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Sinclair Broadcast Group, LLC

For the period ended Jun 30, 2025. Filed Aug 8, 2025.

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Jun 30, 2025 · Filed Aug 8, 2025

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NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

  1. NATURE OF OPERATIONS AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES:

Nature of Operations

Sinclair, Inc. (“Sinclair”) is a diversified media company with national reach and a strong focus on providing high-quality content on our local television stations and digital platforms. The content, distributed through our broadcast platform and third-party platforms, consists of programming provided by third-party networks and syndicators, local news, other original programming produced by us and our owned networks and professional sports. Additionally, we own digital media companies that are complementary to our extensive portfolio of television station related digital properties and we have interests in, own, manage, and/or operate technical and software services companies, research and development companies for the advancement of broadcast technology, and other media and non-media related businesses and assets, including real estate, venture capital, private equity, and direct investments.

For the quarter ended June 30, 2025, we hadtwo reportable segments: local media and tennis. The local media segment consists primarily of our 185 broadcast television stations in 85 markets, which we own, provide programming and operating services pursuant to agreements commonly referred to as local marketing agreements (“LMA”), or provide sales services and other non-programming operating services pursuant to other outsourcing agreements (such as joint sales agreements (“JSA”) and shared services agreements (“SSA”)). These stations broadcast 646 channels as of June 30, 2025. For the purpose of this report, these 185 stations and 646 channels are referred to as “our” stations and channels. The tennis segment consists of Tennis Channel, a cable network which includes coverage of many of tennis’ top tournaments and original professional sports and tennis lifestyle shows; Tennis Channel International streaming service; Tennis Channel streaming service; TennisChannel 2, a 24-hour a day free ad-supported streaming television channel; and Tennis.com.

Principles of Consolidation

The consolidated financial statements include our accounts and those of our wholly-owned and majority-owned subsidiaries, and VIEs for which we are the primary beneficiary. Noncontrolling interests represent a minority owner’s proportionate share of the equity in certain of our consolidated entities. All intercompany transactions and account balances have been eliminated in consolidation.

We consolidate VIEs when we are the primary beneficiary. We are the primary beneficiary of a VIE when we have the power to direct the activities of the VIE that most significantly impact the economic performance of the VIE and have the obligation to absorb losses or the right to receive returns that would be significant to the VIE. See Note 7. Variable Interest Entities for more information on our VIEs.

Investments in entities over which we have significant influence but not control are accounted for using the equity method of accounting. Income from equity method investments represents our proportionate share of net income generated by equity method investees.

Interim Financial Statements

The consolidated financial statements for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024 are unaudited. In the opinion of management, such financial statements have been presented on the same basis as the audited consolidated financial statements and include all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments necessary for a fair statement of the consolidated balance sheets, consolidated statements of operations, consolidated statements of comprehensive (loss) income, consolidated statements of equity and noncontrolling interests, and consolidated statements of cash flows for these periods as adjusted for the adoption of recent accounting pronouncements.

As permitted under the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), the consolidated financial statements do not include all disclosures normally included with audited consolidated financial statements and, accordingly, should be read together with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 filed with the SEC. The consolidated statements of operations presented in the accompanying consolidated financial statements are not necessarily representative of operations for an entire year.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses in the consolidated financial statements and in the disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In December 2023, the FASB issued guidance to enhance the transparency and decision usefulness of income tax disclosures, requiring annual disclosure of consistent categories and greater disaggregation of information in the rate reconciliation table; additional information for reconciling items that meet a quantitative threshold (if the effect of those reconciling items is equal to or greater than 5 percent of the amount computed by multiplying pretax income or loss by the applicable statutory income tax rate); income taxes paid disaggregated by jurisdiction; and income or loss before income tax disaggregated between foreign and domestic. The guidance is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024, applied prospectively. Early adoption is permitted. We are currently evaluating the impact of this guidance but do not expect it to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

In November 2024, the FASB issued guidance requiring disclosure of disaggregated information about certain income statement expense line items. The guidance is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2026 and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027. Early adoption is permitted. We are currently evaluating the impact of this guidance.

Broadcast Television Programming

We have agreements with programming syndicators for the rights to television programming over contract periods, which generally run fromone tothree years. Contract payments are made in installments over terms that are generally equal to or shorter than the contract period. Pursuant to accounting guidance for the broadcasting industry, an asset and a liability for the rights acquired and obligations incurred under a license agreement are reported on the balance sheet when the cost of each program is known or reasonably determinable, the program material has been accepted by the licensee in accordance with the conditions of the license agreement, and the program is available for its first showing or telecast. The portion of program contracts which becomes payable within one year is reflected as a current liability in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.

The rights to this programming are reflected in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets at the lower of unamortized cost or fair value. Program costs are amortized on a straight-line basis except for contracts greater than three years which are amortized utilizing an accelerated method. Program costs estimated by management to be amortized in the succeeding year are classified as current assets. Payments of program contract liabilities are typically made on a scheduled basis and are not affected by amortization or fair value adjustments.

We assess our program costs on a quarterly basis to ensure the costs are recorded at the lower of unamortized cost or fair value.

Hedge Accounting

We entered into an interest rate swap effective February 7, 2023 and terminating on February 28, 2026 in order to manage a portion of our exposure to variable interest rates. The swap agreement has a notional amount of $600 million, bears a fixed interest rate of 3.9%, and we receive a floating rate of interest based on the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”).

We have determined that the interest rate swap meets the criteria for hedge accounting. The initial value of the interest rate swap and any changes in value in subsequent periods is included inaccumulated other comprehensive income, with a corresponding change recorded in assets or liabilities depending on the position of the swap. Gains or losses on the monthly settlement of the interest rate swap are reflected in interest expense in our consolidated statements of operations. Cash flows related to the interest rate swap are classified as operating activities in our consolidated statements of cash flows. See Interest Rate Swap within Note 3. Notes Payable, Finance Leases, and Commercial Bank Financingfor further discussion.

Non-cash Investing and Financing Activities

Leased assets obtained in exchange for new operating lease liabilities were $4 million and $3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively. Leased assets obtained in exchange for new finance lease liabilities were $7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2024. Non-cash investing activities included property and equipment purchases of $5 million for both the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024.

We received equity shares in investments valued at $17 million and $4 million for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, in exchange for an obligation to deliver a similar value of advertising spots.

Revenue Recognition

The following table presents our revenue disaggregated by type and segment (in millions):

For the three months ended June 30, 2025Local MediaTennisOtherEliminationsTotal
Distribution revenue$380$54$—$—$434
Core advertising revenue2721338(7)316
Political advertising revenue6———6
Other media, non-media, and intercompany revenues2118(2)28
Total revenues$679$68$46$(9)$784
For the six months ended June 30, 2025Local MediaTennisOtherEliminationsTotal
Distribution revenue$775$110$—$—$885
Core advertising revenue5432453(12)608
Political advertising revenue12———12
Other media, non-media, and intercompany revenues43214(4)55
Total revenues$1,373$136$67$(16)$1,560
For the three months ended June 30, 2024Local MediaTennisOtherEliminationsTotal
Distribution revenue$384$51$—$—$435
Core advertising revenue285149(5)303
Political advertising revenue40———40
Other media, non-media, and intercompany revenues41211(3)51
Total revenues$750$67$20$(8)$829
For the six months ended June 30, 2024Local MediaTennisOtherEliminationsTotal
Distribution revenue$768$103$—$—$871
Core advertising revenue5692415(8)600
Political advertising revenue64———64
Other media, non-media, and intercompany revenues76320(7)92
Total revenues$1,477$130$35$(15)$1,627

Distribution Revenue. We generate distribution revenue through fees received from these Distributors for the right to distribute our stations and other properties. Distribution arrangements are generally governed by multi-year contracts and the underlying fees are based upon a contractual monthly rate per subscriber. These arrangements represent licenses of intellectual property; revenue is recognized as the signal or network programming is provided to our customers (as usage occurs) which corresponds with the satisfaction of our performance obligation. Revenue is calculated based upon the contractual rate multiplied by an estimated number of subscribers. Our customers will remit payments based upon actual subscribers a short time after the conclusion of a month, which generally does not exceed 120 days. Historical adjustments to subscriber estimates have not been material.

Core Advertising Revenue. We generate core advertising revenue primarily from the sale of non-political advertising spots/impressions within our broadcast television and digital platforms.

Political Advertising Revenue. We generate political advertising revenue primarily from the sale of political advertising spots/impressions within our broadcast television and digital platforms.

In accordance with ASC 606, we do not disclose the value of unsatisfied performance obligations for (i) contracts with an original expected length of one year or less and (ii) distribution arrangements which are accounted for as a sales/usage-based royalty.

Deferred Revenue. We record deferred revenue when cash payments are received or due in advance of our performance, including amounts which are refundable. We classify deferred revenue as either current in other current liabilities or long-term in other long-term liabilities in our consolidated balance sheets based on the timing of when we expect to satisfy our performance obligations. Deferred revenue was $175 million and $170 million as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively, of which $101 million and $112 million, respectively, was reflected in other long-term liabilities in our consolidated balance sheets. Deferred revenue recognized for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, included in the deferred revenue balance as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, was $38 million and $30 million, respectively.

For the three months ended June 30, 2025, two customers accounted for 11% and 11%, respectively, of our total revenues. For the six months ended June 30, 2025, two customers accounted for 11% and 11%, respectively, of our total revenues. For the three months ended June 30, 2024, two customers accounted for 11% and 10%, respectively, of our total revenues. For the six months ended June 30, 2024, two customers accounted for 11% and 11%, respectively, of our total revenues. As of June 30, 2025, two customers accounted for 12% and 10%, respectively, of our accounts receivable, net. As of December 31, 2024, four customers accounted for 11%,11%,10%, and 10%, respectively, of our accounts receivable, net. For purposes of this disclosure, a single customer may include multiple entities under common control.

Business Combinations and Station Disposals

In March 2025, Sinclair Ventures, LLC (“Ventures”) completed the acquisition of CPX Interactive LLC (“Digital Remedy”) for approximately $30 million in cash, net of cash acquired of $5 million, in which Ventures acquired the remaining 75% of the business they did not already own. The acquired assets and liabilities were recorded at fair value as of the closing date of the transactions, which included $22 million of definite-lived intangible assets and $17 million of goodwill.

In March 2025, we entered into an asset purchase agreement with a counterparty to sell our owned stations within Milwaukee, WI (WVTV), Springfield, IL (WICS/WICD), Ottumwa, IA (KTVO), and Quincy, IL (KHQA) for approximately $30 million. As of June 30, 2025, we classified the related assets and liabilities as held-for-sale in our consolidated balance sheets. As of June 30, 2025, amounts classified as assets held-for-sale in our consolidated balance sheets primarily consist of accounts receivable of $9 million and property and equipment of $23 million and amounts classified as liabilities held-for-sale in our consolidated balance sheets primarily consists of accounts payable and accrued liabilities of $2 million and current portion of program contracts payable of $1 million. Additionally, during the six months ended June 30, 2025, we accrued the estimated loss we expect to recognize upon closing of the sale of approximately $17 million, which is included within loss on asset dispositions and other, net within our consolidated statements of operations and our local media segment within Note 6. Segment Data and was recorded to reflect the underlying assets at the lower of carrying value and fair value. The sale was completed on July 8, 2025.

Income Taxes

Our income tax provision for all periods consists of federal and state income taxes. The tax provision for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024 is based on the estimated effective tax rate applicable for the full year after taking into account discrete tax items and the effects of the noncontrolling interests. We provide a valuation allowance for deferred tax assets if we determine that it is more likely than not that some or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. In evaluating our ability to realize net deferred tax assets, we consider all available evidence, both positive and negative, including our past operating results, tax planning strategies, current and cumulative losses, and forecasts of future taxable income. In considering these sources of taxable income, we must make certain judgments that are based on the plans and estimates used to manage our underlying businesses on a long-term basis. A valuation allowance has been provided for deferred tax assets related to a substantial amount of our available state net operating loss carryforwards based on past operating results, expected timing of the reversals of existing temporary basis differences, alternative tax strategies, and projected future taxable income.

On July 4, 2025, the One Big, Beautiful Bill (“OBBB”) was enacted. The OBBB is a comprehensive tax reform package that includes significant changes to corporate tax policy. While the Company is currently evaluating the full impact of OBBB, it does not expect a material impact on its financial statements. The Company will continue to assess the implications of OBBB and will provide further update in its subsequent quarterly filings.

Our effective income tax rate for the three months ended June 30, 2025 was less than the statutory rate primarily due to the impact of state taxes. Our effective income tax rate for the six months ended June 30, 2025 approximated the statutory rate. Our effective income tax rate for the three months ended June 30, 2024 was less than the statutory rate primarily due to accrual of interest income attributable to prior years’ pending income tax refund claims offset by non-deductible expenses. Our effective income tax rate for the six months ended June 30, 2024 was less than the statutory rate primarily due to an immaterial $7.5 million correcting adjustment related to the accrual of interest income attributable to prior years’ pending income tax refund claims.

We believe that our liability for unrecognized tax benefits could be reduced by up to $3 million, in the next twelve months, as a result of the expected statute of limitations expirations, the application of limits under available state administrative practice exceptions, and the resolution of examination issues and settlements with federal and certain state tax authorities.

Reclassifications

Certain reclassifications have been made to prior years’ consolidated financial statements to conform to the current year’s presentation.

Subsequent Events

In August 2025, our Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.25 per share, payable on September 15, 2025 to holders of record at the close of business on August 29, 2025.

  1. OTHER ASSETS:

Other assets as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024 consisted of the following (in millions):

As of June 30,2025As of December 31,2024
Equity method investments$32$48
Other investments298382
Notes receivable2927
Income tax receivable147144
Post-retirement plan assets4947
Other6262
Total other assets$617$710

Equity Method Investments

We have a portfolio of investments in a number of entities that are primarily focused on the development of real estate and other media and non-media businesses. No investments were individually significant for the periods presented.

Other Investments

We measure our investments, excluding equity method investments, at fair value or, in situations where fair value is not readily determinable, we have the option to value investments at cost plus observable changes in value, less impairment. Additionally, certain investments are measured at net asset value (“NAV”).

As of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, we held $113 million and $228 million, respectively, in investments measured at fair value. As of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, we held $137 million and $116 million, respectively, in investments measured at NAV. We recognized fair value adjustment losses of $30 million and $103 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, respectively, and fair value adjustment losses of $45 million and $43 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, respectively, associated with these investments, which are reflected in other expense, net in our consolidated statements of operations. As of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, our unfunded commitments related to our investments valued using the NAV practical expedient totaled $48 million and $60 million, respectively.

Investments accounted for utilizing the measurement alternative were $48 million and $38 million as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively. There wereno adjustments to the carrying amount of investments accounted for utilizing the measurement alternative for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025. We recorded a $2 million impairment related to one investment for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, which is reflected in other expense, net in our consolidated statements of operations.

  1. NOTES PAYABLE, FINANCE LEASES, AND COMMERCIAL BANK FINANCING:

Credit Agreement and Notes

During the first quarter of 2025, Sinclair Television Group, Inc. (“STG”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sinclair Broadcast Group, LLC (“SBG”), completed a series of financing transactions (the “Transactions”) as follows:

Exchanged $711.4 million aggregate principal amount outstanding of the$714 million Term Loan B-3, which mature April 1, 2028 and bear interest at SOFR plus 3.00%, into second-out first lien Term Loan B-6 issued under a new credit agreement dated February 12, 2025 (the “New Credit Agreement”), which mature December 31, 2029 and bear interest at SOFR plus 3.30%. Exchanged all of the$731.3 million aggregate principal amount outstanding of Term Loan B-4, which matured on April 21, 2029 and bore interest at SOFR plus 3.75%, into second-out first lien Term Loan B-7 issued under the New Credit Agreement, which mature December 31, 2030 and bear interest at SOFR plus 4.10%.

Exchanged $575 million of commitments under the existing revolving credit facility into$575 million first-out first lien revolving commitments (the “First-Out Revolving Credit Facility”) under the New Credit Agreement, which mature February 12, 2030 and borrowings thereunder will bear interest at SOFR plus 2.00%.

The existing bank credit agreement was amended as of February 12, 2025 (the “Amended Credit Agreement”) concurrent with the Transactions and entering into the New Credit Agreement, subordinating the secured obligations thereunder and eliminating substantially all covenants and certain events of default. As a result, the remaining$3 million of Term Loan B-3 and the remaining$75 million of commitments under the existing revolving credit facility are ranked as third lien obligations.

STG issued$1,430 million aggregate principal amount of 8.125% first-out first lien secured notes due 2033 (the “8.125% First-Out Notes”), which mature on February 15, 2033. The proceeds from the 8.125% First-Out Notes were used to repay in full the$1,175 million aggregate principal amounts outstanding of Term Loan B-2 due 2026, approximately $63.6 million aggregate principal amount of 4.125% Senior Secured Notes due 2030 at 84% of the principal amount, and approximately $104 million aggregate principal amount of 5.125% Senior Notes due 2027 at 97% of the principal amount and to pay fees and expenses related to the Transactions.

Exchanged $432 million aggregate principal amount of the existing 4.125% Senior Secured Notes due 2030 into 9.750% senior secured second lien notes due 2033 (the “9.750% Second Lien Notes”), which mature on February 15, 2033. Exchanged$238 million aggregate principal amount of the existing 4.125% Senior Secured Notes due 2030 into 4.375% second-out first lien secured notes due 2032 (the “4.375% Second-Out Notes”), which mature on December 31, 2032. The remaining 4.125% Senior Secured Notes due 2030 of$4 million became unsecured obligations as the related indenture was amended to release all liens on the collateral and eliminate substantially all covenants and certain events of default.

Forthe six months ended June 30, 2025, we recognized a gain on extinguishment of the 4.125% Senior Secured Notes due 2030 and 5.125% Senior Notes due 2027 of$5 million and$3 million, respectively, and a loss on extinguishment of the Term Loan B-2 of$6 million.

The New Credit Agreement and the indentures for the 8.125% First-Out Notes,4.375% Second-Out Notes, and 9.750% Second Lien Notes (collectively, the “New Indentures”) contain certain restrictive covenants including, but not limited to, restrictions on indebtedness, liens, restricted payments (including repayment of certain subordinated debt), investments, mergers, consolidations, sales and other dispositions of assets and affiliate transactions. These covenants are subject to a number of exceptions and limitations as described in the New Credit Agreement and New Indentures. The New Credit Agreement and New Indentures also include events of default, including certain cross-default and cross-acceleration provisions with other debt of STG, customary for agreements of its type.

Prior to February 15, 2028, December 1, 2025, and February 15, 2027, we may redeem the 8.125% First-Out Notes,4.375% Second-Out Notes, and 9.750% Second Lien Notes, respectively, in whole or in part, at any time or from time to time at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the respective notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date, plus a “make-whole” premium as set forth in the New Indentures. On or prior to February 15, 2028 and February 15, 2027, we may redeem up to 40% of the aggregate principal amount of the 8.125% First-Out Notes and 9.750% Second Lien Notes, respectively, at a price equal to 108.125% and 109.750% of the principal amount of the 8.125% First-Out Notes and 9.750% Second Lien Notes, respectively, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the date of redemption using the proceeds of certain equity offerings. Prior to February 15, 2028 and February 15, 2027, we may redeem the 8.125% First-Out Notes and 9.750% Second Lien Notes, respectively, in whole but not in part, at a redemption price equal to 108.125% and 109.750% of the principal amount of the 8.125% First-Out Notes and 9.750% Second Lien Notes, respectively, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the redemption date upon certain change of control transactions or certain significant acquisitions. Beginning on December 1, 2025, we may redeem some or all of the 4.375% Second-Out Notes at any time or from time to time at the redemption prices set forth in the New Indentures, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the redemption date. In addition, upon the sale of certain of STG’s assets or certain changes of control, we may be required to offer to repurchase some or all of the 8.125% First-Out Notes,4.375% Second-Out Notes, and 9.750% Second Lien Notes.

The First-Out Revolving Credit Facility includes a financial maintenance covenant, the first-out first lien leverage ratio (as defined in the New Credit Agreement), which requires such ratio not to exceed 3.5 x, measured as of the end of each fiscal quarter, which is only applicable if 35% or more of the capacity (as a percentage of total commitments) under the First-Out Revolving Credit Facility, measured as of the last day of each fiscal quarter, is utilized as of such date. Since there wasno utilization under the First-Out Revolving Credit Facility as of June 30, 2025, STG was not subject to the financial maintenance covenant under the New Credit Agreement. As of June 30, 2025, the STG first-out first lien leverage ratio was below 3.5 x. The New Credit Agreement contains other restrictions and covenants with which STG was in compliance as of June 30, 2025.

During the three months ended June 30, 2025, we repurchased $81 million aggregate principal amount of the 5.125% Senior Notes due 2027 for consideration of $77 million. The 5.125% Senior Notes due 2027 acquired were canceled immediately following their acquisition. We recognized a gain on extinguishment of the 5.125% Senior Notes due 2027 of$4 million for both the three and six months ended June 30, 2025.

During the six months ended June 30, 2024, we repurchased $27 million aggregate principal amount of Term Loan B-2 for consideration of $25 million. The portions of Term Loan B-2 purchased were canceled immediately following their acquisition. We recognized a gain on extinguishment of the Term Loan B-2 of $1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2024.

Finance Leases to Affiliates

The current portion of notes payable, finance leases, and commercial bank financing in our consolidated balance sheets includes finance leases to affiliates of $3 million as of both June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024. Notes payable, finance leases, and commercial bank financing, less current portion, in our consolidated balance sheets includes finances leases to affiliates of $8 million and $9 million as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively. See Note 8. Related Person Transactions.

Debt of Variable Interest Entities and Guarantees of Third-Party Obligations

STG jointly, severally, unconditionally, and irrevocably guaranteed $2 million of debt of certain third parties as of both June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, all of which related to consolidated VIEs and is included in our consolidated balance sheets as of both June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024. We provide a guarantee of certain obligations of the Marquee Sports Network (“Marquee”) subject to a maximum aggregate amount of $455 million for the years 2025 through 2029. We accrued $37 million related to this obligation for both the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, included in loss on asset dispositions and other, net in our consolidated statements of operations. As of June 30, 2025, $24 million and $13 million of this obligation are reflected in accounts payable and accrued liabilities and other long-term liabilities, respectively, in our consolidated balance sheets. See Note 4. Commitments and Contingencies for further discussion.

Interest Rate Swap

We entered into an interest rate swap effective February 7, 2023 and terminating on February 28, 2026 in order to manage a portion of our exposure to variable interest rates. The swap agreement has a notional amount of $600 million, bears a fixed interest rate of 3.9%, and we receive a floating rate of interest based on SOFR. See Hedge Accounting within Note 1. Nature of Operations and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies for further discussion. The fair value of the interest rate swap was an asset of $1 millionas of June 30, 2025, which is recorded in prepaid expenses and other current assetsin our consolidated balance sheets, andan asset of$1 million as of December 31, 2024, which is recorded inother assets in our consolidated balance sheets.

  1. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES:

Litigation, Claims, and Regulatory Matters

We are a party to lawsuits, claims, and regulatory matters from time to time in the ordinary course of business. Actions currently pending are in various stages and no material judgments or decisions have been rendered by hearing boards or courts in connection with such actions. Except as noted below, we do not believe the outcome of these matters, individually or in the aggregate, will have a material effect on our financial statements.

FCC Matters

On May 22, 2020, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) released an Order and Consent Decree pursuant to which the Company agreed to pay $48 million to resolve the matters covered by a Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture (“NAL”) issued in December 2017 proposing a $13 million fine for alleged violations of the FCC’s sponsorship identification rules by the Company and certain of its subsidiaries, the FCC’s investigation of the allegations raised in the Hearing Designation Order issued in connection with the Company’s proposed acquisition of Tribune, and a retransmission related matter. The Company submitted the $48 million payment on August 19, 2020. As part of the consent decree, the Company also agreed to implement afour-year compliance plan (which terminated on May 29, 2024). Two petitions were filed on June 8, 2020 seeking reconsideration of the Order and Consent Decree. The Company filed an opposition to the petitions on June 18, 2020, and the petitions remain pending.

On September 1, 2020, one of the individuals who filed a petition for reconsideration of the Order and Consent Decree filed a petition to deny the license renewal application of WBFF(TV), Baltimore, MD, and the license renewal applications of two other Baltimore, MD stations with which the Company has a JSA or LMA, Deerfield Media station WUTB(TV) and Cunningham Broadcasting Corporation (“Cunningham”) station WNUV(TV). The Company filed an opposition to the petition on October 1, 2020. On January 18, 2024, a motion was filed to request substitution of the petitioner, who is deceased. On January 29, 2024, the Company filed (1) an opposition to the motion for substitution and (2) a motion to dismiss the petition to deny the renewal applications. An opposition was filed to the motion to dismiss on February 5, 2024, and the Company timely filed its reply on February 13, 2024. On June 27, 2025, the FCC (i) denied the motion for substitution; (ii) dismissed the petition to deny; and (iii) granted the license renewal applications of WBFF(TV), WUTV(TV), and WNUV(TV). On April 14, 2025, the same attorney who filed the earlier petition against WBFF(TV), on behalf of a different client, filed a similar petition to deny the renewal applications by the Company seeking FCC consent to sell certain stations to a third party. The Company timely opposed the petition on April 24, 2025, the petitioner filed a reply on May 1, 2025. On July 1, 2025, the FCC dismissed that petition to deny and granted the applications.

On September 2, 2020, the FCC adopted a Memorandum Opinion and Order and NAL against the licensees of several stations with whom the Company has LMAs, JSAs, and/or SSAs in response to a complaint regarding those stations’ retransmission consent negotiations. The NAL proposed a $0.5 million penalty for each station, totaling $9 million. The licensees filed a response to the NAL on October 15, 2020, asking the FCC to dismiss the proceeding or, alternatively, to reduce the proposed forfeiture to $25,000 per station. On July 28, 2021, the FCC issued a forfeiture order in which the $0.5 million penalty was upheld for all but one station. A Petition for Reconsideration of the forfeiture order was filed on August 7, 2021. On March 14, 2022, the FCC released a Memorandum Opinion and Order and Order on Reconsideration, which reaffirmed the forfeiture order, dismissed (and in the alternative, denied) the Petition for Reconsideration, and stated that because the fines were not paid within the period stated in the July 2021 forfeiture order the FCC may refer the case to the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) for enforcement of the forfeiture pursuant to Section 504 of the Communications Act. Our understanding is that enforcement remains pending. The Company is not a party to this forfeiture order.

On September 21, 2022, the FCC released an NAL against the licensees of a number of stations, including 83 Company stations and several stations with whom the Company has LMAs, JSAs, and/or SSAs, for violation of the FCC’s limitations on commercial matter in children’s television programming related to KidsClick network programming distributed by the Company in 2018. The NAL proposed a fine of $2.7 million against the Company, and fines ranging from $20,000 to $26,000 per station for the other licensees, including the LMA, JSA, and/or SSA stations, for a total of $3.4 million. On October 21, 2022, the Company filed a written response seeking reduction of the proposed fine amount. On September 6, 2024, the FCC issued a forfeiture order imposing the fine as proposed in the NAL. The Company and all other affected licensees filed a joint petition for reconsideration of the forfeiture order on October 7, 2024. On June 27, 2025, the FCC adopted an Order and Consent Decree pursuant to which the Company agreed to make a voluntary contribution of $500,000 to resolve, without any admission of liability, the forfeiture order (with respect to Company stations), a closed captioning investigation of Company station WUHF in Rochester, NY, and matters relating to certain of the Company’s pending station renewal applications. The consent decree states the forfeiture order will be resolved by separate action with respect to the non-Company licensees. As part of the consent decree, the Company also agreed to implement a two-year compliance plan relating to the FCC’s limits on commercial matter in children’s programming and closed captioning rules, and the FCC agreed to grant the license renewal applications of all Company stations involved in the matters resolved by the consent decree. The Company made the $500,000 voluntary contribution on July 9, 2025.

Other Matters

On November 6, 2018, the Company agreed to enter into a proposed consent decree with the DOJ. This consent decree resolves the DOJ’s investigation into the sharing of pacing information among certain stations in some local markets. The DOJ filed the consent decree and related documents in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on November 13, 2018. The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia entered the consent decree on May 22, 2019. The consent decree is not an admission of any wrongdoing by the Company and does not subject the Company to any monetary damages or penalties. The Company believes that even if the pacing information was shared as alleged, it would not have impacted any pricing of advertisements or the competitive nature of the market. The consent decree requires the Company to adopt certain antitrust compliance measures, including the appointment of an Antitrust Compliance Officer, consistent with what the DOJ has required in previous consent decrees in other industries. The consent decree also requires the Company’s stations not to exchange pacing and certain other information with other stations in their local markets, which the Company’s management had already instructed them not to do.

The Company is aware oftwenty-two putative class action lawsuits that were filed against the Company following published reports of the DOJ investigation into the exchange of pacing data within the industry. On October 3, 2018, these lawsuits were consolidated in the Northern District of Illinois. The consolidated action alleges that the Company andthirteen other broadcasters conspired to fix prices for commercials to be aired on broadcast television stations throughout the United States and engaged in unlawful information sharing, in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act. The consolidated action seeks damages, attorneys’ fees, costs and interest, as well as injunctions against adopting practices or plans that would restrain competition in the ways the plaintiffs have alleged. The Court denied the defendants’ motion to dismiss on November 6, 2020. Discovery commenced shortly after that and is continuing. On December 8, 2023, the Court granted final approval of the settlements the plaintiffs had reached with four of the original defendants (CBS, Fox, Cox Media, and ShareBuilders), who agreed to pay a total of $48 million to settle the plaintiffs’ claims against them. The plaintiffs are continuing to pursue their claims against the Company and the other non-settling defendants. Under the current schedule set by the Court, fact discovery is scheduled to close 90 days after a Special Master completes his review of the plaintiffs’ objections to the defendants’ privilege claims. On December 6, 2024, the plaintiffs filed a motion seeking sanctions against the Company in connection with the loss of certain cell phone data. On February 4, 2025, following briefing on that motion, the Court heard arguments and took the motion under advisement. On February 20, 2025, the Special Master issued Report and Recommendation No. 3 addressing plaintiffs’ challenges to certain of defendants’ privilege log entries (“R&R No. 3”), which compelled disclosure of certain documents Sinclair and the other non-settling defendants withheld from discovery based on assertions of privilege. Sinclair and the other co-defendants filed objections to R&R No. 3 and appeared at a status conference on March 18, 2025 during which they argued in favor of their objections to R&R No. 3. The Court took the objections under advisement. At the March 18, 2025 status conference, the Court also set a tentative trial date of April 1, 2026, and stated its expectations that depositions will resume. Although a trial date has been tentatively set, the Court has not issued an amended Scheduling Order, and the Special Master’s review of plaintiffs’ challenges to the defendants’ privilege claims remains ongoing. The Company continues to believe the lawsuits are without merit and intends to vigorously defend itself against all such claims.

On July 19, 2023, as part of the bankruptcy proceedings of Diamond Sports Group, LLC (“DSG”), at such time, an independently managed and unconsolidated subsidiary of Sinclair, DSG and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Diamond Sports Net, LLC, filed a complaint (the “Diamond Litigation”), under seal, in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas naming certain subsidiaries of Sinclair, including SBG and STG and certain officers of SBG and STG, as defendants.

In the complaint, plaintiffs challenged a series of transactions involving SBG and certain of its subsidiaries, on the one hand, and DSG and its subsidiaries, on the other hand, since SBG acquired the former Fox Sports regional sports networks from The Walt Disney Company in August 2019. The complaint alleged, among other things, that the management services agreement (the “MSA”) entered into by STG and DSG was not fair to DSG and was designed to benefit STG and SBG; that the Bally’s Corporation (“Bally’s”) transaction in November 2020 through which Bally’s acquired naming rights to certain regional sports networks was not fair to DSG and was designed to benefit STG and SBG; and that certain distributions made by DSG that were used to pay down preferred equity of DSH, were inappropriate and were conducted at a time when DSG was insolvent. The complaint also alleged that SBG and its subsidiaries (other than DSG and its subsidiaries) received payments or indirect benefits of approximately $1.5 billion as a result of the alleged misconduct. The complaint asserted a variety of claims, including certain fraudulent transfers of assets, unlawful distributions and payments, breaches of contracts, unjust enrichment and breaches of fiduciary duties. The plaintiffs sought, among other relief, avoidance of fraudulent transfers and unlawful distributions, and unspecified monetary damages to be determined.

On March 1, 2024, the court approved a global settlement and release of all claims associated with the Diamond Litigation, which settlement included an amendment to the MSA. Sinclair entered into the settlement, without admitting any fault or wrongdoing. The settlement terms included, among other things, DSG’s dismissal with prejudice of its $1.5 billion litigation against Sinclair and all other defendants, along with the full and final satisfaction and release of all claims in that litigation against all defendants, including Sinclair and its subsidiaries, in exchange for Sinclair’s cash payment to DSG of $495 million. Additionally, under the terms of the settlement, Sinclair would provide transition services to DSG to allow DSG to become a self-standing entity going forward. During the first quarter of 2024, we paid $50 million related to the settlement. The final settlement payment was made during the second quarter of 2024 and of the total $495 million settlement amount paid, $347 million was paid by STG and $148 million was paid by Ventures. On January 2, 2025, DSG announced that it had emerged from bankruptcy, at which time, Sinclair’s equity interest in DSG was terminated.

We have provided a guarantee that requires us to provide funding to Marquee under certain circumstances. On July 19, 2024, Marquee sent us a funding notice seeking $29 million under the Marquee guarantee by August 1, 2024 purportedly to make payments under certain agreements to affiliates of the Chicago Cubs, an affiliate of which is also a co-owner of Marquee. Based on the information provided to us by Marquee, Marquee has sufficient cash to make such payments without funding under the Marquee guarantee. For this and other reasons, we do not believe we are contractually required to provide funding under the Marquee guarantee at this time and have so informed Marquee. On August 2, 2024, Marquee sent us another letter claiming that our failure to timely pay the amounts subject to Marquee’s funding notice constitutes a breach of the Marquee guarantee and requesting payment of such amounts no later than August 17, 2024 at which time Marquee has stated it will pursue any and all available remedies pursuant to the Marquee guarantee. As of January 1, 2025, we determined we had no further obligations under the guarantee agreement. Marquee disputed this position, and on June 9, 2025, we entered into a binding term sheet to settle the matter. As part of the settlement, the parties agreed that the guarantee would be in effect through 2029; however, the maximum obligation under the guarantee agreement was reduced. As a result of the execution of this binding term sheet, we have concluded that our obligation to pay under a portion of the guarantee is probable and the loss related thereto could be reasonably estimated, thus recorded an estimated obligation related to this arrangement during the three months ended June 30, 2025 (as further discussed in Note 3. Notes Payable, Finance Leases, and Commercial Bank Financing). Because loss contingencies are inherently unpredictable and unfavorable developments can occur, the assessment requires judgment about future events. Moreover, there is no assurance that contingencies will be satisfied and the ultimate loss may differ materially from the estimated obligation we have recorded.

  1. EARNINGS PER SHARE:

The following table reconciles income (numerator) and shares (denominator) used in our computations of basic and diluted earnings per share for the periods presented (in millions, except share amounts which are reflected in thousands):

Three Months Ended June 30,Six Months Ended June 30,
2025202420252024
Income (Numerator)
Net (loss) income$(62)$19$(216)$44
Net income attributable to the noncontrolling interests(2)(2)(4)(4)
Numerator for basic and diluted earnings per common share available to common shareholders$(64)$17$(220)$40
Shares (Denominator)
Basic weighted-average common shares outstanding69,58966,18968,54565,172
Dilutive effect of stock-settled appreciation rights and outstanding stock options———124
Diluted weighted-average common and common equivalent shares outstanding69,58966,18968,54565,296

The following table shows the weighted-average stock-settled appreciation rights and outstanding stock options (in thousands) that are excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per common share as the inclusion of such shares would be anti-dilutive:

Three Months Ended June 30,Six Months Ended June 30,
2025202420252024
Weighted-average stock-settled appreciation rights and outstanding stock options excluded5,2268,7455,3306,932
  1. SEGMENT DATA:

We measure segment performance based on operating income (loss). For the quarter ended June 30, 2025, we hadtwo reportable segments, local media and tennis. Our local media segment includes our television stations, original networks and content and provides these through free over-the-air programming to television viewing audiences for stations in markets located throughout the continental United States, as well as distributes the content of these stations to MVPDs for distribution to their customers in exchange for contractual fees. See Revenue Recognition under Note 1. Nature of Operations and Summary of Significant Accounting Policiesfor further detail. Our tennis segment provides viewers coverage of many of tennis’ top tournaments and original professional sport and tennis lifestyle shows. Other and corporate are not reportable segments but are included for reconciliation purposes. Other primarily consists of non-broadcast digital and internet solutions, technical services, and non-media investments. Corporate costs primarily include our costs to operate as a public company and to operate our corporate headquarters location. All our businesses are located within the United States. The local media segment assets are owned and operated by SBG, the assets of the tennis segment are owned and operated by Ventures, and the assets in other and corporate are owned and operated by Ventures.

Segment financial information is included in the following tables for the periods presented (in millions):

As of June 30, 2025Local MediaTennisOther & CorporateEliminationsConsolidated
Assets$4,416$286$969$(1)$5,670
For the three months ended June 30, 2025 · Local Media · Tennis · Other & Corporate · Eliminations · Consolidated
Revenue$679$68$46$(9)(b)$784
Media programming and production expenses380391—420
Media selling, general and administrative expenses1621531(8)200
Depreciation of property and equipment and amortization of definite-lived intangibles and other assets545——59
Amortization of program costs17———17
Corporate general and administrative expenses27117—45
(Gain) loss on asset dispositions and other, net(28)—37—9
Other segment items (a)2—12(1)13
Operating income (loss)$65$8$(52)$—$21
Interest expense including amortization of debt discount and deferred financing costs$82$—$—$—$82
Loss from equity method investments—(1)——(1)
Gain on extinguishment of debt4———4
Other income (expense), net3—(21)—(18)
Loss before income taxes$(76)
For the six months ended June 30, 2025Local MediaTennisOther & CorporateEliminationsConsolidated
Revenue$1,373$136$67$(16)(b)$1,560
Media programming and production expenses770662—838
Media selling, general and administrative expenses3323342(15)392
Depreciation of property and equipment and amortization of definite-lived intangibles and other assets110101—121
Amortization of program costs36———36
Corporate general and administrative expenses64132—97
(Gain) loss on asset dispositions and other, net(20)—37—17
Other segment items (a)4—21(1)24
Operating income (loss)$77$26$(68)$—$35
Interest expense including amortization of debt discount and deferred financing costs$226$—$—$—$226
Loss from equity method investments—(2)(5)—(7)
Gain on extinguishment of debt6———6
Other income (expense), net6—(90)—(84)
Loss before income taxes$(276)
For the three months ended June 30, 2024 · Local Media · Tennis · Other & Corporate · Eliminations · Consolidated
Revenue$750$67$20$(8)(b)$829
Media programming and production expenses38243——425
Media selling, general and administrative expenses178175(6)194
Depreciation of property and equipment and amortization of definite-lived intangibles and other assets586—(1)63
Amortization of program costs18———18
Corporate general and administrative expenses29—21—50
Loss on asset dispositions and other, net——2—2
Other segment items (a)2—12(1)13
Operating income (loss)$83$1$(20)$—$64
Interest expense including amortization of debt discount and deferred financing costs$76$—$—$—$76
Income from equity method investments——78—78
Other income (expense), net2—(44)—(42)
Income before income taxes$24
For the six months ended June 30, 2024Local MediaTennisOther & CorporateEliminationsConsolidated
Revenue$1,477$130$35$(15)(b)$1,627
Media programming and production expenses76568——833
Media selling, general and administrative expenses3612910(10)390
Depreciation of property and equipment and amortization of definite-lived intangibles and other assets116111(2)126
Amortization of program costs37———37
Corporate general and administrative expenses70137—108
Loss on asset dispositions and other, net——2—2
Other segment items (a)4—24(3)25
Operating income (loss)$124$21$(39)$—$106
Interest expense including amortization of debt discount and deferred financing costs$152$—$—$—$152
(Loss) income from equity method investments—(1)93—92
Gain on extinguishment of debt1———1
Other income (expense), net33—(35)—(2)
Income before income taxes$45

(a)Other segment items relate primarily to non-media expenses.

(b)Includes $5 million and $9 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, respectively, and $3 million and $5 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, respectively, of revenue for services provided by other to local media, which is eliminated in consolidation.

  1. VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES:

Certain of our stations provide services to other station owners within the same respective market through agreements, such as LMAs, where we provide programming, sales, operational, and administrative services, and JSAs and SSAs, where we provide non-programming, sales, operational, and administrative services. In certain cases, we have also entered into purchase agreements or options to purchase the license related assets of the licensee. We typically own the majority of the non-license assets of the stations, and in some cases where the licensee acquired the license assets concurrent with our acquisition of the non-license assets of the station, we have provided guarantees to the bank for the licensee’s acquisition financing. The terms of the agreements vary but generally have initial terms of over five years with several optional renewal terms. Based on the terms of the agreements and the significance of our investment in the stations, we are the primary beneficiary when, subject to the ultimate control of the licensees, we have the power to direct the activities which significantly impact the economic performance of the VIE through the services we provide and we absorb losses and returns that would be considered significant to the VIEs. The fees paid between us and the licensees pursuant to these arrangements are eliminated in consolidation.

The carrying amounts and classification of the assets and liabilities of the VIEs mentioned above, which have been included in our consolidated balance sheets as of the dates presented, were as follows (in millions):

As of June 30,2025As of December 31,2024
ASSETS
Current assets:
Accounts receivable, net$17$18
Other current assets13
Total current assets1821
Property and equipment, net78
Goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets1515
Definite-lived intangible assets, net2126
Total assets$61$70
LIABILITIES
Current liabilities:
Other current liabilities$5$13
Notes payable, finance leases and commercial bank financing, less current portion45
Other long-term liabilities33
Total liabilities$12$21

The amounts above represent the combined assets and liabilities of the VIEs described above, for which we are the primary beneficiary. Total liabilities associated with certain outsourcing agreements and purchase options with certain VIEs, which are excluded from the above, were $127 million as of June 30, 2025 and $128 million as of December 31, 2024, as these amounts are eliminated in consolidation. The assets of each of these consolidated VIEs can only be used to settle the obligations of the VIE. As of June 30, 2025, all of the liabilities are non-recourse to us except for the debt of certain VIEs. See Debt of Variable Interest Entities and Guarantees of Third-Party Obligations under Note 3. Notes Payable, Finance Leases, and Commercial Bank Financing for further discussion. The risk and reward characteristics of the VIEs are similar.

Other VIEs

We have several investments in entities which are considered VIEs. However, we do not participate in the management of these entities, including the day-to-day operating decisions or other decisions which would allow us to control the entity, and therefore, we are not considered the primary beneficiary of these VIEs.

The carrying amounts of our investments in these VIEs for which we are not the primary beneficiary were $77 million and $79 million as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively, and are included in other assets in our consolidated balance sheets. See Note 2. Other Assets for more information related to our equity investments. Our maximum exposure is equal to the carrying value of our investments. The income and loss related to equity method investments and other investments are recorded in (loss) income from equity method investments and other expense, net, respectively, in our consolidated statements of operations. We recorded losses of $1 million and $2 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, respectively, and losses of $22 million and $23 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, respectively, related to these investments.

  1. RELATED PERSON TRANSACTIONS:

Transactions With Our Controlling Shareholders

David, Frederick, J. Duncan, and Robert Smith (collectively, the “controlling shareholders”) are brothers and hold substantially all of our Class B Common Stock and some of our Class A Common Stock. We engaged in the following transactions with them and/or entities in which they have substantial interests:

Leases. Certain assets used by us and our operating subsidiaries are leased from entities owned by the controlling shareholders. Lease payments made to these entities were $1 million and $3 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, respectively, and $1 million and $3 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, respectively. For further information, see Note 3. Notes Payable, Finance Leases, and Commercial Bank Financing.

Charter Aircraft. We lease aircraft owned by certain controlling shareholders. For all leases, we incurred expenses of $0.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and less than $0.1 million for both the three and six months ended June 30, 2024.

The Baltimore Sun. David Smith is the majority shareholder of The Baltimore Sun. We have entered into agreements with The Baltimore Sun to provide independent contractor services, sales representation, news resource sharing, and content sharing. In relation to these agreements, we recorded revenue of $0.2 million and $0.3 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, respectively.

Cunningham Broadcasting Corporation

Cunningham owns a portfolio of television stations, including: WNUV-TV Baltimore, Maryland; WRGT-TV Dayton, Ohio; WVAH-TV Charleston, West Virginia; WMYA-TV Anderson, South Carolina; WTTE-TV Columbus, Ohio; WDBB-TV Birmingham, Alabama; WBSF-TV Flint, Michigan; WGTU-TV/WGTQ-TV Traverse City/Cadillac, Michigan; WEMT-TV Tri-Cities, Tennessee; WYDO-TV Greenville, North Carolina; KBVU-TV/KCVU-TV Eureka/Chico-Redding, California; WPFO-TV Portland, Maine; KRNV-DT/KENV-DT Reno, Nevada/Salt Lake City, Utah; and KTXD-TV in Dallas, Texas (collectively, the “Cunningham Stations”). Certain of our stations provide services to the Cunningham Stations pursuant to LMAs or JSAs and SSAs. See Note 7. Variable Interest Entities, for further discussion of the scope of services provided under these types of arrangements.

All the non-voting stock of the Cunningham Stations is owned by trusts for the benefit of the children of our controlling shareholders. We consolidate certain subsidiaries of Cunningham with which we have variable interests through various arrangements related to the Cunningham Stations.

The services provided to WNUV-TV, WMYA-TV, WTTE-TV, WRGT-TV and WVAH-TV are governed by a master agreement which has a current term that expires on July 1, 2028 and there isone additional five-year renewal term remaining with final expiration on July 1, 2033. We also executed purchase agreements to acquire the license related assets of these stations from Cunningham, which grant us the right to acquire, and grant Cunningham the right to require us to acquire, subject to applicable FCC rules and regulations,100% of the capital stock or the assets of these individual subsidiaries of Cunningham. Pursuant to the terms of this agreement we are obligated to pay Cunningham an annual fee for the television stations equal to the greater of (i)3% of each station’s annual net broadcast revenue or (ii) $6 million. The aggregate purchase price of these television stations increases by 6% annually. A portion of the fee is required to be applied to the purchase price to the extent of the 6% increase. The cumulative prepayments made under these purchase agreements were $71 million and $69 million as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively. The remaining aggregate purchase price of these stations, net of prepayments, as of both June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, was approximately $54 million. Additionally, we provide services to WDBB-TV pursuant to an LMA, which expires April 22, 2030, and have a purchase option to acquire for $0.2 million. Under these agreements, we paid Cunningham $3 million and $6 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, respectively, and $3 million and $6 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, respectively.

The agreements with KBVU-TV/KCVU-TV, KRNV-DT/KENV-DT, WBSF-TV, WDBB-TV, WEMT-TV, WGTU-TV/WGTQ-TV, WPFO-TV, and WYDO-TV expire between August 2025 and April 2030 and certain stations have renewal provisions for successive eight-year periods.

As we consolidate the licensees as VIEs, the amounts we earn or pay under the arrangements are eliminated in consolidation and the gross revenues of the stations are reported in our consolidated statements of operations. Our consolidated revenues include $31 million and $65 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, respectively, and $34 million and $68 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, respectively, related to the Cunningham Stations.

We have an agreement with Cunningham to provide master control equipment and provide master control services to a station in Johnstown, PA with which Cunningham has an LMA that expires in December 2025. Under the agreement, Cunningham paid us an initial fee of $1 million and pays us $0.3 million annually for master control services plus the cost to maintain and repair the equipment. In addition, we have an agreement with Cunningham to provide a news share service with the Johnstown, PA station for an annual fee of $0.6 million, which increases by 3% on each anniversary and expires in November 2025.

We have multi-cast agreements with Cunningham Stations in the Eureka/Chico-Redding, California; Tri-Cities, Tennessee; Anderson, South Carolina; Baltimore, Maryland; Portland, Maine; Charleston, West Virginia; Dallas, Texas; and Greenville, North Carolina markets. In exchange for carriage of these networks in their markets, we paid $0.3 million and $0.6 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, respectively, and $0.5 million and $1.0 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, respectively, under these agreements.

Leased Property by Real Estate Ventures

Prior to September 2024, certain of our real estate ventures entered into leases with entities owned by members of the Smith Family. Total rent payments received under these leases were $0.3 million and $0.7 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, respectively.

WG Communications Group

The wife of Robert Weisbord, our Chief Operating Officer and President of Local Media, has an ownership interest in WG Communications Group (“WGC”). We received revenue from advertisers represented by WGC of less than $0.1 million and $0.1 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, respectively, and $0.1 million and $0.2 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, respectively, and made payments to WGC of less than $0.1 million for all of the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024.

Employees

Jason Smith, an employee of the Company, is the son of Frederick Smith, who is a Vice President of the Company and a member of the Company’s Board of Directors. Jason Smith received total compensation of $0.3 million for both the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024 and $0.7 million and $0.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, consisting of salary and bonus, and was granted 159,607 and 37,566 shares of restricted stock, vesting overtwo years, for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, and 500,000 stock appreciation rights, vesting overtwo years, for the six months ended June 30, 2024.

Ethan White, an employee of the Company, is the son-in-law of J. Duncan Smith, who is a Vice President of the Company and Secretary of the Company’s Board of Directors. Ethan White received total compensation of $0.1 million for both the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024 and $0.1 million for both the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, consisting of salary, and was granted 3,244 and 1,503 shares of restricted stock, vesting overtwo years, for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

Ryan McCoy, an employee of the Company, is the son-in-law of J. Duncan Smith. Ryan McCoy received total compensation of less than $0.1 million for both the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024 and $0.1 million for both the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, consisting of salary.

Amberly Thompson, an employee of the Company, is the daughter of Donald Thompson, who is an Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer of the Company. Amberly Thompson received total compensation of less than $0.1 million for both the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024 and $0.1 million for both the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, consisting of salary, and was granted 285 shares of restricted stock, vesting overtwo years, during the six months ended June 30, 2025.

Frederick Smith is the brother of David Smith, Executive Chairman of the Company and Chairman of the Company’s Board of Directors; Robert Smith, a member of the Company’s Board of Directors; and J. Duncan Smith. Frederick Smith received total compensation of $0.2 million for both the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024 and $0.4 million for both the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, consisting of salary and bonus.

J. Duncan Smith is the brother of David Smith, Frederick Smith, and Robert Smith. J. Duncan Smith received total compensation of $0.2 million for both the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024 and $0.4 million for both the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, consisting of salary and bonus.

  1. FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS:

Accounting guidance provides for valuation techniques, such as the market approach (comparable market prices), the income approach (present value of future income or cash flow), and the cost approach (cost to replace the service capacity of an asset or replacement cost). A fair value hierarchy using three broad levels prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The following is a brief description of those three levels:

Level 1: Observable inputs such as quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

Level 2: Inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. These include quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets and quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active.

Level 3: Unobservable inputs that reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions.

The following table sets forth the face value and fair value of our financial assets and liabilities for the periods presented (in millions):

As of June 30, 2025As of December 31, 2024
Face ValueFair ValueFace ValueFair Value
Level 1:
Investments in equity securitiesN/A$—N/A$19
Money market fundsN/A440N/A601
Deferred compensation assetsN/A49N/A47
Deferred compensation liabilitiesN/A44N/A46
Level 2:
Investments in equity securities (a)N/A111N/A141
Interest rate swap (b)N/A1N/A1
STG (c):
9.750% Second Lien Senior Secured Notes due 2033 (d)$432462$——
8.125% First-Out First Lien Secured Notes due 2033 (d)1,4301,449——
5.500% Senior Notes due 2030485394485328
5.125% Senior Notes due 2027 (d)8986274249
4.375% Second-Out First Lien Secured Notes due 2032 (d)238168——
4.125% Senior Secured Notes due 2030 (d)——737546
4.125% Unsecured Notes due 2030 (d)43——
Term Loan B-2, due September 30, 2026 (d)——1,1751,160
Term Loan B-3, due April 1, 2028 (d)32714575
Term Loan B-4, due April 21, 2029 (d)——731589
Term Loan B-6, due December 31, 2029 (d)710607——
Term Loan B-7, due December 31, 2030 (d)729624——
Debt of variable interest entities (c)6677
Level 3:
Investments in equity securities (e)N/A2N/A68

N/A - Not applicable

(a)Consists of warrants to acquire marketable common equity securities. The fair value of the warrants are derived from the quoted trading prices of the underlying common equity securities less the exercise price.

(b)The fair value of the interest rate swap was an asset as of both June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024. See Hedge Accounting within Note 1. Nature of Operations and Summary of Significant Accounting Policiesand Interest Rate Swap within Note 3. Notes Payable, Finance Leases, and Commercial Bank Financing.

(c)Amounts are carried in our consolidated balance sheets net of debt discount and deferred financing cost, which are excluded in the above table, of $58 million and $36 million as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively.

(d)STG completed a series of financing transactions, including a new money financing and debt recapitalization, during the six months ended June 30, 2025. For further information, see Note 3. Notes Payable, Finance Leases, and Commercial Bank Financing.

(e)Amounts primarily relate to warrants and options to acquire common equity in Bally’s. We recorded a fair value adjustment loss of $8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and losses of $7 million and $8 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, respectively. The fair value of the warrants is primarily derived from the quoted trading prices of the underlying common equity. The fair value of the options is derived utilizing the Black Scholes valuation model. The most significant inputs include the trading price of the underlying common stock and the exercise price of the options, which range from $30 to $45 per share. During the six months ended June 30, 2025 all outstanding awards to acquire common equity in Bally’s were converted to warrants and transferred to Level 2.

The following table summarizes the changes in financial assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis and categorized as Level 3 under the fair value hierarchy for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024 (in millions):

Three Months Ended June 30, 2025
Fair value at March 31, 2025$2
Fair value at June 30, 2025$2
Six Months Ended June 30, 2025
Fair value at December 31, 2024$68
Transfer to Level 2(58)
Measurement adjustments(8)
Fair value at June 30, 2025$2
Three Months Ended June 30, 2024
Fair value at March 31, 2024$45
Measurement adjustments(3)
Fair value at June 30, 2024$42
Six Months Ended June 30, 2024
Fair value at December 31, 2023$46
Measurement adjustments(4)
Fair value at June 30, 2024$42
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