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MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT
3 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2025
MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT [Abstract]  
MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT
In May 2022, we entered into a management agreement (the "2022 Management Agreement") with ZelnickMedia that replaced the 2017 Management Agreement and pursuant to which ZelnickMedia will continue to provide financial and management consulting services to the Company through March 31, 2029. The 2022 Management Agreement became effective May 23, 2022, when our acquisition of Zynga closed. On May 21, 2022, ZelnickMedia assigned substantially all of its rights and obligations and other liabilities under the 2022 Management Agreement to ZMC Advisors, L.P. ("ZMC Advisors"). References to "ZMC" herein shall mean either ZelnickMedia or ZMC Advisors, as appropriate. As part of the 2022 Management Agreement, Strauss Zelnick continues to serve as Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, and Karl Slatoff continues to serve as President of the Company. The 2022 Management Agreement provides for an annual management fee of $3.3 over the term of the agreement and a maximum annual bonus opportunity of $13.2 over the term of the agreement, based on the Company achieving certain performance thresholds. In connection with the 2022 Management Agreement, we have and expect to grant time-based and performance-based restricted units to ZMC.
In consideration for ZMC's services, we recorded consulting expense in General and administrative expenses on our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations of $2.6 and $2.6 during the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively. We recorded stock-based compensation expense for restricted stock units granted to ZMC, which is also included in General and administrative expenses, of $14.7 and $12.4 during the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
In connection with the 2022 Management Agreement, we granted restricted stock units (in thousands) to ZMC as follows:
 Three Months Ended June 30,
 20252024
Time-based74 102 
Market-based(1)
224 311 
Performance-based(1)
75 104 
Total Restricted Stock Units373 517 
(1) Represents the maximum of shares eligible to vest
Time-based restricted stock units granted pursuant to the 2022 Management Agreement in fiscal year 2026 will vest on June 1, 2026, June 1, 2027, and June 1, 2028, and those granted in fiscal year 2025, partially vested on June 1, 2025 and will also vest in part on June 1, 2026 and June 1, 2027. Time-based restricted stock units granted in fiscal year 2024, partially vested on June 1, 2024 and June 1, 2025 and will also vest in part on June 1, 2026.
Market-based restricted stock units granted pursuant to the 2022 Management Agreement in fiscal year 2026 are eligible to vest on June 1, 2028, those granted in fiscal year 2025 are eligible to vest on June 1, 2027, and those granted in fiscal year 2024 are eligible to vest on June 1, 2026. Market-based restricted stock units are eligible to vest based on the Company's Total Shareholder Return (as defined in the relevant grant agreement) relative to the Total Shareholder Return (as defined in the relevant grant agreement) of the companies that constitute the NASDAQ 100 index under the 2022 Management Agreement (as defined in the relevant grant agreement) as of the grant date measured over a three-year period, as applicable. To earn the target number of market-based restricted stock units (which represents 50% of the number of the market-based restricted stock units set forth in the table above), the Company must perform at the 50th percentile, with the maximum number of market-based restricted stock units earned if the Company performs at the 75th percentile.
Performance-based restricted stock units granted pursuant to the 2022 Management Agreement in fiscal year 2026 are eligible to vest on June 1, 2028, those granted in fiscal year 2025 are eligible to vest on June 1, 2027, and those granted in fiscal year 2024 are eligible to vest on June 1, 2026. The performance-based restricted stock units are tied to "RCS" (as defined in the relevant grant agreement) and are eligible to vest based on the Company's achievement of certain performance metrics (as defined in the relevant grant agreement) of "RCS" measured over a three-year period. The target number of performance-based restricted stock units that may be earned pursuant to these grants is equal to 50% of the grant amounts set forth in the above table (the numbers in the table represent the maximum number of performance-based restricted stock units that may be earned). At the end of each reporting period, we assess the probability of each performance metric and upon determination that certain thresholds are probable, we record expense for the unvested portion of the shares of performance-based restricted stock units.
The unvested portions of time-based, market-based and performance-based restricted stock units held by ZMC were 1.3 and 1.4 as of June 30, 2025 and March 31, 2025, respectively. During the three months ended June 30, 2025, 0.5 restricted stock units previously granted to ZMC vested, and 0.0 restricted stock units were forfeited by ZMC.