Falcon’s Beyond Announces Third Quarter 2024 Results

Falcon’s Beyond Global, Inc. (Nasdaq: FBYD) (“Falcon’s Beyond”, “Falcon’s” or the “Company”), a visionary leader in innovative and immersive storytelling through Falcon’s Creative Group (“FCG”), Falcon’s Beyond Destinations (“FBD”) and Falcon’s Beyond Brands (“FBB”), today announced its financial results for the third quarter of fiscal year 2024 ended September 30, 2024.

Simon Philips, President of Falcon’s Beyond, stated, “Falcon’s performance in Q3 is a testament to the strength of our strategic initiatives and the dedication of our teams. We’ve achieved substantial revenue growth in Falcon’s Creative Group compared to last year, positioning us for continued success as we move into 2025 and beyond. One of the key highlights of this quarter is our ongoing project work for the Qiddiya Investment Company in Saudi Arabia focused on the master planning and designing of several first-of-its-kind immersive entertainment projects for Qiddiya City, which further showcase our commitment to delivering services that create innovation and groundbreaking entertainment. We are thrilled with the progress and the positive reception that our projects have garnered thus far. With the momentum we’ve built and our unwavering focus across all divisions, we are more confident than ever in our ability to deliver long-term value to our stakeholders.”

Third Quarter 2024 Financial Highlights

• Falcon’s Beyond generated consolidated revenues of $2.1 million for the three-month period ended September 30, 2024, representing fees for corporate and shared services earned from its FCG division and management fees from its Producciones de Parques, S.L. (“PDP”) 50:50 joint venture with Melia Hotels Int’l. The Company’s FCG subsidiary was deconsolidated and accounted for as an equity method investment for all periods subsequent to July 27, 2023.

• FCG recorded revenues of $13.2 million in the three-month period ended September 30, 2024, representing an increase of $8.6 million, or 190%, over the corresponding period of 2023. FCG recorded operating income of $0.1 million and a net loss of $0.1 million in the three-month period ended September 30, 2024, compared with an operating loss of ($5.2) million and net loss of ($5.1) million for the corresponding 2023 period. After the Qiddiya Investment Company (QIC) preferred return and amortization of basis difference, Falcon’s Beyond’s net loss from FCG was $1.7 million in the three-month period ended September 30, 2024.

• PDP recognized revenues of $17.8 million in the three-month period ended September 30, 2024, a $2.0 million increase over the corresponding 2023 period, primarily due to increases in occupancy and rates at the Tenerife and Mallorca properties. Income from operations increased $1.1 million to $5.7 million for the three-month period ended September 30, 2024, and net income increased $0.2 million to $3.2 million, as compared with the corresponding 2023 period. Falcon’s Beyond’s share of income was $1.6 million from PDP for Q3 2024.

• Falcon’s Beyond’s consolidated net income increased by $35.0 million to $39.3 million for the three-month period ended September 30, 2024, primarily driven by a $40.6 million gain from change in fair value of earnout liabilities, a $17.9 million decrease in losses from operations, a $1.5 million increase in share of gains from equity method investments, a $0.7 million change in fair value of warrant liabilities, and a $1.6 million increase in foreign exchange gains, partially offset by a $27.4 million gain from deconsolidation of FCG in the prior year comparative quarter.

• Adjusted EBITDA¹ increased $4.6 million to ($1.6) million for the three months ended September 30, 2024, compared to ($6.2) million for the three months ended September 30, 2023, primarily driven by a $1.6 million increase in share of gain from equity method investments, a $1.6 million increase in foreign exchange gains and a $1.84 million increase in revenues from shared services following the deconsolidation of FCG in 2023, partially offset by a $0.4 increase in other expenses.

• Effective September 30, 2024, the Company entered into an Amended and Restated Credit Agreement with Infinite Acquisition Partners, LLC, a greater than 10% shareholder, to increase the Revolving Line of Credit from a $10 million facility to a $15 million facility. The amended facility is unsecured, bears simple interest on the unpaid principal at a rate equal to three-month SOFR plus 2.75% (previously 2.75%), payable quarterly in arrears. This facility will mature on September 30, 2034.

• Also effective on September 30, 2024, the Company terminated and replaced $14.8 million of Term Debt with Infinite Acquisitions partners. The new term loan is unsecured, bears interest a rate of 8% per annum (previously 3% per annum), payable quarterly in areas and will mature on September 30, 2034. Principal amortization on this Term debt commences on October 1, 2029.

• The Company’s legacy investors agreed to forfeit all outstanding performance based earnout shares held in escrow for their benefit, in order to reduce volatility in earnings created by the accounting treatment of these awards. 437,500 shares of Class A common stock and 17,062,500 shares of Class B common stock and units were forfeited on September 30, 2024.

• On September 30, 2024, the Company declared a stock dividend of 0.2 shares of class A common stock per share of Class A common stock outstanding, payable on December 17, 2024 to stockholders of record as of December 10, 2024. A total of approximately 2.0 million shares of Class A common stock and approximately 11.5 million shares of Class B common stock are expected to be issued in connection with the stock dividend.

Jo Merrill, Chief Financial Officer of Falcon’s Beyond, stated, “We continue to see positive momentum in our third quarter with a year-over-year increase in revenue in excess of 190% in Falcon’s Creative Group, and a significant reduction in Company overhead costs. The Company has taken significant steps this quarter to restructure and simplify its capital and debt stack to pave the way for the near-term expansion of the business segments as we approached our first anniversary as a public company.”

About Falcon’s Beyond

Falcon’s Beyond is a visionary innovator in immersive storytelling, sitting at the intersection of three potential high growth business opportunities: content, technology, and experiences. Falcon’s Beyond propels intellectual property (IP) activations concurrently across physical and digital experiences through three core business units:

• Falcon’s Creative Group creates master plans, designs attractions and experiential entertainment, and produces content, interactives, and software.

• Falcon’s Beyond Destinations develops a diverse range of entertainment experiences using both Falcon’s Beyond owned and third party licensed intellectual property, spanning location-based entertainment, dining, and retail.

• Falcon’s Beyond Brands brings brands and intellectual property to life through animation, movies, licensing and merchandising, gaming as well as ride and technology sales.

Falcon’s Beyond also invents immersive rides, attractions, and technologies for entertainment destinations around the world.

FALCON’S BEYOND and its related trademarks are owned by Falcon’s Beyond.

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Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statement

This press release contains statements that are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. When used in this press release, words such as “will”, “aimed”, “expected” and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. Forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ from those expressed in or implied by the forward-looking statements, including (1) our ability to sustain our growth, effectively manage our anticipated future growth, and implement our business strategies to achieve the results we anticipate, (2) impairments of our intangible assets and equity method investment in our joint ventures, (3) our ability to raise additional capital, (4) the closure of Katmandu Park DR and the repositioning and rebranding of our FBD business, (5) the success of our growth plans in FCG, (6) our customer concentration in FCG, (7) the risk that contractual restrictions relating to the Strategic Investment may affect our ability to access the public markets and expand our business, (8) the risks of doing business internationally, including in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, (9) our indebtedness and reliance on related parties with respect to such indebtedness, (10) our dependence on strategic relationships with local partners in order to offer and market our products and services in certain jurisdictions, (11) our reliance on our senior management and key employees, and our ability to hire, train, retain, and motivate qualified personnel, (12) cybersecurity-related risks, (13) our ability to protect our intellectual property, (14) our ability to remediate identified material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting, (15) the concentration of share ownership and the significant influence of the Demerau Family and Cecil D. Magpuri, (16) the outcome of pending, threatened and future legal proceedings, (17) our continued compliance with Nasdaq continued listing standards, (18) risks related to our Up-C entity structure and the fact that we may be required to make substantial payments to certain unitholders under our Tax Receivable Agreement, and the risks disclosed under the caption “Risk Factors” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 29, 2024, and the Company’s other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The forward-looking statements herein speak only as of the date of this press release, and the Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as otherwise required by law.

Use and Definition of Non-GAAP Financial Measure

We prepare our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements in accordance with US GAAP. In addition to disclosing financial results prepared in accordance with US GAAP, we disclose information regarding Adjusted EBITDA which is a non-GAAP measure. We define Adjusted EBITDA as net income (loss), determined in accordance with US GAAP, for the period presented, before interest expense, net, income tax expense, depreciation and amortization, transaction expenses related to the business combination, credit loss expense, change in fair value of warrant liabilities, and change in fair value of earnout liabilities. We believe that Adjusted EBITDA is useful to investors as it eliminates the non-cash depreciation and amortization expense that results from our capital investments and intangible assets recognized in any business combination and improves comparability by eliminating the interest expense associated with our debt facilities, which may not be comparable with other companies based on our structure.

Adjusted EBITDA has limitations as an analytical tool, and you should not consider it in isolation, or as a substitute for analysis of our results as reported under US GAAP. A reconciliation of non-GAAP Adjusted EBITDA to GAAP Net Income, the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure, is included below under the heading “Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measure”.

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