Beachbody Company, Inc. Commitments Disclosure
Note 13. Commitments and Contingencies
Inventory Purchase and Service Agreements
The Company has noncancelable inventory purchase and service agreements with multiple service providers which expire at varying dates through 2029. During the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, there were no losses on inventory purchase commitments. Service agreement obligations include amounts related to fitness and nutrition trainers, future events, information systems support, and other technology projects.
Future minimum payments under noncancelable service and inventory purchase agreements for the periods succeeding December 31, 2025 are as follows (in thousands):
Year ended December 31, 2026 |
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$ |
10,975 |
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Year ended December 31, 2027 |
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1,027 |
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Year ended December 31, 2028 |
|
|
489 |
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Year ended December 31, 2029 |
|
|
42 |
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|
|
$ |
12,533 |
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The preceding table excludes royalty payments to fitness trainers, talent, and others that are based on future sales as such amounts cannot be reasonably estimated. During the year ended December 31, 2025 the Company paid $2.6 million of royalty payments exclusive of guaranteed payments.
Contingencies
The Company is subject to litigation from time to time in the ordinary course of business. Such claims typically involve its products, intellectual property, and relationships with suppliers, customers, distributors, employees, and others. Contingent liabilities are recorded when it is both probable that a loss has occurred and the amount of the loss can be reasonably estimated. Although it is not possible to predict how litigation and other claims will be resolved, the Company does not believe that any currently identified claims or litigation matters will have a material adverse effect on its consolidated financial position or results of operations.
On May 22, 2023, Jessica Lyons, an individual, and a group of other plaintiffs filed a class action complaint with the Los Angeles County Superior Court alleging that the Company misclassified its Partners as contractors rather than as employees and committed other violations of the California Labor Code. The Company understands that the plaintiffs in this matter intend on filing additional claims under the Private Attorney General Act of 2004 ("PAGA"). The Company and certain executive officers are listed as defendants in the complaint. The plaintiffs are seeking monetary damages. The Company filed a motion to compel arbitration in the case. The firm representing Ms. Lyons has also filed 28 arbitration actions in Los Angeles County in anticipation that the Company's motion to compel arbitration will be upheld. We have continued to deny the allegations in the complaint and have vigorously defended ourselves in this action. As of October 7, 2025, the parties reached a settlement that resulted in a dismissal of all claims, including all 28 filed arbitrations. A motion to dismiss the entire class action and PAGA complaint was filed on December 29, 2025, which was granted on January 12, 2026, and has now been formally dismissed in its entirety.
On June 14, 2024, Bryan Reilly on behalf of himself and similarly situated current and former stockholders of Forest Road Acquisition Corp., which later became the Beachbody Company, Inc. (“Forest Road”), filed a verified class action complaint (the “Reilly Action”) in the Delaware Chancery Court against the former directors and officers of Forest Road, as well as Forest Road Acquisition Sponsor LLC, Forest Road Company LLC, Zach Tarica, and Jeremy Tarica (together the “Forest Road Sponsor Defendants”) alleging claims for breach of fiduciary duty in connection with the merger among Forest Road, The Beachbody Company, Inc., and Myx in 2021 (the “Merger”). The lawsuit also brought claims against the Company, Kevin Meyer, and The Raine Group LLC (“Raine”) alleging aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary duty, and against the former Forest Road directors and officers, the Forest Road Sponsor Defendants, Raine, and Meyer for unjust enrichment. We also have certain indemnification obligations as to some or all of the former Forest Road directors and Raine as to certain claims.
The Reilly Action generally alleges that the proxy that Forest Road issued prior to the Merger contained numerous material misstatements and omissions that impaired the Forest Road stockholders’ ability to make an informed decision regarding whether to redeem their stock in connection with the Merger. The plaintiff also asserts that the Merger was a conflicted transaction because the Forest Road Sponsor Defendants and the former Forest Road directors were incentivized to close the Merger even if it was a value-decreasing transaction for Forest Road’s public stockholders. As to the Company, Meyer, and Raine, the complaint alleges that these defendants aided and abetted the Forest Road defendants’ disclosure violations. On December 5, 2024, the plaintiffs in the Reilly Action dismissed without prejudice the aiding and abetting claims against the Company and Raine. Consequently, the Company is not currently a party to the litigation but its indemnification obligations as to certain of the remaining defendant directors remain.
On July 1, 2025, the Defendants in the Reilly Action filed a Motion to Dismiss action before the Delaware Chancery Court. On September 30, 2025, this Motion was granted, dismissing the action with prejudice and giving the Plaintiffs thirty days to file an appeal. On October 15, 2025, Plaintiffs filed a notice of appeal for the Reilly Action. Both Plaintiffs and Defendants have submitted their appellate briefs, with an anticipated decision to be made by the appellate court around May 2026.
On October 14, 2024, the firm Milberg Coleman Bryson Phillips Grossman ("Milberg") filed 10 arbitration demands alleging that the Company violated the Video Privacy Protection Act. The arbitration demands state that Milberg currently represents approximately 6,239 additional subscribers of BODi and intends to file similar demands for each person. The plaintiffs are seeking monetary damages as well as injunctive and equitable relief. As of September 11, 2025, the parties reached a settlement that resulted in a settlement and release of all threatened claims, including on behalf of all alleged affected subscribers.
The Company disputes the allegations in the above referenced active matters and intends to defend the matters vigorously. Some of our legal proceedings, such as the above referenced complaints, may be based on complex claims involving substantial uncertainties and unascertainable damages. Accordingly, other than the pending settled matters noted above, it is not possible to determine the probability of loss or estimate damages for any of the above matters, and therefore the Company has not established reserves for any of these proceedings, other than the pending settled matters noted above. When the Company determines that a loss is both probable and reasonably estimable, the Company records a liability, and, if the liability is material, discloses the amount of the liability reserved. Given that such proceedings are subject to uncertainty, there can be no assurance that such legal proceedings, either individually or in the aggregate, will not have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition or cash flows.
Historical Timeline
| Fiscal Year | Filed | |
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| 2025 | Mar 10, 2026 | Showing above |
| 2024 | Mar 28, 2025 | |
| 2023 | Mar 11, 2024 | |
| 2022 | Mar 16, 2023 | |
| 2021 | Mar 1, 2022 | |
| 2020 | Mar 26, 2021 | |
About Commitments Disclosures
Commitments and contingencies disclosures catalog a company's off-balance-sheet obligations and legal exposures — purchase commitments, guarantee arrangements, pending litigation, and regulatory proceedings. These items represent potential future cash outflows that may not appear as liabilities on the balance sheet until they become probable and estimable.
Key signals: litigation reserves and disclosed loss ranges quantify management's estimate of legal exposure, but unquantified "reasonably possible" losses often represent the larger risk. Watch for changes in language around pending cases — shifts from "remote" to "reasonably possible" or increases in estimated loss ranges signal deteriorating outcomes. Unconditional purchase obligations and take-or-pay contracts create fixed cost structures that reduce operational flexibility. Guarantee arrangements for subsidiaries or joint ventures can create cascading obligations. Compare the total commitment schedule against projected free cash flow to assess whether the company can meet its obligations without additional financing.