Arena Group Posts Third Consecutive Profitable Quarter in Q1 2025 with $4.0 Million in Net Income

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Expansion of Brand-Building Activities and Competitive Publishing Model Fuel Positive Results Across Media Brands Management Posts Video Reviewing Quarterly Performance and Strategic Initiatives NEW YORK, May 15, 2025 --( BUSINESS WIRE )--The Arena Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE American: AREN) ("Arena"), a technology platform and media company home to hundreds of media brands, including TheStreet, Parade , Men’s Journal, Athlon Sports, Surfer, Powder and more today announced financial results for the three months ending March 31, 2025 ("Q1 2025"). Financial Highlights for Q1 2025: Financial Guidance for Q2 2025: "In Q1 2025, we expanded our brand-building activities and competitive publishing model originally pioneered with Athlon Sports to more of our brands, and the results have exceeded expectations," said Paul Edmondson, CEO of The Arena Group. "Our entrepreneurial publishers have brought extraordinary energy and commitment to each brand. By aligning incentives with audience engagement, we’ve unlocked significant growth in our users, distribution and revenue. This performance reaffirms the power of our model." "Our goal is to leverage this new approach across our entire platform — driving traffic, higher CPMs, and increased revenue, while maintaining expense discipline to sustain profitability," Edmondson added. "With these results, we believe we are well-positioned to maintain profitability throughout 2025." Operational highlights: Arena recently acquired the travel brand, TravelHost . This iconic publication was founded in the mid-1960s and was the first in-room hotel magazine. It now provides travelers with local insights in 30+ markets. Arena intends to fully update and modernize the site and the brand’s offerings. Video Message: Paul Edmondson, The Arena Group’s CEO, has posted a video reviewing Arena’s quarterly results and business strategy. The video addresses questions previously submitted by investors and other interested parties. It has been shared across Arena’s social media channels and is available HERE . About The Arena Group The Arena Group (NYSE American: AREN) is an innovative technology platform and media company with a proven cutting-edge playbook that transforms media brands. Our unified technology platform empowers creators and publishers with tools to publish and monetize their content, while also leveraging quality journalism of anchor brands like TheStreet, Parade, Men’s Journal, Athlon Sports, Surfer, Powder and more to build their businesses. The company aggregates content across a diverse portfolio of brands, reaching over 100 million users monthly. Visit us at thearenagroup.net and discover how we are revolutionizing the world of digital media. Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures We report our financial results in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America ("GAAP"); however, management believes that certain non-GAAP financial measures provide users of our financial information with useful supplemental information that enables a better comparison of our performance across periods. We believe Adjusted EBITDA provides visibility to the underlying continuing operating performance by excluding the impact of certain items that are noncash in nature or not related to our core business operations. We calculate Adjusted EBITDA as net income (loss) as adjusted for loss from discontinued operations, with additional adjustments for (i) interest expense (net), (ii) income taxes, (iii) depreciation and amortization, (iv) stock-based compensation, (v) change in valuation of contingent consideration, (vi) liquidated damages, (vii) loss on impairment of assets, (viii) loss on sale of assets; (ix) employee retention credit, (x) employee restructuring payments, and (xi) professional and vendor fees. Our non-GAAP measure may not be comparable to similarly titled measures used by other companies, have limitations as an analytical tool, and should not be considered in isolation, or as a substitute for analysis of our operating results as reported under GAAP. Additionally, we do not consider our non-GAAP measures as superior to, or a substitute for, the equivalent measures calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP. Some of the limitations are that our presentation of Adjusted EBITDA: The following table presents a reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to net income (loss), which is the most directly comparable GAAP measure, for the periods indicated: Forward-Looking Statements This Press Release of The Arena Group Holdings, Inc. (the "Company," "we," "our," and "us") contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"). Forward-looking statements relate to future events or future performance and include, without limitation, statements concerning our business strategy, future revenues and income from continuing operations, cost reductions, market growth, capital requirements, product introductions, expansion plans and the adequacy of our funding and our ability to alleviate the conditions that raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern (as disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 filed with the SEC on April 15, 2025 (the "2024 10-K") and in our other SEC filings and publicly available documents). Other statements contained in this Press Release that are not historical facts are also forward-looking statements. We have tried, wherever possible, to identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as "may," "will," "could," "should," "expects," "anticipates," "intends," "plans," "believes," "seeks," "estimates," and other stylistic variants denoting forward-looking statements. We caution investors that any forward-looking statements presented in this Press Release, or that we may make orally or in writing from time to time, are based on information currently available, as well as our beliefs and assumptions. The actual outcome related to forward-looking statements will be affected by known and unknown risks, trends, uncertainties, and factors that are beyond our control or ability to predict. Although we believe that our assumptions are reasonable, they are not guarantees of future performance, and some will inevitably prove to be incorrect. As a result, our actual future results can be expected to differ from our expectations, and those differences may be material. Accordingly, investors should use caution in relying on forward-looking statements, which are based only on known results and trends at the time they are made, to anticipate future results or trends. We detail other risks in our public filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), including in Part I, Item 1A, Risk Factors, in the 2024 10-K and in the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2025 (the "Q1 10-Q"). The discussion in this Press Release should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in Part II, Item 8 in the 2024 10-K and in the Q1 10-Q. This Press Release and all subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to us or any person acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements contained or referred to in this section. We do not undertake any obligation to release publicly any revisions to our forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this Press Release except as may be required by law. View source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250515561441/en/ Contacts The Arena Group Contact: Steve Janisse, The Arena Group 404-574-9206 [email protected] The Arena Group Investor Contact: Rob Fink FNK IR 646-809-4048 [email protected]

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