-- Results Exceed Expectations --

Funko, Inc. (Nasdaq: FNKO), a leading pop culture lifestyle brand, today reported consolidated financial results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2023.

Third Quarter Financial Results Summary: 2023 vs 2022

• Net sales were $312.9 million for the 2023 third quarter versus $365.6 million for the 2022 third quarter
• Gross profit was $104.0 million, equal to gross margin of 33.2%, for the 2023 third quarter, which included $6.4 million of charges related to factory purchase order cancellations, versus 35.0% for the 2022 third quarter
• SG&A expenses were $94.0 million for the 2023 third quarter, which included $9.9 million of one-time expenses comprised of $6.2 million primarily related to the termination of a lease agreement and $3.7 million for severance and related charges. This compares with $97.9 million for the 2022 third quarter, which included $1.1 million of one-time relocation costs in connection with the opening of a new warehouse and distribution facility in Buckeye, Arizona
• Net loss was $15.0 million, or $0.31 per share, for the 2023 third quarter, versus net income of $9.6 million, or $0.19 per diluted share, for the 2022 third quarter
• Adjusted net income* was $1.7 million, or $0.03 per diluted share, for the 2023 third quarter compared with $15.1 million, or $0.28 per diluted share, for the 2022 third quarter
• Adjusted EBITDA* was $25.4 million for the 2023 third quarter compared with $35.7 million for the 2022 third quarter

“For the 2023 third quarter, net sales, adjusted net income and adjusted EBITDA exceeded our expectations,” said Michael Lunsford, Interim Chief Executive Officer of Funko. “Our solid overall performance was driven by strong direct-to-consumer sales, which were bolstered by the successful online launch of Pop! Yourself; improved sales to several of our larger US and European wholesale customers, due in part to growing sales of Bitty Pop!; and ongoing efforts to significantly reduce costs and enhance efficiencies.

“We also made progress on our plan to focus on Funko’s core products and reduce the number of product lines and complexity in our business. In addition, we re-aligned our senior management team to streamline decision making, to better collaborate and to improve cross-functional communication throughout the organization.”

Operations

“During the third quarter, we continued to make progress on improving operations and reducing costs,” said Steve Nave, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer. “As expected, our gross margin increased and selling, general and administrative expenses as a percentage of net sales decreased compared with the second quarter of 2023. Both measures would have shown even more improvement if not for certain non-recurring charges in the quarter.

“We saw a partial cost savings benefit in the third quarter from the previously announced workforce reduction of approximately 180 positions; we expect to see the full benefit beginning in our current fourth quarter.”

Third Quarter 2023 Net Sales by Category and Geography

The tables below show the breakdown of net sales on a brand category and geographical basis (in thousands):

Balance Sheet Highlights - At September 30, 2023 vs December 31, 2022

• Total cash and cash equivalents were $31.9 million at September 30, 2023 versus $19.2 million at December 31, 2022
• Inventories were $162.1 million at September 30, 2023 versus $246.4 million at December 31, 2022
• Total debt was $299.5 million at September 30, 2023 versus $245.8 million at December 31, 2022. Total debt includes the amount outstanding under the company's term loan facility, net of unamortized discounts, revolving line of credit and the company's equipment finance loan

Outlook for Fiscal 2023

Based on its current outlook, the company narrowed the net sales range of its 2023 full-year outlook and provided guidance for its 2023 fourth quarter, as follows:

*Adjusted net loss, adjusted net loss per diluted share and adjusted EBITDA are non-GAAP financial measures. For a reconciliation of historical adjusted net loss, adjusted loss per diluted share, and adjusted EBITDA, to the most directly comparable U.S. GAAP financial measures, please refer to the “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” section of this press release. A reconciliation of adjusted net loss, adjusted net loss per diluted share and adjusted EBITDA outlook to the corresponding GAAP measure on a forward-looking basis cannot be provided without unreasonable efforts, as we are unable to provide reconciling information with respect to certain items. However, for the fourth quarter of 2023 the Company expects equity-based compensation of approximately $4 million, depreciation and amortization of approximately $15 million and interest expense of approximately $6 million. For the full year 2023 the Company expects equity-based compensation of approximately $11 million, depreciation and amortization of approximately $60 million, interest expense of approximately $27 million, and severance and restructuring expenses of approximately $12 million, which includes the non-recurring lease exit and related costs taken in Q3-2023, each of which is a reconciling item to net loss. See "Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures" and the attached reconciliations for more information.

Conference Call and Webcast

The Company will host a conference call at 4:30 p.m. ET (1:30 p.m. PT) today, November 2, 2023, to further discuss its third quarter results and business outlook. A live webcast and replay of the event will be available on the Investor Relations section on the Company’s website at investor.funko.com. The replay of the webcast will be available for one year.

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

This release contains references to non-GAAP financial measures, including adjusted net income (loss), including per share amounts, adjusted EBITDA, and adjusted EBITDA margin, which are financial measures that are not prepared in conformity with United States generally accepted accounting principles (U.S. GAAP). Management uses these measures internally for evaluating its operating performance, for planning purposes, including the preparation of our annual operating budget and financials projections, and to assess incentive compensation for our employees, and to evaluate our capacity to expand our business. In addition, our senior secured credit facilities use adjusted EBITDA to measure our compliance with covenants such as senior leverage ratio. The company's management believes that the presentation of non-GAAP financial measures provides useful supplementary information regarding operational performance, because it enhances an investor's overall understanding of the financial results for the company's core business. Additionally, it provides a basis for the comparison of the financial results for the company's core business between current, past and future periods as they remove the impact of items not directly resulting from our core operations. The company also believes that including Adjusted EBITDA and the other non-GAAP financial measures presented in this release is appropriate to provide additional information to investors and help to compare against other companies in our industry. Non-GAAP financial measures have limitations as analytical tools and should be considered only as a supplement to, and not as a substitute for or as a superior measure to, financial measures prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. We caution investors that amounts presented in accordance with our definitions of adjusted net income (loss), including per share amounts, adjusted EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA margin may not be comparable to similar measures disclosed by our competitors, because not all companies and analysts calculate these measures in the same manner.

Detailed reconciliations of non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures are included in the financial tables following this release.

About Funko

Headquartered in Everett, Washington, Funko is a leading pop culture lifestyle brand. Funko designs, sources and distributes licensed pop culture products across multiple categories, including vinyl figures, action toys, plush, apparel, housewares and accessories for consumers who seek tangible ways to connect with their favorite pop culture brands and characters. Learn more at www.funko.com, and follow us on Twitter (@OriginalFunko) and Instagram (@OriginalFunko).

Forward Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements contained in this press release that do not relate to matters of historical fact should be considered forward-looking statements, including statements regarding our anticipated financial results and financial position, the underlying trends in our business, including retailer de-stocking, inflation and macroeconomic trends, our potential for growth, expectations regarding annualized cost savings and restructuring initiatives; benefits from changes to our management team; and our strategic growth priorities. These forward-looking statements are based on management’s current expectations. These statements are neither promises nor guarantees, but involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, the following: our ability to execute our business strategy; our ability to manage our inventories; our ability maintain and realize the full value of our license agreements; impacts from economic downturns; changes in the retail industry and markets for our consumer products; our ability to maintain our relationships with retail customers and distributors; risks related to the impact of COVID-19 on our business, financial results and financial condition; our ability to compete effectively; fluctuations in our gross margin; our dependence on content development and creation by third parties; the ongoing level of popularity of our products with consumers; our ability to develop and introduce products in a timely and cost-effective manner; our ability to obtain, maintain and protect our intellectual property rights or those of our licensors; potential violations of the intellectual property rights of others; risks associated with counterfeit versions of our products; our ability to attract and retain qualified employees and maintain our corporate culture; our use of third-party manufacturing; risks associated with climate change; increased attention to sustainability and environmental, social and governance initiatives; geographic concentration of our operations; risks associated with our international operations; changes in effective tax rates or tax law; foreign currency exchange rate exposure; our dependence on vendors and outsourcers; risks relating to government regulation; risks relating to litigation, including products liability claims and securities class action litigation; any failure to successfully integrate or realize the anticipated benefits of acquisitions or investments; future development and acceptance of blockchain networks; risks associated with receiving payments in digital assets; reputational risk resulting from our e-commerce business and social media presence; risks relating to our indebtedness, including our ability to comply with financial and negative covenants under our Credit Agreement, as amended; our ability to secure additional financing on favorable terms or at all; the potential for our or our third party providers’ electronic data or the electronic data of our customers to be compromised; the influence of our significant stockholder, TCG, and the possibility that TCG’s interests may conflict with the interests of our other stockholders; risks relating to our organizational structure; volatility in the price of our Class A common stock; and risks associated with our internal control over financial reporting. These and other important factors discussed under the caption “Risk Factors” in our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2023 and our other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by the forward-looking statements made in this press release. Any such forward-looking statements represent management’s estimates as of the date of this press release. While we may elect to update such forward-looking statements at some point in the future, we disclaim any obligation to do so, even if subsequent events cause our views to change. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing our views as of any date subsequent to the date of this press release.

The following tables reconcile the Non-GAAP Financial Measures to the most directly comparable U.S. GAAP financial performance measure, which is net income, for the periods presented:

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