Falcon’s Beyond Global (Nasdaq: FBYD) releases 15M earnout shares and units
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Falcon’s Beyond Global, Inc. reported that on December 12, 2025 the first stock price-based earnout trigger under its Earnout Escrow Agreement was met. The agreement, entered into in connection with the FAST Acquisition Corp. II business combination, covers 1,000,000 earnout shares of Class A common stock, 39,000,000 earnout shares of Class B common stock and 39,000,000 earnout units, which may be earned or forfeited based on share price milestones during a five-year period from October 6, 2024 to October 6, 2029.
The condition required the volume weighted average closing sale price of the Class A common stock to exceed $16.67 for at least twenty out of thirty consecutive trading days ending on December 2, 2025, which occurred. As a result, 15,000,000 of the outstanding earnout shares and units were earned, released from escrow and delivered to the participating shareholders. No new securities were issued, and the released shares and units are subject to transfer restrictions for 365 days after they are earned, released and delivered from escrow under the related Stockholders Agreement.
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Price-based earnout milestone releases 15M escrowed securities without new issuance.
Falcon’s Beyond Global structured part of its prior business combination consideration with FAST Acquisition Corp. II as an earnout tied to future stock performance. The Earnout Escrow Agreement covers 1,000,000 Class A earnout shares, 39,000,000 Class B earnout shares and 39,000,000 earnout units, which are earned or forfeited based on volume weighted average price milestones for Class A common stock over a five-year window beginning on October 6, 2024.
The company states that the first stock price-based trigger was achieved when the Class A volume weighted average closing sale price exceeded $16.67 for at least twenty of thirty consecutive trading days ending on December 2, 2025. This satisfied one of the milestone conditions and caused 15,000,000 of the outstanding earnout shares and units to be earned, released from escrow and delivered to the relevant shareholders, while the remaining earnout amounts continue to depend on future milestone outcomes.
No new securities were created in this event; it represents a status change for previously issued instruments held in escrow. Under the related Stockholders Agreement, the released shares and units are subject to transfer restrictions for 365 days after they are earned, released and delivered, which delays when these holders can freely transfer these securities.