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Wheels Up Experience Inc.

For the period ended Jun 30, 2026. Filed Aug 5, 2026.

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A company's report for each of its first three quarters. The financial statements are not audited. It shows how the business has moved since the last annual report, and what management says changed.

Jun 30, 2026 · Filed Aug 5, 2026

UP$2.84-0.7%Stored close · as of Nov 6, 2026

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The baseline is this issuer’s latest earlier reporting period of the same form that was filed before the current report. A previous 10-Q is a different quarter, not a year-over-year comparison. Amendments are excluded.

Compared 17 previous paragraphs and 24 current paragraphs.

10 unchanged; 6 reworded; 8 added; 0 removed; 1 previous and 0 current paragraphs rearranged.

Tables are not compared: 1 previous and 1 current tables excluded. Dates, whitespace, punctuation and numbering changes are ignored; changes to financial figures remain significant.

A changed paragraph is not evidence that risk increased or decreased. An unchanged paragraph does not establish that risk stayed the same.

Added paragraphs (8)

Current report

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

Current report

We frequently evaluate strategic transactions involving our business, which involve risk and may adversely affect our ability to execute our strategic business initiatives or achieve our financial goals.

Current report

We frequently consider opportunities to acquire other assets, businesses, products or technologies, divest assets or businesses, and enter into other strategic transactions to advance our business initiatives, enhance our service offerings and operations, help us achieve our financial goals or otherwise improve our long-term performance and value. Any such transaction could be material to us and involve substantial execution risk, contingent consideration, issuances of dilutive securities or the assumption or incurrence of debt. If we pursue any strategic transaction, our ability to successfully implement and realize the benefits from such transaction would depend on many factors, including with respect to, among others, our lenders, other capital sources, contractual restrictions and regulators. We cannot guarantee that any future transaction will be completed or integrated successfully, or that it will result in the anticipated benefits, which may adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

Current report

During the three months ended June 30, 2026, we completed our fleet modernization transition, which resulted in the retirement from revenue service of certain legacy jet and turboprop aircraft owned and leased by the Company. The Company intends to sell or return to their lessors all such aircraft in a prompt and orderly manner. The aircraft that we have classified as held for sale as of June 30, 2026 represent a substantial number of the aircraft of their respective models that are available for sale in North America as of such date, and we cannot predict with certainty, among other things, the sales prices for such aircraft and when disposals of these aircraft will occur. In addition, we may incur certain costs to maintain, repair and prepare these assets for sale, and may not receive positive cash net proceeds from such sales. As a result, we may experience variability in our cash flows and reported gains and losses associated with the disposal of these aircraft in future periods, including due to changes in the market for purchases and sales of the aircraft types currently held for sale and the prepayment of debt required in connection with each aircraft sale, each of which may adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

Current report

ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

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ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES

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ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

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ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION
Reworded paragraphs (6)

Previous wording

We require sufficient liquidity levels for our operations and strategic business initiatives, including our ongoing multi-year business transformation and scaling our premium jet fleets. We have existing debt obligations and we expect to from time to time incur additional debt obligations or other arrangements to fund working capital requirements, other debt service obligations, strategic transactions, capital expenditures and strategic initiatives, including to scale our premium jet fleets and fund future business growth. Factors that may affect our ability to obtain additional financing, refinance existing debt obligations, close announced or committed financings or access the capital markets on terms attractive to us, or at all, include: our financial performance, operating cash flows and liquidity; the timing of capital requirements or strategic initiatives; changes in the market for our equity securities and conditions in the capital markets generally; our credit status or credit ratings; market conditions in the private aviation industry; general economic conditions and geopolitical events; and the ability to use our assets as collateral for future financings, refinancings or sale-leaseback transactions. We may also be required to seek the consent of third parties under the agreements governing our existing debt obligations and the Investor Rights Agreement for any new financing, refinancing or capital markets activity. In addition, incurring additional indebtedness may hinder our ability to obtain future debt or equity financing, result in certain counterparties being unwilling to enter business relationships with us, or adversely impact our financial performance due to, among other things, existing debt levels and the timing of maturity of our debt obligations, our debt service obligations, the unavailability of unencumbered collateral or relative lien priority, or our credit ratings or profile. External financing may not be timely available to us on terms that we deem attractive, or at all, to fund the capital needs of our business and satisfy our obligations in the ordinary course of business. Any inability to timely source additional financing on terms we deem attractive, or at all, could adversely affect our business, results of operations, financial condition, liquidity and ability to timely execute our strategic goals.

Current wording

We require sufficient liquidity levels for our operations and strategic business initiatives, including our ongoing multi-year business transformation and scaling our premium jet fleets. We have existing debt obligations and we expect to from time to time incur additional debt obligations or other arrangements to fund working capital requirements, other debt service obligations, strategic transactions, capital expenditures and strategic initiatives, including to scale our premium jet fleets and fund future business growth. Factors that may affect our ability to obtain additional financing, refinance existing debt obligations or access the capital markets on terms attractive to us, or at all, include: our financial performance, operating cash flows and liquidity; the timing of capital requirements or strategic initiatives; changes in the market for our equity securities and conditions in the capital markets generally; our debt levels, credit status or credit ratings; market conditions in the private aviation industry; general economic conditions and geopolitical events; and the ability to use our assets as collateral for future financings, refinancings or sale-leaseback transactions. We may also be required to seek the consent of third parties under the agreements governing our existing debt obligations and the Investor Rights Agreement for any new financing, refinancing or capital markets activity. In addition, incurring additional debt may hinder our ability to obtain future debt or equity financing, result in certain counterparties being unwilling to enter business relationships with us, or adversely impact our financial performance due to, among other things, existing or future debt levels, including due to the cumulative impact of capitalized paid-in-kind interest for certain of our credit facilities, the timing of required amortization payments and maturity of our debt obligations, our interest debt service obligations, the unavailability of unencumbered collateral or relative lien priority, the inability to obtain certain third party credit support for future debt obligations, or our credit ratings or profile. External financing may not be timely available to us on terms that we deem attractive, or at all, to fund the capital needs of our business and satisfy our obligations in the ordinary course of business. Any inability to timely source additional financing on terms we deem attractive, or at all, could adversely affect our business, results of operations, financial condition, liquidity and ability to timely execute our strategic goals.

Previous wording

Additionally, we have announced the Proposed 2026 Term Loan and may from time to time announce our intention to enter into other future financing transactions or enter into commitments with capital providers for potential financing transactions that have not closed. Such potential financing transactions are generally subject to certain terms and conditions that must be satisfied, including the completion of definitive documentation and/or due diligence reviews, in order to enter into and close such potential transactions. We can provide no assurance that we will be able to close such potential financing transactions on the terms and timeline that we initially anticipate, or at all, or that we will realize the anticipated benefits from such financings or commitments to provide available liquidity, including with respect to any such transactions that are intended to fund strategic transactions, working capital needs or our multi-year business transformation or other strategic goals. Any inability to timely close any announced or committed potential financing transaction on terms we deem attractive, or at all, could adversely affect our business, results of operations, financial condition and liquidity.

Current wording

Additionally, we may from time to time announce our intention to enter into other future financing transactions or enter into commitments with capital providers for potential financing transactions that have not closed. Such potential financing transactions are generally subject to certain terms and conditions that must be satisfied, including the completion of definitive documentation and/or due diligence reviews, in order to enter into and close such potential transactions. We can provide no assurance that we will be able to close such potential financing transactions on the terms and timeline that we initially anticipate, or at all, or that we will realize the anticipated benefits from such financings or commitments to provide available liquidity, including with respect to any such transactions that are intended to fund strategic transactions, working capital needs or our multi-year business transformation or other strategic goals. Any inability to timely close any announced or committed potential financing transaction on terms we deem attractive, or at all, could adversely affect our business, results of operations, financial condition and liquidity.

Previous wording

Our ability to meet our debt service obligations, including required principal and interest payments on our outstanding indebtedness, will depend on future performance, which is subject to financial, economic, competitive, regulatory, and other factors beyond our control. If our cash flows and capital resources are insufficient to fund our debt service obligations, we may be forced to reduce or delay investments and capital expenditures, sell assets, seek additional capital, or restructure or refinance our indebtedness. We may not be able to implement any of these alternatives on satisfactory terms, or at all. Failure to meet our debt service obligations would have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition and liquidity.

Current wording

Our ability to meet our debt service obligations, including required principal and interest payments on our outstanding debt obligations, will depend on future performance, which is subject to financial, economic, competitive, regulatory, and other factors beyond our control. If our cash flows and capital resources are insufficient to fund our debt service obligations, we may be forced to reduce or delay investments and capital expenditures, sell assets, seek additional capital, or restructure or refinance our debt obligations. We may not be able to implement any of these alternatives on satisfactory terms, or at all. Failure to meet our debt service obligations would have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition and liquidity.

Previous wording

Demand for private aviation services has historically fluctuated due to economic cycles, geopolitical events, the COVID-19 pandemic, the impact of aviation fuel prices and other events that influence the behavior of private flyers. Any general downturn in economic, business and financial conditions, including outsized impacts in larger metropolitan areas in the U.S., U.K. and Europe where our members and charter customers are more concentrated, that has an adverse effect on our members’ or customers’ spending habits could decrease their demand for travel and, to the extent they travel, increase their use of other modes of travel. In addition, various factors within and outside of our control may impact the demand for our services, our ability to acquire new and retain existing members and customers, and our ability to sell Membership Funds and charter offerings, differently than other participants in the private aviation industry, including due to, among other things, changes in our service offerings, business model, sales efforts or success, asset base, financial condition, results of operations or liquidity outlook, or the impact and perception of announced, committed or closed transactions, including debt financings. If demand for private aviation and other services we offer, our success in selling our services or the perception of us held by our members, customers or potential customers, were to decrease for any reason, we could experience slower than expected growth, lower demand for flight services, a reduction in flight spend or the utilization of our aircraft, lower purchases or usage of Membership Funds, or a general shift from our membership program (where Membership Funds received up front are typically applied to future flying over a multi-month period), to our charter solutions (where funds for a flight are received close in time to booking), each of which could have an adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition and financial goal achievement. In addition, the timing and magnitude of one or more of these events could amplify the adverse impact to our business, results of operations, financial condition and financial goal achievement for periods after the conclusion of such events.

Current wording

Demand for private aviation services has historically fluctuated due to economic cycles, geopolitical events, the COVID-19 pandemic, the impact of aviation fuel prices and other events that influence the behavior of private flyers. Any general downturn in economic, business and financial conditions, including outsized impacts in larger metropolitan areas in the U.S., U.K. and Europe where our members and charter customers are more concentrated, that has an adverse effect on our members’ or customers’ spending habits could decrease their demand for travel and, to the extent they travel, increase their use of other modes of travel. In addition, various factors within and outside of our control may impact the demand for our services, our ability to acquire new and retain existing members and customers, and our ability to sell Membership Funds and charter offerings, differently than other participants in the private aviation industry, including due to, among other things, changes in our service offerings, business model, sales efforts or success, aircraft and other assets, financial condition, results of operations or liquidity outlook. If demand for private aviation and other services we offer, our success in selling our services or the perception of us held by our members, customers or potential customers, were to decrease for any reason, we could experience slower than expected growth, lower demand for flight services, a reduction in flight spend or the utilization of our aircraft, lower purchases or usage of Membership Funds, or a general shift from our membership program (where Membership Funds received up front are typically applied to future flying over a multi-month period), to our charter solutions (where funds for a flight are received close in time to booking), each of which could have an adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition and financial goal achievement. In addition, the timing and magnitude of one or more of these events could amplify the adverse impact to our business, results of operations, financial condition and financial goal achievement for periods after the conclusion of such events.

Previous wording

We have retrospectively adjusted all share counts and per share of Common Stock amounts in the table above to reflect the estimated impact of the Reverse Stock Split.

Current wording

The table below sets forth information regarding purchases of our Common Stock during the three months ended June 30, 2026. We have retrospectively adjusted all share counts and prices per share of Common Stock in the table below to reflect the impact of the Reverse Stock Split.

Previous wording

(1)Reflects shares of Common Stock withheld for payment of tax liability arising from the vesting of restricted stock units for certain executive officers.

Current wording

(1)Reflects shares of Common Stock (i) withheld for payment of tax liability arising from the vesting of restricted stock units for certain executive officers and (ii) acquired from stockholders who would otherwise have held fractional shares because of the Reverse Stock Split, which the Company acquired for cash (without interest and subject to any required tax withholding applicable to a holder).
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Previous report — wording carried elsewhere

The table below sets forth information regarding purchases of our Common Stock during the three months ended March 31, 2026: