimum wage rates could also materially impact our future seasonal labor rates.

Additionally, staffing shortages in places where our FBD theme park and resort are located also could hinder our ability to grow and expand our businesses and could restrict our ability to operate our resort, theme parks, restaurants and other attractions. As of December 31, 2025, our FBD joint venture entities with Meliá directly and indirectly employed approximately 9 year-round, full-time employees worldwide at both their corporate offices and on-site at their resorts, restaurants and theme parks, and an additional 222 full-time and partial-time employees working all or part of the operating season in our joint venture properties in Spain. If we are unable to attract, retain, train, manage, and engage skilled employees, our ability to manage and staff our resorts could be impaired, which could reduce guest satisfaction.

If we are unable to hire, retain, train and motivate qualified personnel and senior management for our businesses and deploy our personnel and resources to meet customer demand around the world, our business could suffer.

Our success has depended, and continues to depend, on the efforts and talents of our senior management team and key employees, including our FCG content and intellectual property creators, engineers, product managers, sales and marketing personnel and professional services personnel. Our future success will also depend upon our continued ability to identify, hire and retain additional skilled and highly qualified personnel, independent contractors and subcontractors, which will require significant time, expense and attention. Competition for such highly skilled personnel is intense, and we may need to invest significant amounts of cash and equity to attract and retain new employees. If we do not succeed in attracting well-qualified employees or retaining and motivating existing employees, or if we lose one or more members of our senior management team, our business, operating results and prospects could be adversely affected.

If we are unable to attract and retain skilled employees, our ability to design innovative, immersive, compelling guest experiences and media content would be at risk. Additionally, our reputation in the entertainment destination and intellectual property expansion space could be jeopardized. FCG operates best when all employees physically work together in the same building. We have maintained an in-office strategy post pandemic that has been integral to our success. Since the pandemic, many people in myriad industries have been able to work from home, and some employees and employers even prefer that structure; however remote working is detrimental to a company like ours. Staffing shortages at FCG because of our employees deciding not to return to the office could hinder our ability to properly execute internal projects and external third-party contracted efforts. Inadequate staffing could compromise opening dates, lead to reductions in scope, and create less than ideal situations where we pivot to secondary solutions. We are evaluating several strategies to combat staff shortages post pandemic, such as hiring vendors or consultants that often must be directed remotely, which may impair efficiency and impact the quality of our products and services.

Furthermore, we employ skilled technology personnel that bring creative, design and engineering expertise and experience that cannot be easily replaced. These individuals are critical to our business operations. There can be no assurance that these individuals will remain with us. If we fail to retain key individuals, our operations could be adversely affected.

We are dependent on the continued contributions of our senior management and other key employees, and the loss of any of whom could adversely affect our business, operating results, and financial condition.

Our future performance depends on the continued contributions of our senior management, including our Executive Chairman, Scott Demerau, our co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Cecil D. Magpuri, and other key employees to execute on our business plan, develop new products and enter into new partnerships. In addition, our success, in part, depends on our ability to attract and retain qualified persons to serve on our board of directors and our board committees. The failure to properly manage succession plans or the loss of services of senior management, other key employees or members of our board of directors could significantly delay or prevent the achievement of our strategic objectives. From time to time, there may be changes in our senior management team resulting from the hiring or departure of executives, which could disrupt our business. We do not currently maintain key person life insurance policies on any of our employees. The loss of the services of one or more of our senior management or other key employees for any reason could

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adversely affect our business, financial condition, and operating results, and require significant amounts of time, training, and resources to recruit suitable replacements and integrate them within our business, and could affect our corporate culture.

A variety of events beyond our control may reduce demand for or consumption of our products and services, impair our ability to provide our products and services or increase the cost or reduce the profitability of providing our products and services.

Demand for and consumption of our products and services, particularly our FBD experiential entertainment and FCG’s attraction master planning and design services, is highly dependent on the general environment for travel, tourism, leisure and entertainment. The environment for travel and tourism, as well as demand for and consumption of leisure and entertainment products, can be significantly adversely affected as a result of a variety of factors beyond our control, including: health concerns (including those related to COVID-19 and potential future pandemics); adverse weather conditions arising from short-term weather patterns or long-term climate change, catastrophic events or natural disasters (such as excessive heat or rain, wildfires, hurricanes, typhoons, floods, tsunamis, earthquakes, volcano eruptions and oil spills); international, political or military developments (including the ongoing conflicts in the Middle East, including hostilities with Iran, and the war between Russia and Ukraine); a decline in economic activity; rising inflation; and terrorist attacks. These events and others, such as fluctuations in travel and energy costs or widespread computing or telecommunications failures, may also impede our ability to provide our products and services or impede our ability to obtain insurance coverage with respect to some of these events. For example, we saw a material impact on our businesses and net cash flow in 2020 and 2021 as a result of worldwide restrictions on travel, construction, and public gatherings due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Actual or threatened war, terrorist activity, political unrest, civil strife, and other geopolitical uncertainty could have a similar effect on our financial condition or our growth strategy. Future health concerns or other macroeconomic changes like the ones listed above may impact our business in ways that we cannot predict.

Any one or more of these events may reduce the overall demand for hotel rooms at our joint venture properties or limit the prices we can obtain for them, or reduce attendance at our experiential entertainment offerings, which could adversely affect our profits and financial results. Further, any incident that directly affects a property held by one of our FBD joint ventures, or that directly affects the property or facilities of one of our FCG customers, would have a direct impact on our ability to provide goods and services relating to such properties or customers and could have an extended effect of discouraging consumers from patronizing FBD’s hotels, theme park and attractions or the parks or attractions of our FCG customers. Moreover, the costs of protecting against such incidents, reduces the profitability of our operations.

In addition, we will derive affiliate fees and royalties from licensing our intellectual property and technologies to third parties, and we are therefore dependent upon the successes of those third parties for that portion of our revenue. A wide variety of factors could influence the success of those third parties and if negative factors significantly impacted a sufficient number of those third parties, the profitability of one or more of our businesses could be adversely affected.

Failures in, material damage to, or interruptions in our information technology systems, software or websites, and difficulties in updating our systems or software or implementing new systems or software could adversely affect our businesses or operations.

We rely extensively on information technology systems in the operation of each of our business divisions. We utilize both commercial and open source software, tools, and other technology systems, as well as our own proprietary technology to, among other things, design and plan attraction systems, create FCG media and entertainment content, sell tickets and admit guests to our FBD theme park, check-in and check-out guests at our FBD hotel, sell food, beverages and other products at our FBD hotels and theme park, manage our workforce, manage the inventory for our three business divisions, and monitor and manage each business division on a day-to-day basis. We also leverage mobile devices, social networking and other communication platforms to connect with our employees, business partners and customers. The foregoing technology systems and our usages thereof are vulnerable to damage and disruption from circumstances beyond our control, including fire, natural disasters, power outages, system and equipment failures, global or regional outages, viruses, software supplier chain dependency vulnerabilities, malicious attacks, security breaches, theft, and inadvertent release of information. Damage or disruption to these technology systems may require significant investment in order to update, remediate or replace such systems with alternate systems, and we may suffer disruptions in our operations as a result. Many of the commercial software and hardware that we utilize incorporate open-source software and technology, as well as embedded subsystems which are potentially susceptible to exploits. We are unable to fix such software ourselves and rely on our relationships with our vendors to identify and provide the appropriate fixes and updates.

We rely heavily on third parties for the performance of a significant portion of our information technology functions, and also rely on certain third-party hardware, software, network infrastructure, storage systems and vendors to maintain and upgrade many of our critical systems on an ongoing basis in order to support our business operations and to keep pace with technology developments in the entertainment and hospitality industries. In particular, our FBD hotel booking and theme park ticket sales systems rely on public internet data communications, as well as other technology systems and software that are provided by third parties. We require each third-party service provider to certify that it has the ability to implement and maintain appropriate security measures, consistent with all applicable laws, to implement and maintain reasonable security measures in connection with their work with us, and to promptly report any

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suspected breach of its security measures that may affect our Company. Accordingly, the success of our businesses depends in part on maintaining our relationships with such third parties and their ability to continue to provide the foregoing tools and services with minimal downtime and strict service-level agreements. If we experience a loss of service or an outage of any of the foregoing tools or services at no fault of our own, or an agreed upon service-level agreements are breached, or we face a disruption in the provision of any of the foregoing key services or tools, we may have difficulty in finding alternate providers on terms as favorable to us in a timely manner (or at all) and our businesses could be adversely affected.

Additionally, as we implement our strategy to pursue new initiatives that improve our operations and cost structure, we are also expanding, optimizing, evaluating, and strengthening our information technology infrastructure. Potential problems and disruptions associated with the implementation of new tools and technology, migrations that continue to support legacy systems, and planned maintenance for upgrading existing key systems and technology infrastructure could also disrupt or reduce the efficiency of our operations. Any material interruptions or failures in our systems, including those that may result from our failure to adequately develop, implement, support, and maintain a robust disaster recovery and business continuity plan could severely affect our ability to conduct normal business operations and, as a result, could adversely affect our business operations and financial performance.

Protection of electronically stored data and other cybersecurity is costly, and if our data or systems are materially compromised in spite of this protection, we may incur additional costs, lost opportunities, damage to our reputation, disruption of services or theft of our assets.

We maintain information necessary to conduct our businesses, including confidential and proprietary information as well as personal information regarding our customers and employees, in digital form. We also use computer systems to deliver our products and services and operate our businesses. We may use third-party service providers to assist in providing, configuring, or maintaining these systems. Data maintained in digital form is subject to the risk of unauthorized access, modification, exfiltration, destruction or denial of access and our computer systems are subject to cyberattacks that may result in disruptions in service. We use many third-party systems and software, which are also subject to supply chain and other cyberattacks. We have established information security programs to identify and mitigate cyber risks but the development and maintenance of these programs is costly and requires ongoing monitoring and updating as technology changes and efforts to overcome security measures become more sophisticated. Accordingly, despite our efforts, the risk of unauthorized access, modification, exfiltration, destruction or denial of access with respect to data or systems and other cybersecurity attacks cannot be eliminated entirely, and the risks associated with a potentially material incident remain. In addition, we provide some confidential, proprietary and personal information to third parties in certain cases when it is necessary to pursue business objectives. While we obtain assurances that these third parties will protect this information and, where we believe appropriate, monitor the protections employed by these third parties, there is a risk the confidentiality of data held by third parties may be compromised.

If our information or cyber security systems or data are compromised in a material way, our ability to conduct our businesses may be impaired, we may lose profitable opportunities or the value of those opportunities may be diminished and, as described above, we may lose revenue as a result of unlicensed use of our intellectual property. If personal information of our customers or employees is misappropriated, our reputation with our customers and employees may be damaged, resulting in loss of business or morale, and we may incur costs to remediate possible harm to our customers and employees or damages arising from litigation and/or to pay fines or take other action with respect to judicial or regulatory actions arising out of the incident. Insurance we obtain may not cover losses or damages associated with such attacks or events.

Cyber-attacks could have a disruptive effect on our business.

Implementing our strategies to pursue new initiatives that improve our operations and cost structure will result in a larger technological presence and corresponding exposure to cybersecurity risk. Failure to adequately assess and identify cybersecurity risks associated with new initiatives would increase our vulnerability to such risks.

Even if we and our third-party service providers are fully compliant with legal standards and contractual or other requirements, we still may not be able to prevent security breaches involving sensitive data. We are in the process of establishing processes for assessing, identifying, and managing material risks from potential unauthorized occurrences on or through our electronic information systems that could adversely affect the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of our information systems or the information residing on those systems, and we require each third-party service provider to certify that it has the ability to implement and maintain appropriate security measures, consistent with all applicable laws, to implement and maintain reasonable security measures in connection with their work with us, and to promptly report any suspected breach of its security measures that may affect our Company. However, the actions and controls we have implemented and continue to implement, or which we seek to cause or have caused third-party service providers to implement, may be insufficient to protect our systems, information or other intellectual property. In addition, the sophistication of efforts by hackers to gain unauthorized access to information technology systems has continued to increase in recent years. Therefore, it may be difficult to detect any such intrusions, breaches, or other efforts to obtain unauthorized access or interfere with systems for long periods of time, and we may be unable to anticipate these techniques, fully ascertain the scope of any such breaches, intrusions, or other efforts, or to implement adequate preventive measures. Breaches, thefts, losses or fraudulent uses of customer, employee or company

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data could cause customers to lose confidence in the security of our websites, mobile applications, point of sale systems and other information technology systems and choose not to purchase from us. Such security breaches also could expose us to risks of data loss, business disruption, litigation and other costs or liabilities, any of which could adversely affect our business.

For example, in May 2023, we experienced a network intrusion in which an unauthorized third-party accessed and exfiltrated certain information from specific systems. In response to this incident, we secured our digital assets within our computer systems, promptly temporarily shut down our financial reporting systems, and commenced an investigation with assistance from an outside cybersecurity firm. In connection with this incident, we have incurred certain incremental one-time costs of $0.3 million related to consultants, experts and data recovery efforts, and expect to incur additional costs related to cybersecurity protections in the future. Although we have not been the subject of any legal proceedings involving these incidents, it is possible that we could be the subject of claims from persons alleging that they suffered damages from these incidents. We have implemented a variety of measures to further enhance our cybersecurity protections and minimize the impact of any future attack, including (i) by requiring that all external vendors who need to access any internal/cloud resources utilize secure encrypted tunnels or be physically internal and utilize authorized terminals with provided credentials, (ii) conducting security awareness training for our staff and (iii) requiring longer log retention for all tracking telemetry information. However, cybersecurity threats are constantly evolving, and there can be no guarantee that a future cybersecurity event will not occur.

In addition, the implementation, maintenance, segregation and improvement of these systems requires significant management time, support and cost. Moreover, there are inherent risks associated with developing, improving, expanding and updating current systems, including the disruption of our data management, procurement, production execution, finance, supply chain and sales and service processes. These risks may affect our ability to manage our data, adequately protect our intellectual property or achieve and maintain compliance with, or realize available benefits under, applicable laws, regulations and contracts. We cannot be sure that the systems upon which we rely, including those of our third-party service providers or those configured by our third-party service providers, will be effectively implemented, maintained or expanded as planned. If we, or they on our behalf, do not successfully implement, maintain or expand these systems as planned, our operations may be disrupted, our ability to accurately and timely report our financial results could be impaired, and deficiencies may arise in our internal control over financial reporting, which may impact our ability to certify our financial results.

The potential consequences of a future material cybersecurity attack on us or our third-party service providers could include: business disruption; disruption to systems; theft, destruction, loss, corruption, misappropriation or unauthorized release of sensitive and/or confidential information (including personal information in violation of one or more privacy laws) or intellectual property; reputational and brand damage; and potential liability, including litigation or other legal actions against us or the imposition by governmental authorities of penalties, fines, fees or liabilities, which, in turn, could cause us to incur significantly increased cybersecurity protection and remediation costs and the loss of customers.

Exchange rate fluctuations could result in significant foreign currency gains and losses and may adversely affect our business and operating results and financial conditions.

We are exposed to currency translation risk in our Karnival and PDP joint ventures, and we may be exposed to currency translation risk of our FCG international customers, who use home currencies that are different than our functional currency, the U.S. dollar. As a result, changes in foreign exchange rates would affect the amounts we record for our assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses with respect to Karnival, PDP, and such potential FCG international customers, and could have a negative effect on our financial results. Further, a significant portion of FCG’s revenues from QIC and NMDC is paid in Saudi Riyals. The SAR is currently pegged to the U.S. dollar, but if the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia changes its policy of pegging the SAR to the U.S. dollar, such a change could have a negative effect on our financial results. We currently do not enter into hedging arrangements to minimize the impact of foreign currency fluctuations. We expect that our exposure to foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations will increase as FCG’s international operations grow.

Our insurance may not be adequate to cover potential losses, liabilities and damages of our product divisions, the cost of insurance may continue to increase materially and we may not be able to secure insurance to cover all of our risks, all of which could have a material adverse effect on us.

Our business is subject to, among other things, a number of risks, hazards, and other materially adverse occurrences. Such occurrences could result in damage or impairment to our properties or business divisions. While insurance is not commonly available for all these risks, we tend to maintain customary insurance against risks when available. In the event that costs or losses exceed our available insurance or additional liability is imposed on our business divisions, this could have a materially adverse effect on our business operations and financial condition.

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Risks Related to Our Intellectual Property

Theft of our intellectual property, including unauthorized exhibition of our content, may decrease our licensing, franchising and programming revenue which may adversely affect our business and profitability.

The success of our business depends in part on our ability to maintain and enforce the intellectual property rights in our technology, entertainment content, and other intellectual property. Developing intellectual property is a significant feature of our businesses and leaking portions of or piracy of our intellectual property has the potential to significantly and adversely affect our business. Piracy is particularly prevalent in parts of the world that do not effectively enforce intellectual property rights and laws. Furthermore, intellectual property and confidentiality protections in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, where we have a significant customer concentration, may not be as effective as in the United States or Europe. These uncertainties could limit the legal protections available to us to protect our intellectual property.

We rely on the intellectual property laws of the United States and other relevant jurisdictions, as well as third-party policies and procedures governing domain name registrations, licensing agreements, confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements, and other contractual protections to safeguard our intellectual property assets. However, even in territories like the United States, such legal frameworks may be insufficient to address modern realities.

Furthermore, the lack of effective technological prevention and enforcement measures may further impede our enforcement efforts. Therefore, the success of such measures cannot be guaranteed, particularly in countries with less robust intellectual property laws.

Our enforcement activities depend in part on third parties, including technology and platform providers, whose cooperation and effectiveness cannot be assured. Additionally, technological advances have enabled quick unauthorized copying and downloading of content into digital formats without any degradation of quality from the original content, which has facilitated the rapid creation, transmission, and sharing of high-quality unauthorized copies of copyrighted material. We may need to expend significant amounts of our capital to strengthen our technological platform security and enforcement activities, including through litigation, in order to protect our intellectual property rights.

We own patents and patent applications for certain of our proprietary technology and attraction systems, however, filing, prosecuting, and maintaining patents and patent applications in every territory worldwide is prohibitively expensive. Therefore, we protect such patents and patent applications selectively, on a country-by-country basis, and may choose not to seek patent protection in certain jurisdictions or at all. Our competitors may produce products that include our unpatented technology (or the patents we own may not be sufficiently broad enough to exclude our competitors’ use of such technology) and we are unable to provide any assurances that any of our patents or patent applications will include claims that are sufficiently broad to protect our technology from competitors. Additionally, our patents can be challenged as invalid or unenforceable, or circumvented by competitors. No assurance can be given that, if challenged, our patents would be declared valid or enforceable, or that even if found valid and enforceable, a competitor’s technology or product would be found to be infringing our patents. Furthermore, our patent applications may not be granted. Third parties may own patents or there could be other prior art that may hinder our ability to obtain patent protection for our technology. We also cannot be certain that we are the first to file any patent application related to our technology because patent applications in the United States and other countries are confidential for a period of time after filing. Additionally, an interference proceeding may be initiated by a third-party or the United States Patent and Trademark Office to determine who was the first to invent any invention covered by our U.S. patents and patent applications that have a filing date pre-dating March 16, 2013 (the date when U.S. patent law changed from a first-to-invent to a first-to-file system). We cannot be certain that we are the first to invent the inventions covered by our pending patent applications and, if we are not, we may be subject to priority disputes.

We also own trademark applications and registrations. Our trademark applications may be denied or opposed and our registered trademarks may be challenged as invalid or unenforceable by competitors or other third parties. If our trademarks are successfully challenged in any jurisdiction, we could be forced to rebrand our products in such jurisdiction(s), which could result in the loss of brand recognition and require us to devote significant resources to advertising and marketing new brands. Furthermore, trademark registration does not guarantee our trademarks’ validity or our right to use such trademarks.

In order to protect our proprietary technology, we rely in part on confidentiality undertakings and other agreements with our employees, independent contractors, and other third parties. Such agreements may not prevent, or provide an adequate remedy for, the unauthorized use or disclosure of our confidential information. Third parties may independently discover or reverse engineer our trade secrets and proprietary information. Asserting a claim that a party illegally obtained and is using our trade secrets can be difficult, expensive, and time consuming, and the outcome is unpredictable. Costly and time-consuming litigation could be necessary to enforce and determine the scope of our proprietary rights and our failure to obtain or maintain trade secret protection could adversely affect our competitive business position.

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We may be unable to prevent the misappropriation, infringement or violation of our intellectual property rights, breach of any third party's contractual obligations to us, or independent development of intellectual property that is similar to ours, any of which could reduce or eliminate any competitive advantage we have developed and can adversely affect our revenues or otherwise harm our business. Any impairment of our intellectual property rights, including due to changes in U.S. or foreign intellectual property laws (or the absence of effective legal protections or enforcement measures) could materially adversely impact our businesses, financial condition, and results of operations.

Third parties may allege that our products or services infringe their patents and other intellectual property rights, which could result in the payment of royalties, damages, and other fees and fines that may negatively affect our profits, subject us to costly and time-consuming litigation, or cause us to lose the ability to provide the related products or services.

To the extent that any third party has patented any interventions that we need to use in the future to manufacture, use, or sell our products or services, we would need to obtain such licenses to avoid infringement. For products or services that utilize the intellectual property of strategic collaborators, brand partners or other suppliers, such suppliers may have an obligation to secure the licenses to such patents at their own cost, and if not, we may be responsible for the cost of such licenses. Royalty payments and other fees due under such licenses would erode our profits from the sales of such products and services. Moreover, we may be unable to obtain such licenses on acceptable terms (or at all). If we fail to obtain a required patent license or are unable to alter the design of the product to avoid infringing a third-party patent, we would be unable to continue to manufacture or sell such products or provide related services without infringing such patent.

If a third-party commences an infringement action against us, we may incur significant costs to defend such action and our management’s attention could be diverted from our day-to-day business operations, whether or not the action has merit. An adverse judgment or settlement resulting from such action could require us to pay substantial amounts in damages for infringement or to obtain a license to continue to use the intellectual property that is the subject of the infringement claim. Such adverse judgment or settlement could also result in injunctive relief limiting our ability to develop, manufacture, or sell our products or provide our services, or could require us to redesign our products to avoid infringement.

Lastly, we may need to indemnify our customers, licensees, commercialization partners, and/or distributors if our technology or products infringe the intellectual property rights of any third parties. Such third-party claims may require us to initiate or defend protracted and costly litigation on behalf of our customers, licensees, commercialization partners, and/or distributors, regardless of the merits of these claims. If any such claims succeed or settle, we may be forced to pay damages or settlement payments on behalf of our customers, licensees, commercialization partners, and/or distributors, and may be required to obtain licenses for such technology or products. If we cannot obtain all necessary licenses on commercially reasonable terms, our customers, licensees, commercialization partners and/or distributors may be forced to stop using or selling our products or technology.

Risks Related to Regulatory, Tax, Legal and Compliance Matters

Changes in regulations applicable to our businesses may impair the profitability of our businesses, and our failure to comply with applicable laws and regulations may increase our costs, reduce our earnings or limit our growth.

We may be required to incur costs to comply with regulatory requirements, such as those relating to employment practices, environmental requirements, and other regulatory matters, and the costs of compliance, investigation, remediation, litigation, and resolution of regulatory matters could be substantial. We are subject to extensive federal and state employment laws and regulations, including wage and hour laws and other pay practices and employee record-keeping requirements. We may periodically have to defend against lawsuits asserting non-compliance. Such lawsuits can be costly, time consuming and distract management, and adverse rulings in these types of claims could negatively affect our businesses, financial condition or results.

We, the hotel and theme park that we co-own, and the facilities and attractions of our FCG customers, are subject to a variety of laws and regulations around the globe, including, among others, laws related to: employment practices; marketing and advertising efforts; trade and economic sanctions; anti-bribery and anti-corruption; cybersecurity, data privacy, data localization and the handling of personally identifiable information; competition; the environment; health and safety; liquor sales; and the offer and sale of franchises. The compliance programs, internal controls, and policies we maintain and enforce to promote compliance with laws and regulations may not prevent our associates, contractors, or agents from materially violating these laws and regulations. The failure to meet the requirements of applicable laws or regulations, or publicity resulting from actual or alleged failures, could have a significant adverse effect on our results of operations or reputation.

We, our joint ventures with Meliá, our FCG customers and our suppliers also are subject to foreign, federal, state and local environmental laws and regulations such as those relating to water resources, discharges to air, water and land, the handling and disposal of solid and hazardous waste, and the cleanup of properties affected by regulated materials. Under these laws and regulations, we may be required to investigate and clean up hazardous or toxic substances or chemical releases from current or formerly owned or operated facilities or to mitigate potential environmental risks. Environmental laws typically impose cleanup responsibility and liability without regard to

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whether the relevant entity knew of or caused the presence of the contaminants. The costs of investigation, remediation or removal of regulated materials may be substantial, and the presence of those substances, or the failure to remediate a property properly, may impair our ability to use, transfer or obtain financing regarding our FBD properties or impair our FGC customers’ abilities to finance our services.

In addition, the Company is subject to audit or review by federal or state regulatory authorities as a result of applying for and obtaining a Paycheck Protection Program loan pursuant to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”), and for obtaining forgiveness of the loan. If we were to be audited or reviewed and receive an adverse determination or finding in such audit or review, we could be required to return or repay the full amount of the applicable loan and could be subject to fines or penalties, which could reduce our liquidity and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Changes in any of these regulations or regulator activities in any of these areas, or others, may require us to spend additional amounts to comply with the regulations, or may restrict our ability to offer products and services in ways that are profitable. See “— United States or international environmental laws and regulations may cause us to incur substantial costs or subject us to potential liabilities.”

Our operations outside the United States may be adversely affected by the operation of laws in those jurisdictions, or by other macroeconomic factors

FBD’s joint venture operations in the EU are subject to the laws of such jurisdictions rather than U.S. law. Additionally, FCG frequently provides services to customers located in countries across the world, including in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Laws in some jurisdictions differ in significant respects from those in the United States. These differences can affect our ability to react to changes in our businesses, and our rights or ability to enforce rights may be different than would be expected under U.S. law. For example, in Spain and the EU, the climate change-related laws and regulations are more extensive and onerous than those of the United States.

Moreover, enforcement of laws in some jurisdictions outside the United States can be inconsistent and unpredictable, which can affect both our ability to enforce our rights and to undertake activities that we believe are beneficial to our businesses. In addition, the business and political climate in some jurisdictions may encourage corruption, which could reduce our ability to compete successfully in those jurisdictions while remaining in compliance with local laws or U.S. anti-corruption laws applicable to our businesses. As a result, our ability to generate revenue and our expenses in non-U.S. jurisdictions may differ from what would be expected if U.S. law governed these operations.

We are also subject to costs and difficulties inherent in managing cross-border business, including regulations related to customs, tariffs, and trade barriers, local or regional economic policies and market conditions, rates of inflation, cultural and language differences, social unrest, crime, strikes, riots and civil disturbances, regime changes and political upheaval, terrorist attacks and wars, and deterioration of political relations with the United States. If we are unable to adequately address these risks, our operations may suffer.

Data privacy regulations and the costs to comply with such regulations could adversely impact our businesses.

We are subject to laws that regulate the collection, use, retention, security, and transfer of customer, guest, brand partner and employee data. Our privacy policies and practices concerning the collection, use and disclosure of user data are available on our website. Any failure, or perceived failure, by us to comply with our posted privacy policies or with any regulatory requirements or orders or other privacy or consumer protection-related laws and regulations could result in proceedings or actions against us by governmental entities or others (e.g., class action privacy litigation), subject us to significant penalties and negative publicity, require us to change our business practices, increase our costs and adversely affect our businesses. Data collection, privacy and security have become the subject of increasing public concern. If internet and mobile users were to reduce their use of our websites, mobile platforms, products, and services because of these concerns, our businesses could be harmed.

We could be exposed to liabilities under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and other anti-corruption laws and regulations, including non-U.S. laws, which could have a material adverse impact on us.

We have international operations, and as a result are subject to compliance with various laws and regulations, including the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (the “FCPA”), and other anti-corruption laws in the jurisdictions in which we do business, which generally prohibit companies and their intermediaries or agents from engaging in bribery or making improper payments to foreign officials or their agents or other entities. The FCPA also requires companies to make and keep books and records and accounts that reflect their transactions in reasonable detail, including the disposition of their assets. Despite existing safeguards and any future improvements to our policies and training, we will be exposed to risks from deliberate, reckless or negligent acts committed by our employees or agents for which we might be held responsible. A violation of any of the FCPA or any other anti-corruption laws or regulations could lead to criminal and civil penalties and other legal and regulatory liabilities and require us to undertake remedial measures, any of which could have a material adverse impact on us, including our businesses, financial condition, liquidity, results of operations and prospects.

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We are a holding company and our only material assets are our interest in Falcon’s Opco and our other equity method investments. Accordingly, we are generally dependent upon distributions from Falcon’s Opco and our other equity method investments to pay taxes, make payments under the Tax Receivable Agreement and pay dividends.

We are a holding company with no material assets other than our ownership interests in Falcon’s Opco and our other equity method investments. As such, we have no independent means of generating revenue or cash flow, and our ability to pay taxes and operating expenses or declare and pay dividends in the future is dependent upon the financial results and cash flows of Falcon’s Opco and its subsidiaries, and our other equity method investments, and distributions we receive from Falcon’s Opco and our other equity method investments. Deterioration in the financial condition, earnings or cash flow of Falcon’s Opco and its subsidiaries, and/or our other equity method investments, for any reason could limit or impair such entities’ ability to pay such distributions to us. Additionally, to the extent that we need funds and Falcon’s Opco is restricted from making such distributions to us under applicable law or regulation or under applicable contractual restrictions, including the terms of any applicable financing arrangements, or Falcon’s Opco’s subsidiaries or our other equity method investments are otherwise unable to provide such funds to us for distribution, it could materially adversely affect our liquidity and financial condition.

Subject to the discussion in this Annual Report, Falcon’s Opco is treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes and, as such, generally will not be subject to any entity-level U.S. federal income tax. Instead, taxable income will be allocated to the holders of the Falcon’s Opco Units, including the Company. Accordingly, the Company will incur income taxes on its allocable share of any net taxable income of Falcon’s Opco. Under the terms of the A&R Operating Agreement, Falcon’s Opco is obligated, subject to various limitations and restrictions, including with respect to any debt agreements, to make tax distributions to holders of Falcon’s Opco Units, including the Company. In addition to tax expenses, the Company will also incur expenses related to its operations, including payments under the Tax Receivable Agreement, which could be substantial. The Company intends, as its sole manager, to cause Falcon’s Opco to make distributions to the holders of Falcon’s Opco Units in an amount sufficient to (i) fund all or part of such owners’ tax obligations in respect of taxable income allocated to such owners and (ii) cover the Company’s operating expenses, including payments under the Tax Receivable Agreement. However, Falcon’s Opco’s ability to make such distributions may be subject to various limitations and restrictions, such as restrictions on distributions under contracts or agreements to which Falcon’s Opco is then a party, including debt agreements, or any applicable law or regulation, or that would have the effect of rendering Falcon’s Opco insolvent. If the Company does not have sufficient funds to pay tax or other obligations or to fund its operations, it may have to borrow funds, which could materially adversely affect its liquidity and financial condition and subject it to various restrictions imposed by any such lenders. To the extent that the Company is unable to make timely payments under the Tax Receivable Agreement for any reason, the unpaid amounts will be deferred and will accrue interest until paid. The failure of the Company to make any payment required under the Tax Receivable Agreement (including any accrued and unpaid interest) within 90 days of the date on which the payment is required to be made will constitute a material breach of a material obligation under the Tax Receivable Agreement, which will terminate the Tax Receivable Agreement and accelerate future payments thereunder, unless the applicable payment is not made because Falcon’s Opco (i) is prohibited from making such payment under the terms governing certain of its indebtedness or under applicable law and Falcon’s Opco cannot obtain sufficient funds to make such payment after taking commercially reasonable actions or (ii) would become insolvent as a result of making such payment. In addition, if Falcon’s Opco does not have sufficient funds to make distributions, the Company’s ability to declare and pay cash dividends will also be restricted or impaired.

Under the A&R Operating Agreement, Falcon’s Opco will, from time to time, make distributions in cash to its equityholders (including the Company) in amounts at least sufficient to cover the taxes on their allocable share of taxable income of Falcon’s Opco. As a result of (i) potential differences in the amount of net taxable income allocable to the Company and to Falcon’s Opco’s other equityholders, (ii) the lower tax rates currently applicable to corporations as opposed to individuals, and (iii) the favorable tax benefits that the Company anticipates from any redemptions or exchanges of Falcon’s Opco Units for Class A Common Stock or cash pursuant to the A&R Operating Agreement in the future, tax distributions payable to the Company may be in amounts that exceed its actual tax liabilities with respect to the relevant taxable year, including its obligations under the Tax Receivable Agreement. The Board will determine the appropriate uses for any excess cash so accumulated, which may include, among other uses, the payment of other expenses or dividends on the Company’s stock, although the Company will have no obligation to distribute such cash (or other available cash) to its stockholders. To the extent the Company does not distribute such excess cash as dividends on its stock, it may take other actions with respect to such excess cash — for example, holding such excess cash or lending it (or a portion thereof) to Falcon’s Opco, which may result in shares of its stock increasing in value relative to the value of the Falcon’s Opco Units. The holders of Falcon’s Opco Units may benefit from any value attributable to such cash balances if they acquire shares of Class A Common Stock in exchange for their Falcon’s Opco Units, notwithstanding that such holders may previously have participated as holders of Falcon’s Opco Units in distributions by Falcon’s Opco that resulted in such excess cash balances.

Under the Tax Receivable Agreement, the Company is required to make payments to the Company’s initial or current unitholders for certain tax benefits to which the Company may become entitled, and those payments may be substantial.

The Company is a party to the Tax Receivable Agreement with the Company’s unitholders and Falcon’s Opco. Under the Tax Receivable Agreement, the Company generally are required to make cash payments to the Company’s unitholders equal to 85% of the tax benefits,

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if any, that the Company actually realizes, or in certain circumstances is deemed to realize, as a result of (1) the increases in the tax basis of assets of Falcon’s Opco resulting from any future redemptions or exchanges of Falcon’s Opco Units for Class A Common Stock or cash by the Company’s unitholders pursuant to the A&R Operating Agreement and (2) certain other tax benefits arising from payments under the Tax Receivable Agreement. No such payments will be made to any holders of Class A Common Stock unless such holders were initial unitholders or are also unitholders.

On October 24, 2024, Company and Exchange TRA Holders entered into an Amendment to the Tax Receivable Agreement to clarify the rights of a TRA Holder that transfers units but does not assign the transferee its rights under the TRA Agreement with respect to such transferred units.

The amount of the cash payments that the Company will be required to make under the Tax Receivable Agreement may be substantial. Any payments made by the Company to the Company’s unitholders under the Tax Receivable Agreement will not be available for reinvestment in the business and will generally reduce the amount of cash that might have otherwise been available to the Company, Falcon’s Opco and its subsidiaries. To the extent the Company is unable to make timely payments under the Tax Receivable Agreement for any reason, the unpaid amounts will be deferred and will accrue interest until paid. Furthermore, the Company’s future obligations to make payments under the Tax Receivable Agreement could make the Company, Falcon’s Opco and its subsidiaries a less attractive target for an acquisition, particularly in the case of an acquirer that cannot use some or all of the tax benefits that are the subject of the Tax Receivable Agreement. Payments under the Tax Receivable Agreement are not conditioned on the unitholders’ continued ownership of Falcon’s Opco Units, Class A Common Stock or Class B Common Stock.

The actual amount and timing of any payments under the Tax Receivable Agreement will vary depending upon a number of factors, including the timing of redemptions or exchanges by the Company’s unitholders, the price of shares of Class A Common Stock at the time of any exchange or redemption, the extent to which such exchanges or redemptions are taxable, the amount of gain recognized by the Company’s unitholders, the amount and timing of the taxable income Falcon’s Opco generates in the future, and the tax rates and laws then applicable.

In certain cases, payments under the Tax Receivable Agreement may be accelerated and/or significantly exceed the actual benefits the Company realizes in respect of the tax attributes subject to the Tax Receivable Agreement.

Payments under the Tax Receivable Agreement will be based on the tax reporting positions that the Company determines, and the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) or another taxing authority may challenge all or any part of the tax basis increases, as well as other tax positions that the Company takes, and a court may sustain such a challenge. In the event that any tax benefits initially claimed by the Company are disallowed, the recipients of the payments under the Tax Receivable Agreement will not be required to reimburse the Company for any excess payments that may have previously been made under the Tax Receivable Agreement, for example, due to adjustments resulting from examinations by taxing authorities. As a result, in certain circumstances the Company could make payments under the Tax Receivable Agreement in excess of the Company’s actual tax savings, which could materially impair the Company’s financial condition.

Moreover, the Tax Receivable Agreement provides that, in certain events, including among other things, a change of control or the Company’s exercise of early termination rights, the Company’s obligations, or its successor’s obligations, under the Tax Receivable Agreement to make payments thereunder would accelerate and become due and payable, based on certain assumptions, including an assumption that the Company would have sufficient taxable income to fully utilize all potential future tax benefits that are subject to the Tax Receivable Agreement, and an assumption that, as of the effective date of the acceleration, any unitholder that has Falcon’s Opco Units not yet exchanged shall be deemed to have exchanged such Falcon’s Opco Units on such date, even if the Company does not receive (if at all) the corresponding tax benefits until a later date when the Falcon’s Opco Units are actually exchanged. As a result of the foregoing, the Company would be required to make an immediate cash payment equal to the estimated present value of the anticipated future tax benefits that are the subject of the Tax Receivable Agreement, based on certain assumptions, which payment may be made significantly in advance of the actual realization, if any, of those future tax benefits and, therefore, the Company could be required to make payments under the Tax Receivable Agreement that are greater than the specified percentage of the actual tax benefits it ultimately realizes.

The Company’s obligations under the Tax Receivable Agreement could have a substantial negative impact on the Company’s liquidity and could have the effect of delaying, deferring, or preventing certain mergers, asset sales, other forms of business combinations, or other changes of control.

If Falcon’s Opco were to become a publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the Company and Falcon’s Opco might be subject to potentially significant tax inefficiencies, and the Company would not be able to

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recover payments previously made by it under the Tax Receivable Agreement even if the corresponding tax benefits were subsequently determined to have been unavailable due to such status.

A number of aspects of our corporate structure depend on the classification of Falcon’s Opco as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and the Company and Falcon’s Opco intend to operate such that Falcon’s Opco does not become a publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes. A “publicly traded partnership” is a partnership the interests of which are traded on an established securities market or are readily tradable on a secondary market or the substantial equivalent thereof. Under certain circumstances, exchanges or other transfers of Falcon’s Opco Units could cause Falcon’s Opco to be treated as a publicly traded partnership. Applicable U.S. Treasury regulations provide for certain safe harbors from treatment as a publicly traded partnership, and the Company and Falcon’s Opco intend to operate such that exchanges or other transfers of Falcon’s Opco Units qualify for one or more such safe harbors.

If Falcon’s Opco were to become a publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, significant tax inefficiencies might result for the Company and Falcon’s Opco, including as a result of the Company’s inability to file a consolidated U.S. federal income tax return with Falcon’s Opco. In addition, the Company may not be able to realize tax benefits covered under the Tax Receivable Agreement, and the Company would not be able to recover any payments previously made by it under the Tax Receivable Agreement, even if the corresponding tax benefits (including any claimed increase in the tax basis of Falcon’s Opco’s assets) were subsequently determined to have been unavailable. See “— In certain cases, payments under the Tax Receivable Agreement may be accelerated and/or significantly exceed the actual benefits the Company realizes in respect of the tax attributes subject to the Tax Receivable Agreement.”

Changes in applicable tax laws, interpretations of existing tax laws, loss of tax incentives, or adverse determinations by tax authorities could increase our tax burden or otherwise adversely affect our financial condition or results of operations.

We are subject to taxation at the federal, state and local levels in the United States and various other countries and jurisdictions. Our future effective tax rate could be affected by changes in the composition of earnings in jurisdictions with differing tax rates, changes in statutory rates and other legislative changes, changes in the valuation of our deferred tax assets and liabilities, or changes in determinations regarding the jurisdictions in which we are subject to tax. From time to time, the U.S. federal, state and local and foreign governments make substantive changes to tax rules and their application, which could result in materially higher taxes than would be incurred under existing tax laws and could adversely affect our financial condition or results of operations. For example, the U.S. tax legislation enacted on December 22, 2017 represented a significant overhaul of the U.S. federal tax code, including, among many other things, a reduction to the U.S. federal corporate income tax rate, a partial limitation on the deductibility of business interest expense, a limitation on the deductibility of certain director and officer compensation expense, limitations on net operating loss carrybacks and carryovers and changes relating to the scope and timing of U.S. taxation on earnings from international business operations. In addition, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 enacted on August 16, 2022, among other provisions, imposes a 15% minimum tax on the adjusted financial statement income of certain large corporations, as well as a 1% excise tax on corporate stock repurchases by domestic publicly traded companies. This act, as well as any other changes to tax laws that are enacted, could adversely affect our tax liability.

There can be no assurance that changes in tax laws or regulations, both within the United States and the other jurisdictions in which we operate, will not materially and adversely affect our effective tax rate, tax payments, financial condition and results of operations. Similarly, changes in tax laws and regulations that impact our customers and counterparties, or the economy generally may also impact our financial condition and results of operations.

Tax laws and regulations are complex and subject to varying interpretations and any significant failure to comply with applicable tax laws and regulations in all relevant jurisdictions could give rise to substantial penalties and liabilities. Any changes in enacted tax laws, rules or regulatory or judicial interpretations or any change in the pronouncements relating to accounting for income taxes could materially and adversely impact our effective tax rate, tax payments, financial condition and results of operations.

In addition, we may be subject to tax audits and disputes in U.S. federal and various state, local and foreign jurisdictions. An unfavorable outcome from any tax audit could result in higher tax costs, penalties and interest, and could materially and adversely affect our financial condition or results of operations.

United States or international environmental laws and regulations may cause us to incur substantial costs or subject us to potential liabilities.

We are subject to certain compliance costs and potential liabilities under various international, national, regional and local environmental, health and safety laws and regulations. These laws and regulations govern actions including air emissions, the use, storage and disposal of hazardous and toxic substances, and wastewater disposal. Our failure to comply with such laws, including any required permits or licenses, could result in substantial fines, penalties, litigation or possible revocation of our authority to conduct some of our operations. We could also be liable under such laws for the costs of investigation, removal or remediation of hazardous or toxic

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substances at our currently or formerly owned real property or at third-party locations in connection with our waste disposal operations, regardless of whether or not we knew of, or caused, the presence or release of such substances. From time to time, we may be required to remediate such substances or remove, abate or manage asbestos, mold, radon gas, lead or other hazardous conditions at our properties. The presence or release of such toxic or hazardous substances could result in third-party claims for personal injury, property or natural resource damages, business interruption or other losses. Such claims and the need to investigate, remediate or otherwise address hazardous, toxic or unsafe conditions could adversely affect our operations, the value of any affected real property, or our ability to sell, lease or assign our rights in any such property, or could otherwise harm our businesses or reputation. Environmental, health and safety requirements have also become increasingly stringent, and our costs may increase as a result.

Further, some U.S. states and various countries are considering or have undertaken actions to regulate and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. New or revised laws and regulations, or new interpretations of existing laws and regulations, such as those related to climate change, could affect the operation of the properties we manage or result in significant additional expense and operating restrictions on us. The cost of such legislation, regulation or new interpretations would depend upon the specific requirements enacted and cannot be determined at this time.

Adverse litigation judgments or settlements resulting from legal proceedings in which we may be involved in the normal course of our business could adversely affect our financial condition or results of operations.

We are subject to allegations, claims and legal actions arising in the ordinary course of our businesses, which may include claims by third parties, including guests who visit our FBD properties, our FCG customers or subcontractors, our FBB brand partners, any of our employees or regulators including the Guggenheim Complaint and the FAST Settlement, as more fully described in Note 12, “Commitments and contingencies” to our audited consolidated financial statements contained in Item 8 of this Annual Report. Pursuant to the FAST Settlement, we paid FAST an up-front settlement payment of $2.5 million on December 1, 2025, and are required to pay a deferred settlement payment of $7.0 million on or before January 31, 2027, with ratable with ratable decreases for early payment provided that the deferred settlement payment will never be less than $6.0 million and if the deferred settlement payment is not paid on or before January 31, 2027, it will accrue interest at a rate of 10.75% per annum until paid. While we expect that the deferred settlement payment will be funded by our receipt of a tax refund from the Spanish Tax Administration Agency in respect of the previously-announced sale of the equity interests in Tertian XXI, SL, which owned the real estate assets comprising a resort hotel in Tenerife, Spain, and/or a sale, directly or indirectly, of the Company’s hotel resort and theme park located in Mallorca, Spain, we cannot assure you of this. The requirement to make the deferred settlement payment restricts our ability to use certain cash we may receive, which may materially adversely affect our business. In the event that the deferred settlement payment is not paid in full on or before January 31, 2027, the FAST Settlement will be void and both FAST and the Company will be entitled to re-assert their claims against each other.

Further, the outcome of the Guggenheim Complaint and any other proceedings cannot be predicted. If any of these proceedings is determined adversely to us, or if we receive a judgment, a fine or a settlement involving a payment of a material sum of money, or injunctive relief is issued against us, our businesses, financial condition and results of operations could be materially adversely affected. Litigation can also be expensive, lengthy and disruptive to normal business operations, including to our management due, to the increased time and resources required to respond to and address the litigation.

Risks Related to Operating as a Public Company

Our senior management team has limited experience managing a public company, and regulatory compliance obligations may divert its attention from the day-to-day management of our businesses.

The individuals who constitute our senior management team have limited experience managing a publicly traded company, interacting with public company investors and complying with the increasingly complex laws pertaining to public companies. Our senior management team may not successfully or efficiently manage our transition to being a public company subject to significant regulatory oversight and reporting obligations under federal securities laws and the continuous scrutiny of securities analysts and investors. These new obligations and constituents will require significant attention from our senior management and could divert their attention away from the day-to-day management of our businesses, which could adversely affect our businesses. It is possible that we will be required to expand our employee base and hire additional employees to support our operations as a public company, which will increase our operating costs in future periods.

As a public reporting company, we are subject to rules and regulations established from time to time by the SEC and Public Company Accounting Oversight Board regarding our internal control over financial reporting. If we fail to establish and maintain effective internal control over financial reporting and disclosure controls and procedures, we may not be able to accurately report our financial results or report them in a timely manner.

As a public reporting company, we are subject to the rules and regulations established from time to time by the SEC and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. These rules and regulations require, among other things, that we establish and periodically

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evaluate procedures with respect to our internal control over financial reporting. Reporting obligations as a public company are likely to place a considerable strain on our financial and management systems, processes, and controls, as well as on our personnel.

In addition, as a public company we are required to document and test our internal control over financial reporting pursuant to Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act”) so that our management can certify as to the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting by the time our second annual report is filed with the SEC and thereafter, which requires us to document and make significant changes to our internal control over financial reporting. Likewise, our independent registered public accounting firm will be required to provide an attestation report on the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting at such time as we cease to be an “emerging growth company,” as defined in the JOBS Act, and we become an accelerated or large accelerated filer, although we could potentially qualify as a “smaller reporting company.” We are continuing to develop and refine our disclosure controls and other procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we will file with the SEC is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in SEC rules and forms and that information required to be disclosed in reports under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to our principal executive and financial officers. We are also continuing to improve our internal control over financial reporting, which includes hiring additional accounting and financial personnel to implement such processes and controls.

We expect to incur costs related to implementing an internal audit and compliance function in the upcoming years to further improve our internal control environment. If we identify future deficiencies in our internal control over financial reporting or if we are unable to comply with the demands that will be placed upon us as a public company, including the requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, in a timely manner, we may be unable to accurately report our financial results, or report them within the timeframes required by the SEC. We also could become subject to sanctions or investigations by the SEC or other regulatory authorities. In addition, if we are unable to assert that our internal control over financial reporting is effective, or if our independent registered public accounting firm is unable to express an opinion as to the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting when required, investors may lose confidence in the accuracy and completeness of our financial reports, we may face restricted access to the capital markets and our stock price may be adversely affected.

Our current controls and any new controls that we develop may also become inadequate because of changes in our business, and weaknesses in our disclosure controls and internal control over financial reporting may be discovered in the future. Any failure to develop or maintain effective controls or any difficulties encountered in their implementation or improvement could cause us to fail to meet our reporting obligations, result in a restatement of our financial statements for prior periods, undermine investor confidence in us, and adversely affect the trading price of our Class A Common Stock. In addition, if we are unable to continue to meet these requirements, we may not be able to remain listed on Nasdaq.

We have identified material weaknesses in our internal controls over financial reporting. If we are unable to remediate these material weaknesses, if management identifies additional material weaknesses in the future or if we otherwise fail to maintain effective internal controls over financial reporting, we may not be able to accurately or timely report our financial position or results of operations, which may adversely affect our business and stock price or cause our access to the capital markets to be impaired.

We have identified material weaknesses in our internal controls over financial reporting which were initially disclosed as of December 31, 2023, and these material weaknesses continued to exist as of the end of the most recent reporting period. A material weakness is a deficiency, or combination of deficiencies, in internal controls over financial reporting such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of our annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.

The material weaknesses we identified are:

Risk Assessment – We did not design and implement an effective risk assessment based on the criteria established in the COSO framework. Specifically, these control deficiencies constitute material weaknesses, either individually or in the aggregate, relating to: (i) identifying, assessing, and communicating appropriate objectives, (ii) identifying and analyzing risks to achieve these objectives, (iii) contemplating fraud risks, and (iv) identifying and assessing changes in the business that could impact our system of internal controls.

Control Activities – We did not design and implement effective control activities based on the criteria established in the COSO framework. We have identified deficiencies in the principles associated with the control activities component of the COSO framework. Specifically, these control deficiencies constitute material weaknesses, either individually or in the aggregate, relating to: (i) selecting and developing control activities and information technology that contribute to the mitigation of risks and support achievement of objectives; and (ii) deploying control activities through policies that establish what is expected and procedures that put policies into action.

The following deficiencies, individually and in the aggregate, contributed to material weaknesses in control activities, including:

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We did not design or maintain controls or document segregation of duties over information technology systems used to create or maintain financial reporting records.

Monitoring – We did not design and implement effective monitoring activities based on the criteria established in the COSO framework. We have identified deficiencies in the principles associated with the monitoring component of the COSO framework. Specifically, these control deficiencies constitute material weaknesses, either individually or in the aggregate, relating to: (i) selecting, developing, and performing ongoing evaluation to ascertain whether the components of internal controls are present and functioning; and (ii) evaluating and communicating internal control deficiencies in a timely manner to those parties responsible for taking corrective action.

Control Environment – We did not maintain an effective control environment based on the criteria established in the COSO framework. We have identified deficiencies in the principles associated with the control environment of the COSO framework. Specifically, these control deficiencies constitute material weaknesses, either individually or in the aggregate, relating to: (i) appropriate organizational structure, reporting lines, and authority and responsibilities in pursuit of objectives; and (ii) establishing a control environment and holding individuals accountable for their internal control related responsibilities.

We did not design or maintain an effective control environment to enable the identification and mitigation of risks of accounting errors based on the contributing factors to material weaknesses in the control environment, including:

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The Company did not create the proper environment for effective internal control over financial reporting and to ensure that there was accountability for the performance of internal control over financial reporting responsibilities.

Information and Communication – We did not generate or provide adequate quality supporting information and communication based on the criteria established in the COSO framework. We have identified deficiencies in the principles associated with the information and communication component of the COSO framework. Specifically, these control deficiencies constitute material weaknesses, either individually or in the aggregate, relating to: (i) obtaining, generating, and using relevant quality information to support the function of internal control; and (ii) communicating accurate information internally and externally, including providing information pursuant to objectives, responsibilities, and functions of internal control.

Our plan to remediate such material weaknesses includes:

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Designing and implementing a risk assessment process supporting the identification of risks.

We are committed to remediating these material weaknesses to address deficiencies identified, as further described in Part II "Item 9A. Controls and Procedures" of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. The implementation of these remediation measures continues to progress and will require validation and testing of the design and operating effectiveness of our internal controls over a sustained period of financial reporting cycles. As a result, the timing of when we will be able to fully remediate the material weaknesses is uncertain.

Implementing any appropriate changes to our internal controls may distract our officers and employees, entail substantial costs to modify our existing processes and take significant time to complete. These changes may not, however, be effective in maintaining the adequacy of our internal controls, and any failure to maintain that adequacy, or consequent inability to produce accurate financial statements on a timely basis, could increase our operating costs and harm our business. In addition, investors’ perceptions that our internal controls are inadequate or that we are unable to produce accurate financial statements on a timely basis may harm our stock price and make it more difficult for us to effectively market and sell our products and services to new and existing customers.

We cannot assure that these measures will significantly improve or remediate these material weaknesses. If the steps we take do not remediate the material weaknesses in a timely manner, there could be a reasonable possibility that these control deficiencies or others may result in a material misstatement of our annual or interim financial statements that would not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. This, in turn, could jeopardize our ability to comply with our reporting obligations, limit our ability to access the capital markets and adversely impact our stock price.

Our independent registered public accounting firm was not required to perform an audit of our evaluation of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2025 in accordance with the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

We are an “emerging growth company” and a “smaller reporting company” within the meaning of the Securities Act, and we intend to take advantage of certain exemptions from disclosure requirements available to emerging growth companies and/or smaller reporting companies, which could make our securities less attractive to investors and may make it more difficult to compare our performance with that of other public companies.

We are an “emerging growth company,” as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act, as modified by the JOBS Act, and we may take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not emerging

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growth companies, including, but not limited to, not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in their periodic reports and proxy statements, and exemptions from the requirements of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and stockholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved.

Further, Section 102(b)(1) of the JOBS Act exempts emerging growth companies from being required to comply with new or revised financial accounting standards until private companies (that is, those that have not had a registration statement under the Securities Act declared effective or do not have a class of securities registered under the Exchange Act) are required to comply with the new or revised financial accounting standards. The JOBS Act provides that a company can elect to opt out of the extended transition period and comply with the requirements that apply to non-emerging growth companies but any such election to opt out is irrevocable. We have elected not to opt out of such extended transition period which means that when a standard is issued or revised and it has different application dates for public or private companies, we, as an emerging growth company, can adopt the new or revised standard at the time private companies adopt the new or revised standard. This may make comparability of our financial statements with another public company which is neither an emerging growth company nor an emerging growth company which has opted out of using the extended transition period difficult or impossible because of the potential differences in accounting standards used.

We will remain an emerging growth company until the earlier of: (1) the last day of the fiscal year (a) following the fifth anniversary of the effectiveness of our registration statement on Form S-4 in connection with the Business Combination, (b) in which we have total annual revenue of at least $1,235,000,000, or (c) in which we are deemed to be a large accelerated filer, which means the market value of our common equity that is held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of the end of the prior fiscal year’s second fiscal quarter; and (2) the date on which we have issued more than $1.00 billion in non-convertible debt securities during the prior three-year period.

Additionally, we are a “smaller reporting company” as defined in Item 10(f)(1) of Regulation S-K. Smaller reporting companies may take advantage of certain reduced disclosure obligations, including, among other things, providing only two years of audited financial statements. We will remain a smaller reporting company until the last day of the fiscal year in which (i) the market value of the shares of Class A Common Stock held by non-affiliates exceeds $250 million as of the prior June 30, and (ii) our annual revenue exceeded $100 million during such completed fiscal year or the market value of the shares of Class A Common Stock held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of the prior June 30. To the extent we take advantage of such reduced disclosure obligations, it may also make comparison of our financial statements with other public companies difficult or impossible.

We have incurred, and will continue to incur, significant costs as a result of operating as a public company.

We are subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, the listing requirements of Nasdaq and other applicable securities laws and regulations. For example, the Exchange Act requires, among other things, that we file annual, quarterly, and current reports with respect to our business, financial condition, and results of operations. We have incurred, and will continue to incur, significant legal, financial and other expenses as a result of compliance with these rules and regulations and will continue to increase demand on our systems, particularly after we are no longer an emerging growth company. In addition, as a public company, we may be subject to stockholder activism, which can lead to additional substantial costs, distract management, and impact the manner in which we operate our business in ways we cannot currently anticipate. As a result of disclosure of information in this Annual Report and in our other Exchange Act reports, proxy statements, and other public filings, our business and financial condition will become more visible, which may result in threatened or actual litigation, including by competitors. These rules and regulations have increased our legal and financial compliance costs and made some activities more difficult, time-consuming, and costly.

In addition, as a public company our costs related to directors and officers liability insurance have increased, and, in the future, we may be required to accept reduced coverage or incur substantially higher costs to obtain coverage. These laws and regulations could also make it more difficult for us to attract and retain qualified persons to serve on our board of directors, our board committees or as our executive officers. We may be required to expand our employee base and hire additional employees to support our operations as a public company, which would increase our operating costs in future periods. Furthermore, if we are unable to satisfy our obligations as a public company, we could be subject to delisting of our securities, fines, sanctions, and other regulatory action and potentially civil litigation. These factors may therefore strain our resources, divert management’s attention, and affect our ability to attract and retain qualified board members and executive officers.

Risks Related to Ownership of Our Securities

The price of our securities may be volatile.

The market price of our securities has previously and in the future may continue to fluctuate significantly, depending on many factors, some of which may be beyond our control, including:

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actual or anticipated fluctuations in our operating results due to factors related to our business;

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failure to meet or exceed financial estimates and projections of the investment community or that we to the public;

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the failure of securities analysts to cover, or maintain coverage of, our securities;

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issuance of new or updated research or reports by securities analysts or changed recommendations for the industry in general;

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operating and share price performance of other companies in the industry or related markets;

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the timing and magnitude of investments in the growth of the business;

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success or failure of our business strategies;

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our ability to obtain financing as needed;

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announcements by us or our competitors of significant acquisitions, dispositions or strategic investments;

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additions or departures of key the Company or Falcon’s Opco management or other personnel;

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sales of substantial amounts of our securities by our directors, executive officers or significant stockholders or the perception that such sales could occur;

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changes in capital structure, including future issuances of securities or the incurrence of debt;

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changes in accounting standards, policies, guidance, interpretations or principles;

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investor perception of the Company and our industry;

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overall market fluctuations;

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results from any material litigation or government investigation;

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changes in laws and regulations (including tax laws and regulations) affecting our business;

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changes in capital gains taxes and taxes on dividends affecting stockholders; and

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general economic conditions and other external factors.

Low trading volume and public float of our securities may amplify the effect of the above factors on our securities’ price volatility.

Stock markets in general can experience volatility that is unrelated to the operating performance of a particular company. These broad market fluctuations could adversely affect the trading price of our securities.

If analysts do not publish research about our business or if they publish inaccurate or unfavorable research, the price and trading volume of the Company’s securities could decline.

The trading market for the Company’s securities will depend in part on the research and reports that analysts publish about our business. We will not have any control over these analysts, and the analysts who publish information about us may have relatively little experience with the Company or its industry, which could affect their ability to accurately forecast our results and could make it more likely that we fail to meet their estimates. If few or no securities or industry analysts cover us, if one or more of the analysts who cover us ceases coverage of us or fails to publish reports on us regularly, the trading price for the Company’s securities would be negatively impacted. If one or more of the analysts who cover us downgrades the Company’s securities or publishes inaccurate or unfavorable research about our business, the price of the Class A Common Stock would likely decline.

There can be no assurance that we will be able to comply with the continued listing standards of Nasdaq.

Our continued eligibility for listing on Nasdaq depends on our ability to continue to meet Nasdaq’s listing standards, including the Company having a minimum bid price, level of publicly held shares, and market value. If Nasdaq delists our securities from trading on its exchange for failure to meet the listing standards, the Company and its stockholders could face significant material adverse consequences including:

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a determination that our Class A Common Stock is a “penny stock,” which will require brokers trading in our Class A Common Stock to adhere to more stringent rules, possibly resulting in a reduced level of trading activity in the secondary trading market for our Class A Common Stock;

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a limited amount of analyst coverage; and

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a decreased ability to issue additional securities or obtain additional financing in the future.

The Warrant Exchange may result in the delisting of the Warrants from Nasdaq.

As a result of the Warrant Agreement Amendment, the Warrants are not exercisable and the holders of the Warrants have no further rights except to receive shares of Class A Common Stock at the Exchange Ratio on the Exchange Date. Nasdaq may take the position that the Warrants are no longer Warrants because they no longer bear the characteristics of warrants and instead are rights to receive shares of Class A Common Stock. Accordingly, we may be required to meet the initial listing requirements for rights on Nasdaq, which, among other things, requires a minimum number of round lot holders of the rights. We cannot assure you that we would be able to meet the initial listing requirements for rights on Nasdaq, and accordingly, our Warrants, as amended by the Warrant Agreement Amendment, may be delisted from Nasdaq.

If Nasdaq determines that the Warrants are no longer warrants and are instead rights to receive Class A Common Stock and we fail to meet the initial listing requirements for such rights on Nasdaq, the Warrants would be delisted from Nasdaq and we would apply to quote such rights to receive Class A Common Stock on the over-the-counter markets. If this were to occur, holders of Warrants could face significant consequences, including a limited availability of market quotations for the rights and reduced liquidity, which may reduce the trading price of the rights. As a result, if the Warrants are delisted from Nasdaq, our Warrant holders may be unable to sell their Warrants at attractive prices or at all, and may be forced to hold the Warrants until the Exchange Date.

An active trading market for our Class A Common Stock may not be sustained, and you may not be able to resell your Class A Common Stock at the time when you want.

Although our Class A Common Stock is listed on Nasdaq, an active trading market for our securities may not be sustained. In the absence of an active trading market for our Class A Common Stock, investors may be unable to sell their shares.

We do not intend to pay cash dividends on our common stock for the foreseeable future.

On September 30, 2024, the Board declared a Stock Dividend of 0.2 shares of Class A Common Stock per share of Class A Common Stock outstanding to stockholders of record as of December 10, 2024. The Stock Dividend was distributed on December 17, 2024. We have not paid any cash dividends on our shares of Class A Common Stock to date. Our Series B Preferred Stock has an annual cumulative dividend rate of 11% of the $5.00 per share liquidation preference, which accrues quarterly. Prior to January 1, 2027, accrued dividends will be paid in the form of shares of Series B Preferred Stock, provided that we may upon two business days’ prior notice pay any quarterly dividend in cash, and we must pay such dividend in cash (or portion thereof) if the issuance of shares, in whole or in part, would require us to obtain shareholder approval under applicable law if such shareholder approval has not been obtained. On and after January 1, 2027, all dividends accrued after such date will be paid in cash. With respect to any dividends not declared and paid in shares or cash, the dollar amount of such dividends will be added to the liquidation preference of each share of Series B Preferred Stock.

Except with respect to quarterly dividends on our Series B Preferred Stock, it is the present intention of the Board to retain all earnings, if any, for use in the Company’s business operations and, accordingly, the Board does not anticipate declaring any cash dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future. The timing, declaration, amount and payment of future cash or stock dividends to stockholders falls within the discretion of the Board. The Board’s decisions regarding the amount and payment of future dividends will depend on many factors, including our financial condition, earnings, capital requirements of our business and covenants associated with debt obligations, as well as legal requirements, regulatory constraints, industry practice and other factors that the Board deems relevant. Further, our ability to declare dividends may be limited by the terms of financing or other agreements entered into by us or our subsidiaries from time to time, including certain consent rights in connection with the Strategic Investment. There can be no assurance that we will pay any dividend.

The Demerau family controls over 50% of our voting power and is able to exert significant influence over stockholder decisions because of its share ownership.

Holders of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock are entitled to cast one vote per share of on all matters to be voted on by stockholders. Generally, holders of all classes of Common Stock vote together as a single class. As of the date of this Annual Report, Infinite Acquisitions holds approximately 30% of the voting power of the Common Stock and therefore has the ability to significantly influence the vote outcome of most matters submitted to stockholders for approval, including the election of directors and any merger, consolidation or sale of all or substantially all of our assets. In addition, Katmandu Ventures, LLC holds approximately 22% of the

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voting power of the Common Stock, and together with Infinite Acquisitions can control the vote outcome of matters submitted to stockholders for approval. Both Katmandu Ventures, LLC and Infinite Acquisitions are controlled by members of the Demerau family and may have interests that conflict with other stockholders, and may vote its shares in a way that other stockholders do not view as beneficial. Additionally, Infinite Acquisitions’ concentrated control could delay, defer, or prevent a change of control, merger, consolidation, or sale of all or substantially all of our assets that other stockholders support.

Cecil D. Magpuri, our Chief Executive Officer, controls over twenty percent of our voting power and is able to exert significant influence over the direction of our business.

Cecil D. Magpuri, our Chief Executive Officer, has voting and investment control over approximately 22% of the shares of Common Stock, by virtue of his beneficial ownership of CilMar Ventures, LLC, Series A. As our Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Magpuri has significant control over the day-to-day management and the implementation of major strategic decisions of the Company, subject to authorization and oversight by the Board including our Executive Chairman, Scott Demerau. As a board member and officer, Mr. Magpuri owes a fiduciary duty to our stockholders and must act in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in the best interests of stockholders. However, he will still be entitled to vote the shares over which he has voting control, which may be in a manner that other stockholders do not support. Mr. Magpuri’s ownership, together with the significant ownership of Infinite Acquisitions and Katmandu Ventures, LLC described above, represents a high concentration of stock in a limited number of stockholders, and together they will have the ability to control any corporate action requiring stockholder approval, even if the outcome sought by such stockholders is not in the interest of our other stockholders. In addition, the significant concentration of stock ownership may adversely affect the value of our common stock due to a resulting lack of liquidity or a perception among investors that conflicts of interest may exist or arise.

Delaware law and the Charter and Bylaws contain certain provisions, including anti-takeover provisions that limit the ability of stockholders to take certain actions and could delay or discourage takeover attempts that stockholders may consider favorable.

The Charter, Bylaws and the DGCL contain provisions that could have the effect of rendering more difficult, delaying or preventing an acquisition that stockholders may consider favorable, including transactions in which stockholders might otherwise receive a premium for their shares. These provisions could also limit the price that investors might be willing to pay in the future for shares of Class A Common Stock, and therefore depress the trading price. These provisions could also make it difficult for stockholders to take certain actions, including electing directors who are not nominated by the incumbent members of the Board or taking other corporate actions, including effecting changes in our management. Among other things, the Charter and Bylaws include provisions that:

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provide for a classified board of directors with staggered, three-year terms;

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permit the Board to issue shares of preferred stock, including “blank check” preferred stock and to determine the price and other terms of those shares, including preferences and voting rights, without stockholder approval, which could be used to significantly dilute the ownership of a hostile acquire;

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prohibit cumulative voting in the election of directors, which limits the ability of minority stockholders to elect director candidates;

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limit the liability of, and provide for the indemnification of, our directors and officers;

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permit the Board to amend the Bylaws, which may allow the Board to take additional actions to prevent an unsolicited takeover and inhibit the ability of an acquirer to amend the Bylaws to facilitate an unsolicited takeover attempt;

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require a supermajority vote of stockholders to amend certain provisions of the Charter and a supermajority vote of stockholders in order to amend the Bylaws;

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limit our ability to engage in business combinations with certain interested stockholders without certain approvals;

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permit only the Board, the chief executive officer of the Company or the chairperson of the Board to call special stockholder meetings; provided, that for so long as the holders of Class B Common Stock beneficially own, directly or indirectly, a majority of the total voting power of stock entitled to vote generally in election of directors, special meetings of stockholders may also be called by or at the request of our stockholders holding shares of capital stock of the Company representing a majority of the total voting power of stock entitled to vote generally in election of directors; and

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mandate advance notice procedures with which stockholders must comply in order to nominate candidates to the Board or to propose matters to be acted upon at a stockholders’ meeting, which could preclude stockholders from bringing matters before annual or special meetings of stockholders and delay changes in the Board and also may discourage or deter a potential acquirer

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from conducting a solicitation of proxies to elect the acquirer’s own slate of directors or otherwise attempting to obtain control of our company.

These provisions, alone or together, could delay or prevent hostile takeovers and changes in control or changes in the Board or management.

The provisions of the Charter requiring exclusive forum in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware and the federal district courts of the United States for certain types of lawsuits may have the effect of discouraging lawsuits against our directors and officers.

The Charter requires, to the fullest extent permitted by law, that derivative actions brought in our name, actions against directors, officers and employees for breach of fiduciary duty and other similar actions may be brought only in the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware (the “Chancery Court”) and, if brought outside of Delaware, the stockholder bringing the suit will be deemed to have consented to the personal jurisdiction of the Chancery Court and having service of process made upon such stockholder in any such action on such stockholder’s counsel. Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in shares of the Company’s capital stock shall be deemed to have notice of and consented to the forum provisions in its certificate of incorporation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Charter provides that the exclusive forum provision will not apply to suits brought to enforce a duty or liability created by the Exchange Act. Section 27 of the Exchange Act creates exclusive federal jurisdiction over all suits brought to enforce any duty or liability created by the Exchange Act or the rules and regulations thereunder. Additionally, unless we consent in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the federal district courts of the United States of America shall be the exclusive forum for the resolution of any complaint asserting a cause of action arising under the Securities Act against us or any of our directors, officers, other employees or agents. However, there is uncertainty as to whether a court would enforce the exclusive forum provisions relating to causes of actions arising under the Securities Act.

Although we believe this exclusive forum provision will benefit us by providing increased consistency in the application of Delaware law in the types of lawsuits to which it applies, it may limit a stockholder’s ability to bring a claim in a judicial forum that it finds favorable for disputes with the Company or any of its directors, officers, other employees or stockholders, which may discourage lawsuits with respect to such claims. Alternatively, if a court were to find the choice of forum provision contained in the Charter to be inapplicable or unenforceable in an action, the Company may incur additional costs associated with resolving such action in other jurisdictions, which could harm its business, operating results and financial condition.

The Company may be subject to securities class action litigation, which may harm its business and operating results.

Companies that have experienced volatility in the market price of their stock have been subject to securities class action litigation. The Company may be the target of this type of litigation in the future. Securities litigation against the Company could result in substantial costs and damages and divert the Company’s management’s attention from other business concerns, which could seriously harm the Company’s business, results of operations, financial condition or cash flows.

The Company may also be called on to defend itself against lawsuits relating to its business operations. Some of these claims may seek significant damages amounts. Due to the inherent uncertainties of litigation, the ultimate outcome of any such proceedings cannot be accurately predicted. A future unfavorable outcome in a legal proceeding could have an adverse impact on the Company’s business, financial condition and results of operations. In addition, current and future litigation, regardless of its merits, could result in substantial legal fees, settlements or judgment costs and a diversion of the Company management’s attention and resources that are needed to successfully run the Company’s business.

The Warrant Agreement designates the courts of the State of New York or the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by holders of our Warrants, which could limit the ability of Warrant holders to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with our Company.

The Warrant Agreement provides that, subject to applicable law, (i) any action, proceeding or claim against us arising out of or relating in any way to the warrant agreement, including under the Securities Act, will be brought and enforced in the courts of the State of New York or the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, and (ii) that we irrevocably submit to such jurisdiction, which jurisdiction shall be the exclusive forum for any such action, proceeding or claim. We will waive any objection to such exclusive jurisdiction and that such courts represent an inconvenient forum.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, these provisions of the Warrant Agreement will not apply to suits brought to enforce any liability or duty created by the Exchange Act or any other claim for which the federal district courts of the United States of America are the sole and exclusive forum. Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in any of our Warrants shall be deemed to have notice of and to have consented to the forum provisions in our Warrant Agreement. If any action, the subject matter of which is within the scope of the forum provisions of the Warrant Agreement, is filed in a court other than a court of the State of New York or the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (a “foreign action”) in the name of any holder of our Warrants, such holder shall be deemed to have consented to: (x) the personal jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in the State of New York

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in connection with any action brought in any such court to enforce the forum provisions (an “enforcement action”), and (y) having service of process made upon such Warrant holder in any such enforcement action by service upon such Warrant holder’s counsel in the foreign action as agent for such Warrant holder.

This choice-of-forum provision may limit a Warrant holder’s ability to bring a claim in a judicial forum that it finds favorable for disputes with our Company, which may discourage such lawsuits. Alternatively, if a court were to find this provision of our Warrant Agreement inapplicable or unenforceable with respect to one or more of the specified types of actions or proceedings, we may incur additional costs associated with resolving such matters in other jurisdictions, which could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations and result in a diversion of the time and resources of our management and board of directors.

The Series B Preferred Stock may be converted automatically, at a time that is disadvantageous to holders; holders have no ability to elect to convert the Series B Preferred Stock.

Pursuant to the Certificate of Designation for the Series B Preferred Stock, we can convert automatically all of the shares of Series B Preferred Stock into shares of Class A Common Stock, without any action on the part of the holders at the applicable conversion rate, following the date that is the third anniversary of the original issuance date of the Series B Preferred Stock, if at any time volume weighted average sale price of the Class A Common Stock equals or exceeds $10.00 for at least 21 trading days during a period of 30 consecutive trading days ending on the trading day immediately prior to the date of determination. Holders of Series B Preferred Stock have no ability to elect to convert shares of Series B Preferred Stock into shares of Class A Common Stock. If the Series B Preferred Stock is automatically converted, holders will receive shares of Class A Common Stock at the then-applicable conversion rate. The Series B Preferred Stock may be converted at a time that is disadvantageous to the holders of shares of Series B Preferred Stock. The value of the Class A Common Stock received upon such conversion may be less than the value that holders would have received if they had sold their Series B Preferred Stock.

The Series B Preferred Stock is equity and is subordinate to the Company’s existing and future indebtedness.

Our Series B Preferred Stock are equity interests and does not constitute indebtedness of the Company or any of its subsidiaries. As a result, any Series B Preferred Stock ranks junior to all of the Company’s and its subsidiaries’ existing and future indebtedness and other non-equity claims with respect to assets available to satisfy claims against the Company, including claims in the event of the Company’s liquidation. If the Company is forced to liquidate its assets to pay its creditors, the Company may not have sufficient funds to pay amounts due on any or all of the Series B Preferred Stock or any other series of its preferred stock then outstanding.

The Company has approximately $15.6 million of outstanding indebtedness as of December 31, 2025. The terms of the Series B Preferred Stock will not restrict the Company’s business or operations, nor will they restrict the Company’s ability to incur indebtedness or engage in any transactions, subject only to the specified voting rights of the Series B Preferred Stock described in the Certificate of Designation relating to the Series B Preferred Stock.

The Series B Preferred Stock may be junior to other preferred stock the Company may issue in the future.

The Series B Preferred Stock may be junior as to payment of dividends to any future series of preferred stock that the Company may issue (with the requisite vote or consent of the holders of the Series B Preferred Stock and all other series of parity stock that the Company have issued or may issue with like voting rights, voting together as a single class) in the future that is expressly stated to be senior to the applicable series of preferred stock as to payment of dividends and the distribution of assets upon liquidation or winding up of the Company. If at any time the Company has failed to pay, on the applicable payment date, accrued dividends on any of those shares that rank senior in priority with respect to dividends, the Company may not pay any dividends on the applicable series of preferred stock or redeem or otherwise repurchase any shares of such series of preferred stock until the Company has paid or set aside for payment the full amount of the unpaid dividends on the shares that rank senior in priority with respect to dividends that must, under the terms of such shares, be paid before the Company may pay dividends on, or redeem or repurchase, the applicable series of preferred stock. In addition, in the event of any liquidation or winding up of the Company, holders of a series of preferred stock will not be entitled to receive the liquidation preference of their shares until the Company has paid or set aside an amount sufficient to pay in full the liquidation preference of any class or series of the Company’s capital stock ranking senior as to rights upon liquidation or winding up.

The Series B Preferred Stock will rank junior to all of the Company’s and its subsidiaries’ liabilities in the event of a bankruptcy, liquidation or winding-up.

In the event of bankruptcy, liquidation or winding-up, the Company’s assets will be available to pay obligations on the Series B Preferred Stock only after all of the Company’s liabilities have been paid. In addition, the Series B Preferred Stock effectively ranks junior to all existing and future liabilities of the Company and its subsidiaries. The rights of holders of the Series B Preferred Stock to participate in the assets of the Company and its subsidiaries upon any liquidation or reorganization of any subsidiary will rank junior to the prior

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claims of creditors. In the event of bankruptcy, liquidation or winding-up, there may not be sufficient assets remaining, after paying the Company’s liabilities and the Company’s subsidiaries’ liabilities, to pay amounts due on the Series B Preferred Stock.

The Series B Preferred Stock is perpetual in nature.

The shares of Series B Preferred Stock represent a perpetual interest in the Company and, generally, will not give rise to a claim for payment of a principal amount or liquidation preference at a particular date. As a result, the holders of the Series B Preferred Stock may be required to bear the financial risks of an investment in the Series B Preferred Stock for an indefinite period of time.

An active trading market for the Series B Preferred Stock may not develop or continue, and the market price and trading volume of the Series B Preferred Stock may fluctuate significantly.

Since the Series B Preferred Stock has no stated maturity date and holders have no ability to elect to convert the Series B Preferred Stock into Class A Common Stock, investors seeking liquidity will be limited to selling their shares in the secondary market. The Company cannot assure you that an active trading market in the Series B Preferred Stock will develop or, even if it develops, the Company cannot assure you that it will last, in which case the market price of the Series B Preferred Stock could be materially and adversely affected and your ability to transfer a holder's shares of Series B Preferred Stock will be limited.

If an active trading market does develop, a number of factors may adversely influence the price of the Series B Preferred Stock in public markets, including the Company’s history of paying dividends on the preferred stock, variations in the Company’s financial results, the market for similar securities, investors’ perceptions of the Company, the Company’s issuance of additional preferred equity or indebtedness and general economic, industry, interest rate and market conditions. Because the Series B Preferred Stock carries a fixed dividend rate, its value in the secondary market will be influenced by changes in interest rates and will tend to move inversely to such changes. In particular, an increase in market interest rates will result in higher yields on other financial instruments and may lead purchasers of Series B Preferred Stock to demand a higher yield on the price paid for the Series B Preferred Stock, which could adversely affect the market price of the Series B Preferred Stock. Furthermore, the daily trading volume of the Series B Preferred Stock may be lower than the trading volume of other securities. As a result, investors who desire to liquidate substantial holdings of the Series B Preferred Stock at a single point in time may find that they are unable to dispose of their shares in the market without causing a substantial decline in the market price of such shares.

Additionally, we expect to apply to list our Series B Preferred Stock on Nasdaq. Our eligibility for listing on Nasdaq depends on our ability to initially meet and continue to meet Nasdaq’s listing standards, including the Company having a minimum bid price, level of publicly held shares, and market value. We cannot assure you that we will be able to meet the initial listing requirements and even if our Series B Preferred Stock is listed on Nasdaq, we cannot assure you that our Series B Preferred Stock will continue to be listed on Nasdaq.

The market price of the Series B Preferred Stock will be directly affected by the market price of the Class A Common Stock, which may be volatile.

To the extent that a secondary market for the Series B Preferred Stock develops, the market price of the Series B Preferred Stock will be significantly affected by the market price of the Class A Common Stock. The Company cannot predict how shares of Class A Common Stock will trade in the future. This may result in greater volatility in the market price of the Series B Preferred Stock than would be expected for nonconvertible preferred stock.

Holders of Series B Preferred Stock may have to pay taxes if the Company adjusts the conversion rate of the Series B Preferred Stock in certain circumstances, even though such holders would not receive any cash.

Upon certain adjustments to (or certain failures to make adjustments to) the conversion rate of the Series B Preferred Stock, holders of Series B Preferred Stock may be deemed to have received a distribution from the Company, resulting in taxable income to them for U.S. federal income tax purposes, even though holders would not receive any cash in connection with such adjustment to (or failure to adjust) the conversion rate. If you are a non-U.S. holder of the Series B Preferred Stock, any deemed dividend may be subject to U.S. federal withholding tax at a 30% rate, or such lower rate as may be specified by an applicable income tax treaty. Please consult your tax advisor regarding the U.S. federal income tax consequences of an adjustment to the conversion rate of the Series B Preferred Stock.

Holders of Series B Preferred Stock may have to pay taxes if the Company makes distributions of additional Series B Preferred Stock on the Series B Preferred Stock, even if holders do not receive any cash.

Pursuant to the terms of the Series B Preferred Stock, the Company has made and, until January 1, 2027, expects to continue to make, distributions on the Series B Preferred Stock in the form of additional shares of Series B Preferred Stock rather than cash. Although it

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is not free from doubt, the Company expects such distributions generally to be tax-free for U.S. federal income tax purposes, provided that the Company does not have outstanding indebtedness that is convertible into common stock, other equity linked securities, or any class of stock in which the holders of the Series B Preferred Stock do not participate in dividends, and cash payments are made or accrued on such instruments. The IRS, however, may disagree with our tax analysis and take the position that distributions in the form of additional shares of Series B Preferred Stock will be subject to tax in the same manner as cash distributions. If such position is successful or certain unexpected circumstances occur, in years of distributions in which the Company has current or accumulated earnings and profits, holders of Series B Preferred Stock will generally recognize dividend income in an amount equal to the fair market value of the additional shares of Series B Preferred Stock received in connection with such distributions. In such a case, a holder’s tax liability may exceed the cash such holder receives with respect to its investment in the Series B Preferred Stock. Thus, holders of the Series B Preferred Stock would be required to use funds from other sources to satisfy their tax liabilities arising from their ownership of the Series B Preferred Stock. In addition, if you are a non-U.S. holder of the Series B Preferred Stock, any such dividend may be subject to U.S. federal withholding tax at a 30% rate, or such lower rate as may be specified by an applicable income tax treaty. Please consult your tax advisor regarding the material U.S. federal income tax considerations of distributions on the Series B Preferred Stock.