---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001820144-26-000004"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GRND"
cik: "0001820144"
company_name: "Grindr Inc."
filed_at: "2026-02-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T23:46:39.083861+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Grindr FY2025 revenue +28% to $528M, net income $95M; guides FY2026 above $528M

## Summary
- FY2025 revenue $528M (28% YoY growth); net income $95M; Adjusted EBITDA $196M (exceeded November outlook).
- FY2026 guidance: revenue >$528M, Adjusted EBITDA >$217M.
- Board authorized $400M increase to share repurchase program, extended to March 2029; ~$50M remaining from prior program.
- Entered cooperation agreement with largest stockholder G. Raymond Zage, III: 18-month standstill on going-private unless Board invites; disinterested stockholder majority approval required.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001820144-26-000004
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GRND
- cik: 0001820144
- company_name: Grindr Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-02-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1820144/000182014426000004/0001820144-26-000004-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1820144/000182014426000004/grnd-20260226.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001820144-26-000004.txt

## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  Grindr Inc. entered into Cooperation Agreement with G. Raymond Zage, III valued at Standstill restrictions for 18 months, among other terms (effective 2026-02-26).
  - Action: entry
  - Counterparty: G. Raymond Zage, III
  - Value: Standstill restrictions for 18 months, among other terms
  - Effective: 2026-02-26
  source text: On February 26, 2026, Grindr Inc. (the “Company” or “Grindr”) entered into a Cooperation Agreement (the “Cooperation Agreement”) with G. Raymond Zage, III, a member of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) and the Company’s largest stockholder.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1820144/000182014426000004/0001820144-26-000004-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.