Note 16. Equity-Based Compensation

Equity Compensation Plans

Prior to June 25, 2021, the Company maintained its 2020 Beachbody Company Group LLC Equity Compensation Plan (the “2020 Plan”), under which, grants were awarded to certain employees, consultants, and members of the Company’s board of managers through the granting of one or more of the following types of awards: (a) nonqualified unit options, (b) unit awards, and (c) unit appreciation rights. The Company granted nonqualified unit options with vesting periods typically ranging from three to five years under the 2020 Plan.

After June 25, 2021, awards under the 2020 Plan were converted at the Exchange Ratio, and the Company’s Board approved the 2021 Incentive Award Plan (the “2021 Plan”). The 2021 Plan provides for the grant of stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, dividend equivalents, RSUs, and other stock or cash-based awards. Grants under the 2021 Plan may be awarded to employees, consultants, and members of the Companys Board.

Under the 2021 Plan, all awards settle in shares of Class A common stock, and up to 608,851 shares of Class A common stock were initially available for issuance. The number of shares of Class A common stock available for issuance under the 2021 Plan is increased on January 1 of each calendar year beginning in 2022 and ending in 2031 by an amount equal to the lesser of (i) five percent of the total number of shares of Class A and Class X common stock outstanding on the final day of the immediately preceding calendar year and (ii) the number of shares determined by the Company’s Board. On January 1, 2025, the number of shares available for issuance under the 2021 Incentive Award Plan (the “2021 Plan”) increased by 347,391 pursuant to the terms of the 2021 Plan. As of December 31, 2025, 1,155,331 shares of Class A common stock remain available for issuance under the 2021 Plan.

All options typically expire ten years from the date of grant if not exercised. In the event of a termination of employment, all unvested options are forfeited immediately. Generally, any vested options may be exercised within three months, depending upon the circumstances of termination, except for instances of termination “with cause” whereby any vested options or awards are forfeited immediately.

A summary of the option activity under the Company's equity compensation plans is as follows:

 

 

Time-Vesting Options Outstanding

 

 

Number of Options

 

 

Weighted-Average Exercise Price
(per option)

 

 

Weighted-Average Remaining Contractual Term
(in years)

 

 

Aggregate Intrinsic Value
(in thousands)

 

Outstanding at December 31, 2024

 

1,008,017

 

 

$

18.64

 

 

 

6.60

 

 

$

 

Exercised

 

(81,444

)

 

 

6.43

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Forfeited

 

(119,779

)

 

 

11.66

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expired

 

(92,176

)

 

 

12.59

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Outstanding at December 31, 2025

 

714,618

 

 

$

22.82

 

 

 

6.51

 

 

$

2,573

 

Exercisable at December 31, 2025

 

448,268

 

 

$

32.56

 

 

 

6.03

 

 

$

1,527

 

 

A summary of the unvested option activity is as follows:

 

 

 

Number of Time-Vesting Options

 

 

Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value (per option)

 

Unvested at December 31, 2024

 

 

479,747

 

 

$

17.91

 

Vested

 

 

(180,869

)

 

 

23.09

 

Forfeited

 

 

(32,528

)

 

 

24.09

 

Unvested at December 31, 2025

 

 

266,350

 

 

$

13.64

 

 

 

The Company does not use cash to settle equity instruments issued under equity-based compensation awards. The total fair value of awards which vested during the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024 was $4.2 million and $6.6 million, respectively.

The intrinsic value of options exercised during the year ended December 31, 2025 was $0.2 million. There were no options exercised during the year ended December 31, 2024.

A summary of RSU activity is as follows:

 

 

 

RSUs Outstanding

 

 

Number of RSUs

 

Weighted-Average Fair Value
(per RSU)

Outstanding at December 31, 2024

 

326,226

 

$

17.42

Granted

 

515,560

 

 

6.46

Vested

 

(154,440)

 

 

14.53

Forfeited

 

(169,766)

 

 

8.82

Outstanding at December 31, 2025

 

517,580

 

$

9.24

 

RSUs granted to employees generally vest over four years, based on continued employment, while RSUs granted to members of the Board generally vest approximately one year after grant date.

 

The fair value of RSUs vested during the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024 was $2.2 million and $2.7 million, respectively.

Vested RSUs included shares of common stock that the Company withheld on behalf of certain employees to satisfy the minimum statutory tax withholding requirements, as defined by the Company. The Company withheld shares of common stock with an aggregate fair value and remitted taxes of $0.3 million and $0.3 million during the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively, which were classified as financing cash outflows in the consolidated statements of cash flows. The Company canceled and returned these shares to the 2021 Plan, which are available under the plan terms for future issuance.

Inducement Plan

 

On June 14, 2023, the Board adopted the Company’s 2023 Employment Inducement Incentive Award Plan (the “Inducement Plan”) for the grant of non-qualified stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, RSU's, dividend equivalents and other stock or cash-based awards to prospective employees. The Board reserved 477,661 shares of the Company’s common stock for issuance pursuant to the awards granted under the Inducement Plan.‌

Effective as of June 15, 2023, the Company appointed Mark Goldston as Executive Chairman. In connection with the employment offer letter to Mr. Goldston, he was granted a stock option under the Inducement Plan, covering an aggregate of 477,661 shares of the Company’s Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Option”). Of this amount, 159,221 shares subject to the Option will vest based on continued service (the “Time-Vesting Options”) and 318,440 shares will vest based on the attainment of applicable performance goals and continued service (the “Performance-Vesting Options”). The Time-Vesting Options will vest and become exercisable with respect to 25% of the Time-Vesting Options subject to the Option on each of the first four anniversaries of June 15, 2023. The Performance-Vesting Options will vest and become exercisable based on both (1) the achievement of pre-determined price per share goals and (2) Mr. Goldston’s service through the applicable vesting date. The weighted average exercise price of the Time-Vesting Options and Performance-Vesting Options was $6.43 per option (after the 2024 Inducement Plan Repricing, as defined below).

 

 

2024 Inducement Plan Repricing

The Company determined that outstanding stock options under the Inducement Plan had an exercise price per share that was significantly higher than the current fair market value of the Company’s common stock (the “2024 Underwater Inducement Plan Options”). In order to help retain and motivate holders of the 2024 Underwater Inducement Plan Options, and align their interests with those of stockholders, the Compensation Committee of the Board resolved that it was in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders to amend the 2024 Underwater Inducement Plan Options (the “2024 Amended Underwater Inducement Plan Options”) for the Executive Chairman of the Company to reduce the exercise price of each 2024 Amended Underwater Inducement Plan Option to the closing per share price of the Company’s common stock on November 13, 2024 (the “2024 Inducement Plan Repricing”). The Company had 477,661 2024 Amended Underwater Inducement Plan Options which had their exercise price amended to $6.43 per option.

 

As part of the 2024 Inducement Plan Repricing, the Company also determined that the 318,440 Performance-Vesting Options would be converted from Performance-Vesting Options to Time-Vesting Options and thus those options will vest and become exercisable with respect to 25% of the Time-Vesting Options on each of the first four anniversaries of June 15, 2023.

The Company determined that the 2024 Inducement Plan Repricing represented a modification of share-based awards under ASC 718. Accordingly, the Company recognized incremental stock-based compensation of $0.1 million which was recorded as of the 2024 Inducement Plan Repricing, related to 119,416 vested 2024 Amended Underwater Inducement Plan Options. In addition, incremental stock-based compensation of $0.5 million was recorded upon the conversion of 79,610 Performance-Vesting Options to Time-Vesting Options which resulted in the full vesting of the unamortized expense for those options upon the conversion. As of the 2024 Inducement Plan Repricing, $0.5 million incremental unrecognized compensation expense related to 358,245 unvested 2024 Amended Underwater Inducement Plan Options will be recognized as expense over the requisite service period in which the options vest, or approximately 1.3 years.

 

Employee Stock Purchase Plan ("ESPP")

 

In May 2022, the Company established an ESPP, the terms of which allow for qualified employees to participate in the purchase of designated shares of the Company’s common stock at a price equal to 85% of the lower of the closing price at the beginning or ending of each six-month purchase period. The number of shares of Class A common stock available under the ESPP is increased on January 1 of each calendar year beginning on January 1, 2022 and ending on January 1, 2031 by an amount equal to the lesser of (i) 1% of the total number of shares of Class A and Class X common stock outstanding as of the final day of the immediately preceding calendar year and (ii) the number of shares determined by the Company's Board. On January 1, 2025, the number of shares available for issuance under the ESPP increased by 69,478 pursuant to the terms of the ESPP. As of December 31, 2025, 191,709 shares of Class A common stock remain available for issuance under the ESPP.

During the year ended December 31, 2025, 39,442 shares of the Company’s common stock were issued pursuant to the ESPP at an average price of $3.62 per share.‌

Stock-based compensation expense associated with the Company’s ESPP is based on fair value estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing valuation model and the following weighted-average assumptions for grants during the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024:

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2025

 

 

2024

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted-average risk-free rate

 

 

4.1

%

 

 

5.0

%

Dividend yield rate

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted-average volatility

 

 

79.1

%

 

 

100.6

%

Expected term (in years)

 

 

0.50

 

 

 

0.50

 

Weighted-average grant date fair value

 

$

1.15

 

 

$

2.36

 

 

Compensation Warrants

During the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company issued warrants for the purchase of 79,612 of the Company's Class A common stock at an exercise price of $126.00 per share. These warrants vest 25% at the grant date and 25% at each of the first, second, and third anniversaries of the grant date. The warrants have a 10-year contractual term.

As of December 31, 2025, 79,612 warrants were exercisable. Compensation cost associated with the warrants was recognized over the requisite service period, which was 4.25 years.

Equity-Based Compensation Expense

 

Equity-based compensation expense, which also includes the option repricing in the year ended December 31, 2024 and the modifications of stock awards for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, was as follows (in thousands):

 

 

Year Ended December 31,

 

 

 

2025

 

 

2024

 

Cost of revenue

 

$

602

 

 

$

1,215

 

Selling and marketing

 

 

614

 

 

 

6,445

 

Enterprise technology and development

 

 

441

 

 

 

957

 

General and administrative

 

 

3,958

 

 

 

8,452

 

Total equity-based compensation

 

$

5,615

 

 

$

17,069

 

As of December 31, 2025, the total unrecognized equity-based compensation expense was $5.6 million, which will be recognized over a weighted-average remaining period of 2.19 years.

 

In connection with the restructuring activities that took place during the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company modified certain stock awards of terminated employees (two employees in the three months period ended June 30, 2025, approximately 10 employees in the three month period ended March 31, 2025, approximately 150 employees in the three month period ended September 30, 2024, and approximately 40 employees in the three

month period ended March 31, 2024). See Note 14, Restructuring, for additional information on the restructuring activities. The modifications in the year ended December 31, 2025 and 2024 included accelerating the vesting of any options that would have vested within three to six months of the employee's termination date (12 months for former executives of the Company), and all vested options will be available for exercise for a total of six months after the employee's termination date (that is, three months in addition to the standard three months per original agreement). As a result of these modifications, the Company recognized $0.9 million and $0.8 million reduction to equity-based compensation expense in the consolidated statements of operations for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

 

The fair value of each award that vests solely based on time as of the date of grant is estimated using a Black-Scholes option-pricing model.

 

The vesting periods are based on the terms of the option grant agreements, generally four to five years. The risk-free interest rates are based on the U.S. Treasury rates as of the grant dates for the expected terms of the options. The price volatilities represent calculated values based on the historical price volatilities of publicly traded companies within the Company’s industry group and the Company's historical volatility over the options’ expected terms. The expected terms of the options granted are estimated using the simplified method by taking an average of the vesting periods and the original contractual terms.

 

Repricing of Stock Options

2024 Repricing

 

The Company determined that a significant portion of its outstanding stock options under the 2020 Plan and the 2021 Plan had an exercise price per share that was significantly higher than the current fair market value of the Company’s common stock (the “2024 Underwater Options”). In order to help retain and motivate holders of 2024 Underwater Options, and align their interests with those of stockholders, the Compensation Committee of the Board resolved that it was in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders to amend certain of the 2024 Underwater Options (the “2024 Amended Underwater Options”) for current employees and consultants of the Company to reduce the exercise price of the 2024 Amended Underwater Options to the closing per share price of the Company’s common stock on November 13, 2024 (the “2024 Repricing”). The Company had 451,115 2024 Amended Underwater Options which had their exercise price amended to $6.43 per option.‌

Excluded from the 2024 Repricing were, among others, 2024 Underwater Options held by members of the Board, the Company's CEO; and options granted to certain consultants. Except for the modification of the exercise price, all other terms and conditions of the 2024 Amended Underwater Options remain in effect.‌

The Company determined that the Repricing represented a modification of share-based awards under ASC 718. Accordingly, the Company recognized incremental stock-based compensation of $0.4 million which was recorded as of the 2024 Repricing, related to 292,031 vested 2024 Amended Underwater Options. As of the 2024 Repricing, $0.2 million incremental unrecognized compensation expense related to 159,084 unvested 2024 Amended Underwater Options will be recognized as expense over the requisite service period in which the options vest, or approximately 1 year.

Historical Timeline

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About Stock Compensation Disclosures

Stock-based compensation disclosures detail the equity awards granted to employees and executives — including stock options, restricted stock units (RSUs), and performance shares — along with the valuation methods and assumptions used to expense them. This section reveals the true cost of talent retention and the alignment between management incentives and shareholder interests.

Key signals: total unrecognized compensation expense and its expected recognition period signal future earnings headwinds from already-granted awards. For stock options, examine Black-Scholes assumptions — expected volatility, risk-free rate, and expected term — as understating any of these reduces reported compensation expense. Compare stock compensation expense as a percentage of revenue against peers to assess dilution cost. Watch vesting schedules for acceleration clauses tied to change-of-control events. Performance-based awards with undemanding targets may indicate weak governance. Add back stock compensation to operating cash flow to calculate a more conservative free cash flow figure.