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Vivid Seats Inc. General Counsel Austin Arnett reported transactions involving Class A common stock and Restricted Stock Units (RSUs).
On August 12, 2026, Arnett exercised 31 RSUs, each converting into one share of Class A common stock, and the corresponding RSU derivative position was reduced to 0 units. On August 13, 2026, 11 shares of Class A common stock were sold at $7.22 per share pursuant to a mandatory sell-to-cover provision to satisfy tax withholding obligations arising from the RSU vesting and settlement.
Vivid Seats Inc. Chief Technology Officer Stefano Langenbacher exercised 592 Restricted Stock Units, converting them into 592 shares of Class A common stock on 2026-08-12. In a related transaction, 221 shares of Class A common stock were delivered or withheld at $7.26 per share for payment of exercise price or tax liability. Following the RSU conversion, Langenbacher held 2,962 RSUs representing contingent rights to receive the same number of Class A common shares.
Vivid Seats Inc. director and Chief Executive Officer Lawrence Fey reported the vesting and settlement of 1,854 Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), which were converted into 1,854 shares of Class A common stock at no exercise price. Following these transactions, Fey directly holds 277,041 Class A shares and 5,564 RSUs. Each RSU represents a contingent right to receive one Class A share, with one-third of the RSUs having vested on May 12, 2025 and the remainder vesting in equal quarterly installments until full vesting on May 12, 2027. No open-market purchases or sales were reported.
Vivid Seats Inc. reported Q2 2026 revenue of 129,861 and first-half 2026 revenue of 255,644 (both in thousands), below the prior year as Marketplace and Resale activity softened. Marketplace contributed 201,475 of first-half revenue and Resale 54,169, with combined contribution margin of 75,103.
Net loss attributable to Class A common stockholders was 14,321 for Q2 and 28,952 for the first six months (in thousands), compared with losses of 139,675 and 145,617 a year earlier, when results included large goodwill and trademark impairment charges. Operating cash flow turned positive at 45,208 (in thousands), while cash and equivalents rose to 136,676 against long-term debt, net, of 381,836.
Total assets were 688,805 and total liabilities 793,884 (in thousands), leaving shareholders with a deficit of 105,079. The company remains highly leveraged under its 2025 First Lien Loan but is in covenant compliance, and no new goodwill or indefinite-lived intangible impairments were recorded in 2026.
Vivid Seats Inc. reported second quarter 2026 results driven by strong FIFA World Cup demand. Marketplace Gross Order Value was $659.4 million, with revenue of $129.9 million, a net loss of $14.3 million, and adjusted EBITDA of $12.6 million. Management stated that results exceeded expectations and highlighted continued execution against strategic objectives.
For the six months ended June 30, 2026, operating activities provided $45,208 (in thousands) of cash, compared with a use of cash in the prior year period. Cash and cash equivalents were $136,676 (in thousands) and long-term debt was $381,836 (in thousands) as of June 30, 2026, while shareholders’ deficit totaled $105,079 (in thousands).
The company raised its 2026 outlook, now anticipating Marketplace GOV of $2.3–$2.6 billion and adjusted EBITDA of $34.0–$40.0 million, up from prior ranges of $2.2–$2.6 billion and $30.0–$40.0 million.
Vivid Seats Inc. reported results of its 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on June 9, 2026. Stockholders elected Class II directors Craig Dixon and Adam Stewart to serve until the 2029 Annual Meeting. Dixon received 7,626,252 votes for and 218,203 withheld, while Stewart received 7,730,187 votes for and 114,268 withheld, with 1,420,017 broker non-votes for each. Stockholders also approved the advisory proposal to ratify Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026, with 9,219,872 votes for, 34,048 against and 10,552 abstentions.
Vivid Seats Inc. general counsel Austin Arnett reported a mix of RSU-related exercises, tax withholding, and a small share sale. On Class A common stock, he sold 62 shares in an open-market transaction at about $8.36 per share. Earlier, he exercised awards tied to 3,542 shares of Class A common stock, reflecting settlement of Restricted Stock Units. To cover tax obligations from RSU vesting and settlement, 1,314 shares were disposed of under a mandatory “sell to cover” provision in the RSU agreement. Following these transactions, Arnett directly held 4,865 shares of Class A common stock.
Vivid Seats Inc. Chief Technology Officer Stefano Langenbacher reported routine equity compensation activity involving Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) and Class A common stock. On June 11, 2026, he exercised RSUs that converted into 44,491 shares of Class A common stock at a conversion price of $0.00 per share. To cover related tax obligations, 19,708 shares of Class A common stock were disposed of at $8.53 per share through a tax-withholding transaction, which is not an open-market sale. After these transactions, he directly held 66,385 shares of Class A common stock. The footnotes explain that each RSU represents a right to receive one share of Class A common stock and describe multi-year vesting schedules, with RSUs vesting in quarterly installments through March 11, 2027, December 11, 2027, and March 11, 2028, reflecting ongoing compensation rather than discretionary trading.
Vivid Seats Inc.'s Chief Financial Officer Thomas Joseph D. Jr. exercised 19,113 Restricted Stock Units into an equal number of Class A common shares on June 11, 2026, with 4,654 shares withheld at $8.53 per share to satisfy tax obligations.
Each RSU represents a right to one Class A share; one-eighth vested on the grant date and the remainder vest in equal quarterly installments from June 11, 2026 to December 11, 2027. After these transactions, he holds 25,612 Class A common shares directly, and 114,679 RSUs are reported as remaining outstanding.
Vivid Seats Inc. director and Chief Executive Officer Lawrence Fey exercised equity awards to acquire additional Class A common stock. On June 11, 2026, he acquired 87,905 shares of Class A common stock through derivative exercises, bringing his direct Class A holdings to 275,187 shares following the transactions.
On the same date, multiple blocks of Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) were converted into Class A shares, with related RSU balances of 458,715, 51,899, and 12,114 RSUs reported after the transactions. Footnotes explain that each RSU represents a right to one Class A share and describe vesting schedules through March 11, 2028 and December 11, 2027.