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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)

QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2026

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FISCALNOTE HOLDINGS, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Delaware

001-396972

88-3772307

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

(Commission File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

1201 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, 6th Floor,

Washington, D.C. 20004

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (202) 793-5300

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class

Trading

Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange

on which registered

 N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

 

N/A

 

N/A

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer

Accelerated filer

 

 

Non-accelerated filer

Smaller reporting company

Emerging growth company

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes No

 

As of May 6, 2026, the registrant had 25,961,841 shares of Class A common stock, $0.0001 par value per share, outstanding, and 690,909 shares of Class B common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share, outstanding.

 

 

 

 


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FISCALNOTE HOLDINGS, INC.

FORM 10-Q TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

Page No.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

1

 

 

PART I. Financial Information (Unaudited, except as noted below):

 

Item 1. Financial Statements

 

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025 (Audited)

3

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss)

4

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders' Equity

5

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

6

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

7

 

 

Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

25

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risks

35

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

35

 

 

Part II. OTHER INFORMATION

36

 

 

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

36

Item 1A. Risk Factors

36

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

36

Item 3. Defaults upon Senior Securities

36

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

36

Item 5. Other Information

36

Item 6. Exhibits

36

 

 

SIGNATURES

38

 

 

 

 


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Forward-Looking Statements

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q includes statements that express our opinions, expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives, assumptions or projections regarding future events or future results and therefore are, or may be deemed to be, “forward-looking statements.” These forward-looking statements can generally be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology, including the terms “believes,” “estimates,” “anticipates,” “expects,” “seeks,” “projects,” “intends,” “plans,” “may” or “should” or, in each case, their negative or other variations or comparable terminology. These forward-looking statements include all matters that are not historical facts. They may appear in a number of places throughout this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, including Part I, Item 2, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and Part II, Item 1A, “Risk Factors,” and include statements regarding our intentions, beliefs or current expectations concerning, among other things, our future results of operations, financial condition and liquidity, our prospects, growth, strategies and the markets in which FiscalNote operates. Such forward-looking statements are based on available current market material and management’s expectations, beliefs and forecasts concerning future events impacting FiscalNote. Factors that may impact such forward-looking statements include:

 

risk of our creditors enforcing their respective rights to call an event of default based on our Class A Common Stock no longer being listed on NYSE;
FiscalNote’s ability to successfully execute on its strategy to achieve and sustain organic growth through a focus on its core Policy business, including risks to FiscalNote’s ability to develop, enhance, and integrate its existing platforms, products, and services, bring highly useful, reliable, secure and innovative products, product features and services to market, attract new customers, retain existing customers, expand its products and service offerings with existing customers, expand into geographic markets or identify other opportunities for growth;
FiscalNote's ability to successfully launch new product and service offerings (e.g. relating to political and policy prediction markets or agentic APIs) or to achieve the expected benefits of such offerings, including new sources of revenue;
FiscalNote's future capital requirements, as well as its ability to service its repayment obligations and maintain compliance with covenants and restrictions under its existing debt agreements;
the delisting of our Class A Common Stock from NYSE could trigger an event of default with respect to our indebtedness;
demand for FiscalNote's services and the drivers of that demand;
the impact of cost reduction initiatives undertaken by FiscalNote;
risks associated with past and future strategic transactions, including restructuring, divesting or selling our businesses, products or technologies;
risks associated with international operations, including compliance complexity and costs, increased exposure to fluctuations in currency exchange rates, political, social and economic instability, and supply chain disruptions;
FiscalNote's ability to introduce new features, integrations, capabilities and enhancements to its products and services, as well as obtain and maintain accurate, comprehensive and reliable data to support its products, and services;
FiscalNote's reliance on third-party systems and data, its ability to integrate such systems and data with its solutions and its potential inability to continue to support integration;
FiscalNote’s ability to maintain and improve its methods and technologies, and anticipate new methods or technologies, for data collection, organization, and analysis to support its products and services;
potential technical disruptions, cyberattacks, security, privacy or data breaches or other technical or security incidents that affect FiscalNote's networks or systems or those of its service providers;
competition and competitive pressures in the markets in which FiscalNote operates, including larger well-funded companies shifting their existing business models to become more competitive with FiscalNote;
the risk that general purpose generative AI platforms and agentic AI tools will directly compete with and reduce demand for custom-built SaaS tools and subscription products;
the risk that a future U.S. government shutdown could negatively affect FiscalNote's ability to enter into or renew public sector subscription contracts and generate advertising and events revenue as anticipated;
concentration of revenues from U.S. government agencies, changes in the U.S. government spending priorities, dependence on winning or renewing U.S. government contracts, delay, disruption or unavailability of funding on U.S. government contracts, and the U.S. government's right to modify, delay, curtail or terminate contracts;
FiscalNote's ability to comply with laws and regulations in connection with selling products and services to U.S. and foreign governments and other highly regulated industries;
FiscalNote's ability to retain or recruit key personnel;
FiscalNote's ability to adapt its products and services for changes in laws and regulations or public perception, or changes in the enforcement of such laws, relating to artificial intelligence, machine learning, data privacy and government contracts;
adverse general economic and market conditions reducing spending on our products and services;
the outcome of any known and unknown litigation and regulatory proceedings;
FiscalNote's ability to maintain public company-quality internal control over financial reporting;

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FiscalNote's ability to adequately protect and maintain its brands and other intellectual property rights; and
the possibility any exploration of strategic alternatives does not result in any transaction or other outcome or that any outcome is disruptive to operations and impacts financial performance.

 

The foregoing list of factors is not exhaustive. You should carefully consider the foregoing factors and the other risks and uncertainties described in the “Risk Factors” section of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and the other documents filed by us from time to time with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). The forward-looking statements contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q are based on current expectations and beliefs concerning future developments and their potential effects on us and our business. There can be no assurance that future developments affecting us will be those that we have anticipated. We undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws.

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PART IFINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements.

FISCALNOTE HOLDINGS, INC.

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

(in thousands, except shares, and par value)

 

 

 

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

March 31, 2026

 

 

December 31, 2025

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

23,835

 

 

$

24,319

 

Restricted cash

 

 

634

 

 

 

633

 

Short-term investments

 

 

2,004

 

 

 

1,995

 

Accounts receivable, net

 

 

9,326

 

 

 

11,953

 

Costs capitalized to obtain revenue contracts, net

 

 

2,173

 

 

 

2,304

 

Prepaid expenses

 

 

3,041

 

 

 

2,456

 

Other current assets

 

 

2,074

 

 

 

1,890

 

Total current assets

 

 

43,087

 

 

 

45,550

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Property and equipment, net

 

 

3,988

 

 

 

4,177

 

Capitalized software costs, net

 

 

12,704

 

 

 

12,585

 

Noncurrent costs capitalized to obtain revenue contracts, net

 

 

2,214

 

 

 

2,479

 

Operating lease assets

 

 

13,153

 

 

 

13,646

 

Goodwill

 

 

87,358

 

 

 

122,984

 

Customer relationships, net

 

 

29,474

 

 

 

30,671

 

Database, net

 

 

13,560

 

 

 

14,077

 

Other intangible assets, net

 

 

7,876

 

 

 

8,208

 

Other non-current assets

 

 

23

 

 

 

761

 

Total assets

 

$

213,437

 

 

$

255,138

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current maturities of long-term debt

 

$

111,612

 

 

$

2,813

 

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

 

 

5,576

 

 

 

7,257

 

Deferred revenue, current portion

 

 

34,381

 

 

 

29,778

 

Customer deposits

 

 

606

 

 

 

1,067

 

Operating lease liabilities, current portion

 

 

3,343

 

 

 

3,320

 

Other current liabilities

 

 

79

 

 

 

191

 

Total current liabilities

 

 

155,597

 

 

 

44,426

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long-term debt, net of current maturities

 

 

11,540

 

 

 

125,635

 

Deferred tax liabilities

 

 

262

 

 

 

476

 

Deferred revenue, net of current portion

 

 

343

 

 

 

266

 

Operating lease liabilities, net of current portion

 

 

18,470

 

 

 

19,312

 

Public and private warrant liabilities

 

 

-

 

 

 

477

 

Other non-current liabilities

 

 

2,430

 

 

 

2,595

 

Total liabilities

 

 

188,642

 

 

 

193,187

 

Commitment and contingencies (Note 16)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stockholders' equity:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Class A Common stock ($0.0001 par value, 1,700,000,000 authorized, 18,711,237 and 15,557,379 issued and outstanding at March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively)

 

 

2

 

 

 

2

 

Class B Common stock ($0.0001 par value, 9,000,000 authorized, 690,909 issued and outstanding at March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively)

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Additional paid-in capital

 

 

940,441

 

 

 

933,905

 

Accumulated other comprehensive income

 

 

111

 

 

 

190

 

Accumulated deficit

 

 

(915,759

)

 

 

(872,146

)

Total stockholders' equity

 

 

24,795

 

 

 

61,951

 

Total liabilities and stockholders' equity

 

$

213,437

 

 

$

255,138

 

See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

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FISCALNOTE HOLDINGS, INC.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss)

(in thousands, except shares and per share data)

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2026

 

 

2025

 

Revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Subscription

 

$

19,053

 

 

$

25,232

 

Non-subscription

 

 

972

 

 

 

2,279

 

Total revenues

 

 

20,025

 

 

 

27,511

 

Operating expenses: (1)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of revenues, including amortization

 

 

4,153

 

 

 

6,984

 

Research and development

 

 

2,042

 

 

 

3,103

 

Sales and marketing

 

 

5,719

 

 

 

7,759

 

Editorial

 

 

3,620

 

 

 

4,798

 

General and administrative

 

 

9,504

 

 

 

16,298

 

Amortization of intangible assets

 

 

1,893

 

 

 

2,331

 

Impairment of goodwill

 

 

35,600

 

 

 

-

 

Total operating expenses

 

 

62,531

 

 

 

41,273

 

Operating loss

 

 

(42,506

)

 

 

(13,762

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gain on sale of businesses (Note 3)

 

 

-

 

 

 

(15,743

)

Interest expense, net

 

 

3,356

 

 

 

5,127

 

Loss on debt extinguishment, net

 

 

-

 

 

 

1,784

 

Change in fair value of financial instruments

 

 

(1,862

)

 

 

(671

)

Other (income) expense, net

 

 

(186

)

 

 

30

 

Net loss before income taxes

 

 

(43,814

)

 

 

(4,289

)

Benefit from income taxes

 

 

(201

)

 

 

(39

)

Net loss

 

 

(43,613

)

 

 

(4,250

)

Other comprehensive (loss) income

 

 

(79

)

 

 

301

 

Total comprehensive loss

 

$

(43,692

)

 

$

(3,949

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss used to compute basic and diluted loss per share

 

$

(43,613

)

 

$

(4,250

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loss per share attributable to common shareholders (Note 13):

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic and Diluted

 

$

(2.39

)

 

$

(0.34

)

Weighted average shares used in computing loss per share attributable to common shareholders:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic and Diluted

 

 

18,245,337

 

 

 

12,607,440

 

 

(1) Amounts include stock-based compensation expense, as follows:

 

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2026

 

 

2025

 

Cost of revenues, including amortization

 

$

39

 

 

$

15

 

Research and development

 

 

176

 

 

 

326

 

Sales and marketing

 

 

196

 

 

 

85

 

Editorial

 

 

132

 

 

 

66

 

General and administrative

 

 

2,498

 

 

 

2,883

 

 

See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

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FISCALNOTE HOLDINGS, INC.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit)

(in thousands, except share data)

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

 

Temporary Equity

 

 

Equity (Deficit)

 

 

 

Temporary Equity

 

 

Common Stock

 

Additional paid-in capital

 

Accumulated other comprehensive income

 

Accumulated deficit

 

Total stockholders' equity (deficit)

 

 

 

Shares

 

Amount

 

 

Shares

 

Amount

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at December 31, 2024

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

 

12,590,442

 

 

1

 

 

899,943

 

 

4,786

 

 

(806,899

)

 

97,831

 

Issuance of Class A common stock upon vesting of restricted share units

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

 

74,041

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

Issuance of Class A common stock upon exercise of employee stock purchase plan and exercise of stock options

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

 

13,703

 

 

-

 

 

148

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

148

 

Dragonfly note conversion

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

 

62,143

 

 

-

 

 

73

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

73

 

Prior GPO interest conversion

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

 

5,613

 

 

-

 

 

946

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

946

 

Era Note (Note 7)

 

 

216,338

 

 

2,719

 

 

 

(100,334

)

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

Brokerage Shares issued

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

 

25,000

 

 

-

 

 

315

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

315

 

Stock-based compensation expense

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

3,375

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

3,375

 

Withholding taxes on net share settlement of stock-based compensation and option exercises

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

(42

)

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

(42

)

Net loss

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

(4,250

)

 

(4,250

)

Foreign currency translation gain

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

301

 

 

-

 

 

301

 

Balance at March 31, 2025

 

 

216,338

 

$

2,719

 

 

 

12,670,608

 

$

1

 

$

904,758

 

$

5,087

 

$

(811,149

)

$

98,697

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at December 31, 2025

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

 

16,248,288

 

 

2

 

 

933,905

 

 

190

 

 

(872,146

)

 

61,951

 

Issuance of Class A common stock upon vesting of restricted stock units

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

 

159,545

 

 

-

 

 

26

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

26

 

Issuance of Class A common stock upon employee stock purchase plan

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

 

36,285

 

 

-

 

 

45

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

45

 

Convertible Note conversion

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

 

2,736,978

 

 

-

 

 

3,083

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

3,083

 

Stonehill note interest conversion

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

 

221,050

 

 

-

 

 

392

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

392

 

Stock-based compensation expense

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

3,041

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

3,041

 

Withholding taxes on net share settlement of stock-based compensation and option exercises

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

(51

)

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

(51

)

Net loss

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

(43,613

)

 

(43,613

)

Foreign currency translation loss

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

(79

)

 

-

 

 

(79

)

Balance at March 31, 2026

 

 

-

 

$

-

 

 

 

19,402,146

 

$

2

 

$

940,441

 

$

111

 

$

(915,759

)

$

24,795

 

See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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FISCALNOTE HOLDINGS, INC.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(in thousands)

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2026

 

 

2025

 

Operating Activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

 

$

(43,613

)

 

$

(4,250

)

Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation

 

 

238

 

 

 

255

 

Amortization of intangible assets and capitalized software development costs

 

 

3,481

 

 

 

5,863

 

Amortization of deferred costs to obtain revenue contracts

 

 

694

 

 

 

883

 

Impairment of goodwill

 

 

35,600

 

 

 

-

 

Gain on sale of businesses (Note 3)

 

 

-

 

 

 

(15,743

)

Non-cash operating lease expense

 

 

492

 

 

 

531

 

Stock-based compensation

 

 

3,041

 

 

 

3,375

 

Bad debt expense

 

 

50

 

 

 

153

 

Unrealized (gain) loss on securities

 

 

(2

)

 

 

52

 

Change in fair value of financial instruments

 

 

(1,862

)

 

 

(671

)

Deferred income tax benefit

 

 

(214

)

 

 

(39

)

Paid-in-kind interest, net

 

 

276

 

 

 

1,961

 

Non-cash interest expense

 

 

300

 

 

 

1,044

 

Loss on debt extinguishment, net

 

 

-

 

 

 

1,784

 

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts receivable, net

 

 

2,588

 

 

 

(112

)

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

 

 

(44

)

 

 

(78

)

Costs capitalized to obtain revenue contracts, net

 

 

(295

)

 

 

(563

)

Other non-current assets

 

 

1

 

 

 

31

 

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

 

 

(878

)

 

 

2,310

 

Deferred revenue

 

 

4,642

 

 

 

8,614

 

Customer deposits

 

 

(461

)

 

 

(969

)

Other current liabilities

 

 

(195

)

 

 

(144

)

Lease liabilities

 

 

(819

)

 

 

(808

)

Other non-current liabilities

 

 

-

 

 

 

(193

)

Net cash provided by operating activities

 

 

3,020

 

 

 

3,286

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investing Activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital expenditures

 

 

(1,652

)

 

 

(1,982

)

Cash proceeds from the sale of businesses, net (Note 3)

 

 

-

 

 

 

40,269

 

Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities

 

 

(1,652

)

 

 

38,287

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Financing Activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Principal payments of long-term debt

 

 

(1,875

)

 

 

(27,163

)

Payment of deferred financing costs

 

 

-

 

 

 

(1,793

)

Proceeds from exercise of stock options and employee stock purchase plan purchases

 

 

45

 

 

 

148

 

Net cash used in financing activities

 

 

(1,830

)

 

 

(28,808

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Effects of exchange rates on cash

 

 

(21

)

 

 

153

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net change in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash

 

 

(483

)

 

 

12,918

 

Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash, beginning of period

 

 

24,952

 

 

 

29,454

 

Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash, end of period

 

$

24,469

 

 

$

42,372

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplemental Noncash Investing and Financing Activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issuance of common stock for conversion of debt and interest

 

$

392

 

 

$

946

 

Amounts held in holdback/escrow related to the sale of businesses

 

$

738

 

 

$

400

 

Property and equipment purchases included in accounts payable

 

$

62

 

 

$

64

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplemental Cash Flow Activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash paid for interest

 

$

2,198

 

 

$

2,789

 

Cash paid for taxes

 

$

104

 

 

$

65

 

See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

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FISCALNOTE HOLDINGS, INC.

Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(in thousands, except shares, par value, per share amounts, or as otherwise noted)

(Unaudited)

Note 1. Summary of Business and Significant Accounting Policies

Description of Business

FiscalNote delivers deep expertise in legislative tracking, regulatory analysis, and stakeholder engagement through PolicyNote, our flagship platform. Built to ensure a complete, real-time view of the policy landscape, PolicyNote delivers extensive policy data integrated with AI-powered monitoring and expert analysis, fueled by the trusted reporting of CQ and Roll Call, and coupled with the grassroots mobilization power of VoterVoice. Our PolicyNote suite rapidly provides users with the clarity on the policy landscape needed to make an impact. In our core products, we ingest unstructured data on legislative and regulatory developments, and overlay that data with our sophisticated in-house AI and data science expertise to deliver structured, relevant and actionable information that facilitates and informs our customers’ key operational and strategic decisions. In addition, as the way organizations consume policy data and analysis changes, we are leveraging our policy domain expertise to expand into political prediction markets and enhancing our API offerings to enable organizations to incorporate our policy intelligence directly into their internally-developed systems.

Principles of Consolidation

The condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries. All significant intercompany balances have been eliminated in consolidation.

These condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) for interim financial information. Accordingly, they do not include all of the financial information and footnotes required by U.S. GAAP for complete financial statements. In the opinion of the Company’s management, the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include all adjustments necessary for the fair presentation of the Company’s balance sheet and its results of operations, including its comprehensive loss, temporary equity, stockholders' equity (deficit), and cash flows. All adjustments are of a normal recurring nature. The results for the three months ended March 31, 2026 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for any subsequent quarters or for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026. These condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements included in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025.

Reverse Stock Split

On August 22, 2025, the Board approved a 1-for-12 reverse stock split (the “Reverse Stock Split”) of the Company’s Common Stock. On August 28, 2025, the Company filed a certificate of amendment to its Certificate of Incorporation (as amended from time to time, the “Certificate of Incorporation”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware to effect the Reverse Stock Split, and the Company’s Class A Common Stock began trading on a split-adjusted basis at market open on September 2, 2025 under the existing symbol “NOTE”.

As a result of the Reverse Stock Split, every 12 shares of the Company’s Common Stock issued and outstanding as of the effective time of the Reverse Stock Split were automatically converted into one share of Common Stock. No fractional shares were issued in connection with the Reverse Stock Split. Instead, each stockholder received a cash payment in lieu thereof at a price equal to the fraction of one share to which the stockholder would otherwise be entitled multiplied by the closing price per share of Class A Common Stock (as adjusted for the Reverse Stock Split) on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) on August 29, 2025, the last trading day immediately preceding the effective time of the Reverse Stock Split.

Further, proportionate adjustments were made to the number of shares of Common Stock underlying the Company’s outstanding equity awards and the number of shares issuable under the Company’s equity incentive plans and existing agreements, as well as the exercise price and/or any stock price goals, as applicable. The Reverse Stock Split did not affect the number of authorized shares of Common Stock or the par value of the Common Stock. The Company’s publicly traded warrants were traded on the NYSE under the symbol “NOTE.WS” and are now traded on the OTCID Basic Market. However, pursuant to the terms of the applicable warrant agreement, the number of shares of Class A Common Stock issuable on exercise of each warrant was proportionately decreased. Specifically, following effectiveness of the Reverse Stock Split, every warrant to purchase 1.571428 shares of Class A Common Stock (the exchange ratio in place immediately prior to the Reverse Stock Split) now represents the right to purchase 0.130952 shares of Class A Common Stock. Accordingly, the effective per share exercise price is $87.82.

All share and per share amounts in the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements have been retroactively adjusted to reflect the Reverse Stock Split for all periods presented.

Liquidity and Going Concern

In accordance with Accounting Standards Codification Topic 205-40, Going Concern, the Company evaluates whether there are certain conditions and events, when considered in the aggregate, which raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.

The Company’s cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, and short-term investments were $26,473 at March 31, 2026, compared with $26,947 at December 31, 2025. Further, the Company had a negative working capital balance of $138,983 (excluding cash and short-term investments) at March 31, 2026 and had an accumulated deficit of $915,759 and $872,146 as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively, and incurred net losses of $43,613 and net losses (excluding the effect of the gain on sale of businesses) of $19,993 for the

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three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively. Historically, the Company’s cash flows from operations have not been sufficient to fund its current operating model and the Company partially funded its operations through raising equity and debt and selling assets (see Note 3, Dispositions).

On January 31, 2026 the Company did not meet its 2025 Senior Term Loan minimum annualized recurring revenue financial covenant requirement. On March 23, 2026, the Company entered into Amendment No. 1 of the 2025 Senior Term Loan, which among other things, (a) waived the event of default arising from the Company’s failure to satisfy the annualized recurring revenue covenant at January 31, 2026, (b) revised the minimum thresholds for annualized recurring revenue and consolidated adjusted EBITDA and reduced minimum liquidity requirements through March 31, 2027, (c) revised the Company’s interest and principal repayment requirements, and (d) require the Company to prepay $20,000 of principal no later than March 31, 2027. See Note 7, Debt for additional details). If the Company does not amend its financial covenants under the 2025 Senior Term Loan before April 1, 2027, it is probable the Company will not be able to meet its then required financial covenants.

On April 13, 2026, the Company’s Class A common stock and warrants to purchase 0.131 shares of Class A Common Stock, with an exercise price of $11.50 per share of Class A Common Stock were delisted from the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”). The NYSE delisting caused events of default under the YA Convertible Notes and the 2025 GPO Convertible Note (together, the “Subordinated Notes”). On April 21, 2026, the Company entered into forbearance agreements with each of GPO FN Noteholder, LLC (“GPO”) and YA II PN, Ltd (together with GPO, the “Subordinated Creditors”), pursuant to which the Subordinated Creditors have agreed to waive defaults under the terms of subordinated convertible debt instruments issued to the Subordinated Creditors arising from the NYSE delisting, and to forbear from exercising any rights relating to such defaults, until May 21, 2026. If no action is taken, and the forbearance agreements with the Subordinated Creditors are not extended, on May 22, 2026 the Company will also be in default of its 2025 Senior Term Loan due to the cross-default provision within the 2025 Senior Term Loan, at which point the 2025 Senior Term Loan lenders may exercise rights, which could include the immediate repayment of the amount outstanding under the 2025 Senior Term Loan.

These conditions, considered in the aggregate, raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern and meet the Company’s obligations as they become due within one year after the date the financial statements are issued.

In response to the foregoing conditions, management has identified the following plans intended to alleviate the substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern: (a) renegotiating or amending existing debt obligations, including the Subordinated Notes, to extend maturities, early convert, or otherwise restructure repayment terms; (b) pursuing the sale of assets or business units to generate liquidity and reduce outstanding indebtedness; (c) pursuing opportunities to list its Common Stock on other tiers or exchanges that offer further improvements to investor access and liquidity which would also cure the event of default under the Subordinated Notes; and (d) conducting one or more equity offerings to raise additional capital to fund operations and satisfy obligations. Management’s plans must also generate sufficient cash to, among other things, fund the Company’s operations, while also maintaining compliance with its liquidity covenant, and fulfill the $20,000 principal prepayment required pursuant to Amendment No. 1 of the 2025 Senior Term Loan which is due no later than March 31, 2027; which at this time the Company has no ability to satisfy. If successful, management believes this plan will position the Company to have adequate cash and cash flows to support its future operations. However, at this time management concluded that its plans do not alleviate substantial doubt, as there can be no assurance that any of these plans will be successfully implemented on acceptable terms, or at all.

If the Company raises funds in the future by issuing equity securities, dilution to stockholders will occur and may be substantial. Any equity securities issued may also provide for rights, preferences, or privileges senior to those of holders of common stock. If the Company raises funds in the future by issuing additional debt securities, these debt securities could have rights, preferences, and privileges senior to those of common stockholders. The terms of any additional debt securities, borrowings, and/or debt amendments could impose significant restrictions on the Company’s operations. The capital markets have experienced in the past, and may experience in the future, periods of upheaval that could impact the availability and cost of equity and debt financing. There can be no assurance that any necessary additional financing in the future will be available on terms acceptable to the Company, or at all.

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern, which contemplates continuity of operations, realization of assets, and satisfaction of liabilities in the ordinary course of business. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might be necessary should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern.

Segments

The Company is a leading provider of artificial intelligence ("AI") driven global policy and regulatory intelligence solutions and operates out of a single operating segment. The Company derives revenues from customers by delivering critical, actionable legal and policy insights in a rapidly evolving political, regulatory and macroeconomic environment.

The Company's chief operating decision maker ("CODM") is the chief executive officer. The chief operating decision maker assesses performance for the single operating segment and decides how to allocate resources based on net (loss) income that also is reported on the income statement as consolidated net (loss) income. The measure of segment assets is reported on the balance sheet as total consolidated assets. The Company does not have intra-equity sales or transfers. The Company operates as a single operating segment as the chief operating decision maker manages the business activities on a consolidated basis.

The primary financial measures used by the CODM to evaluate performance and allocate resources are net income (loss) and operating income (loss). The CODM uses net income (loss) and operating income (loss) to evaluate the performance of the Company's ongoing operations and as part of the Company's internal planning and forecasting processes. Information on Net income (loss) and Operating income (loss) is disclosed in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. Segment expenses and other segment items are provided to the CODM on the same basis as disclosed in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

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The CODM does not evaluate performance or allocate resources based on assets of the single segment, and therefore such information is not presented in the notes to the financial statements.

Earnings per Share

Basic earnings per share ("EPS") is calculated by dividing the net income or loss available to common stockholders by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding for the period without consideration for common stock equivalents. Diluted EPS is computed by dividing the net income or loss available to common stockholders by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding for the period and the weighted average number of dilutive common stock equivalents outstanding for the period determined using the if-converted method (convertible debt instruments) or treasury-stock method (warrants and share-based payment arrangements). For purposes of this calculation, common stock issuable upon conversion of debt, options and warrants are considered to be common stock equivalents and are only included in the calculation of diluted earnings per share when their effect is dilutive.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The Company has elected the fair value option for the 2025 GPO Convertible Note, GPO Convertible Note, Dragonfly Seller Convertible Notes, Convertible Debentures and the Era Convertible Notes, refer to Note 7, Debt for further details. The Company records changes in fair value through the condensed consolidated statement of operations where the portion of the change that results from a change in the instrument-specific credit risk is recorded separately in accumulated other comprehensive income, if applicable. Additionally, under the fair value option, all issuance costs are expensed in the period that the debt is incurred.

Investments

The Company has invested in highly liquid investments that have investment-grade ratings. These investments are accounted for at fair value through the condensed consolidated statement of operations. The Company is able to easily liquidate these into cash; accordingly, the Company has presented these investments as available for current operations and they are presented as short-term investments within current assets in the condensed consolidated balance sheets. Purchases and sales of short-term investments are classified in the investing section of our consolidated statement of cash flows.

Concentrations of Risks

Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist principally of cash and cash equivalents and accounts receivable. The Company generally maintains its cash and cash equivalents with various nationally recognized financial institutions. The Company’s cash and cash equivalents at times exceed amounts guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. The Company considers cash on deposit and all highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less to be cash and cash equivalents. At March 31, 2026, approximately 69% of the Company’s cash and cash equivalents were held at JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

The Company does not require collateral for accounts receivable. The Company maintains an allowance for its doubtful accounts receivable due to estimated credit losses. This allowance is based upon historical loss patterns, the number of days billings are past due, collection history of each customer, an evaluation of the potential risk of loss associated with delinquent accounts and current market conditions and reasonable and supportable forecasts of future economic conditions to inform adjustments to historical loss patterns. The Company records the allowance against bad debt expense through the condensed consolidated statements of operations, included in sales and marketing expense, up to the amount of revenues recognized to date. Any incremental allowance is recorded as an offset to deferred revenue on the condensed consolidated balance sheets. Receivables are written off and charged against the recorded allowance when the Company has exhausted collection efforts without success. As of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, allowance for credit losses of $1,426 and $1,454, respectively, was included in the accounts receivable, net balance.

No single customer accounted for more than 10% of the Company's accounts receivable balance as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025. Revenues derived from the U.S. Federal Government were 19% and 18% of revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively. As of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, assets located in the United States were approximately 98% and 99% of total assets, respectively.

As of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, one vendor accounted for more than 10% of the Company's accounts payable balance. During the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, one vendor represented more than 10% of the total purchases made.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Effective

In November 2024, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") ASU 2024-03 Income Statement—Reporting Comprehensive Income—Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40) as amended by ASU 2025-01, which requires public entities to disclose disaggregated information about certain income statement line items in the notes to the financial statements. For public entities, ASU 2024-03 is required to be adopted for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2026 and for interim periods beginning after December 15, 2027, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating this ASU to determine its impact on the Company's disclosures.

In September 2025, the FASB issued ASU No. 2025-06 Intangibles—Goodwill and Other—Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40): Targeted Improvements to the Accounting for Internal-Use Software, which removed the language around project stages that was used to assess when costs could be capitalized for an internal-use software. The update also requires internal-use software to be disclosed under the ASC 360 Property, Plant, and Equipment guidance. The guidance is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2027. The Company is currently evaluating this ASU to determine its impact on the Company.

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Note 2. Revenues

Disaggregation of Revenue

The following table depicts the Company's disaggregated revenue for the periods presented:

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2026

 

 

2025

 

Subscription

 

$

19,053

 

 

$

25,232

 

Advisory

 

 

329

 

 

 

1,063

 

Advertising

 

 

254

 

 

 

455

 

Other revenue

 

 

389

 

 

 

761

 

Total

 

$

20,025

 

 

$

27,511

 

Revenue by Geographic Locations

The following table depicts the Company’s revenue by geographic operations for the periods presented:

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2026

 

 

2025

 

North America

 

$

18,775

 

 

$

21,910

 

Rest of the world

 

 

1,250

 

 

 

5,601

 

Total

 

$

20,025

 

 

$

27,511

 

Revenues by geography are determined based on the region of the Company's contracting entity, which may be different than the region of the customer. North America revenue consists solely of revenue attributed to the United States. For the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, revenue attributed to Belgium (presented within the Rest of the world in the above table) represented approximately 6% and 4% of total revenues, respectively. For the three months ended March 31, 2025, revenue attributed to the United Kingdom (presented within the Rest of the world in the above table) represented approximately 15% of total revenues. No other foreign country represented more than 5% of total revenue during the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025.

Contract Assets

The Company had contract assets of $244, $590, and $1,240 as of March 31, 2026, December 31, 2025, and December 31, 2024, respectively. Contract assets are generated when contractual billing schedules differ from the timing of revenue recognition or cash collections. They represent a conditional right to consideration for satisfied performance obligations that becomes a receivable when the conditions are satisfied. They are recorded as part of other current assets on the condensed consolidated balance sheets.

Deferred Revenue

Details of the Company’s deferred revenue for the periods presented are as follows:

Balance at December 31, 2024

 

$

35,475

 

Sale of Dragonfly and Oxford Analytica

 

 

(7,342

)

Revenue recognized in the current period from amounts in the prior balance

 

 

(17,472

)

New deferrals, net of amounts recognized in the current period

 

 

25,621

 

Effects of foreign currency

 

 

277

 

Balance at March 31, 2025

 

$

36,559

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at December 31, 2025

 

$

30,044

 

Revenue recognized in the current period from amounts in the prior balance

 

 

(13,408

)

New deferrals, net of amounts recognized in the current period

 

 

18,142

 

Effects of foreign currency

 

 

(54

)

Balance at March 31, 2026

 

$

34,724

 

Costs to Obtain

During the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, the Company capitalized $301 and $524 of costs to obtain revenue contracts. The Company amortized costs capitalized to obtain revenue contracts in the amount of $694 and $884 to sales and marketing expense during the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively. There were no impairments of costs capitalized to obtain revenue contracts for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025.

Unsatisfied Performance Obligations

At March 31, 2026, the Company had $68,684 of remaining contract consideration for which revenue has not been recognized due to unsatisfied performance obligations. The Company expects to recognize this over the next five years.

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Note 3. Dispositions

2025 Dispositions

Sale of Oxford Analytica and Dragonfly

On February 21, 2025 (the "Signing Date"), the Company entered into an equity purchase agreement (the "Equity Purchase Agreement") with Factiva Ltd. ("Factiva"), a limited company organized under the laws of England and Wales, providing for the sale of all of the outstanding equity interests in each of Dragonfly Eye Limited, a UK private limited company (“Dragonfly”), and The Oxford Analytica International Group, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Oxford” and collectively with Dragonfly, the “Sold Businesses”). At closing of the sale on March 31, 2025, after adjustments based on the Sold Businesses' estimated working capital, indebtedness, and transaction expenses, the Company received $40,000 in cash (excluding $400 of the purchase price that was deposited into escrow to satisfy certain potential post-closing purchase price adjustments and indemnification claims and including $813 of cash acquired by Factiva). As a result of the sale, the Company recorded a pre-tax gain on disposal of $15,743 for the three months ended March 31, 2025. The purchase price is subject to adjustment pursuant to the Equity Purchase Agreement; accordingly, the gain on sale may increase, or decrease, as the case may be, upon finalization of the purchase price.

The proceeds from the sale were used in part to prepay and retire $27,136 of term loans under the Prior Senior Term Loan, and pay $1,793 of related prepayment and exit fees associated with the retired amount. The remaining $11,071 of net proceeds were retained by the Company to pay for related transaction costs, cash taxes that may result from the sale, and general corporate purposes. As part of the sale, the Company recorded a current tax receivable for federal and state income tax of $281.

The Company determined that Oxford Analytica and Dragonfly were not significant subsidiaries, and their sale did not constitute a strategic shift that would have a major effect on the Company’s operations or financial results. As a result, the results of operations for the Sold Businesses were not reported as discontinued operations under the guidance of ASC 205 “Presentation of Financial Statements."

Sale of TimeBase

On May 2, 2025, the Company entered into an agreement to sell the equity of the Company's Australian subsidiary, TimeBase Pty. Ltd. (“TimeBase”). On July 1, 2025, the Company closed the sale of TimeBase. Total consideration was $7,414 comprising a cash payment to the Company of $6,676 and a buyer holdback of $738 (included in Other non-current assets as the buyer holdback is expected to be repaid in the first quarter of 2027). The proceeds from the sale were used in part to prepay and retire $2,978 of term loans under the Prior Senior Term Loan, and pay $197 of related prepayment and exit fees associated with the retired amount. The remaining $3,501 of net proceeds were retained by the Company to pay for related transaction costs, cash taxes that may result from the sale, and general corporate purposes. As a result of the sale of TimeBase, the Company recorded a gain on disposal of $1,325 during the third quarter of 2025.

The Company determined that TimeBase was not a significant subsidiary, and the disposition of TimeBase did not constitute a strategic shift that would have a major effect on the Company’s operations or financial results. As a result, the results of operations for TimeBase were not reported as discontinued operations under the guidance of ASC 205 “Presentation of Financial Statements."

 

Note 4. Leases

The Company has operating leases, principally for corporate offices under non-cancelable operating leases that expire at various dates through 2031. The non-cancellable base terms of these remaining leases typically range from one to five years. Certain lease agreements include options to renew or terminate the lease, which are not factored into the determination of lease payments if they are not reasonably certain to be exercised.

The following table details the composition of lease expense for the periods presented:

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2026

 

 

2025

 

Operating lease cost

 

$

968

 

 

$

1,075

 

Variable lease cost

 

 

93

 

 

 

56

 

Short-term lease cost

 

 

5

 

 

 

40

 

Total lease costs

 

$

1,066

 

 

$

1,171

 

Sublease income

 

$

(35

)

 

$

(27

)

 

Cash payments related to operating lease liabilities were $1,283 and $1,364 for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively.

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Note 5. Intangible Assets

The following table summarizes the gross carrying amounts and accumulated amortization of the Company’s intangible assets by major class:

 

 

March 31, 2026

 

 

December 31, 2025

 

 

Weighted Average

 

 

 

Gross Carrying Amount

 

 

Accumulated Amortization

 

 

Net
Carrying Amount

 

 

Gross Carrying Amount

 

 

Accumulated Amortization

 

 

Net
Carrying Amount

 

 

Remaining Useful Life (Years) March 31, 2026

 

Customer relationships

 

$

66,558

 

 

$

(37,084

)

 

$

29,474

 

 

$

66,570

 

 

$

(35,899

)

 

$

30,671

 

 

 

6.7

 

Developed technology

 

 

21,726

 

 

 

(18,879

)

 

 

2,847

 

 

 

21,738

 

 

 

(18,738

)

 

 

3,000

 

 

 

4.8

 

Databases

 

 

29,143

 

 

 

(15,583

)

 

 

13,560

 

 

 

29,145

 

 

 

(15,068

)

 

 

14,077

 

 

 

6.6

 

Tradenames

 

 

9,325

 

 

 

(5,250

)

 

 

4,075

 

 

 

9,325

 

 

 

(5,090

)

 

 

4,235

 

 

 

6.4

 

Patents

 

 

871

 

 

 

(252

)

 

 

619

 

 

 

871

 

 

 

(248

)

 

 

623

 

 

 

16.9

 

Content library

 

 

592

 

 

 

(257

)

 

 

335

 

 

 

592

 

 

 

(242

)

 

 

350

 

 

 

5.7

 

Total

 

$

128,215

 

 

$

(77,305

)

 

$

50,910

 

 

$

128,241

 

 

$

(75,285

)

 

$

52,956

 

 

 

 

Finite-lived intangible assets are stated at cost, net of amortization, generally using the straight-line method over the expected useful lives of the intangible assets. Amortization of intangible assets, excluding developed technology, was $1,893 and $2,331 for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively.

Amortization of developed technology was recorded as part of cost of revenues, including amortization in the amount of $153 and $206 for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively.

The expected future amortization expense for intangible assets as of March 31, 2026 is as follows:

2026 (remainder)

 

$

6,134

 

2027

 

 

8,178

 

2028

 

 

7,958

 

2029

 

 

7,688

 

2030

 

 

7,218

 

Thereafter

 

 

13,734

 

Total

 

$

50,910

 

Capitalized software development costs

Capitalized software development costs are as follows:

 

 

March 31, 2026

 

 

December 31, 2025

 

 

 

Gross Carrying Amount

 

 

Accumulated Amortization

 

 

Net
Carrying Amount

 

 

Gross Carrying Amount

 

 

Accumulated Amortization

 

 

Net
Carrying Amount

 

Capitalized software development costs

 

$

39,838

 

 

$

(27,134

)

 

$

12,704

 

 

$

38,284

 

 

 

(25,699

)

 

$

12,585

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, the Company capitalized interest on capitalized software development costs in the amount of $103 and $85, respectively. Amortization of capitalized software development costs was recorded as part of cost of revenues, including amortization in the amount of $1,435 and $3,326 for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively. The estimated useful life is determined at the time each project is placed in service.

Impairment of long-lived assets

We periodically assess whether any indicators of impairment existed related to our intangible assets. We identified a triggering event during the first quarter of 2026, as discussed in Note 6, "Goodwill". This triggering event indicated we should test the related long-lived assets for impairment in certain of our asset groups. We tested each applicable asset group by first performing a recoverability test, comparing projected undiscounted cash flows from the use and eventual disposition of each asset group to its carrying value. This test indicated that the undiscounted cash flows were sufficient to recover the carrying value of certain asset groups. As a result, we concluded that no impairment charge was to be recorded for long-lived assets during the first quarter of 2026.

Note 6. Goodwill

Goodwill represents the excess of the purchase price in a business combination over the fair value of net assets acquired. Goodwill amounts are not amortized, but are rather tested for impairment at least annually as of October 1 of each year.

The changes in the carrying amounts of goodwill, which are generally not deductible for tax purposes, are as follows:

Balance at December 31, 2025

 

$

122,984

 

Impairment

 

 

(35,600

)

Impact of foreign currency

 

 

(26

)

Balance at March 31, 2026

 

$

87,358

 

 

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In the first quarter of 2026, the Company has experienced a further decline in its market capitalization based upon its publicly quoted share price, the Company failed to satisfy its annualized recurring revenue covenant for the month ended January 31, 2026, reflecting continued pressure on customer retention and organic revenue, and the Company began trading on the OTCID Basic Market. The Company has evaluated these factors and in combination, has determined that they constitute a triggering event requiring an interim goodwill impairment assessment under ASC 350. The Company recorded a goodwill impairment of $35,600 in the first quarter of 2026 in the condensed consolidated statement of operations. Prior to the quantitative goodwill impairment test performed at March 31, 2026, the Company tested the recoverability of its long-lived assets, and concluded that none of its intangibles were impaired. See Note 5, Intangible Assets.

On January 1, 2025, effective with the appointment of our new CEO, the Company reassessed its goodwill reporting unit and determined that the Company now operates out of a single reporting unit. Accordingly, the Company performed a quantitative goodwill impairment assessment immediately prior to, and on, January 1, 2025, which resulted in no impairment of goodwill.

The Company performed its annual goodwill impairment test on October 1, 2025 which indicated no impairment. However, due to the sustained decline in the Company's stock price and market capitalization toward the end of the fourth quarter of 2025, as well as the decline in organic revenue and customer retention, the Company performed a quantitative goodwill impairment assessment as of December 31, 2025. This quantitative assessment resulted in a goodwill impairment charge of $12,378 recognized in the fourth quarter of 2025. Prior to the quantitative goodwill impairment test performed at December 31, 2025, the Company tested the recoverability of its long-lived assets, and concluded that none of its intangibles were impaired. See Note 5, Intangible Assets.

The fair value estimate of the Company's single reporting unit was derived based on an income approach. Under the income approach, the Company estimated the fair value of its single reporting unit based on the present value of estimated future cash flows, which the Company considers to be a Level 3 unobservable input in the fair value hierarchy. The cash flows used are consistent with those the Company uses in its internal planning, which reflects actual business trends experienced and our long-term business strategy. As such, key assumptions and factors used in this method include, but are not limited to, revenue, margin, operating expense growth rates, realization of net operating losses, tax rates and policies in place as of the date of impairment testing, as well as a discount rate, and a terminal growth rate. In order to further validate the reasonableness of fair value as determined by the income approach, differences between estimated reporting unit fair value and market capitalization primarily reflect an implied control premium and differences between minority and controlling interests.

Potential indicators of impairment include significant changes in performance relative to expected operating results, significant negative industry or economic trends, or a significant decline in the Company's stock price and/or market capitalization for a sustained period of time. It is reasonably possible that one or more of these impairment indicators could occur or intensify in the near term, which may result in an impairment of long-lived assets or further impairment of goodwill.

Note 7. Debt

The following presents the carrying value of the Company’s debt as of the respective period ends:

 

 

March 31, 2026

 

 

December 31, 2025

 

2025 Senior Term Loan

 

$

72,188

 

 

$

74,063

 

2025 GPO Convertible Note

 

 

19,649

 

 

 

19,235

 

Convertible Debentures

 

 

23,005

 

 

 

26,663

 

Dragonfly Seller Convertible Notes

 

 

11,540

 

 

 

11,982

 

Total gross debt

 

 

126,382

 

 

 

131,943

 

Debt issuance costs

 

 

(3,230

)

 

 

(3,495

)

Total

 

 

123,152

 

 

 

128,448

 

Less: Current maturities

 

 

(111,612

)

 

 

(2,813

)

Total Long-term debt

 

$

11,540

 

 

$

125,635

 

 

2025 Senior Term Loan/ Prior Senior Term Loan

2025 Senior Term Loan

On August 5, 2025, the Company entered into a financing agreement (the "Financing Agreement"), by and among the Company, as parent guarantor, the Company's domestic subsidiaries party thereto as borrowers and guarantors, the lenders from time to time party thereto, and MGG Investment Group LP, as collateral agent and as administrative agent, pursuant to which the lenders agreed to advance $75,000 which matures on August 12, 2029 (the "2025 Senior Term Loan"). The 2025 Senior Term Loan ranks senior to all other debt and is secured by a first priority lien on substantially all of the Company's assets. Obligations under the 2025 Senior Term Loan bear interest at variable rates, set at the Company’s option, based on a reference rate plus 7%, or the secured overnight financing rate as administered by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (“SOFR”) plus 8%. Interest is payable in cash monthly in arrears. The 2025 Senior Term Loan is repayable in consecutive quarterly installments on the last business day of each March, June, September and December of each fiscal year commencing September 30, 2025, in an amount equal to (i) $469 with respect to each payment due quarterly through June 30, 2026 and (ii) $938 with respect to each payment due thereafter, with the remaining principal amount due at the maturity of the 2025 Senior Term Loan, or such earlier time as it may become payable. The Company must also pay a quarterly fee, in an amount equal to (i) $138 through March 31, 2026 and (ii) $38 with respect to each quarterly payment due thereafter.

The 2025 Senior Term Loan also contains four financial covenants: a minimum cash balance requirement, a minimum ARR

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requirement, a minimum adjusted EBITDA requirement, and a capital expenditure limitation.

The 2025 Senior Term Loan also includes covenants limiting the ability of the Company and its subsidiaries, subject to certain exceptions, to, among other things, (i) incur indebtedness, (ii) incur liens on their assets, (iii) enter into any transaction of merger, consolidation or amalgamation, liquidate, wind up or dissolve, or dispose of all or substantially all of their property or business, (iv) dispose of any of their property, or, issue or sell any shares of a subsidiary’s stock, (v) make any payment or prepayment for any subordinated indebtedness, pay any earn-out payment, seller debt or deferred purchase price payments, or (vi) declare or pay any dividend or make any other distribution. The 2025 Senior Term Loan also contains certain events of default, including, among others, (i) failure to pay, (ii) breach of representations and warranties, (iii) breach of covenants, subject to any cure periods described therein, and (iv) failure to pay principal or interest on any other material debt.

On August 12, 2025 the Company closed on its 2025 Senior Term Loan and received net proceeds of $72,937 after original issue discount (“OID”) of $2,063, or 2.75%. The Company incurred $960 of lender fees and $962 of fees paid to third parties. OID and capitalized debt issuance costs totaled $3,985 and is treated as a debt discount and will be amortized over the term of the 2025 Senior Term Loan using the effective interest method. Amortization expense for the three months ended March 31, 2026 was $272, and is included within interest expense in the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss. The remaining unamortized debt discount at March 31, 2026 is $3,304, and is reflected net within debt on the condensed consolidated balance sheet.

On March 23, 2026, the Company entered into Amendment No. 1 and Waiver to the 2025 Senior Term Loan ("Amendment No. 1"). Pursuant to Amendment No. 1, the lenders waived a specified event of default arising from the Company's failure to satisfy the annualized recurring revenue covenant for the month ended January 31, 2026. Amendment No. 1, amends and restates the financial covenant schedule, including revised minimum thresholds for annualized recurring revenue and consolidated adjusted EBITDA and reduced minimum liquidity requirements through March 31, 2027, after which the minimum liquidity requirement returns to $20,000. Amendment No. 1 increases the quarterly principal repayment to (i) $1,875 for payment on each March 31, 2026, June 30, 2026, September 30, 2026, December 31, 2026 and March 31, 2027 and (ii) $938 for each payment thereafter. Amendment No. 1 also requires the Company to make a mandatory prepayment of $20,000 no later than March 31, 2027, together with any applicable premium and related fees.

On April 13, 2026 the Company's Class A common stock was delisted from the NYSE, which caused events of default under the YA Convertible Notes and the 2025 GPO Convertible Note. On April 21, 2026, the Company entered into forbearance agreements with the Subordinated Creditors who agreed to waive defaults under the terms of their subordinated convertible debt instruments arising from the NYSE delisting, and to forbear from exercising any rights relating to such defaults, until May 21, 2026. If no action is taken, and the forbearance agreements with the Subordinated Creditors are not extended, on May 22, 2026 the Company will also be in default of its 2025 Senior Term Loan due to the cross-default provision within the 2025 Senior Term Loan, at which point the 2025 Senior Term Loan lenders may exercise rights, which could include the immediate repayment of the amount outstanding under the 2025 Senior Term Loan. Accordingly, amounts outstanding under the Company's 2025 Senior Term Loan are presented as a current liability at March 31, 2026.

The Company has elected to pay cash interest based on SOFR, which was 13.14% at March 31, 2026. For the three months ended March 31, 2026, the Company recognized $2,198 of cash interest on the 2025 Senior Term Loan.

Upon maturity, the Company is required to pay in cash the greater of $500 or the fair market value of 60,416 shares of Class A Common Stock of the Company (the “Exit Fee”). The Company will record non-cash interest expense over the life of the 2025 Senior Term Loan to accrete to the minimum Exit Fee due upon maturity. Accordingly, during the three months ended March 31, 2026, the Company recognized $34 of interest expense related to the Exit Fee. At March 31, 2026, $85 of the minimum Exit Fee has been accrued and is included within Other current liabilities on the condensed consolidated balance sheet.

Because the Exit Fee is payable in certain redemption scenarios, the Company determined that pursuant to ASC 815 “Derivatives and Hedging” certain of the embedded redemption features meet the definition of a derivative that must be accounted for at fair value with changes in fair value reflected in the condensed consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive income (loss). The fair value of the embedded redemption feature at inception on August 12, 2025 was $90 and was accounted for as a debt premium and will be amortized over the term of the 2025 Senior Term Loan using the effective interest method. Amortization expense for the three months ended March 31, 2026 was $6, and is included within interest expense in the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss. The remaining unamortized debt premium at March 31, 2026 is $75, and is reflected net within debt on the condensed consolidated balance sheet. The fair value of the embedded redemption features at March 31, 2026 was $280 and is included as a contra-liability in Other non-current liabilities on the condensed consolidated balance sheet. The $115 change in fair value of the embedded redemption features for the three months ended March 31, 2026 is included within Change in fair value of financial instruments on the condensed consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive income (loss).

As part of the Amendment No. 1, the Company is accruing a make-whole amount ("Make-Whole Premium"), which equals all interest the Lenders would have earned from the trigger date until the second anniversary of the effective date. The Company recognized $35 of interest expense related to the Make-Whole Premium during the three months ended March 31, 2026. At March 31, 2026, $35 of the Make-Whole Premium has been accrued and is included within Accounts payable and accrued expenses on the condensed consolidated balance sheet.

Prior Senior Term Loan

On July 29, 2022, concurrent with the closing of the Company's Business Combination, FiscalNote, Inc., a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of FiscalNote Holdings, Inc., entered into a senior credit agreement (the "Prior Senior Term Loan") as amended from time to time. The annual interest of the Prior Senior Term Loan consisted of two components: (a) a cash interest component of the greater of (i) Prime Rate plus 5.0% per annum or (ii) 9.0% payable monthly, and (b) interest payable in kind component of 1.00% per annum, payable in kind monthly.

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In connection with the completion of the sale of Oxford Analytica and Dragonfly on March 31, 2025, the Company also entered into Amendment No. 5 to the Prior Senior Term Loan, pursuant to which, among other things, the lenders consented to releasing the liens on Oxford Analytica and Dragonfly's assets and permitting the consummation of the sale in exchange for the permanent retirement of $27,136 of term loans under the Senior Term Loan and payment of $1,793 of related prepayment and exit fees.

For the three months ended March 31, 2025, the Company incurred $2,780 and $222 of cash interest and paid-in-kind interest, respectively, on the Prior Senior Term Loan. Paid-in-kind interest is reflected as a component of the carrying value of the Prior Senior Term Loan.

Amortization of debt issuance costs on the Prior Senior Term Loan is recorded within interest expense in the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss) and totaled $749 for the three months ended March 31, 2025.

2025 GPO Convertible Note/Prior GPO Convertible Note

On June 30, 2023 the Company issued to GPO FN Noteholder LLC (the “GPO Investor”) a subordinated convertible promissory note in an initial principal amount of $46,794 (the “Prior GPO Convertible Note”). Pursuant to the terms of the Prior GPO Convertible Note, paid-in-kind interest accrued from the date of issuance through June 30, 2024. Beginning on July 1, 2024, the Company was required to pay interest with either cash or shares, solely at the discretion of the Company. Accordingly, since September 30, 2024 and through December 31, 2025, the Company issued the GPO Investor 346,058 Class A Common Shares, in the aggregate, in satisfaction of quarterly interest pursuant to the terms of the Prior GPO Convertible Note.

In conjunction with the establishment of the 2025 Senior Term Loan, on August 5, 2025, the Company entered into a redemption and exchange agreement with the GPO Investor. Pursuant to the redemption and exchange with the GPO Investor, on August 12, 2025, the Company redeemed $30,000 of the Prior GPO Convertible Note (which at the time had balance outstanding of $50,434) in exchange for a cash payment of $27,000 to the GPO Investor (the "GPO Redemption"). The Company also issued a new senior subordinated promissory note to the GPO Investor in the aggregate amount of $20,434 (the "2025 GPO Convertible Note") in exchange for, and the cancellation of, the remaining obligations under the existing Prior GPO Convertible Note.

The 2025 GPO Convertible Note is guaranteed by the Company’s domestic subsidiaries, which are parties to the 2025 Senior Term Loan, and is contractually subordinated to the Company’s obligations under the 2025 Senior Term Loan. The 2025 GPO Convertible Note matures on November 13, 2029 and bears interest at a rate of 7.50% per annum payable quarterly in arrears, in cash or, provided no event of default is then occurring under the 2025 GPO Convertible Note, freely tradeable shares of the Company's Class A Common Stock, at the Company’s option, with the value per share determined with reference to the VWAP of the Class A Common Stock over the trading days occurring within the thirty calendar days prior to the applicable interest payment date. At any time prior to November 13, 2029, the GPO Investor is entitled to convert all or any portion of the principal amount of the 2025 GPO Convertible Note and accrued interest thereon into shares of the Company's Class A Common Stock at an initial conversion price of $82.92 per share (subject to customary anti-dilution adjustments). Under the terms of the 2025 GPO Convertible Note, the Company is required to make quarterly installment payments of $2,000 of the outstanding principal beginning April 1, 2026 in the form of freely tradeable shares of the Company's Class A Common Stock, cash, or a combination thereof, solely at the determination of the Company. Class A Common Stock issued to satisfy quarterly interest and principal repayments will be issued at a price equal to the lowest of (i) the then-effective Conversion Price under the 2025 GPO Convertible Note, (ii) 95% of the VWAP of the Class A Common Stock over the ten trading days immediately preceding the applicable Installment Date and (iii) 95% of the VWAP of the Class A Common Stock over the trading days occurring within the ninety calendar day period immediately preceding the applicable payment date.

The 2025 GPO Convertible Note provides for customary events of default upon which repayment of the 2025 GPO Convertible Note may be accelerated, including failure to pay any amounts due and owing under the 2025 GPO Convertible Note, failure to deliver the shares upon a conversion of the 2025 GPO Convertible Note, an uncured breach of any terms of the 2025 GPO Convertible Note and a default under certain of the Company’s other indebtedness. The 2025 GPO Convertible Note includes certain negative covenants related to the Company’s ability to incur indebtedness. On April 13, 2026, the Company’s Class A common stock was delisted from the NYSE. The NYSE delisting caused an event of default under the 2025 GPO Convertible Note. On April 21, 2026, the Company entered into a forbearance agreement with the holder of the 2025 GPO Convertible Note pursuant to which the holder agreed to waive defaults under the terms of the subordinated convertible debt instrument, and to forbear from exercising any rights relating to such defaults, until May 21, 2026. Accordingly, amounts outstanding under the Company's 2025 GPO Convertible Note are presented as a current liability at March 31, 2026.

The Company elected to account for the 2025 GPO Convertible Note using the fair value option. The fair market value at March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025 was $19,649 and $19,235, respectively. The unrealized change in the fair value of the 2025 GPO Convertible Note was recorded in the change in fair value of financial instruments in the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss) in the amount of a loss of $414 during the three months ended March 31, 2026. The Company incurred total interest expense related to the 2025 GPO Convertible Note of $383 for the three months ended March 31, 2026.

The Company elected to account for the Prior GPO Convertible Note using the fair value option. The unrealized change in the fair value of the Prior GPO Convertible Note was recorded in the change in fair value of financial instruments in the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss) in the amount of a gain of $820 for the three months ended March 31, 2025. The Company incurred total interest expense related to the Prior GPO Convertible Note of $946 for the three months ended March 31, 2025.

Convertible Debentures

In conjunction with the establishment of the 2025 Senior Term Loan and in order to fund the GPO Redemption (defined below), on August 5, 2025 (the “Purchase Agreement Date”), the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”),

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with YA II PN, Ltd (“YA”), pursuant to which the Company would issue YA convertible debentures in an aggregate principal amount of up to $33,300 (the “Convertible Debentures”) for a total cash purchase price of $30,000, subject to satisfaction of certain closing conditions.

On August 12, 2025, the initial tranche of Convertible Debentures comprising $21,000 in stated principal amount were issued to YA, in accordance with the Purchase Agreement, with the Company receiving net proceeds of $18,900 (the "First YA Debenture"). On September 11, 2025, the second and final tranche of Convertible Debentures comprising $12,300 in stated principal amount were issued to YA, in accordance with the Purchase Agreement with the Company receiving net proceeds of $11,000 (the "Second YA Debenture").

The Company’s obligations under the Purchase Agreement and the Convertible Debentures are guaranteed by FiscalNote, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, and are contractually subordinated to the Company’s obligations under its 2025 Senior Term Loan and the 2025 GPO Note. The First YA Debenture matures on February 12, 2027 and the Second YA Debenture matures on March 11, 2027 and both bear interest at a rate of 5% per annum or 18% per annum in the event of an event of default. The maturity dates of the First YA Debenture and the Second YA Debenture will automatically extend to the first day subsequent to the maturity date of the 2025 Senior Term Loan if one, or both, of the notes have a balance outstanding on February 12, 2027.

At any time prior to the maturity dates, and subject to certain ownership and conversion limitations, YA is entitled to convert any portion of the principal amount of the Convertible Debentures and accrued interest thereon into shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock (the “Debenture Conversion Shares”) at a conversion price equal to 94% of the lowest daily volume weighted average trading price (“VWAP”) during the five trading days prior to the conversion date, subject to a floor price of $0.8884 (the “Floor Price”).

In the event (i) the daily VWAP is less than the Floor Price then in effect for any five trading days during a period of seven consecutive trading days, (ii) the Company has issued substantially all of the shares of the Class A Common Stock available for issuance without violating applicable rules of the NYSE, or (iii) YA is unable to utilize a registration statement to resell Debenture Conversion Shares for a period of ten (10) consecutive trading days, then the Company will be required to make certain amortization payments to YA.

The Convertible Debentures provide for customary events of default, upon which repayment of the Convertible Debentures may be accelerated, including failure to pay any amounts due and owing under the Convertible Debentures, failure to timely deliver the Debenture Conversion Shares, an uncured breach of any terms of the Convertible Debentures and a default under certain of the Company’s other indebtedness. On April 13, 2026, the Company’s Class A common stock was delisted from the NYSE. The NYSE delisting constituted an event of default under the Convertible Debentures. On April 21, 2026, the Company entered into a forbearance agreement with the holder of the Convertible Debentures pursuant to which the holder agreed to waive defaults under the terms of the subordinated convertible debt instrument, and to forbear from exercising any rights relating to such defaults, until May 21, 2026. Accordingly, amounts outstanding under the Company's Convertible Debentures are presented as a current liability at March 31, 2026.

During the three months ended March 31, 2026, YA converted $2,370 of principal and $591 of accrued interest in exchange for 2,736,978 shares of the Company’s Class A common stock with a fair value of $3,083. The non-cash charge of $64 recognized upon these conversions was recorded in the change in fair value of financial instruments in the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss) during the three months ended March 31, 2026.

The Company elected to account for the First YA Debenture and Second YA Debenture using the fair value option. The fair market value at March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025 was $23,005 and $26,663, respectively. The unrealized change in the fair value of the First YA Debenture and Second YA Debenture was recorded in the change in fair value of financial instruments in the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss) in the amount of a charge of $1,352 for the three months ended March 31, 2026. The Company incurred total interest expense related to the First YA Debenture and Second YA Debenture of $322 for the three months ended March 31, 2026.

Convertible Notes

Purchased Original Notes

On March 17, 2025 and March 20, 2025, investors holding two convertible notes originally issued in 2020 and assumed by the Company in connection with the Business Combination, with a principal and accrued paid-in-kind interest balance of $5,769 (the "Purchased Original Notes"), sold their convertible notes to EGT 11 LLC (the "Exchange Investor"). In connection with the acquisition of the Purchased Original Notes by the Exchange Investor, the Company entered into a Securities Exchange Agreement (the “Exchange Agreement”) on March 17, 2025, pursuant to which the Company cancelled the Purchased Original Notes and in exchange (i) issued a convertible note to the Exchange Investor, for $5,500 on March 17, 2025 and (ii) issued a second convertible note for $269 on March 20, 2025 (collectively, the "Third Era Convertible Note"). The acquisition of the Purchased Original Notes by the Exchange Investor and the Exchange Agreement resulted in the extinguishments of the Purchased Original Notes. Accordingly, the Company recognized a loss on debt extinguishment of $1,784 during the three months ending March 31, 2025. The Company incurred total interest expense related to the Purchased Original Notes, including the amortization of the various discounts, of $202 during the three months ended March 31, 2025.

Amended Legacy Notes

On March 25, 2025 (the "Amendment Date"), the Company entered into a letter agreement (the “First Amendment”) with the holders (the "Legacy Investors") of two convertible notes originally issued in 2020 and assumed by the Company in connection with the Business Combination (the "Legacy Notes" and, as amended, the "Amended Legacy Notes") with a principal and accrued paid-in-kind interest balance of $10,961 modifying certain provisions in favor of each of the Legacy Investors. The Legacy Notes were unsecured and earned payable in kind interest of 15% per annum, payable annually in arrears.

On July 30, 2025, the Company and the holders of the Amended Legacy Notes agreed to extend the Original Maturity Date from July 31, 2025 to August 15, 2025. On August 12, 2025, the Company retired all of its then outstanding obligations under the Amended Legacy

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Notes by paying the holders $3,600 in cash.

The Company incurred total interest expense related to the Amended Legacy Notes, including the amortization of the various discounts, of $448 during the three months ended March 31, 2025.

Dragonfly Seller Convertible Notes

In connection with the Company's acquisition of Dragonfly, the Company financed part of the purchase with the issuance of convertible notes (the "Dragonfly Seller Convertible Notes"). The Dragonfly Convertible Notes were issued in a principal amount of £8,929 pounds sterling (approximately $11,050 on January 23, 2023, the closing date of the acquisition of Dragonfly by the Company), with interest at an annual rate of 8%, which can be paid in cash or paid-in-kind. The paid-in-kind interest will be annually credited to the principal amount. All principal and accrued interest are due upon maturity on January 27, 2028. The Company can convert any portion of the principal and accrued interest at the VWAP for the five consecutive trading day period ending on the last trading day of the calendar month preceding the date the Company provides notice of conversion to the Sellers. The lender has the right to convert the outstanding principal and accrued interest for FiscalNote common stock at $120.00 per share, subject to adjustment in the event of any stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, combination or other similar recapitalization with respect to common stock.

In January 2025, one of the noteholders voluntarily elected to convert £547 pounds sterling (approximately $702 as of the date of conversion) pursuant to the lender conversion right of $10.00 per share; accordingly, the Company issued the holder 5,613 shares of the Company's common stock with a fair value of $67. The non-cash gain of $635 recognized upon this conversion was recorded in the change in fair value of financial instruments in the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss) during the three months ended March 31, 2025.

The Company elected to account for the Dragonfly Seller Convertible Notes using the fair value option. The fair market value of the Dragonfly Seller Convertible Notes outstanding at March 31, 2026 and at December 31, 2025 was $11,540 and $11,982, respectively. The non-cash gain of $519 and $28 was recorded in the change in fair value of financial instruments in the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss) during the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively. The Company incurred total interest expense related to the Dragonfly Seller Convertible Notes of $276 and $251 during the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively.

Era Convertible Notes

Second Era Convertible Note

The Company issued a senior subordinated convertible note to an affiliate of Era ("Era II"), for $5,500 on November 12, 2024 (the "Second Era Convertible Note"). The Second Era Convertible Note had a maturity date of November 12, 2027 and a cash interest rate equal to the applicable federal rate published by the Internal Revenue Service beginning on May 12, 2025. The Company issued 212,427 shares of common stock to Era II (the "Second Era Convertible Note Success Fee Shares") as a success fee and 54,166 shares of common stock to Northland Securities, Inc. to cover brokerage fees incurred by Era II in connection with its liquidating (i) any shares of common stock underlying the Second Era Convertible Note and the Second Era Convertible Note Success Fee Shares and (ii) the shares of common stock underlying the First Era Convertible Note as well as shares of common stock issued pursuant to the Co-Pilot Agreement.

On December 18, 2024 and December 27, 2024 the Company converted all of the outstanding principal of the Second Era Convertible Note and issued Era II, in aggregate, 448,106 shares of common stock. Accordingly, the Company had no obligations outstanding related to the Second Era Convertible Note at December 31, 2024 or any time thereafter.

The Company elected to account for the Second Era Convertible Note using the fair value option. The Second Era Convertible Note was recorded at its acquisition date fair value of $5,500. The non-cash loss of $2,973 was recorded in the change in fair value of financial instruments in the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss) during the fourth quarter of 2024. In January 2025, Era II returned 89,288 shares of common stock pursuant to the terms of the Second Era Convertible Note.

Third Era Convertible Note

The Third Era Convertible Note was issued in an aggregate principal amount of $5,769, with cash interest accruing at a rate equal to the applicable federal rate published by the Internal Revenue Service beginning on September 17, 2025. All principal and unpaid interest mature on March 17, 2028. The Company received no cash from the Third Era Convertible Note because it was exchanged for the Purchased Original Notes.

The Third Era Convertible Note is contractually subordinated to the Company’s obligations under its senior secured indebtedness, and accordingly the Company’s right to make certain cash payments in connection therewith is limited by the terms of such subordination agreement. Beginning on the six-month anniversary of the issuance of the applicable Third Era Convertible Note, the Exchange Investor may convert such Third Era Convertible Note into shares (the “Conversion Shares”) of the Company's Class A Common Stock, based on the volume weighted average market price of the Class A Common Stock for the 30 consecutive trading day period prior to the date of conversion (the "Conversion Price"). In addition, subject to certain limitations, the Company may elect to convert the Third Era Convertible Note into Conversion Shares at the Conversion Price. The Exchange Notes provide for customary events of default, upon which repayment of the Exchange Notes may be accelerated.

Pursuant to the Exchange Agreement, the Company issued 216,337 shares of Common Stock (the “Third Era Convertible Note Fee Shares") to the Exchange Investor as an inducement for the Exchange Investor to exchange the Purchased Original Notes for the Third Era

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Convertible Note. The Third Era Convertible Note Fee Shares are presented as temporary equity in the condensed consolidated balance sheet at their grant date fair value of $2,719.

As compensation for its brokerage services provided to the Exchange Investor, the Company also issued 25,000 shares of Common Stock to Northland Securities, Inc. (the “Brokerage Fee Shares”) with a fair value of $315 that was reflected as a non-cash charge within general and administrative expenses in the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss) during the three months ended March 31, 2025.

The Company elected to account for the Third Era Convertible Note using the fair value option. The Third Era Convertible Note was recorded at its acquisition date fair value of $4,728. The fair market value of the Third Era Convertible Note was $4,914 at March 31, 2025. The non-cash loss of $186 was recorded in the change in fair value of financial instruments in the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss) during the three months ended March 31, 2025.

On August 12, 2025, the Company retired all of the outstanding obligations under the Third Era Convertible Note by paying the holders $8,176 in cash. In the third quarter of 2025, the Exchange Investor returned, and the Company subsequently cancelled, 182,250 shares of Class A Common Stock. Accordingly, the Company has no obligations outstanding related to the Third Era Convertible Note at December 31, 2025 or any time thereafter.

Total Debt

The following table summarizes the total estimated fair value of the Company's debt as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively. These fair values are deemed Level 3 liabilities within the fair value measurement framework.

 

 

March 31, 2026

 

 

December 31, 2025

 

2025 Senior Term Loan

 

$

71,999

 

 

$

70,985

 

2025 GPO Convertible Note

 

 

19,649

 

 

 

19,235

 

Convertible Debentures

 

 

23,005

 

 

 

26,663

 

Dragonfly Seller Convertible Notes

 

 

11,540

 

 

 

11,982

 

Total

 

$

126,193

 

 

$

128,865

 

 

Note 8. Stockholders’ Equity and Temporary Equity

Authorized Capital Stock

The Company's Class A common stock and public warrants are traded on the OTCID Basic Market under the symbols “NOTE” and “NOTE WS,” respectively. The Company’s charter authorizes the issuance of 1,809,000,000 shares, which includes Class A common stock, Class B common stock, and preferred stock.

Class A Common Stock

Pursuant to the Company’s charter, the Company is authorized to issue 1,700,000,000 shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share. As of March 31, 2026, the Company had 18,711,237 shares of Class A common stock issued and outstanding.

Additionally, the Company has outstanding warrants to purchase shares of New FiscalNote Class A common stock that became exercisable upon the Closing of the Business Combination. See Note 10, Warrant Liabilities.

Class B Common Stock

Pursuant to the Company’s charter, the Company is authorized to issue 9,000,000 shares of Class B common stock, par value $0.0001 per share. As of March 31, 2026, the Company had 690,909 shares of Class B common stock issued and outstanding.

Preferred Stock

Pursuant to the Company’s charter, the Company is authorized to issue 100,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share. Our board of directors has the authority without action by the stockholders, to designate and issue shares of preferred stock in one or more classes or series, and the number of shares constituting any such class or series, and to fix the voting powers, designations, preferences, limitations, restrictions and relative rights of each class or series of preferred stock, including, without limitation, dividend rights, conversion rights, redemption privileges and liquidation preferences, which rights may be greater than the rights of the holders of the common stock. No preferred stock has been issued to date.

Dividends

The Company's Class A and Class B common stock are entitled to dividends if and when any dividend is declared by the Company's board of directors, subject to the rights of all classes of stock outstanding having priority rights to dividends. The Company has not paid any cash dividends on common stock to date. The Company may retain future earnings, if any, for the further development and expansion of the Company's business and has no current plans to pay cash dividends for the foreseeable future. Any future determination to pay dividends will be made at the discretion of the Company's board of directors and will depend on, among other things, the Company's financial condition,

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results of operations, capital requirements, restrictions contained in future agreements and financing instruments, business prospects and such other factors as the Company's board of directors may deem relevant.

Temporary Equity

As discussed in Note 7, Debt, the Company issued 216,337 shares of common stock to the Exchange Investor as an inducement for the Exchange Investor to exchange the Purchased Original Notes for the Third Era Convertible Note. Pursuant to ASC 480, “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity”, the Company has presented the Third Era Convertible Note Fee Shares as temporary equity as they are not mandatorily redeemable on the issuance date but they are redeemable at an unknown time in the future upon an event that is outside of the control of the Company. In the third quarter of 2025, the Exchange Investor returned, and the Company subsequently cancelled, 182,580 shares of Class A Common Stock.

Note 9. Earnout Shares and RSUs

The shareholders and other equity holders of Old FiscalNote as described below are entitled to receive up to 1,599,591 additional shares of Class A Common Stock of New FiscalNote (the “Earnout Awards”) in the form of Earnout Shares or as shares reserved for issuances upon settlement of Earnout RSUs, as described below. The Earnout Awards are split into five tranches each consisting of 319,918 shares of Class A Common Stock in New FiscalNote. Certain Old FiscalNote equity holders will receive Earnout Restricted Stock Units (the “Earnout RSUs”), which are settled in Class A common stock. The right to receive Earnout Awards will expire on July 29, 2027 (the “Earnout Period”). Each tranche of the Earnout Awards will be issued only when the dollar volume-weighted average price of one share of New FiscalNote Class A common stock is greater than or equal to $126.00, $150.00, $180.00, $240.00, or $300.00, respectively, for any 10 trading days within any period of 20 consecutive trading days during the Earnout Period (collectively, the “Triggering Events”).

A portion of the Earnout Shares that may be issued to Old FiscalNote common stockholders, Old FiscalNote vested option holders and Old FiscalNote warrant holders and all of the Earnout RSUs were determined to represent additional compensation for accounting purposes pursuant to ASC 718, “Compensation-Stock Compensation”. The Company recognizes stock-compensation expense based on the fair value of the Earnout Awards over the requisite service period for each tranche. The Company recognized $42 of share-based compensation expense during the three months ended March 31, 2025. The remaining Earnout Shares were determined to represent an equity transaction in conjunction with the reverse recapitalization and were evaluated pursuant to ASC 480, “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity” and ASC 815, “Derivatives and Hedging”. These remaining Earnout Shares are accounted for as a liability as the arrangement is indexed to something other than the Company’s stock. The liability is revalued at each reporting period with changes being recorded as a non-operating gain or loss in the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss). The liability of $68 was recorded in other non-current liabilities on the condensed consolidated balance sheets as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025.

As of March 31, 2026, there was no unrecognized compensation expense related to the Earnout Awards. As of March 31, 2026, no Earnout Shares and no Earnout RSUs have been issued as no Triggering Events have occurred.

Note 10. Warrant Liabilities

As a result of the Reverse Stock Split, and pursuant to the terms of the applicable warrant agreement, at March 31, 2026, the Company had 8,358,964 public warrants outstanding to purchase a total of 1,094,625 shares of Class A common stock and 7,000,000 private placement warrants outstanding to purchase a total of 916,666 shares of Class A common stock, with each whole warrant being exercisable to purchase 0.130952 shares of Class A common stock at an effective price per share of $87.82 per whole share.

During the three months ended March 31, 2026, no public warrants were exercised into shares of Class A common stock. No private placement warrants have been exercised to date. Accordingly, as of March 31, 2026, the Company had 8,358,964 public warrants and 7,000,000 private placement warrants outstanding with a per share fair value of $0. These warrants are accounted for as a liability and have a fair value of $0 at March 31, 2026 and $477 as of December 31, 2025, respectively.

Note 11. Stock-Based Compensation

2022 Long-Term Incentive Plan

In connection with the Business Combination, the Company's board of directors adopted, and its stockholders approved, the 2022 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “2022 Plan”) under which 1,690,466 shares of Class A common stock were initially reserved for issuance. Effective December 31, 2024, the 2022 Plan was amended to (i) effectuate a one-time increase of 333,333 shares authorized for issuance under the 2022 Plan and (ii) revise the “evergreen” provision of the 2022 Plan such that the number of shares of Class A common stock that are automatically added to the 2022 Plan on January 1st of each year will be increased up to the lesser of (a) five percent (5%) of the total number of shares of Class A common stock outstanding on December 31st of the preceding calendar year or (b) 1,126,977 shares of Class A Common Stock (the “2022 Plan Amendment”). The 2022 Plan allows for the issuance of incentive stock options, non-statutory stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units, dividend equivalent rights, other stock-based awards and cash-based awards. The number of shares of the Company’s Class A common stock available for issuance under the 2022 Plan increases on the first day of each calendar year, continuing through and including January 1, 2027, by the lesser of (a) 1,126,977, (b) three percent (3%) prior to the 2022 Plan Amendment and five percent (5%) after the 2022 Plan Amendment, in each case, of the total number of shares of Class A Common Stock outstanding on December 31st of the immediately preceding fiscal year or (c) a lesser number determined by the Company’s board of directors prior to January 1 of a given year. In accordance with this provision, on January 1, 2025, the number of shares authorized for issuance under the 2022 Plan increased by 928,309. There was no increase on January 1, 2026 in the number of shares authorized for issuance under the 2022 Plan as the Company has hit its limit.

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During the three months ended March 31, 2026, the Company issued 182,631 restricted stock units. At March 31, 2026, 572,357 stock options, 206,723 performance stock options, 1,042,923 restricted stock units, and 10,832 performance based restricted stock units remain outstanding. As of March 31, 2026, the Company had 264,203 shares of Class A common stock available for issuance under the 2022 Plan.

The Company recognized $3,007 and $3,254 of stock-based compensation expense for all long term incentive plans in effect during the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively.

2022 Employee Stock Purchase Plan

In connection with the Business Combination, the Company’s board of directors adopted, and its stockholders approved, the 2022 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “ESPP”) whereby eligible employees may authorize payroll deductions of up to 15% of their regular base salary to purchase shares at the lower of 85% of the fair market value of the common stock on the date of commencement of the offering period or on the last day of the six-month offering period. The plan is defined as compensatory, and accordingly, a stock-based compensation charge of $0 and $44 was recorded as the difference between the fair market value and the discounted purchase price of the Company's common stock for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively. As of March 31, 2026, 124,571 shares have been issued under the ESPP and the Company had 484,558 shares of Class A common stock available for issuance under the ESPP.

2024 Inducement Plan Grants

In 2024, the Company's board of directors adopted the 2024 Inducement Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). The plan allows for the issuance of incentive stock options, non-statutory stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units, performance awards, dividend equivalent rights, other stock-based awards and cash-based awards. Under the Plan, 41,666 shares of Class A common stock were initially reserved for issuance.

During 2024, the Company issued 16,666 stock options and 25,000 restricted stock units. At March 31, 2026, 16,666 stock options and 11,465 restricted stock units remain outstanding. The Company recognized $34 of stock-based compensation expense for this plan in effect during the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively.

Withholding Taxes on Equity Awards

In connection with the settlement of equity awards, the Company records a non-cash liability and corresponding APIC adjustment for the withholding taxes on net share settlement of stock-based compensation and option exercises until such time as those taxes have been remitted to the respective taxing authorities.

Note 12. Earnings (Loss) Per Share

The Company has two classes of common stock authorized: Class A common stock and Class B common stock. The rights of the holders of Class A and Class B common stock are identical, except with respect to voting. Each share of Class A common stock is entitled to one vote per share and each share of Class B common stock is entitled to twenty-five votes per share. The Company allocates undistributed earnings attributable to common stock between the common stock classes on a one-to-one basis when computing net loss per share. As a result, basic and diluted net income (loss) per share of Class A common stock and Class B common stock are equivalent.

Earnings (loss) per share is computed by dividing net earnings (loss) attributable to common shareholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period on a basic and diluted basis. The Company's net (loss) income used in computing basic and diluted earnings per share. Diluted (loss) earnings per share considers the impact of potentially dilutive securities.

The following is a calculation of the basic and diluted loss per share for the Company's common stock, including a reconciliation between net loss attributable to common stockholders used for Basic EPS and Diluted EPS for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025:

(in thousands, except share and per share data)

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2026

 

 

2025

 

Basic and Diluted Loss Per Share

 

 

 

 

 

 

Numerator:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss used to compute basic and diluted loss per share

 

$

(43,613

)

 

$

(4,250

)

Denominator:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average common stock outstanding used in basic and diluted EPS computations

 

 

18,245,337

 

 

 

12,607,440

 

Loss per share, basic and diluted

 

$

(2.39

)

 

$

(0.34

)

Since the Company was in a net loss position during the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, basic net loss per share attributable to common stockholders is the same as diluted net loss per share as the inclusion of all potential common shares outstanding would have been anti-dilutive. Potential common shares excluded from the diluted net loss per share calculation included convertible debentures, earnout awards, restricted stock units, stock options, employee stock purchase plan shares, and convertible notes (including the GPO convertible note and Dragonfly convertible note) outstanding during the period, as described in Note 7, Debt, Note 9, Earnout Shares and RSUs, and Note 11, Stock-Based Compensation.

Note 13. Provision (Benefit) from Income Taxes

Effective Tax Rate

The Company computes its quarterly and year-to-date provisions for income taxes by applying the estimated effective tax rates to the quarterly and year-to-date pre-tax income or losses and adjusting the provisions for discrete tax items recorded in the periods. For the three

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months ended March 31, 2026 the Company reported a tax benefit of $201 on a pre-tax loss of $43,814, which resulted in an effective tax rate of 0.46 percent. The Company’s effective tax rate differed from the U.S. statutory rate of 21% primarily due to the impact of a valuation allowance on the Company’s deferred tax assets.

For the three months ended March 31, 2025, the Company reported a tax benefit of $39 on a pre-tax income of $4,289, which resulted in an effective tax rate of 0.91 percent. The Company’s effective tax rate differed from the U.S. statutory rate of 21% due to the impact of a valuation allowance on the Company’s deferred tax assets and the sale of businesses discussed in Note 3, Dispositions. During the three months ended March 31, 2025, the Company recorded a discrete tax charge for the impact of the sale of Dragonfly and Oxford Analytica of $281.

Unrecognized Tax Benefits and Other Considerations

The Company records liabilities related to its uncertain tax positions. Tax positions for the Company and its subsidiaries are subject to income tax audits by multiple tax jurisdictions throughout the world. The Company believes that it has provided adequate reserves for its income tax uncertainties in all open tax years. As the outcome of the tax audits cannot be predicted with certainty, if any issues arising in the Company's tax audits progress in a manner inconsistent with management's expectations, the Company could adjust its provision for income taxes in the future. For the three months ended March 31, 2025, the Company reported an uncertain tax position totaling $832 relating to a deduction for shares distributed for services associated with the payment of convertible debt.

Note 14. Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures

Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to settle a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. Accounting standards utilize a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value into three levels, which are described below:

Level 1 – Quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical assets or liabilities in active markets
Level 2 – Observable inputs other than quoted prices that are either directly or indirectly observable for the asset or

liability

Level 3 – Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity

The carrying value of cash and cash equivalents (including investments with an original maturity of three months or less at the date of purchase), restricted cash, accounts receivable, accounts payable, and other accruals readily convertible into cash approximates fair value because of the short-term nature of the instruments.

The following table presents the Company’s financial assets and liabilities accounted for at fair value on a recurring basis as of March 31, 2026 by level within the fair value hierarchy:

 

 

Level 1

 

 

Level 2

 

 

Level 3

 

 

Total

 

Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash equivalents

 

$

7,409

 

 

$

-

 

 

$

-

 

 

$

7,409

 

Short-term investments

 

 

-

 

 

 

2,004

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

2,004

 

Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2025 GPO Convertible Note

 

$

-

 

 

$

-

 

 

$

19,649

 

 

$

19,649

 

Dragonfly Seller Convertible Notes

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

11,540

 

 

 

11,540

 

Convertible Debentures

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

23,005

 

 

 

23,005

 

The following table presents the Company’s financial assets and liabilities accounted for at fair value on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2025 by level within the fair value hierarchy:

 

 

Level 1

 

 

Level 2

 

 

Level 3

 

 

Total

 

Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash equivalents

 

$

9,208

 

 

$

-

 

 

$

-

 

 

$

9,208

 

Short-term investments

 

 

-

 

 

 

1,995

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

1,995

 

Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Public warrants

 

$

260

 

 

$

-

 

 

$

-

 

 

$

260

 

Private placement warrants

 

 

-

 

 

 

217

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

217

 

2025 GPO Convertible Note

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

19,235

 

 

 

19,235

 

Dragonfly Seller Convertible Notes

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

11,982

 

 

 

11,982

 

Convertible Debentures

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

26,663

 

 

 

26,663

 

The following table summarizes changes in fair value of the Company’s level 3 liabilities during the periods presented:

 

 

2025 GPO Convertible Note

 

 

Dragonfly Seller Convertible Notes

 

 

Convertible Debentures

 

Balance at December 31, 2025

 

$

19,235

 

 

$

11,982

 

 

$

26,663

 

Change in fair value included in the determination of net loss (income)

 

 

414

 

 

 

(519

)

 

 

(1,352

)

Paid in kind interest

 

 

-

 

 

 

276

 

 

 

-

 

Note and interest conversion

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

(2,306

)

Foreign exchange

 

 

-

 

 

 

(199

)

 

 

-

 

Balance at March 31, 2026

 

$

19,649

 

 

$

11,540

 

 

$

23,005

 

 

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Short-Term Investments

The fair value of the short-term investments is based on the quoted market price of the securities on the valuation date. As of March 31, 2026, the estimated fair value of the short-term investments was $2,004. The Company recognized a non-cash gain of $1 and a non-cash loss of $52 for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively, resulting from the change in fair value of the short-term investments. The change in fair value is recorded in the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss).

Public Warrants

The fair value of the public warrants is based on the quoted market price of such warrants on the valuation date. As of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the estimated fair value of the public warrants was $0 and $260, respectively. The Company recognized a non-cash gain of $260 and a non-cash loss of $84 during the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively, resulting from the change in fair value of the public warrants. The change in fair value is recorded in change in fair value of financial instruments in the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss).

Private Placement Warrants

As of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the estimated fair value of the private warrants was $0 and $217, respectively. The Company recognized a non-cash gain of $217 and a non-cash loss of $70 during the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively, resulting from the change in fair value of the private warrants. The change in fair value is recorded in change in fair value of financial instruments in the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss).

2025 GPO Note / Prior GPO Convertible Note

The Prior GPO Convertible Note was recognized as a liability on its June 30, 2023 issuance date at its estimated fair value of $36,583. The Prior GPO Convertible Note estimated fair value at March 31, 2025 was $35,704 and was determined based on lattice models. The non-cash loss of $820 for the three months ended March 31, 2025 was recorded in the change in the fair value of financial instruments in the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss). On August 12, 2025, the Company extinguished $30,000 of the Prior GPO Convertible Note with a $27,000 cash payment and issued the 2025 GPO Note. The 2025 GPO Note was recognized as a liability at its estimated fair value of $18,865 at its issuance date of August 12, 2025, $19,235 at December 31, 2025, and $19,649 at March 31, 2026, respectively. The non-cash gain of $414 for the three months ended March 31, 2026 was recorded in the change in the fair value of financial instruments in the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss).

The estimated fair value of the 2025 GPO Convertible Note was determined based on a trinomial lattice model. The following table presents the assumptions used to determine the fair value of the 2025 GPO Convertible Note at March 31, 2026 and at December 31, 2025:

 

 

 

March 31, 2026

 

 

December 31, 2025

 

Common stock share price

 

$

0.26

 

 

$

1.47

 

Risk free rate

 

 

3.8

%

 

 

3.6

%

Yield

 

 

18.3

%

 

 

16.2

%

Expected volatility

 

 

50.0

%

 

 

50.0

%

Expected term (years)

 

 

3.6

 

 

 

3.9

 

Dragonfly Seller Convertible Notes

The Dragonfly Seller Convertible Notes were recognized as a liability in connection with the acquisition on January 27, 2023 at a fair value of $8,635. As of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the estimated fair value of the Dragonfly Seller Convertible Notes were $11,540 and $11,982. The non-cash gain of $519 and $28 (excluding the non-cash gain recognized from the January 2025 conversion) was recorded in the change in fair value of financial instruments in the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss) during the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively. The following table presents the assumptions used to determine the fair value of the Dragonfly Seller Convertible Notes at March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025:

 

 

 

March 31, 2026

 

 

December 31, 2025

 

Common stock share price

 

$

0.26

 

 

$

1.47

 

Risk free rate

 

 

3.8

%

 

 

3.5

%

Yield

 

 

19.9

%

 

 

16.6

%

Expected volatility

 

 

50.0

%

 

 

50.0

%

Expected term (years)

 

 

1.8

 

 

 

2.1

 

Convertible Debentures

The initial tranche of the Convertible Debentures was recognized as a liability on the August 12, 2025 issuance date at its estimated fair value of $18,900 using a Monte Carlo simulation. The second tranche of the Convertible Debentures was recognized as a liability on September 11, 2025 at its estimated fair value of $11,000, using a Monte Carlo simulation. At March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the estimated fair value of the Convertible Debentures were $23,005 and $26,663, respectively. The non-cash loss of $1,352 was recorded in the change in the fair value of financial instruments in the condensed consolidated statement of operations for the three months ended

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March 31, 2026. The following table presents the assumptions used to determine the fair value of the Convertible Debentures at March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025:

 

 

 

March 31, 2026

 

 

December 31, 2025

 

Common stock share price

 

$

0.26

 

 

$

1.47

 

Risk free rate

 

3.68% and 3.69% (a)

 

 

3.48% (a)

 

Yield

 

 

113.00

%

 

 

101.50

%

Expected volatility

 

 

135.00

%

 

 

111.00

%

Expected term (years)

 

0.87 and 0.95 (a)

 

 

1.1 and 1.2 (a)

 

(a) - Includes both the First and Second Convertible Debenture

Non-Financial Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Non-Recurring Basis

The Company’s long-lived assets, including property and equipment, intangible assets and goodwill are measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis when an impairment has occurred. Excluding the impairment of goodwill as disclosed in Note 6, Goodwill, no other impairment charges were recorded during the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025. There were no transfers of assets or liabilities between levels during the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025. Changes to fair value are recognized as income or expense in the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss.

Note 15. Related Party Transactions

Sublease income

In September 2024, the Company entered into a sublease agreement with a third party, Nitra. In July 2025, the Company amended the initial sublease to include additional space. Our Co-Founder and Executive Chairman is also a board member at Nitra. During the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, we received income from Nitra of approximately $35 and $27, respectively.

 

 

Note 16. Commitments and Contingencies

Legal Proceedings

From time to time the Company is a party to various disputes, claims, lawsuits and other regulatory and legal matters, including both asserted and unasserted legal claims, in the ordinary course of business. The status of each such matter, referred to herein as a loss contingency, is reviewed and assessed in accordance with applicable accounting rules regarding the nature of the matter, the likelihood that a loss will be incurred, and the amounts involved.

Legal fees are recognized as incurred when the legal services are provided, and therefore are not recognized as part of the loss contingency.


 

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Note 17. Subsequent Events

The Company has evaluated subsequent events through May 11, 2026, the date that the financial statements were available to be issued.

 

On April 13, 2026, the Company’s Class A common stock was delisted from the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”). The NYSE delisting caused events of default under the YA Convertible Notes and the 2025 GPO Convertible Note (together, the “Subordinated Notes”). On April 21, 2026, the Company entered into forbearance agreements with each of GPO FN Noteholder, LLC (“GPO”) and YA II PN, Ltd (together with GPO, the “Subordinated Creditors”), pursuant to which the Subordinated Creditors have agreed to waive defaults under the terms of subordinated convertible debt instruments issued to the Subordinated Creditors arising from the NYSE delisting, and to forbear from exercising any rights relating to such defaults, until May 21, 2026. If no action is taken, and the forbearance agreements with the Subordinated Creditors are not extended, on May 22, 2026 the Company will also be in default of its 2025 Senior Term Loan due to the cross-default provision within the 2025 Senior Term Loan, at which point the 2025 Senior Term Loan lenders may exercise rights, which could include the immediate repayment of the amount outstanding under the 2025 Senior Term Loan.

 

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

The following discussion provides information that FiscalNote’s management believes is relevant to an assessment and understanding of FiscalNote’s condensed consolidated results of operations and financial condition. The discussion should be read together with the unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Certain monetary amounts, percentages and other figures included below have been subject to rounding adjustments as amounts are presented in thousands or millions, as the context describes. Percentage amounts included below have not in all cases been calculated on the basis of such rounded figures, but on the basis of such amounts prior to rounding. For this reason, percentage amounts may vary from those obtained by performing the same calculations using the figures in our condensed consolidated financial statements included elsewhere herein. Certain other amounts that appear below may not sum due to rounding.

This discussion may contain forward-looking statements based upon current expectations that involve risks and uncertainties. Our actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, including those set forth in Part II, Item 1A, “Risk Factors” and other factors set forth in other parts of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Unless the context otherwise requires, references in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q to the “Company,” “FiscalNote,” “we,” “us,” or “our” refer to the business of Old FiscalNote, which became the business of New FiscalNote and its subsidiaries following the Closing.

Overview

FiscalNote delivers deep expertise in legislative tracking, regulatory analysis, and stakeholder engagement through PolicyNote, our flagship platform. Built to ensure a complete, real-time view of the policy landscape, PolicyNote delivers extensive policy data integrated with AI-powered monitoring and expert analysis, fueled by the trusted reporting of CQ and Roll Call, and coupled with the grassroots mobilization power of VoterVoice. Our PolicyNote suite rapidly provides users with the clarity on the policy landscape needed to make an impact. In our core products, we ingest unstructured data on legislative and regulatory developments, and overlay that data with our sophisticated in-house AI and data science expertise to deliver structured, relevant and actionable information that facilitates and informs our customers’ key operational and strategic decisions. In addition, as the way organizations consume policy data and analysis changes, we are leveraging our policy domain expertise to expand into political prediction markets and enhancing our agentic API offerings to enable organizations to incorporate our policy intelligence directly into their internally-developed systems.

Significant Events

On April 13, 2026, the Company’s Class A common stock was delisted from the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”). The NYSE delisting caused events of default under the YA Convertible Notes and the 2025 GPO Convertible Note (together, the “Subordinated Notes”). On April 21, 2026, the Company entered into forbearance agreements with each of GPO FN Noteholder, LLC (“GPO”) and YA II PN, Ltd (together with GPO, the “Subordinated Creditors”), pursuant to which the Subordinated Creditors have agreed to waive defaults under the terms of subordinated convertible debt instruments issued to the Subordinated Creditors arising from the NYSE delisting, and to forbear from exercising any rights relating to such defaults, until May 21, 2026. If no action is taken, and the forebearance agreements with the Subordinated Creditors are not extended, on May 22, 2026 the Company will also be in default of its 2025 Senior Term Loan due to the cross-default provision within the 2025 Senior Term Loan, at which point the 2025 Senior Term Loan lenders may exercise rights, which could include the immediate repayment of the amount outstanding under the 2025 Senior Term Loan.

Factors Impacting the Comparability of Our Operating Results

Dispositions

On July 1, 2025, we completed the sale of TimeBase for $7.4 million comprised of a cash payment to the Company of $6.7 million and a buyer holdback of $0.7 million. The Company recorded a gain of $1.3 million from the sale of TimeBase during the year ended December 31, 2025.

On March 31, 2025, we completed the sale of Dragonfly and Oxford Analytica for $40.3 million in cash. The Company recorded a gain of $15.7 million during the three months ended March 31, 2025.

These businesses contributed the following:

Subscription revenue of approximately $3.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025
Non-subscription revenue of approximately $0.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025

 

Product rationalization

From time to time, management reviews the Company’s existing products and services based on their financial profile and other strategic factors. In connection with such reviews, management decided to cease actively selling and therefore sunset certain non-core products representing, in aggregate, subscription revenue of approximately $0.1 million during the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025.

At December 31, 2025, the Company had approximately 407 employees and at March 31, 2026 we had approximately 370 employees. The net reduction in headcount is the result of our previously announced plan to streamline operations and drive cash generation in the core business through a combination of rapid AI deployment, insourcing third party spend, headcount reductions and other cost savings initiatives. As a result, the Company will experience a reduction in overall cash costs across all operating expenses. Management will continue

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evaluating for additional rationalization opportunities to further reduce the complexity of the business and reduce ongoing operating expenses.

We are focused on several key growth levers, including cross-selling and upselling opportunities at existing clients, expanding our client base with a focus on enterprise and government customers, expansion into adjacent markets, such as the political prediction markets, and enhancing and productizing policy data agentic APIs. Several of these growth drivers require investment in and refinement of our go-to-market approach and, as a result, we may continue to incur additional costs upfront to obtain new customers and expand our relationships with existing customers, including additional sales and marketing expenses specific to subscription revenue.

We plan to invest a portion of our available capital resources in building innovative products, attracting new customers and expanding our leadership role in the legal and regulatory information market to drive growth organically. We evaluate investment and commercial partnership opportunities in complementary businesses to supplement our existing offerings, enabling us to enter new markets and potentially create new sources of revenue. We may also continue to divest non-core business lines or products consistent with our strategic policy focus and streamlining initiatives.

Key Performance Indicators

In addition to our GAAP results further described and discussed below in this “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” we monitor the following key performance indicators to evaluate growth trends, prepare financial projections, make strategic decisions, and measure the effectiveness of our sales and marketing efforts. Our management team assesses our performance based on these key performance indicators because it believes they reflect the underlying trends and indicators of our business and serve as meaningful indicators of our continuous operational performance.

Annual Recurring Revenue (“ARR”)

Over 90% of our revenues are subscription based, which leads to high revenue predictability. Our ability to retain existing subscription customers is a key performance indicator that helps explain the evolution of our historical results and is a leading indicator of our revenues and cash flows for subsequent periods. We use ARR as a measure of our revenue trend and an indicator of our future revenue opportunity from existing recurring subscription customer contracts. We calculate ARR on a parent account level by annualizing the contracted subscription revenue, and our total ARR as of the end of a period is the aggregate thereof. ARR is not adjusted for the impact of any known or projected future customer cancellations, upgrades or downgrades, or price increases or decreases. The amount of actual revenue that we recognize over any 12-month period is likely to differ from ARR at the beginning of that period, sometimes significantly. This may occur due to timing of the revenue bookings during the period, cancellations, upgrades, or downgrades and pending renewals. ARR should be viewed independently of revenue as it is an operating metric and is not intended to be a replacement or forecast of revenue. Our calculation of ARR may differ from similarly titled metrics presented by other companies.

Our ARR at March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, was $75.7 million and $84.1 million, respectively.

Net Revenue Retention (“NRR”)

Our NRR, which we use to measure our success in retaining and growing recurring revenue from our existing customers, compares our recognized recurring revenue from a set of customers across comparable periods. We calculate our NRR for a given period as ARR at the end of the period minus ARR contracted from new clients for which there is no historical revenue booked during the period, divided by the beginning ARR for the period. We calculate NRR at our parent account level. Our calculation of NRR for any fiscal period includes the positive recurring revenue impacts of selling additional licenses and services to existing customers and the negative recognized recurring revenue impacts of contraction and attrition among this set of customers. Our NRR may fluctuate as a result of a number of factors, including the level of our revenue base, the level of penetration within our customer base, expansion of products and features, the timing of renewals, and our ability to retain our customers. Our calculation of NRR may differ from similarly titled metrics presented by other companies. NRR was 89% and 93% (excluding the impact of Oxford Analytica and Dragonfly) for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

In addition to financial measures prepared in accordance with GAAP, we use certain non-GAAP financial measures to clarify and enhance our understanding, and aid in the period-to-period comparison, of our performance. Where applicable, we provide reconciliations of these non-GAAP measures to the corresponding most closely related GAAP measure. Investors are encouraged to review the reconciliation of each of these non-GAAP financial measures to its most comparable GAAP financial measure. While we believe that these non-GAAP financial measures provide useful supplemental information, non-GAAP financial measures have limitations and should not be considered in isolation from, or as a substitute for, their most comparable GAAP measures. These non-GAAP financial measures are not prepared in accordance with GAAP, do not reflect a comprehensive system of accounting and may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies due to potential differences in their financing and accounting methods, the book value of their assets, their capital structures, the method by which their assets were acquired and the manner in which they define non-GAAP measures.

Adjusted Gross Profit and Adjusted Gross Profit Margin

We define Adjusted Gross Profit as Total revenues minus cost of revenues, before amortization of capitalized software development costs and acquired developed technology, before impairment of intangible assets that are included in costs of revenues. We define Adjusted Gross Profit Margin as Adjusted Gross Profit divided by Total revenues.

We use Adjusted Gross Profit and Adjusted Gross Profit Margin to understand and evaluate our core operating performance and trends. We believe these metrics are useful measures to us and to our investors to assist in evaluating our core operating performance because they provide consistency and direct comparability with our past financial performance and between fiscal periods, as the metrics eliminate the

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non-cash effects of amortization of intangible assets, which is a non-cash impact that may fluctuate for reasons unrelated to overall operating performance.

Adjusted Gross Profit and Adjusted Gross Profit Margin have limitations as analytical tools, and you should not consider them in isolation, or as a substitute for analysis of our results as reported under GAAP. They should not be considered as replacements for gross profit and gross profit margin, as determined by GAAP, or as measures of our profitability. We compensate for these limitations by relying primarily on our GAAP results and using non-GAAP measures only for supplemental purposes. Adjusted Gross Profit and Adjusted Gross Profit Margin as presented herein are not necessarily comparable to similarly titled measures presented by other companies.

EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, and Adjusted EBITDA Margin

EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin are non-GAAP financial measures. EBITDA represents earnings before interest expense, income taxes, depreciation and amortization. Adjusted EBITDA reflects further adjustments to EBITDA to exclude certain non-cash items and other items that management believes are not indicative of ongoing operations. We define Adjusted EBITDA Margin as Adjusted EBITDA divided by Total Revenues.

We disclose EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q because these non-GAAP measures are certain key measures used in conjunction with GAAP measures used by the Chief Operating Decision Maker in making decisions to assist management in evaluating our business, measuring our operating performance and making strategic decisions. We believe that EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin are useful for investors and others in understanding and evaluating our operating results in the same manner as management. EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin are not financial measures calculated in accordance with GAAP and should not be considered as substitutes for net loss, net loss before income taxes, or any other operating performance measure calculated in accordance with GAAP. Using these non-GAAP financial measures to analyze our business would have material limitations because the calculations are based on the subjective determination of management regarding the nature and classification of events and circumstances that investors may find significant. In addition, although other companies in our industry may report measures titled EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin or similar measures, such non-GAAP financial measures may be calculated differently from how we calculate non-GAAP financial measures, which reduces their comparability. Because of these limitations, you should consider EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, and Adjusted EBITDA Margin alongside other financial performance measures, including net income and our other financial results presented in accordance with GAAP.

 

Key Components of Results of Operations

Revenues

We derive our revenues from subscription revenue arrangements and advisory, advertising and other revenues. Subscription revenues accounted for approximately 95% and 92% of our total revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively.

Subscription revenues

Subscription revenues consist of revenue earned from subscription-based arrangements that provide customers the right to use the Company’s software and products in a cloud-based infrastructure. Subscription revenues are driven primarily by the number of active licenses, the types of products and the price of the subscriptions. The Company also earns subscription revenues by licensing to customers its digital content, including transcripts, news and analysis, images, video and podcast data.

Our subscription arrangements generally have contractual terms of 12 months or more and are non-refundable regardless of the actual use of the service. Subscription revenues are recognized ratably over the non-cancellable contract terms beginning on the commencement date of each contract, which is the date our service is first made available to customers.

Non-subscription revenues

Advisory revenues are typically earned under contracts for specific deliverables and are non-recurring in nature, although we regularly sell different advisory services to repeat customers. One-time advisory revenues are invoiced according to the terms of the contract, usually delivered to the customer over a short period of time, during which revenues are recognized.

Advertising revenues are primarily generated by delivering advertising in our own publications (Roll Call and CQ) in both print and digital formats. Revenues for print advertising are recognized upon publication of the advertisement. Revenues for digital advertising are recognized over the period of the advertisement or, if the contract contains impression guarantees, based on delivered impressions.

Cost of revenues

Cost of revenues primarily consists of expenses related to hosting our service, the costs of data center capacity, amortization of developed technology and capitalized software development costs, certain fees paid to various third parties for the use of their technology, services, or data, costs of compensation, including bonuses, stock compensation, benefits and other expenses for employees associated with providing professional services and other direct costs of production. Also included in cost of revenues, including amortization are our costs related to the preparation of contracted advisory deliverables.

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Research and development

Research and development expenses include the costs of compensation, including bonuses, stock compensation, benefits and other expenses for employees associated with the creation and testing of the products we offer, related software subscriptions, consulting and contractor fees and allocated overhead.

Sales and marketing

Sales and marketing expenses consist primarily of salaries and related expenses, including bonuses, stock compensation, benefits and other expenses for our sales and marketing staff, including commissions, related software subscriptions, consulting fees, marketing programs and allocated overhead. Marketing programs consist of advertising, events, corporate communications, brand building and product marketing activities.

Editorial

Editorial expenses consist of salaries and related expenses, including bonuses, stock compensation, benefits and other expenses for the editorial team involved in acquiring, creating, and distributing content and allocated overhead.

General and administrative

General and administrative expenses are primarily related to our executive offices, finance and accounting, human resources, legal, internal operations and other corporate functions. These expenses consist of salaries and related expenses, including bonuses, stock compensation, benefits and other expenses, along with professional fees, depreciation and other allocated overhead.

Amortization of intangible assets

Amortization expense relates to our finite-lived intangible assets, including developed technology, customer relationship, databases and tradenames. These assets are amortized over periods of between three and twenty years. Finite-lived intangible assets are tested for impairment when indicators are present, and, if impaired, are written down to fair value. No impairment of intangible assets has been identified during any financial period included in our accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements.

Interest expense, net

Interest expense, net, consists of expense related to interest on our borrowings, the amortization and write off of debt issuance costs and original discount, and interest related to certain derivative instruments.

Change in fair value of financial instruments

The fair value of financial instruments are accounted for in accordance with ASC 815 and ASC 480. The warrant and derivative liabilities are marked to market each reporting period in accordance with ASC 820 with all gains and losses being recorded within the condensed consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive income (loss).

Income taxes

We use the asset and liability method of accounting for income taxes. Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined based on temporary differences between the condensed consolidated financial statement and tax basis of assets and liabilities using enacted tax rates in effect for the year in which the differences are expected to reverse.

The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax laws is recognized in the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss) in the period that includes the enactment date. Valuation allowances are established, when necessary, to reduce deferred tax assets to the amounts that are expected to be realized based on the weighting of positive and negative evidence.

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Results of Operations

The period-to-period comparisons of our results of operations have been prepared using the historical periods included in our condensed consolidated financial statements. The following discussion should be read in conjunction with those condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Comparison of the Consolidated Results for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2026 and March 31, 2025

The following table presents our results of operations for the periods indicated:

 

 

Three Months Ended
March 31,

 

 

Change

 

(In thousands)

 

2026

 

 

2025

 

 

$

 

 

%

 

Revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Subscription

 

$

19,053

 

 

$

25,232

 

 

$

(6,179

)

 

 

(24.5

)%

Non-subscription

 

 

972

 

 

 

2,279

 

 

 

(1,307

)

 

 

(57.3

)%

Total revenues

 

 

20,025

 

 

 

27,511

 

 

 

(7,486

)

 

 

(27.2

)%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of revenues, including amortization

 

 

4,153

 

 

 

6,984

 

 

 

(2,831

)

 

 

(40.5

)%

Research and development

 

 

2,042

 

 

 

3,103

 

 

 

(1,061

)

 

 

(34.2

)%

Sales and marketing

 

 

5,719

 

 

 

7,759

 

 

 

(2,040

)

 

 

(26.3

)%

Editorial

 

 

3,620

 

 

 

4,798

 

 

 

(1,178

)

 

 

(24.6

)%

General and administrative

 

 

9,504

 

 

 

16,298

 

 

 

(6,794

)

 

 

(41.7

)%

Amortization of intangible assets

 

 

1,893

 

 

 

2,331

 

 

 

(438

)

 

 

(18.8

)%

Impairment of goodwill

 

 

35,600

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

35,600

 

 

NM

 

Total operating expenses

 

 

62,531

 

 

 

41,273

 

 

 

21,258

 

 

 

51.5

%

Operating loss

 

 

(42,506

)

 

 

(13,762

)

 

 

(28,744

)

 

NM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gain on sale of business

 

 

-

 

 

 

(15,743

)

 

 

15,743

 

 

NM

 

Interest expense, net

 

 

3,356

 

 

 

5,127

 

 

 

(1,771

)

 

 

(34.5

)%

Loss on debt extinguishment, net

 

 

-

 

 

 

1,784

 

 

 

(1,784

)

 

NM

 

Change in fair value of financial instruments

 

 

(1,862

)

 

 

(671

)

 

 

(1,191

)

 

NM

 

Other (income) expense, net

 

 

(186

)

 

 

30

 

 

 

(216

)

 

NM

 

Net loss before income taxes

 

 

(43,814

)

 

 

(4,289

)

 

 

(39,525

)

 

NM

 

Benefit from income taxes

 

 

(201

)

 

 

(39

)

 

 

(162

)

 

NM

 

Net loss

 

$

(43,613

)

 

$

(4,250

)

 

$

(39,363

)

 

NM

 

NM - Not meaningful

Revenue:

Subscription revenue

Subscription revenue of $19.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026 decreased $6.2 million, or 24%, from $25.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025.

The comparability of our revenues between periods was primarily impacted by sales of the businesses of Dragonfly, Oxford Analytica on March 31, 2025 and TimeBase on July 1, 2025 described under “Factors Impacting the Comparability of Our Results of Operations” above. The decrease in organic subscription revenue is primarily the result of customer retention challenges combined with the impact of Federal government cuts. The table below presents the primary items that impacted the comparability of our subscription revenues between periods.

 

 

Change for the Three Months Ended

 

 

 

March 31, 2026 vs March 31, 2025

 

(In thousands)

 

$

 

 

%

 

Revenue change driver:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Decrease from sale of businesses

 

 

(3,749

)

 

 

(100

)%

Decrease from discontinued products

 

 

(22

)

 

 

(29

)%

Decrease from organic business

 

 

(2,408

)

 

 

(11

)%

Revenues, net (total change)

 

$

(6,179

)

 

 

(24

)%

Non-subscription revenue

Non-subscription revenue was $1.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026, as compared to $2.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025. The decrease of $1.3 million, or 57%, was due to timing of advisory income and a decrease in book revenue partially offset by revenue for advocacy campaigns.

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Revenues by Geography

The below tables present our revenues split by geographic region for the periods presented:

 

 

Three Months Ended
March 31,

 

 

Change

 

(In thousands)

 

2026

 

 

2025

 

 

$

 

 

%

 

North America

 

$

18,775

 

 

$

21,910

 

 

$

(3,135

)

 

 

(14.3

)%

Rest of the world

 

 

1,250

 

 

 

5,601

 

 

 

(4,351

)

 

 

(77.7

)%

Total revenues

 

$

20,025

 

 

$

27,511

 

 

$

(7,486

)

 

 

(27.2

)%

Revenues by geography are determined based on the region of the FiscalNote contracting entity, which may be different than the region of the customer. North America revenues decreased primarily for the reasons stated above. The Rest of the world revenues decreased primarily for the decreases due to sale of businesses.

Cost of revenues, including amortization

Cost of revenues, including amortization was $4.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026, as compared to $7.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025. The decrease of $2.8 million, or 41%, was primarily attributable to a $1.8 million reduction in capitalized software amortization as previously capitalized software development costs were fully amortized in the first quarter of 2025, with the remaining decrease resulting from the impact of the business dispositions.

Research and development

Research and development expense was $2.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026 as compared to $3.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025. The decrease of $1.1 million, or 34%, was primarily attributable to a decrease of $0.2 million due to the impact from the business dispositions and a result of workforce planning actions.

Sales and marketing

Sales and marketing expense was $5.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026 as compared to $7.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025. The decrease of $2.0 million, or 26%, was primarily attributable to a decrease attributable to the impact from the business dispositions and a result of workforce planning actions.

Editorial expense

Editorial expense was $3.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026 as compared to $4.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025. The decrease of $1.2 million, or 25%, was primarily attributable to the impact from business dispositions.

General and administrative

General and administrative expense was $9.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026 as compared to $16.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025. The decrease of $6.8 million, or 42%, was primarily attributable to a decrease in payroll expenses primarily due to cost reduction measures combined with decreased transaction costs attributable to the sale of businesses and the impact from business dispositions.

Amortization of intangibles

Amortization of intangibles was $1.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026 as compared to $2.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025. The decrease of $0.4 million, or 19% was primarily attributable to the impact of business dispositions.

Interest expense, net

Interest expense was $3.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026 as compared to $5.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025. The decrease in interest expense of $1.8 million was primarily due to the overall reduction of our indebtedness, as a result of our debt repayments from the proceeds from our sale of Oxford Analytica, Dragonfly and TimeBase, as well as our debt refinance on August 12, 2025.

Change in fair value of financial instruments

Change in fair value of financial instruments was a $1.9 million gain for the three months ended March 31, 2026 as compared to a $0.7 million gain for the three months ended March 31, 2025. The change is the result of the change in the fair value of the warrant liabilities offset by changes in the Dragonfly Seller Convertible Notes, Convertible Debentures, Prior GPO Convertible Note, the 2025 GPO Convertible Note, the Third Era Convertible Note, and the changes in warrant liabilities.

Certain Non-GAAP Measures

We present certain non-GAAP financial measures including Adjusted Gross Profit, Adjusted Gross Profit Margin and Adjusted EBITDA. Our management team assesses our performance based on these non-GAAP measures because it believes they reflect the underlying trends and indicators of our business and serve as meaningful indicators of our continuous operational performance. We believe these measures are useful for investors for the same reasons. Investors should be aware that these measures are not a substitute for GAAP financial measures or disclosures. Where applicable, we provide reconciliations of these non-GAAP measures to the corresponding most closely related GAAP measure.

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Adjusted Gross Profit and Adjusted Gross Profit Margin

The following table presents our calculation of Adjusted Gross Profit and Adjusted Gross Profit Margin for the periods presented:

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

(In thousands)

 

2026

 

 

2025

 

Total revenues

 

$

20,025

 

 

$

27,511

 

Costs of revenues, including amortization of capitalized software development costs and acquired developed technology

 

 

(4,153

)

 

 

(6,984

)

Gross Profit

 

$

15,872

 

 

$

20,527

 

Gross Profit Margin

 

 

79

%

 

 

75

%

Gross Profit

 

 

15,872

 

 

 

20,527

 

Amortization of intangible assets

 

 

1,588

 

 

 

3,532

 

Adjusted Gross Profit

 

$

17,460

 

 

$

24,059

 

Adjusted Gross Profit Margin

 

 

87

%

 

 

87

%

 

EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, and Adjusted EBITDA Margin

The following table presents our calculation of EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, and Adjusted EBITDA Margin for the periods presented:

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

(In thousands)

 

2026

 

 

2025

 

Net loss

 

$

(43,613

)

 

$

(4,250

)

Benefit from income taxes

 

 

(201

)

 

 

(39

)

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

3,719

 

 

 

6,118

 

Interest expense, net

 

 

3,356

 

 

 

5,127

 

EBITDA

 

 

(36,739

)

 

 

6,956

 

Gain on sale of businesses (a)

 

 

-

 

 

 

(15,743

)

Stock-based compensation

 

 

3,041

 

 

 

3,375

 

Change in fair value of financial instruments (b)

 

 

(1,862

)

 

 

(671

)

Other non-cash charges (c)

 

 

35,423

 

 

 

2,139

 

Disposal related costs (d)

 

 

218

 

 

 

4,974

 

Employee severance costs (e)

 

 

594

 

 

 

1,344

 

Non-capitalizable debt costs

 

 

298

 

 

 

407

 

Costs incurred related to the Special Committee

 

 

48

 

 

 

-

 

Adjusted EBITDA

 

$

1,021

 

 

$

2,781

 

Adjusted EBITDA Margin

 

 

5.1

%

 

 

10.1

%

(a)
Reflects the gain on disposal of Dragonfly and Oxford Analytica on March 31, 2025.
(b)
Reflects the non-cash impact from the mark to market adjustments on our financial instruments.
(c)
Reflects the non-cash impact of the following: (i) gain of $177 in the first quarter of 2026 related to foreign currency exchange, (ii) impairment of goodwill of $35,600 in the first quarter of 2026, (iii) charge of $40 in the first quarter of 2025 related to the unrealized loss on investments; (iv) charge of $315 in the first quarter of 2025 for fees satisfied with Common Stock of the Company; and (v) charge of $1,784 from the loss on debt extinguishment.
(d)
Reflects the costs incurred related to the sale of Oxford Analytica and Dragonfly, in the first quarter of 2025, principally consisting of transaction advisory, accounting, tax, and legal fees.
(e)
Severance costs associated with workforce changes related to business realignment actions.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Historically the Company has partially funded its operations through raising equity and debt. At March 31, 2026, the Company’s cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, and short-term investments were $26.5 million compared to $26.9 million at December 31, 2025.

The Company had a negative working capital balance of $139.0 million (excluding cash and short-term investments) at March 31, 2026 and had an accumulated deficit of $915.8 million and $872.1 million as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively, and incurred net losses (excluding the gain on sale of businesses) of $43.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and $20.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025, respectively. Management expects that significant on-going operating and capital expenditures will be necessary to continue to implement the Company’s business plan of entering new markets and investing in infrastructure and product development.

As described in Note 7, Debt to the condensed consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Form 10-Q, on August 12, 2025 we refinanced a substantial amount of our legacy indebtedness. On March 23, 2026, we amended the financial covenants of our 2025 Senior Term Loan (the "2025 Senior Term Loan Amendment").

On April 13, 2026, the Company’s Class A common stock was delisted from the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”). The NYSE delisting caused events of default under the YA Convertible Notes and the 2025 GPO Convertible Note (together, the “Subordinated Notes”). On April 21, 2026, the Company entered into forbearance agreements with each of GPO FN Noteholder, LLC (“GPO”) and YA II PN, Ltd (together with GPO, the “Subordinated Creditors”), pursuant to which the Subordinated Creditors have agreed to waive defaults under the terms of subordinated convertible debt instruments issued to the Subordinated Creditors arising from the NYSE delisting, and to forbear from exercising any rights relating to such defaults, until May 21, 2026. If no action is taken, and the forbearance agreements with the

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Subordinated Creditors are not extended, on May 22, 2026 the Company will also be in default of its 2025 Senior Term Loan due to the cross-default provision within the 2025 Senior Term Loan, at which point the 2025 Senior Term Loan lenders may exercise rights, which could include the immediate repayment of the amount outstanding under the 2025 Senior Term Loan.

Our ability to maintain our minimum cash requirement, fund our future cash interest requirements under our 2025 Senior Term Loan and fund our operating expenses and capital expenditure requirements will depend in part on general economic, financial, competitive, legislative, regulatory and other conditions that may be beyond our control. The Company has implemented various cost saving measures throughout 2025 and 2026 that we believe provide us the flexibility to fund future operations and provide a path toward generating positive cash flows from operations. In addition, we will consider opportunities for divestitures of non-core businesses which could help fund our future cash requirements.

Our historical financing activities included borrowings under senior secured credit facilities, senior secured promissory notes, and convertible debt. Our principal debt outstanding, including paid-in-kind interest as applicable, at March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025 consisted of the following (excluding any fair value adjustments and debt discounts, as applicable):

(In thousands)

 

March 31, 2026

 

 

December 31, 2025

 

2025 Senior Term Loan

 

$

72,188

 

 

$

74,063

 

2025 GPO Convertible Note

 

 

20,434

 

 

 

20,434

 

Convertible Debentures

 

 

25,030

 

 

 

27,400

 

Dragonfly Seller Convertible Notes

 

 

14,328

 

 

 

14,289

 

Total Indebtedness

 

$

131,980

 

 

$

136,186

 

2025 Senior Term Loan

On August 12, 2025 the Company closed on its new $75.0 million senior term loan that matures on August 12, 2029 (the "2025 Senior Term Loan") and received net proceeds of $72.9 million after original issue discount (“OID”) of $2.1 million, or 2.75%. The Company incurred approximately $1.9 million of lender fees and fees paid to third parties. OID and capitalized debt issuance costs totaled $4.0 million and is treated as a debt discount and will be amortized over the term of the 2025 Senior Term Loan using the effective interest method.

As a result of the 2025 Senior Term Loan Amendment, the 2025 Senior Term Loan is repayable in consecutive quarterly installments on the last business day of each March, June, September and December of each fiscal year commencing September 30, 2025, in an amount equal to (i) $0.5 million with respect to each payment that was due on September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2025, (ii) $1.9 million with respect to each payment that will be due on March 31, 2026, June 30, 2026, September 30, 2026, December 31, 2026, and March 31, 2027, and (iii) $0.9 million with respect to each payment due thereafter, with the remaining principal amount due at the maturity of the 2025 Senior Term Loan, or such earlier time as it may become payable. The Company must also pay a quarterly fee commencing on September 30, 2025, in an amount equal to (i) $0.1 million which was due on September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2025, and will be due on March 31, 2026 and (ii) $0.04 million with respect to each quarterly payment due thereafter.

The Company has elected to pay cash interest based on SOFR, which was 13.14% at March 31, 2026. For the three months ended March 31, 2026, the Company recognized $2.2 million of cash interest on the 2025 Senior Term Loan. Going forward, the Company expects to incur approximately $2.2 million of quarterly cash interest based on current SOFR rates and expected outstanding principal balances.

The 2025 Senior Term Loan is senior to all other debt and has a first priority lien on substantially all of the Company’s assets. The 2025 Senior Term Loan contains customary negative covenants related to borrowing, events of default and covenants, including certain non-financial covenants and covenants limiting the Company’s ability to dispose of assets, undergo a change in control, merge with or acquire stock, and make investments, in each case subject to certain exceptions. In addition to the negative covenants, there are four financial covenants which we are required to meet: a minimum cash balance requirement, minimum annual recurring revenue requirement, an adjusted EBITDA requirement (as defined in the 2025 Senior Term Loan) and a capital expenditure limitation.

On March 23, 2026, the Company entered into an amendment to its 2025 Senior Term Loan whereby the lenders, (a) waived the Company's default of its minimum ARR requirement, (b) amended the Company's financial covenants through March 31, 2027, and (c) increased the Company's interest rate to the reference rate plus 8.50% or SOFR plus 9.50%.

Convertible Debentures

In conjunction with the establishment of the 2025 Senior Term Loan and in order to fund the GPO Redemption (defined below), on August 5, 2025 (the “Purchase Agreement Date”), the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”), with YA II PN, Ltd (“YA”), pursuant to which the Company issued YA convertible debentures in an aggregate principal amount of $33.3 million (the “Convertible Debentures”) for a total cash purchase price of approximately $30.0 million, subject to satisfaction of certain closing conditions.

On August 12, 2025, the initial tranche of Convertible Debentures comprising $21.0 million in stated principal amount were issued to YA, in accordance with the Purchase Agreement, with the Company receiving net proceeds of $18.9 million (the "First YA Debenture"). On September 11, 2025, the second, and final tranche of Convertible Debentures comprising $12.3 million in stated principal amount were issued to YA, in accordance with the Purchase Agreement with the Company receiving net proceeds of $11.0 million (the "Second YA Debenture").

The Company’s obligations under the Purchase Agreement and the Debentures are guaranteed by FiscalNote, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, and are contractually subordinated to the Company’s obligations under its 2025 Senior Term Loan and the 2025 GPO Convertible Note. The First YA Debenture matures on February 12, 2027 and the Second YA Debenture matures on March 11, 2027

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and both bear interest at a rate of 5% per annum or 18% per annum in the event of an event of default.

At any time prior to the maturity dates, and subject to certain ownership and conversion limitations, YA is entitled to convert any portion of the principal amount of the Debentures and accrued interest thereon into shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock (the “Debenture Conversion Shares”) at a conversion price equal to 94% of the lowest daily volume weighted average trading price (“VWAP”) during the five trading days prior to the conversion date, subject to a floor price of $0.8884 (the “Floor Price”). Because the delisting from NYSE and subsequent trading of our Class A common stock caused our daily VWAP to be less than the Floor Price, the Company was required to make certain amortizing payments to the YA (if and to the extent permitted under the subordination agreements) or reduce the Floor Price to no more than 75% of the closing price on the relevant date pursuant to the Convertible Debentures. However, pursuant to the forbearance agreement, YA has agreed not to cause an event of default based on this obligation until May 22, 2026.

2025 GPO Convertible Note / Prior GPO Convertible Note

On June 30, 2023 the Company issued to GPO FN Noteholder LLC (the “GPO Investor”) a subordinated convertible promissory note in an initial principal amount of $46.8 million (the “Prior GPO Convertible Note”). Pursuant to the terms of the Prior GPO Convertible Note, paid-in-kind interest accrued from the date of issuance through June 30, 2024. Beginning on July 1, 2024, the Company was required to pay interest with either cash or shares, solely at the discretion of the Company. Accordingly, since September 30, 2024 and through December 31, 2025, the Company issued the GPO Investor 346,059 Class A Common Shares, in the aggregate, in satisfaction of quarterly interest.

In conjunction with the establishment of the 2025 Senior Term Loan, on August 5, 2025, the Company entered into a redemption and exchange agreement with the GPO Investor.

Pursuant to the redemption and exchange with the GPO Investor, on August 12, 2025, the Company redeemed $30.0 million of the Prior GPO Convertible Note in exchange for a cash payment of $27.0 million to the GPO Investor (the "GPO Redemption"). The Company also issued the 2025 GPO Convertible Note in exchange for, and the cancellation of, the remaining obligations under the existing Prior GPO Convertible Note.

The 2025 GPO Convertible Note is guaranteed by the Company’s domestic subsidiaries, which are parties to the 2025 Senior Term Loan, and is contractually subordinated to the Company’s obligations under the 2025 Senior Term Loan. The 2025 GPO Convertible Note matures on November 13, 2029 and bears interest at a rate of 7.50% per annum payable quarterly in arrears, in cash or, provided no event of default is then occurring under the 2025 GPO Convertible Note, freely tradeable shares of the Company's Class A Common Stock, at the Company’s option, with the value per share determined with reference to the VWAP of the Class A Common Stock over the trading days occurring within the thirty calendar days prior to the applicable interest payment date. At any time prior to November 13, 2029, the GPO Investor is entitled to convert all or any portion of the principal amount of the 2025 GPO Convertible Note and accrued interest thereon into shares of the Company's Class A Common Stock at an initial conversion price of $82.92 per share (subject to customary anti-dilution adjustments). Under the terms of the 2025 GPO Convertible Note, the Company is required to make quarterly installment payments of $2.0 million of the outstanding principal beginning April 1, 2026 in the form of freely tradeable shares of the Company's Class A Common Stock, cash, or a combination thereof, solely at the determination of the Company. Class A Common Stock issued to satisfy quarterly interest and principal repayments will be issued at a price equal to the lowest of (i) the then-effective Conversion Price under the 2025 GPO Convertible Note, (ii) 95% of the VWAP of the Class A Common Stock over the ten trading days immediately preceding the applicable Installment Date and (iii) 95% of the VWAP of the Class A Common Stock over the trading days occurring within the ninety calendar day period immediately preceding the applicable payment date.


Dragonfly Seller Convertible Note

On January 27, 2023, we acquired Dragonfly and financed part of the purchase with the issuance of convertible notes (the "Dragonfly Seller Convertible Notes"). The Dragonfly Seller Convertible Notes are subordinate to our 2025 Senior Term Loan, accrue interest at 8% per annum, payable in kind or in cash (solely at the Company's election), and mature in January 2028.

Capital expenditures

Capital expenditures primarily consist of purchases of capitalized software costs and property and equipment. Our capital expenditures program includes discretionary spending, which we can adjust in response to economic and other changes in our business environment to grow our business. We typically fund our capital expenditures through cash on hand. In the event that we are unable to obtain the necessary funding for capital expenditures, our long-term growth strategy could be significantly affected. Our total capital expenditures were $1.7 million and $1.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively.

Cash Flow Summary

The following tables summarizes our cash flows for the periods presented:

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2026

 

 

2025

 

Net cash provided by (used in):

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating activities

 

$

3,020

 

 

$

3,286

 

Investing activities

 

$

(1,652

)

 

$

38,287

 

Financing activities

 

$

(1,830

)

 

$

(28,808

)

Effect of exchange rates on cash

 

$

(21

)

 

$

153

 

Net change in cash and cash equivalents

 

$

(483

)

 

$

12,918

 

 

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Operating activities

Cash provided by operating activities consists of net loss adjusted for certain non-cash items including depreciation and amortization, gain on sale of businesses, stock-based compensation, impairment of goodwill, changes in fair value of warrant liabilities, non-cash interest expense, and loss on debt extinguishment, as well as the effect of changes in working capital and other activities.

Cash provided by operating activities in the three months ended March 31, 2026 was $3.0 million, a decrease of $0.3 million compared to the three months ended March 31, 2025. The primary factors affecting our net operating cash flows during this period were our net loss of $43.6 million, which includes non-cash income and expense items totaling $42.1 million, including impairment of goodwill of $35.6 million, non-cash and paid-in-kind interest expense of $0.6 million, stock-based compensation expense of $3.0 million, a gain due to the change in fair value of financial instruments of $1.9 million, non-cash lease expense of $0.5 million, amortization and depreciation of $4.4 million, other non-cash items of $0.1 million, and the effect of changes in operating assets and liabilities that resulted in cash inflows of $4.5 million.

Cash provided by operating activities in the three months ended March 31, 2025 was $3.3 million, an increase of $0.5 million compared to the three months ended March 31, 2024. The primary factors affecting our net operating cash flows during this period were our net loss of $4.3 million, which includes non-cash income and expense items totaling $0.5 million, including a gain on disposal of business of $15.7 million, non-cash and paid-in kind interest expense of $3.0 million, stock-based compensation expense of $3.4 million, loss on debt extinguishment of $1.8 million, a gain due to the change in fair value of financial instruments of $0.7 million, non-cash lease expense of $0.5 million, amortization and depreciation of $7.0 million, other non-cash items of $0.2 million, and the effect of changes in operating assets and liabilities that resulted in cash inflows of $8.1 million.

Investing activities

Net cash used by investing activities in the three months ended March 31, 2026 was $1.7 million compared to net cash provided by investing activities of $38.3 million in the three months ended March 31, 2025. Net cash used in investing activities in the three months ended March 31, 2026 consisted of cash paid of $1.7 million for capital expenditures primarily related to software development costs. Net cash provided by investing activities in the three months ended March 31, 2025 primarily consisted of cash proceeds from the sale of a business of $40.3 million partially offset by cash paid of $2.0 million of capital expenditures primarily related to software development costs.

Financing activities

Net cash used in financing activities in the three months ended March 31, 2026 was $1.8 million, compared to $28.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025. Net cash used in financing activities during the three months ended March 31, 2026 primarily consisted of payments of long-term debt and deferred financing costs primarily related to 2025 Senior Term Loan payments of $1.9 million partially offset by the proceeds from the issuance of shares from the ESPP purchases of $0.1 million. Net cash used in financing activities during the three months ended March 31, 2025 primarily consisted of payments of long-term debt and deferred financing costs primarily related to Amendment 5 to the Credit Agreement of $27.2 million and payments of deferred financing costs of $1.8 million offset by the proceeds from the issuance of stock options and ESPP purchases of $0.1 million.

Commitments and Contingencies

Our principal commitments consist of obligations under leases for office space. For more information regarding our lease obligations, see Note 4, Leases to the condensed consolidated financial statements included elsewhere herein. For more information regarding our debt service obligations, see Note 7, Debt to the condensed consolidated financial statements included elsewhere herein. See also Note 16, Commitments and Contingencies to the condensed consolidated financial statements included elsewhere herein.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

During the periods presented, we did not engage in any off-balance sheet financing activities or other arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future material effect on our financial condition or results of operations.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

For information regarding new accounting pronouncements, and the impact of these pronouncements on our condensed consolidated financial statements, if any, refer to Note 1 of the notes to our financial statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Critical Accounting Estimates and Policies

Our condensed consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. The preparation of these condensed consolidated financial statements requires us to make estimates and assumptions that involve a significant level of estimation uncertainty and are reasonably likely to have a material impact on the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues, costs and expenses and related disclosures. On an ongoing basis, we evaluate our estimates and assumptions. Our actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.

There were no significant and material changes in our critical accounting policies and use of estimates during the three months ended March 31, 2026, as compared to those disclosed in "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations-Critical Accounting Estimates and Accounting Policies" in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, filed with the SEC on March 24, 2026.

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Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risks.

We are exposed to market risks in the ordinary course of our business. These risks primarily consist of inflation risk and fluctuations in interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates. We do not enter into derivatives or other financial instruments for trading or speculative purposes.

Foreign Currency Exchange Risk

We use the U.S. Dollar ("USD") as our reporting currency. Our local subsidiaries transact generally in their local currency, considered the functional currency for that subsidiary. Our foreign currency exchange rate risk is related to translation of our assets and liabilities from the subsidiaries' functional currencies to USD. These adjustments are recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) on our condensed consolidated balance sheets. Our results of operations and cash flows are subject to fluctuations due to changes in foreign currency exchange rates, particularly changes in the Euro and British Pound Sterling. Our expenses are generally denominated in the currencies of the jurisdictions in which we conduct our operations, which are primarily in the United States as well as the European Union, United Kingdom, and India. Our results of operations and cash flows in the future may be adversely affected due to an expansion of non-U.S. dollar denominated contracts, growth of our international entities and changes in foreign exchange rates. The effect of a hypothetical 10% change in foreign currency exchange rates applicable to our business would not have a material impact on our cash denominated in foreign currency. To date, we have not engaged in any hedging strategies. As our international operations grow, we will continue to reassess our approach to manage the risk relating to fluctuations in currency rates.

Fluctuations in foreign currencies impact the amount of total assets, liabilities, revenues, operating expenses and cash flows that we report for our foreign subsidiaries upon the translation of these amounts into USD. Total revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2026, were impacted by approximately 1.0% compared to the three months ended March 31, 2025.

Interest Rate Risk

We are subject to market risk associated with changing interest rates within our variable rate 2025 Senior Term Loan. Our exposure to changes in interest rates in the future is currently associated with the secured overnight financing rate as determined by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York ("SOFR").

As of March 31, 2026, we had outstanding borrowings on our Senior Term Loan of $72.2 million, which bears interest at a variable rates, set at the Company's option, based on a referenced rate plus 8.50%, or SOFR plus 9.5%. At March 31, 2026, the interest rate on our 2025 Senior Term Loan was 13.14% determined based on SOFR plus 9.5%. Assuming no change in the outstanding borrowings on our 2025 Senior Term Loan, we estimate that a one percentage point increase in SOFR would increase our annual cash interest expense by approximately $0.7 million.

Inflation Risk

Although we do not believe inflation has had a material impact on our financial condition, results of operations or cash flows to date, a high rate of inflation in the future may have an adverse effect on our business.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures.

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Our management, with the participation of our principal executive officer and our principal financial officer, evaluated, as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(c) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act). Based on that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as of March 31, 2026, due to the material weakness identified in the prior year, our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of March 31, 2026. Notwithstanding the material weakness, our management has concluded that the financial statements included elsewhere in this report present fairly, in all material respects, our financial position, results of operations and cash flows in conformity with GAAP.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

Other than the material weakness disclosure in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 24, 2026, and material weakness remediation activities that were started during the quarter, there were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting, as identified in connection with the evaluation required by Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act, that occurred during the three months ended March 31, 2026 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

Limitations on Effectiveness of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

In designing and evaluating our disclosure controls and procedures, management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives. In addition, the design of the disclosure controls and procedures must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and that management is required to apply judgment in evaluating the benefits of possible controls and procedures relative to their costs.

 

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PART II—OTHER INFORMATION

From time to time, we may become involved in legal or regulatory proceedings, including intellectual property claims, commercial contract matters or employment-related disputes. Such cases may raise complex factual and legal issues, may subject us to material risks and uncertainties, could require significant management time and corporate resources to defend, could result in significant media coverage and negative publicity, and could be harmful to our reputation and our brand. We are not currently a party to any litigation or regulatory proceeding that we expect to have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial conditions or cash flows.

Item 1A. Risk Factors.

As of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, there have been no material changes to the risk factors disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 24, 2026.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities

Other than as reported on each of our Current Reports on Form 8-K, we did not have any unregistered sales of equity securities during the three months ended March 31, 2026.

Use of Proceeds

Not applicable.

Purchase of Equity Securities

We did not repurchase shares of our common stock during the three months ended March 31, 2026.

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities.

None.

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures.

Not applicable.

Item 5. Other Information.

None.

Item 6. Exhibits.

Furnish the exhibits required by Item 601 of Regulation S-K (§ 229.601 of this chapter).

Exhibit

Number

Description

Incorporation by Reference (where a report is indicated below, that document has been previously filed with the SEC and the applicable exhibit is incorporated by reference thereto)

2.1

 

Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of November 7, 2021, by and among Duddell Street Acquisition Corp. (renamed “FiscalNote Holdings, Inc.”), Grassroots Merger Sub, Inc. and FiscalNote Holdings, Inc. (renamed “FiscalNote Intermediate Holdco, Inc.”).

Annex A to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus filed on July 5, 2022 (File No.333-261483).

2.2

 

First Amendment to Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of May 9, 2022, by and among Duddell Street Acquisition Corp. (renamed “FiscalNote Holdings, Inc.”), Grassroots Merger Sub, Inc. and FiscalNote Holdings, Inc. (renamed “FiscalNote Intermediate Holdco, Inc.”).

Annex A-2 to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus filed on July 5, 2022 (File No.333-261483).

3.1

 

Certificate of Incorporation of FiscalNote Holdings, Inc. (f/k/a/ Duddell Street Acquisition Corp.).

Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 2, 2022 (File No. 001-396972)

3.2

 

Bylaws of FiscalNote Holdings, Inc. (f/k/a/ Duddell Street Acquisition Corp.).

Exhibit 3.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 2, 2022 (File No. 001-396972)

4.1

 

Warrant Agreement, dated as of October 28, 2020, by and among Duddell Street Acquisition Corp and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as warrant agent.

Exhibit 4.1 of DSAC’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on November 2, 2020 (File No. 333-249207).

4.2

 

Form of Warrant

Exhibit 10.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 20, 2023 (File No. 001-39672).

10.1*

 

Amendment No. 1 to Financing Agreement, dated as of March 23, 2026.

Exhibit 10.17 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 24, 2026 (File No. 001-39672).

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31.1

 

Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a).

Filed with this report.

31.2

 

Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a).

Filed with this report.

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Section 1350 Certifications.

Furnished with this report.

101.INS

 

Inline XBRL Instance Document – the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document.

Submitted electronically with this report.

101.SCH

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document.

Submitted electronically with this report.

104

Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

Submitted electronically with this report.

 

* Portions of this exhibit (indicated by asterisks) have been omitted because the registrant has determined that they are not material and is the type of information that the registration treats as private and confidential.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

FISCALNOTE HOLDINGS, INC.

Date: May 11, 2026

By:

/s/ Jon Slabaugh

Name: Jon Slabaugh

Title: Chief Financial Officer

Date: May 11, 2026

By:

/s/ Josh Resnik

Name: Josh Resnik

Title: Chief Executive Officer

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