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Additional Financial Information | 9 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2025
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Additional Financial Information | Additional Financial Information Supplemental Cash Flow Disclosures The Company made interest payments of approximately $43 million and $35 million during the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, and approximately $114 million and $125 million during the nine months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively. The Company paid approximately $50 million and $33 million of income and withholding taxes, net of refunds, for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, and approximately $151 million and $105 million of income and withholding taxes, net of refunds, for the nine months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively. Non-cash investing activities were approximately $32 million related to business combinations and the acquisition of music publishing rights and music catalogs during the nine months ended June 30, 2025, and $18 million related to the acquisition of music publishing rights and music catalogs during the nine months ended June 30, 2024. Net Gain on Divestitures The Company recognized a pre-tax gain of $1 million during the three months ended June 30, 2024, in connection with the divestiture of non-core owned and operated media properties. The Company recognized a pre-tax gain of $32 million during the nine months ended June 30, 2024 in connection with the divestiture of certain sound recordings rights. For each period, the divestiture has been reflected as a net gain on divestiture in the accompanying condensed consolidated statement of operations. Net Gain on Sale of Investments The Company recognized a pre-tax realized net gain of $29 million during the nine months ended June 30, 2025 in connection with the sale of an investment which has been presented within the Other income (expense) line of the accompanying condensed consolidated statement of operations. Dividends The Company’s ability to pay dividends may be restricted by covenants in the credit agreement for the Revolving Credit Facility which are currently suspended but which will be reinstated if Acquisition Corp.’s Total Indebtedness to EBITDA Ratio increases above 3.50:1.00 and the term loans do not achieve an investment grade rating. The Company has been paying quarterly cash dividends to holders of its Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock. The declaration of each dividend will continue to be at the discretion of the Company’s board of directors and will depend on the Company’s financial condition, earnings, liquidity and capital requirements, level of indebtedness, contractual restrictions with respect to payment of dividends, restrictions imposed by Delaware law, general business conditions and any other factors that the Company’s board of directors deems relevant in making such a determination. Therefore, there can be no assurance that the Company will pay any dividends to holders of the Company’s common stock, or as to the amount of any such dividends. On May 16, 2025, the Company’s board of directors declared a cash dividend of $0.18 per share on the Company’s Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock, as well as related payments under certain stock-based compensation plans, which was paid to stockholders on June 3, 2025. The Company paid an aggregate of approximately $94 million and $283 million, or $0.18 and $0.54 per share, in cash dividends to stockholders and participating security holders for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2025. On August 7, 2025, the Company’s board of directors declared a cash dividend of $0.19 per share on the Company’s Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock, as well as related payments under certain stock-based compensation plans, payable on September 3, 2025 to stockholders of record as of the close of business on August 20, 2025.

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