Acushnet Holdings Corp.

FORM 10-Q

FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED JUNE 30, 2025

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In this Quarterly Report on Form 10‑Q, the terms “Acushnet,” “we,” “us,” “our” and the “Company” refer to Acushnet Holdings Corp. and its consolidated subsidiaries.

SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains “forward-looking statements”within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), which are subject to the “safe harbor” created by that section. These forward-looking statements are included throughout this report, including in the section entitled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” and relate to matters such as our industry, business strategy, goals and expectations concerning our market position, future operations, margins, profitability, capital expenditures, liquidity and capital resources and other financial and operating information. We use words like “anticipate,” “assume,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “future,” “will,” “seek,” “foreseeable” and similar terms and phrases to identify forward-looking statements in this report, although not all forward-looking statements use these identifying words.

The forward-looking statements contained in this report are based on management’s current expectations and are subject to uncertainty and changes in circumstances. We cannot assure you that future developments affecting us will be those that we have anticipated. Actual results may differ materially from these expectations due to changes in global, regional or local economic, business, competitive, market, regulatory, political and other factors, many of which are beyond our control. We believe that these factors include:

•a reduction in the number of rounds of golf played or in the number of golf participants;

•unfavorable weather conditions may impact the number of playable days and rounds played in a given year;

•consumer spending habits and macroeconomic and demographic factors may affect the number of rounds of golf played, the number of golf participants and related spending on golf products;

•U.S. and foreign trade policies, including the assessment of tariffs and other impositions on imported goods;

•changes to the Rules of Golf with respect to equipment;

•our ability to successfully manage the frequent introduction of new products or satisfy changing consumer preferences and quality and regulatory standards;

•our reliance on technical innovation and high-quality products;

•a significant disruption in the operations of our manufacturing, assembly or distribution facilities;

•our ability to procure, and the cost of, raw materials and product components;

•a disruption in the operations of our suppliers;

•currency transaction and translation risk;

•our ability to adequately enforce and protect our intellectual property rights;

•our involvement in lawsuits to protect, defend or enforce our intellectual property rights;

•the risk that our products may infringe the intellectual property rights of others;

•changes to patent laws;

•intense competition and our ability to maintain a competitive advantage in each of our markets;

•limited opportunities for future growth in sales of certain of our products;

•our customers’ financial conditions, levels of business activity and ability to pay their trade obligations;

•a decrease in corporate spending on our custom logo golf balls;

•our ability to maintain and further develop our sales channels;

•consolidation of retailers or concentration of retail market share;

•our ability to maintain and enhance our brands;

•fluctuations of our business and results of operations due to seasonality and product launch cycles;

•risks associated with doing business globally;

•compliance with applicable anti-bribery, anti-money laundering and economic sanctions laws;

•our ability to secure professional golfers to endorse or use our products;

•negative publicity relating to us, the golfers who use our products or the golf industry in general;

•our ability to accurately forecast demand for our products;

•a disruption in the service, or a significant increase in the cost, of our primary delivery and shipping services or a significant disruption at shipping ports;

•our ability to successfully manage the implementation of our new enterprise resource planning platform;

•our ability to maintain our information systems to adequately perform their functions;

•cybersecurity risks;

•our ability to comply with data privacy and security laws;

•the ability of our eCommerce systems to function effectively;

•risks and challenges associated with the development and use of artificial intelligence;

•impairment of goodwill and identifiable intangible assets;

•our ability to attract and/or retain management and other key employees and hire qualified management, technical and manufacturing personnel;

•our ability to prohibit sales of our products by unauthorized retailers or distributors;

•our ability to grow our presence in existing international markets and expand into additional international markets;

•tax uncertainties, including potential changes in tax laws, unanticipated tax liabilities and limitations on utilization of tax attributes after any change of control;

•our ability to secure and maintain adequate levels of coverage under our insurance policies;

•product liability, warranty and recall claims;

•litigation and other regulatory proceedings;

•compliance with environmental, health and safety laws and regulations;

•our ability to secure additional capital at all or on terms acceptable to us;

•lack of assurance of positive returns on capital investments;

•risks associated with acquisitions and investments;

•terrorist activities and international political instability;

•occurrence of natural disasters or pandemic diseases;

•a high degree of leverage, ability to service our indebtedness, ability to incur more indebtedness and restrictions in the agreements governing our indebtedness;

•our use of derivative financial instruments;

•the interests of our controlling shareholder and its affiliates may conflict with other holders of our common stock;

•our status as a controlled company;

•the execution of our share repurchase program and effects thereof;

•our ability to pay dividends;

•dilution from future issuances or sales of our common stock;

•anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents and Delaware law; and

•other factors discussed under the heading “Risk Factors” in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and in any other reports we file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), including this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

These factors should not be construed as exhaustive and should be read in conjunction with the other cautionary statements that are included in this report. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should any of our assumptions prove incorrect, our actual results may vary in material respects from those projected in these forward-looking statements.

Any forward-looking statement made by us in this report speaks only as of the date of this report. Factors or events that could cause our actual results to differ may emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for us to predict all of them. We may not actually achieve the plans, intentions or expectations disclosed in our forward-looking statements and you should not place undue reliance on our forward-looking statements. Our forward-looking statements do not reflect the potential impact of any future acquisitions, mergers, dispositions, joint ventures, investments or other strategic transactions we may pursue. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or review any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise, except as may be required by any applicable securities laws.

Website Disclosure

We use our website (www.acushnetholdingscorp.com) as a channel of distribution of company information. The information we post through this channel may be material. Accordingly, investors should monitor this channel, in addition to following our press releases, SEC filings and public conference calls and webcasts. In addition, you may automatically receive e-mail alerts and other information about Acushnet Holdings Corp. when you enroll your e-mail address by visiting the “Resources” section of our website at https://www.acushnetholdingscorp.com/investors/resources. On our website, we post the following filings free of charge as soon as reasonably practicable after they are electronically filed with or furnished to the SEC: our annual reports on Form 10-K, our proxy statements, our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, our current reports on Form 8-K, and any amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act. The contents of our website are not, however, a part of this report or intended to be incorporated by reference in any other report or document we file with the SEC.