Falcon’s Beyond to Join Russell 2000® Index

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ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Falcon’s Beyond Global, Inc. (Nasdaq: FBYD) (“Falcon’s Beyond”, “Falcon’s” or the “Company”), a visionary leader in innovative and immersive storytelling, announced that it has been included on the preliminary list for addition to the Russell 2000^® Index, published by FTSE Russell on November 19, 2025. Final membership is expected to be effective following the reconstitution of the Russell U.S. Indexes after the market close on December 22, 2025.

“Falcon’s is honored to be included in the Russell 2000 Index as additional validation of our tremendous growth opportunities,” said Cecil D. Magpuri, Chief Executive Officer of Falcon’s Beyond. “This milestone is expected to strengthen our position in the marketplace. We believe this inclusion will enhance our visibility, broaden our investor base, and support liquidity as we execute on our strategic objectives to drive long-term shareholder value.”

Membership in the Russell 2000 Index remains in place for one year and is updated annually during the Russell reconstitution process. Russell indexes are widely used by investment managers and institutional investors for index funds and benchmarks for active investment strategies.

For more information about the Russell Indexes and the annual reconstitution, visit the FTSE Russell website.

About Falcon’s Beyond

Falcon’s Beyond is a visionary innovator in immersive storytelling, sitting at the intersection of three potential high growth business opportunities: content, technology, and experiences. Falcon’s Beyond propels intellectual property (IP) activations concurrently across physical and digital experiences through three core business units:

• Falcon’s Creative Group (“FCG”) creates master plans, designs attractions and experiential entertainment, and produces content, interactives and software.
• Falcon’s Beyond Destinations (“FBD”) develops a diverse range of entertainment experiences using both Falcon’s Beyond owned and third party licensed intellectual property, spanning location-based entertainment, dining, and retail.
• Falcon’s Beyond Brands (“FBB”) endeavors to bring brands and intellectual property to life through animation, movies, licensing and merchandising, gaming as well as ride and technology sales.

Falcon’s Beyond also invents immersive rides, attractions and technologies for entertainment destinations around the world.

FALCON’S BEYOND and its related trademarks are owned by Falcon’s Beyond.

Falcon’s Beyond is headquartered in Orlando, Fla. Learn more at falconsbeyond.com.

Falcon’s Beyond may use its website as a distribution channel of material Company information. Financial and other important information regarding the Company is routinely accessed through and posted on our website at https://investors.falconsbeyond.com.

In addition, you may automatically receive email alerts and other information about Falcon’s when you enroll your email address by visiting the Email Alerts section at https://investors.falconsbeyond.com.

About FTSE Russell, an LSEG Business

FTSE Russell is a global index leader that provides innovative benchmarking, analytics and data solutions for investors worldwide. FTSE Russell calculates thousands of indexes that measure and benchmark markets and asset classes in more than 70 countries, covering 98% of the investable market globally. FTSE Russell index expertise and products are used extensively by institutional and retail investors globally. Approximately $18.1 trillion is benchmarked to FTSE Russell indexes. Leading asset owners, asset managers, ETF providers and investment banks choose FTSE Russell indexes to benchmark their investment performance and create ETFs, structured products and index-based derivatives. A core set of universal principles guides FTSE Russell index design and management: a transparent rules-based methodology is informed by independent committees of leading market participants. FTSE Russell is focused on applying the highest industry standards in index design and governance and embraces the IOSCO Principles. FTSE Russell is also focused on index innovation and customer partnerships as it seeks to enhance the breadth, depth and reach of its offering.

FTSE Russell is wholly owned by London Stock Exchange Group.

For more information, visit the FTSE Russell website.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains statements that are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. When used in this press release, words such as “will,” “expected” and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. Forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ from those expressed in or implied by the forward-looking statements, including, among others, the Company’s inclusion in the Russell 2000 Index and the potential impact, if any, of such inclusion on the trading of the Company’s securities, volatility in the price of the Company’s securities, general economic and market conditions, the Company’s ability to sustain its growth, effectively manage anticipated future growth and implement its business strategies to achieve the results it anticipates, the Company’s current liquidity and ability to raise additional capital, impairments of intangible assets and equity method investment in joint ventures, the outcome of pending, threatened and future legal proceedings, continued compliance with Nasdaq continued listing standards, and the risks disclosed under the caption “Risk Factors” in the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, and the Company’s other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The forward-looking statements herein speak only as of the date of this press release, and the Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as otherwise required by law.

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Media Relations: Toni Caracciolo, Falcon’s Beyond: tcaracciolo@falconsbeyond.com

Investor Relations: ir@falconsbeyond.com

Source: Falcon’s Beyond Global, Inc.