Beachbody Company Inc
For the period ended Sep 30, 2024. Filed Nov 12, 2024.
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Sep 30, 2024 · Filed Nov 12, 2024
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Legal Proceedings
We are and, from time to time, we may become, involved in legal proceedings or be subject to claims arising in the ordinary course of our business. Other than as set forth below, there have been no material changes from the information previously reported under Part I, Item 3 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023.
On May 22, 2023, Jessica Lyons, an individual, and a group of other plaintiffs filed a class action complaint with the Los Angeles County Superior Court alleging that the Company misclassified its Partners as contractors rather than as employees and committed other violations of the California Labor Code. The Company understands that the plaintiffs in this matter intend on filing additional claims under the Private Attorney General Act of 2004. The Company and certain executive officers are listed as defendants in the complaint. The plaintiffs are seeking monetary damages. The Company filed a motion to compel arbitration in the case. The firm representing Ms. Lyons has also filed 13 arbitration actions in Los Angeles County in anticipation that the Company's motion to compel arbitration will be upheld. All arbitration proceedings have been stayed pending the outcome of the mediation and follow-up discussions. This matter is pending as of the date of this quarterly report. We deny the allegations in the complaint, believe they are without merit, and intend to vigorously defend ourselves in this action.
On September 6, 2023 Dish Technologies LLC and SLING TV LLC (the "DISH Entities") filed a complaint with the United States District Court for the District of Delaware alleging that the Company infringed on the DISH Entities' patents and used technology belonging to the DISH Entities without their permission. The plaintiffs are seeking monetary damages and injunctive relief. In an effort to avoid any further unnecessary litigation costs, the parties entered into a Confidential Standstill and Tolling Agreement as of April 16, 2024 which included a dismissal of the case by the DISH Entities without prejudice and an agreement by the DISH Entities not to institute any litigation proceedings against the Company under the patents any earlier than December 31, 2026 in exchange for a one-time immaterial payment to the DISH Entities by the Company.
On June 14, 2024, Bryan Reilly on behalf of himself and similarly situated current and former stockholders of Forest Road Acquisition Corp., which later became the Beachbody Company, Inc. (“Forest Road”), filed a verified class action complaint (the “Reilly Action”) against the former directors and officers of Forest Road, as well as Forest Road Acquisition Sponsor LLC, Forest Road Company LLC, Zach Tarica, and Jeremy Tarica (together the “Forest Road Sponsor Defendants”) alleging claims for breach of fiduciary duty in connection with the merger among Forest Road, The Beachbody Company, Inc., and Myx in 2021 (the “Merger”). The lawsuit also brought claims against the Company, Kevin Meyer, and The Raine Group LLC (“Raine”) alleging aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary duty, and against the former Forest Road directors and officers, the Forest Road Sponsor Defendants, Raine, and Meyer for unjust enrichment. We also have certain indemnification obligations as to some or all of the former Forest Road directors and Raine as to certain claims.
The Reilly Action generally alleges that the proxy that Forest Road issued prior to the Merger contained numerous material misstatements and omissions that impaired the Forest Road stockholders’ ability to make an informed decision regarding whether to redeem their stock in connection with the Merger. The plaintiff also asserts that the Merger was a conflicted transaction because the Forest Road Sponsor Defendants and the former Forest Road directors were incentivized to close the Merger even if it was a value-decreasing transaction for
Forest Road’s public stockholders. As to the Company, Meyer, and Raine, the complaint alleges that these defendants aided and abetted the Forest Road defendants’ disclosure violations. We deny the allegations in the complaint, believe they are without merit, and intend to vigorously defend ourselves in this action.
On October 14, 2024, the firm Milberg Coleman Bryson Phillips Grossman ("Milberg") filed 10 arbitration demands alleging that the Company violated the Video Privacy Protection Act. The arbitration demands state that Milberg currently represents approximately 6,239 additional subscribers of BODi and intends to file similar demands for each person. the plaintiffs are seeking monetary damages as well as injunctive and equitable relief. We deny the allegations in the complaint, believe they are without merit, and intend to vigorously defend ourselves in this action.
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