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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D. C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

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For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2025

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For the transition period from                to                

Commission File Number 001-41746

ATLANTA BRAVES HOLDINGS, INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

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Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (404) 614-2300

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

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Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports) and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ⌧    No ◻

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ⌧    No ◻

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company," and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a shell company as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. Yes ☐    No ☒

The number of outstanding shares of Atlanta Braves Holdings, Inc. common stock as of July 31, 2025 was:

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Table of Contents

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ATLANTA BRAVES HOLDINGS, INC.

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Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

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(unaudited)

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See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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ATLANTA BRAVES HOLDINGS, INC.

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Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (continued)

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(unaudited)

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See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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ATLANTA BRAVES HOLDINGS, INC.

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations

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(unaudited)

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See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

ATLANTA BRAVES HOLDINGS, INC.

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Earnings (Loss)

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(unaudited)

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See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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ATLANTA BRAVES HOLDINGS, INC.

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

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(unaudited)

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The following table reconciles cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash reported in our condensed consolidated balance sheets to the total amount presented in our condensed consolidated statements of cash flows:

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See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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ATLANTA BRAVES HOLDINGS, INC.

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Equity

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(unaudited)

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See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

ATLANTA BRAVES HOLDINGS, INC.

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Equity

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See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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(1)Basis of Presentation

During November 2022, the board of directors of Liberty Media Corporation (“Liberty” or “Former parent”) authorized Liberty management to pursue a plan to redeem each outstanding share of its Liberty Braves common stock in exchange for one share of the corresponding series of common stock of a newly formed entity, Atlanta Braves Holdings, Inc. (the “Split-Off”). The Split-Off was completed on July 18, 2023 and was intended to be tax-free to holders of Liberty Braves common stock. In September 2024, the Internal Revenue Service completed its review of the Split-Off and notified Liberty that it agreed with the non-taxable characterization of the transaction. The Split-Off was accounted for at historical cost due to the pro rata nature of the distribution to holders of Liberty Braves common stock. Atlanta Braves Holdings, Inc. (“Atlanta Braves Holdings” or the “Company”) is comprised of the businesses, assets and liabilities of its wholly-owned subsidiary Braves Holdings, LLC (“Braves Holdings”) and corporate cash.

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”). These accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements refer to the consolidation of Braves Holdings and corporate cash as "Atlanta Braves Holdings," "the Company," "us," "we" and "our" in the notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements. The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company, its wholly-owned subsidiaries, and variable interest entities (“VIE”) where the Company determines that it is the primary beneficiary. For consolidated entities where our ownership interest is less than 100%, noncontrolling ownership interests are reported in our condensed consolidated balance sheets. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in the condensed consolidated financial statements.

The accompanying (a) condensed consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2024, which has been derived from audited financial statements, and (b) the interim unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Article 10 of Regulation S-X as promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) considered necessary for a fair presentation of the results for such periods have been included. The results of operations for any interim period are not necessarily indicative of results for the full year. Additionally, certain prior period amounts have been reclassified for comparability with current period presentation. These condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto contained in Atlanta Braves Holdings’ Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024.

The preparation of condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the condensed consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The Company considers (i) fair value measurements of non-financial instruments and (ii) accounting for income taxes to be its most significant estimates.

Description of Business

Braves Holdings indirectly owns the Atlanta Braves Major League Baseball Club (“ANLBC,” the “Atlanta Braves,” the “Braves,” the “club,” or the “team”). The Braves’ ballpark (“Truist Park” or the “Stadium”), is located in Cobb County, a suburb of Atlanta, and is leased from Cobb County, Cobb-Marietta Coliseum and Exhibit Hall Authority. Braves Holdings, through affiliated entities and third-party development partners, has developed a significant portion of the land around Truist Park for a mixed-use development that features retail, office, hotel and entertainment opportunities (the “Mixed-Use Development”).

The Braves and 29 other Major League Baseball (“MLB”) clubs are collectively referred to as the Clubs. The Office of the Commissioner of Baseball (the “BOC”) is an unincorporated association also doing business as MLB and has as its members the Clubs. The Clubs are bound by the terms and provisions of the Major League Constitution and all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder as well as a series of other agreements and arrangements that govern the operation and management of a Club, which among other things, require each Club to comply with limitations on the amount of debt a Club can incur, revenue sharing arrangements with the other Clubs, commercial arrangements with regard to the national broadcasting of its games and other programming and commercial arrangements relating to the use of its intellectual property.

Split-Off of Atlanta Braves Holdings from Liberty

Following the Split-Off and subsequent Liberty Media Exchange (as defined below), Liberty and Atlanta Braves Holdings operate as separate, publicly traded companies and neither has any continuing stock ownership, beneficial or otherwise, in the other. Liberty owned 1,811,066 shares of Atlanta Braves Holdings Series C common stock following the Split-Off. In November 2023, Liberty exchanged 1,811,066 shares of Atlanta Braves Holdings Series C common stock with a third party in satisfaction of certain of Liberty’s debt obligations and an affiliate of such third party then sold the shares in a secondary public offering (the “Liberty Media Exchange”). Pursuant to the registration rights agreement (as described below) with Liberty, Atlanta Braves Holdings registered the shares related to the Liberty Media Exchange. Atlanta Braves Holdings did not receive any of the proceeds from the Liberty Media Exchange.

In connection with the Split-Off, Liberty and Atlanta Braves Holdings entered into certain agreements in order to govern certain of the ongoing relationships between the two companies after the Split-Off and to provide for an orderly transition. These agreements included a reorganization agreement, a services agreement, aircraft time sharing agreements, a facilities sharing agreement, a tax sharing agreement and a registration rights agreement. The facilities sharing agreement and aircraft time sharing agreements were terminated as part of the Corporate Governance Transition (as defined below).

The reorganization agreement provides for, among other things, the principal corporate transactions (including the internal restructuring) required to effect the Split-Off, certain conditions to the Split-Off and provisions governing the relationship between Atlanta Braves Holdings and Liberty with respect to and resulting from the Split-Off. The tax sharing agreement provides for the allocation and indemnification of tax liabilities and benefits between Liberty and Atlanta Braves Holdings and other agreements related to tax matters. Pursuant to the services agreement, Liberty provides Atlanta Braves Holdings with general and administrative services including legal, tax, accounting, treasury, information technology, cybersecurity and investor relations support. Atlanta Braves Holdings will reimburse Liberty for direct, out-of-pocket expenses and will pay a services fee to Liberty under the services agreement that is subject to adjustment quarterly, as necessary. Additionally, pursuant to the services agreement with Liberty and prior to the Corporate Governance Transition (as defined below), components of the Liberty Chief Executive Officer’s compensation were either paid directly to him or reimbursed to Liberty, in each case, based on allocations set forth in the services agreement. The allocation percentage was 8% during the period from January 1, 2024 to August 31, 2024, when the Corporate Governance Transition (as defined below) occurred.

Under these various agreements, amounts reimbursable to Liberty aggregated to a nominal amount and $1.8 million for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, and $0.1 million and $2.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

Related Party Transactions and Change in Corporate Governance

On August 21, 2024, Terence F. McGuirk (“McGuirk”), entered into certain shareholder arrangements with Dr. John C. Malone (“Malone”), pursuant to which Malone granted McGuirk a proxy (the “Malone Voting Agreement”)

to vote 887,079 shares of the Company’s Series B common stock owned by Malone, representing 44% of the Company’s then outstanding voting power, on director elections, the approval or authorization of executive compensation and other routine matters. Malone has also granted McGuirk a right of first refusal with respect to future transfers of the Company shares beneficially owned by Malone as well as certain appreciation rights with respect to the value of Malone’s shares of the Company’s Series B common stock.

The execution of the Malone Voting Agreement constituted a “Change in Control” of the Company as defined in Gregory B. Maffei’s Executive Employment Agreement, dated effective as of December 13, 2019, by and between Mr. Maffei and Liberty. As a result, on August 21, 2024, Mr. Maffei notified the Company of his resignation as President, Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of the Board and a director of the Company effective August 31, 2024. Mr. Maffei’s separation from employment with the Company was for “Good Reason” within the meaning of his Executive Employment Agreement. As part of that transition, Atlanta Braves Holdings and Liberty began transitioning various general and administrative services then provided by Liberty to the management of Atlanta Braves Holdings, including legal, tax, accounting, treasury, information technology, cybersecurity and investor relations support. Additionally, the then-current officers of the Company (with limited exceptions) stepped down from their officer positions, effective August 31, 2024, and members of the Braves Holdings executive team assumed these roles effective September 1, 2024 (the “Corporate Governance Transition”).

Seasonality

The majority of Braves Holdings revenue is seasonal, with the revenue recognized primarily during the second and third quarters which aligns with the baseball season.

Income Taxes

In prior years, the Company’s tax provision from income taxes for interim periods has generally been determined using an estimate of our annual effective tax rate (the “AETR”), adjusted for discrete items that are taken into account in the relevant period of recognition. Due to sensitivity in our AETR based on minor changes to our projected annual earnings (loss) before income taxes and the seasonality of our revenue, the Company is unable to reliably estimate our AETR as of June 30, 2025. As a result, the Company has calculated the tax provision from income taxes for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 based upon a discrete effective tax rate model which treats the current year to date period as if it were the annual period.

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(2)Earnings Attributable to Atlanta Braves Holdings Stockholders Per Common Share

Basic net earnings (loss) per common share (“EPS”) is computed by dividing net earnings (loss) attributable to Atlanta Braves Holdings shareholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding (“WASO”) for the period. Diluted EPS presents the dilutive effect on a per share basis of potential common shares.

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(3) Property and Equipment

Property and equipment consisted of the following:

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