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Basis of Presentation
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2026
Basis of Presentation [Abstract]  
Basis of Accounting Basis of Presentation
The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of QVC, Inc. and its controlled subsidiaries (collectively, “QVC,” the “Company,” “us,” “we,” or “our” unless the context otherwise requires). All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. QVC is comprised of the reportable segments of QxH, which includes QVC-U.S. and HSN, Inc. (“HSN”), and QVC-International. These segments reflect the way the Company evaluates its business performance and manages its operations. The Company is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of QVC Group, Inc., (“QVC Group”), which also owns Cornerstone Brands, Inc. (“CBI”), as well as other minority investments.
In the United States (“U.S.”), QVC's televised shopping programs, including live and recorded content, are distributed across multiple channels nationally on a full-time basis, including QVC, QVC2, QVC3, HSN and HSN2. The Company's U.S. programming is also available on QVC.com and HSN.com, which we refer to as our “U.S. websites”; social platforms (including TikTok, Instagram and others); virtual multichannel video programming distributors (including Hulu + Live TV, DirecTV Stream and YouTube TV); applications via streaming video (including Facebook Live, Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire, Xfinity Flex and Samsung TV Plus); and mobile applications (collectively, our “Digital Platforms”).
QVC's Digital Platforms enable consumers to purchase goods offered on our televised programming, along with a wide assortment of products that are available only on our U.S. websites. Our other Digital Platforms (including our mobile applications, social media pages and others) are natural extensions of our business model, allowing customers to engage in our shopping experience wherever they are, with live or on-demand content customized to the device they are using. In addition to offering video content, our U.S. websites allow shoppers to browse, research, compare and perform targeted searches for products, read customer reviews, control the order-entry process and conveniently access their account.
Internationally, QVC's televised shopping programs, including live and recorded content, are distributed to households primarily in Japan, Germany, the United Kingdom (“U.K.”), and Italy. In some of the countries where QVC operates, QVC's televised shopping programs are distributed across multiple QVC channels: QVC Style and QVC2 in Germany and QVC Beauty, QVC Extra and QVC Style in the U.K. Similar to the U.S., our international businesses also engage customers via websites, mobile applications and social media pages. QVC's international business employs product sourcing teams who select products tailored to the interests of each local market.
The Company's Japanese operations (“QVC-Japan”) are conducted through a joint venture with Mitsui & Co. LTD. (“Mitsui”). QVC-Japan is owned 60% by the Company and 40% by Mitsui. The Company and Mitsui share in all profits and losses based on their respective ownership interests. QVC-Japan paid dividends to Mitsui of $8 million and $11 million during the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively.
During each of the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, QVC and CBI engaged in multiple transactions relating to personnel and business advisory services. QVC allocated expenses of $1 million and $6 million to CBI for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively. CBI allocated expenses of $1 million to QVC for each of the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025.
On December 30, 2020, the Company and Liberty Interactive LLC (“LIC”) completed an internal realignment of the Company's global finance structure that resulted in a common control transaction with QVC Group. As part of the common control transaction, LIC issued a promissory note (“LIC Note”) to a subsidiary of the Company with an initial face amount of $1.8 billion, a stated interest rate of 0.48% and a maturity of December 29, 2029. Interest on the LIC Note is paid annually. QVC recorded $2 million of related party interest income for each of the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, in the condensed consolidated statements of operations.

The accompanying (a) condensed consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2025, which has been derived from audited financial statements, and (b) the interim unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“U.S. GAAP”) for interim financial information and the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X as promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by U.S. GAAP for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) considered necessary for a fair presentation of the results for such periods have been included. The Company’s business is seasonal due to a higher volume of sales in the fourth calendar quarter related to year-end holiday shopping. These condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto contained in QVC's 2025 10-K. Certain prior period balances were reclassified to conform to the current period's presentation.
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Estimates include, but are not limited to, retail-related adjustments and allowances, depreciable lives of fixed assets and internally developed software, valuation of acquired intangible assets and goodwill and income taxes.
The condensed consolidated financial statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q have been prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP assuming the Company will continue as a going concern. The going concern assumption contemplates the realization of assets and satisfaction of liabilities and commitments in the normal course of business. As of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, QVC’s net leverage ratio, as calculated under the Fifth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the “Credit Agreement,” and the credit facility thereunder, the “Credit Facility”), was greater than 4.5 to 1.0. Under the terms of the Credit Agreement, this constitutes a breach of the financial covenant. Without a waiver under the Credit Agreement, the lenders have the right, but not the obligation, to accelerate the loans and demand repayment from QVC for noncompliance with the net leverage ratio debt covenant; however, such acceleration cannot occur until certain conditions are satisfied, including the expiration of a cure period during which QVC may take remedial action to cure the breach.

Additionally, under the indentures governing the QVC Notes (as defined below), a default under the Credit Agreement will only constitute an event of default under the indentures, and thus trigger the right, but not the obligation, of the noteholders to accelerate the QVC Notes and demand repayment if (i) the Credit Facility has been accelerated, (ii) there is a payment default under the Credit Agreement or (iii) there is a foreclosure on collateral securing the Credit Facility. Accordingly, acceleration of the QVC Notes is not automatic upon a breach of the Credit Agreement covenant; it is contingent upon the occurrence of one of these specified events under the Credit Agreement. See discussion below for default relating to Chapter 11 Cases (defined below).
As a result of the above-noted net leverage ratio and the maturity date of the Credit Facility, the outstanding principal associated with the Credit Facility and QVC Notes have been classified as current liabilities in the condensed consolidated balance sheet, as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025.
Voluntary Petition for Reorganization
On April 16, 2026 (“the Petition Date"), QVC Group, Inc. (“QVC Group” and together with certain of its affiliates, the “Company Parties”) commenced voluntary cases (the“Chapter 11 Cases”) under Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the United States Code (the “Bankruptcy Code”) in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas (the “Bankruptcy Court”). As of the Petition Date, we are operating our businesses as “debtors-in-possession” (“DIP”) under the jurisdiction of the Bankruptcy Court in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code and the orders of the Bankruptcy Court. QVC Group and QVC received approval from the Bankruptcy Court for a variety of “first day” motions to continue their ordinary course operations during the Chapter 11 Cases.
Subsequent to the filing of our Chapter 11 Cases, we adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting (“FASB”) Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 852 – Reorganizations, which specifies the accounting and financial reporting requirements for entities reorganizing through Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings. These requirements include distinguishing transactions associated with the reorganization separate from activities related to the ongoing operations of the business.

Commencing the Chapter 11 Cases constituted an event of default that accelerates the Company Parties’ respective obligations under (i) the 4.750% Senior Secured Notes due 2027, 4.375% Senior Secured Notes due 2028, 6.875% Senior Secured Notes due 2029, 5.450% Senior Secured Notes due 2034, 5.950% Senior Secured Notes due 2043, 6.375% Senior Secured Notes due 2067 (the “2067 Notes”), and 6.250% Senior Secured Notes due 2068 (the “2068 Notes”) (collectively, the “QVC Notes”), issued by QVC, (ii) the 3.75% senior unsecured exchangeable debentures due 2030, 4.00% senior unsecured exchangeable debentures due 2029, 8.25% senior unsecured debentures due 2030, and 8.50% senior unsecured debentures due 2029 (collectively, the “LINTA Notes”), issued by Liberty Interactive LLC (“LI LLC”) and (iii) the Credit Agreement. The Credit Agreement, together with the QVC Notes and LINTA Notes, are herein referred to as the “Debt Instruments”. The Credit Agreement and the QVC Notes provide that, as a result of the Chapter 11 Cases, the principal and interest due thereunder shall be immediately due and payable. The exchangeable senior debentures provide that the amount accelerated is the greater of (x) the current principal amount of the exchangeable senior debentures or (y) the market value of the reference shares, plus all accrued and unpaid interest and all pass-through distributions due with respect to the reference shares shall be immediately due and payable. Any efforts to enforce such payment obligations under the Debt Instruments will be automatically stayed as a result of the Chapter 11 Cases, and the stakeholders’ rights of enforcement in respect of the Debt Instruments will be subject to the applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code, including the Automatic Stay (defined below).
As a result of the risks and uncertainties associated with our Chapter 11 Cases, we cannot accurately predict or quantify the ultimate impact or timing of events that occur during our Chapter 11 Cases and the impact that those events will have on our business, financial condition and results of operations. Therefore, there remains substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.

Restructuring Support Agreement

On April 16, 2026, prior to the commencement of the voluntary cases, the Company Parties entered into a Restructuring Support Agreement (the “Restructuring Support Agreement” and the holders parties thereto, the “Supporting Stakeholders”), with certain holders of our Debt Instruments. The Restructuring Support Agreement contemplates agreed-upon terms for a comprehensive restructuring with respect to the Company Parties’ capital structure (the “Restructuring”) to be implemented through a proposed prepackaged plan of reorganization (the “Plan”).

The Restructuring Support Agreement and the Plan attached thereto contemplate the restructuring of the Company Parties’ outstanding funded debt obligations, including approximately $2.2 billion of outstanding QVC Notes, approximately $1.5 billion of outstanding LINTA Notes and approximately $2.9 billion outstanding under the Credit Facility. The material terms of the Restructuring Support Agreement and the Plan include, among other things, that:
QVC or any successor or assign thereto, by merger, consolidation, or otherwise (such entity, “Reorganized QVC”) shall issue approximately $1.3 billion in aggregate original principal amount of takeback debt (the “Takeback Debt”) on the terms and conditions set forth in the Takeback Debt Documents (as defined in the Restructuring Support Agreement);
on or as soon as reasonably practicable following the effective date of the Plan (“Effective Date”), receipt by the holders of claims arising under, in connection with, or on account of the Credit Facility and the QVC Notes of their pro rata share of: (i) QVC Distributable Cash (as defined in the Plan); (ii) the Takeback Debt; and (iii) 100% of the equity in Reorganized QVC, subject to dilution by the management incentive plan;
non-funded debt general unsecured claims (including all trade claims and contract and lease claims) will be unimpaired; and
QVC entered into a $300 million debtor-in-possession letter of credit facility (the “DIP LC Facility”) with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as agent, to issue new letters of credit and roll existing letters of credit to support operations during the pendency of the Chapter 11 Cases, cash collateralized by $315 million deposited in a cash collateral account; commitments under the DIP LC Facility would expire upon the earliest of (i) six months from the Petition Date, (ii) the Effective Date and (iii) the occurrence of an event of default, all as more fully set forth in such DIP LC Facility Term Sheet attached as Exhibit D to the Restructuring Support Agreement, which is furnished as part of Exhibit 10.1 hereto, and subject to Bankruptcy Court approval pursuant to interim and final DIP orders.
Automatic Stay and Other Protections

Subject to certain exceptions under the Bankruptcy Code, pursuant to Section 362 of the Bankruptcy Code, the filing of QVC Group’s Chapter 11 Cases automatically stayed the continuation of most legal proceedings or the filing of other actions against or on behalf of QVC Group or our property to recover on, collect or secure a claim arising prior to the filing of our Chapter 11 Cases or to exercise control over property of QVC Group’s bankruptcy estate, unless and until the Bankruptcy Court modifies or lifts the automatic stay as to any such claim (the “Automatic Stay”). Notwithstanding the general application of the Automatic Stay described above and other protections afforded by the Bankruptcy Code, governmental authorities may determine to continue actions brought under their police and regulatory powers.

New York Stock Exchange Delisting

On April 17, 2026, we received a delisting notice from the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) notifying us, as a result of the Chapter 11 Cases and in accordance with the NYSE Listed Company Manual Section 802.01D, of its determination to delist our 2067 Notes and 2068 Notes from NYSE and suspend trading of our 2067 Notes and 2068 Notes on the NYSE. Following the suspension of trading on NYSE, the 2067 Notes and 2068 Notes were quoted on the Pink Limited Market. The over-the-counter markets are significantly more limited than NYSE. Quotation on the Pink Limited Market could result in a less liquid market for existing and potential holders of our 2067 Notes and 2068 Notes and could further depress the trading price of our 2067 Notes and 2068 Notes. We can provide no assurance as to whether broker-dealers will continue to provide
public quotes of our 2067 Notes and 2068 Notes on the over-the-counter markets or whether trading volume will be sufficient to provide for an efficient trading market.

NYSE filed a Form 25 for us on May 4, 2026 in connection with the delisting of our 2067 Notes and 2068 Notes from NYSE and the delisting became effective April 24, 2026. In accordance with Rule 12d2-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), the deregistration of our 2067 Notes and 2068 Notes under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act will become effective 90 days after the date the Form 25-NSE is filed.

Restricted Cash
Restricted cash as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025 primarily includes cash deposits to cover potential disputes or other financial obligations with certain counterparties and a cash deposit with a third party trustee that provides financial assurance that the Company will fulfill its obligations in relation to claims under its workers' compensation policy.