WWE Parent Company TKO Agrees $335 Million Lawsuit Settlements

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WWE parent company TKO Group Holdings has agreed to settle two lawsuits for an aggregate amount of $335 million.

The two lawsuits are the Le and Johnson class action cases against UFC, which is also part of TKO.

TKO stated in a filing today, March 20:

As previously disclosed, TKO Operating Company, LLC (f/k/a Zuffa Parent, LLC) (“TKO OpCo”), a subsidiary of TKO Group Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”), and/or certain of its affiliates, including Endeavor Group Holdings, Inc., TKO OpCo’s ultimate parent entity (collectively, “TKO”), are party to several substantially similar class-action lawsuits filed against them by former UFC athletes, alleging violations of Section 2 of the Sherman Act. Five related class-action lawsuits filed between December 2014 and March 2015 were consolidated into a single action in June 2015, captioned Le et al. v. Zuffa, LLC, No. 2:15-cv-1045-RFB-BNW (D. Nev.) (the “Le” case), and an additional lawsuit, captioned Johnson et al. v. Zuffa, LLC et al., No. 2:21-cv-1189-RFB-BNW (D. Nev.) (the “Johnson” case), was filed in 2021.

On March 13, 2024, TKO reached an agreement to settle all claims asserted in both class action lawsuits (Le and Johnson) for an aggregate amount of $335 million payable by the Company and its subsidiaries in installments over an agreed-upon period of time. The terms will be memorialized in a long form agreement and then submitted to the court for approval. The Company anticipates that the settlement amount will be deductible for tax purposes.

WWE and UFC were merged together under Endeavor to form TKO in September 2023.

The filing was signed by TKO Chief Financial Officer Andrew Schleimer.

You can view the filing at this link.

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