Paramount Skydance 10-Q 2025-09-30

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2025

OR

For the transition period from ____________ to ____________

Commission File Number 001-42791

Paramount Skydance Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

(212) 258-6000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

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

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 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, a 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.

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 ☒

Number of shares of common stock outstanding at November 5, 2025:

Class B Common Stock, par value $.001 per share— 1,071,666,977

PARAMOUNT SKYDANCE CORPORATION

INDEX TO FORM 10-Q

PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION

PARAMOUNT SKYDANCE CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(Unaudited; in millions, except per share amounts)

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Management’s discussion and analysis of the results of operations and financial condition of Paramount Skydance Corporation should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and related notes in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 of our Predecessor, Paramount Global. References to “Paramount,” the “Company,” “we,” “us” and “our” refer to Paramount Skydance Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries, unless the context otherwise requires.

The NAI Transaction—On August 7, 2025, pursuant to a purchase and sale agreement dated July 7, 2024, certain affiliates of investors in Skydance Media, LLC (“Skydance”), comprised of entities controlled by the Ellison Family (as defined below), and affiliates of RedBird Capital Partners (collectively the “NAI Equity Investors”), purchased all of the outstanding equity interests of National Amusements, Inc. (“NAI”), which had previously been the controlling stockholder of Paramount Global, from the shareholders of NAI (the “NAI Transaction”).

The Transactions—Also on August 7, 2025 (the “Closing Date”), following the completion of the NAI Transaction and pursuant to the Transaction Agreement dated as of July 7, 2024, Paramount Global and Skydance became wholly-owned subsidiaries of Paramount Skydance Corporation (the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreement, the “Transactions”). Paramount Skydance Corporation was formerly known as New Pluto Global, Inc., which was formed on June 3, 2024 for purposes of consummating the Transactions and was a wholly-owned direct subsidiary of Paramount Global prior to the closing of the Transactions when, through a series of mergers contemplated by the Transaction Agreement, it became the holding company of Paramount Global and Skydance.

Concurrent with the NAI Transaction, the NAI Equity Investors and certain other affiliates of investors in Skydance made an investment of $6.0 billion into Paramount Skydance Corporation (the “PIPE Transaction”) in exchange for 400 million newly issued shares of Class B common stock of Paramount Skydance Corporation (“Paramount Skydance Corporation Class B Common Stock”) for a purchase price of $15.00 per share, and the NAI Equity Investors also received warrants to purchase 200 million shares of Paramount Skydance Corporation Class B Common Stock at an initial exercise price of $30.50 per share (subject to customary anti-dilution adjustments), which expire five years after issuance. $4.45 billion of the PIPE Transaction investment was used to fund the cash-stock election discussed below and $1.52 billion of cash was provided to the Company.

The Transactions also included: (1) a transaction pursuant to which each outstanding Skydance membership unit held by Skydance investors and each Skydance Phantom Unit was converted into the right to receive the applicable portion of 316.7 million shares of Paramount Skydance Corporation Class B Common Stock (313.8 million shares after reduction in connection with certain tax withholding requirements), and (2) a cash-stock election offered to holders of Paramount Global common stock pursuant to which (a) shares of Paramount Global Class A Common Stock held by stockholders other than NAI or its subsidiaries were converted, at the stockholders’ election, into the right to receive either $23.00 in cash (“Class A Cash Consideration”) or 1.5333 shares of Paramount Skydance Corporation Class B Common Stock (“Class A Stock Consideration”), and (b) shares of Paramount Global Class B Common Stock held by stockholders other than NAI or its subsidiaries, the NAI Equity Investors and certain other affiliates of investors in Skydance referred to above were converted, at the stockholders’ election, into the right to receive either $15.00 in cash (“Class B Cash Consideration”), subject to proration, or one share of Paramount Skydance Corporation Class B Common Stock (“Class B Stock Consideration”). The shares of Paramount Class A Common Stock held by NAI and its subsidiaries converted into shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.001 per share. Shares of Paramount Global Class A Common Stock for which elections to receive Class A Cash Consideration or Class A Stock Consideration were not made or were validly revoked were automatically converted into Class A Stock Consideration. Shares of Paramount Global Class B Common Stock for which elections to receive Class B Cash Consideration were not made or were validly revoked were converted automatically into one share of Paramount Skydance Corporation Class B Common Stock.

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Management’s Discussion and Analysis of

Results of Operations and Financial Condition (Continued)

(Tabular dollars in millions, except per share amounts)

Shares of Paramount Skydance Corporation Class B Common Stock now trade on the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) under the ticker symbol “PSKY”. All shares of Paramount Global Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock have been delisted from Nasdaq and have been cancelled and ceased to exist.

Holders of shares of Class A common stock of Paramount Skydance Corporation (“Paramount Skydance Corporation Class A Common Stock”) are entitled to one vote per share with respect to all matters on which the holders of Paramount Skydance Corporation common stock are entitled to vote. Holders of Paramount Skydance Corporation Class B Common Stock do not have voting rights. Following the closing of the Transactions and the NAI Transaction, NAI, which was renamed Harbor Lights Entertainment, Inc., and its subsidiaries held 100.0% of the Paramount Skydance Corporation Class A Common Stock. Accordingly, entities controlled by the Ellison Family (as defined below) indirectly hold approximately 77.5% of the Paramount Skydance Corporation Class A Common Stock through their collective approximate 77.5% ownership interest in Harbor Lights Entertainment, Inc., and as a result the Ellison Family is the controlling stockholder of Paramount. For the purpose of determining the controlling ownership of Paramount, the Ellison family is comprised of Lawrence Ellison and David Ellison (the “Ellison Family”). David Ellison is the son of Lawrence Ellison, and Lawrence Ellison and David Ellison are accordingly considered immediate family members. The Ellison Family either individually or through ownership of various entities are collectively the ultimate parent of Paramount (“Ultimate Parent”).

Pushdown of Ultimate Parent’s Basis— At the time Paramount Global and Skydance became subsidiaries of Paramount Skydance Corporation, the Ellison Family controlled both Paramount Global and Skydance, and as a result, this transaction has been accounted for as a transaction between entities under common control. As a transaction between entities under common control, the net assets were combined at the Ultimate Parent’s basis, which for Paramount Global was deemed to be the estimated fair value as of August 7, 2025, the date of the closing of the NAI Transaction, which was the point at which the Ellison Family obtained control of Paramount Global. As a result, the net assets of Paramount Global were recorded at their fair value as of this date. Since the net assets of Skydance were already at the Ultimate Parent’s basis, no adjustment to the fair value of net assets was necessary, and Skydance was combined with Paramount Global’s net assets at the Ultimate Parent’s basis as of this date.

Our consolidated financial statements and footnote disclosures are presented in two distinct periods to indicate the pushdown of the Ultimate Parent’s basis, which resulted in a new basis of accounting. The periods prior to the closing of the Transactions include only Paramount Global and are identified as “Predecessor”, and the periods beginning on August 7, 2025 reflect Paramount Skydance Corporation and are identified as “Succe

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There have been no significant changes to market risk since reported in Annual Report on Form 10-K of our Predecessor, Paramount Global, for the year ended December 31, 2024.

Our principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that, as of the end of the period covered by this report, our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) or 15d-15(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) were effective, based on the evaluation of these controls and procedures required by Rule 13a-15(b) or 15d-15(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

No change in our internal control over financial reporting occurred during our last fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

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PART II – OTHER INFORMATION

The information set forth in Note 14 to the consolidated financial statements appearing in Item 1 of Part I of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q under the caption “Legal Matters” is incorporated by reference herein.

There have been no material changes to the risk factors previously disclosed in Item 1A of the Annual Report on Form 10-K of our Predecessor, Paramount Global, for the year ended December 31, 2024 (filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 26, 2025).

Company Purchases of Equity Securities

None.

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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.

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