Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Related Party Transactions

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Related Party Transactions
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Related Party Transactions

Note 10 – Related Party Transactions

The Company had numerous transactions with the pre-IPO Member and pre-IPO Parent and its affiliates. The significant related party transactions consisted of borrowings from and payments to the Member and other related parties that were under common control of the Parent.

The Parent entered into a management services agreement with H&W Investco Management LLC (“H&W Investco”), which is beneficially owned by a member of the Company’s board of directors. During the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021, the Company recorded approximately $0, $0 and $462, respectively, of management fees included within selling, general and administrative expenses for services received from H&W Investco, including reimbursement for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses. The management services agreement was terminated following the IPO in July 2021.

During 2020, the Company provided net funds to a subsidiary of the Parent aggregating $1,456 and recorded a corresponding reduction to member’s equity for this same amount. During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Parent repaid the balance of the receivable. The aggregate receivable from the Parent at December 31, 2021 was $0.

In March 2021, the Company recorded a distribution to the Parent of $10,600, which the Parent used to fund a note payable under a debt financing obligation in connection with the acquisition of Rumble. The Company earned interest at the rate of 11% per annum on the receivable from the Parent. In connection with the Reorganization Transactions, the Parent merged with and into the Member. XPO Inc. recorded $10,600 receivable from shareholder, as the Rumble Seller is a shareholder of XPO Inc., for the debt financing provided to the Rumble Seller. In July 2022, the Company entered into a settlement agreement with the Rumble Sellers to resolve disputes related to the acquisition and related agreements. Under the terms of the settlement, the Company will prospectively reduce the interest rate on the debt financing provided to the Rumble Sellers from 11% per annum to 7.5% per annum if payment is in cash or 10% per annum if payment is in payment in kind and extend the maturity date of the debt financing. In 2023 and 2022, the Rumble Sellers borrowed an additional $4,400 and $5,050, respectively, under the debt financing agreement which was recorded as receivable from shareholder within equity. During the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company recorded $1,270 of interest in kind, which was recorded as an increase to receivable from shareholder within equity. During the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company received $8,062 cash as partial payment for the receivable from shareholder.

In September 2019, the Company entered into a five-year building lease agreement, expiring August 31, 2024, with Von Karman Production LLC, which is owned by the Company’s Chief Executive Officer. Pursuant to the lease, the Company was obligated to pay monthly rent of $25 for the initial twelve months of the lease term with subsequent 3% annual rent increases. During the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021, the Company recorded expense related to this lease of $0, $239 and $319, respectively. In September 2022, the Company's Chief Executive Officer sold the building to an unaffiliated third party. The Company entered into a building lease agreement with the new owner.

In December 2022, the Company entered into an agreement with the former owner of Row House, pursuant to which contingent consideration relating to the 2017 acquisition of Row House was settled in exchange for the issuance of 105 restricted stock units (“RSU”) which vest in full on the fourth anniversary of the grant date. As a result of the agreement, the Company recorded a reduction to the contingent consideration liability of $1,220 with an offsetting increase in additional paid-in capital and reclassified the former owner's outstanding note receivable of $1,834 to additional paid-in capital. In addition, pursuant to the agreement, the Company issued a four-year multi-tranche term loan with an option to borrow up to $20 per month in the aggregate principal amount of $960 bearing interest of 8.5% per annum, which was recorded as a liability and offsetting reduction in additional paid-in capital. The outstanding receivable from shareholder and the multi-tranche term loan are collateralized by 75 shares of Class B common stock held by the former owner, which were reclassified to treasury stock, and by the 105 RSUs. As of December 31, 2023, the former owner of Row House borrowed $320, which was recorded as a reduction to liability.

In March 2023, Spartan Fitness Holdings, LLC (“Spartan Fitness”), which currently owns and operates 78 Club Pilates studios, entered into a unit purchase agreement with Snapdragon Spartan Investco LP (the “Spartan SPV”), a special purpose vehicle controlled and managed by a member of the Company’s board of directors, pursuant to which Spartan SPV agreed to invest in the equity of Spartan Fitness. In addition, the same member of the Company’s board of directors also invested as a limited partner in the Spartan SPV. Spartan Fitness intends to use the investment from Spartan SPV to fund expansion of Club Pilates studios, among other concepts. Spartan Fitness also owns the rights to 89 Club Pilates licenses to open additional new units. The Company recorded franchise, equipment and marketing fund revenue aggregating $6,389 during the year ended December 31, 2023 from studios owned by Spartan Fitness.

The Company earns revenues and has accounts receivable from a franchisee who is also a part of senior management of the Company. Revenues from this affiliate, primarily related to franchise revenue, marketing fund revenue, package and memberships revenue and merchandise revenue, were $506, $577 and $507 for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021, respectively. Included in accounts receivable as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, is $2 and $4, respectively, for such sales. The Company provided $120 of studio support during the year ended December 31, 2023 to this franchisee.

In August 2023, the Company received payments from an officer and a director of the Company totaling $516 related to disgorgement of short-swing profits under Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The Company recognized these proceeds as a capital contribution from stockholders and the amounts were recorded as increases to additional paid-in capital on the consolidated balance sheets.