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Lineage, Inc.

For the period ended Dec 31, 2025. Filed Feb 25, 2026.

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FY2025 · Filed Feb 25, 2026

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Capital structure and noncontrolling interests

(2)Capital structure and noncontrolling interests

Lineage, Inc. capital structure

(a)Common Stock

Lineage, Inc. hasone class of common stock. Each share of common stock entitles the holder toone vote on matters submitted to a vote of the shareholders. Holders of common stock have the right to receive any dividend declared by the Company.

Lineage, Inc. is authorized to issue up to 500,000,000 common shares with a par value of $0.01 per share. As of December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, there were 226,967,652 and 228,191,656 common shares issued and outstanding, respectively.

The Company repurchased shares of its common stock as authorized by its Board of Directors (“Board”). Any repurchased shares are constructively retired and returned to an unissued status. The following table provides the number of shares repurchased, average price paid per share, and total amount paid for share repurchases. It excludes repurchases related to the withholding of common stock for employee taxes related to vested stock-based compensation arrangements and repurchases related to the settlement of a Put Option.

Year Ended December 31,
202520242023
Total number of shares repurchased156,562254,828131,237
Average price paid per share$35.99$98.36$94.24
Total consideration paid for share repurchases (in millions)$6$25$12

(b)Series A Preferred stock

Prior to the IPO, Lineage, Inc. had issued 630 shares of preferred stock, $0.01 par value per share, designated as Series A Cumulative Non-Voting Preferred Stock of Lineage, Inc. (“Series A Preferred Stock”). Of these 630 shares,505 were held by BGLH. During the year ended December 31, 2024, all shares of Series A Preferred Stock were redeemed in exchange for cash consideration of$1 million, which included accrued dividends through the redemption date. No shares of Series A Preferred Stock were outstanding as of December 31, 2025 or December 31, 2024.

Operating Partnership capital structure

The Operating Partnership’s capital structure as of December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024 was as follows:

December 31, 2025December 31, 2024
Partnership common units owned by Lineage, Inc.226,967,652228,191,656
Partnership common units owned by Non-Company LPs698,915984,089
Legacy Class A OP Units and Legacy Class B OP Units owned by Non-Company LPs21,029,59920,929,599
Redeemable Legacy Class A OP Units owned by Non-Company LPs—319,006
LTIP Units held by Non-Company LPs (1)3,667,9992,995,153
Total252,364,165253,419,503
(1) Balance includes 406,238 units granted under the Amended and Restated Lineage 2024 Incentive Award Plan which have vested but have not yet been converted into partnership common units.

Noncontrolling interest in the Operating Partnership relates to the interest in the Operating Partnership owned by investors other than Lineage, Inc. The Company accounts for the partnership common units, Legacy Class A OP Units, Legacy Class B OP Units (the Legacy Class A OP Units and Legacy Class B OP Units, together the “Legacy OP Units”), and LTIP Units based on their relative ownership percentage of the Operating Partnership. Each time the ownership percentage of the Operating Partnership held by Non-Company LPs and BG Cold changes, the Company records an adjustment to Noncontrolling interests with a corresponding adjustment in Additional paid-in capital - common stock to appropriately reflect the new ownership percentage and to reflect the Non-Company LPs’ and BG Cold’s share of all capital contributed to the Operating Partnership. All activity related to these interests is included within Noncontrolling interests in the consolidated balance sheets and consolidated statements of redeemable noncontrolling interests and equity. Prior to the IPO, Class A, Class B, and Class C units held by Non-Company LPs and BG Cold were similarly recorded based on their relative ownership percentages.

(c)Noncontrolling Interest in Operating Partnership - Partnership common units

Partnership common units include all Operating Partnership capital interests not designated as another class of units in the Operating Partnership’s Agreement of Limited Partnership (the “Operating Partnership Agreement”). In connection with the Formation Transactions, all Class A units previously held by Lineage, Inc. were reclassified into partnership common units. Lineage, Inc. holds all partnership common units with the exception of those held by Non-Company LPs. Partnership common units held by Non-Company LPs represent a noncontrolling interest in the Operating Partnership and are included in Noncontrolling interests in the consolidated balance sheets and consolidated statements of redeemable noncontrolling interests and equity.

Partnership common units have certain redemption rights which enable the holders to cause the Operating Partnership to redeem their partnership common units in exchange for, at the Company’s option, cash per unit equal to the market price of the Company’s common shares at the time of the redemption or for the Company’s common shares on aone-for-one basis. The number of shares issuable upon exercise of the redemption rights will be adjusted upon the occurrence of share splits, mergers, or other share transactions which would have the effect of diluting the ownership interests of the holders of partnership common units. Such redemption rights generally may not be exercised until 14 months after the initial acquisition of the partnership common units, except for partnership common units obtained in exchange for the Legacy Class A OP Units, Legacy Class B OP Units, LTIP Units described below, and OPEUs described below, each of which have different holding periods. The Company may also redeem partnership common units in connection with a tender offer made at the Company’s option.

During the year ended December 31, 2025,285,174 partnership common units held by Non-Company LPs, respectively, were exchanged for an equivalent number of shares of Lineage, Inc. common stock. No such units were exchanged during the year ended December 31, 2024.

(d)Noncontrolling Interest in Operating Partnership - Legacy Class A OP Units, Legacy Class B OP Units, Class A, Class B, and Class C units

Prior to the Company’s IPO, Non-Company LPs held certain Class A and Class B units in the Operating Partnership. These units were reclassified into Legacy OP Units as part of certain changes the Company effectuated in its capital structure in connection with the IPO (the “Formation Transactions”). Class A and Class B units were both voting capital interests in the Operating Partnership and were similar to each other in all material respects, except that Class A units held by Non-Company LPs bore a Founders Equity Share (as described below) payable to Class C unit holders, whereas Class B units did not.

BG Cold held all outstanding Class C units of the Operating Partnership. Class C units were reclassified into other interests in the Formation Transactions and their only claim on the underlying assets of the Operating Partnership was the following distributions. Class C units provided BG Cold the right to receive a percentage distribution (“Founders Equity Share”) upon certain distributions made to Non-Company LPs who held Class A units of the Operating Partnership. Class C units also received a distribution upon certain repurchases and redemptions of Class A units of the Operating Partnership held by Non-Company LPs. On a quarterly basis, BG Cold also received an advance distribution (“Advance Distribution”) against its future Founders Equity Share based on a formulaic amount of all capital contributed to the Operating Partnership after August 3, 2020. This Advance Distribution was an advance on the Class C Founders Equity Share to be paid upon the sale, redemption, liquidation of, or other distributions to, Class A units and would offset subsequent Class C unit Founders Equity Share distributions paid in conjunction with a hypothetical sale, redemption, liquidation, or other distribution.

BG Cold received a total of $26 million and $46 million in Advance Distributions during the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. Advance Distributions were only payable for the period through the date of the IPO.

Legacy OP Units are economically equivalent to partnership common units and hold the same voting rights. BG Lineage Holdings LHR, LLC serves as the representative of all Legacy OP Units (the “LHR”). As representative of the Legacy OP Units, the LHR is empowered to exercise the voting power for all Legacy OP Units. Legacy OP Units are generally not redeemable for cash or other consideration but can be reclassified into an equal number of partnership common units at any time at the discretion of the LHR, which serves as the representative of all Legacy OP Units. All Legacy OP Units must be reclassified into partnership common units prior to the third anniversary of the IPO. Once converted, the partnership common units that are obtained in the conversion of Legacy OP Units are immediately redeemable in exchange for, at the Company’s option, cash per unit equal to the market price of the Company’s common shares at the time of redemption or for the Company’s common shares on aone-for-one basis. Legacy Class A OP Units and Legacy Class B OP Units are similar in all material respects except with regard to the continuation of Founders Equity Share described below.

Each Legacy Class A OP Unit is comprised oftwo sub-units that are legally separate interests, with one sub-unit referred to as the “A-Piece Sub-Unit” and the other sub-unit referred to as the “C-Piece Sub-Unit.” The A-Piece Sub-Units and the C-Piece Sub-Units exist to continue the calculation of Founders Equity Share due to BG Cold after the reclassification of the pre-existing Class A and Class C units. The holders of the A-Piece Sub-Units and C-Piece Sub-Units will each share in the settlement of Legacy Class A OP Units when they are ultimately reclassified into partnership common units, with the amount of partnership common units received by holders of A-Piece Sub-Units and C-Piece Sub-Units determined based on the calculation of Founders Equity Share described above. Legacy Class B OP Units do not have any sub-units and are not impacted by Founders Equity Share.

No Legacy OP Units were reclassified into partnership common units during the year ended December 31, 2025. During the year ended December 31, 2024,984,103 Legacy OP Units were reclassified into partnership common units.

(e)Noncontrolling Interest in Operating Partnership - LTIP Units

The Company grants interests in the Operating Partnership to certain members of management in the form of LTIP Units. LTIP Units are a form of voting interest in the Operating Partnership which may be subject to vesting requirements. Immediately upon the grant of an LTIP Unit, the recipient of the LTIP Unit is admitted into the Operating Partnership as a Non-Company LP. Holders of LTIP Units are entitled to receive distributions from the Operating Partnership as they are declared or in the event of a liquidation of the Operating Partnership on a pari passu basis with holders of other classes of Operating Partnership units, with the exception of certain LTIP Units which, prior to vesting, only receive 10% of any declared distributions. The LTIP Units are also entitled to share in the profits and losses of the Operating Partnership. Both vested and unvested LTIP Units are accounted for as Noncontrolling interests in the consolidated balance sheets and consolidated statements of redeemable noncontrolling interests and equity.

Vested LTIP Units may be convertible into partnership common units. LTIP Units are only eligible to be converted into partnership common units if the capital account balance of the LTIP unitholder with respect to such LTIP Units is at least equal to Lineage, Inc.’s capital account balance with respect to an equal number of partnership common units, subject to certain adjustments (“capital account equivalence”). Once the LTIP Units have reached capital account equivalence and become vested, they may be converted into partnership common units on aone-for-one basis. Partnership common units obtained after conversion from the LTIP Units are redeemable in exchange for, at the Company’s option, cash per unit equal to the market price per share of the Company’s common stock at the time of redemption or for shares of the Company’s common stock on aone-for-one basis, in each case subject to certain adjustments. Partnership common units obtained after conversion from LTIP Units may not be redeemed until the 18 month anniversary of the date that the LTIP Units were originally granted (or such longer period as may be provided in the applicable LTIP Unit award agreement).

(f)Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests - Operating Partnership Units

Certain Operating Partnership units held by Non-Company LPs were redeemable at the greater of a fixed redemption amount or fair value if certain liquidation events did not occur. As of December 31, 2025, all such units have been redeemed. During each reporting period that the units were outstanding, the Company accreted the changes in the redemption value of the redeemable noncontrolling interest over the period of issuance to the earliest redemption date and recorded an adjustment if the accreted redemption value was greater than the ASC 810 carrying value. The Company’s adjustments were recorded to Additional paid-in capital - common stock in the consolidated balance sheets and consolidated statements of redeemable noncontrolling interests and equity because the Company was in an accumulated deficit position. These adjustments to equity are not a component of net income (loss), however, they are accounted for in the Company’s calculations of earnings (loss) per share (“EPS”) as disclosed in Note 22, Earnings (loss) per share.

In connection with the acquisition of MTC Logistics Holdings, LLC and certain real property (together with its subsidiaries, “MTC Logistics”) in 2022, the Company issued 319,006 Class A Units of the Operating Partnership with special redemption rights to the sellers of MTC Logistics. In connection with the IPO, the units were reclassified into Legacy Class A-4 OP units with similar redemption rights. These redemption rights, which had to be exercised between March 1, 2025 and April 15, 2025, allowed such holders of Legacy Class A-4 OP units to (1) redeem any or all of the Legacy Class A-4 OP units at a guaranteed floor or (2) receive a one-time top-up paid in cash or through the issuance of new Legacy Class A-4 OP units (or any combination of cash and units) in the amount by which the guaranteed minimum value exceeds the fair market value of the Legacy Class A-4 OP units (after adjusting for prior distributions on the Legacy Class A-4 OP units).

Both the Class A units and the Legacy Class A-4 OP units held by the sellers of MTC Logistics before and after the Formation Transactions were accounted for as Redeemable noncontrolling interests in the consolidated balance sheets and consolidated statements of redeemable noncontrolling interests and equity due to the put right held by the sellers. The required accretion adjustments related to these units included the impact of Founders Equity Share.

The holder of these units notified the Company of its intent to exercise its redemption rights for 219,006 units in exchange for total cash proceeds of $23 million and waive its redemption rights for the remaining 100,000 units, with a one-time top-up of $5 million paid in cash in relation to these remaining units. The holder’s election became irrevocable on April 15, 2025, upon which the Company repurchased 219,006 units of redeemable noncontrolling interest, paying $28 million to the holder, and reclassified the remaining 100,000 units to noncontrolling interests in the Operating Partnership.

In connection with the acquisition of Cherry Hill Joliet, LLC, 279 Marquette Drive, LLC, Joliet Cold Storage, LLC, and Bolingbrook Cold Storage, LLC (collectively, “JCS”) in 2021, the Company issued 941,176 Class A units of the Operating Partnership with special redemption rights to the sellers of JCS. These units were accounted for as Redeemable noncontrolling interests in the consolidated balance sheets and consolidated statements of redeemable noncontrolling interests and equity due to the put right held by the sellers. On February 1, 2024, one of the holders of these units elected to exercise their redemption rights for 61,593 units in exchange for total proceeds of $6 million. As a result of the partial redemption, BG Cold received a distribution of $1 million in respect of Founders Equity Share. The holders waived their redemption rights for their remaining 879,583 units, and the units remained outstanding, which resulted in a reclassification of the redeemable noncontrolling interest to noncontrolling interest in the Operating Partnership. The difference between the carrying value of the redeemable noncontrolling interest and the ASC 810 carrying value for the remaining noncontrolling interest was recognized in Additional paid-in capital - common stock in the consolidated statements of redeemable noncontrolling interests and equity during the year ended December 31, 2024.

LLH Capital Structure

The Operating Partnership owns substantially all outstanding equity interests of LLH except for those held by BG Maverick. Prior to the IPO and Formation Transactions, LLH MGMT Profits, LLC (“LLH MGMT”) and LLH MGMT Profits II, LLC (“LLH MGMT II”) also held equity interests in LLH. The equity interests held by BG Maverick, LLH MGMT, and LLH MGMT II were accounted for as Noncontrolling interests in the consolidated balance sheets and consolidated statements of redeemable noncontrolling interests and equity.

(g)OPEUs and Class D Interests in LLH

Prior to the IPO and Formation Transactions, BG Maverick held all outstanding Class D units in LLH. Class D units in LLH were non-voting profits interests. In respect of these interests, BG Maverick was entitled to receive a formulaic annual amount of income and profits that was payable only in a liquidity event. The Company concluded that the Class D units in LLH held by BG Maverick did not have the substantive risks and rewards of equity ownership of LLH, and therefore did not represent a substantive class of equity in LLH and were not recorded as Noncontrolling interests in the consolidated balance sheets and consolidated statements of redeemable noncontrolling interests and equity. As the payment of the distribution in respect of Class D units in LLH was contingent upon the occurrence of a liquidity event that was not considered probable to occur, the Company did not record a liability for the amounts to be paid, in accordance with ASC 450, Contingencies. As a result of the IPO and Formation Transactions, the Class D units in LLH held by BG Maverick became payable. The Company recognized an expense of$185 million associated with the Class D interests in LLH during the year ended December 31, 2024. In addition, the previous operating services agreement between LLH and Bay Grove Managementwas terminated, and Bay Grove Management’s right to receive distributions in respect of Class D units in LLH was suspended in exchange for a one-time increase of $200 million (the “Internalization”). These amounts are included within Acquisition, transaction, and other expense in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss) for the year ended December 31, 2024.

A portion of these amounts equal to $198 million was allocated to the Operating Partnership, the effect of which is that all Advance Distributions described above are repaid and the full Founders Equity Share will be paid to holders of C-Piece Sub-Units in connection with any sale, redemption, or liquidation of, or other distributions to, Legacy Class A OP Units. In settlement of the remaining obligations due to BG Maverick in connection with Class D units in LLH and the Internalization, LLH issued 2,447,990 Operating Partnership Equivalent Units (“OPEUs”). OPEUs are a voting capital interest in LLH which are similar in all material respects to the common units of LLH held by the Operating Partnership. At any time beginning after July 24, 2026, any holder of OPEUs may require that the Operating Partnership exchange the OPEUs for partnership common units on aone-for-one basis. Any partnership common units issued in exchange for OPEUs may not be redeemed until after all Legacy OP Units have been reclassified into partnership common units. OPEUs are recorded as Noncontrolling interests in the consolidated balance sheets and consolidated statements of redeemable noncontrolling interests and equity based on their relative ownership in LLH.

In connection with the Formation Transactions, LLH repurchased 986,842 OPEUs from BG Maverick in exchange for cash proceeds of $75 million. The excess of this redemption payment over the carrying value of the OPEUs was recognized in Additional paid-in capital in the consolidated statements of redeemable noncontrolling interests and equity for the year ended December 31, 2024.

There were 1,461,148 OPEUs outstanding, which represents 0.6% ownership in LLH, as of both December 31, 2025 and 2024.

(h)Management Profits Interests Class C units

The Company had previously granted interests in LLH MGMT and LLH MGMT II to certain members of management. LLH MGMT and LLH MGMT II held all outstanding Class C units in LLH (“Management Profits Interests Class C units”). Management Profits Interests Class C units entitled LLH MGMT and LLH MGMT II, and, by extension, certain members of management, to a formulaic amount of the profits of LLH, generally based on the growth of the Company’s share price over a certain threshold, subject to certain adjustments.

The Company accounted for Management Profits Interests Class C units held by LLH MGMT and LLH MGMT II based on the total value of all Management Profits Interests Class C units in a hypothetical liquidation of the Company. Under this method, the amounts of income and loss attributed to Management Profits Interests Class C units reflect the change in the amounts LLH MGMT and LLH MGMT II would hypothetically receive at each balance sheet date. This method assumes that the proceeds available for distribution would be equivalent to the equity of the Company. All activity related to Management Profits Interests Class C units is included within Noncontrolling interests in the consolidated statements of redeemable noncontrolling interests and equity.

In connection with the Formation Transactions, vested Management Profits Interests Class C units that had met the required value threshold were exchanged for Legacy Class B OP Units or shares of Company common stock. Unvested Management Profits Interests Class C units were terminated. The Company issued replacement awards for unvested Management Profits Interests Class C unit holders and certain vested Management Profits Interests Class C units that had not met required value thresholds under the 2024 Plan (as defined below) in the form of time-based restricted stock units (“RSUs”) and/or time-based LTIP Units, as further described in Note 18, Stock-based compensation. No Management Profits Interests Class C units remained outstanding as of December 31, 2025 or December 31, 2024. The noncontrolling interest previously recognized related to vested Management Profits Interest Class C units was reclassified into other forms of stockholders’ equity, as applicable, during the year ended December 31, 2024, with the difference between the carrying value of the Management Profits Interest Class C units and the Legacy Class B OP Units and shares of common stock recognized as an adjustment to Additional paid-in capital - common stock.

On certain occasions, the Company offered a repurchase opportunity for certain Management Profits Interests Class C units by offering cash settlement to repurchase units at their current fair market value. Certain Management Profits Interests Class C units were redeemed in exchange for a cash total of $13 million during the year ended December 31, 2023. No such redemptions occurred during the years ended December 31, 2025 or December 31, 2024. In the consolidated statements of redeemable noncontrolling interests and equity, the carrying value of the redeemed units was recorded as a reduction of Noncontrolling interests, while the excess of the redemption payments over the carrying value of the redeemed units was recorded as a reduction of Additional paid-in capital - common stock.

Other Noncontrolling interests

Certain subsidiaries of LLH have also issued equity interests to third parties. All of these equity interests are accounted for as Noncontrolling interests in the consolidated balance sheets and consolidated statements of redeemable noncontrolling interests and equity.

(i)Noncontrolling Interests in Other Consolidated Subsidiaries

Noncontrolling interests in Other Consolidated Subsidiaries include entities other than the Operating Partnership in which the Company has a controlling interest but which are not wholly owned by the Company. Third parties own the following interests in the below Other Consolidated Subsidiaries:

December 31, 2025December 31, 2024
Cool Port Oakland Holdings, LLC13.3%13.3%
Lineage Jiuheng Logistics (HK) Group Company Ltd.40.0%40.0%
Kloosterboer BLG Coldstore GmbH (1)49.0%49.0%
Turvo India Pvt. Ltd.1.0%1.0%
(1) The Company and its joint venture partner agreed to wind down this entity over approximately the next year, which is not expected to have a material impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements.

In addition to the third-party interests detailed above, Noncontrolling interests in Other Consolidated Subsidiaries also include Series A Preferred shares issued by each of the Company’s REIT subsidiaries to third-party investors. Each REIT subsidiary has issued Series A Preferred shares, which are non-voting shares that have a $1,000 liquidation preference and a cumulative 12.0% per annum dividend preference. The REIT subsidiary Series A Preferred shares may be redeemed at the Company’s option for consideration equal to $1,000 plus all accrued and unpaid dividends thereon to and including the date fixed for redemption and are not convertible or exchangeable for any other property or securities of the Company.

On January 12, 2023, Lineage Logistics CC Holdings, LLC issued 123 preferred shares in order to become a REIT subsidiary. The Company’s REIT subsidiaries had an aggregate amount of 373 Series A Preferred shares held by third parties outstanding as of both December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024.

(j)Convertible Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests - Kloosterboer Preference Shares

In 2021, the Company issued non-voting preferred equity instruments(“Preference Shares”) to the seller(the “Co-Investor”) in connection with the Company’s acquisition of Kloosterboer Group B.V. and its subsidiaries (“Kloosterboer”). As of both December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, there were 2,214,553 Preference Shares outstanding. Upon completion of the IPO, the Preference Shares were reclassified in theconsolidated balance sheets from Redeemable noncontrolling interests to Other long-term liabilities based on the fair value of the liability at the time of reclassification. See Note 17, Other long-term liabilitiesfor their carrying value. During the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company recorded net redeemable noncontrolling interest adjustments, representing the effect of foreign currency on the carrying amount and accrued dividends payable. A portion of the net redeemable noncontrolling interest adjustments during the year ended December 31, 2024 represent the adjustments for the period prior to the IPO.

(k)Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests - Operating Subsidiaries

In August 2023, the Company acquired a 75.0% ownership in Ha Noi Steel Pipe Joint Stock Company (“SK Logistics”). On each of September 30, 2025 and September 30, 2026, the noncontrolling shareholders have the right to sell the remaining 25.0% of SK Logistics to the Company at a formulaic price based on certain financial metrics of SK Logistics in the preceding calendar year. This right expires, if not exercised, on September 30, 2026. In November 2025, the Company entered into an agreement to purchase the noncontrolling shareholders’ shares in SK Logistics. The agreement is expected to close in 2026, subject to regulatory approvals. Until then, the noncontrolling shareholders’ interest remains redeemable.

The noncontrolling shareholders’ interests in SK Logistics are presented within Redeemable noncontrolling interests in the consolidated balance sheets and consolidated statements of redeemable noncontrolling interests and equity. The Company accretes the changes in the redemption value of the redeemable noncontrolling interests over the period of issuance to the earliest redemption date and, if necessary, records an adjustment to the redeemable noncontrolling interests. The Company’s adjustments are recorded to Additional paid-in capital - common stock in the consolidated balance sheets and consolidated statements of redeemable noncontrolling interests and equity. In accordance with ASC 810, the value is adjusted to reflect the lower of the redemption value or the ASC 810 value, which represents the floor. During the year ended December 31, 2025, previously recorded accretion of $4 million was reversed to reflect a decline in redemption value to its ASC 810 value.

Below is a summary of all activity for the Company’s redeemable noncontrolling interests during the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, which are discussed in further detail above.

(in millions)Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests - Operating Partnership UnitsConvertible Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests - Preference SharesRedeemable Noncontrolling Interest - Operating SubsidiariesTotal Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests
Balance as of December 31, 2022$85$213$—$298
Noncontrolling interests acquired in business combinations——77
Redeemable noncontrolling interest redemption value adjustment358144
Balance as of December 31, 20231202218349
Distributions(1)——(1)
Reclassification of the Preference Shares—(229)—(229)
Redemption of redeemable noncontrolling interests(6)——(6)
Expiration of redemption option(92)——(92)
Redeemable noncontrolling interest redemption value adjustment128323
Net income (loss)(1)——(1)
Balance as of December 31, 202432—1143
Redemption of redeemable noncontrolling interests(28)——(28)
Expiration of redemption option(6)——(6)
Redeemable noncontrolling interest redemption value adjustment2—(4)(2)
Balance as of December 31, 2025$—$—$7$7

Below is a summary of all activity for the Company’s noncontrolling interests during the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, which are discussed in further detail above.

(in millions)Operating Partnership UnitsNoncontrolling Interests in Other Consolidated SubsidiariesManagement Profits Interests Class C UnitsNoncontrolling Interest in Other Consolidated Subsidiaries - OPEUTotal Noncontrolling Interests
Balance as of December 31, 2022$608$21$12$—$641
Contributions from noncontrolling interests2———2
Distributions(56)(1)——(57)
Operating Partnership units issued in acquisitions2———2
Stock-based compensation——11—11
Other comprehensive income (loss)(2)———(2)
Sale of noncontrolling interests—(4)——(4)
Redemption of units issued as stock compensation——(1)—(1)
Net income (loss)(5)(1)(13)—(19)
Reallocation of noncontrolling interests49———49
Balance as of December 31, 2023598159—622
Distributions ($0.91 per OP Unit and OPEU)(47)(1)—(2)(50)
Stock-based compensation35—4—39
Other comprehensive income (loss)(27)——(1)(28)
Conversion of Management Profits Interests Class C units66—(5)—61
Redemption of preferred shares and OPEUs———(29)(29)
Reimbursement of Advance Distributions198———198
Issuance of OPEUs and settlement of Class D Units———7373
Expiration of redemption option27———27
Net income (loss)(75)—(8)(3)(86)
Reallocation of noncontrolling interests169——17186
Balance as of December 31, 202494414—551,013
Distributions ($2.11 per OP Unit and OPEU)(51)(1)—(3)(55)
Stock-based compensation48———48
Other comprehensive income (loss)20——121
Expiration of redemption option6———6
Net income (loss)(12)(1)——(13)
Reallocation of noncontrolling interests(20)———(20)
OP Units reclassification(10)———(10)
Balance as of December 31, 2025$925$12$—$53$990

In the tables above, for the period after the IPO and Formation Transactions, Operating Partnership Units include Partnership common units, Legacy OP Units, and LTIP Units held by Non-Company LPs. For the period before the IPO and Formation Transactions, Operating Partnership Units include Class A, Class B, and Class C units of the Operating Partnership held by Non-Company LPs and BG Cold.

Dividends and Distributions

The following table summarizes dividends declared to common stockholders during the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024.

Quarter EndedRecord DatePayment DateDividend per Common ShareDividend Payment (in millions)
September 30, 2024 (1)September 30, 2024October 21, 2024$0.38$87
December 31, 2024December 31, 2024January 21, 2025$0.5275$120
March 31, 2025March 31, 2025April 21, 2025$0.5275$120
June 30, 2025June 30, 2025July 21, 2025$0.5275$121
September 30, 2025September 30, 2025October 21, 2025$0.5275$120
December 31, 2025December 31, 2025January 21, 2026$0.5275$120
(1) The dividend is prorated for the period commencing on July 26, 2024, the date the Company’s initial public offering was consummated, and ending on September 30, 2024.

Concurrently with the declaration of the dividend on common stock, Lineage, Inc., as general partner of the Operating Partnership, authorized the Operating Partnership to make distributions to the holders of partnership common units, Legacy OP Units, and LTIP Units. The Operating Partnership also makes tax payments on behalf of its partners, which constitute additional insignificant distributions. The Operating Partnership, as managing member of LLH, authorized LLH to make distributions to the Operating Partnership and to the holders of OPEUs. Additionally, RSUs accrue dividend equivalents as the Company declares dividends on its common stock, and upon the vesting of the RSUs, the plan participant receives the dividend payment.

In the consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, all unpaid dividend and distribution amounts which will be paid within one year are included in Accrued dividends and distributions, and all unpaid dividend and distribution amounts which will be paid in more than one year are included within Other long-term liabilities. The only amounts which will be payable in more than one year are those payable with respect to dividend equivalents for RSUs which vest in more than one year.

Put Options

In connection with the Formation Transactions, the Company executed a put option agreement, which provided special redemption rights and top-up rights, each as defined below, that mirrored the rights of certain classes of BGLH equity interests (the “Put Options”). Pursuant to the Put Options, BGLH had the right to either:

–Distribute, in various installments from September 2024 through December 2025 (the “Put Option Exercise Window”) up to 2,036,738 shares of the Company’s common stock held by BGLH to certain holders of BGLH equity interests, and these holders then have the individual right to cause the Company to purchase any or all of these shares for an amount equal to a contractual guaranteed minimum price or, in some cases, if greater, the then-current fair market value of the shares of the Company’s common stock as of a specified date.

–In some cases, demand a top-up through a cash payment or through the issuance of additional shares of the Company’s common stock in exchange for no proceeds, or any combination thereof, in an amount equal to the amount by which the contractual guaranteed minimum price exceeds the then current fair market value of shares of the Company’s common stock at specified times during the Put Option Exercise Window.

The Company assessed the Put Options as freestanding financial instruments which were classified as liabilities under ASC 480, because the Put Options represented written put options on the Company’s common stock which could be net cash settled or net share settled. Upon the execution of the put option agreement, the Company recorded liabilities for the Put Options based on fair value, with an offsetting charge to Retained earnings (accumulated deficit) in the consolidated balance sheets and consolidated statements of redeemable noncontrolling interests and equity during the year ended

December 31, 2024. The associated liabilities were recorded in Accounts payable and accrued liabilities in the consolidated balance sheets.

The Company calculated the fair value of the Put Options utilizing a Monte Carlo simulation to estimate the ultimate Company obligation during the Put Option Exercise Window. For each simulated path, the market price of the shares of the Company’s common stock relative to the contractual guaranteed minimum price was estimated during the Put Option Exercise Window, which determined the Company’s obligation under each Put Option. The fair value of the Put Options was the average discounted obligation across all simulation paths. The Company remeasured this liability at fair value on a recurring basis until settlement, and adjustments to the fair value were recorded within Acquisition, transaction, and other expense in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss). The following table includes a rollforward of the Put Options classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy.

(in millions)Put Options
Balance as of December 31, 2023$—
Issuance of Put Options103
Fair value adjustments31
Settlement of Put Options(27)
Balance as of December 31, 2024107
Fair value adjustments31
Unrealized foreign currency translation adjustment6
Reclassification out of Level 3(144)
Balance as of December 31, 2025$—

All of the Put Options have been exercised and settled as of December 31, 2025, as outlined below by Exercise Window.

(in millions, except number of shares)Settlement DateShares exercisedRepurchase of SharesTop-UpExcess Above Fair ValueTotal Payment
September 1, 2024 to October 16, 202411/4/2024250,675$17$1$9$27
November 1, 2024 to December 16, 202412/18/2024——17—17
June 1, 2025 to June 6, 20258/5/2025616,02228—5078
September 1, 2025 to September 8, 202511/7/20251,058,32844—80124
October 3, 2025 to October 10, 202512/19/2025111,7134—1418
Total2,036,738$93$18$153$264

In connection with these settlements, the top-up payments and the excess of the repurchase proceeds over the fair market value of the Company’s common shares were recorded as a reduction of the Put Option liability included within Accounts payable and accrued liabilities in the consolidated balance sheets. The repurchase proceeds which were not in excess of the fair market value of the Company’s common shares were recorded as reductions to common stock and Additional paid-in capital - common stock in the consolidated balance sheets and consolidated statements of redeemable noncontrolling interests and equity.

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