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The Company and Basis of Presentation
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2024
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]  
The Company and Basis of Presentation The Company and Basis of Presentation
The Company
Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp. (together with its wholly-owned subsidiaries, referred to as “we,” “our,” “us,” the “Company,” or “Topgolf Callaway Brands” unless otherwise specified), a Delaware corporation, is a leading modern golf and active lifestyle company that provides world-class golf entertainment experiences, designs and manufactures premium golf equipment, and sells golf and active lifestyle apparel and other accessories through our family of brand names, which include Topgolf, Callaway Golf, Odyssey, TravisMathew, Jack Wolfskin, OGIO, Toptracer and World Golf Tour (“WGT”).
Our products and brands are reported under three operating segments: Topgolf, which includes the operations of our Company-operated and franchised Topgolf venues, Toptracer ball-flight tracking technology (“Toptracer”), and WGT digital golf game; Golf Equipment, which includes the operations of our golf clubs and golf balls business under the Callaway Golf and Odyssey brand names; and Active Lifestyle, which includes the operations of our soft goods business marketed under the Callaway, TravisMathew, Jack Wolfskin and OGIO brand names.
In September 2024, following a strategic review of the Topgolf business, we announced that our Board of Directors intends to pursue a separation of our business into two independent companies: Callaway, a golf equipment company with a highly complementary Active Lifestyle business; and Topgolf, a high-growth, pure-play venue-based golf entertainment business. We expect to effect the separation through a spin-off of the Topgolf business to our shareholders in a transaction that is intended to be tax-free to both us and our shareholders for U.S. federal income tax purposes. We expect to execute the separation in the second half of 2025. The transaction will be subject to general market conditions and other customary conditions, including receipt of regulatory approvals, an opinion from tax counsel and/or a private letter ruling from the Internal Revenue Service regarding the tax-free status of the spin-off of the Topgolf business to us and our shareholders for U.S. federal income tax purposes, execution of intercompany agreements, further due diligence as appropriate and final approval by our Board of Directors. There can be no assurance regarding the form and timing of the separation or its completion.
Basis of Presentation
We have prepared the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”). Pursuant to these rules and regulations, we have condensed or omitted certain information and disclosures that are normally included in our annual consolidated financial statements which are prepared in accordance with GAAP. In the opinion of management, these condensed consolidated financial statements include all normal and recurring adjustments necessary for the fair presentation of the financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the periods and dates presented. These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, which was filed with the SEC on February 29, 2024. Interim operating results are not indicative of operating results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2024, or any other future periods.
We translate the financial statements of our foreign subsidiaries using end-of-period exchange rates for assets and liabilities and average exchange rates during each reporting period for results of operations. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated during consolidation.