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IAC Inc.

For the period ended Jun 30, 2025. Filed Aug 4, 2025.

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Jun 30, 2025 · Filed Aug 4, 2025

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On July 31, 2025, Dotdash Meredith Inc. was rebranded “People Inc.” and is referred to as such throughout this report. Dotdash Meredith Inc. remains the entity’s legal name.

Current report

•Term Loan A-1- due May 14, 2030. On May 14, 2025, People Inc. entered into the Incremental Assumption Agreement and Amendment No. 2 to the Credit Agreement ("Amendment No. 2"), which replaced $288.8 million of the then outstanding Term Loan A with $350 million of the Term Loan A-1 and provided for a new five-year $150 million revolving credit facility (“Revolving Facility”). At June 30, 2025, the outstanding balance of the Term Loan A-1 was $350.0 million and bore interest at secured overnight financing rate (“SOFR”) plus 2.00%, or 6.31%. At December 31, 2024, the outstanding balance of the Term Loan A was $297.5 million and bore interest at an adjusted term SOFR plus 2.25%, or 6.94%. The Term Loan A-1 requires quarterly principal payments commencing September 30, 2025.

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•Term Loan B-2 - due June 16, 2032. On June 16, 2025, People Inc. completed the refinancing and replacement of its then outstanding $1.18 billion Term Loan B-1 with a combination of $700 million of the Term Loan B-2 and $400 million of the 7.625% Senior Secured Notes due June 15, 2032 (“2032 Notes”). At June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the outstanding balances of the Term Loan B-2 and the Term Loan B-1 were $700.0 million and $1.18 billion, respectively, and bore interest at SOFR, subject to a minimum of 0.50%, plus 3.50%, or 7.82% and 8.05%, respectively, as the applicable margin was unchanged under the governing agreements. The Term Loan B-2 requires quarterly principal payments commencing March 31, 2026.

Current report

The Term Loan A, Term Loan A-1, Term Loan B-1 and Term Loan B-2 are collectively referred to herein as the “Term Loans.”

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•2032 Notes - due June 15, 2032. At June 30, 2025 the outstanding balance of the 2032 Notes, described above, was $400.0 million.

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•Revolving Facility - Amendment No. 2 provided for a revolving credit facility of $150 million, which expires on May 14, 2030, and replaced the then existing revolving credit facility. To date, People Inc. has not made any borrowings under any of its revolving credit facilities.

Current report

•People Inc. revenue increased 1% to $427.4 million due to an increase of $22.3 million, or 9%, from Digital, partially offset by a decrease of $18.1 million, or 9%, from Print.

Current report

•Emerging & Other revenue decreased 20% to $15.9 million due primarily to a decrease of $4.7 million, or 99%, from IAC Films, partially offset by an increase in revenue of 14% from The Daily Beast.

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•People Inc. revenue increased 1% to $820.4 million due to an increase of $37.2 million, or 8%, from Digital, partially offset by a decrease of $30.2 million, or 8%, from Print.

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◦The Digital increase was due primarily to increases of $14.5 million, or 26%, in Licensing and Other revenue, $13.2 million, or 13%, in Performance marketing revenue and $9.4 million, or 3%, in Advertising revenue. The increase in Licensing and Other revenue was due primarily to the contribution of a full six months of revenue from the OpenAI Partnership and improved performance of content syndication partners including Apple News+. The increase in Performance marketing revenue was due primarily tothe factors described above in the three-month discussion. The increase in Advertising revenue was driven primarily by an increase in premium advertising sold through the People Inc. sales team in the Technology, Health and Pharmaceuticals and Travel categories, partially offset by lower programmatic revenue due primarily to the factors described above in the three-month discussion.

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◦The Print decrease was due primarily to decreases of $13.6 million, or 15%, in advertising revenue, $9.4 million, or 14%, in project and other revenue, $6.3 million, or 4% in subscription revenue and $5.2 million, or 27%, in performance marketing revenue, partially offset by an increase of $4.2 million, or 8%, in newsstand revenue. The decreases in advertising revenue, subscription revenue and performance marketing revenue and the increase in newsstand revenue are all due, in part, to the factors described above in the three-month discussion. The decrease in project and other revenue was due primarily to political advertising spend from a legacy agency business in 2024 on third-party publisher platforms and a decrease in ticket sales for certain branded events.

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•Care.com revenue decreased 5% to $170.9 million due primarily to a decrease of $9.0 million, or 9%, in Consumer Revenue due primarily to the factor described above in the three-month discussion.

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•Search revenue decreased 37% to $132.0 million due to decreases of $65.1 million, or 37%, from Ask Media Group and $13.1 million, or 36%, from Desktop due primarily to the factors described above in the three-month discussion.

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◦The Digital increase was due primarily to increases of $6.4 million in compensation expense due primarily to an increase in headcount to better align resources with strategic initiatives, $2.9 million in content costs due primarily to increased demand for custom content campaigns within premium advertising revenue and $1.1 million in spend related to advertising campaigns sold with D/Cipher+.

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•The Emerging & Other decrease was due primarily to a decrease in compensation expense of $1.9 million at The Daily Beast resulting from a planned reduction in editorial staff in the prior year.

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Cost of revenue in 2025 decreased from 2024 due primarily to decreases of $84.6 million from Search, $10.8 million from Emerging & Other and $8.3 million from People Inc.

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•The Search decrease was due primarily to a decrease in traffic acquisition costs of $83.0 million due primarily to the factors described above in the three-month discussion.

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•The People Inc. decrease was due primarily to a decrease of $25.3 million from Print, partially offset by an increase of $18.8 million from Digital.

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Selling and marketing expense in 2025 increased from 2024 due to increasesof$6.4 million from Search and $5.0 million from People Inc., partially offset by a decrease of $3.4 million from Emerging & Other.

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•The People Inc. increase was due primarily to an increase of$12.9 million from Digital, partially offset by a decrease of$7.6 million from Print.

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•The Emerging & Other decrease was due primarily to a decrease of $1.6 million in offline marketing spend at IAC Films and a decrease of $0.7 million in compensation expense at Vivian Health primarily related to a reduction in headcount.

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Selling and marketing expense in 2025 increased slightly from 2024 due to increases of$12.0 million from Search and$4.0 million from People Inc., partially offset by decreasesof $12.9 million from Emerging & Other and$2.2 million from Care.com.

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•The Search increase was due primarily to an increase of $13.5 million in online marketing spend, partially offset by a decrease of $1.3 million in compensation expense due to the factors described above in the three-month discussion.

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•The People Inc. increase was due primarily to an increase of$17.0 million from Digital, partially offset by a decrease of$12.7 million from Print.

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◦The Digital increase was due primarily to increases of $12.4 million in online marketing spend and $4.8 million in compensation expense due primarily to the factors described above in the three-month discussion.

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◦The Print decrease was due primarily to decreases of $7.0 million in advertising and events production expense due, in part, to a decrease in direct mail marketing spend and the promotion of branded events in the prior year period, and $3.7 million in compensation expense primarily due to the factors described above in the three-month discussion.

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•The Emerging & Other decrease was due primarily to the inclusion in the prior year of$8.3 million of expense from Mosaic Group, the assets of which were sold on February 15, 2024, a decrease of $1.6 million in offline marketing spend at IAC Films and a decrease of $1.1 million in compensation expense at Vivian Health primarily due to the factor described above in the three-month discussion.

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•The Care.com decrease was due primarily to a decrease of $2.2 million in online marketing spend.

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General and administrative expense in 2025 decreased from 2024 due primarily to decreases of$9.2 million from Care.com and $3.7 million from Corporate, partially offset by an increase of $5.0 million from Emerging & Other.

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•The Care.com decrease was due primarily to the inclusion in the prior year of $9.5 million in legal accruals due to the resolution of certain legal matters.

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•The Corporate decrease was due primarily to a decrease in compensation expense of $6.6 million due primarily to the inclusion in the prior year period of $3.2 million in stock-based compensation expense related toour former Chief Executive Officer’s (“CEO”) restricted stock award, whichwas forfeited on January 13, 2025, pursuant to his employment transition agreement(the “Employment Transition Agreement”), and a decrease in compensation expense driven by other headcount reductions, partially offset by a gain on a legal settlement in the prior year period.

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•The Emerging & Other increase was due primarily to increases of $2.9 million in legal fees related to a legacy business and $2.4 million in stock-based compensation expense.

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General and administrative expense in 2025 decreased from 2024 due primarily to decreases of$38.2 million from People Inc.,$22.9 million from Corporate, $9.0 million from Care.com, and $3.1 million from Search.

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•The Care.com decrease was due primarily to the inclusion in the prior year of $9.5 million in legal accruals due to the factor described above in the three-month discussion.

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•The Search decrease was due primarily to decreases in compensation expense and non-income taxes of $1.1 million and $1.0 million, respectively. The decrease in compensation expense was due primarily to a planned reduction in headcount. The decrease in non-income taxes resulted from the recognition in the prior year period of Canada’s digital services tax which was effective for the second quarter of 2024 and applied retroactively.

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Product development expense in 2025 decreased from 2024 due primarily to a decrease of $2.4 million from People Inc.

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•The People Inc. decrease was due primarily to decreases of $1.4 million and $1.0 million from Digital and Print, respectively, resulting from decreases in compensation expense related to headcount reductions. The decrease in compensation expense from Digital was net of increased investment in the PEOPLE app.

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Product development expense in 2025 decreased from 2024 due primarily to decreases of $9.8 million from Emerging & Other and $7.3 million from People Inc.

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•The People Inc. decrease was due primarily to decreases of $5.1 million and $2.1 million from Digital and Print, respectively, due to the factors described above in the three-month discussion.

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Previous report

•DDM Term Loan A - due December 1, 2026. At March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the outstanding balance of DDM Term Loan A was $288.8 million and $297.5 million, respectively, and bore interest at an adjusted term secured overnight financing rate (“Adjusted Term SOFR”) plus 2.25%, or 6.66% and 6.94%, respectively. DDM Term Loan A has quarterly principal payments.

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•DDM Term Loan B-1 (replaced DDM Term Loan B) - due December 1, 2028. On November 26, 2024, DDM entered into Amendment No. 1 to the DDM Credit Agreement (the “Amended DDM Credit Agreement”), which governs both the existing DDM Term Loan A and the DDM Revolving Facility, and replaced $1.18 billion of then outstanding DDM Term Loan B principal with an equal amount of DDM Term Loan B-1 (together with DDM Term Loan A, these loans are collectively referred to as “DDM Term Loans”). At both March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the outstanding balance of DDM Term Loan B-1 was $1.18 billion, respectively, and bore interest at Adjusted Term SOFR, subject to a minimum of 0.50%, plus 3.50%, or 7.82% and 8.05%, respectively. DDM Term Loan B-1 has quarterly principal payments.

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•DDM Revolving Facility - DDM’s $150 million revolving credit facility expires on December 1, 2026. At March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, there were no outstanding borrowings under the DDM Revolving Facility.

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•DDM revenue increased 1% to $393.1 million due to an increase of $14.9 million, or 7%, from Digital, partially offset by a decrease of $12.1 million, or 7%, from Print.

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Selling and marketing expense in 2025 decreased from 2024 due to decreasesof$9.4 million from Emerging & Other, $2.6 million from Care.com and $1.0 million from DDM, partially offset by an increase of $5.6 million from Search.

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•The Emerging & Other decrease was due primarily to the inclusion in the prior year of$7.9 million of expense from Mosaic Group, the assets of which were sold on February 15, 2024.

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•The Care.com decrease was due primarily to a decrease of $2.0 million in online marketing spend.

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•The DDM decrease was due primarily to a decrease of$5.1 million from Print, partially offset by an increase of$4.1 million from Digital.

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General and administrative expense in 2025 decreased from 2024 due primarily to decreases of$39.3 million from DDM,$19.1 million from Corporateand$5.1 million from Emerging & Other.

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•The Emerging & Other decrease was due primarily to the inclusion in the prior year period of $7.9 million of expense from Mosaic Group, the assets of which were sold on February 15, 2024, partially offset by an increase of $3.3 million in legal fees.

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Product development expense in 2025 decreased from 2024 due primarily to decreases of $9.0 million from Emerging & Other and $4.8 million from DDM.

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•The DDM decrease was due primarily to a decrease of $3.7 million from Digital resulting from decreases in compensation expense related to headcount reductions and outsourced personnel costs.

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At March 31, 2025, the Company’s consolidated cash and cash equivalents were $1.2 billion, of which $242.6 million was held by DDM. The Company’s consolidated debt of approximately $1.5 billion is the liability of DDM.
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IAC today is comprised of category leading businesses, including Dotdash Meredith (“DDM”) and Care.com among others and holds strategic equity positions in MGM Resorts International (“MGM”) and Turo Inc. (“Turo”).

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IAC today is comprised of category leading businesses, including People Inc. and Care.com, among others, and holds strategic equity positions in MGM Resorts International (“MGM”) and Turo Inc. (“Turo”).

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As used herein, “IAC,” the “Company,” “we,” “our” or “us” and similar terms refer to IAC Inc. and its subsidiaries (unless the context requires otherwise).

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As used herein, “IAC,” the “Company,” “we,” “our” or “us” and other similar terms refer to IAC Inc. and its subsidiaries (unless the context requires otherwise).

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On March 31, 2025, IAC completed the spin-off of Angi Inc. (“Angi”) by means of a special dividend (the “Distribution”) of all shares of Angi capital stock held by IAC to holders of its common stock and Class B common stock. As a result of the Distribution, IAC no longer owns any shares of Angi’s capital stock and Angi became an independent public company. On November 1, 2023, Angi completed the sale of Total Home Roofing, LLC (“Roofing”) and reflected it as a discontinued operation in its standalone financial statements. At the time of its sale, Roofing did not meet the threshold to be reflected as a discontinued operation at the IAC level, therefore, IAC moved Roofing to Emerging & Other. As a result of the Distribution, the operations of Angi, which include Roofing, are presented as discontinued operations within IAC’s consolidated financial statements for all periods prior to March 31, 2025.

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On March 31, 2025, IAC completed the spin-off of Angi Inc. (“Angi”) by means of a special dividend (the “Distribution”) of all shares of Angi capital stock held by IAC to holders of its common stock and Class B common stock. As a result of the Distribution, IAC no longer owns any shares of Angi’s capital stock and Angi became an independent public company. On November 1, 2023, Angi completed the sale of Total Home Roofing, LLC (“Roofing”) and reflected it as a discontinued operation in its standalone financial statements. At the time of its sale, Roofing did not meet the threshold to be reflected as a discontinued operation at the IAC level, therefore, IAC moved Roofing to Emerging & Other. As a result of the Distribution, the operations of Angi, which include Roofing, are presented as discontinued operations within IAC’s consolidated financial statements for all periods prior to March 31, 2025. See “Note 12—Discontinued Operations” in the accompanying notes to the financial statements included in “Item 1—Consolidated Financial Statements” for additional information.

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•DDM - one of the largest digital and print publishers in America. More than 150 million people trust DDM each month to help them make decisions, take action, and find inspiration. DDM’s over 40 iconic brands include People, Better Homes & Gardens, Verywell, FOOD & WINE, The Spruce, allrecipes, BYRDIE, REAL SIMPLE, Investopedia, and Southern Living. DDM has two operating segments: (i) Digital, which includes its digital, mobile and licensing operations; and (ii) Print, which includes its magazine subscription and newsstand operations;

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•People Inc. - one of the largest digital and print publishers in America and is committed to content—made by people for people—that delights, teaches, inspires and entertains. More than 175 million people trust People Inc. each month to help them make decisions, take action, and find inspiration. People Inc.’s over 40 iconic brands include PEOPLE, Better Homes & Gardens, Verywell, Food & Wine, Travel + Leisure, Allrecipes, REAL SIMPLE, Investopedia, and Southern Living. People Inc. has two operating segments: (i) Digital, which includes its digital, mobile and licensing operations; and (ii) Print, which includes its magazine subscription and newsstand operations;

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◦Advertising revenue - primarily includes revenue generated from digital advertisements and intent-based advertising targeting capabilities sold directly to advertisers or through advertising agencies and programmatic advertising networks.

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◦Advertising revenue - primarily includes revenue generated from digital advertisements and intent-based advertising targeting capabilities (D/Cipher+), which are sold directly to advertisers or through advertising agencies and programmatic advertising networks.

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◦Performance marketing revenue - primarily includes commissions generated through affiliate commerce, performance marketing services and affinity marketing channels. Affiliate commerce commission revenue is generated when DDM’s branded content refers consumers to commerce partner websites resulting in a purchase or transaction. Performance marketing services commission revenue is generated on a cost-per-click or cost-per-action basis. Affinity marketing programs are arrangements where DDM acts as an agent for both DDM and third-party publishers to market and place magazine subscriptions online for which commission revenue is earned when a subscriber name has been provided to the publisher.

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◦Performance marketing revenue - primarily includes commissions generated through affiliate commerce, performance marketing services and affinity marketing channels. Affiliate commerce commission revenue is generated when People Inc.’s branded content refers consumers to commerce partner websites resulting in a purchase or transaction. Performance marketing services commission revenue is generated on a cost-per-click or cost-per-action basis. Affinity marketing programs are arrangements where People Inc. acts as an agent for both People Inc. and third-party publishers to market and place magazine subscriptions online for which commission revenue is earned when a subscriber name has been provided to the publisher.

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•Print Revenue - primarily includes subscription, advertising, newsstand, project and other, and performance marketing revenue.

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•Print Revenue - primarily includes subscription, advertising, newsstand, project and other, and performance marketing revenue. Project and other and performance marketing revenue include revenue from advertising agency related revenue and customer publishing, and revenue from marketing third-party magazine subscriptions, respectively.

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•Total Sessions - represents unique visits to all sites that are part of DDM’s network.

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•Total Sessions - represents unique visits to all sites that are part of People Inc.’s network.

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•Core Sessions - represents a subset of Total Sessions that comprises unique visits to DDM’s most significant (in terms of investment) owned and operated sites as follows:

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•Core Sessions - represents a subset of Total Sessions that comprises unique visits to People Inc.’s most significant (in terms of investment) owned and operated sites as follows:

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•Enterprise Revenue - consists of revenue primarily generated through annual contracts with businesses (employers or re-sellers) who provide access to Care.com’s suite of products and services as an employee benefit.

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•Enterprise Revenue - consists of revenue primarily generated through annual contracts with businesses(Care for Business) (employers or re-sellers) who provide access to Care.com’s suite of products and services as an employee benefit.

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•Cost of revenue (exclusive of depreciation) -consists primarily of traffic acquisition costs, which include (i) payments made to partners who direct traffic to our Ask Media Group websites and who distribute our business-to-business customized browser-based applications and (ii) the amortization of fees paid to Apple and Google related to the distribution of apps and the facilitation of in-app purchases. Traffic acquisition costs include payment of amounts based on revenue share and other arrangements. Cost of revenue also includes production, distribution and editorial costs at DDM, compensation expense (including stock-based compensation expense) and other employee-related costs, content costs, hosting fees, credit card processing fees and payments made to care providers for Care For Business.

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•Cost of revenue (exclusive of depreciation) -consists primarily of traffic acquisition costs, which include (i) payments made to partners who direct traffic to our Ask Media Group websites and who distribute our business-to-business customized browser-based applications and (ii) the amortization of fees paid to Apple and Google related to the distribution of apps and the facilitation of in-app purchases. Traffic acquisition costs include payment of amounts based on revenue share and other arrangements. Cost of revenue also includes production, distribution and editorial costs at People Inc. related to the Print segment, compensation expense (including stock-based compensation expense) and other employee-related costs, content costs, hosting fees, credit card processing fees and payments made to care providers for Care For Business.

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•Selling and marketing expense -consists primarily of advertising expenditures, which include online marketing expenditures, including fees paid to search engines, social media sites and other online marketing platforms, offline marketing expenditures, which primarily consists of costs related to television, streaming and radio advertising within our Care.com segment, compensation expense (including stock-based compensation expense) and other employee-related costs for sales force and marketing personnel and subscription acquisition costs related to DDM.

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•Selling and marketing expense -consists primarily of advertising expenditures, which include online marketing expenditures, including fees paid to search engines, social media sites and other online marketing platforms, offline marketing expenditures, which primarily consists of costs related to television, streaming, direct mail and radio advertising within our Care.com segment, compensation expense (including stock-based compensation expense) and other employee-related costs for sales force and marketing personnel and subscription acquisition costs related to People Inc.

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Long-term debt(for additional information see “Note 3—Long-term Debt” in the accompanying notes to the financial statements included in “Item 1—Consolidated Financial Statements”):

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Long-term debt -All of the Company’s long-term debt are liabilities of People Inc. (For additional information see “Note 3—Long-term Debt” in the accompanying notes to the financial statements included in “Item 1—Consolidated Financial Statements”):

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Google has made changes to the policies under the Services Agreement and has also made industry-wide changes that have in the past (and could in the future) require modifications to, or prohibit and/or render obsolete certain of our products, services and/or business practices, which have negatively impacted revenue and been costly to address (and could in the future), which have had and could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. Further, changes to certain of the economic terms of the Services Agreement became effective April 1, 2025 and could impact Search revenue. See “Note 1—The Company and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” in the accompanying notes to the financial statements included in “Item 1—Consolidated Financial Statements” for additional information on the Services Agreement with Google.

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Google has made changes to the policies under the Services Agreement and has also made industry-wide changes that have in the past (and could in the future) require modifications to, or prohibit and/or render obsolete certain of our products, services and/or business practices, which have negatively impacted revenue and been costly to address (and could in the future), and which have had and could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. Further, changes to certain of the economic terms of the Services Agreement became effective April 1, 2025 and could impact Search revenue. See “Note 1—The Company and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” in the accompanying notes to the financial statements included in “Item 1—Consolidated Financial Statements” for additional information on the Services Agreement.

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Results of Operations for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2025 Compared to the Three Months Ended March 31, 2024

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Results of Operations for the Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2025 Compared to the Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2024

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◦The Digital increase was due primarily to increases of $7.5 million, or 30%, in Licensing and Other revenue, $5.7 million, or 11%, in Performance marketing revenue and $1.7 million, or 1%, in Advertising revenue. The increase in Licensing and Other revenue was due primarily to the addition of the OpenAI partnership, which began in May 2024, and improved performance of content syndication partners including Apple News+. The increase in Performance marketing revenue was due primarily to an increase in affiliate commerce commission revenue, partially offset by a decrease in performance marketing service revenue in the Finance category. The increase in Advertising revenue was driven primarily by an increase in premium advertising sold through the DDM sales team in the Technology, Retail and Beauty & Style categories, partially offset by lower programmatic revenue as a result of lower impression volumes driven by a 3% decrease in Core Sessions, partially offset by higher programmatic rates.

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◦The Digital increase was due primarily to increases of $7.7 million, or 5%, in Advertising revenue, $7.5 million, or 14.0%, in Performance marketing revenue and $7.0 million, or 23%, in Licensing and Other revenue. The increase in Advertising revenue was driven primarily by an increase in premium advertising sold through the People Inc. sales team in the Health and Pharmaceuticals, Technology and Travel categories, partially offset by lower programmatic revenue primarily due to lower impression volumes driven by higher premium advertising growth and related impression consumption, partially offset by higher programmatic rates. The increase in Performance marketing revenue was due primarily to an increase in affiliate commerce commission revenue, partially offset by a decrease in performance marketing service revenue in the Finance category. The increase in Licensing and Other revenue was due primarily toimproved performance from content syndication partners and Apple News+, as well as the contribution of a full quarter of OpenAI revenue, a partnership which beganin May 2024 (the “OpenAI Partnership”).

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◦The Print decrease was due primarily to decreases of $5.2 million, or 12%, in advertising revenue, $3.6 million, or 5% in subscription revenue, $2.6 million, or 9%, in project and other revenue and $2.4 million, or 23%, in performance marketing revenue. The decreases in advertising revenue, subscription revenue and performance marketing revenue are all due, in part, to ongoing portfolio optimization changes that resulted in a reduction in the number of issues sold in the current quarter compared to the prior year quarter and the ongoing migration of audience from print to digital platforms. The decrease in project and other revenue was due primarily to political advertising spend from a legacy agency business in 2024 on third-party publisher platforms.

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◦The Print decrease was due primarily to decreases of $8.3 million, or 18%, in advertising revenue, $6.8 million, or 18%, in project and other revenue, $2.7 million, or 33%, in performance marketing revenue and $2.6 million, or 3% in subscription revenue, partially offset by an increase of $2.4 million, or 10%, in newsstand revenue. The decreases in advertising revenue, performance marketing revenue and subscription revenue are all due, in part, to ongoing portfolio optimization changes that resulted in a reduction in the number of issues sold in the current quarter compared to the prior year quarter and the ongoing migration of audience from print to digital platforms. The decrease in project and other revenue was due to a decrease in ticket sales for certain branded events. The increase in newsstand revenue was due primarily to an increase in the number of newsstand only issues produced in the current year and increased sales efficiency on titles produced in the prior year.

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•Care.com revenue decreased 4% to $88.9 million due primarily to a decrease of $4.8 million, or 9%, in Consumer Revenue, partially offset by an increase of $1.1 million, or 3%, in Enterprise Revenue. The decrease in Consumer Revenue was driven by a lower number of subscriptions on the Care.com platform. The increase in Enterprise Revenue was primarily due to an increase in backup care usage.

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•Care.com revenue decreased 6% to $82.0 million due primarily to decreases of $4.2 million, or 9%, in Consumer Revenue and $1.4 million, or 4%, in Enterprise Revenue. The decrease in Consumer Revenue was driven by fewer Care.com platform subscriptions. The decrease in Enterprise Revenue was primarily due to lower overall product utilization.

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•Search revenue decreased 35% to $70.3 million due to decreases of $32.3 million, or 36%, from Ask Media Group, resulting from a reduction in marketing from affiliate partners that drove fewer visitors to our ad supported search and content websites and $5.9 million, or 32%, from Desktop due primarily to a decline in search queries from our legacy business-to-business partnership operations.

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•Search revenue decreased 39% to $61.7 million due to decreases of $32.8 million, or 39%, from Ask Media Group, resulting from channel mix, and a reduction in marketing through affiliate partners, which drove fewer visitors to our ad-supported search and content websites and, $7.3 million, or 41%, from Desktop due primarily to the continued decline in search queries from our legacy business-to-business partnership operations.

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•Emerging & Other revenue decreased 46% to $18.3 million due primarily to the inclusion in the prior year period of $17.9 million in revenue from Mosaic Group, the assets of which were sold on February 15, 2024, partially offset by an increase in revenue of $2.6 million, or 72%, from The Daily Beast.

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•Emerging & Other revenue decreased 37% to $34.2 million due primarily to the inclusion in the prior year period of $17.8 million in revenue from Mosaic Group, the assets of which were sold on February 15, 2024, and a decrease of $4.4 million, or 71%, from IAC Films, partially offset by an increase in revenue of 39%, from The Daily Beast.

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Cost of revenue in 2025 decreased from 2024 due primarily to decreases of $40.2 million from Search, $8.4 million from Emerging & Other and $4.2 million from DDM.

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Cost of revenue in 2025 decreased from 2024 due primarily to decreases of $44.4 million from Search, $4.1 million from People Inc. and $2.4 million from Emerging & Other.

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•The Search decrease was due primarily to a decrease in traffic acquisition costs of $39.3 million following a decrease in revenue and the proportion of revenue earned from affiliate partners who direct traffic to our websites.

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•The Search decrease was due primarily to a decrease in traffic acquisition costs of $43.8 million following a decrease in revenue and the proportion of revenue earned from affiliate partners who direct traffic to our websites.

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•The DDM decrease was due primarily to a decrease of $13.5 million from Print, partially offset by an increase of $9.4 million from Digital.

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•The People Inc. decrease was due primarily to a decrease of $11.8 million from Print, partially offset by an increase of $9.4 million from Digital.

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•The Emerging & Other decrease was due primarily to the inclusion in the prior year period of $7.8 million in expense from Mosaic Group, the assets of which were sold on February 15, 2024.

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•The Emerging & Other decrease was due primarily to the inclusion in the prior year period of $7.7 million in expense from Mosaic Group, the assets of which were sold on February 15, 2024, and a decrease of $2.6 million in compensation expense at The Daily Beast resulting from a planned reduction in editorial staff in the prior year.

Previous wording

◦The Print decrease was due primarily to a decrease of $10.9 million in production and distribution costs (postage, printing, paper and content) resulting from the planned reduction in the number of printed copies of certain publications and a decrease in paper costs and a decrease of $2.1 million in compensation expense primarily related to headcount reductions in the fourth quarter of 2024 intended to better align resources with strategic initiatives.

Current wording

◦The Print decrease was due primarily to a decrease of $21.5 million in production and distribution costs (postage, printing, paper and editorial) resulting from the planned reduction in the number of printed copies of certain publications and a decrease in paper costs and a decrease of $2.3 million in compensation expense primarily related to headcount reductions in the fourth quarter of 2024 intended to better align resources with strategic initiatives.

Previous wording

◦The Digital increase was due primarily to increases of $5.6 million in compensation expense and $2.0 million in both traffic acquisition costs and content costs. The increase in compensation expense was due primarily to an increase in headcount to better align resources with strategic initiatives. The increase in traffic acquisition costs was due primarily to a new contractual relationship entered into in the prior year to increase programmatic revenue rates. The increase in content costs was due primarily to increased demand for custom content campaigns within premium advertising revenue.

Current wording

◦The Digital increase was due primarily to increases of $12.0 million in compensation expense, $4.8 million in content costs, $1.8 million in traffic acquisition costs and $1.3 million in spend related to advertising campaigns sold with D/Cipher+. The increases in both compensation expense and content costs were due primarily to the factors described above in the three-month discussion. The increase in traffic acquisition costs was due primarily to a new contractual relationship entered into in the prior year to increase programmatic revenue rates.

Previous wording

•The Search increase was due primarily to an increase of $6.5 million in online marketing spend due to higher traffic volume.

Current wording

•The Search increase was due primarily to an increase of $7.0 million in online marketing spend due to higher traffic through internal marketing efforts, partially offset by a decrease of $0.5 million in compensation expense due to a reduction in headcount.

Previous wording

◦The Digital increase was due primarily to increases in compensation expense and online marketing spend of $2.3 million and $1.8 million, respectively. The increase in compensation expense was primarily related to higher headcount and commissions. The increase in online marketing spend was due primarily to an increase in paid affiliate commerce.

Current wording

◦The Digital increase was due primarily to increases of $10.0 million in advertising and events production expense due, in part, to an increase in online marketing spend due primarily to an increase in paid affiliate commerce commission revenue and $2.5 million in compensation expense due primarily to higher headcount and commissions.

Previous wording

◦The Print decrease was due primarily to decreases of $2.7 million in compensation expense and $1.7 million in offline marketing spend. The decrease in compensation expense was primarily related to headcount reductions in the fourth quarter of 2024 intended to better align resources with strategic initiatives. The decrease in offline marketing spend was due primarily to the promotion of branded events in the prior year period.

Current wording

◦The Print decrease was due primarily to decreases of $5.2 million in advertising and events production expense due, in part, to a decrease in direct mail marketing spend, and $1.0 million in compensation expense primarily related to headcount reductions in the fourth quarter of 2024 intended to better align resources with strategic initiatives.

Previous wording

•The DDM decrease was due primarily to the inclusion in 2025 of a gain of $36.2 million from the termination of a lease for certain unoccupied office space at Other (unallocated corporate costs).

Current wording

•The People Inc. decrease was due primarily to the inclusion in 2025 of a gain of $36.2 million from the termination of a lease for certain unoccupied office space at Other (unallocated corporate costs).

Previous wording

•The Corporate decrease was due primarily to a decrease in compensation expense of $21.6 million, partially offset by $4.8 million intransaction-related costs related to the Distribution. The decrease in compensation expense was due primarily to a decrease of $37.9 million in stock-based compensation expense due primarily to the reversal of $49.8 million of previously recognized expense related to the forfeiture of our former Chief Executive Officer’s (“CEO”), Joseph Levin, restricted stock award pursuant to an employment transition agreement (the “Employment Transition Agreement”) entered into on January 13, 2025, partially offset by $14.9 million of stock-based compensation expense related to the transfer of 5.0 million Class B shares of Angi held by the Company, prior to the Distribution, to Mr. Levin, pursuant to the Employment Transition Agreement. Partially offsetting this decrease in stock-based compensation is $14.5 million in separation benefits to our former CEO under the Employment Transition Agreement and $1.8 million in severance and related expenses driven by other headcount reductions.

Current wording

•The Corporate decrease was due primarily to a decrease in compensation expense of $28.1 million, partially offset by $4.8 million intransaction-related costs related to the Distribution. The decrease in compensation expense was due primarily to a decrease of $41.9 million in stock-based compensation expense due primarily to the inclusion in the prior year period of $4.9 million of expense related to our former CEO’s restricted stock award and the reversal in the current year period of $49.8 million of previously recognized expense related to the forfeiture of the aforementioned restricted stock award pursuant to the Employment Transition Agreement described above in the three-month discussion, partially offset by $14.9 million of stock-based compensation expense related to the transfer of 5.0 million Class B shares of Angi held by the Company, prior to the Distribution, to our former CEO, pursuant to the Employment Transition Agreement. Partially offsetting this decrease in stock-based compensation expense is $14.7 million in separation benefits to our former CEO under the Employment Transition Agreement and $2.1 million in severance and related expenses driven by other headcount reductions.

Previous wording

•The Emerging & Other decrease was due primarily to the inclusion in the prior year period of$8.0 million of expense from Mosaic Group, the assets of which were sold on February 15, 2024.

Current wording

•The Emerging & Other decrease was due primarily to the inclusion in the prior year period of$8.0 million of expense from Mosaic Group, the assets of which were sold on February 15, 2024, and a decrease of $1.8 million in compensation expense from Vivian Health related to headcount reductions.

Previous wording

Depreciation in 2025 decreased from 2024 due primarily to a decrease of $1.1 million at Care.com, partially offset by an increase of $0.6 million at DDM. The decrease at Care.com was due primarily to certain capitalized software being fully depreciated. The increase at DDM was due primarily to accelerated depreciation expense recognized in 2025 on certain leasehold improvements in connection with the termination of a lease for certain unoccupied office space, partially offset by certain assets being fully depreciated in the fourth quarter of 2024 and accelerated depreciation expense recognized in 2024 on certain leasehold improvements in connection with the termination of a lease.

Current wording

Depreciation in 2025 decreased from 2024 due primarily to decreases of $0.8 million at People Inc. and $0.3 million at Care.com. The decrease at People Inc. was due primarily to certain assets being fully depreciated in the prior year. The decrease at Care.com was due primarily to certain capitalized software being fully depreciated.

Previous wording

Amortization of intangibles in 2025 decreased from 2024 due primarily to lower expense at DDM due to certain intangible assets that became fully amortized in the prior year.

Current wording

Amortization of intangibles in 2025 decreased from 2024 due primarily to lower expense at People Inc. due to certain intangible assets that became fully amortized in the prior year.

Previous wording

Operating income in 2025 increased $99.2 million to $35.8 million from a loss of $63.4 million in 2024 due primarily to an increase of $45.3 million in Adjusted EBITDA, described below, a decrease of $39.9 million in stock-based compensation expense and decreases of $13.2 million in amortization of intangibles and $0.8 million in depreciation, both described above. The decrease in stock-based compensation expense was due primarily to a reversal of expense resulting from an increase in awards being forfeited in the current year, as described above in the general and administrative expense discussion, partially offset by new awards granted in 2024.

Current wording

Operating income in 2025 increased $121.3 million to $36.4 million from a loss of $84.9 million in 2024 due primarily to an increase of $52.0 million in Adjusted EBITDA, described below, a decrease of $40.9 million in stock-based compensation expense and decreases of $26.5 million in amortization of intangibles and $1.9 million in depreciation. The decrease in stock-based compensation expense was due primarily to the inclusion in the prior year period of expense related to our former CEO’s restricted stock award and the subsequent reversal of expense in 2025 resulting from the forfeiture of the aforementioned award on January 13, 2025, as described above in the general and administrative expense discussion, partially offset by new awards granted subsequent to June 30, 2024. The decreases in amortization of intangibles and depreciation are described above.

Previous wording

At March 31, 2025, there was $96.6 million of unrecognized compensation cost, net of estimated forfeitures, related to all equity-based awards, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of approximately 2.2 years.

Current wording

At June 30, 2025, there was $108.4 million of unrecognized compensation cost, net of estimated forfeitures, related to all equity-based awards, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of approximately 2.2 years.

Previous wording

◦The Print Adjusted EBITDA increase was due primarily to lower operating expenses from continued cost rationalization efforts, including lower cost of revenue, partially offset by lower revenue.

Current wording

◦The Print Adjusted EBITDA increase was due primarily to lower operating expenses from continued cost rationalization efforts, partially offset by lower revenue.

Previous wording

◦The Digital Adjusted EBITDA increase was due primarily to higher revenue, partially offset by higher cost of revenue and an increase in online marketing.

Current wording

◦The Digital Adjusted EBITDA decrease was due primarily to higher cost of revenue, an increase in online marketing spend and increased investment in D/Cipher+ and the PEOPLE app, partially offset by higher revenue.

Previous wording

•Care.com Adjusted EBITDA decreased 12% to $14.5 million due primarily to lower revenue and higher compensation costs, partially offset by lower selling and marketing expense.

Current wording

•Search Adjusted EBITDA increased 10% to $5.1 million due primarily to lower traffic acquisition costs, partially offset by lower revenue and higher selling and marketing expense.

Previous wording

•DDM Adjusted EBITDA increased 166% to $80.3 million due to increases in Adjusted EBITDA of $34.1 million from Other (unallocated corporate costs), $10.5 million from Print and $5.4 million from Digital.

Current wording

•People Inc. Adjusted EBITDA increased 55% to $149.9 million due to increases in Adjusted EBITDA of $34.3 million from Other (unallocated corporate costs), $14.0 million from Print and $5.0 million from Digital.

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Current report — wording carried from elsewhere

◦The Print decrease was due primarily to a decrease of $10.6 million in production and distribution costs (postage, paper, printing and editorial) resulting from the planned reduction in the number of printed copies of certain publications and a decrease in paper costs.

Current report — wording carried from elsewhere

Depreciation in 2025 decreased from 2024 due primarily to a decrease of $1.4 million at Care.com due primarily to certain capitalized software being fully depreciated.

Current report — wording carried from elsewhere

Interest expense in 2025 decreased from 2024 due primarily to decreases in interest rates and the amount of debt outstanding under the Term Loans, partially offset by the extinguishment loss and interest expense on the 2032 Notes described above in the three-month discussion.

Current report — wording carried from elsewhere

All of the Company’s long-term debt are liabilities of People Inc. For a detailed description of interest rate swaps and long-term debt, see “Note 3—Long-term Debt” in the accompanying notes to the financial statements included in “Item 1. Consolidated Financial Statements.”