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Debt, Net
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2026
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Debt, Net Debt, Net
We entered into a term loan ("Term Loan") and revolving facility ("Revolving Facility" and, together with the Term Loan, "Credit Agreement") with Bank of America, N.A., on January 27, 2022, providing for a 5.5 year term loan with a principal balance of $400.0 million and with the net proceeds of $376.0 million. The Revolving Facility provided for borrowing availability of up to $50.0 million. As of March 31, 2026, there was principal of $252.6 million outstanding on the Term Loan. Through December 31, 2025, $5.0 million of the Term Loan was payable quarterly. From March 31, 2026, $7.5 million of the Term Loan is payable quarterly. The Term Loan matures in July 2027.

For every interest period, the interest rate on the Term Loan is the adjusted Secured Overnight Financing Rate ("SOFR") plus 4.75%. The Term Loan is amortized in quarterly installments on each scheduled payment date. The Term Loan comes with a leverage covenant, which goes into effect only if the utilization on the Revolving Facility exceeds 35% of the $50.0 million Revolving Facility at each quarter-end starting the second quarter 2022, such that the first lien leverage ratio (as defined in the credit agreement) should not exceed 5.40. The Credit Agreement has certain financial and nonfinancial covenants, including the "springing" leverage ratio covenant. The Credit Agreement also requires that we deliver our audited consolidated financial statements to our lender within 120 days of our fiscal year end, December 31. Should we fail to distribute the financial statements to our lender within 120 days, we are allowed an additional 30 days to cure. We were in compliance with the financial covenants under the Term Loan as of March 31, 2026.

The interest rate on the Revolving Facility is the adjusted SOFR plus 2.5% with an adjusted SOFR floor of 0%. During the fourth quarter of 2025, we borrowed $50.0 million under the Revolving Facility and the balance outstanding as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025 was $50.0 million, presented within current liabilities. We were in compliance with the financial covenants under the Revolving Facility as of March 31, 2026.
Reorganization

On August 1, 2024, we undertook a corporate reorganization, the result of which was that all of the assets and business operations of the Company are now held by System1 Holdings, LLC ("System1 Holdings"), a newly formed intermediate holding company of which we maintain the controlling interest and in which the non-controlling interest is owned by the holders of our Class C common stock. Following the corporate reorganization, (a) System1 Holdings now owns 100% of S1 Holdco, LLC ("S1 Holdco"), the previous intermediate holding company with the non-controlling interests, and 100% of S1 Media, LLC ("S1 Media"), another new subsidiary formed in connection with the corporate reorganization, (b) S1 Media holds the assets and business operations associated with our Products businesses, which include CouponFollow, Startpage and MapQuest, and our acquisition marketing platform and (c) S1 Holdco holds our assets related to our Marketing businesses. System1 Holdings holds our remaining assets and business operations. S1 Holdco and its subsidiaries remain obligors and guarantors under our Term Loan and Revolving Facility, and System1 Holdings and S1 Media are not parties thereto.

The carrying values of our debt, net of discounts, deferred financing and debt issuance costs were as follows (in thousands):

March 31, 2026
December 31, 2025
Term Loan 1
$
248,464 
$
255,117 
Revolving Facility
50,000 
50,000 
Total debt, net 2
$
298,464 
$
305,117 
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1 Includes unamortized discount of $3.9 million and $4.7 million and unamortized loan fees of $0.2 million and $0.3 million, as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively, recorded as a reduction of the carrying amount of the debt and amortized to interest expense using the effective interest method.
2 Estimated fair value of our debt was $229.3 million as of March 31, 2026.