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SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2025
SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES [Abstract]  
SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying interim consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC for interim financial reporting. These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited recast combined financial statements and accompanying notes with respect to the fiscal years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, giving effect to the Endeavor Asset Acquisition as if such transaction had been consummated on January 1, 2022, the beginning of the earliest period presented. The Company filed its audited recast combined financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2024 in a separate filing on Form 8-K on May 8, 2025. The Company filed its audited recast combined financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022 on Form 8-K on March 19, 2025. Certain information and note disclosures normally included in the annual financial statements have been condensed or omitted from these interim financial statements. The interim consolidated financial statements as of March 31, 2025 and for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024 are unaudited; however, in the opinion of management, such interim consolidated financial statements reflect all adjustments, consisting solely of normal and recurring adjustments (including required common control recast adjustments discussed below), necessary for a fair statement of its financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the interim periods presented. The results of operations of any interim period are not necessarily indicative of the results of operations for the full year. All intercompany balances are eliminated in consolidation.

Combined Financial Statements for Historical Recast Periods:

The historical periods included in the accompanying interim financial statements have been retrospectively recast to reflect the Company's February 28, 2025 common control acquisition of the Acquired Businesses from Endeavor Group Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries. As such, the financial statements for periods prior to the acquisition reflect the combined results of the Company and the Acquired Businesses as if they had been part of the Company during the historical periods under common control.

The historical financial data of the Acquired Businesses included in the historical recast periods has been derived from the historical combined financial statements and accounting records of Endeavor Group Holdings, Inc. and were prepared on a standalone basis in accordance with GAAP and may not be indicative of what they would have been had the Acquired Businesses been independent standalone companies, nor are they necessarily indicative of the Acquired Businesses’ future financial data.

The Acquired Businesses include Endeavor Group Holdings Inc.’s consolidated assets and liabilities that are specifically identifiable or otherwise attributable to the Acquired Businesses, including subsidiaries and/or joint ventures relating to the Acquired Businesses in which Endeavor Group Holdings, Inc. had a controlling financial interest. The assets, liabilities, revenue and expenses of the Acquired Businesses have been reflected in the recast combined financial statements on a historical cost basis, as included in the consolidated financial statements of Endeavor Group Holdings, Inc., using the historical accounting policies applied by Endeavor Group Holdings, Inc. Cash and cash equivalents held by Endeavor Group Holdings, Inc. at the corporate level were not attributable to the Acquired Businesses for any of the recast periods presented due to EGH's centralized approach to cash management and the financing of its operations. Only cash amounts held by entities for which the Acquired Businesses have legal title are reflected in the combined balance sheets. Transfers of cash, both to and from Endeavor Group Holdings, Inc’s centralized cash management system, are reflected as a component of net parent investment in the combined balance sheets and as financing activities in the accompanying combined statements of cash flows for recast periods prior to the TKO formation on September 12, 2023. Endeavor Group Holdings, Inc.’s debt on a consolidated basis was not attributed to the Acquired Businesses for any of the periods presented because Endeavor Group Holdings Inc.’s borrowings are not the legal obligation of the Acquired Businesses.

The combined financial statements of the Acquired Businesses include all revenues and costs directly attributable to the Acquired Businesses and reflect allocations of certain of Endeavor Group Holdings, Inc.'s corporate, infrastructure and shared services expenses, including centralized research, legal, human resources, payroll, finance and accounting, employee benefits, real estate, insurance, information technology, telecommunications, treasury, events and other expenses. Where possible, these charges were allocated based on direct usage, with the remainder allocated on a pro rata basis of headcount and gross profit, or other allocation methodologies that are considered to be a reasonable reflection of the utilization of services provided or the benefit received by the Acquired Businesses during the periods presented. The allocations may not, however, reflect the expense the Acquired Businesses would have incurred as standalone companies for the periods presented. These costs also may not be indicative of the expenses that the Acquired Businesses will incur in the future or would have incurred if the Acquired Businesses had obtained these services from a third party.

TKO is the sole managing member of TKO OpCo and maintains a controlling financial interest in TKO OpCo. As sole managing member, the Company ultimately controls the business affairs of TKO OpCo. As a result, the Company is the primary

beneficiary and thus consolidates the financial results of TKO OpCo and reports a non-controlling interest representing the economic interest in TKO OpCo held by the other members of TKO OpCo. As of March 31, 2025, the Company owned 41.3% of TKO OpCo.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported and disclosed in the consolidated financial statements and the accompanying disclosures.

Significant accounting policies that contain subjective management estimates and assumptions include those related to revenue recognition, the allowance for doubtful accounts, recoverability of deferred costs, content cost amortization and impairment, the fair value of acquired assets and liabilities associated with acquisitions, the fair value of the Company’s reporting units and the assessment of goodwill, other intangible assets and long-lived assets for impairment, determination of useful lives of intangible assets and long-lived assets acquired, the fair value of equity-based compensation, leases, income taxes and contingencies.

Management evaluates these estimates using historical experience and other factors, including the general economic environment and actions it may take in the future. The Company adjusts such estimates when facts and circumstances dictate. However, these estimates may involve significant uncertainties and judgments and cannot be determined with precision. In addition, these estimates are based on management's best judgment at a point in time and as such, these estimates may ultimately differ from actual results. Changes in estimates resulting from weakness in the economic environment or other factors beyond the Company's control could be material and would be reflected in the Company's consolidated financial statements in future periods.