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Correspondence 0001193125-24-279903 from New Pluto Global, Inc. (CIK 0002041610) (PSKY)

New Pluto Global, Inc. (CIK 0002041610)
Date: Dec. 16, 2024 · CIK: 0002041610 · Accession: 0001193125-24-279903

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New Pluto Global, Inc. (CIK 0002041610)

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VIA EDGAR Division of Corporation Finance Securities and Exchange Commission 100 F Street, N.E. Washington, D.C. 20549

Dear Ms. Barone:

On behalf of New Pluto Global, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“New Paramount” or the “Company”), we hereby transmit via EDGAR for filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) Amendment No. 1 (“Amendment No. 1”) to the above-referenced registration statement on Form S-4 (the “Registration Statement”) relating to the proposed transaction among Paramount Global, Skydance Media, LLC, a California limited liability company (“Skydance”), and certain affiliates of investors of Skydance, which amends the Registration Statement filed on November 4, 2024. The Registration Statement has been revised in response to the Staff’s comments, to include unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of Skydance as of September 30, 2024 and for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 and to reflect certain other changes. New Paramount advises the Staff that it will file any remaining required exhibits in one or more future pre-effective amendments. New Paramount understands that the Staff requires a reasonable amount of time for review.

Securities and Exchange Commission

December 16, 2024

In addition, we are providing the following responses to your comment letter, dated December 4, 2024, regarding the Registration Statement. To assist your review, we have retyped the text of the Staff’s comments in italics below. Please note that all references to page numbers in our responses refer to the page numbers of Amendment No. 1. The responses and information described below are based upon information provided to us by New Paramount. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings ascribed to such terms in Amendment No. 1.

Registration Statement on Form S-4

Cover Page

1. Here, in the Questions and Answers section, and Summary section, revise as appropriate to highlight that the holders of the New Paramount Class A shares will be entitled to one vote and that the holders of the New Paramount Class B shares will have no voting rights. In addition, revise your risk factor disclosure to address the risks associated with a dual class capital structure and management’s voting control of the company and that a dual-class structure may render your shares ineligible for inclusion in certain stock market indices, and thus adversely affect share price and liquidity, and may adversely affect public sentiment.

In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company has revised its disclosure on the cover page and pages 8, 17, 29, 96, 97, 98, 297 and 298 to highlight that the holders of the New Paramount Class A shares will be entitled to one vote per share and that the holders of the New Paramount Class B shares will have no voting rights. The Company has also revised its disclosure on page 79, in response to the Staff’s comment, to address the risks associated with a dual-class structure and management’s voting control of the Company and that a dual-class structure may render shares ineligible for inclusion in certain stock market indices, and thus adversely affect share price and liquidity, and may adversely affect public sentiment.

Securities and Exchange Commission

December 16, 2024

2. We note that “Entities controlled by the Ellison family will hold approximately 77.5% of the New Paramount Class A common stock indirectly through their collective approximate 77.5% ownership interest in NAI.” Expand your discussion to highlight that you intend to rely on the controlled company exemption under the Nasdaq corporate governance standards.

In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company has revised its disclosure on the cover and pages 17, 30 and 97.

Questions and Answers about the Transactions, Q: Why did the Paramount Board form a special committee of independent directors?, page 9

3. We note your disclosure about how the interests of the directors and officers of Paramount in the transactions may differ from the interests of Paramount shareholders. Please expand your disclosure here and in your risk factors to summarize the interests, how those interest may differ from shareholders, and identify any resulting risks.

In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company has revised its disclosure on pages 17, 18, and 54.

The Transactions, page 26

4. Please revise your corporate structure chart to reflect the ownership and aggregate voting rights held for each of the entities listed, as applicable. Please also indicate the percentages held by the Ellison and Redstone families.

In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company has revised its disclosure on pages 27, 28, 94 and 95.

Risk Factors, Risks Relating to New Paramount After Completion of the Transactions, page 67

5. We note that this transaction would constitute the initial public offering of the combined company’s equity securities. As such, please add a risk factor highlighting the risks of going public through a merger rather than an underwritten offering. These risks may include the absence of due diligence conducted by an underwriter that would be subject to liability for any material misstatements or omissions in a registration statement.

In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company has revised its disclosure on pages 86 and 87.

Securities and Exchange Commission

December 16, 2024

Background of the Transactions, Certain Unaudited Prospective Financial Information, page 150

6. With respect to the Paramount and Skydance prospective financial information, revise to disclose and quantify each material assumption underlying the projections. Clearly describe the basis for projecting this growth and the factors or contingencies that would affect such growth ultimately materializing.

In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company has revised its disclosure on pages 154, 155, 156, 157 and 158.

Accounting Treatment for the Transactions and Related Pro Forma Adjustments, page 166

7. Please clarify your disclosure and explain to us the basis for your conclusion that at the time of the merger, both Skydance and Paramount will be under common control. Please identify for us the members of the Ellison family and explain the family relationships. Also, with respect to each family member, indicate their respective ownership interests in both Skydance and NAI. If applicable, disclose if control rests with immediate family members or if there is contemporaneous written evidence of an agreement to vote a majority of the entities’ shares in concert exists.

In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company has revised its disclosure on pages 171 and 249. The Company respectfully submits that because Lawrence Ellison and David Ellison, who are immediate family members, control Skydance and David Ellison will also control Paramount upon the close of the NAI Transaction, Skydance and Paramount will be considered entities under common control as of the NAI Transaction date, immediately prior to the consummation of the Skydance Merger. In determining that Lawrence Ellison and David Ellison have controlling ownership of Skydance and will have controlling ownership of Paramount, consideration was given to the SEC staff’s conclusions expressed in EITF 02-5 that indicate common control would exist among separate entities in a situation where “immediate family members (married couples and their children, but not their grandchildren) hold more than 50% of the voting ownership interest of each entity (with no evidence that those family members will vote their shares in any other way than in concert).”

The Company respectfully submits that for purposes of the accounting treatment discussed in the Registration Statement, the Ellison family is comprised of Lawrence Ellison and David Ellison. Since David Ellison is the son of Lawrence Ellison, Lawrence Ellison and David Ellison are immediate family members. Lawrence Ellison owns, indirectly through entities he controls, approximately 33% of the economic interest and approximately 39% of the voting interest in Skydance. David Ellison owns, indirectly through entities he controls, approximately 33% of the economic interest and approximately 38% of the voting interest in Skydance. Lawrence Ellison, indirectly through entities he controls, owns 100% of the economic interest in Pinnacle. David Ellison is the sole manager of each of the entities that own Pinnacle and, as a result, will hold 100% of the voting control over Pinnacle’s 77.5% interest in NAI. On the basis of the foregoing, immediate family members Lawrence Ellison and David Ellison together control a majority of the voting interests in Skydance and, after giving effect to the NAI Transaction, David Ellison will control a majority of the voting interests in NAI.

Securities and Exchange Commission

December 16, 2024

Key Performance Indicators/Non-GAAP Measures, page 223

8. In regard to Adjusted OBIDA and Adjusted EBITDA, please explain, in quantitative detail, what is included in Transaction costs.

In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company has revised its disclosure on pages 229 and 230.

New Paramount Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Statements, page 237

9. Based on disclosure on page 6, we note that Transactions “means, collectively, the Mergers, the Blocker Contribution and Exchange, the PIPE Transaction and the other transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreement (other than the NAI Transaction).” Please clarify how each of these transactions are reflected in your pro forma financial statements.

In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company has revised its disclosure on pages 242, 259, 260, 261 and 262.

10. We note as part of the Transaction Agreement, the Skydance Membership Units will be converted into New Paramount Class B common shares. Please clarify if this includes the units held by the Ellison family and if so, disclose the number of New Paramount Class B common shares that will be held by them.

In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company has revised its disclosure on page 244.

11. Please disclose on page 243 and elsewhere, as applicable, when the Ellison family obtained control of Skydance and clarify whether the historic financial statements of Skydance reflect the Ellison family cost basis.

In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company has revised its disclosure on page 171, 244 and 249.

Securities and Exchange Commission

December 16, 2024

12. Regarding adjustments 3 and 5 you are assuming “all eligible holders of Paramount Class A common stock will elect to receive the Class A Cash Consideration and holders of Paramount Class B common stock make cash elections with respect to a number of shares of Paramount Class B common stock that is in the aggregate equal to at least the Maximum Class B Cash Share Number.” Tell us how you considered disclosing a range in accordance with Rule 11-02(a)(10) of Regulation S-X and revise accordingly.

The Company respectfully advises the Staff that note (e) to the first table in footnote 3 on pages 247 and 248 of the Registration Statement disclosed the maximum number of additional shares that could be outstanding following the Transactions of 100 million (with the range being zero to 100 million) and the maximum additional primary gross proceeds that could remain at New Paramount of $1.5 billion (with the range of additional primary gross proceeds being zero to $1.5 billion) if holders of Paramount Class A common stock elect stock consideration or holders of Paramount Class B common stock make cash elections with respect to a number of shares of Paramount Class B common stock that does not in the aggregate exceed the Maximum Class B Cash Share Number. In addition, sensitivity analyses were included to show the change to the number of shares and the impacts to Paramount’s new basis resulting from a 1 million change in the number of each of the New Paramount Class A and Class B common shares converted to cash. In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company has expanded its disclosures on pages 255, 256, 259 and 261.

13. With regard to footnote (f) on page 248, tell us why you believe it is appropriate to assume “that the value of NAI’s net assets other than Paramount common stock is equal to the value of NAI debt.”

The Company acknowledges the Staff’s comment and respectfully notes that the value of NAI’s net assets other than its investment in Paramount common stock is not known to the Company since NAI is a private company and does not publish financial statements, nor does the Company have any right to access or request such information. Therefore, it was necessary to make an assumption about the value of those net assets for the purpose of determining the Ultimate Parent’s basis in Paramount and we believe that assuming the value of NAI’s net assets other than Paramount stock is equal to the value of NAI debt is a good faith estimate based on the very limited information that we have regarding NAI. Upon the closing of the Transactions, we will consider any additional information that becomes available to us including obtaining appraisals or other valuation analysis to the extent available.

14. We refer to footnote 3(a) and that the fair value of property and equipment increases by $1,059 million yet depreciation and amortization expense is being reduced by $10 million and $22 million for the six months ended June 30, 2024 and year ended December 31, 2023. Please expand your disclosure to quantitatively explain the expense adjustment. Disclose if useful lives estimates are changing and the basis for the change.

In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company has revised its disclosure on page 257. The Company respectfully advises the Staff that depreciation expense is expected to be lower because the expense related to developed technology assets was historically recorded in depreciation expense but will be recorded in intangible asset amortization expense following the adjustment of Paramount’s net assets to the Ultimate Parent’s basis. There have been no changes to the useful lives of Paramount’s property and equipment.

Securities and Exchange Commission

December 16, 2024

15. Please expand footnote 3(i) to explain how Paramount’s noncontrolling interests at fair value was determined.

In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company has revised its disclosure on page 258.

16. We note the disclosure in footnotes (5f) and (5g) on page 255. Please clarify how you are accounting for the acquisition of the non-controlling interest in Skydance and advise us.

In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company has revised its disclosure on page 263 to make clarifying changes to footnotes (5f) and (5g). New Paramount respectfully notes that the net assets of Skydance and its noncontrolling interest are being accounted for at their historical basis since Skydance’s financial statements are already reflected at the Ultimate Parent’s basis. Therefore, no adjustments were made to Skydance’s noncontrolling interests.

In addition, the noncontrolling interest holders of Skydance will receive their allocable portion of the 316.7 million shares of New Paramount Class B common stock issued in the Skydance Merger and there will be no outstanding Skydance Membership Units or Skydance Phantom Units following the Transactions.

17. Please present footnote 5(i) in a tabular format showing details of the 421.6 million share adju

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 December 16, 2024

VIA EDGAR

Re:
 New Pluto Global, Inc.

 
 Registration Statement on Form S-4

 
 Filed November 4, 2024

 
 File No. 333-282985

Alexandra Barone, Esq.

 Division of Corporation Finance

Securities and Exchange Commission

 100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, D.C. 20549

 Dear Ms. Barone:

On behalf of New Pluto Global, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“New Paramount” or the “Company”), we hereby transmit via
EDGAR for filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) Amendment No. 1 (“Amendment No. 1”) to the above-referenced registration statement on Form S-4 (the
“Registration Statement”) relating to the proposed transaction among Paramount Global, Skydance Media, LLC, a California limited liability company (“Skydance”), and certain affiliates of investors of Skydance, which amends the
Registration Statement filed on November 4, 2024. The Registration Statement has been revised in response to the Staff’s comments, to include unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of Skydance as of September 30, 2024
and for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 and to reflect certain other changes. New Paramount advises the Staff that it will file any remaining required exhibits in one or more future
pre-effective amendments. New Paramount understands that the Staff requires a reasonable amount of time for review.

 Securities and Exchange Commission

 2

 December 16, 2024

 In addition, we are providing the following responses to your comment letter, dated
December 4, 2024, regarding the Registration Statement. To assist your review, we have retyped the text of the Staff’s comments in italics below. Please note that all references to page numbers in our responses refer to the page numbers of
Amendment No. 1. The responses and information described below are based upon information provided to us by New Paramount. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings ascribed to such terms in Amendment No. 1.

Registration Statement on Form S-4

Cover Page

1.
 Here, in the Questions and Answers section, and Summary section, revise as appropriate to highlight that the
holders of the New Paramount Class A shares will be entitled to one vote and that the holders of the New Paramount Class B shares will have no voting rights. In addition, revise your risk factor disclosure to address the risks associated
with a dual class capital structure and management’s voting control of the company and that a dual-class structure may render your shares ineligible for inclusion in certain stock market indices, and thus adversely affect share price and
liquidity, and may adversely affect public sentiment.

 In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company has
revised its disclosure on the cover page and pages 8, 17, 29, 96, 97, 98, 297 and 298 to highlight that the holders of the New Paramount Class A shares will be entitled to one vote per share and that the holders of the New Paramount
Class B shares will have no voting rights. The Company has also revised its disclosure on page 79, in response to the Staff’s comment, to address the risks associated with a dual-class structure and management’s voting control of the
Company and that a dual-class structure may render shares ineligible for inclusion in certain stock market indices, and thus adversely affect share price and liquidity, and may adversely affect public sentiment.

 Securities and Exchange Commission

 3

 December 16, 2024

2.
 We note that “Entities controlled by the Ellison family will hold approximately 77.5% of the New
Paramount Class A common stock indirectly through their collective approximate 77.5% ownership interest in NAI.” Expand your discussion to highlight that you intend to rely on the controlled company exemption under the Nasdaq corporate
governance standards.

 In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company has revised its disclosure on the cover
and pages 17, 30 and 97.

 Questions and Answers about the Transactions, Q: Why did the Paramount Board form a special committee of independent
directors?, page 9

3.
 We note your disclosure about how the interests of the directors and officers of Paramount in the
transactions may differ from the interests of Paramount shareholders. Please expand your disclosure here and in your risk factors to summarize the interests, how those interest may differ from shareholders, and identify any resulting risks.

 In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company has revised its disclosure on pages 17, 18, and 54.

The Transactions, page 26

4.
 Please revise your corporate structure chart to reflect the ownership and aggregate voting rights held for
each of the entities listed, as applicable. Please also indicate the percentages held by the Ellison and Redstone families.

In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company has revised its disclosure on pages 27, 28, 94 and 95.

Risk Factors, Risks Relating to New Paramount After Completion of the Transactions, page 67

5.
 We note that this transaction would constitute the initial public offering of the combined company’s
equity securities. As such, please add a risk factor highlighting the risks of going public through a merger rather than an underwritten offering. These risks may include the absence of due diligence conducted by an underwriter that would be
subject to liability for any material misstatements or omissions in a registration statement.

 In response to the
Staff’s comment, the Company has revised its disclosure on pages 86 and 87.

 Securities and Exchange Commission

 4

 December 16, 2024

 Background of the Transactions, Certain Unaudited Prospective Financial Information, page 150

6.
 With respect to the Paramount and Skydance prospective financial information, revise to disclose and
quantify each material assumption underlying the projections. Clearly describe the basis for projecting this growth and the factors or contingencies that would affect such growth ultimately materializing.

In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company has revised its disclosure on pages 154, 155, 156, 157 and 158.

Accounting Treatment for the Transactions and Related Pro Forma Adjustments, page 166

7.
 Please clarify your disclosure and explain to us the basis for your conclusion that at the time of the
merger, both Skydance and Paramount will be under common control. Please identify for us the members of the Ellison family and explain the family relationships. Also, with respect to each family member, indicate their respective ownership interests
in both Skydance and NAI. If applicable, disclose if control rests with immediate family members or if there is contemporaneous written evidence of an agreement to vote a majority of the entities’ shares in concert exists.

 In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company has revised its disclosure on pages 171 and 249. The Company
respectfully submits that because Lawrence Ellison and David Ellison, who are immediate family members, control Skydance and David Ellison will also control Paramount upon the close of the NAI Transaction, Skydance and Paramount will be considered
entities under common control as of the NAI Transaction date, immediately prior to the consummation of the Skydance Merger. In determining that Lawrence Ellison and David Ellison have controlling ownership of Skydance and will have controlling
ownership of Paramount, consideration was given to the SEC staff’s conclusions expressed in EITF 02-5 that indicate common control would exist among separate entities in a situation where “immediate
family members (married couples and their children, but not their grandchildren) hold more than 50% of the voting ownership interest of each entity (with no evidence that those family members will vote their shares in any other way than in
concert).”

 The Company respectfully submits that for purposes of the accounting treatment discussed in the Registration Statement,
the Ellison family is comprised of Lawrence Ellison and David Ellison. Since David Ellison is the son of Lawrence Ellison, Lawrence Ellison and David Ellison are immediate family members. Lawrence Ellison owns, indirectly through entities he
controls, approximately 33% of the economic interest and approximately 39% of the voting interest in Skydance. David Ellison owns, indirectly through entities he controls, approximately 33% of the economic interest and approximately 38% of the
voting interest in Skydance. Lawrence Ellison, indirectly through entities he controls, owns 100% of the economic interest in Pinnacle. David Ellison is the sole manager of each of the entities that own Pinnacle and, as a result, will hold 100% of
the voting control over Pinnacle’s 77.5% interest in NAI. On the basis of the foregoing, immediate family members Lawrence Ellison and David Ellison together control a majority of the voting interests in Skydance and, after giving effect to the
NAI Transaction, David Ellison will control a majority of the voting interests in NAI.

 Securities and Exchange Commission

 5

 December 16, 2024

 Key Performance Indicators/Non-GAAP Measures, page 223

8.
 In regard to Adjusted OBIDA and Adjusted EBITDA, please explain, in quantitative detail, what is included in
Transaction costs.

 In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company has revised its disclosure on pages 229 and
230.

 New Paramount Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Statements, page 237

9.
 Based on disclosure on page 6, we note that Transactions “means, collectively, the Mergers, the Blocker
Contribution and Exchange, the PIPE Transaction and the other transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreement (other than the NAI Transaction).” Please clarify how each of these transactions are reflected in your pro forma
financial statements.

 In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company has revised its disclosure on pages 242,
259, 260, 261 and 262.

10.
 We note as part of the Transaction Agreement, the Skydance Membership Units will be converted into New
Paramount Class B common shares. Please clarify if this includes the units held by the Ellison family and if so, disclose the number of New Paramount Class B common shares that will be held by them.

In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company has revised its disclosure on page 244.

11.
 Please disclose on page 243 and elsewhere, as applicable, when the Ellison family obtained control of
Skydance and clarify whether the historic financial statements of Skydance reflect the Ellison family cost basis.

In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company has revised its disclosure on page 171, 244 and 249.

 Securities and Exchange Commission

 6

 December 16, 2024

12.
 Regarding adjustments 3 and 5 you are assuming “all eligible holders of Paramount Class A common
stock will elect to receive the Class A Cash Consideration and holders of Paramount Class B common stock make cash elections with respect to a number of shares of Paramount Class B common stock that is in the aggregate equal to at
least the Maximum Class B Cash Share Number.” Tell us how you considered disclosing a range in accordance with Rule 11-02(a)(10) of Regulation S-X and revise
accordingly.

 The Company respectfully advises the Staff that note (e) to the first table in footnote 3 on
pages 247 and 248 of the Registration Statement disclosed the maximum number of additional shares that could be outstanding following the Transactions of 100 million (with the range being zero to 100 million) and the maximum additional primary
gross proceeds that could remain at New Paramount of $1.5 billion (with the range of additional primary gross proceeds being zero to $1.5 billion) if holders of Paramount Class A common stock elect stock consideration or holders of
Paramount Class B common stock make cash elections with respect to a number of shares of Paramount Class B common stock that does not in the aggregate exceed the Maximum Class B Cash Share Number. In addition, sensitivity analyses
were included to show the change to the number of shares and the impacts to Paramount’s new basis resulting from a 1 million change in the number of each of the New Paramount Class A and Class B common shares converted to cash.
In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company has expanded its disclosures on pages 255, 256, 259 and 261.

13.
 With regard to footnote (f) on page 248, tell us why you believe it is appropriate to assume “that
the value of NAI’s net assets other than Paramount common stock is equal to the value of NAI debt.”

 The
Company acknowledges the Staff’s comment and respectfully notes that the value of NAI’s net assets other than its investment in Paramount common stock is not known to the Company since NAI is a private company and does not publish
financial statements, nor does the Company have any right to access or request such information. Therefore, it was necessary to make an assumption about the value of those net assets for the purpose of determining the Ultimate Parent’s basis in
Paramount and we believe that assuming the value of NAI’s net assets other than Paramount stock is equal to the value of NAI debt is a good faith estimate based on the very limited information that we have regarding NAI. Upon the closing
of the Transactions, we will consider any additional information that becomes available to us including obtaining appraisals or other valuation analysis to the extent available.

14.
 We refer to footnote 3(a) and that the fair value of property and equipment increases by $1,059 million
yet depreciation and amortization expense is being reduced by $10 million and $22 million for the six months ended June 30, 2024 and year ended December 31, 2023. Please expand your disclosure to quantitatively explain the
expense adjustment. Disclose if useful lives estimates are changing and the basis for the change.

 In response to
the Staff’s comment, the Company has revised its disclosure on page 257. The Company respectfully advises the Staff that depreciation expense is expected to be lower because the expense related to developed technology assets was historically
recorded in depreciation expense but will be recorded in intangible asset amortization expense following the adjustment of Paramount’s net assets to the Ultimate Parent’s basis. There have been no changes to the useful lives of
Paramount’s property and equipment.

 Securities and Exchange Commission

 7

 December 16, 2024

15.
 Please expand footnote 3(i) to explain how Paramount’s noncontrolling interests at fair value was
determined.

 In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company has revised its disclosure on page 258.

16.
 We note the disclosure in footnotes (5f) and (5g) on page 255. Please clarify how you are accounting for the
acquisition of the non-controlling interest in Skydance and advise us.

 In
response to the Staff’s comment, the Company has revised its disclosure on page 263 to make clarifying changes to footnotes (5f) and (5g). New Paramount respectfully notes that the net assets of Skydance and its noncontrolling interest are
being accounted for at their historical basis since Skydance’s financial statements are already reflected at the Ultimate Parent’s basis. Therefore, no adjustments were made to Skydance’s noncontrolling interests.

In addition, the noncontrolling interest holders of Skydance will receive their allocable portion of the 316.7 million shares of New
Paramount Class B common stock issued in the Skydance Merger and there will be no outstanding Skydance Membership Units or Skydance Phantom Units following the Transactions.

17.
 Please present footnote 5(i) in a tabular format showing details of the 421.6 million share adju