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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K

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

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025

OR

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

For the transition period from ____________ to ____________

Commission File Number 001-42791

Paramount Skydance Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware99-3917985
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
1515 Broadway
New York,New York10036

(212) 258-6000

(Address, including zip code, and telephone numbers, including

area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each classTrading Symbol(s)Name of each exchange on which registered
Class B Common Stock, $0.001 par valuePSKYThe Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

Securities registered pursuant to section 12(g) of the Act: None

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer (as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933). Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Yes ☐ No ☒

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 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 Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

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 has filed a report on and attestation to its management's assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report. ☒

If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b). ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934). Yes ☐ No ☒

As of June 30, 2025, which was the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter, the market value of the shares of the registrant’s Class B Common Stock, $0.001 par value (“Class B Common Stock”), held by non-affiliates was zero. On August 7, 2025, by operation of Rule 12g-3(a) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), the registrant became the successor issuer to Paramount Global. The market value of Paramount Global’s Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock held by non-affiliates at June 30, 2025 was $211,199,578 and $7,730,877,301, respectively.

As of February 20, 2026, 31,500,087 shares of the registrant’s Class A Common Stock and 1,080,241,022 shares of Class B Common Stock were outstanding.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

None.

PARAMOUNT SKYDANCE CORPORATION

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page
PART I
Item 1.Business.I-1
Item 1A.Risk Factors.I-11
Item 1B.Unresolved Staff Comments.I-25
Item 1C.Cybersecurity.I-25
Item 2.Properties.I-26
Item 3.Legal Proceedings.I-27
Item 4.Mine Safety Disclosures.I-27
PART II
Item 5.Market for Paramount Skydance Corporation’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.II-1
Item 7.Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Results of Operations and Financial Condition.II-3
Item 7A.Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.II-43
Item 8.Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.II-44
Item 9.Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.II-125
Item 9A.Controls and Procedures.II-125
Item 9B.Other Information.II-125
Item 9C.Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections.II-125
PART III
Item 10.Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance.III-1
Item 11.Executive Compensation.III-1
Item 12.Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters.III-1
Item 13.Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence.III-1
Item 14.Principal Accounting Fees and Services.III-1
PART IV
Item 15.Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules.IV-1
Item 16.Form 10-K Summary.IV-1
Signatures.

CAUTIONARY NOTE CONCERNING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This Annual Report on Form 10-K contains both historical and forward-looking statements, including statements related to our future financial results and performance, potential achievements and transactions (including with respect to the Offer (as defined below)) and their expected benefits, and industry trends and developments. All statements that are not statements of historical fact are, or may be deemed to be, forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Similarly, statements that describe our objectives, plans or goals are or may be forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements reflect our current expectations concerning future results and events; can generally be identified by the use of statements that include phrases such as “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “plan,” “foresee,” “likely,” “will,” “may,” “could,” “estimate” or other similar words or phrases; and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that are difficult to predict and which may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these statements. These risks, uncertainties and other factors are discussed in “Item 1A. Risk Factors” below and elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Other risks, uncertainties or other factors, or updates to those discussed herein, may be described in our other filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), including our reports on Form 10-Q and Form 8-K, press releases, public conference calls, webcasts, our social media and blog posts and on our website at paramount.com (under Investors). Information included on or accessible through our website is not intended to be incorporated into this Annual Report on Form 10‑K. There may be additional risks, uncertainties and other factors that we do not currently view as material or that are not known. The forward-looking statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10‑K are made only as of the date of this document, and we do not undertake any obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.

PART I

Next: Item 1. Business.