Deferred Acquisition Consideration (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2025

Schedule of Changes in Contingent Deferred Acquisition Consideration

The following table presents changes in deferred acquisition consideration for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and the year ended December 31, 2024 and a reconciliation to the amounts reported on the Unaudited Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024 :


	2025		2024
	(dollars in thousands)
Beginning balance	$	102,115	$	101,058
Payments (1)	(17,279)		(67,895)
Adjustments to deferred acquisition consideration (2)	(9,911)		23,005
Additions (3)	—		46,598
Currency translation adjustment	2,122		(651)

Ending balance (4)	$	77,047	$	102,115

(1) Includes deferred acquisition consideration payments settled in shares of Class A Common Stock of $18.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2024.

(2) Adjustments to deferred acquisition consideration contains fair value changes from the Company’s initial estimates of deferred acquisition payments and accretion of expense as awards are earned over the vesting period.

(3) Additions in 2024 of $46.6 million include $28.1 million related to the Company’s acquisitions. It also includes $17.0 million related to a reclassification from redeemable noncontrolling interest to deferred acquisition consideration in connection with the purchase of the remaining 40% interest the Company did not previously own in a certain Brand. In relation to this transaction, the Company paid $0.9 million in 2024 and $16.1 million in cash during the nine months ended September 30, 2025.

(4) The deferred acquisition consideration as of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024 includes $31.7 million and $38.4 million, respectively, expected to be settled in shares of Class A Common Stock. On November 5, 2025, the Company issued 3,209,970 shares of Class A Common Stock in fulfillment of $16.8 million of its payment obligation with respect to the purchase of additional interests in its Targeted Victory subsidiary.