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| Basis of Financial Statements | Basis of Financial Statements and Principles of Consolidation The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of BuzzFeed, Inc., and its wholly-owned and majority-owned subsidiaries. The Company’s consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Certain prior-period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current-period presentation. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. The Company evaluates its relationships with other entities to identify whether they are variable interest entities (“VIEs”) in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 810, Consolidation. In August 2015, the Company signed a Joint Venture Agreement (the “JVA”) with Yahoo Japan to establish and develop operations in Japan. During the year ended December 31, 2022, Yahoo Japan transferred its interests in BuzzFeed Japan to other third parties. During the year ended December 31, 2024, a 3.0% minority interest partner sold its interest in BuzzFeed Japan back to BuzzFeed Japan. As such, BuzzFeed Japan is a joint venture controlled 52.6% by the Company, through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, BuzzFeed UK Limited, and The Huffington Post Holdings LLC, 25.3% by Asahi Shimbun Company, and 22.1% by Asahi Broadcasting Group Holdings Corporation Ltd. BuzzFeed Japan carries out the core BuzzFeed business in the Japanese language for the Japanese market. BuzzFeed Japan is included as a consolidated subsidiary in the consolidated financial statements. During 2025, 2024, and 2023, the Company established several production companies created solely for the purpose of producing a single film each, which are considered VIEs. The Company is the primary beneficiary of each production company, as it has the ability to direct the activities that most significantly impact the economic performance of the entities, the obligation to absorb losses, and the right to receive benefits from the entities. As a result, the production companies are included as consolidated subsidiaries in the consolidated financial statements.
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| Principles of Consolidation | Basis of Financial Statements and Principles of Consolidation The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of BuzzFeed, Inc., and its wholly-owned and majority-owned subsidiaries. The Company’s consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Certain prior-period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current-period presentation. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. The Company evaluates its relationships with other entities to identify whether they are variable interest entities (“VIEs”) in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 810, Consolidation. In August 2015, the Company signed a Joint Venture Agreement (the “JVA”) with Yahoo Japan to establish and develop operations in Japan. During the year ended December 31, 2022, Yahoo Japan transferred its interests in BuzzFeed Japan to other third parties. During the year ended December 31, 2024, a 3.0% minority interest partner sold its interest in BuzzFeed Japan back to BuzzFeed Japan. As such, BuzzFeed Japan is a joint venture controlled 52.6% by the Company, through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, BuzzFeed UK Limited, and The Huffington Post Holdings LLC, 25.3% by Asahi Shimbun Company, and 22.1% by Asahi Broadcasting Group Holdings Corporation Ltd. BuzzFeed Japan carries out the core BuzzFeed business in the Japanese language for the Japanese market. BuzzFeed Japan is included as a consolidated subsidiary in the consolidated financial statements. During 2025, 2024, and 2023, the Company established several production companies created solely for the purpose of producing a single film each, which are considered VIEs. The Company is the primary beneficiary of each production company, as it has the ability to direct the activities that most significantly impact the economic performance of the entities, the obligation to absorb losses, and the right to receive benefits from the entities. As a result, the production companies are included as consolidated subsidiaries in the consolidated financial statements.
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| Reverse Stock Split | Reverse Stock Split The Company held its 2024 annual meeting of stockholders on April 25, 2024 (the “2024 Annual Meeting”), and, at the 2024 Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders approved the grant of discretionary authority to the Company’s board of directors to (1) amend the Company’s Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (the “Certificate of Incorporation”), to combine outstanding shares of each of the Company’s Class A common stock and the Company’s Class B common stock into a lesser number of outstanding shares of Class A common stock and Class B common stock, as the case may be, at a specific ratio within a range of one-for-two (1-for-2) to a maximum of a one-for-twenty five (1-for-25), with the exact ratio to be determined by the Company’s board of directors in its sole discretion; and (2) effect such reverse stock split, if at all, within one year of the date the proposal was approved by the Company’s stockholders (i.e., by April 25, 2025). The Company’s board of directors subsequently approved effecting a reverse stock split, effective as of May 6, 2024, and fixed a ratio for the reverse stock split at one-for-four (1-for-4). On April 26, 2024, the Company filed an amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware (the “Certificate of Amendment”). The Certificate of Amendment effected a reverse stock split of the Class A common stock and Class B common stock at a ratio of one-for-four (1-for-4) (the “Reverse Stock Split”), effective as of 12:01 a.m., Eastern Time, on May 6, 2024. The Class A common stock began trading on a split-adjusted basis on Nasdaq on May 6, 2024, under the existing symbol “BZFD,” but the security has a new CUSIP number of 12430A300. The Public Warrants (as defined in Note 4 herein) continued to be traded under the symbol “BZFDW,” and the CUSIP identifier for the Public Warrants remains unchanged. As a result of the Reverse Stock Split, every four shares of the Company’s Class A common stock and the Company’s Class B common stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Reverse Stock Split were converted into one share of Class A common stock and Class B common stock, as the case may be, after the Reverse Stock Split. The Reverse Stock Split applied uniformly to all holders of Class A common stock and Class B common stock, and did not alter any stockholder’s percentage interest in the Company, except to the extent that the Reverse Stock Split would have resulted in some stockholders owning a fractional share. No fractional shares were issued in connection with the Reverse Stock Split, as all fractional shares were rounded up to the nearest whole share. Pursuant to the terms of the agreement governing the Public and Private Warrants, fractional shares of Class A common stock will not be issued upon exercise of a warrant, and if a holder of a warrant would be entitled to receive, upon the exercise thereof, a fractional interest in a share of Class A common stock, the Company will round down to the nearest whole number the number of shares of Class A Common Stock to be issued to such holder. Unless otherwise noted, all shares of Class A common stock and Class B common stock, including shares of Class A common stock underlying the Public Warrants and Private Warrants (as defined in Note 4 herein), stock options, restricted stock units, shares of Class A common stock available for grant under the Company’s equity incentive plans, shares of Class A common stock sold and available for sale under the Company’s at-the-market offering, and all conversion ratios, exercise prices, and per share information with respect thereto in the consolidated financial statements have been retroactively adjusted to reflect the one-for-four (1-for-4) Reverse Stock Split, as if the split occurred at the beginning of the earliest period presented in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
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| Discontinued Operations and Held for Sale | Discontinued Operations and Held for Sale A business is classified as held for sale when management, having the authority to approve the action, commits to a plan to sell the business, the sale is probable to occur during the next 12 months at a price that is reasonable in relation to its current fair value, and when certain other criteria are met. A business classified as held for sale is recorded at the lower of (i) its carrying amount and (ii) estimated fair value less costs to sell. When the carrying amount of the business exceeds its estimated fair value less costs to sell, a loss is recognized and updated each reporting period as appropriate. The results of operations of businesses classified as held for sale are reported as discontinued operations if the disposal represents a strategic shift that will have a major effect on the entity’s operations and financial results. When a business is identified for discontinued operations reporting: (i) results for prior periods are retrospectively reclassified as discontinued operations; (ii) results of operations are reported in a single line, net of tax, in the consolidated statements of operations; and (iii) assets and liabilities are reported as held for sale in the consolidated balance sheets in the period in which the business is classified as held for sale. The Company disposed of Complex Networks, excluding the First We Feast brand, on February 21, 2024 (i.e., the “Complex Disposition”). Additionally, the Company disposed of First We Feast on December 11, 2024 (i.e., the “First We Feast Disposition”). The financial results of Complex Networks and First We Feast have been presented as discontinued operations in the consolidated statements of operations for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023. Refer to Note 18 herein for additional details.
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| Use of Estimates | Use of Estimates The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported results of operations during the reporting period. Due to the use of estimates inherent in the financial reporting process, actual results could differ from those estimates. Key estimates and assumptions relate primarily to revenue recognition, valuation allowances for deferred income tax assets, allowance for doubtful accounts, useful lives of tangible and intangible assets, impairment of long-lived assets and goodwill, ultimate revenue used for the amortization of capitalized film costs and accruals of investor costs and participations, and capitalized software costs.
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| Fair Value Measurements | Fair Value Measurements The fair value framework under the applicable authoritative guidance requires the categorization of assets and liabilities into three levels: •Level 1 — inputs are quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. •Level 2 — inputs are observable, either directly or indirectly, unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for similar assets or liabilities, unadjusted quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the related assets or liabilities. •Level 3 — inputs are generally unobservable inputs and typically reflect management’s best estimate of assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. The fair value of a financial instrument is the amount for which the instrument could be exchanged in a current transaction between willing parties. The level in the fair value hierarchy within which a fair value measurement in its entirety falls is based on the lowest-level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. The carrying amounts of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, prepaid and other current assets, accounts payable, accrued expenses, deferred revenue, other current liabilities approximate fair value. Money market funds (including restricted cash) are categorized as Level 1. The Company’s non-financial assets, which include property and equipment, capitalized software costs, film costs, prepaid and other assets, and intangible assets, are not required to be measured at fair value on a recurring basis. However, if certain triggering events occur, or if an annual impairment test is required and the Company is required to evaluate the non-financial asset for impairment, a resulting asset impairment would require that the non-financial asset be recorded at its fair value.
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| Cash and Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash | Cash and Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentration of credit risk consist of cash and cash equivalents. The Company considers instruments with an original maturity of three months or less at the date of purchase to be cash equivalents. The Company’s cash and cash equivalents consist of demand deposits with financial institutions and investments in money market funds. Deposits held with these financial institutions may exceed the amount of insurance provided on such deposits. The associated risk of concentration is mitigated by banking with creditworthy institutions. The Company classifies all cash, the use of which is limited by contractual provisions, as restricted cash. Restricted cash primarily includes cash that is held as collateral for certain lease agreements which affect the amount of cash the Company has available for other uses. As of, and for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, restricted cash totaled $19.3 million and $16.3 million, respectively.
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| Accounts Receivable and Allowance for Doubtful Accounts | Accounts Receivable and Allowance for Doubtful Accounts The Company’s accounts receivable are customer obligations due under normal trade terms, carried at their face value less an allowance for doubtful accounts if required. The Company determines its allowance for doubtful accounts based on the evaluation of the aging of its accounts receivable and on a customer-by-customer analysis of its high-risk customers. The Company’s reserve contemplates its historical loss rate on receivables, specific customer situations, and the economic environments in which the Company operates.
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| Film Costs, net | Film Costs, net Capitalized film costs are predominantly monetized individually. Film cost amortization as well as participation liabilities are based on management’s estimates. Costs to produce films are amortized and estimated liabilities for participations are accrued using the individual film forecast method, based on the ratio of the current period’s revenues to management’s estimated remaining total gross revenues to be earned (“ultimate revenue”). The Company’s judgment is required in estimating ultimate revenue and the costs to be incurred throughout the life of each film. The Company estimates ultimate revenue based on historical experience with similar titles or the title genre, the general public appeal of the cast, actual performance (when available) at the box office or in markets currently being exploited, and other factors such as the quality and acceptance of motion pictures or programs that our competitors release into the marketplace at or near the same time, critical reviews, general economic conditions, and other tangible and intangible factors, many of which we do not control and which may change. For feature films, ultimate revenue includes estimates over a period not to exceed ten years following the date of initial release of the motion picture. Film costs, which were included in film costs, net, on the on the consolidated balance sheets, were as follows:
The Company amortized of $7.4 million, $0.1 million, and $3.2 million associated with individually monetized feature films during the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023, respectively. Film cost amortization is included in cost of revenue, excluding depreciation and amortization, in the consolidated statements of operations. The Company enters into co-financing arrangements with third parties to jointly finance or distribute certain of its film productions. These arrangements can take various forms, but in most cases involve the grant of an economic interest in a film to an investor who owns an undivided copyright interest in the film. The number of investors and the terms of these arrangements can vary, although investors generally assume the full risks and rewards of ownership proportionate to their ownership in the film. The Company accounts for the proceeds received from the investor under these arrangements as a reduction of its capitalized film costs (approximately $4.7 million as of December 31, 2025) and the investor’s interest in the profit or loss of the film is recorded as either a charge or a benefit, respectively, in cost of revenue, excluding depreciation and amortization, in the consolidated statements of operations. The investor’s interest in the profit or loss of a film is recorded each period using the individual film forecast computation method.
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| Governmental Assistance | Governmental Assistance Production tax incentives reduced capitalized film costs by $2.6 million and $0.3 million as of December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively. Production tax incentives resulted in a reduction of cost of revenue, excluding depreciation and amortization, in the consolidated statements of operations of approximately $2.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2025. The Company had receivables related to production tax credits of $3.2 million and $1.3 million as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively, included in prepaid and other current assets in the consolidated balance sheets.
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| Property and Equipment | Property and Equipment Property and equipment is stated at cost, less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation on property and equipment is calculated using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets. Leasehold improvements are amortized over the shorter of the lease term or the estimated useful life. The estimated useful lives of property and equipment of each asset category are as follows:
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| Capitalized Software Costs | Capitalized Software Costs The Company capitalizes certain costs incurred for development of websites or software for internal use. The Company capitalizes development costs when preliminary development efforts are successfully completed, management has authorized and committed project funding, and it is probable that the project will be completed and the software will be used as intended. Costs include payroll and payroll-related costs of employees directly associated with the development activities. Costs incurred for enhancements that are expected to result in additional features or functionality are capitalized and amortized over the estimated useful life of the enhancements, generally to three years. Costs incurred in the preliminary and post-implementation stages of the Company’s products are expensed as incurred.
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| Investments | Investments For equity investments in entities that the Company does not exercise significant influence over, if the fair value of the investment is not readily determinable, the investment is accounted for at cost, and adjusted for subsequent observable price changes. If the fair value of the investment is readily determinable, the investment is accounted for at fair value. The Company reviews equity investments without readily determinable fair values at each period end to determine whether they have been impaired.
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| Evaluation of Long-Lived Assets and Impairment | Evaluation of Long-Lived Assets and Impairment The Company reviews its long-lived assets, including capitalized software costs, right-of-use assets, and property and equipment for impairment when events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the asset may not be recoverable. If circumstances require a long-lived asset to be tested for possible impairment, the Company first compares undiscounted cash flows expected to be generated by the asset to its carrying value. If the carrying value of the long-lived asset is not recoverable on an undiscounted cash flow basis, an impairment is recognized to the extent that the carrying value exceeds its fair value. Fair value is determined through various valuation techniques, which may include discounted cash flow models, quoted market values, and third-party independent appraisals, as considered necessary.
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| Revenue Recognition | Revenue Recognition The Company recognizes revenue in a manner that depicts the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. The Company primarily generates its revenue from advertising services and content, which includes strategic partnerships and promotional content, and from commerce and other arrangements. Advertising The Company generates its advertising revenue from managing a customer’s Internet advertising campaigns to target markets, both via BuzzFeed’s proprietary owned and operated sites, as well as premium publishers (e.g., Facebook and Google). Our performance obligations typically consist of a promised number of ads delivered or a promised number of actions related to the ads (such as impressions or views). Advertising revenue is recognized in the period that the related views, impressions, or actions by users on advertisements are delivered. When ads are placed on the Company’s owned and operated or third parties’ properties, the Company generally recognizes revenue on a gross basis because the Company is primarily responsible for the delivery of the promised services, has pricing discretion, and controls the advertising inventory prior to transfer to the customer. In some cases, the Company utilizes third-party intermediaries to facilitate the sale of advertising to the end customer. In these situations, while the Company is primarily responsible for the delivery of the promised services and controls the advertising inventory prior to transfer to the end customer, the Company typically does not have insight, and does not expect to have insight, into the gross amount paid by the end customer and therefore records as revenue the net amount received from the intermediary. Content The Company generates revenue from creating content, including promotional content, customer advertising, feature films, micro-dramas, and content licensing. The Company’s performance obligations typically consist of Company-created content for use by its customers or the delivery of a promised number of actions related to the content (impressions or views). The revenue is recognized when the content, or the related action, is delivered, and the window for the exploitation right in that territory has begun, which is the point in time at which the customer is able to begin to use and benefit from the content. Commerce and other The Company participates in multiple marketplace arrangements with third parties such as Amazon, whereby the Company provides affiliate links which redirect the audience to purchase products and / or services from the third parties. When the participant purchases a product and / or service, the Company receives a commission fee for that sale from the third parties. The revenue is recognized when a successful sale is made and the commission is earned.
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| Cost of Revenue, Excluding Depreciation and Amortization | Cost of Revenue, Excluding Depreciation and Amortization Cost of revenue, excluding depreciation and amortization, consists primarily of compensation-related expenses and costs incurred for the publishing of editorial, promotional, and news content across all platforms, as well as amounts due to third party websites and platforms to fulfill customers’ advertising campaigns. Production costs paid to third parties and web hosting and advertising serving platform costs are also included in cost of revenue, excluding depreciation and amortization.
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| Sales and Marketing | Sales and Marketing Sales and marketing expenses consist primarily of compensation-related expenses for sales employees. In addition, marketing and sales-related expenses include advertising costs and market research.
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| General and Administrative | General and Administrative General and administrative expenses consist primarily of compensation-related expenses for corporate employees. Also, it consists of expenses for facilities, professional services fees, insurance costs, and other general overhead costs.
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| Research and Development | Research and Development Research and development expenses consist primarily of compensation-related expenses incurred for the development of, enhancements to, and maintenance of the Company’s website, technology platforms, and infrastructure. Research and development expenses that do not meet the criteria for capitalization are expensed as incurred. Certain development expenses are capitalized under the provisions of the applicable authoritative guidance, whereby the Company capitalizes costs associated with website and internal-use software systems that have reached the application development stage.
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| Income Taxes | Income Taxes Income taxes are accounted for under the asset and liability method. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases and operating loss and tax credit carryforwards. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date. A valuation allowance is recorded for deferred tax assets if it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. The Company recognizes tax benefits from uncertain tax positions if it is more likely than not that the tax position will be sustained on examination by the taxing authorities based on the technical merits of the position. The Company made a policy election to treat the income tax with respect to the global intangible low taxed income (“GILTI”) as a period expense when incurred.
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| Stock-Based Compensation | Stock-Based Compensation Stock-based compensation is recognized as an expense in the consolidated financial statements and is measured at the fair value of the award. The Company recognizes compensation expense for stock awards based on grant date fair value using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model. The Company accounts for forfeitures as they occur.
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| Comprehensive Loss | Comprehensive Loss Comprehensive loss includes certain changes in stockholders’ equity that are excluded from net loss, such as cumulative foreign currency translation adjustments, comprehensive income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests, and foreign currency translation adjustment attributable to noncontrolling interests.
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| Foreign Currency | Foreign Currency The functional currency of our foreign subsidiaries is generally the local currency. The financial statements of these subsidiaries are translated into U.S. dollars using month-end rates of exchange for assets and liabilities, and average rates of exchange for revenue, costs, and expenses during the year. Translation gains and losses are recorded in accumulated other comprehensive loss in stockholders’ equity. Transaction gains and losses including intercompany transactions denominated in a currency other than the functional currency of the entity involved are included in exchange gain (loss) within other expense, net in the consolidated statements of operations. The Company does not enter into foreign currency forward exchange contracts or other derivative financial instruments to hedge the effects of adverse fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates.
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| Revision of Prior Period Financial Statements | Revision of Prior Period Financial Statements During the fourth quarter of the year ended December 31, 2025, the Company identified an immaterial classification and disclosure misstatement related to the presentation and disclosure of restricted cash in its previously issued consolidated financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023. Specifically, the restricted cash amounts were not previously presented or disclosed in the consolidated financial statements. SEC Regulation S-X, Rule 5-02(1), requires registrants to separately disclose cash and cash items which are restricted as to withdrawal or usage. The Company evaluated the misstatement and concluded that it was not material to its previously issued interim and annual consolidated financial statements. The Company has revised the classification and disclosure of restricted cash in its consolidated balance sheets as of the relevant periods. The Company determined that the misstatement originated from the existing material weakness over the financial statement close process. The misstatement had no impact on the consolidated statements of operations, and no impact on total assets and total liabilities within the consolidated balance sheets. The misstatement did not change any of management’s conclusions on its ability to continue as a going concern for any period.
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| Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements and Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted | Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements The Company, an emerging growth company (“EGC”), elected to take advantage of the benefits of the extended transition period provided for in Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act, as amended, for complying with new or revised accounting standards, which allows the Company to defer adoption of certain accounting standards until those standards would otherwise apply to private companies. In December 2023, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2023-09, “Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures,” which is intended to enhance the transparency, decision usefulness, and effectiveness of income tax disclosures. The amendments in this ASU require a public entity to disclose a tabular tax rate reconciliation, using both percentages and currency, with specific categories. A public entity is also required to provide a qualitative description of the states and local jurisdictions that make up the majority of the effect of the state and local income tax category and the net amount of income taxes paid, disaggregated by federal, state, and foreign taxes, and also disaggregated by individual jurisdictions. The amendments also remove certain disclosures that are no longer considered cost beneficial. The amendments are effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024. The Company adopted this standard for the year ended December 31, 2025, and applied the new disclosure requirements retrospectively. The adoption of this standard did not have a material impact to the Company’s consolidated financial statements. Refer to Note 11 herein for additional details. Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, “Income Statement - Reporting Comprehensive Income - Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses,” which requires companies to disclose disaggregated information of certain expense captions presented on the face of the income statement within continuing operations that include following expense categories, as applicable: (1) purchases of inventory, (2) employee compensation, (3) depreciation, (4) intangible amortization, and (5) depreciation, depletion, and amortization (“DD&A”) recognized as part of oil-and gas-producing activities. This ASU is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027. Companies have the option to apply the guidance either on a retrospective or prospective basis, and early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting this guidance on the consolidated financial statements. In July 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-05, “Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses for Accounts Receivable and Contract Assets,” which provides a practical expedient to measure credit losses on current accounts receivable and contract assets. The practical expedient allows entities to assume that current conditions as of the balance sheet date do not change for the remaining life of the asset. For public business entities, this ASU is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2025, and interim reporting periods within those annual reporting periods. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting this guidance on its consolidated financial statements. In September 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-06, “Intangibles - Goodwill and Other - Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40): Targeted Improvements to the Accounting for Internal-Use Software,” which is intended to improve the operability and application of guidance related to capitalized software development costs. This ASU is effective for all entities for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027, and interim reporting periods within those annual reporting periods. Early adoption is permitted in an interim or annual reporting period; however, if adopted in an interim period, it must be applied from the beginning of the related annual reporting period. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting this guidance on its consolidated financial statements. In December 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-10, “Government Grants (Topic 832): Accounting for Government Grants Received by Business Entities,” which establishes authoritative guidance on the recognition, measurement, and presentation of a government grant received by a business entity. Under ASU 2025-10, government grants are recognized when it is probable that the business entity will both comply with the conditions of the grant and the grant will be received. The ASU provides specific accounting models for grants related to assets and grants related to income, including options to recognize government grants as deferred income or as a reduction of the asset’s cost basis. The ASU also requires enhanced disclosures regarding the nature of government grants, significant terms and conditions, accounting policies applied, and amounts recognized in the financial statements. For public business entities, this ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2028, and interim reporting periods within those annual reporting periods. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting this guidance on its consolidated financial statements. In December 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-11, “Interim Reporting (Topic 270): Narrow-Scope Improvements,” which is intended to improve the navigability of the guidance in ASC 270 and clarify when it applies. ASU 2025-11 also adds lists to ASC 270 of the interim disclosures required by all other codification topics, and establishes a principle under which an entity must disclose events since the end of the last annual reporting period that have a material impact on the entity. The amendments are effective for public business entities for interim reporting periods within annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027. Early adoption is permitted, and the guidance can be applied prospectively or retrospectively. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting this guidance on its condensed consolidated financial statements.
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