WeWork Inc. - Quarter Report: 2023 March (Form 10-Q)

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q


(Mark One)
☒			QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2023


☐			TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from ___________ to ___________

Commission file number 001-39419

WEWORK INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Delaware									85-1144904
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)									(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
75 Rockefeller Plaza, 10th floor New York, NY (Address of principal executive offices)									10019 (zip code)

(646) 389-3922

Registrant's telephone number, including area code

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Class A common stock, $0.0001 per share	WE	The New York Stock Exchange
Redeemable warrants, exercisable for shares of Class A common stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per share	WE WS	The New York Stock Exchange
Class A Common Stock Purchase Rights	—	The New York Stock Exchange

Securities registered pursuant to section 12(g) of the Act:

None

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports); and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes x No o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).Yes x No o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):


Large accelerated filer	o	Accelerated filer	x
Non-accelerated filer	o	Smaller reporting company	o
		Emerging growth company	o

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Yes ☐ No x

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer's classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date: As of May 8, 2023, there were 2,109,845,068 shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, and 19,938,089 shares of Class C common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, issued and outstanding.

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WeWork Inc.

FORM 10-Q

THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2023

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		Page
Part I - Financial Information
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements		3
Item 1.	Financial Statements and Supplementary Data	6
	Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets	7
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations	8
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss	9
	Condensed Consolidated Statement of Changes in Convertible Preferred Stock, Noncontrolling Interests, and Equity	10
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows	12
	Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements	13
Item 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	64
Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	100
Item 4.	Controls and Procedures	101
Part II - Other Information
Item 1.	Legal Proceedings	102
Item 1A.	Risk Factors	103
Item 1B.	Unresolved Staff Comments	103
Item 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	103
Item 3.	Defaults Upon Senior Securities	103
Item 4.	Mine Safety Disclosures	103
Item 5.	Other Information	103
Item 6.	Exhibits	104
	Signatures	105

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Part I.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements made in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (“Form 10-Q”) may be deemed “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended. These forward-looking statements generally are identified by the words “believe,” “project,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “intend,” “strategy,” “future,” “opportunity,” “plan,” “pipeline,” “may,” “should,” “will,” “would,” “will be,” “will continue,” “will likely result,” and similar expressions. Forward-looking statements are predictions, projections and other statements about future events that are based on current expectations and assumptions and, as a result, are subject to risks and uncertainties. Although WeWork believes the expectations reflected in any forward-looking statement are based on reasonable assumptions, it can give no assurance that its expectations will be attained, and it is possible that actual results may differ materially from those indicated by these forward-looking statements due to a variety of risks, uncertainties and other factors.

Forward-looking statements in this Form 10-Q and in any document incorporated by reference in this Form 10-Q may include, for example, statements about:

•our financial and business performance;

•the continuing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic;

•delays in customers and prospective customers returning to the office and taking occupancy, or changes in the preferences of customers and prospective customers with respect to remote or hybrid working, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to a parallel delay, or potentially permanent change, in receiving the corresponding revenue;

•our projected financial information, anticipated growth rate, and market opportunity;

•our ability to maintain the listing of our Class A Common Stock and Warrants on the NYSE;

•our public securities’ potential liquidity and trading;

• our ability to raise additional capital in the future;

•our liquidity needs to operate our business and execute our strategy and related use of cash;

•our ability to realize the expected benefits from the Transactions;

•the impact of the Transactions on the market price of our securities;

•litigation, including the outcome of any legal proceedings that may be instituted against us or others relating to the Transactions;

•the significant costs incurred by us in connection with the Transactions;

•the impact of foreign exchange rates on our financial performance;

•our ability to execute our restructuring plan relating to our business and our operating model;

•our success in retaining or recruiting, or changes required in, our officers, key employees or directors;

•our officers and directors allocating their time to other businesses and potentially having conflicts of interest with our business;

•the impact of the regulatory environment and complexities with compliance related to such environment;

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•our ability to maintain an effective system of internal control over financial reporting;

•our ability to grow market share in our existing markets or any new markets we may enter;

•our ability to respond to changes in customer demand, geopolitical events, including the conflict in Ukraine, or other disruptions, and general economic conditions, including rising interest rates, inflation, disruptions created by instability in the banking sector, and the impact of such conditions on WeWork and our customers;

•the health of the commercial real estate industry;

•risks associated with our real estate assets and increased competition in the commercial real estate industry;

•our ability to manage our growth effectively;

•our ability to achieve and maintain profitability in the future;

•our ability to access sources of capital, including debt financing and securitization funding to finance our real estate inventories and other sources of capital to finance operations and growth, and our ability to restructure, refinance, extend or repay our outstanding indebtedness;

•our ability to maintain and enhance our products and brand and to attract customers;

•our ability to manage, develop and refine our platform for managing and powering flexible work spaces and access to our customer base;

•the success of strategic relationships with third parties;

•the outcome of any known and unknown litigation and regulatory proceedings;

•the anticipated benefits of our partnerships with third parties;

•our expectations regarding our exits of underperforming locations, including the timing of any such exits and the ability to retain our members;

•the impact of the Transactions on our U.S. federal income tax position, including the availability of utilizing our net operating losses (“NOLs”) to offset any taxes incurred in connection therewith; and

•other factors detailed under the section entitled “Risk Factors” included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022 (the “2022 Form 10-K”).

These forward-looking statements are not historical facts, and are based on current expectations, estimates and projections about our industry as well as certain assumptions made by management, many of which, by their nature, are inherently uncertain and beyond our control. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of known and unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions, including those described in “Risk Factors,” and other cautionary statements included in this Form 10-Q and in our other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), which you should consider and read carefully.

We operate in a very competitive and rapidly changing environment and have recently undergone significant changes at the executive and board levels and changes in our planned growth trajectory. New risks emerge from time to time. It is not possible for us to predict all risks, nor can we assess the impact of all factors on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements we may make. In light of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, the future events and trends discussed in this Form 10-Q, and our expected future levels of activity and performance, may not occur and actual results could differ

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materially and adversely from those anticipated or implied in the forward-looking statements. As a result, you should not regard any of these forward-looking statements as a representation or warranty by us or any other person or place undue reliance on any such forward-looking statements.

Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which it is made, and we do not undertake any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise, except as required by law.

You should read this Form 10-Q and the documents that we reference in this Form 10-Q in their entirety and with the understanding that our actual future results may be materially different from our expectations. All of our forward-looking statements are qualified by the cautionary statements contained in this section and elsewhere in this Form 10-Q.

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Item 1. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

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WEWORK INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(UNAUDITED)


	March 31,		December 31,
(Amounts in millions, except share and per share amounts)	2023		2022
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	224	$	287
Accounts receivable and accrued revenue, net of allowance of $9 as of March 31, 2023 and $13 as of December 31, 2022(1)	107		109

Prepaid expenses(1)	139		138
Other current assets(1)	368		155
Total current assets	838		689
Property and equipment, net	4,193		4,391
Lease right-of-use assets, net	10,399		11,243

Equity method and other investments	60		63
Goodwill and intangible assets, net	736		737

Other assets (including related party amounts of $345 as of March 31, 2023 and $384 as of December 31, 2022(1))	723		740
Total assets	$	16,949	$	17,863
Liabilities
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and accrued expenses(1)	$	495	$	526
Members’ service retainers	440		445


Deferred revenue(1)	127		151
Current lease obligations(1)	918		936


Other current liabilities(1)	295		172
Total current liabilities	2,275		2,230
Long-term lease obligations(1)	14,564		15,598


Long-term debt, net (including amounts due to related parties of $1,900 as of March 31, 2023 and $1,650 as of December 31, 2022(1))	3,576		3,208

Other liabilities	320		282

Total liabilities	20,735		21,318
Commitments and contingencies (Note 18)

Redeemable noncontrolling interests	(24)		(20)
Equity
WeWork Inc. shareholders' equity (deficit):
Preferred stock; par value $0.0001; 100,000,000 shares authorized, zero issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022	—		—
Common stock Class A; par value $0.0001; 1,500,000,000 shares authorized, 714,308,465 shares issued and 711,364,253 shares outstanding as of March 31, 2023, and 1,500,000,000 shares authorized, 711,106,961 shares issued and 708,162,749 shares outstanding as of December 31, 2022	—		—
Common stock Class C; par value $0.0001; 25,041,666 shares authorized, 19,938,089 shares issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022	—		—
Treasury stock, at cost; 2,944,212 shares held as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022	(29)		(29)
Additional paid-in capital	12,390		12,387
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)	117		149
Accumulated deficit	(16,441)		(16,177)
Total WeWork Inc. shareholders' deficit	(3,963)		(3,670)
Noncontrolling interests	201		235
Total equity	(3,762)		(3,435)
Total liabilities and equity	$	16,949	$	17,863

(1)See Note 19 for disclosure of related party amounts.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Consolidated Financial Statements.

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WEWORK INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(UNAUDITED)


	Three Months Ended March 31,
(Amounts in millions, except share and per share amounts)		2023		2022
Revenue(1)		$	849	$	765
Expenses:
Location operating expenses—cost of revenue (exclusive of depreciation and amortization of $141 and $158 for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively, shown separately below)		724		736
Pre-opening location expenses		7		47
Selling, general and administrative expenses		155		208
Restructuring and other related (gains) costs		(58)		(130)
Impairment expense/(gain on sale)		77		91
Depreciation and amortization		148		171
Total expenses(1)		1,053		1,123
Loss from operations		(204)		(358)
Interest and other income (expenses), net:
Income (loss) from equity method and other investments		(2)		6
Interest expense (including related party expenses of $80 and $90 for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. See Note 12)(1)		(131)		(113)
Interest income		4		1
Foreign currency gain (loss)		31		(44)
Gain (loss) from change in fair value of warrant liabilities (See Note 13)		—		3

Total interest and other income (expenses), net		(98)		(147)
Pre-tax loss		(302)		(505)
Income tax benefit (provision)		3		1
Net loss		(299)		(504)
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests:
Redeemable noncontrolling interests — mezzanine		6		21
Noncontrolling interest — equity		29		48
Net loss attributable to WeWork Inc.		$	(264)	$	(435)
Net loss per share attributable to Class A common stockholders (see Note 17):
Basic		$	(0.34)	$	(0.57)
Diluted		$	(0.34)	$	(0.57)
Weighted-average shares used to compute net loss per share attributable to Class A common stockholders, basic and diluted		766,258,253		759,676,860

(1)See Note 19 for disclosure of related party amounts.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Consolidated Financial Statements.

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WEWORK INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE LOSS

(UNAUDITED)


	Three Months Ended March 31,
(Amounts in millions)		2023		2022
Net loss		$	(299)	$	(504)
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:
Foreign currency translation adjustments, net of tax of none for the three months ended March 31, 2023, and 2022		(32)		30
Unrealized (loss) gain on available-for-sale securities, net of tax of none for the three months ended March 31, 2023, and 2022		—		2
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax		(32)		32
Comprehensive loss		(331)		(472)
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests		35		69
Other comprehensive (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests		—		7
Comprehensive loss attributable to WeWork Inc.		$	(296)	$	(396)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Consolidated Financial Statements.

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WEWORK INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK, NONCONTROLLING INTERESTS AND EQUITY

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2023

(UNAUDITED)


	Redeemable
	Noncontrolling
(Amounts in millions, except share amounts)		Interests
Balance—December 31, 2022		$	(20)

Net loss		(6)
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax		2

Balance—March 31, 2023		$	(24)


	WeWork Inc. Shareholders' Equity (Deficit)
													Accumulated
	Common Stock			Common Stock		Treasury Stock			Additional		Other
(Amounts in millions, except share amounts)	Class A			Class C					Paid-In		Comprehensive		Accumulated		Noncontrolling
	Shares	Amount			Shares	Amount		Shares	Amount		Capital		Income (Loss)		Deficit		Interests		Total
Balance—December 31, 2022	711,106,961	$	—		19,938,089	$	—	(2,944,212)	$	(29)	$	12,387	$	149	$	(16,177)	$	235	$	(3,435)
Stock-based compensation	—	—			—	—		—	—		3		—		—		—		3
Exercise of stock options	276	—			—	—		—	—		—		—		—		—		—
Issuance of contingent (share) consideration	155,586	—			—	—		—	—		—		—		—		—		—

Issuance of common stock for settlement of vested RSUs	3,404,930	—			—	—		—	—		—		—		—		—		—
Shares withheld related to net share settlement	(359,288)	—			—	—		—	—		—		—		—		—		—
Net loss	—	—			—	—		—	—		—		—		(264)		(29)		(293)
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax	—	—			—	—		—	—		—		(32)		—		(2)		(34)
Other	—	—			—	—		—	—		—		—		—		(3)		(3)
Balance—March 31, 2023	714,308,465	$	—		19,938,089	$	—	(2,944,212)	$	(29)	$	12,390	$	117	$	(16,441)	$	201	$	(3,762)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Consolidated Financial Statements.

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WEWORK INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK, NONCONTROLLING INTERESTS AND EQUITY

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2022

(UNAUDITED)


	Redeemable
	Noncontrolling
(Amounts in millions, except share amounts)		Interests
Balance—December 31, 2021		$	36
Issuance of noncontrolling interests		(2)
Net loss		(21)
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax		2
Balance—March 31, 2022		$	15


	WeWork Inc. Shareholders' Equity (Deficit)
													Accumulated
	Common Stock			Common Stock		Treasury Stock			Additional		Other
(Amounts in millions, except share amounts)	Class A			Class C					Paid-In		Comprehensive		Accumulated		Noncontrolling
	Shares	Amount			Shares	Amount		Shares	Amount		Capital		Income (Loss)		Deficit		Interests		Total
Balance—December 31, 2021	705,016,923	$	—		19,938,089	$	—	(2,944,212)	$	(29)	$	12,321	$	(31)	$	(14,143)	$	433	$	(1,449)
Stock-based compensation	—	—			—	—		—	—		13		—		—		—		13
Exercise of stock options	695,388	—			—	—		—	—		2		—		—		—		2
Issuance of common stock in connection with Acquisition	489,071	—			—	—		—	—		3		—		—		—		3

Fair value of equity classified contingent consideration	—	—			—	—		—	—		1		—		—		—		1
Transactions with principal shareholder	—	—			—	—		—	—		9		—		—		—		9

Issuance of common stock for settlement of vested RSUs	1,844,201	—			—	—		—	—		—		—		—		—		—
Shares withheld related to net share settlement	(147,558)	—			—	—		—	—		(1)		—		—		—		(1)
Net loss	—	—			—	—		—	—		—		—		(435)		(48)		(483)
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax	—	—			—	—		—	—		—		39		—		(9)		30
Other	(371)	—			—	—		—	—		—		—		—		—		—
Balance—March 31, 2022	707,897,654	$	—		19,938,089	$	—	(2,944,212)	$	(29)	$	12,348	$	8	$	(14,578)	$	376	$	(1,875)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Consolidated Financial Statements.

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WEWORK INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(UNAUDITED)


	Three Months Ended March 31,
(Amounts in millions)	2023		2022
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:
Net loss	$	(299)	$	(504)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash from operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization	148		171

Impairment expense/(gain on sale)	77		91


Stock-based compensation expense	3		13


Non-cash interest expense	51		53



Foreign currency (gain) loss	(31)		44

Other non-cash operating expenses	4		(10)

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Operating lease right-of-use assets	817		347
Current and long-term lease obligations	(1,004)		(470)



Accounts receivable and accrued revenue	2		29
Other assets	(33)		(40)
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	(12)		(63)
Deferred revenue	(24)		3
Other liabilities	17		(2)

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	(284)		(338)
Cash Flows from Investing Activities:
Purchases of property, equipment and capitalized software	(59)		(74)










Other investing	(2)		(14)
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities	(61)		(88)
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:





Proceeds from issuance of debt	723		—
Repayments of debt	(351)		(1)












Additions to members’ service retainers	92		99
Refunds of members’ service retainers	(99)		(75)
Other financing	(12)		(1)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	353		22
Effects of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash	(1)		(1)
Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash	7		(405)
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash—Beginning of period	299		935
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash—End of period	$	306	$	530


	March 31,
(Amounts in millions)	2023		2022
Cash and cash equivalents	$	224	$	519
Restricted cash - current (Note 7)	71		—
Cash and cash equivalents held for sale (Note 7)	7		—
Restricted cash (Note 10)	4		11

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, including cash held for sale	$	306	$	530

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Consolidated Financial Statements.

Note 1. Organization and Business

WeWork Inc.'s core global business offering integrates space, community, services and technology in 781 locations, including 617 Consolidated Locations, around the world as of March 2023. The Company's membership offerings are designed to accommodate its members' distinct space needs. WeWork provides its members the optionality to choose from a dedicated desk, a private office or a fully customized floor with the flexibility to choose the type of membership that works for them on a monthly subscription basis, through a multi-year membership agreement or on a pay-as-you-go basis.

The Company’s operations are headquartered in New York.

WeWork Companies Inc. was founded in 2010. The We Company was incorporated under the laws of the state of Delaware in April 2019 as a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of WeWork Companies Inc. As a result of various legal entity reorganization transactions undertaken in July 2019, The We Company became the holding company of the Company's business, and the then-stockholders of WeWork Companies Inc. became the stockholders of The We Company. WeWork Companies Inc. is the predecessor of The We Company for financial reporting purposes. Effective October 14, 2020, The We Company changed its legal name to WeWork Inc. ("Legacy WeWork").

On October 20, 2021 (the “Closing Date”), the Company (which was formerly known as BowX Acquisition Corp. (“Legacy BowX”)) consummated its previously announced business combination pursuant to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of March 25, 2021 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among Legacy BowX, a subsidiary of Legacy BowX, and Legacy WeWork. As contemplated by the Merger Agreement, (1) the subsidiary of Legacy BowX merged with and into Legacy WeWork, with Legacy WeWork surviving as a wholly owned subsidiary of Legacy BowX, and (2) immediately thereafter, Legacy WeWork merged with and into another subsidiary of Legacy BowX (such mergers and collectively with the other transactions described in the Merger Agreement, the “Business Combination”). In connection with the closing of the Business Combination, Legacy BowX changed its name to WeWork Inc., resulting in WeWork Inc. becoming a publicly traded company.

Unless the context indicates otherwise, references in this Form 10-Q to (A) “WeWork”, “the Company,” “we,” “us” and “our” are to the business of WeWork Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its consolidated subsidiaries following the closing of the Business Combination and to (B) “Legacy WeWork” are to WeWork Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries prior to the closing of the Business Combination. “Legacy BowX” refers to BowX Acquisition Corp. prior to the Business Combination.

The Company holds an indirect general partner interest and indirect limited partner interests in The We Company Management Holdings L.P. (the “WeWork Partnership”). The WeWork Partnership owns 100% of the equity in WeWork Companies LLC (the "Issuer"). The Company, through the WeWork Partnership and WeWork Companies LLC, holds all the assets held by WeWork Companies Inc. prior to the July 2019 legal entity reorganization and is subject to all the liabilities to which WeWork Companies Inc. was subject prior to the 2019 legal entity reorganization.

All references to "SBG" are references to SoftBank Group Corp. or a controlled affiliate or subsidiary thereof, but, unless the context otherwise requires, such references do not include SVF Endurance (Cayman) Limited ("SVFE"), the SoftBank Vision Fund (AIV M1) L.P. ("SoftBank Vision Fund") or the SoftBank Vision Fund II-2 L.P. ("SVF II").

In October 2019, Legacy WeWork entered into an agreement with SBG and SoftBank Vision Fund for additional equity and debt financing, as well as a number of changes to Legacy WeWork's corporate governance, including changes to the voting rights associated with certain series of Legacy WeWork's capital stock (as subsequently amended, the "Master Transaction Agreement"). The changes associated with this October 2019 agreement, related agreements and amendments entered into subsequent to October 2019, as described throughout these financial statement notes, are collectively referred to as the "SoftBank Transactions." SBG is a principal stockholder of the Company with representation on the Company's Board of Directors (the "Board").

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Note 2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation and Principles of Consolidation — The accompanying unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and notes to the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) for interim financial reporting. In accordance with such rules and regulations, certain information and accompanying note disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP have been condensed or omitted, although the Company believes the disclosures included herein are adequate to make the information presented not misleading. In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements reflect all normal recurring adjustments, which are considered necessary for the fair presentation of the financial position of the Company at March 31, 2023 and the results of operations for the interim periods presented. The operating results for the periods presented are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2023. The accompanying unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto for the year ended December 31, 2022, included in WeWork Inc.'s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022 (the "2022 Form 10-K").

Other than the changes described below, no material changes have been made to the Company's significant accounting policies disclosed in Note 2, Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, in its 2022 Form 10-K filed on March 29, 2023. Certain terms not otherwise defined in this Form 10-Q have the meanings specified in the 2022 Form 10-K.

The Company operates as a single operating segment. See Note 20 for further discussion on the Company's segment reporting.

The accompanying unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements include the accounts of the Company, its majority‑owned subsidiaries and variable interest entities ("VIEs") for which the Company is the primary beneficiary. All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

The Company is required to consolidate entities deemed to be VIEs in which the Company is the primary beneficiary. The Company is considered to be the primary beneficiary of a VIE when the Company has (i) the power to direct the activities of the VIE that most significantly impact the VIE’s economic performance and (ii) the obligation to absorb losses or receive benefits that could potentially be significant to the VIE.

JapanCo, LatamCo, WeCap Manager, and WeCap Holdings Partnership (each as defined in Note 8) are the Company's only consolidated VIEs as of March 31, 2023. See Note 8 for discussion of the consolidated VIE transactions during the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022. See Note 9 for discussion of the Company’s non-consolidated VIEs.

Liquidity and Going Concern — The accompanying unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements are prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP applicable to a going concern. This presentation contemplates the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business and does not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability and classification of recorded asset amounts or the amounts and classification of liabilities that might result from the outcome of the uncertainties described below.

Pursuant to ASC 250-40, Presentation of Financial Statements — Going Concern (“ASC 250-40”), management must evaluate whether there are conditions and events, considered in aggregate, that raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern for one year after the date that these Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements are issued. In accordance with ASC 250-40, management’s analysis can only include the potential mitigating impact of management’s plans that have not been fully implemented as of the issuance date if (a) it is probable that management’s plans will be effectively implemented on a timely basis, and (b) it is probable that the plans, when implemented, will

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alleviate the relevant conditions or events that raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.

Evaluation in conjunction with the issuance of the March 31, 2023 unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

The Company has incurred net losses of $0.3 billion, $2.3 billion, $4.6 billion, and $3.8 billion, for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021, and 2020, respectively, and negative cash flow from operating activities of $0.3 billion, $0.7 billion, $1.9 billion, and $0.9 billion, respectively.

As of March 31, 2023, the Company had $224 million in cash and cash equivalents, including $43 million held at its consolidated VIEs, and a $250 million commitment under the Secured NPA. In April 2023, the Company issued $50 million of previously committed Secured Notes to SVF Il leaving $200 million of remaining commitment under the Secured NPA.

Our losses and projected cash needs, combined with our current liquidity level, initially raised substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. Management’s plan to improve the Company’s liquidity and successfully mitigate the substantial doubt includes (1) restructuring existing debt and raising additional capital and, (2) taking additional operational restructuring actions furthering the plan that commenced following a change in leadership in 2020.

Debt restructuring and capital raising

In March 2023, the Company entered into certain contractually committed comprehensive recapitalization transactions (defined as the "Transactions" and as further described in Note 21, "Subsequent Events") with an Ad Hoc Group of our bondholders, SBG and affiliates, and a third-party investor. On May 5, 2023, the Transactions closed increasing our net liquidity by over $515 million, prior to transaction costs, through:

•$975 million increase in net liquidity from issuance of and commitments to issue new first lien notes, including (i) $500 million of New First Lien Notes (as defined below) sold, (ii) up to $175 million of Third Party Investor Delayed Draw Notes (as defined below) committed from a third-party investor, and (iii) up to $300 million of SoftBank Delayed Draw Notes (as defined below) commitment from SVF II;

•$40 million increase in net liquidity from issuance of 35 million shares of Class A Common Stock in a private placement to a third party investor at a purchase price of $1.15 per share; and

•$500 million decrease in net liquidity from the repayment of the $300 million Secured Notes sold to SVF II as of the close of the Transactions and cancellation of the remaining $200 million commitment from SVF II under the Secured NPA.

The Transactions also cancelled or converted approximately $1.5 billion of total debt through equitization or discounted exchanges of our 5.00% Senior Notes and 7.875% Senior Notes and extended certain debt maturities from 2025 to 2027 as more fully described in Note 21, "Subsequent Events."

Operational restructuring plans

The Company has been executing a strategic plan to transform our business over the last three years. The Company will continue to execute our operational restructuring program in 2023 and take additional actions to further this strategic plan which to date has included robust expense management efforts, material real estate portfolio optimization and the exit of non-core businesses, contributing to an improvement in our net loss from operations of $4.3 billion for the year ended December 31, 2020 to $1.6 billion for the year ended December 31, 2022. The Company's net loss from operations also improved 43% from $0.4 billion to $0.2 billion, during the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2023, respectively. The operational restructuring and expense management efforts also contributed to a

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decrease of our net loss from operations as a percentage of revenue from (127)% for the year ended December 31, 2020, to (49)% for the year ended December 31, 2022, and (24)% for the three months ended March 31, 2023.

Management's plans over the next twelve months include the further reduction of gross capital expenditures and other SG&A cost saving measures. In addition, the Company will continue to assess our real estate portfolio to amend or exit unfavorable leases or underperforming locations, and negotiate rent reductions.

Management believes that the expected impact on our liquidity and cash flows resulting from the Transactions and the operational initiatives outlined above are sufficient to enable the Company to meet its obligations for at least twelve months from the issuance date and alleviate the conditions that initially raised substantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern.

Use of Estimates — The preparation of the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amount of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements, and the reported amount of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods.

Estimates inherent in the current financial reporting process inevitably involve assumptions about future events. Actual results could differ from those estimates. This includes the net operating income assumptions in the Company's long-lived asset impairment testing, the timing of capital expenditures and fair value measurement changes for assets and liabilities that the Company measures at fair value and its assessment of its ability to continue to meet its obligations as they come due.

The Company's net operating assumptions and liquidity forecasts are based upon continued execution of its operational restructuring program and also includes management's best estimate of the currently evolving macroeconomic landscape, including a potential economic recession, rising interest rates, inflation, and the slower than expected recovery in certain markets from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. These factors may continue to have an impact on WeWork's business and its liquidity needs; however, the extent to which the Company's future results and liquidity needs are further affected will largely depend on the delays in location openings, our members' renewal of their membership agreements, the effect on demand for WeWork memberships, any permanent shifts in working from home and the Company's ongoing lease negotiations with its landlords, among others. WeWork believes continued execution of its operational restructuring program and its current liquidity position will be sufficient to help it alleviate the continued near-term uncertainty and meet near-term requirements. Its assessment assumes a continued growth in its revenues and occupancy. If the Company does not experience a continued recovery consistent with its projected timing, additional capital sources may be required, the timing and source of which are uncertain. There is no assurance the Company will be successful in securing additional sources of financing if and when needed.

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Reclassifications — Certain reclassifications have been made to prior years' financial information to conform to the current year presentation. This includes the inclusion of 5.00% Senior Notes in Long-term debt, net, and the inclusion of Warrant liabilities, net in Other liabilities for all periods presented on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

Income Taxes — The Company calculates its quarterly income tax provision pursuant to Accounting Standard Codification ("ASC") 740-270, Income Taxes — Interim Reporting, which provides that a Company cannot recognize a tax benefit in its annual effective tax rate for any jurisdiction with a pre-tax book loss and full valuation allowance (“excluded jurisdictions”). For the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company recorded an income tax benefit of $3 million and $1 million, respectively, resulting in effective tax rates of (0.99)% and (0.20)%, respectively. As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company had net deferred income tax assets of $9 million and $2 million, respectively, which were included within other assets on the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

The Company analyzed its various tax positions and did not identify any material uncertain tax positions for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022.

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Note 3. Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow Information


	Three Months Ended March 31,
(Amounts in millions)	2023		2022
Supplemental Cash Flow Disclosures:
Cash paid during the period for interest (net of capitalized interest of none during 2023 and 2022)	$	69	$	46

Cash received for operating lease incentives — tenant improvement allowances	27		43

Other non-cash operating expenses:




Provision for allowance for doubtful accounts	2		(1)
(Income) loss from equity method and other investments	2		(6)

Change in fair value of financial instruments	—		(3)
Other non-cash operating expenses	4		(10)
Other investing:
Change in security deposits with landlords	—		(1)
Contributions to investments	—		(5)
Distributions from investments	—		1
Cash used for acquisitions, net of cash acquired	—		(9)
Deconsolidation of South Africa, net of cash received	(2)		—

Other investing	(2)		(14)
Other financing:
Principal payments for property and equipment acquired under finance leases	(2)		(1)
Debt and equity issuance costs	(9)		—
Proceeds from exercise of stock options and warrants	1		—
Taxes paid on withholding shares	(1)		—
Payments for contingent consideration and holdback of acquisition proceeds	(1)		—

Other financing	(12)		(1)
Supplemental Disclosure of Non-cash Investing & Financing Activities:
Property and equipment included in accounts payable and accrued expenses	52		101









Transfer of assets to held for sale, net	112		43
Transfer of liabilities related to assets held for sale, net	101		—

Additional ASC 842 Supplemental Disclosures


	Three Months Ended March 31,
(Amounts in millions)	2023		2022
Cash paid for fixed operating lease costs included in the measurement of lease obligations in operating activities	$	540	$	541
Cash paid for interest relating to finance leases in operating activities	1		1
Cash paid for principal relating to finance leases in financing activities	2		1

Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for operating lease obligations, net of modifications and terminations	(883)		(352)

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Note 4. Restructuring, Impairments and Gains on Sale

In September 2019, the Company initiated an operational restructuring program that included a change in executive leadership and plans for cost reductions that aim to improve the Company's operating performance. Since 2019, the Company has made significant progress toward its operational restructuring goals including divesting or winding down various non-core operations not directly related to its core space-as-a-service offering, significant reductions in costs associated with selling, general and administrative expenses, and improvements to its operating performance through efforts in right-sizing its real estate portfolio to better match supply with demand in certain markets. During the three months ended March 31, 2023, the Company terminated leases associated with a total of 24 previously opened locations, including 3 locations associated with sale of our net assets in WeWork South Africa (Pty) Ltd and no pre-open locations compared to 13 previously opened locations and 2 pre-open locations terminated during the three months ended March 31, 2022, bringing the total terminations since the beginning of the restructuring to 276.

In conjunction with the efforts to right-size its real estate portfolio, since 2019 the Company has also successfully amended over 540 leases for a combination of partial terminations to reduce its leased space, rent reductions, rent deferrals, offsets for tenant improvement allowances and other strategic changes. These amendments and full and partial lease terminations have resulted in an estimated reduction of approximately $11.6 billion in total future undiscounted fixed minimum lease cost payments that were scheduled to be paid over the life of the original executed lease agreements, including changes to the obligations of WeWork South Africa (Pty) Ltd. ("South Africa") which occurred during the period it was consolidated. The deconsolidation of South Africa in March 2023 also resulted in a decline of approximately $21 million in our consolidated total future undiscounted fixed minimum lease cost payments based on the future obligations that existed just prior to the deconsolidation. Over 40 of these amendments were executed during the three months ended March 31, 2023, reducing the total future undiscounted fixed minimum lease cost payments by an estimated $0.9 billion.

The Company anticipates that there may be additional impairment, restructuring and related costs during 2023, consisting primarily of lease termination charges, other exit costs and costs related to ceased use buildings, as the Company is still in the process of finalizing its operational restructuring plans. Management is continuing to evaluate the Company's real estate portfolio in connection with its ongoing restructuring efforts and expects to exit additional leases.

Restructuring and other related (gains) costs totaled $(58) million and $(130) million during the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. The details of these net charges are as follows:


	Three Months Ended March 31,
(Amounts in millions)		2023		2022
Employee terminations		$	7	$	2
Ceased use buildings		31		16
Gains on lease terminations, net		(107)		(154)

Other, net		11		6
Total		$	(58)	$	(130)

As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, net restructuring liabilities totaled approximately $112 million and $53 million, respectively, including $92 million and $47 million, respectively, in accounts payable and accrued expenses and, $22 million and $9 million, respectively, in other liabilities, net of $2 million and $3 million, respectively, in receivables from landlords in connection with lease terminations, included in other current assets in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. A reconciliation of the beginning and ending restructuring liability balances is as follows:

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			Three Months Ended March 31,		Year Ended December 31,
(Amounts in millions)	2023	2022
Restructuring liability — Balance at beginning of period			$	53	$	79
Restructuring and other related (gains) costs expensed during the period			(58)		(200)
Cash payments of restructuring liabilities, net (1)			(48)		(213)
Non-cash impact — primarily asset and liability write-offs and stock-based compensation			165		387



Restructuring liability — Balance at end of period (2)			$	112	$	53

(1)Includes cash payments received from landlords for terminated leases of none and $22 million for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and the year ended December 31, 2022, respectively.

(2)Includes leases termination fees of $56 million and $25 million included in accounts payables and accrued expenses and $22 million and $9 million in other liabilities as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively.

In connection with the operational restructuring program and related changes in the Company's leasing plans and planned or completed disposition or wind down of certain non-core operations and projects, the Company has also recorded various other non-routine write-offs, impairments and gains on sale of goodwill, intangibles and various other long-lived assets.

During the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company also performed its quarterly impairment assessment for long-lived assets. As a result of macroeconomic events such as the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine and the resulting declines in revenue and operating income experienced by certain locations as of March 31, 2023 and 2022, WeWork identified certain assets whose carrying value was now deemed to have been partially impaired. The Company evaluated its estimates and assumptions related to its locations’ future performance and performed a comprehensive review of its locations’ long-lived assets for impairment, including both property and equipment and operating lease right-of-use assets, at an individual location level. Key assumptions used in estimating the fair value of WeWork's location assets in connection with the Company's impairment analyses are revenue growth, lease costs, market rental rates, changes in local real estate markets in which we operate, inflation, and the overall economics of the real estate industry. The Company's assumptions account for the estimated impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine. During the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company recorded $15 million and $35 million, respectively, in impairments, primarily as a result of decreases in projected cash flows primarily attributable to the impact of COVID-19.

Non-routine gains and impairment charges totaled $77 million and $91 million during the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively, and are included on a net basis as impairment expense/(gain on sale) in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. The details of these net charges are as follows:


	Three Months Ended March 31,
(Amounts in millions)	2023	2022
Impairment and write-off of long-lived assets associated with restructuring		$	71	$	56
Impairment expense, other		15		35


Impairment of assets held for sale		3		—
Gain on sale of assets		(12)		—






Total		$	77	$	91

Note 5. Acquisitions

In March 2022, the Company acquired 100% of the equity of Common Desk Inc. ("Common Desk") for a total consideration of $21 million. Common Desk is a Dallas-based coworking operator with 23 locations

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in Texas and North Carolina, that operates a majority of its locations under asset-light management agreements with landlords.

At closing, the Company transferred to the owners of Common Desk $10 million in cash and $3 million fair value of 489,071 shares of its Class A common stock of the Company. The remaining consideration included a holdback of $3 million payable in cash and contingent consideration payable in 760,969 shares of Class A common stock with a fair value of $5 million at closing. During the three months ended March 31, 2023, the Company released $1 million of the holdback payable in cash and 155,586 shares of Class A common stock with a value of $0.1 million. As of March 31, 2023, no remaining cash consideration was included in other liabilities. As of March 31, 2023, $1 million of contingent consideration payable in Class A common stock was included in additional paid-in capital on the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. The Company determined the fair value of the contingent consideration based on the likelihood of reaching set milestones. Each period, the contingent consideration will be remeasured to fair market value through the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. During the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company recorded a loss of none and $1 million, respectively, included in selling, general and administrative expenses on the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

The allocation of the total acquisition consideration during the three months ended March 31, 2022 is estimated as follows:


	2022
(Amounts in millions)	Acquisitions
Cash and cash equivalents	$	1
Property and equipment	2
Goodwill	10
Finite-lived intangible assets	12
Lease right-of-use assets, net	2
Deferred tax liability	(4)
Lease obligation, net	(2)
Total consideration	$	21

There were no acquisitions during the three months ended March 31, 2023.

During the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 the Company incurred acquisition transaction costs of none and $0.04 million included in selling, general and administrative expenses in its Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

Note 6. Prepaid Expenses

Prepaid expenses consists of the following:


(Amounts in millions)	March 31, 2023		December 31, 2022
Prepaid member referral fees and deferred sales incentive compensation (Note 14)	$	51	$	55
Prepaid lease costs	30		32
Prepaid income taxes	28		31
Prepaid software	21		13
Other prepaid expenses	9		7
Total prepaid expenses	$	139	$	138

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Note 7. Other Current Assets

Other current assets consists of the following:


(Amounts in millions)	March 31, 2023		December 31, 2022
Assets held for sale (includes $7 cash)	$	164	$	52
Restricted cash	71		—
Deposits held by landlords	38		13
Net receivable for value added tax (“VAT”)	30		40
Straight-line revenue receivable	22		24



Other current assets	43		26
Total other current assets	$	368	$	155

During the year ended December 31, 2022, management had committed to a strategy of disposition for the net assets of its operations in Russia, the United Arab Emirates, and South Africa. The related assets and liabilities are included as a component of other current assets and other current liabilities, respectively, in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2022.

During the three months ended March 31, 2023, the Company sold the net assets of its operations in South Africa. The purchaser assumed the obligations of our South Africa locations and entered into a franchise agreement with the Company. The Company recognized a gain on the sale of South Africa of $12 million, including a $4 million transfer of cumulative translation adjustment, included as a component impairment/(gain on sale) in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. During the three months ended March 31, 2023, management had committed to a strategy of disposition for the sale of net assets in Costa Rica and Peru. As of March 31, 2023, the assets and liabilities of Russia, the United Arab Emirates, Costa Rica and Peru are included as a component of other current assets and other current liabilities, respectively, in the the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

Note 8. Consolidated VIEs and Noncontrolling Interests

As of March 31, 2023 and 2022, JapanCo, LatamCo, WeCap Manager, and WeCap Holdings Partnership are the Company's only consolidated VIEs. The Company is considered to be the primary beneficiary as we have the power to direct the activities of the VIEs that most significantly impact the VIEs’ economic performance and the right to receive benefits that could potentially be significant to the VIEs. As a result, these entities remain consolidated subsidiaries of the Company and the interests owned by the other investors and the net income or loss and comprehensive income or loss attributable to the other investors are reflected as redeemable noncontrolling interests and noncontrolling interests on WeWork's Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss, respectively.

The following table includes selected condensed consolidated financial information as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 of the Company's consolidated VIEs, as included in its Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, in each case, after intercompany eliminations.

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	March 31, 2023				December 31, 2022
(Amounts in millions)	SBG JVs(1)		Other VIEs(2)		SBG JVs(1)		Other VIEs(2)
Consolidated VIE Balance Sheets information:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	36	$	7	$	55	$	6
Property and equipment, net	469		—		498		—
Restricted cash	3		—		3		—
Total assets	2,241		11		2,299		10
Long-term debt, net	5		—		3		—
Total liabilities	2,146		1		2,176		3
Redeemable stock issued by VIEs	80		—		80		—
Total net assets(3)	15		10		43		7

The following tables include selected condensed consolidated financial information for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, of the Company's consolidated VIEs, as included in its Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, for the periods they were considered VIEs and in each case, after intercompany eliminations.


	Three Months Ended March 31, 2023				Three Months Ended March 31, 2022
(Amounts in millions)	SBG JVs(1)		Other VIEs(2)		SBG JVs(1)		Other VIEs(2)
Consolidated VIE Statements of Operations information:

Total revenue	$	119	$	2	$	98	$	3

Net income (loss)	(29)		(1)		(71)		—


	Three Months Ended March 31, 2023				Three Months Ended March 31, 2022
(Amounts in millions)	SBG JVs(1)		Other VIEs(2)		SBG JVs(1)		Other VIEs(2)
Consolidated VIE Statements of Cash Flows information:
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	$	(23)	$	(4)	$	(40)	$	(1)
Net cash used in investing activities	(5)		—		(7)		—
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	8		4		6		1

(1)The “SBG JVs” include JapanCo and LatamCo as of and for the periods that each represented a consolidated VIE. The consent of an affiliate of SoftBank Group Capital Limited is required for any dividends to be distributed by JapanCo and LatamCo. As a result, any net assets of JapanCo and LatamCo would be considered restricted net assets to the Company as of March 31, 2023. The net assets of the SBG JVs include membership interest in JapanCo issued to affiliates of SBG with liquidation preferences totaling $500 million as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 and ordinary shares in LatamCo totaling $80 million as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 that are redeemable upon the occurrence of event that is not solely within the control of the company. After reducing the net assets of the SBG JVs by the liquidation preference associated with such membership interest and redeemable ordinary shares, the remaining net assets of the SBG JVs are negative as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022.

(2)For the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, "Other VIEs" includes WeCap Manager and WeCap Holdings Partnership.

(3)Total net assets represents total assets less total liabilities and redeemable stock issued by VIEs after the total assets and total liabilities have both been reduced to remove amounts that eliminate in consolidation.

The assets of consolidated VIEs will be used first to settle obligations of the applicable VIE. Remaining assets may then be distributed to the VIEs' owners, including the Company, subject to the liquidation preferences of certain noncontrolling interest holders and any other preferential distribution provisions contained within the operating agreements of the relevant VIEs. Other than the restrictions relating to the Company’s SBG JVs as discussed in (1) above, third-party approval for the distribution of available net assets is not required for the Company’s Other VIEs as of March 31, 2023. See Note 18 for a discussion of additional restrictions on the net assets of WeWork Companies LLC.

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WeWork Partnership

On October 21, 2021, Mr. Neumann converted 19,896,032 vested WeWork Partnership Profits Interest Units into WeWork Partnership Class A common units. On the date of the conversion notice, the distribution threshold of Mr. Neumann’s vested profits interest units was $10.38, and the catch-up base amount was $0.00 for a conversion fair value of $234 million. The Company recorded the conversion as a noncontrolling interest on its Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets at the conversion fair value. On December 31, 2021, Mr. Neumann transferred all of his WeWork Partnership Class A Common Units to NAM WWC Holdings, LLC, which is Mr. Neumann’s affiliated investment vehicle. During the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, NAM WWC Holdings, LLC owned 2.71% and 2.73%, respectively, of the WeWork Partnership and the Company allocated a loss of $7 million and $11 million for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively, which was based on the relative ownership interests of Class A common unit holders in the WeWork Partnership in the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

JapanCo

During 2017, a consolidated subsidiary of the Company (“JapanCo”) entered into an agreement with an affiliate of SBG for the sale of a 50.0% membership interest in JapanCo for an aggregate contribution of $500 million which was funded over a period of time. In April 2022, JapanCo received additional contributions from the members, including an additional contribution of $31 million from affiliates of SBG resulting in no change in ownership interest of JapanCo. In accordance with ASC 810, it was determined that the combined interest of the Company and its related party, the affiliate of SBG, are the primary beneficiary of JapanCo. The Company was also determined to be the related party that is most closely associated to JapanCo as the activities that most significantly impact JapanCo's economic performance are aligned with those of the Company. As long as the investors remain shareholders of JapanCo, JapanCo will be the exclusive operator of the Company’s WeWork branded space-as-a-service businesses in Japan.

LatamCo

During September 2021, a consolidated subsidiary of the Company (“LatamCo”) entered into an agreement with SoftBank Latin America ("SBLA"), an affiliate of SBG, for the sale of 71.0% interest (with up to 49.9% voting power) in LatamCo for an aggregate contribution of $80 million funded through equity and secured promissory notes, in exchange for ordinary shares of LatamCo. As of December 31, 2021, LatamCo received the total contributions totaling $80 million. It was determined that the combined interest of the Company and SBLA, the affiliate of SBG, are the primary beneficiaries of LatamCo. The Company was also determined to be the related party that is most closely associated to LatamCo as the activities that most significantly impact LatamCo's economic performance are aligned with those of the Company. Due to the sell-out rights discussed below, the portion of consolidated equity attributable to the SBLA’s interests in LatamCo are reflected as redeemable noncontrolling interests within the mezzanine section of the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022. Upon formation of LatamCo, the Company contributed its businesses in Argentina, Mexico, Brazil, Colombia and Chile (collectively, the "Greater Latin American territory"), committed and funded $13 million to LatamCo, and remains as guarantor on certain lease obligations, in exchange for ordinary shares of LatamCo.

Pursuant to the terms of the agreement, the Company was liable up to $27 million for costs related to the termination of certain leases within the first 12 months of the agreement, as of September 30, 2022, the Company had incurred $13 million of termination costs. In September 2022, the Company entered into an amended agreement removing the remaining liability for costs related to the termination of certain leases. Pursuant to the terms of the amended agreement, the Company is liable for the monthly reimbursements of certain real estate operating lease costs on certain leases through the end of their lease term, the remaining liability is approximately $30 million as of March 31, 2023. The longest lease term extends through 2034.

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Pursuant to the terms of the agreement, an additional $60 million may be received by LatamCo from the exercise of SBLA's call options during the first and second year of operations. Further, SBLA maintains sell-out rights based on the performance of LatamCo, exercisable between September 1, 2025 and August 31, 2026, and the Company holds subsequent buy-out rights exercisable between September 1, 2027 and August 31, 2028. The stock associated with SBLA’s sell-out rights was initially recorded based on the fair value at the time of issuance. While SBLA’s ownership interest is not currently redeemable, based on management’s consideration of LatamCo’s expected future operating cash flows, it is not probable at March 31, 2023 that SBLA’s interest will become redeemable. The Company will accrete changes in the carrying value of the noncontrolling interest (redemption value) from the date that it becomes probable that the interest will become redeemable to the earliest redemption date, through an adjustment to additional paid-in capital.

In February 2022, a fully owned subsidiary of the Company contributed its business in Costa Rica, transferring 100% interest to LatamCo, and granted LatamCo the exclusive right to operate the Company’s business in Costa Rica under the WeWork brand, in exchange for a waiver by SBG, an affiliate of SBLA, of its right to be reimbursed by the Company for $7 million of the remaining reimbursement obligation in connection with the SoftBank Transactions (as discussed in Note 19). Upon the contribution of its business in Costa Rica, Costa Rica is considered as part of the Greater Latin American territory.

Provided that certain investors remain shareholders of LatamCo, LatamCo will be the exclusive operator of the Company’s businesses in the Greater Latin American territory.

WeCap Manager

WeWork Capital Advisors LLC (the "WeCap Manager") is a majority-owned subsidiary of the Company and its controlled affiliates. The WeCap Manager is also 20% owned by another investor and its affiliates (other than the WeCap Manager) (together with the Company, the “Sponsor Group”), a global alternative asset management firm with assets under management across its private equity and real estate platforms. The portion of consolidated equity attributable to the outside investor's interest in the WeCap Manager is reflected as a noncontrolling interest in the equity section of the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022.

The WeCap Manager earns customary management fees, subject to provisions of the governing documents of the WeCap Manager relating to funding of losses incurred by the WeCap Manager. During the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, the WeCap Manager recognized $2 million and $3 million, respectively, in management fee income, which is classified as other revenue as a component of the Company's total revenue on the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

WeCap Holdings Partnership

WeCap Manager and the Sponsor Group (collectively, "WeCap Investment Group") also includes the Company's general partner interests in WPI Fund, ARK Master Fund, and included its investment in DSQ prior to its sale in September 2022, held through a limited partnership (the "WeCap Holdings Partnership"). The Company consolidates the WeCap Holdings Partnership. Net carried interest distributions earned in respect of the WeCap Investment Group from its investments are distributable to the Company, indirectly through the WeCap Holdings Partnership, based on percentages that vary by the WeCap Investment Group vehicle and range from a 50% to 85% share to the Company of total net carried interest distributions received by the WeCap Holdings Partnership (after a profit participation allocation to certain personnel associated with the WeCap Manager). The portion of consolidated equity attributable to outside investor's interest in the WeCap Holdings Partnership is reflected as a noncontrolling interests in the equity section of the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022.

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Primarily because WeWork's investments through the WeCap Holdings Partnership in the underlying real estate acquisition vehicles generally represent a small percentage of the total capital invested by third parties, and the terms on which we have agreed to provide services and act as general partner are consistent with the market for similar arrangements, the underlying real estate acquisition vehicles managed by the WeCap Manager are generally not consolidated in the Company's financial statements (subject to certain exceptions based on the specific facts of the particular vehicle). The Company accounts for its share of the underlying real estate acquisition vehicles as unconsolidated investments under the equity method of accounting. See Note 9 for additional details regarding the holdings of WeCap Holdings Partnership.

Note 9. Equity Method and Other Investments

The Company's investments consist of the following:


		March 31, 2023					December 31, 2022
(Amounts in millions, except percentages)		Carrying		Cost		Percentage	Carrying
Investee	Investment Type	Value		Basis		Ownership	Value
IndiaCo(1)	Equity method investment	$	30	$	105	27.5%	$	29
WPI Fund(2)	Equity method investment	21		36		8.0%	25
Investments held by WeCap Holdings Partnership(3)	Equity method investments	4		5		Various	4

ChinaCo(4)	Equity method investment	—		29		19.7%	—
Other(5)	Various	5		6		Various	5
Total equity method and other investments		$	60	$	181		$	63

(1)In June 2020, the Company entered into an agreement with WeWork India Management Private Limited (“IndiaCo”), an affiliate of Embassy Property Developments Private Limited (“Embassy”), to subscribe for new convertible debentures to be issued by IndiaCo in an aggregate principal amount of $100 million (the "2020 Debentures"). During June 2020, $85 million of the principal had been funded, with the remaining $15 million funded in April 2021. The 2020 Debentures earned interest at a coupon rate of 12.5% per annum for the 18-month period beginning in June 2020 which then was reduced to 0.001% per annum and have a maximum term of 10 years. The 2020 Debentures are convertible into equity at the Company’s option after 18 months from June 2020 or upon mutual agreement between the Company, IndiaCo, and Embassy. During the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company recorded a credit loss valuation allowance on its investments in IndiaCo totaling none and $1 million, respectively, included in Income (loss) from equity method and other investments. During the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company recorded none and $2 million, respectively, in unrealized gain (loss) on available-for-sale securities included in other comprehensive income, net of tax. In January 2022, the Company converted the 2020 Debentures and other convertible debentures into 12,397,510 and 3,375,000 common shares of IndiaCo, respectively, representing an ownership interest in IndiaCo of approximately 27.5%.

In December 2022, the Company pledged 8,467,347 of its shares of IndiaCo, representing 14.7% of the securities issued by IndiaCo on a fully diluted basis, as collateral for IndiaCo to enter into a debenture trust deed. As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the carrying value of the investment included $0.3 million and $0.4 million, respectively, for the unamortized guarantee. See Note 13 for details regarding the IndiaCo share pledge.

IndiaCo constructs and operates workspace locations in India using WeWork’s branding, advice and sales model. Per the terms of an agreement the Company also receives a management fee from IndiaCo. The Company recorded $2 million and $2 million of management fee income from IndiaCo during the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. Management fee income is included within service revenue as a component of total revenue in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

(2)In addition to the general partner interest in the WPI Fund (as discussed and defined below) held by WeCap Holdings Partnership, a wholly owned subsidiary of the WeCap Investment Group also owns an 8% limited partner interest in the WPI Fund.

(3)As discussed in Note 8, the following investments are investments held by WeCap Holdings Partnership, which are accounted for by the WeCap Holdings Partnership as equity method investments:

•"WPI Fund" — a real estate investment fund in which WeCap Holdings Partnership holds the 0.5% general partner interest. The WPI Fund’s focus is acquiring, developing and managing office assets with current or expected vacancy suitable for WeWork occupancy, currently primarily focusing on opportunities in North America and Europe.

•"ARK Master Fund" — an investment fund in which WeCap Holdings Partnership is the general partner and holds a limited partner interest totaling 2% of the fund's invested capital. ARK Master Fund invests in real estate and real estate-related investments that it expects could benefit from the Company’s occupancy or involvement or the involvement of the limited partners of the ARK Master Fund.

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(4)In October 2020, the Company deconsolidated ChinaCo and its retained 21.6% ordinary share equity method investment was recorded at a fair value of $26 million plus capitalized legal cost for a total initial cost basis and carrying value as of December 31, 2020 of $29 million. Pursuant to ASC 323-10-35-20, the Company discontinued applying the equity method on the ChinaCo investment when the carrying amount was reduced to zero in the first quarter of 2021. The Company will resume application of the equity method if, during the period the equity method was suspended, the Company's share of unrecognized net income exceeds the Company's share of unrecognized net losses. The Company's remaining interest was diluted down to 19.7% in connection with the Second Investment Closing on September 29, 2021. See Note 19 for details regarding various related party fees payable by ChinaCo to the Company.

(5)The Company holds various other investments as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022. In February 2022, the Company purchased shares of Upflex Inc. ("Upflex") Series A Preferred Stock for a total purchase price of $5 million, representing approximately 5.38% ownership on a fully diluted basis. Upflex is a coworking aggregator and global flexible workplace startup.

As of March 31, 2023, the WPI Fund, ARK Master Fund, IndiaCo, ChinaCo and certain other entities in which the Company has or WeCap Holdings Partnership have invested are unconsolidated VIEs. In all cases, neither the Company nor the WeCap Holdings Partnership is the primary beneficiary, as neither the Company nor the WeCap Holdings Partnership have both the power to direct the activities of the entity that most significantly impact the entity’s economic performance and exposure to benefits or losses that could potentially be significant to the VIE. None of the debt held by these investments is recourse to either the Company or the WeCap Holdings Partnership, except the $3 million in lease guarantees provided to landlords of ChinaCo by the Company, and the IndiaCo share pledge, both as described in Note 19. The Company's maximum loss is limited to the amount of its net investment in these VIEs, the $3 million in ChinaCo lease guarantees, the fair value of the IndiaCo shares pledged determined to be lesser of (a) the IndiaCo debentures obtained and (b) the fair value of proceeds on the sale of 8,467,347 shares pledged of IndiaCo, and the unfunded commitments discussed below.

The Company recorded its share of gain (loss) related to its equity method and other investments in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations as follows:


	Three Months Ended March 31,
(Amounts in millions)		2023		2022
Income (loss) from equity method investments		$	(2)	$	6

No allowance or unrealized gains or losses had been recorded as of March 31, 2023 or March 31, 2022.

The table below provides a summary of contributions made to and distributions received from the Company's investments:


	Three Months Ended March 31,
(Amounts in millions)		2023		2022
Contributions made to investments		$	—	$	5
Distributions received from investments		$	—	$	1

As of March 31, 2023, the Company had a total of $18 million in unfunded capital commitments to its investments; however, if requested, in each case, the Company may elect to contribute additional amounts in the future.

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Note 10. Other Assets

Other non-current assets consists of the following:


(Amounts in millions)	March 31, 2023		December 31, 2022
Deferred financing costs, net (Note 12):
Deferred financing costs, net — SoftBank Senior Unsecured Notes Warrant (1)	$	248	$	275
Deferred financing costs, net — 2020 LC Facility Warrant and LC Warrant issued to SBG(1)	66		74
Deferred financing costs, net — Other SoftBank Debt Financing Costs paid or payable to SBG (1)	31		35
Deferred financing costs, net — Other SoftBank Debt Financing Costs paid or payable to third parties (1)	22		23
Deferred financing costs, net — Other paid or payable to third parties	38		—
Total deferred financing costs, net(1)	405		407
Other assets:
Security deposits with landlords	207		210
Restricted cash	4		5
Long-term receivable for value added tax	44		55
Straight-line revenue receivable	33		36
Other long-term prepaid expenses and other assets	30		27
Total other assets	$	723	$	740

(1)Amounts are net of accumulated amortization totaling $623 million and $581 million as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively. See Note 12 for amortization incurred during the period.

Note 11. Other Current Liabilities

Other current liabilities consists of the following:


(Amounts in millions)	March 31, 2023		December 31, 2022

Liabilities held for sale (See Note 7)	$	184	$	83
Refunds payable to former members	57		45
Current portion of long-term debt (See Note 12)	22		22





Other current liabilities	32		22
Total other current liabilities	$	295	$	172

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Note 12. Long-Term Debt, Net, SoftBank Debt Financing and Interest Expense

Long-term debt, net consists of the following:


	Maturity Year	Interest Rate	March 31, 2023		December 31, 2022
(Amounts in millions, except percentages)
5.000% Senior Notes:
Outstanding principal balance	2025	5.000%	$	2,200	$	2,200


7.875% Senior Notes:
Outstanding principal balance	2025	7.875%	669		669
Less: unamortized debt issuance costs			(6)		(7)
Total 7.875% Senior Notes, net			663		662








Junior LC Tranche (Note 18):
Outstanding principal balance(1)	2025	14.628%	470		350

Less: unamortized debt issuance costs			(12)		(7)
Total Junior LC Tranche, net			458		343
Secured Notes:
Outstanding principal balance	2025	7.500%	250		—


Other Loans:
Outstanding principal balance	2023 - 2026	3.3% - 20.6%	27		25
Less: current portion of Other Loans (See Note 11)			(22)		(22)
Total non-current portion Other Loans, net			5		3

Total long-term debt, net			$	3,576	$	3,208

(1)As of March 31, 2023, the reimbursement obligations under the Junior LC Tranche bear interest at the Term SOFR Rate with a floor of 0.75%, plus 9.90%.

7.875% Senior Notes — In April 2018, the Company issued $702 million in aggregate principal amount of unsecured senior notes due 2025 (the “7.875% Senior Notes”) at a 7.875% interest rate in a private offering pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S under the Securities Act. The Company's gross proceeds of $702 million from the issuance of the 7.875% Senior Notes were recorded net of debt issuance costs of $17 million. During 2019, the Company repurchased $33 million in aggregate principal amount of the 7.875% Senior Notes. The debt issuance costs are deferred and will be amortized into interest expense over the term of the 7.875% Senior Notes using the effective interest method. Interest on the 7.875% Senior Notes accrues and is payable in cash semi-annually in arrears on May 1 and November 1 of each year. The Company may redeem the 7.875% Senior Notes, in whole or in part, at any time prior to maturity, subject to certain make-whole premiums. The 7.875% Senior Notes mature on May 1, 2025 at 100% of par.

No 7.875% Senior Notes were repurchased during the year ended December 31, 2022 or the three months ended March 31, 2023. As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, $669 million in aggregate principal amount remains outstanding.

Upon the occurrence of certain change of control triggering events, the Company may be required to repurchase the 7.875% Senior Notes at a price equal to 101% of their principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest through the date of repurchase. The 7.875% Senior Notes contain certain restrictive covenants that limit the Company's ability to create certain liens, to enter into certain affiliated transactions and to consolidate or merge with, or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its assets, subject to important qualifications and exceptions.

The 7.875% Senior Notes (i) rank equally in right of payment with the 5.00% Senior Notes (as defined below), any payment obligations under the Credit Agreement (as defined below) and the Secured Notes (as defined below) and any existing and future senior indebtedness of the Company, (ii) are senior in right of payment to any existing and future subordinated obligations of the Company, and (iii) are effectively subordinated to all secured indebtedness of the Company (including obligations under the Credit

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Agreement and the Secured Notes discussed in Note 18) to the extent of the value of the collateral securing such indebtedness, and are structurally subordinated to all liabilities of any subsidiary that does not guarantee the 7.875% Senior Notes.

The 7.875% Senior Notes are unconditionally guaranteed on a senior basis by each of our subsidiaries that guarantees obligations under the Credit Agreement or certain other indebtedness of the Company as a guarantor, including the 5.00% Senior Notes and the Secured Notes. As of March 31, 2023, each restricted subsidiary that guaranteed obligations under the Credit Agreement, the 5.00% Senior Notes and the Secured Notes discussed in Note 18 also guaranteed the 7.875% Senior Notes.

Subsequent to the July 2019 legal entity reorganization, WeWork Companies LLC and WW Co-Obligor Inc. (together, the "Issuers") are co-obligors of the 7.875% Senior Notes, which notes are also fully and unconditionally guaranteed by WeWork Inc. WeWork Inc. and the other subsidiaries that sit above WeWork Companies LLC in our legal structure are holding companies that conduct substantially all of their business operations through WeWork Companies LLC. As of March 31, 2023, based on the covenants and other restrictions of the 7.875% Senior Notes, WeWork Companies LLC is restricted in its ability to transfer funds by loans, advances or dividends to WeWork Inc. and as a result all of the net assets of WeWork Companies LLC are considered restricted net assets of WeWork Inc. See “Supplementary Information — Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet” for additional details regarding the net assets of WeWork Companies LLC.

The indenture that governs the 7.875% Senior Notes (the "Unsecured Indenture") restricts us from incurring indebtedness or liens or making certain investments or distributions, subject to a number of exceptions. Certain of these exceptions included in the Unsecured Indenture are subject to us having Minimum Growth-Adjusted EBITDA (as defined in the Unsecured Indenture) for the most recent four consecutive fiscal quarters. For incurrences in fiscal years ending December 31, 2022-2025, the Minimum Growth-Adjusted EBITDA required for the immediately preceding four consecutive fiscal quarters is $2.0 billion. For the four quarters ended December 31, 2022 and for the quarter ended March 31, 2023, the Company's Minimum Growth-Adjusted EBITDA, as calculated in accordance with the Unsecured Indenture, was less than the $2 billion requirement effective as of January 1, 2022. As a result, the Company was restricted in its ability to incur certain new indebtedness in certain circumstances, unless such Minimum Growth-Adjusted EBITDA increases above the threshold required. The restrictions of the Unsecured Indenture do not impact our ability to access the unfunded commitments pursuant to the Secured NPA.

Other Loans — As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company had various other loans (the “Other Loans”) with outstanding principal amounts of $27 million and $25 million, respectively, and interest rates ranging from 3.3% and 20.6%, respectively. During the three months ended March 31, 2023 and the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company repaid $1 million and $6 million, respectively, of principal and recorded no loss on extinguishment of debt in connection with the prepayment of principal of Other Loans.

SoftBank Debt Financing — In October 2019, in connection with the SoftBank Transactions, the Company entered into an agreement with SBG for additional financing (the "SoftBank Debt Financing"). The agreement included a commitment from SBG for the provision of (i) $1.1 billion in senior secured debt in the form of senior secured notes or a first lien term loan facility (the "SoftBank Senior Secured Notes"), (ii) $2.2 billion of 5.00% Senior Notes with associated warrants issued to SBG to purchase 71,541,399 shares of the Company’s Series H-3 Convertible Preferred Stock or Series H-4 Convertible Preferred Stock at an exercise price of $0.01 per share and (iii) credit support for a $1.75 billion letter of credit facility (the "2020 LC Facility") with associated warrants issued to SoftBank Obligor to purchase 35,770,699 shares of the Company’s Series H-3 Convertible Preferred Stock or Series H-4 Convertible

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Preferred Stock at an exercise price of $0.01 per share.

In December 2021, in connection with the LC Facility Extension, the Company issued to SBG a warrant (the "LC Warrant") to purchase 11,923,567 shares of Class A common stock at a price per share equal to $0.01. In March 2022, the LC Warrant was transferred to SVF II WW (DE) LLC.

Secured Notes

The funding of the $1.1 billion of SoftBank Senior Secured Notes originally contemplated per the Master Transaction Agreement was contingent on the completion of the 2020 Tender Offer. The 2020 Tender Offer was not completed, therefore the SoftBank Senior Secured Notes was also considered terminated in April 2020. In August 2020, the Issuers entered into a Master Senior Secured Notes Note Purchase Agreement (the "Master Senior Secured Notes Note Purchase Agreement") for up to an aggregate principal amount of $1.1 billion of senior secured debt in the form of 12.50% senior secured notes.

In March 2021, the Issuer and StarBright WW LP, an affiliate of SoftBank ("the Notes Purchaser") agreed to amend and restate the terms of the Master Senior Secured Notes Note Purchase Agreement that governs the SoftBank Senior Secured Notes allowing the Company to borrow up to an aggregate principal amount of $550 million of senior secured debt in the form of 7.50% senior secured notes.

In October 2021, the Issuers and the Notes Purchaser entered into the Amended and Restated Master Senior Secured Notes Note Purchase Agreement (as amended, waived or otherwise modified from time to time, the "Secured NPA") for up to an aggregate principal amount of $550 million of senior secured debt in the form of 7.50% senior secured notes (the "Secured Notes"). Entry into the Secured NPA superseded and terminated the Master Senior Secured Notes Note Purchase Agreement and the letter agreement pursuant to which the Company would enter into the Secured NPA. In December 2021, the Issuers and the Notes Purchaser entered into an amendment to the Secured NPA pursuant to which the Notes Purchaser agreed to extend its commitment to purchase up to an aggregate principal amount of $500 million of Secured Notes that may be issued by the Issuers under the Secured NPA from February 12, 2023 to February 12, 2024.

In November 2022, the Issuers, the Notes Purchaser and SVF II, entered into a second amendment to the Secured NPA pursuant to which, among other things and subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein, (i) the Commitment, Draw Period (each as defined in the Secured NPA), and maturity date of the Secured Notes were extended from February 12, 2024 to March 15, 2025 (such period from February 12, 2024 to March 15, 2025, the “Second Extension Period”), (ii) the maximum aggregate principal amount of Secured Notes subject to the Commitment or that may be issued and outstanding at any time was reduced to $500 million , subject to potential additional reductions to approximately $446 million during the Second Extension Period to take into account interest that may accrue and be payable in-kind during such period, (iii) the interest per annum payable on the Secured Notes outstanding during all or a portion of the Second Extension Period will increase from 7.50% to 11.00% during such period and such interest shall be payable in-kind during such period by increasing the principal amount of the Secured Notes then outstanding, (iv) the Notes Purchaser assigned its rights and obligations under the Secured NPA to SVF II and (v) the Company agreed to pay SVF II a commitment fee of $10 million. The Company has the ability to draw the Secured Notes under the Secured NPA until March 15, 2025. During the three months ended March 31, 2023, the Issuers issued and sold $250 million of Secured Notes to SVF II under the Secured NPA.

As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, $250 million and none of Secured Notes were outstanding, respectively.

Following the entry into the Transaction Support Agreement (as defined herein) in March 2023, the Company may draw upon the remaining $250 million in aggregate principal of Secured Notes, each draw subject to the terms of the Secured NPA, subject to the following schedule: (i) a draw request of $50 million which may be made no earlier than April 1, 2023; (ii) a subsequent draw request of no more than $75 million which may be made no earlier than May 1, 2023; (iii) another subsequent draw request of

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no more than $75 million which may be made no earlier than June 1, 2023; and if applicable, (iv) a draw request of $50 million thereafter. In April 2023, the Issuers issued and sold $50 million of Secured Notes to SVF II under the Secured NPA.

5.00% Senior Notes

To formalize SBG's October 2019 commitment to provide WeWork Companies LLC with up to $2.2 billion of unsecured debt, on December 27, 2019, the Issuers and the Notes Purchaser, entered into a Master Senior Unsecured Notes Note Purchase Agreement (as amended, waived or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Unsecured NPA”), pursuant to which the Notes Purchaser agreed to purchase from the Issuers up to $2.2 billion of 5.00% Senior Notes due 2025 (the "5.00% Senior Notes"). Starting on July 10, 2020, the Issuers issued and sold $2.2 billion of 5.00% Senior Notes in multiple closings to the Notes Purchaser.

The 5.00% Senior Notes will mature on July 10, 2025 and bear interest at 5.00% per annum, payable semi-annually in cash. However, because the associated warrants obligated the Company to issue shares in the future, the implied interest rate upon closing was approximately 11.69%.

On December 16, 2021, following the Notes Purchaser's exercise of its resale rights under the Unsecured NPA, the Issuers amended and restated the Original Unsecured Indenture (as so amended, the A&R Unsecured Indenture") to subdivide the 5.00% Senior Notes into two series, one of which consisted of $550 million in aggregate principal amount of 5.00% Senior Notes due 2025, Series II (the "5.00% Senior Notes, Series II"), and the other consisted of the remaining $1.65 billion in aggregate principal amount of 5.00% Senior Notes due 2025, Series I (the "5.00% Senior Notes, Series I"), and the Notes Purchaser (through certain initial purchasers) resold the 5.00% Senior Notes, Series II, to qualified investors in a private offering exempt from registration under the Securities Act. The 5.00% Senior Notes, Series I, remain held by the Notes Purchaser. The A&R Unsecured Indenture contains negative covenants that are substantially similar to those included in the Unsecured Indenture, as further described above.

As of March 31, 2023, an aggregate principal amount of $2.2 billion of 5.00% Senior Notes were issued and none remained available for draw. The aggregate principal amount of $2.2 billion are included as a component of long-term debt, net on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022.

SoftBank Debt Financing Costs due to SBG

In connection with the 5.00% Senior Notes, the warrants issued to SoftBank Obligor in December 2019 to purchase 71,541,399 shares of the Company’s Series H-3 Convertible Preferred Stock or Series H-4 Convertible Preferred Stock at an exercise price of $0.01 per share (the "SoftBank Senior Unsecured Notes Warrant"), were valued at $569 million at issuance and capitalized as a deferred financing cost and included, net of accumulated amortization, as a component of other assets on the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022. This asset will be amortized into interest expense over the five year life of the 5.00% Senior Notes.

In connection with the agreement by SoftBank Obligor to provide credit support for the 2020 LC Facility, the warrants issued to SoftBank Obligor in December 2019 to purchase 35,770,699 shares of the Company’s Series H-3 Convertible Preferred Stock or Series H-4 Convertible Preferred Stock at an exercise price of $0.01 per share (the "2020 LC Facility Warrant"), were valued at $284 million at issuance and capitalized as a deferred financing cost and included, net of accumulated amortization, as a component of other assets on the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022. This asset was initially amortized into interest expense from

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February 10, 2020 through February 10, 2023, and was extended through February 9, 2024 in connection LC Facility Extension (as defined in Note 18).

The warrants issued to SoftBank Obligor in December 2021 to purchase 11,923,567 shares of Class A common stock at an exercise price equal to $0.01 per share, were issued in connection with the LC Facility Extension (the "LC Warrant"), were valued at $102 million at issuance and capitalized as a deferred financing cost and included, net of accumulated amortization, as a component of other assets on the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022. This asset will be amortized into interest expense from December 6, 2021 through February 9, 2024, the remaining life of the extended 2020 LC Facility.

In May 2022, WeWork Companies LLC entered into an amendment to the Credit Agreement (as discussed in Note 18) pursuant to which, among other things, the existing 2020 LC Facility was amended and subdivided into the $1.25 billion Senior LC Tranche, which was then scheduled to automatically decrease to $1.05 billion in February 2023 and terminate in February 2024, and a $350 million Junior LC Tranche which was then scheduled to terminate in November 2023 (both as defined in Note 18). In December 2022, the Company entered into a further amendment to the Credit Agreement (as discussed in Note 18) pursuant to which, among other things, (i) the termination date of the existing Senior LC Tranche was extended to March 14, 2025, and (ii) the Senior LC Tranche was reduced to $1.1 billion, with a further decrease to $930 million on February 10, 2023. The amendments to the Credit Agreement were accounted for under ASC 470-50, Debt - Modifications and Extinguishments, whereby the unamortized deferred financing costs associated with all creditors under the Senior LC Tranche will be expensed in proportion to each creditor’s reduction in borrowing capacity. The remaining unamortized costs will be amortized over the term of the amended facility. In connection with the amendments to the Credit Agreement, $14 million of related costs were capitalized as a deferred financing cost and included, net of accumulated amortization, as a component of other assets on the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2023. In February 2023, the Company entered into a further amendment to the Credit Agreement (as discussed in Note 18) pursuant to which, among other things, the Junior LC Tranche was increased to $470 million and extended to terminate in March 2025, and the Senior LC Tranche was increased from $930 million to $960 million.

The Company also agreed to reimburse SBG for all fees and expenses incurred in connection with the SoftBank Transactions in an aggregate amount up to $50 million of which $35 million were paid as of December 31, 2021. During the three months ended March 31, 2022, SBG waived its right to be reimbursed for $7 million of the remaining obligation. During the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 the Company made no additional payments on these obligations to SBG. As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, $8 million and $8 million, respectively, were included as a component of accounts payable and accrued expenses on the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. In 2019, the Company allocated $20 million of the total costs as deferred financing costs included, net of accumulated amortization within other assets on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets which will be amortized into interest expense over the life of the debt facility to which it was allocated.

SoftBank Debt Financing Costs due to Third Parties

As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company had capitalized a total of $22 million and $23 million, respectively, in net debt issuance costs paid or payable to third parties associated with the SoftBank Debt Financing and related amendments which will be amortized over a three- to five-year period. Such costs were capitalized as deferred financing costs and included as a component of other assets, net of accumulated amortization, on the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

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Principal Maturities — Combined aggregate principal payments for current and long-term debt as of March 31, 2023 are as follows:


(Amounts in millions)	Long-term debt		5.00% Senior Notes		Total Long-Term Debt and SoftBank Debt Financing
Remainder of 2023	$	16	$	—	$	16
2024	9		—		9
2025	1,390		2,200		3,590
2026	1		—		1
2027	—		—		—
2028 and beyond	—		—		—
Total minimum payments	$	1,416	$	2,200	$	3,616

Interest Expense — The Company recorded the following Interest expense in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations:


	Three Months Ended March 31,
(Amounts in millions)		2023		2022
Interest expense on long-term debt and SoftBank debt financing:
2020 LC Facility and LC Debt Facility (Note 18)		$	29	$	17
5.00% Senior Notes		28		28
7.875% Senior Notes		13		13
Extinguishment of debt expense		10		—
Secured Notes		5		—
Other		2		2
Total interest expense on long-term debt		87		60
Deferred financing costs amortization (Note 10):
SoftBank unsecured deferred financing costs		27		27
SoftBank LC deferred financing costs		14		24
Secured Notes deferred financing costs		1		—
Other debt financing costs		2		2
Total deferred financing costs amortization		44		53
Total interest expense		$	131	$	113

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Note 13. Fair Value Measurements

Recurring Fair Value Measurements

The Company’s assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis consisted of the following:


	March 31, 2023
(Amounts in millions)	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Assets:
Cash equivalents — money market funds and time deposits	$	21	$	—	$	—	$	21
Total assets measured at fair value	$	21	$	—	$	—	$	21

Liabilities:
Warrant liabilities, net	$	—	$	1	$	—	$	1


Other liabilities - contingent consideration relating to acquisitions payable in cash	—		—		—		—
Total liabilities measured at fair value	$	—	$	1	$	—	$	1


	December 31, 2022
(Amounts in millions)	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Assets:
Cash equivalents — money market funds and time deposits	$	27	$	—	$	—	$	27

Total assets measured at fair value	$	27	$	—	$	—	$	27

Liabilities:
Warrant Liabilities, net	$	—	$	1	$	—	$	1
Other liabilities - contingent consideration relating to acquisitions payable in cash	—		—		1		1


Total liabilities measured at fair value	$	—	$	1	$	1	$	2

The tables below provide a summary of the changes in assets and liabilities recorded at fair value and classified as Level 3:


	Three Months Ended March 31,		Year Ended December 31,
(Amounts in millions)	2023		2022
Assets:
Balance at beginning of period	$	—	$	34




Credit loss valuation allowance included in income (loss) from equity method and other investments	—		(1)



Accrued interest collected	—		(3)
Foreign currency translation (losses) gain included in other comprehensive income	—		3
Conversion of available-for-sale securities to equity method investment (Note 9)	—		(33)

Balance at end of period	$	—	$	—

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	Three Months Ended March 31, 2023
(Amounts in millions)	Balance at Beginning of Period		Additions		Reclassification		Settlements		Change in Fair Value		Balance at End of Period
Liabilities:


Other current liabilities - contingent consideration relating to acquisitions payable in common stock	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—
Other current liabilities - contingent consideration relating to acquisitions payable in cash	—		—		1		(1)		—		—
Other liabilities - contingent consideration relating to acquisitions payable in cash	1		—		(1)		—		—		—
Total	$	1	$	—	$	—	$	(1)	$	—	$	—


	Year Ended December 31, 2022
(Amounts in millions)	Balance at Beginning of Period		Additions		Settlements		Change in Fair Value		Balance at End of Period
Liabilities:
Other current liabilities - contingent consideration relating to acquisitions payable in common stock	$	—	$	3	$	(1)	$	(2)	$	—
Other current liabilities - contingent consideration relating to acquisitions payable in cash	—		2		(2)		—		—
Other liabilities - contingent consideration relating to acquisitions payable in cash	—		1		—		—		1



Total	$	—	$	6	$	(3)	$	(2)	$	1

The total Gain (loss) from change in fair value of warrant liabilities included in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations are as follows:


	Three Months Ended March 31,
(Amounts in millions)		2023		2022
Selling, general and administrative expenses:
Level 3 liabilities		$	—	$	1


Gain (loss) from change in fair value of warrant liabilities:
Level 2 liabilities		$	—	$	3

The valuation techniques and significant unobservable inputs used in the recurring fair value measurements categorized within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy are as follows:

March 31, 2023

Fair Value
(in millions)

Valuation Technique

Significant Unobservable Inputs

Range (Weighted Average)

Level 3 Liabilities:

Other current liabilities - contingent consideration relating to acquisitions

—

Probability weighted cash flow

Probability adjustment

100%

Other liabilities - contingent consideration relating to acquisitions

—

Probability weighted cash flow

Probability adjustment

100%

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December 31, 2022

Fair Value
(in millions)

Valuation Technique

Significant Unobservable Inputs

Range (Weighted Average)

Level 3 Liabilities:

Other current liabilities - contingent consideration relating to acquisitions

—

Probability weighted cash flow

Probability adjustment

100%

Other liabilities - contingent consideration relating to acquisitions

Probability weighted cash flow

Probability adjustment

100%

Other liabilities - IndiaCo share pledge

—

Discounted cash flow

Risk-adjusted discount rate

12.3%

Due to the inherent uncertainty in the valuation process, the estimate of fair value of the Company’s assets and liabilities may differ from values that would have been used had a ready market for the securities existed.

Nonrecurring Fair Value Measurements

Non-financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value in the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements on a nonrecurring basis consist of certain investments, goodwill, intangibles and other long-lived assets on which impairment adjustments were required to be recorded during the period and assets and related liabilities held for sale which, if applicable, are measured at the lower of their carrying value or fair value less any costs to sell.

As of March 31, 2023, assets held for sale totaling $164 million and liabilities held for sale totaling $184 million are included in other current assets and other current liabilities, respectively, on the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. As of December 31, 2022, assets held for sale totaling $52 million and liabilities held for sale totaling $83 million are included in other current assets and other current liabilities, respectively, on the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. During the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, there were $3 million and none, respectively, of impairment charges recorded related to assets and liabilities classified as held for sale, determined to be Level 2 within the fair value hierarchy based primarily on respective contracts of sale.

The Company recorded impairment charges and other write-offs of certain other long-lived assets, impairing such assets to a carrying value of zero, for impairment charges totaling $52 million and $80 million during the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. During the three months ended March 31, 2023, the Company also recorded impairment charges totaling $25 million relating to right-of-use assets and property and equipment with an as adjusted remaining carrying value totaling $400 million as of March 31, 2023, valued based on Level 3 inputs representing market rent data for the market the right-of-use assets are located in.

In December 2022, the Company pledged 8,467,347 of its shares of IndiaCo, representing 14.7% of the securities issued by IndiaCo on a fully diluted basis, as collateral for IndiaCo to enter into a debenture trust deed to borrow up to INR 5.5 billion (approximately $66.5 million as of December 31, 2022). The Company has recognized this share pledge at fair value in accordance with ASC 460 - Guarantees, and determined it to be a Level 3 within the fair value hierarchy based on discounted cash flows. As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company guaranty has a fair value of $0.3 million and $0.4 million, respectively and is included as a component of other liabilities on the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

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Other Fair Value Disclosures

The estimated fair value of the Company’s accounts receivable, accounts payable, and accrued expenses approximate their carrying values due to their short maturity periods. As of March 31, 2023, the estimated fair value of the Company’s 7.875% Senior Notes, excluding unamortized debt issuance costs, was approximately $369 million based on recent trading activity (Level 1). For the remainder of the Company's long-term debt, the carrying value approximated the fair value as of March 31, 2023.

Note 14. Revenue Recognition

Disaggregation of Revenue

The following table provides disaggregated detail of the Company's revenue by major source for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022:


	Three Months Ended March 31,
(Amounts in millions)	2023		2022
ASC 606 membership and service revenue	$	567	$	522
ASC 842 rental and service revenue	277		225
Total membership and service revenue	844		747
Other revenue(1)	5		18
Total revenue	$	849	$	765

(1)During the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company recognized cost of revenue in the amount of $1 million and $13 million, respectively, in connection with the Company's former Powered by We on-site office design, development and management solutions and costs of providing various other products and services not directly related to the Company’s core space-as-a-service offerings, included in selling, general and administrative expenses on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

Contract Balances

The following table provides information about contract assets and deferred revenue from contracts with customers recognized in accordance with ASC 606:



	March 31,		December 31,
(Amounts in millions)	2023		2022
Contract assets (included in Accounts receivable and accrued revenue, net)	$	—	$	1
Contract assets (included in Other current assets)	8		7
Contract assets (included in Other assets)	15		17
Deferred revenue	(42)		(51)

Revenue recognized in accordance with ASC 606 during the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 included in Deferred revenue as of January 1 of the respective years was $21 million and $19 million, respectively.

Assets Recognized from the Costs to Obtain a Contract with a Customer

Prepaid member referral fees and deferred sales incentive compensation were included in the following financial statement line items on the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets:


	March 31,		December 31,
(Amounts in millions)	2023		2022
Prepaid expenses	$	51	$	55
Other assets	17		21

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The amortization of these costs is included as a component of selling, general and administrative expenses in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.


	Three Months Ended March 31,
(Amounts in millions)	2023		2022
Amortization of capitalized costs to obtain a contract with a customer	$	24	$	21

Allowance for Credit Loss

The following table provides a summary of changes of the allowance for credit loss for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and the year ended December 31, 2022:


	March 31,		December 31,
(Amounts in millions)	2023		2022
Balance at beginning of period	$	13	$	63


Provision charged to expense	2		4
Write-offs	(3)		(19)
Changes for member collectability uncertainty(1)	(3)		(33)

Effect of foreign currency exchange rate changes	—		(2)
Balance at end of period	$	9	$	13

(1)Commencing in 2020, the Company actively monitored its accounts receivable balances in response to COVID-19 and also ceased recording revenue on certain existing contracts where collectability is not probable. As of March 31, 2023, the Company determined collectability was not probable and did not recognize revenue totaling approximately $4 million on such contracts, net of recoveries and write-offs since 2020, the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Remaining Performance Obligations

The aggregate amount of the transaction price allocated to the Company's remaining performance obligations that represent contracted customer revenues that have not yet been recognized as revenue as of March 31, 2023, that will be recognized as revenue in future periods over the life of the customer contracts in accordance with ASC 606 was over $1.5 billion. Over half of the remaining performance obligation as of March 31, 2023 is scheduled to be recognized as revenue within the next twelve months, with the remaining to be recognized over the remaining life of the customer contracts, the longest of which extends through 2032.

Approximate future minimum lease cash flows to be received over the next five years and thereafter for non-cancelable membership agreements accounted for as leases in accordance with ASC 842 in effect at March 31, 2023 are as follows:


(Amounts in millions)	ASC 842 Revenue
2023	$	433
2024	293
2025	136
2026	46
2027	25
2028 and beyond	24
Total	$	957

The combination of the remaining performance obligation to be recognized as revenue under ASC 606 plus the remaining future minimum lease cash flows of the Company’s member contracts that qualify as leases is comparable to what the Company has historically referred to as “Committed Revenue Backlog”, which totaled over $2.5 billion as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022. The Company has excluded

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from these amounts contracts with variable consideration where revenue is recognized using the right to invoice practical expedient.

Note 15. Leasing Arrangements

The components of total real estate operating lease cost for leases recorded under ASC 842 are as follows:


	Three Months Ended March 31, 2023
		Reported in:
							Selling,		Restructuring
			Location		Pre-opening		General and		and Other
(Amounts in millions)			Operating Expenses		Location Expenses		Administrative Expenses		Related (Gains) Costs		Total
Lease cost contractually paid or payable for the period			$	618	$	5	$	3	$	31	$	657
Non-cash GAAP straight-line lease cost			21		2		—		3		26
Amortization of lease incentives			(65)		(1)		—		(3)		(69)
Total real estate operating lease cost			$	574	$	6	$	3	$	31	$	614

Early termination fees and related (gain)/loss			$	—	$	—	$	—	$	(107)	$	(107)


	Three Months Ended March 31, 2022
		Reported in:
							Selling,
			Location		Pre-opening		General and		Restructuring
(Amounts in millions)			Operating Expenses		Location Expenses		Administrative Expenses		and Other Related Costs		Total
Lease cost contractually paid or payable for the period			$	624	$	33	$	5	$	12	$	674
Non-cash GAAP straight-line lease cost			30		16		—		4		50
Amortization of lease incentives			(70)		(5)		(1)		(1)		(77)
Total real estate operating lease cost			$	584	$	44	$	4	$	15	$	647
Early termination fees and related (gain)/loss			$	—	$	—	$	—	$	(154)	$	(154)

The Company's total ASC 842 operating lease costs include both fixed and variable components as follows:


	Three Months Ended March 31, 2023
		Reported in:
							Selling,		Restructuring
			Location		Pre-opening		General and		and Other
(Amounts in millions)			Operating Expenses		Location Expenses		Administrative Expenses		Related (Gains) Costs		Total
Fixed real estate lease costs			$	467	$	6	$	3	$	30	$	506
Fixed equipment and other lease costs			—		—		—		—		—

Total fixed lease costs			$	467	$	6	$	3	$	30	$	506

Variable real estate lease costs			$	107	$	—	$	—	$	1	$	108
Variable equipment and other lease costs			—		—		—		—		—

Total variable lease costs			$	107	$	—	$	—	$	1	$	108

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	Three Months Ended March 31, 2022
		Reported in:
							Selling,
			Location		Pre-opening		General and		Restructuring
(Amounts in millions)			Operating Expenses		Location Expenses		Administrative Expenses		and Other Related Costs		Total
Fixed real estate lease costs			$	482	$	38	$	4	$	14	$	538
Fixed equipment and other lease costs			—		—		—		—		—
Total fixed lease costs			$	482	$	38	$	4	$	14	$	538
Variable real estate lease costs			$	102	$	6	$	—	$	1	$	109
Variable equipment and other lease costs			1		—		—		—		1
Total variable lease costs			$	103	$	6	$	—	$	1	$	110

The Company also has certain leases accounted for as finance leases. Total lease costs for finance leases are as follows:


	Three Months Ended March 31,
(Amounts in millions)		2023		2022
Depreciation and amortization		$	1	$	1
Interest expense		1		1
Total		$	2	$	2

The below table presents the lease related assets and liabilities recorded on the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, as recorded in accordance with ASC 842:


		March 31,		December 31,
(Amounts in millions)	Balance Sheet Captions	2023		2022
Assets:
Operating lease right-of-use assets	Lease right-of-use assets, net	$	10,399	$	11,243
Finance lease right-of-use assets(1)	Property and equipment, net	35		46
Total leased assets		$	10,434	$	11,289

Liabilities:
Current liabilities
Operating lease liabilities	Current lease obligations	$	914	$	931
Finance lease liabilities	Current lease obligations	4		5
Total current liabilities		918		936

Non-current liabilities
Operating lease obligations	Long-term lease obligations	14,545		15,565
Finance lease obligations	Long-term lease obligations	19		33
Total non-current liabilities		14,564		15,598
Total lease obligations		$	15,482	$	16,534

(1)Finance lease right-of-use assets are recorded net of accumulated amortization of $27 million and $26 million as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively.

The weighted average remaining lease term and weighted average discount rate for operating and finance leases as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 were as follows:

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	March 31, 2023				December 31, 2022
	Operating		Finance		Operating		Finance
Weighted average remaining lease term (in years)	11		6		12		8
Weighted average discount rate percentage	10.0	%	8.0	%	9.3	%	7.5	%

The Company's aggregate annual lease obligations relating to non-cancelable finance and operating leases in possession as of March 31, 2023 as presented in accordance with ASC 842:


	Finance		Operating
(Amounts in millions)	Leases		Leases		Total
Remainder of 2023	$	5	$	1,745	$	1,750
2024	6		2,297		2,303
2025	5		2,333		2,338
2026	5		2,354		2,359
2027	4		2,348		2,352
2028 and beyond	8		15,121		15,129
Total undiscounted fixed minimum lease cost payments	33		26,198		26,231
Less: Amount representing lease incentive receivables, net(1)	—		(147)		(147)
Less: Amount representing interest	(10)		(10,423)		(10,433)
Present value of future lease payments	23		15,628		15,651
Less: Obligations classified as held for sale	—		(169)		(169)
Less: Current portion of lease obligation	(4)		(914)		(918)
Total long-term lease obligation	$	19	$	14,545	$	14,564

(1)Lease incentive receivables primarily represent amounts expected to be received by the Company relating to payments for leasehold improvements that are reimbursable pursuant to lease provisions with relevant landlords and receivables for broker commissions earned for negotiating certain of the Company’s leases. Lease incentive receivables are presented net of deferred tenant incentives for contingent lease arrangements of $48 million as of March 31, 2023

The future undiscounted fixed minimum lease cost payments for the leases presented above exclude approximately an additional $432 million relating to executed non-cancelable leases that the Company has not yet taken possession of as of March 31, 2023. See Note 14 for details on non-cancellable membership agreements recognized in accordance with ASC 842.

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Note 16. Stock-Based Compensation

Stock‑Based Compensation Expense - The stock-based compensation expense related to employees and non-employee directors recognized for the following instruments and transactions are as follows:


	Three Months Ended March 31,
(Amounts in millions)		2023		2022
Service-based restricted stock units		$	7	$	8
Service-based vesting stock options(1)		1		3
Service, performance and market-based vesting restricted stock units(2)		(2)		2
Service, performance and market-based vesting stock options(2)		(3)		—







Total		$	3	$	13

(1)Includes $0.1 million of stock-based compensation expense recognized during the three months ended March 31, 2023 for service-based option awards granted by the LatamCo subsidiary in 2022 under the 2022 LatamCo ESOP.

(2)Includes a reversal of stock-based compensation expense previously recorded of $2 million and $3 million for unvested RSUs and unvested options, respectively, that were forfeited during the three months ended March 31, 2023, and a reversal of stock-based compensation expense previously recorded of $2 million for unvested options that were forfeited during the three months ended March 31, 2022.

The stock-based compensation expense related to employees and non-employee directors are reported in the following financial statement line items:


	Three Months Ended March 31,
(Amounts in millions)		2023		2022

Location operating expenses		$	1	$	2
Selling, general and administrative expenses		2		11




Total stock-based compensation expense		$	3	$	13

During the three months ended March 31, 2023, the Company granted 24 million service-based restricted stock units to employees which vest in three equal installments over a period of three years, subject to the employee's continued employment with the company.

Note 17. Net Loss Per Share

We compute net loss per share attributable to common stock under the two-class method required for multiple classes of common stock and participating securities. Accordingly, based on voting, liquidation and dividend rights, the Class A common stock share in our net losses. Although the shares of Class C common stock are a non-economic interest and do not share in our net losses, they are considered dilutive shares of Class A common stock because such shares can be exchanged into shares of Class A common stock. If the shares of Class C common stock correspond to WeWork Partnership Class A common units, the shares of Class C common stock (together with the corresponding WeWork Partnership Class A common units) can be exchanged for (at the Company's election) shares of Class A common stock on a one-for-one basis, or cash of an equivalent value. If the shares of Class C common stock correspond to WeWork Partnerships Profits Interests Units and the value of the WeWork Partnership has increased above the applicable aggregate distribution threshold of the Units, the shares of Class C common stock (together with the corresponding WeWork Partnerships Profits Interests Units) can be exchanged for (at the Company's election) a number of shares of Class A common stock based on the value of a share of Class A common stock on the exchange date to the applicable per-unit distribution threshold, or cash of an equivalent value. Accordingly, only the Class A common stock share in the Company's net losses.

Basic net loss per share is computed by dividing net loss attributable to WeWork Inc. attributable to its Class A common stockholders by the weighted-average number of shares of its Class A common stock outstanding during the period. As of March 31, 2023, the warrants held by SoftBank and SoftBank

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affiliates are exercisable at any time for nominal consideration, therefore, the shares issuable upon the exercise of the warrants are considered outstanding for the purpose of calculating basic and diluted net loss per share attributable to common stockholders. Accordingly, the calculation of weighted-average common shares outstanding includes 55,672,898 shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants for the three months ended March 31, 2023.

For the computation of diluted net loss per share, net loss per share attributable to common stockholders for basic net loss per share is adjusted by the effect of dilutive securities, including awards under the Company's equity compensation plans. Diluted net loss per share attributable to common stockholders is computed by dividing the resulting net loss attributable to WeWork Inc. attributable to its Class A common stockholders by the weighted-average number of fully diluted common shares outstanding. In the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company's potential dilutive shares were not included in the computation of diluted net loss per share as the effect of including these shares in the computation would have been anti-dilutive.

The numerators and denominators of the basic and diluted net loss per share computations for WeWork's common stock are calculated as follows for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022:


	Three Months Ended March 31,
(Amounts in millions, except share and per share amounts)		2023		2022
Numerator:
Net loss attributed to WeWork Inc.		$	(264)	$	(435)

Net loss attributable to Class A Common Stockholders - basic		$	(264)	$	(435)
Net loss attributable to Class A Common Stockholders - diluted		$	(264)	$	(435)
Denominator:
Basic shares:
Weighted-average shares - Basic		766,258,253		759,676,860
Diluted shares:
Weighted-average shares - Diluted		766,258,253		759,676,860
Net loss per share attributable to Class A Common Stockholders:
Basic		$	(0.34)	$	(0.57)
Diluted		$	(0.34)	$	(0.57)

The following potentially dilutive securities were excluded from the computation of diluted net loss per share attributable to common stockholders for the periods presented because including them would have been antidilutive, or issuance of such shares is contingent upon the satisfaction of certain conditions which were not satisfied by the end of the period. These amounts represent the number of instruments outstanding at the end of each respective period.


	Three Months Ended March 31,
		2023	2022
RSUs		32,226,017	18,580,989
Warrants		23,877,777	23,877,787
Partnership Units		19,896,032	19,896,032
Stock options		10,086,548	17,301,513
Contingent shares(1)		275,713	—
WeWork Partnerships Profits Interest Units		42,057	42,057

(1)The three months ended March 31, 2023 included contingently issuable common stock in connection with our acquisition of Common Desk. See Note 5 for additional information on the Common Desk acquisition.

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In May 2023, the Company completed issuances of Class A common stock in connection with the consummation of the Transactions (as discussed and defined in Note 21).

Note 18. Commitments and Contingencies

Prior Credit Facilities and Standalone LC Arrangements — In November 2015, the Company amended and restated its existing credit facility (the "2019 Credit Facility") to provide up to $650 million in revolving loans and letters of credit, subject to certain financial and other covenants. At various points during 2016 through 2019, the Company executed amendments to the credit agreement governing the 2019 Credit Facility which amended certain of the financial and other covenants. In November 2017 and as later amended, the Company entered into a new letter of credit facility (the "2019 LC Facility") pursuant to the letter of credit reimbursement agreement that provided an additional $500 million in availability of standby letters of credit. In May 2019, the Company entered into an additional letter of credit reimbursement agreement that provided for an additional $200 million in availability of standby letters of credit.

In conjunction with the availability of the 2020 LC Facility (described below), the 2019 Credit Facility and the 2019 LC Facility were terminated in February 2020. As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, $6 million remains outstanding in a letter of credit issued under the 2019 LC Facility and is secured by a new letter of credit issued under the Senior LC Tranche.

The Company has also entered into various other letter of credit arrangements, the purpose of which is to guarantee payment under certain leases entered into by JapanCo and other fully owned subsidiaries. There was $3 million and $3 million of standby letters of credit outstanding under these other arrangements that are secured by $3 million and $3 million of restricted cash at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively.

Credit Agreement and Reimbursement Agreement — On December 27, 2019, WeWork Companies LLC entered into the Credit Agreement (as amended, waived or otherwise modified from time to time, the "Credit Agreement"). The Credit Agreement initially provided for a $1.75 billion senior secured letter of credit reimbursement facility (the "2020 LC Facility"), which was made available on February 10, 2020, for the support of WeWork Companies LLC's or its subsidiaries' obligations. As described further below, in May 2022, the existing 2020 LC Facility was amended and subdivided into a $1.25 billion senior tranche letter of credit facility (the "Senior LC Tranche"), which was then scheduled to automatically decrease to $1.05 billion in February 2023 and terminate in February 2024, and a $350 million junior tranche letter of credit facility (the "Junior LC Tranche"), which was then scheduled to terminate in November 2023. In December 2022, the Credit Agreement was further amended to, among other things, (i) extend the termination date of the existing Senior LC Tranche to March 14, 2025, and (ii) reduce the Senior LC Tranche to $1.1 billion, with a further decrease to $930 million on February 10, 2023. In February 2023, WeWork Companies LLC entered into a further amendment to the Credit Agreement pursuant to which, among other things, the Junior LC Tranche was increased to $470 million, and extended to terminate in March 2025, and the Senior LC Tranche was increased from $930 million to $960 million.

As of March 31, 2023, $1.0 billion of standby letters of credit were outstanding and undrawn under the Senior LC Tranche, with no additional letters of credit available to be issued thereunder. The $1.0 billion of outstanding standby letters of credit include $48 million standby letters of credit secured by $71 million of cash collateral that has been posted and included in restricted cash as a component of other current assets in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2023.

On March 25, 2021, the Company and SBG entered into a letter agreement (the “Credit Support Letter”) pursuant to which SBG committed to consent to an extension of the termination date of the 2020 LC Facility from February 10, 2023 to no later than February 10, 2024 (the "LC Facility Extension"), subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein. In November 2021, the parties amended the Credit Support Letter (as so amended, the “Amended Credit Support Letter”), pursuant to which SBG agreed to consent to a reduction of the total commitment under the 2020 LC Facility from $1.75 billion to $1.25 billion

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starting on February 10, 2023 and to an extension of the commitment under the Senior Secured NPA for up to $500 million from February 12, 2023 to February 12, 2024.

On May 10, 2022, the Company and the other parties thereto entered into the Fourth Amendment to the Credit Agreement (the "Fourth Amendment to the Credit Agreement") pursuant to which the then existing facilities under the Credit Agreement were amended and subdivided into a $1.25 billion Senior LC Tranche, which was scheduled to decrease to $1.05 billion in February 2023, and the $350 million Junior LC Tranche. The letter of credit under the Junior LC Tranche was issued and drawn for the benefit of WeWork Companies LLC in full upon effectiveness of the Fourth Amendment to the Credit Agreement. At the time of entry into the Fourth Amendment to the Credit Agreement, the termination date of the Junior LC Tranche was November 30, 2023 and the termination date of the Senior LC Tranche was February 9, 2024. Following the entry into the Fourth Amendment to the Credit Agreement, the reimbursement obligations under the Junior LC Tranche bore interest at the Term SOFR Rate (as defined in the Credit Agreement), with a floor of 0.75%, plus 6.50%, with an option to convert all or a portion of the outstanding obligations to the ABR (as defined in the Fourth Amendment to the Credit Agreement) plus 5.50% on or after August 10, 2022. As a result of the Fourth Amendment to the Credit Agreement, the reimbursement obligations under the Junior LC Tranche were voluntarily repayable at any time, subject to a prepayment fee such that the minimum return to the letter of credit participants under the Junior LC Tranche on the Junior LC Tranche reimbursement obligations was an amount equal to the sum of 6.50% (the Applicable Margin of the Junior LC Tranche reimbursement obligations) and 2.00% of the total principal amount of the Junior LC Tranche reimbursement obligations, as set forth in the Fourth Amendment to the Credit Agreement. Obligations of WeWork Companies LLC and its restricted subsidiaries under the Junior LC Tranche are subordinated in right of payment to the obligations under the Senior LC Tranche to the extent of the value of the collateral securing such obligations.

In December 2022, the Company and the other parties thereto entered into the Fifth Amendment to the Credit Agreement (the "Fifth Amendment to the Credit Agreement") to, among other things, (i) extend the termination date of the Senior LC Tranche to March 14, 2025, (ii) replace SBG with SVF II as an obligor with respect to the Senior LC Tranche and (iii) reduce the Senior LC Tranche to $1.1 billion, with a subsequent automatic decrease to $930 million on February 10, 2023. The reimbursement obligations under the Senior LC Tranche were amended to an amount equal to the sum of (i) 6.00% - 6.75%, based on the relevant Rating Level Period (as defined in the Fifth Amendment to the Credit Agreement), and (ii) 2.00% of the total principal amount of the Senior LC Tranche reimbursement obligations, as set forth in the Fifth Amendment to the Credit Agreement. The Fifth Amendment to the Credit Agreement provided for the resignation of SBG as the obligor and assumption by SVF II of all of SBG's obligations with respect to the Senior LC Tranche. The Fifth Amendment to the Credit Agreement provided that the total senior letter of credit tranche commitments may be increased to an amount not to exceed $1.25 billion until February 10, 2023 and $1.05 billion thereafter with additional commitments. The Fifth Amendment to the Credit Agreement also provides that if letter of credit reimbursements under the senior letter of credit tranche are made by SVF II, the commitments in respect of the senior letter of credit tranche will be reduced by a corresponding amount.

In February 2023, the Company and the other parties thereto entered into the Sixth Amendment to the Credit Agreement. Pursuant to the Sixth Amendment to the Credit Agreement, among other things, (i) additional commitments were received or obtained from ONEIM Fund I LP ("Incoming Junior LC Tranche Participant"), increasing the Junior LC Tranche by $120 million to $470 million, (ii) the termination date of the Junior LC Tranche was extended from November 30, 2023 to March 7, 2025, (iii) the interest margin applicable to the Junior LC Tranche was increased from 6.50% to 9.90% for reimbursement obligations, and (iv) the Senior LC Tranche was increased from $930 million to $960 million. The Company recognized the Sixth Amendment to the Credit Agreement under ASC 470 as an extinguishment of the original $350 million reimbursement obligation with the exiting creditors paid in full, and a new issuance of a $470 million reimbursement obligation to the new creditors, including the Incoming Junior Tranche Participant. The $470 million Junior LC tranche was drawn in full for the benefit of WeWork Companies LLC upon effectiveness of the Sixth Amendment to the Credit Agreement. The reimbursement obligations

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under the Junior LC Tranche remain voluntarily repayable at any time, subject to a prepayment fee in connection with prepayments made during the 18 months following the date of the Sixth Amendment to the Credit Agreement, in the amount of the net present value of interest that would have accrued on such amounts prepaid from the prepayment date to the date that is 18 months following the date of the Sixth Amendment to the Credit Agreement, discounted by the Federal Funds Effective Rate (as defined in the Credit Agreement).

During the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company recognized $13 million and none, respectively, in interest expense in connection with the Junior LC Tranche. During the three months ended March 31, 2023, the Company recognized $10 million of extinguishment of debt expense in connection with the Sixth Amendment to the Credit Agreement including a $7 million write-off of unamortized deferred financing costs and a $3 million prepayment premium, included as a component of interest expense in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations.

The Company's gross proceeds of $470 million from the issuance of the Junior LC Tranche were recorded net of unamortized debt issuance costs of $12 million in long term debt, net on the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2023.

The letter of credit facilities under the Credit Agreement are guaranteed by substantially all of the domestic wholly-owned subsidiaries of WeWork Companies LLC (collectively, the “Guarantors”) and are secured by substantially all the assets of WeWork Companies LLC and the Guarantors, in each case, subject to customary exceptions, with the obligations under the Junior LC Tranche subordinated to the obligations under the Senior LC Tranche to extent of the value of the collateral securing such obligations. The Credit Agreement and related documentation contain customary reimbursement provisions, representations, warranties, events of default and affirmative covenants (including with respect to cash management) for letter of credit facilities of this type. The negative covenants applicable to WeWork Companies LLC and its Restricted Subsidiaries (as defined in the Credit Agreement) are limited to cash management requirements and restrictions on liens (subject to exceptions substantially consistent with the indenture governing the 7.875% Senior Notes), changes in line of business, incurrence of "layering" indebtedness, and disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of WeWork Companies LLC.

Certain of our outstanding letters of credit under the Senior LC Tranche include annual renewal provisions under which the issuing banks can elect not to renew a letter of credit if the next annual renewal extends the LC period beyond March 14, 2025, the current termination date of the Senior LC Tranche. If a letter of credit is not renewed, the landlord may elect to draw the existing letter of credit before it expires, in which case either WeWork or SVF II would be obligated to repay the issuing bank immediately (after application of any Cash Collateral as defined in and pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement). The Company intends to extend the maturity of the Senior LC Tranche such that there are no material payments under these renewal provisions. The Company has not yet agreed to any final terms for any such extension and its execution and terms are uncertain and subject to change. The Company cannot give any assurances that any such extension will be completed on acceptable terms, or at all.

The reimbursement obligations under the Junior LC Tranche (i) are secured, and therefore effectively senior in right of payment with the 7.875% Senior Notes, the 5.00% Senior Notes, and any existing and future senior unsecured indebtedness of the Company, (ii) are senior in right of payment to any existing and future subordinated obligations of the Company, and (iii) rank equally in right of payment with all secured indebtedness of the Company (other than the obligations under the Senior LC Tranche, to which the reimbursement obligations under the Junior LC Tranche are subordinated to the extent of the value of the collateral securing such obligations), including the Secured Notes, and are structurally subordinated to all liabilities of any subsidiary that does not guarantee the 2020 LC Facility.

As the Company is also obligated to issue shares to SBG in the future upon exercise of the 2020 LC Facility Warrant, with such warrant valued at issuance at $284 million (as discussed in Note 12), the implied interest rate for the Company on the 2020 LC Facility at issuance, assuming the full commitment is drawn, is approximately 12.47%.

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The Reimbursement Agreement

In connection with entry into the Credit Agreement, WeWork Companies LLC also entered into a reimbursement agreement, dated as of February 10, 2020 (as amended, the "Company/SBG Reimbursement Agreement"), with SBG pursuant to which (i) SBG agreed to pay substantially all of the fees and expenses payable in connection with the Credit Agreement, (ii) the Company agreed to reimburse SBG for certain of such fees and expenses (including fronting fees up to an amount of 0.125% on the undrawn and unexpired amount of the letters of credit, plus any fronting fees in excess of 0.415% on the undrawn and unexpired amount of the letters of credit) as well as to pay SBG a fee of 5.475% on the amount of all outstanding letters of credit and (iii) the Guarantors agreed to guarantee the obligations of WeWork Companies LLC under the Company/SBG Reimbursement Agreement.

In December 2021, the Company/SBG Reimbursement Agreement was amended following the entry into the Amended Credit Support Letter to, among other things, change the fees payable by WeWork Companies LLC to SBG to (i) 2.875% of the face amount of letters of credit issued under the Credit Agreement (drawn and undrawn), payable quarterly in arrears, plus (ii) the amount of any issuance fees payable on the outstanding amounts under the Credit Agreement, which as of December 31, 2021, was equal to 2.6% of the face amount of letters of credit issued under the Senior LC Facility (drawn and undrawn). In May 2022, in connection with the Fourth Amendment to the Credit Agreement, the Company/SBG Reimbursement Agreement was amended to clarify that the payment obligations of certain fees and expenses in respect of the Junior LC Tranche related to the Fourth Amendment to the Credit Agreement are the responsibility of the Company and not SBG, as described above.

In December 2022, the Company, SBG and SVF II entered into an Amended and Restated Reimbursement Agreement (as further amended or otherwise modified from time to time, the "A&R Reimbursement Agreement"), which amended and restated the Company/SBG Reimbursement Agreement, to, among other things, (i) substitute SVF II instead of SBG with respect to the Senior LC Tranche, (ii) retain SBG's role with respect to the Junior LC Tranche and (iii) amend the fees payable by the Company such that no fees will be owed to SVF II in respect of the senior letter of credit issued through February 10, 2024 and thereafter fees will accrue at 7.045% of the face amount of the Senior LC Tranche, compounding quarterly and payable at the earlier of March 14, 2025 and termination or acceleration of the Senior LC Tranche.

In February 2023, the Company, SBG and SVF II entered into the First Amendment to the A&R Reimbursement Agreement to, among other things, substitute SVF II instead of SBG with respect to the Junior LC Tranche and adjust the Company's reimbursement rights and obligations to each party accordingly. In addition the amendment modified the fees payable by the Company under the A&R Reimbursement Agreement, such that no fee would be owed to SVF II in respect of the Junior LC Tranche through November 30, 2023 and thereafter fees would accrue at 6.5% of the aggregate reimbursement obligations thereunder, compounding quarterly and payable at the earlier of March 7, 2025 and termination or acceleration of the Junior LC Tranche.

During the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company recognized $16 million and $17 million, respectively, in interest expense in connection with amounts payable to SBG pursuant to the Company/SBG Reimbursement Agreement.

LC Debt Facility — In May 2021, the Company entered into a loan agreement with a third party to raise up to $350 million of cash secured by one or more letters of credit issued pursuant to the 2020 LC Facility (the “LC Debt Facility”). The third party has the ability to issue a series of discount notes to investors of varying short term (one- to six- month) maturities and made a matching discount loan to the Company. The Company will pay the 5.475% issuance fee on the letter of credit, the 0.125% fronting fee on the letter of credit and the interest on the discount note which will be set with each note issuance. In September 2021, the Company repaid the initial LC Debt Facility and accrued interest totaling $350 million and entered into a new LC Debt Facility. In October 2021, the Company repaid the second

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LC Debt Facility and accrued interest totaling $350 million. As of December 31, 2022, there were no borrowings outstanding under the LC Debt Facility. The LC Debt Facility expired in February 2023.

In May 2021, the Company had capitalized a total of $0.5 million in debt issuance costs, as the nonrefundable engagement fee, which was fully amortized as of March 31, 2023. Such costs were capitalized as deferred financing costs and included as a component of other assets, net of accumulated amortization totaling $0.5 million as of December 31, 2022, on the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet. During the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company recorded none and $0.1 million, respectively, of interest expense relating to the amortization of these costs.

Construction Commitments — In the ordinary course of its business, the Company enters into certain agreements to purchase construction and related contracting services related to the build-outs of the Company’s operating locations that are enforceable and legally binding, and that specify all significant terms and the approximate timing of the purchase transaction. The Company’s purchase orders are based on current needs and are fulfilled by the vendors as needed in accordance with the Company’s construction schedule. As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company had issued approximately $41 million and $60 million, respectively, in such outstanding construction commitments.

Legal Matters — The Company has in the past been, is currently and expects to continue in the future to be a party to or involved in pre-litigation disputes, individual actions, putative class actions or other collective actions, U.S. and foreign government regulatory inquiries and investigations and various other legal proceedings arising in the normal course of its business, including with members, employees, landlords and other commercial partners, securityholders, third-party license holders, competitors, government agencies and regulatory agencies, among others.

The Company reviews its litigation-related reserves regularly and, in accordance with GAAP, sets reserves where a loss is probable and estimable. The Company adjusts these reserves as appropriate; however, due to the unpredictable nature and timing of litigation, the ultimate loss associated with a given matter could significantly exceed the litigation reserve currently set by the Company. Given the information it has as of today, management believes that none of these matters will have a material effect on the consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows of the Company.

As of March 31, 2023, the Company is also party to several litigation matters and regulatory matters not in the ordinary course of business. Some of these more significant matters are described below. Management intends to vigorously defend these cases and cooperate with regulators in these matters; however, there is a reasonable possibility that the Company could be unsuccessful in defending these claims and could incur losses. It is not currently possible to estimate a range of reasonably possible loss above the aggregated reserves.

Regulatory Matters

Since October 2019, the Company has been responding to subpoenas and document requests issued by certain federal and state authorities investigating the Company’s disclosures to investors and employees regarding the Company’s valuation and financial condition, and certain related party transactions. On November 26, 2019, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission issued a subpoena seeking documents and information concerning these topics, and has interviewed witnesses, in connection with a non-public investigation styled In the Matter of The We Company (HO-13870). On January 29, 2020, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York issued a voluntary document request concerning these topics and has interviewed witnesses. On October 11, 2019, the New York State Attorney General’s Office issued a document request concerning these topics and has examined witnesses. On February 12, 2020, the California Attorney General’s Office issued a subpoena concerning these topics. By letter dated November 3, 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission informed the Company that it has concluded its investigation and that it did not intend to recommend any enforcement action against the Company. The Company is cooperating with the remaining investigations.

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Asset Retirement Obligations — As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company had asset retirement obligations of $235 million and $230 million, respectively. The current portion of asset retirement obligations are included within other current liabilities and the non-current portion are included within other liabilities on the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. Asset retirement obligations include the following activity during the three months ended March 31, 2023 and year ended December 31, 2022:


	Three Months Ended March 31,	Year Ended December 31,
(Amounts in millions)		2023		2022
Balance at beginning of period		$	230	$	220
Liabilities incurred in the current period		—		20
Liabilities settled in the current period		(5)		(10)
Accretion of liability		5		16
Revisions in estimated cash flows		7		—

Effect of foreign currency exchange rate changes		(2)		(16)
Balance at end of period		235		230
Less: Current portion of asset retirement obligations		(2)		(2)
Total non-current portion of asset retirement obligations		$	233	$	228

Note 19. Other Related Party Transactions

Related party amounts are reported in the following financial statement line items:


	March 31,		December 31,
(Amounts in millions)	2023		2022
Assets
Current assets:

Accounts receivable and accrued revenue	$	9	$	3

Prepaid expenses	1		1
Other current assets	—		—
Total current assets	10		4






Other assets	345		384
Total assets	$	355	$	388
Liabilities
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	$	79	$	86



Deferred revenue	5		2
Current lease obligations	18		13

Other current liabilities	12		2
Total current liabilities	114		103
Long-term lease obligations	287		286
Long-term debt	1,900		1,650



Other liabilities	32		32

Total liabilities	$	2,333	$	2,071

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	Three Months Ended March 31,
(Amounts in millions)	2023		2022
Revenue	$	11	$	16
Expenses:
Total expenses	12		19
Interest expense	80		90

International Joint Ventures and Strategic Partnerships

In January 2022, the Company converted the 2020 Debentures and other convertible debentures (as discussed and defined in Note 9) into 12,397,510 and 3,375,000 common shares of IndiaCo, respectively, representing an ownership interest in IndiaCo of approximately 27.5%. The carrying value of the Company's ownership interest in IndiaCo is accounted for as an equity method investment and is considered a related party upon conversion.

In December 2022, the Company pledged 8,467,347 of its shares of IndiaCo, representing 14.7% of the securities issued by IndiaCo on a fully diluted basis, as collateral for IndiaCo to enter into a debenture trust deed to borrow up to INR 5.5 billion (approximately $66.5 million as of March 31, 2023). The Company has recognized this share pledge at a fair value of $0.3 million and is included as a component of other liabilities on the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. See Note 13 for details on the fair value of the share pledge.

IndiaCo constructs and operates workspace locations in India using WeWork’s branding, advice, and sales model. Per the terms of an agreement, the Company will also receive a management fee from IndiaCo. During the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company recorded $2 million and $2 million of management fee income from IndiaCo, respectively.

Subsequent to the ChinaCo Deconsolidation, the Company is entitled to an annual management fee of 4% of net revenues beginning on the later of 2022 or the first fiscal year following the Initial Investment Closing in which EBIT of ChinaCo is positive (the "ChinaCo Management Fee"). The Company is also entitled to an additional $1 million in fees in connection with data migration and application integration services that were performed over a six month period beginning on October 2, 2020. These data migration and application integration fees are only payable on the first date the ChinaCo Management Fee becomes payable, and is recognized in Accounts receivable and accrued revenue on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022.

Subsequent to the ChinaCo Deconsolidation, the Company has also continued to provide a guarantee to certain landlords of ChinaCo, guaranteeing total lease obligations up to $3 million as of March 31, 2023. The Company is entitled to a fee totaling approximately $0.1 million per year for providing such guarantees, until such guarantees are extinguished.

During the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company did not record any fee income for services provided to ChinaCo, included within service revenue as a component of total revenue in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. All amounts earned from ChinaCo prior to the ChinaCo Deconsolidation are eliminated in consolidation.

Real Estate Transactions

The Company has several operating lease agreements for space in buildings owned by an entity in which the Company has an equity method investment through WeCap Investment Group. In September 2022, the WeCap Holdings Partnership sold its investment in DSQ. As a result, subsequent to the sale the operating lease obligations related to DSQ are no longer with a related party. The Company has also entered into three separate operating lease agreements and one finance lease agreement for space in buildings that are partially owned by Mr. Neumann. Another shareholder of the Company is also a partial owner of the building in which the Company holds the finance lease. As of December 31, 2022, the

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Company had terminated all operating lease agreements in buildings that are partially owned by Mr. Neumann.

In February 2022, the remaining operating lease agreement in a building that is partially owned by Mr. Neumann was formally terminated upon receiving the necessary ordinary course approvals. The negotiations for the termination occurred in the ordinary course and on arms' length terms. The terms of termination included the tenant entity’s release of $0.6 million in unpaid tenant improvement allowances that had been held in escrow in exchange for the forgiveness of certain tenant responsibilities under the lease and the landlord entity’s forgiveness of the remaining rent amounts then owed.

The lease activity for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 for these leases are as follows:


	Three Months Ended March 31,
(Amounts in millions)	2023		2022
Mr. Neumann
Operating Lease Agreements:
Lease cost expense	$	—	$	1
Contractual obligation	—		1

Finance Lease Agreement:

Contractual obligation	1		1

WeCap Investment Group
Operating Lease Agreements:
Lease cost expense	$	11	$	17
Contractual obligation	8		12
Tenant incentives received	—		5

The Company's aggregate undiscounted fixed minimum lease cost payments and tenant lease incentive receivables for these leases as of March 31, 2023 are as follows:


	Future Minimum Lease Cost(1)		Tenant Lease Receivable
(Amounts in millions)
Mr. Neumann

Finance lease agreement	$	10	$	—
WeCap Investment Group
Operating lease agreements	$	588	$	27

(1)The future minimum lease cost payments under these leases are inclusive of escalation clauses and exclusive of contingent rent payments.

Membership and Service Agreements

During the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company earned additional revenue for the sale of memberships and various other services provided and recognized expenses from related parties as follows:


	Three Months Ended March 31,
(Amounts in millions)	2023		2022
Revenue:
SBG(1)	$	8	$	11
Other related parties(2)	1		3


Expenses:
SBG(1)	$	1	$	1

(1)SBG is a principal stockholder with representation on the Company's Board. SBG and its affiliates utilized WeWork space and services resulting in revenue. Additionally, the Company also agreed to reimburse SBG for all fees and expenses incurred in

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connection with the SoftBank Transactions in an aggregate amount up to $50 million. In February 2022, in connection with the Company's contribution of its business in Costa Rica to LatamCo (as discussed in Note 8), SBG waived its right to be reimbursed by the Company for $7 million of these obligations. During the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company made no additional payments on these obligations to SBG. As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, accounts payable and accrued expenses included $8 million payable to SBG related primarily to these reimbursement obligations.

(2)These related parties have significant influence over the Company through representation on the Company's Board or are vendors in which the Company has an equity method investment or other related party relationship.

Note 20. Segment Disclosures and Concentration

Operating segments are defined as components of an entity that engages in business activities from which it may earn revenues and incur expenses and has discrete financial information that is reviewed by the entity's chief operating decision maker ("CODM") to make decisions about how to allocate resources and assess performance. The Company operates in one operating segment as the Chief Executive Officer, who is our CODM, reviews financial information, assesses the performance of the Company and makes decisions about allocating resources on a consolidated basis.

The Company’s revenues and total property and equipment, net, by country, are as follows:


	Three Months Ended March 31,
(Amounts in millions)		2023		2022
Revenue:
United States		$	351	$	339
United Kingdom		135		118
Japan		54		50
Other foreign countries(1)		309		258
Total revenue		$	849	$	765


	March 31,		December 31,
(Amounts in millions)	2023		2022
Property and equipment:
United States	$	2,091	$	2,231
United Kingdom	550		551
Japan	240		253
Other foreign countries(1)	1,312		1,356
Total property and equipment, net	$	4,193	$	4,391

(1)No individual countries exceed 10% of our revenues or property and equipment.

The Company's concentration in specific cities magnifies the risk to the Company of localized economic conditions in those cities or the surrounding regions. The majority of the Company's revenue is earned from locations in the United States and United Kingdom. During the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, approximately 41% and 45%, respectively, of the Company's revenue was earned in the United States and approximately 16% and 15%, respectively, of the Company's revenue was earned in the United Kingdom. The majority of the Company's 2023 revenue from locations in the United States was generated from locations in greater New York City, San Francisco, and Boston markets. In the United Kingdom, 87% of 2023 revenues and 88% of the Company's property and equipment, net are related to WeWork locations in the greater London area. In the United States, the Company generally uses metropolitan statistical areas (as defined by the United States Census Bureau) to define its greater metropolitan markets. The nearest equivalent is used internationally.

During the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 the Company had no single member that accounted for greater than 10% of the Company's total revenue.

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Although the Company deposits its cash with multiple high credit quality financial institutions, its deposits, at times, may exceed federally insured limits. The Company believes no significant concentration risk exists with respect to its cash and cash equivalents.

Note 21. Subsequent Events

These Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements include a discussion of material events, if any, which have occurred subsequent to March 31, 2023 (referred to as subsequent events) through the issuance of the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

Secured Notes

In April 2023, the Issuers issued and sold $50 million of Secured Notes to SVF II under the Secured NPA. In May 2023, the Issuers repaid all of the $300 million outstanding Secured Notes in connection with the consummation of the Transactions. See Note 12 for additional details.

Tax Asset Preservation Plan

In April 2023, the Company entered into a Tax Asset Preservation Plan with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as rights agent (the “Tax Asset Preservation Plan”). The purpose of the Tax Asset Preservation Plan is to facilitate the Company’s ability to preserve its NOLs and its other tax attributes in order to be able to offset potential future income taxes for federal income tax purposes. In connection therewith, the Company’s board declared a dividend of (a) one Class A Right (a “Class A Right”) in respect of each share of Class A Common Stock of the Company and (b) one Class C Right (a “Class C Right” and together with the Class A Rights, the “Rights”) in respect of each share of Class C Common Stock of the Company. As further set forth in the Tax Asset Preservation Plan, each Class A Right initially represents the right for the holder to purchase from the Company, one ten-thousandth (a “Unit”) of a Class A Common Share for a purchase price equal to the quotient of (x) $8.00 divided by (y) ten thousand, and each Class C Right initially entitles its holder to purchase from the Company, one Unit of a Class C Common Share for a purchase price equal to the quotient of (x) $8.00 divided by (y) ten thousand, in each case, subject to adjustment pursuant to the terms of the Tax Asset Preservation Plan.

The Rights are in all respects subject to and governed by the provisions of the Tax Asset Preservation Plan. The foregoing description of the Tax Asset Preservation Plan does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on April 7, 2023, including the full text of the Tax Asset Preservation Plan, which is attached to such Current Report as Exhibit 4.1.

Consummation of the Exchange Offers and Issuances and Sales of New Securities

In March 2023, the Company and certain of its subsidiaries, including the Issuers, entered into a transaction support agreement (the “Transaction Support Agreement”), a backstop commitment agreement (the “Backstop Commitment Agreement”), a securities purchase and commitment agreement (the “SPA”) and certain other support agreements (collectively, the “Transactions Agreements”) relating to a series of contractually committed comprehensive Transactions (as defined below) with an ad hoc group (the “Ad Hoc Group”) of holders of 7.875% Senior Notes and 5.00% Senior Notes, Series II, SBG and certain affiliates thereof, a third party investor and certain other parties thereto, as applicable.

The Transactions (as discussed and described below) decreased and extended the outstanding principal balance of the Company's total debt, excluding deferred financing costs as, as follows:

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	March 31, 2023				Impact of Transactions		Aggregate Principal Balance Immediately Following the Transactions(1)
(Amounts in millions, except percentages)	Maturity Year	Interest Rate	Aggregate Principal Balance(1)
5.00% Senior Notes, Series I	2025	5.00%	$	1,650	$	(1,650)	$	—
5.00% Senior Notes, Series II	2025	5.00%	550		(541)		9
7.875% Senior Notes	2025	7.875%	669		(505)		164
Secured Notes(2)	2025	7.500%	250		(250)		—
New First Lien Notes(3)	2027	15.00%	—		525		525
New Second Lien Notes(3)	2027	11.00%	—		687		687
New Third Lien Notes(3)	2027	12.00%	—		23		23
New Second Lien Exchangeable Notes(3)	2027	11.00%	—		188		188
New Third Lien Exchangeable Notes(3)	2027	12.00%	—		270		270
Junior LC Tranche	2025	14.628%	470		—		470
Other Loans	2023 - 2026	3.3% - 20.6%	27		—		27
Total debt outstanding principal balance(1)			$	3,616	$	(1,253)	$	2,363

(1)Excludes deferred financing costs and other discounts or premiums.

(2)Does not reflect $50 million of additional Secured Notes issued in April 2023 and repaid in May 2023 in connection with the consummation of the Transactions.

(3)PIK interest (as described below) will accrue the day following the consummation of the Transactions.

In April 2023, in connection with the Transactions, the Company obtained the approval by its stockholders at a special meeting to, among other things, adopt a certificate of amendment to the Company’s Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Charter Amendment”) to increase the total number of shares of Class A Common Stock that the Company will have authority to issue from 1,500,000,000 shares to 4,874,958,334 shares. Following such approval, the Company filed the Charter Amendment with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.

In May 2023, in accordance with the Transactions Agreements, the following transactions were consummated (collectively, the “Transactions”):

•The Issuers exchanged $505 million in aggregate principal amount of 7.875% Senior Notes and $541 million in aggregate principal amount of 5.00% Senior Notes, Series II, for (i) $687 million in aggregate principal amount of newly issued 11.00% Second Lien Senior Secured PIK Notes due 2027 (with interest per annum payable 5.00% in cash and 6.00% by increasing the outstanding principal amount thereof (“PIK”) of the Issuers (the “New Second Lien Notes”), (ii) $23 million in aggregate principal amount of newly issued 12.00% Third Lien Senior Secured PIK Notes due 2027 (with interest per annum payable in PIK only) of the Issuers (the “New Third Lien Notes”) and (iii) 250 million shares of Class A Common Stock of the Company, in connection with the consummation of the Issuers’ separate offers to exchange (the “Exchange Offers”). Following the consummation of the Exchange Offers, $164 million in aggregate principal amount of 7.875% Senior Notes and $9 million in aggregate principal amount of 5.00% Senior Notes, Series II, remain outstanding;

•The Issuers issued and sold $500 million in aggregate principal amount of newly issued 15.00% First Lien Senior Secured PIK Notes due 2027, Series I (with interest per annum payable 7.00% in cash and 8.00% in PIK) (the “New First Lien Notes”), to certain holders who participated in the Exchange Offers. In addition, the Company issued $25 million in aggregate principal amount of New First Lien Notes to the members of the Ad Hoc Group party to the Backstop Commitment Agreement, as a backstop fee;

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•The Issuers and certain entities affiliated with SBG exchanged all of the $1.65 billion in aggregate principal amount of 5.00% Senior Notes, Series I, for (i) $188 million in aggregate principal amount of newly issued 11.00% Second Lien Senior Secured PIK Exchangeable Notes due 2027 (with interest per annum payable 5.00% in cash and 6.00% in PIK) of the Issuers (the “New Second Lien Exchangeable Notes”), (ii) $270 million in aggregate principal amount of newly issued 12.00% Third Lien Senior Secured PIK Exchangeable Notes due 2027 (with interest per annum payable in PIK only) of the Issuers (the “New Third Lien Exchangeable Notes”) and (iii) an aggregate of 1.1 billion shares of Class A Common Stock of the Company;

•The Issuers redeemed $300 million in aggregate principal amount of Secured Notes, including $250 million issued as of March 31, 2023 and the $50 million issued in April 2023, and the Issuers and SVF II entered into a new Master First Lien Senior Secured PIK Notes Note Purchase Agreement (the “First Lien NPA”) pursuant to which the Issuers agreed to issue and sell, at their option, and SVF II agreed to purchase, from time to time and subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein, up to $300 million in aggregate principal amount of newly issued 15.00% First Lien Senior Secured PIK Notes due 2027, Series II (with interest per annum payable 7.00% in cash and 8.00% in PIK) (the “SoftBank Delayed Draw Notes”), having the same terms as, and issued under the same indenture as, the New First Lien Notes, but as a separate series. Pursuant to the First Lien NPA, SVF II is entitled to a 12.50% fee on up to $50 million in aggregate principal amount of SoftBank Delayed Draw Notes outstanding and held by SVF II in excess of $250 million in the form of additional SoftBank Delayed Draw Notes. In connection with the entry into the First Lien NPA, the Issuers and SVF II terminated SVF II’s existing $500 million commitment under the Secured NPA; and

•The Company issued and sold 35 million shares of Class A Common Stock in a private placement at a purchase price of $1.15 per share for aggregate proceeds of $40 million to a third party investor pursuant to the SPA. In addition, pursuant to the SPA, the Issuers agreed to issue and sell, at their option, and the third party investor agreed to purchase, from time to time and subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein, up to $175 million in aggregate principal amount of newly issued 15.00% First Lien Senior Secured PIK Notes due 2027, Series III (with interest per annum payable 7.00% in cash and 8.00% in PIK) (the “Third Party Investor Delayed Draw Notes”), having the same terms as, and issued under the same indenture as, the New First Lien Notes and the SoftBank Delayed Draw Notes, but as a separate series. Pursuant to the SPA, the third party investor is entitled to a 12.50% fee on up to $50 million in aggregate principal amount of Third Party Investor Delayed Draw Notes outstanding and held by the third party investor in excess of $125 million in the form of additional Third Party Investor Delayed Draw Notes. Any draw request by the Issuers under the SoftBank Delayed Draw Notes and the Third Party Investor Delayed Draw Notes shall be made as follows: (i) the first $250 million under the SoftBank Delayed Draw Notes and the first $125 million under the Third Party Investor Delayed Draw Notes shall be drawn ratably; and (ii) the final $50 million under each of the SoftBank Delayed Draw Notes and the Third Party Investor Delayed Draw Notes shall be drawn ratably. As of the date hereof, there have been no issuances of SoftBank Delayed Draw Notes or Third Party Investor Delayed Draw Notes.

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WEWORK INC.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

MARCH 31, 2023

(UNAUDITED)

As a result of various legal reorganization transactions undertaken in July 2019 as discussed in Note 1 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, The We Company became the holding company of our business, and the then-stockholders of WeWork Companies Inc. (our predecessor for financial reporting purposes) became the stockholders of The We Company. Effective October 14, 2020, The We Company changed its legal name to WeWork Inc. ("Legacy WeWork").

The Company holds an indirect general partner interest and indirect limited partner interests in The We Company Management Holdings L.P. (the “WeWork Partnership”). The WeWork Partnership owns 100% of the equity in WeWork Companies LLC. The Company, through the WeWork Partnership and WeWork Companies LLC, holds all the assets held by WeWork Companies Inc. prior to the July 2019 legal entity reorganization and is subject to all the liabilities to which WeWork Companies Inc. was subject prior to the 2019 legal entity reorganization.

The following Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements present the results of operations, financial position and cash flows of (i) WeWork Companies LLC and its consolidated subsidiaries, (ii) WeWork Inc. as a standalone legal entity, (iii) "Other Subsidiaries", other than WeWork Companies LLC and its consolidated subsidiaries, which are direct or indirect owners of WeWork Companies LLC, including but not limited to the WeWork Partnership, presented on a combined basis and (iv) the eliminations necessary to arrive at the information for WeWork Inc. on a consolidated basis.

The legal entity reorganization was accounted for as a transfer among entities under common control and the assets and liabilities transferred are recorded based on historical cost and the Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements including periods prior to the reorganization are presented as if the transfer occurred at the beginning of the periods presented. Investments in consolidated subsidiaries are presented under the equity method of accounting.

WeWork Inc. and the Other Subsidiaries are holding companies that conduct substantially all of their business operations through WeWork Companies LLC. As of March 31, 2023, based on the covenants and other restrictions of the Credit Agreement and the indentures governing the Company's notes, WeWork Companies LLC is restricted in its ability to transfer funds by loans, advances or dividends to WeWork Inc. and as a result, all of the net assets of WeWork Companies LLC are considered restricted net assets of WeWork Inc.

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING BALANCE SHEET

MARCH 31, 2023

(UNAUDITED)


(Amounts in millions)	WeWork Companies LLC & Subsidiaries (Consolidated)		WeWork Inc. (Standalone)		Other Subsidiaries (Combined)		Eliminations		WeWork Inc. Consolidated
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	212	$	—	$	12	$	—	$	224
Accounts receivable and accrued revenue, net	107		—		—		—		107



Prepaid expenses	135		1		3		—		139
Other current assets	368		—		—		—		368
Total current assets	822		1		15		—		838
Investments in and advances to/(from) consolidated subsidiaries	(16)		(3,962)		(3,823)		7,801		—
Property and equipment, net	4,193		—		—		—		4,193
Lease right-of-use assets, net	10,399		—		—		—		10,399


Equity method and other investments	60		—		—		—		60
Goodwill and intangible assets, net	736		—		—		—		736

Other assets	723		—		—		—		723
Total assets	$	16,917	$	(3,961)	$	(3,808)	$	7,801	$	16,949

Liabilities
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	$	486	$	1	$	8	$	—	$	495
Members’ service retainers	440		—		—		—		440


Deferred revenue	127		—		—		—		127
Current lease obligations	918		—		—		—		918

Other current liabilities	295		—		—		—		295
Total current liabilities	2,266		1		8		—		2,275
Long-term lease obligations	14,564		—		—		—		14,564


Long-term debt, net	3,576		—		—		—		3,576

Other liabilities	319		1		—		—		320

Total liabilities	20,725		2		8		—		20,735

Redeemable noncontrolling interests	(24)		—		—		—		(24)
Equity
Total WeWork Inc. shareholders' equity (deficit)	(3,823)		(3,963)		(3,978)		7,801		(3,963)
Noncontrolling interests	39		—		162		—		201
Total equity (deficit)	(3,784)		(3,963)		(3,816)		7,801		(3,762)
Total liabilities and equity	$	16,917	$	(3,961)	$	(3,808)	$	7,801	$	16,949

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING BALANCE SHEET

DECEMBER 31, 2022

(UNAUDITED)


(Amounts in millions)	WeWork Companies LLC & Subsidiaries (Consolidated)		WeWork Inc. (Standalone)		Other Subsidiaries (Combined)		Eliminations		WeWork Inc. Consolidated
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	277	$	—	$	10	$	—	$	287
Accounts receivable and accrued revenue, net	109		—		—		—		109



Prepaid expenses	134		1		3		—		138
Other current assets	155		—		—		—		155
Total current assets	675		1		13		—		689
Investments in and advances to/(from) consolidated subsidiaries	(20)		(3,667)		(3,521)		7,208		—
Property and equipment, net	4,391		—		—		—		4,391
Lease right-of-use assets, net	11,243		—		—		—		11,243


Equity method and other investments	63		—		—		—		63
Goodwill and intangible assets, net	737		—		—		—		737

Other assets	740		—		—		—		740
Total assets	$	17,829	$	(3,666)	$	(3,508)	$	7,208	$	17,863

Liabilities
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	$	514	$	3	$	9	$	—	$	526
Members’ service retainers	445		—		—		—		445


Deferred revenue	151		—		—		—		151
Current lease obligations	936		—		—		—		936

Other current liabilities	172		—		—		—		172
Total current liabilities	2,218		3		9		—		2,230
Long-term lease obligations	15,598		—		—		—		15,598


Long-term debt, net	3,208		—		—		—		3,208

Other liabilities	281		1		—		—		282

Total liabilities	21,305		4		9		—		21,318

Redeemable noncontrolling interests	(20)		—		—		—		(20)
Equity
Total WeWork Inc. shareholders' equity (deficit)	(3,521)		(3,670)		(3,687)		7,208		(3,670)
Noncontrolling interests	65		—		170		—		235
Total equity (deficit)	(3,456)		(3,670)		(3,517)		7,208		(3,435)
Total liabilities and equity	$	17,829	$	(3,666)	$	(3,508)	$	7,208	$	17,863

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED

MARCH 31, 2023

(UNAUDITED)


(Amounts in millions)	WeWork Companies LLC & Subsidiaries (Consolidated)		WeWork Inc. (Standalone)		Other Subsidiaries (Combined)		Eliminations		WeWork Inc. Consolidated
Revenue	$	849	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	849

Expenses:
Location operating expenses	724		—		—		—		724

Pre-opening location expenses	7		—		—		—		7


Selling, general and administrative expenses	155		—		—		—		155

Restructuring and other related (gains) costs	(58)		—		—		—		(58)
Impairment expense/(gain on sale)	77		—		—		—		77
Depreciation and amortization	148		—		—		—		148
Total expenses	1,053		—		—		—		1,053

Loss from operations	(204)		—		—		—		(204)

Interest and other income (expense), net:
Equity income (loss) from consolidated subsidiaries	—		(264)		(271)		535		—
Income (loss) from equity method and other investments	(2)		—		—		—		(2)
Interest expense	(131)		—		—		—		(131)
Interest income	4		—		—		—		4
Foreign currency gain (loss)	31		—		—		—		31


Total interest and other income (expense), net	(98)		(264)		(271)		535		(98)

Pre-tax loss	(302)		(264)		(271)		535		(302)
Income tax benefit (provision)	3		—		—		—		3
Net loss	(299)		(264)		(271)		535		(299)
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests:
Redeemable noncontrolling interests — mezzanine	6		—		—		—		6
Noncontrolling interest — equity	22		—		7		—		29
Net loss attributable to WeWork Inc.	$	(271)	$	(264)	$	(264)	$	535	$	(264)

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED

MARCH 31, 2022

(UNAUDITED)


(Amounts in millions)	WeWork Companies LLC & Subsidiaries (Consolidated)		WeWork Inc. (Standalone)		Other Subsidiaries (Combined)		Eliminations		WeWork Inc. Consolidated
Revenue	$	765	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	765
Expenses:
Location operating expenses	736		—		—		—		736

Pre-opening location expenses	47		—		—		—		47
Selling, general and administrative expenses	208		—		—		—		208




Restructuring and other related (gains) costs	(130)		—		—		—		(130)
Impairment expense/(gain on sale)	91		—		—		—		91
Depreciation and amortization	171		—		—		—		171
Total expenses	1,123		—		—		—		1,123
Loss from operations	(358)		—		—		—		(358)
Interest and other income (expense), net:
Equity income (loss) from consolidated subsidiaries	—		(438)		(453)		891		—
Income (loss) from equity method and other investments	6		—		—		.		6
Interest expense	(113)		—		—		—		(113)
Interest income	1		—		—		—		1
Foreign currency gain (loss)	(44)		—		—		—		(44)
Gain (loss) from change in fair value of warrant liabilities	—		3		—		—		3

Total interest and other income (expense), net	(150)		(435)		(453)		891		(147)
Pre-tax loss	(508)		(435)		(453)		891		(505)
Income tax benefit (provision)	(3)		—		4		—		1
Net loss	(511)		(435)		(449)		891		(504)
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests:
Redeemable noncontrolling interests — mezzanine	21		—		—		—		21
Noncontrolling interest — equity	37		—		11		—		48
Net loss attributable to WeWork Inc.	$	(453)	$	(435)	$	(438)	$	891	$	(435)

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED

MARCH 31, 2023

(UNAUDITED)


(Amounts in millions)	WeWork Companies LLC & Subsidiaries (Consolidated)		WeWork Inc. (Standalone)		Other Subsidiaries (Combined)		Eliminations		WeWork Inc. Consolidated
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:
Net loss	$	(299)	$	(264)	$	(271)	$	535	$	(299)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash from operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization	148		—		—		—		148

Impairment expense/(gain on sale)	77		—		—		—		77


Stock-based compensation expense	3		—		—		—		3



Non-cash interest expense	51		—		—		—		51

Equity income (loss) from consolidated subsidiaries	—		264		271		(535)		—


Foreign currency (gain) loss	(31)		—		—		—		(31)
Other non-cash operating expenses	4		—		—		—		4


Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Operating lease right-of-use assets	817		—		—		—		817
Current and long-term lease obligations	(1,004)		—		—		—		(1,004)



Accounts receivable and accrued revenue	2		—		—		—		2
Other assets	(33)		—		—		—		(33)
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	(9)		(2)		(1)		—		(12)
Deferred revenue	(24)		—		—		—		(24)
Other liabilities	17		—		—		—		17

Advances to/from consolidated subsidiaries	(5)		2		3		—		—
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	(286)		—		2		—		(284)
Cash Flows from Investing Activities:
Purchases of property and equipment and capitalized software	(59)		—		—		—		(59)






Other investing	(2)		—		—		—		(2)







Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities	(61)		—		—		—		(61)
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:


Proceeds from issuance of debt	723		—		—		—		723
Repayments of debt	(351)		—		—		—		(351)


Additions to members’ service retainers	92		—		—		—		92
Refunds of members’ service retainers	(99)		—		—		—		(99)
Other financing	(12)		—		—		—		(12)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	353		—		—		—		353
Effects of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash	(1)		—		—		—		(1)
Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash	5		—		2		—		7
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash—Beginning of period	289		—		10		—		299
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash—End of period	$	294	$	—	$	12	$	—	$	306

CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

FOR THREE MONTHS ENDED

MARCH 31, 2022

(UNAUDITED)


(Amounts in millions)	WeWork Companies LLC & Subsidiaries (Consolidated)		WeWork Inc. (Standalone)		Other Subsidiaries (Combined)		Eliminations		WeWork Inc. Consolidated
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:
Net loss	$	(511)	$	(435)	$	(449)	$	891	$	(504)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash from operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization	171		—		—		—		171

Impairment expense/(gain on sale)	91		—		—		—		91


Stock-based compensation expense	13		—		—		—		13



Non-cash interest expense	53		—		—		—		53

Equity income (loss) from consolidated subsidiaries	—		438		453		(891)		—


Foreign currency (gain) loss	44		—		—		—		44


Other non-cash operating expenses	(7)		(3)		—		—		(10)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Operating lease right-of-use assets	347		—		—		—		347
Current and long-term lease obligations	(470)		—		—		—		(470)



Accounts receivable and accrued revenue	29		—		—		—		29
Other assets	(40)		—		—		—		(40)
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	(66)		3		—		—		(63)
Deferred revenue	3		—		—		—		3
Other liabilities	(5)		3		—		—		(2)

Advances to/from consolidated subsidiaries	301		(50)		(251)		—		—
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	(47)		(44)		(247)		—		(338)
Cash Flows from Investing Activities:
Purchases of property and equipment and capitalized software	(74)		—		—		—		(74)










Other investing	(14)		—		—		—		(14)

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities	(88)		—		—		—		(88)
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:



Repayments of debt	(1)		—		—		—		(1)


Additions to members’ service retainers	99		—		—		—		99
Refunds of members’ service retainers	(75)		—		—		—		(75)
Other financing	(1)		—		—		—		(1)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	22		—		—		—		22
Effects of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash	(1)		—		—		—		(1)
Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash	(114)		(44)		(247)		—		(405)
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash—Beginning of period	640		45		250		—		935
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash—End of period	$	526	$	1	$	3	$	—	$	530

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Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Overview

WeWork is the leading global flexible workspace provider, serving a membership base of businesses large and small through our network of 781 locations, including 617 Consolidated Locations (as defined in the section entitled "Key Performance Indicators"), around the world as of March 2023. With our global footprint, we have worked to establish ourselves as the preeminent brand within the space-as-a-service category by combining best-in-class locations and design with member-first hospitality and exceptional community experiences. Since new management was instituted in 2020, we immediately began to execute a strategic plan to transform our business. With a more efficient operating model and cost conscious mindset, moving forward we expect to pursue profitable growth and focus on the digitization of our real estate in order to enhance our product offerings, and expand and diversify our membership base, while continuously meeting the growing demand for flexibility.

WeWork’s core business offering provides flexibility across space, time and cost. Whether users are looking for a dedicated desk, a private office or a fully customized floor, our members have the flexibility to choose the amount of space they need and scale with us as their businesses grow. Members also have the optionality to choose the type of membership that works for them, with a range of flexible offerings that provide access to space on a monthly subscription basis, through a multi-year membership agreement or on a pay-as-you-go basis. Additionally, a WeWork membership provides members with portability of cost, giving our members the flexibility to move part or all of an existing commitment to a new market, region or country.

Membership agreements provide our members with access to space along with certain baseline amenities and services, such as private phone booths, internet, high-speed business printers and copiers, mail and packaging handling, front desk services, 24/7 building access, unique common areas and daily enhanced cleaning for no additional cost.

Beyond the amenities offered, we believe that our community team is what sets us apart from other space providers in the industry. With a member-first mindset, our community teams provide an exceptional level of hospitality by not only overseeing onsite operations and supporting day-to-day needs, but also focusing on cultivating meaningful relationships with and between our members to deliver a premium experience.

By providing all of the overhead services required to find and operate office space, WeWork significantly reduces the complexity and cost of leasing real estate to a simplified membership model.

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, we accelerated our efforts to digitize our real estate offering through the launch of the WeWork All Access and WeWork On Demand products (collectively, "WeWork Access"). WeWork All Access is a monthly subscription-based model that provides members with access to book space at any participating WeWork location within their home country. Through WeWork All Access, members can book dedicated desks, conference rooms and private offices right from their phones – enabling users to choose when, where and how they work. WeWork On Demand provides users pay-as-you-go access to book individual workspace or conference rooms at nearby WeWork locations, giving members the flexibility to book individual workspace by the hour or conference rooms by the day on the WeWork On Demand mobile app.

Key Performance Indicators

To evaluate our business, measure our performance, identify trends affecting our business, formulate business plans and make strategic decisions, we rely on our financial results prepared in accordance with GAAP, non-GAAP measures, and the following key performance indicators.

For certain key performance indicators, the amounts we present are based on whether the indicator relates to a location for which the revenues and expenses of the location are consolidated within our results of operations ("Consolidated Locations") or whether the indicator relates to a location for which the

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revenues and expenses are not consolidated within our results of operations, but for which we are entitled to a management fee for our advisory services ("Unconsolidated Locations"). As of March 31, 2023, our Unconsolidated Locations include our locations in India, the Greater China region, Israel, South Africa and certain Common Desk Inc. ("Common Desk") locations under management agreements.

Unless otherwise noted, we present our key performance indicators as an aggregation of Consolidated Locations and Unconsolidated Locations ("Systemwide Locations"). As presented in this Form 10-Q, certain amounts, percentages and other figures have been subject to rounding adjustments. Accordingly, figures shown as totals, dollars or percentage amounts of changes may not represent the arithmetic summation or calculation of the figures that precede them. Any totals of key performance indicators presented as of a period end reflect the count as of the first day of the last month in the period. First-of-the-month counts are used because the economics of those counts generally impact the results for that monthly period, and most move-ins and openings occur on the first day of the month.

Workstation Capacity

Workstation capacity represents the estimated number of workstations available at total open locations.

Workstation capacity is a key indicator of our scale and our capacity to sell memberships across our network of locations. Our future sales and marketing expenses and capital expenditures will be a function of our efforts to increase workstation capacity. The cost at which we build out our workstations affects our capital expenditures, and the cost at which we acquire memberships and fill our workstations affects our sales and marketing expenses. As of March 2023, we had total workstation capacity of 904 thousand, down less than 2% from 920 thousand as of March 2022, with the decrease as a direct result of the Company's continued operational restructuring efforts to exit leases throughout 2022 and 2023.

Workstation capacity is presented in this Form 10-Q rounded to the nearest thousand. Workstation capacity is based on management’s best estimates of capacity at a location based on our inventory management system and sales layouts and is not meant to represent the actual count of workstations at our locations.

Memberships

Memberships are the cumulative number of physical memberships, WeWork All Access memberships, and WeMemberships (the latter of which are certain predecessor products). Physical memberships provide access to a workstation and represent the number of memberships from our various product offerings, including our standard dedicated desks, private offices and customized floors. WeWork All Access memberships are monthly memberships providing an individual with access to participating WeWork locations. WeMemberships are legacy products that provide member user login access to the WeWork member network online or through the mobile application as well as access to service offerings and the right to reserve space on an à la carte basis, among other benefits. Each physical membership, WeWork All Access membership, and other legacy memberships is considered to be one membership.

The number of memberships is a key indicator of the adoption of our global membership network, the scale and reach of our network and our ability to fill our locations with members. Memberships also represent monetization opportunities from our current and future service offerings. Memberships are presented in this Form 10-Q rounded to the nearest thousand. Memberships can differ from the number of individuals using workspace at our locations for a number of reasons, including members utilizing workspace for fewer individuals than the space was designed to accommodate.

As of March 2023, we had 741 thousand total memberships, an increase of 8% from 684 thousand memberships as of March 2022. This increase in total memberships included a 6% increase in physical memberships and a 40% increase in WeWork All Access and Other Legacy Memberships. Total memberships decreased slightly from 754 thousand as of December 2022, primarily driven by Enterprise Membership churn and the closure of some of our Consolidated Locations.

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Physical Occupancy Rate

Physical occupancy rates are calculated by dividing physical memberships by workstation capacity in a location. Physical occupancy rates are a way of measuring how full our workspaces are. As of March 2023, our physical occupancy rate was 73%, compared to 68% as of March 2022. The increase in physical occupancy rate was primarily due to a 6% increase in physical memberships as members continue returning to the office.

Physical Membership Average Revenue per Membership

Physical membership monthly average revenue per membership ("ARPM") is calculated by dividing membership and service revenue less WeWork Access revenue and Unconsolidated Locations management fee revenue by Consolidated Locations cumulative physical memberships in the period. For example, a member that is active for ten months of the year would represent ten cumulative physical memberships. Physical membership monthly ARPM is a way of measuring the impact of revenue due to changes in price or rate. For the three months ended March 31, 2023, our physical membership monthly ARPM was $490, compared to $484 as of March 31, 2022. The increase in Physical membership monthly ARPM was primarily due to a $17 million increase in early termination fees.

A calculation of Physical Membership Monthly ARPM is set forth below:


(Amounts in millions, except memberships in thousands and ARPM in ones)	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2023		2022
Membership and service revenue	$	844	$	747
WeWork Access revenue	(59)		(36)
Unconsolidated Locations management fee revenue	(6)		(3)
Consolidated Locations Physical Membership and Service revenue	779		708
Consolidated Locations cumulative physical memberships	1,590		1,465
Physical Membership Monthly ARPM	$	490	$	484

Enterprise Physical Membership Percentage

Enterprise memberships represent memberships attributable to Enterprise Members, which we define as organizations with 500 or more full-time employees. Enterprise Members are strategically important for our business as they typically sign membership agreements with longer-term commitments and for multiple solutions, which enhances our revenue visibility.

Enterprise physical membership percentage represents the percentage of our memberships attributable to these organizations. There is no minimum number of workstations that an organization needs to reserve in order to be considered an Enterprise Member. For example, an organization with 700 full-time employees that pays for 50 of its employees to occupy workstations at our locations would be considered one Enterprise Member with 50 memberships. As of March 2023, 45% of our Consolidated Locations physical memberships were attributable to Enterprise Members, down from 46% as of both March 2022 and December 2022. For the three months ended March 31, 2023, Enterprise Memberships accounted for 46% of membership and service revenue compared to 45% for the three months ended March 31, 2022.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

To evaluate the performance of our business, we rely on both our results of operations prepared in accordance with GAAP as well as certain non-GAAP financial measures, including Adjusted EBITDA, Free Cash Flow, and constant-currency presentation of certain financial measures. These non-GAAP measures, as discussed further below, are not defined or calculated under principles, standards or rules that comprise GAAP. Accordingly, the non-GAAP financial measures we use and refer to should not be viewed as a substitute for financial measures calculated in accordance with GAAP and we encourage you

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not to rely on any single financial measure to evaluate our business, financial condition, or results of operations. These non-GAAP financial measures are supplemental measures that we believe provide management and our investors with a more detailed understanding of our performance. Our definitions of Adjusted EBITDA, Free Cash Flow, and constant-currency described below are specific to our business and you should not assume that they are comparable to similarly titled financial measures that may be presented by other companies.

Adjusted EBITDA

We supplement our GAAP financial results by evaluating Adjusted EBITDA, which is a non-GAAP measure. We define "Adjusted EBITDA" as net loss before income tax (benefit) provision, interest and other (income) expenses, net, depreciation and amortization, restructuring and other related (gains) costs, impairment expense/(gain on sale), stock-based compensation expense, stock-based payments for services rendered by consultants, change in fair value of contingent consideration liabilities, legal, tax and regulatory reserves or settlements, legal costs incurred by the Company in connection with regulatory investigations and litigation regarding the Company’s 2019 withdrawn initial public offering and the related execution of the SoftBank Transactions, as defined in Note 1 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in this Form 10-Q, net of any insurance or other recoveries, and expense related to mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and capital raising activities.

A reconciliation of net loss, the most comparable GAAP measure, to Adjusted EBITDA is set forth below:


	Three Months Ended March 31,
(Amounts in millions)	2023		2022
Net loss(1)	$	(299)	$	(504)
Income tax (benefit) provision(1)	(3)		(1)
Interest and other (income) expenses, net(1)	98		147
Depreciation and amortization(1)	148		171
Restructuring and other related (gains) costs(1)	(58)		(130)
Impairment expense/(gain on sale)(1)	77		91
Stock-based compensation expense(2)	3		13





Other, net(3)	5		1
Adjusted EBITDA	$	(29)	$	(212)

(1)As presented on our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

(2)Represents the non-cash expense of our equity compensation arrangements for employees, directors, and consultants.

(3)Other, net includes the remaining adjustments described above and are included in selling, general and administrative expenses on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

When used in conjunction with GAAP financial measures, we believe that Adjusted EBITDA is a useful supplemental measure of operating performance because it facilitates comparisons of historical performance by excluding non-cash items such as stock-based payments, fair market value adjustments and impairment charges and other amounts not directly attributable to our primary operations, such as the impact of restructuring costs, acquisitions, disposals, non-routine investigations, litigation and settlements. Depreciation and amortization relate primarily to the depreciation of our leasehold improvements, equipment and furniture. These capital expenditures are incurred and capitalized subsequent to the commencement of our leases and are depreciated over the lesser of the useful life of the asset or the term of the lease. The initial capital expenditures are assessed by management as an investing activity, and the related depreciation and amortization are non-cash charges that are not considered in management’s assessment of the daily operating performance of our locations. As a result the impact of depreciation and amortization is excluded from our calculation of Adjusted EBITDA. Restructuring and other related (gains) costs relate primarily to the decision to slow growth and terminate leases and are therefore not ordinary course costs directly attributable to the daily operation of our locations. In addition, while the legal costs incurred by the Company in connection with regulatory investigations and litigation

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regarding the Company’s 2019 withdrawn initial public offering and the related execution of the SoftBank Transactions are cash expenses, these are not expected to be recurring after the matters are resolved and they do not represent expenses necessary for our business operations.

Adjusted EBITDA is also a key metric used internally by our management to evaluate performance and develop internal budgets and forecasts.

Adjusted EBITDA has limitations as an analytical tool, should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for analyzing our results as reported under GAAP and does not provide a complete understanding of our operating results as a whole. Some of these limitations are:

•it does not reflect changes in, or cash requirements for, our working capital needs;

•it does not reflect our interest expense or the cash requirements necessary to service interest or principal payments on our debt;

•it does not reflect our tax expense or the cash requirements to pay our taxes;

•it does not reflect historical capital expenditures or future requirements for capital expenditures or contractual commitments;

•although stock-based compensation expenses are non-cash charges, we rely on equity compensation to compensate and incentivize employees, directors and certain consultants, and we may continue to do so in the future; and

•although depreciation, amortization and impairments are non-cash charges, the assets being depreciated and amortized will often have to be replaced in the future, and this non-GAAP measure does not reflect any cash requirements for such replacements.

Free Cash Flow

Because of the limitations of Adjusted EBITDA, as noted above, we also supplement our GAAP results by evaluating Free Cash Flow, a non-GAAP measure. We define "Free Cash Flow" as net cash provided by (used in) operating activities less purchases of property, equipment and capitalized software, each as presented in the Company's Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows and calculated in accordance with GAAP.

A reconciliation of net cash provided by (used in) operating activities, the most comparable GAAP measure, to Free Cash Flow is set forth below:


	Three Months Ended March 31,
(Amounts in millions)	2023			2022
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities (1)	$	(284)		$	(338)
Less: Purchases of property, equipment and capitalized software (1)	(59)			(74)
Free Cash Flow	$	(343)	0	$	(412)

(1)As presented on our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.

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business. Free Cash Flow is also a key metric used internally by our management to develop internal budgets, forecasts and performance targets.

Free Cash Flow has limitations as an analytical tool, should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for analyzing our results as reported under GAAP and does not provide a complete understanding of our results and liquidity as a whole. Some of these limitations are:

•it only includes cash outflows for purchases of property, equipment and capitalized software and not for other investing cash flow activity or financing cash flow activity;

•it is subject to variation between periods as a result of changes in working capital and changes in timing of receipts and disbursements;

•although non-cash GAAP straight-line lease costs are non-cash adjustments, these charges generally reflect amounts we will be required to pay our landlords in cash over the lifetime of our leases; and

Constant-Currency

We supplement our GAAP financial results and Adjusted EBITDA by evaluating our results on a constant-currency basis. We believe that the disclosure of our financial results on a constant-currency basis is a useful supplemental measure of operating performance because it facilitates comparisons of historical performance by excluding the effects of foreign currency volatility. We calculate our constant-currency results by translating the prior year functional currency results at the current period actual foreign currency exchange rate. The presentation of financial results on a constant-currency basis should be considered in addition to, but not a substitute for, measures of financial performance reported in accordance with GAAP.

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The following table sets forth the constant-currency impact of foreign exchange for certain financial measures on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Results of Operations and Adjusted EBITDA for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022:


	Three Months Ended March 31,							%	%
		2023		2022					Change		Change
(Amounts in millions, except percentages)		Actual Currency		Actual Currency		FX Impact			Actual Currency		Constant Currency




Revenue		$	849	$	765	$	(25)		11	%	15	%
Expenses:
Location operating expenses—cost of revenue(1)		724		736		(23)			(2)	%	2	%

Pre-opening location expenses		7		47		(1)			(85)	%	(85)	%
Selling, general and administrative expenses(2)		155		208		(3)			(25)	%	(24)	%
Restructuring and other related (gains) costs		(58)		(130)		(1)			(55)	%	(56)	%
Impairment expense/(gain on sale)		77		91		5			(15)	%	(20)	%
Depreciation and amortization		148		171		(5)			(13)	%	(11)	%
Total expenses		$	1,053	$	1,123	$	(28)		(6)	%	(4)	%

Loss from operations		(204)		(358)		3			(43)	%	(43)	%












Adjusted EBITDA(3)		$	(29)	$	(212)	$	2		(86)	%	(86)	%

(1)Exclusive of depreciation and amortization shown separately on the Depreciation and amortization line in the amount of $141 million and $158 million for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

(2)Includes cost of revenue in the amount of $1 million and $13 million during the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

(3)See section entitled "Key Performance Indicators — Non-GAAP Financial Measures — Adjusted EBITDA" for a reconciliation of net loss, the most comparable GAAP measure, to Adjusted EBITDA.

Key Factors Affecting the Comparability of Our Results

Foreign Currency Translation

As a global company, the comparability of our results of operations may be impacted by fluctuations in the foreign currency exchange rates used to translate our financial results to the U.S. dollar in countries where the U.S. dollar is not the functional currency. As the U.S. dollar strengthens relative to the functional currencies of our international operations, our international revenues will be unfavorably impacted, and as the U.S. dollar weakens relative to other functional currencies our international revenues will be favorably impacted.

See section above entitled "Key Performance Indicators — Non-GAAP Financial Measures — Constant Currency" for more information on how we supplement our financial results by evaluating them on a constant currency basis.

Restructuring and Impairments

In September 2019, we commenced an operational restructuring program to improve our financial position and refocus on our core space-as-a-service business, establishing an expected path to profitable growth.

During the three months ended March 31, 2023, we achieved an additional 25% reduction of total costs related to selling, general and administrative costs totaling $53 million compared to the three months ended March 31, 2022. During the three months ended March 31, 2023, we also terminated leases associated with a total of 24 previously opened locations, including 3 locations associated with sale of our net assets in WeWork South Africa (Pty) Ltd , bringing the total terminations since the beginning of the restructuring to 276.

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amended over 540 leases for a combination of partial terminations to reduce our leased space, rent reductions, rent deferrals, offsets for tenant improvement allowances and other strategic changes. These amendments and full and partial lease terminations have resulted in an estimated reduction of approximately $11.6 billion in total future undiscounted fixed minimum lease cost payments that were scheduled to be paid over the life of the original executed lease agreements, including changes to the obligations of ChinaCo which occurred during the period it was consolidated.

Management is continuing to evaluate our real estate portfolio in connection with our ongoing restructuring efforts and expects to exit additional leases over the remainder of the restructuring period. The Company anticipates that there may be additional impairment, restructuring and related costs during 2023, consisting primarily of lease termination charges, other exit costs and costs related to ceased use buildings, as the Company is still in the process of finalizing its operational restructuring plans.

As of March 31, 2023, we believe that the positive changes we have made and our focused business plan with enhanced cost discipline will set the stage for our future success as we continue to increase our membership offerings and expand our footprint strategically through flexible and capital light growth alternatives.

As the Company continues to execute on its operational restructuring program and experiences the benefits of our efforts to create a leaner, more efficient organization, results may be less comparable period over period.

See Note 4 of the notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this Form 10-Q for additional information regarding our restructuring activities and impairment.

Components of Results of Operations

We assess the performance of our locations differently based on whether the revenues and expenses of the location are consolidated within our results of operations, which we refer to as Consolidated Locations, or whether the revenues and expenses of the location are not consolidated within our results of operations but for which we are entitled to a management fee for our services, such as locations in India, the Greater China region, Israel, South Africa and certain Common Desk locations. The term “locations” includes only Consolidated Locations when used in the sections entitled “—Components of Results of Operations" and "—Comparison of the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022” but includes both Consolidated Locations and Unconsolidated Locations when used elsewhere in this Form 10-Q.

Revenue

Revenue includes membership and service revenue as well as other revenue as described below.

Membership revenue represents membership fees, net of discounts from sales of physical memberships ("WeWork Membership revenue") and membership fees, net of discounts from sales of WeWork All Access Memberships, WeWork On Demand and WeMemberships (collectively, "WeWork Access revenue"). We derive a significant majority of our revenue from recurring membership fees. The price of each membership varies based on the type of workplace solution selected by the member, the geographic location of the space occupied, and any monthly allowances for business services, such as conference room reservations and printing or copying allotments, that are included in the base membership fee. All memberships include access to our community through the WeWork app. Membership revenue is recognized monthly, on a ratable basis, over the life of the agreement, as access to space is provided. From time to time, members may terminate long term membership agreements for an early termination fee. The early termination fees are recognized as a component of Membership revenue and are amortized over the remaining duration of the membership agreement.

Service revenue primarily includes additional billings to members for ancillary business services in excess of the monthly allowances mentioned above. Services offered to members include access to conference rooms, printing, photocopies, initial set-up fees, phone and IT services, parking fees and other services.

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Service revenue also includes commissions we earn from third-party service providers. We offer access to a variety of business and other services to our members, often at exclusive rates, and receive a percentage of the sale when one of our members purchases a service from a third party. These services range from business services to lifestyle perks. Service revenue also includes any management fee income for services provided to locations in India, the Greater China region, Israel, certain Common Desk locations, and South Africa (after March 1, 2023). Service revenue is recognized on a monthly basis as the services are provided.

Service revenue does not include any revenue recognized related to other non-core offerings not related to our space-as-a-service offering.

Other revenue primarily includes our former Powered by We design and development services in which we offered on-site office management that provides integrated design, construction and space management services.

Design and development services performed are recognized as revenue over time based on a percentage of contract costs incurred to date compared to the total estimated contract cost. The Company identifies only the specific costs incurred that contribute to the Company’s progress in satisfying the performance obligation. Contracts are generally segmented between types of services, such as consulting contracts, design and construction contracts, and operate contracts. Revenues related to each respective type of contract are recognized as or when the respective performance obligations are satisfied. When total cost estimates for these types of arrangements exceed revenues in a fixed-price arrangement, the estimated losses are recognized immediately.

Other revenue also includes revenue generated from various other non-core offerings, not directly related to the revenue we earn under our membership agreements through which we provide space-as-a-service.

Also included in other revenue is other management and advisory fees earned. Other revenues are generally recognized over time, on a monthly basis, as the services are performed.

Location Operating Expenses

Location operating expenses include the day-to-day costs of operating an open location and exclude pre-opening costs, depreciation and amortization and general sales and marketing, which are separately recorded.

Lease Cost

Our most significant location operating expense is lease cost. Lease cost is recognized on a straight-line basis over the life of the lease term in accordance with GAAP based on the following three key components:

•Lease cost contractually paid or payable represents cash payments due for base and contingent rent, common area maintenance amounts and real estate taxes payable under the Company’s lease agreements, recorded on an accrual basis of accounting, regardless of the timing of when such amounts were actually paid.

•Amortization of lease incentives represents the amortization of amounts received or receivable for tenant improvement allowances and broker commissions (collectively, “lease incentives”), amortized on a straight-line basis over the terms of our leases.

•Non-cash GAAP straight-line lease cost represents the adjustment required under GAAP to recognize the impact of "free rent" periods and lease cost escalation clauses on a straight-line basis over the term of the lease. Non-cash GAAP straight-line lease cost also includes the amortization of capitalized initial direct costs associated with obtaining a lease.

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Other Location Operating Expenses

Other location operating expenses typically include utilities, ongoing repairs and maintenance, cleaning expenses, office expenses, security expenses, credit card processing fees and food and beverage costs. Location operating expenses also include personnel and related costs for the teams managing our community operations, including member relations, new member sales and member retention and facilities management.

Pre-Opening Location Expenses

Pre-opening location expenses include all expenses incurred while a location is not open for members. The primary components of pre-opening location expenses are lease cost expense, including our share of tenancy costs (including real estate and related taxes and common area maintenance charges), utilities, cleaning, personnel and related expenses and other costs incurred prior to generating revenue. Personnel expenses are included in pre-opening location expenses as we staff our locations prior to their opening to help ensure a smooth opening and a successful member move-in experience. Pre-opening location expenses also consist of expenses incurred during the period in which a workspace location has been closed for member operations and all members have been relocated to a new workspace location, prior to management's decision to enter negotiations to terminate a lease.

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

Selling, general and administrative ("SG&A") expenses consist primarily of personnel and stock-based compensation expenses related to our corporate employees, technology, consulting, legal and other professional services expenses, and costs for our corporate offices, such as costs associated with our billings, collections, purchasing and accounts payable functions. Also included in SG&A expenses are general sales and marketing efforts, including advertising costs, member referral fees, and costs associated with strategic marketing events, and various other costs we incur to manage and support our business.

SG&A expenses also include cost of goods sold in connection with our former Powered by We on-site office design, development and management solutions.

Also included are corporate design, development, warehousing, logistics and real estate costs and expenses incurred researching and pursuing new markets, solutions and services, and other expenses related to the Company's growth and global expansion incurred during periods when the Company was focused on expansion. These costs include non-capitalized personnel and related expenses for our development, design, product, research, real estate, growth talent acquisition, mergers and acquisitions, legal, technology research and development teams and related professional fees and other expenses incurred such as growth related recruiting fees, employee relocation costs, due diligence, integration costs, transaction costs, contingent consideration fair value adjustments relating to acquisitions, write-off of previously capitalized costs for which the Company is no longer moving forward with the lease or project and other routine asset impairments and write-offs.

We expect that overall SG&A expenses will decrease as a percentage of revenue over time as we continue to execute on our operational restructuring plans aimed to enhance our operating efficiency and leverage the historical investments in people and technology that we have made to support the growth of our global community.

Restructuring and Other Related (Gains) Costs and Impairment Expense/(Gain on Sale)

See the section entitled "—Key Factors Affecting Comparability of Our Results—Restructuring and Impairments" above for details surrounding the components of these financial statement line items.

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Depreciation and Amortization Expense

Depreciation and amortization primarily relates to the depreciation expense recorded on our property and equipment, the most significant component of which are the leasehold improvements made to our real estate portfolio.

Interest and Other Income (Expense)

Interest and other income (expense) is comprised of interest income, interest expense, extinguishment of debt expense, earnings from equity method and other investments, foreign currency gain (loss), and gain (loss) from change in fair value of warrant liabilities.

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Condensed Consolidated Results of Operations

The following table sets forth the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Results of Operations and other key metrics for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022:


(Amounts in millions)	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2023		2022
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations information:
Revenue:
Condensed Consolidated Locations membership and service revenue	$	838	$	744
Unconsolidated Locations management fee revenue	6		3
Other revenue	5		18
Total revenue	849		765
Expenses:
Location operating expenses—cost of revenue (1)	724		736

Pre-opening location expenses	7		47
Selling, general and administrative expenses(2)	155		208
Restructuring and other related (gains) costs	(58)		(130)
Impairment expense/(gain on sale)	77		91
Depreciation and amortization	148		171
Total expenses	1,053		1,123

Loss from operations	(204)		(358)





Interest and other income (expense), net	(98)		(147)

Pre-tax loss	(302)		(505)
Income tax benefit (provision)	3		1
Net loss	(299)		(504)
Noncontrolling interests	35		69
Net loss attributable to WeWork Inc.	$	(264)	$	(435)

(1)Exclusive of depreciation and amortization shown separately on the depreciation and amortization line in the amount of $141 million and $158 million for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

(2)Includes cost of revenue in the amount of $1 million and $13 million during the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

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Other key performance indicators (in thousands, except for percentages):	March 31,
	2023		2022

Consolidated Locations

Workstation Capacity	720		746
Physical Memberships	527		501
All Access and Other Legacy Memberships	75		55
Memberships(1)	602		555
Physical Occupancy Rate	73	%	67	%
Enterprise Physical Membership Percentage	45	%	46	%

Unconsolidated Locations

Workstation Capacity	184		174
Physical Memberships	137		128
All Access and Other Legacy Memberships	2		—
Memberships	139		128
Physical Occupancy Rate	75	%	73	%

Systemwide Locations

Workstation Capacity	904		920
Physical Memberships	664		628
All Access and Other Legacy Memberships	77		55
Memberships(1)	741		684
Physical Occupancy Rate	73	%	68	%

(1)Consolidated Locations and Systemwide Locations Memberships include WeMemberships of 2 thousand and 3 thousand as of March 2023 and 2022, respectively. WeMemberships are legacy products that provide member user login access to the WeWork member network online or through the mobile application as well as access to service offerings and the right to reserve space on an à la carte basis, among other benefits.

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Condensed Consolidated Results of Operations as a Percentage of Revenue

The following table sets forth our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations information as a percentage of revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022:


	Three Months Ended March 31,
		2023		2022
Revenue		100	%	100	%
Expenses:
Location operating expenses—cost of revenue(1)		85	%	96	%

Pre-opening location expenses		1	%	6	%


Selling, general and administrative expenses(1)		18	%	27	%

Restructuring and other related (gains) costs		(7)	%	(17)	%
Impairment expense/(gain on sale)		9	%	12	%
Depreciation and amortization		17	%	22	%
Total operating expenses		124	%	147	%

Loss from operations		(24)	%	(47)	%





Interest and other income (expense), net		(12)	%	(19)	%
Pre-tax loss		(36)	%	(66)	%
Income tax benefit (provision)		—	%	—	%
Net loss		(35)	%	(66)	%
Noncontrolling interests		4	%	9	%
Net loss attributable to WeWork Inc.		(31)	%	(57)	%

(1)Exclusive of depreciation and amortization shown separately on the depreciation and amortization line.

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Comparison of the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022

Revenue

Comparison of the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022


	Three Months Ended March 31,				Change
(Amounts in million, except percentages)	2023		2022		$		%
Physical membership and service revenue	$	785	$	711	$	74	10	%
WeWork Access revenue	59		36		23		64	%
Total membership and service revenue	$	844	$	747	$	97	13	%
Other revenue	5		18		(13)		(72)	%
Total revenue	$	849	$	765	$	84	11	%
Foreign currency impact	N/A		(25)
Constant-currency total revenue	$	849	$	740	$	109	15	%

Total revenue increased $84 million and 11%, or 15% on a constant-currency basis. This increase was primarily driven by total membership and service revenue, which increased $97 million to $844 million for the three months ended March 31, 2023, from $747 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022. The increase in membership and service revenue was primarily driven by a 5% increase in physical memberships to approximately 527 thousand physical memberships as of March 2023 from approximately 501 thousand physical memberships as of March 2022, resulting in monthly average physical memberships increasing 9% to approximately 530 thousand for the three months ended March 31, 2023 from approximately 488 thousand monthly average physical memberships for the three months ended March 31, 2022. Physical membership monthly ARPM increased 1% to $490 for the three months ended March 31, 2023 from $484 for the three months ended March 31, 2022, which is primarily attributable to a $17 million increase in early termination fees for the three months ended March 31, 2023. See section below entitled "Quarterly Results of Operations" for the physical memberships as of each sequential quarterly period.

We continue to focus our efforts on digitizing our real estate offering through WeWork All Access and WeWork On Demand, which has resulted in an increase of All Access memberships to approximately 75 thousand as of March 2023 from approximately 55 thousand as of March 2022. The increase in WeWork All Access memberships also resulted in an increase of our WeWork Access revenue to $59 million during the three months ended March 31, 2023 from $36 million during the three months ended March 31, 2022.

The increases in revenue discussed above were partially offset by a 72% decrease in other revenue to $5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2023, from $18 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022. This decrease was primarily driven by the decrease in revenue to $1 million from $13 million for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively, related to Powered by We development services, as various ongoing projects reached substantial completion during 2022.

See Note 14 and Note 20 of the notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this Form 10-Q for additional details on remaining revenue commitments and geographic concentration of revenue, respectively.

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Location Operating Expenses

Comparison of the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022


	Three Months Ended March 31,				Change
(Amounts in millions, except percentages)	2023		2022		$		%
Location operating expenses	$	724	$	736	$	(12)	(2)	%
Impact of foreign exchange	N/A		(23)
Constant-currency location operating expenses	$	724	$	713	$	11	2	%

Location operating expenses decreased $12 million and 2%, or increased 2% on a constant-currency basis. This decrease is mainly attributable to the foreign currency impact seen above and continued cost cutting strategies, partially offset by location openings discussed below. As a percentage of total revenue, location operating expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2023 decreased by 11 percentage points to 85% compared to 96% for the three months ended March 31, 2022. The decrease in location operating expenses as a percentage of total revenue is attributed to both our continued cost cutting strategies in addition to an increase in occupancy from 67% in March 2022 to 73% in March 2023.

The Company terminated leases associated with a total of 24 previously opened locations during the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 35 previously open locations during the year ended December 31, 2022. The location decreases were partially offset by the opening of 4 locations during the three months ended March 31, 2023 and the opening in addition to 36 location openings during the year ended December 31, 2022. During the three months ended March 31, 2023, the Company also successfully amended over 40 leases which include partial terminations to reduce our leased space, rent reductions, rent deferrals, offsets for tenant improvement allowances and other strategic changes.

Our most significant location operating expense is real estate operating lease cost, which includes the following components and changes:


	Three Months Ended March 31,				Change
(Amounts in millions, except percentages)	2023		2022		$		%
Lease cost contractually paid or payable	$	618	$	624	$	(6)	(1)	%
Non-cash GAAP straight-line lease cost	21		30		(9)		(30)	%
Amortization of lease incentives	(65)		(70)		5		(7)	%
Total real estate operating lease cost	$	574	$	584	$	(10)	(2)	%

The following table includes the components of real estate operating lease cost included in location operating expenses as a percentage of membership revenue:


	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2023		2022		Change %
Lease cost contractually paid or payable	78	%	88	%	(10)	%
Non-cash GAAP straight-line lease cost	3	%	4	%	(2)	%
Amortization of lease incentives	(8)	%	(10)	%	2	%
Total real estate operating lease cost	72	%	82	%	(10)	%

The $9 million decrease in non-cash GAAP straight-line lease cost was driven by continued lease terminations during the three months ended March 31, 2023, decreases in lease cost escalations and the end of free rent periods. The decrease in non-cash GAAP straight-line lease cost is also attributed to the decrease in our weighted average remaining lease term. The impact of straight-lining lease cost typically increases straight-line lease cost adjustments in the first half of the life of a lease, when lease cost

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recorded in accordance with GAAP exceeds cash payments made, and then decreases lease cost in the second half of the life of the lease, when lease cost is less than the cash payments required. The impact of straight-lining of lease cost nets to zero over the life of a lease.

The $6 million decrease in lease cost contractually paid or payable was generally due to continued lease terminations and partially offset by amendments, including extensions or renewals, during the three months ended March 31, 2023.

The $5 million decrease in amortization of lease incentives benefit was primarily due to locations that incurred amortization of lease incentive benefits during the three months ended March 31, 2022 no longer incurring amortization during the three months ended March 31, 2023 due to the lease terminations discussed above.

The remaining net decrease in all other location operating expenses consisted of decreases related to payroll, office expenses and cleaning costs. These decreases were offset by an increase in consumables, bad debt expense and utilities during the three months ended March 31, 2023, driven by an increase in physical occupancy to 73% as of March 2023 from 67% as of March 2022.

Pre-Opening Location Expenses

Comparison of the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022


	Three Months Ended March 31,				Change
(Amounts in millions, except percentages)	2023		2022		$		%
Pre-opening location expenses	$	7	$	47	$	(40)	(85)	%
Impact of foreign exchange	N/A		(1)
Constant-currency pre-opening location expenses	$	7	$	46	$	(39)	(85)	%

Pre-opening location expenses decreased $40 million to $7 million, primarily as a result of a net decrease in lease costs from location openings and terminating leases at locations that were previously closed for member operations throughout 2022. During the three months ended March 31, 2023, there were 4 location openings in addition to 36 location openings during the year ended December 31, 2022.

Our most significant pre-opening location expense is real estate operating lease cost for the period before a location is open for member operations, which includes the following components and changes:


	Three Months Ended March 31,				Change
(Amounts in millions, except percentages)	2023		2022		$		%
Lease cost contractually paid or payable	$	5	$	33	$	(28)	(85)	%
Non-cash GAAP straight-line lease cost	2		16		(14)		(88)	%
Amortization of lease incentives	(1)		(5)		4		(80)	%
Total pre-opening location real estate operating lease cost	$	6	$	44	$	(38)	(86)	%

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Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

Comparison of the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022


	Three Months Ended March 31,				Change
(Amounts in millions, except percentages)	2023		2022		$		%
Selling, general and administrative expenses	$	155	$	208	$	(53)	(25)	%
Impact of foreign currency	N/A		(3)
Constant-currency selling, general and administrative expenses	$	155	$	205	$	(50)	(24)	%

SG&A expenses decreased $53 million and 25%, or 24% on a constant-currency basis, to $155 million for the three months ended March 31, 2023 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2022. As a percentage of total revenue, SG&A expenses decreased by 9 percentage points to 18% for the three months ended March 31, 2023, compared to 27% for the three months ended March 31, 2022, driven primarily by our continued focus on our goal of creating a leaner, more efficient organization.

During the three months ended March 31, 2023, compared to the three months ended March 31, 2022, there were decreases of $26 million in employee compensation and benefits expenses as a result of slowing our growth, continued focus on creating a leaner, more efficient organization and our recent reduction in workforce. There were also decreases of $12 million in cost of revenue related to Powered by We development services, as various ongoing projects reached substantial completion during 2022. Additionally, there were decreases of $9 million related to stock-based compensation, $4 million in hosting and software expenses and $4 million in consulting fees.

Restructuring and other related (gains) costs

Comparison of the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022


	Three Months Ended March 31,				Change
(Amounts in millions, except percentages)	2023		2022		$		%
Restructuring and other related (gains) costs	$	(58)	$	(130)	$	72	(55)	%
Impact of foreign exchange	N/A		(1)
Constant-currency restructuring and other related (gains) costs	$	(58)	$	(131)	$	73	(56)	%

Restructuring and other related (gains) costs decreased $72 million to $(58) million for the three months ended March 31, 2023, primarily due to a $47 million decrease in gains on terminated leases associated with a total of 24 previously open locations during the three months ended March 31, 2023 compared to 13 previously open locations during the three months ended March 31, 2022. The decrease in restructuring and other related (gains) costs was also due to a $15 million decrease in costs related to ceased use buildings and partially offset by a $5 million increase in legal and other exit costs. Management is continuing to evaluate the Company's real estate portfolio in connection with its ongoing restructuring efforts and expects to exit additional leases.

For additional information on restructuring and other related (gains) costs, see Note 4 of the notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this Form 10-Q and "—Key Factors Affecting Comparability of Our Results—Restructuring and Impairments" above.

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Impairment expense/(gain on sale)

Comparison of the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022


	Three Months Ended March 31,				Change
(Amounts in millions, except percentages)	2023		2022		$		%



Impairment expense/(gain on sale)	$	77	$	91	$	(14)	(15)	%
Impact of foreign exchange	N/A		5
Constant-currency Impairment expense/(gain on sale)	$	77	$	96	$	(19)	(20)	%

In connection with the operational restructuring program and related changes in the Company's leasing plans discussed above and the impacts on our operations from certain macroeconomic events such as COVID-19, the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, potential economic recession, rising interest rates, and/or inflation, the Company has recorded impairment expenses on our long-lived assets. Impairment expense/(gain on sale) decreased $14 million to $77 million for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and included the following components:


		Three Months Ended March 31,				Change
(Amounts in millions)	2023	2022		$		%



Impairment and write-off of long-lived assets associated with restructuring		$	71	$	56	$	15	27	%
Impairment expense, other		15		35		(20)		(57)	%
Impairment of assets held for sale		3		—		3		N/M

Gain on sale of assets		(12)		—		(12)		N/M



Total		$	77	$	91	$	(14)	(15)	%

N/M = not meaningful

For additional information on impairments, see Note 4 of the notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this Form 10-Q and "—Key Factors Affecting Comparability of Our Results—Restructuring and Impairments" above.

Depreciation and Amortization Expense

Comparison of the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022


	Three Months Ended March 31,				Change
(Amounts in millions, except percentages)	2023		2022		$		%
Depreciation and amortization expense	$	148	$	171	$	(23)	(13)	%
Impact of foreign exchange	N/A		(5)
Constant-currency depreciation and amortization expense	$	148	$	166	$	(18)	(11)	%

Depreciation and amortization expense decreased $23 million and 13%, or 11% on a constant-currency basis, and for the three months ended March 31, 2023 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2022, primarily driven by a decrease in depreciable assets as a result of the decrease in the number of our Consolidated Locations and workstation capacity and impairment expenses incurred throughout 2022 and into 2023.

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Interest and Other Income (Expense), Net

Comparison of the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022


	Three Months Ended March 31,				Change
(Amounts in millions, except percentages)	2023		2022		$		%
Income (loss) from equity method investments	$	(2)	$	6	$	(8)	(133)	%
Interest expense	(131)		(113)		(18)		16	%
Interest income	4		1		3		300	%
Foreign currency gain (loss)	31		(44)		75		(170)	%
Gain (loss) on change in fair value of warrant liabilities	—		3		(3)		(100)	%

Interest and other income (expense), net	$	(98)	$	(147)	$	49	(33)	%

Interest and other income (expense), net decreased $49 million to $(98) million for the three months ended March 31, 2023 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2022. The decrease was primarily driven by a $75 million increase in foreign currency gain during the three months ended March 31, 2023 as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2022, primarily driven by the foreign currency denominated intercompany transactions that are not of a long-term investment nature as a result of our prior international expansion and currency fluctuations against the U.S. dollar. The $31 million foreign currency gain during the three months ended March 31, 2023 was primarily impacted by fluctuations in the U.S. dollar-British Pound and U.S. dollar-Euro.

Interest expense increased by $18 million, driven primarily by a $10 million extinguishment of debt in connection with the Sixth Amendment to the Credit Agreement. See Note 18 of the notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this Form 10-Q for additional information on the Credit Agreement. The increase in interest expense also includes a $5 million increase in interest expense from the issuance of $250 million Secured Notes during the three months ended March 31, 2023.

Income (loss) from equity method investments decreased by $8 million during the three months ended March 31, 2023, compared to the three months ended March 31, 2022 primarily due to a $8 million decrease of the Company's share of income (loss) related to our equity method investments. See Note 9 of the notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this Form 10-Q for further details on equity method and other investments.

Income Tax Benefit (Provision)

Comparison of the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022


	Three Months Ended March 31,				Change
(Amounts in millions, except percentages)	2023		2022		$		%
Income tax benefit (provision)	$	3	$	1	$	2	200	%

There was a $2 million net increase in income tax benefit for the three months ended March 31, 2023, compared to the three months ended March 31, 2022, which was primarily due to the release in valuation allowance in jurisdictions where the Company generates taxable income offset by cash taxes accrued.

Our effective income tax rate during the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 was lower than the U.S. federal statutory rate primarily due to the effect of certain non-deductible permanent differences and valuation allowances.

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Net Loss Attributable to Noncontrolling Interests

During 2017 through 2023, various consolidated subsidiaries issued equity to other parties in exchange for cash as more fully described in Note 8 of the notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this Form 10-Q. As we have the power to direct the activities of these entities that most significantly impact their economic performance and the right to receive benefits that could potentially be significant to these entities, they remain our consolidated subsidiaries, and the interests owned by the other investors and the net income or loss and comprehensive income or loss attributable to the other investors are reflected as noncontrolling interests on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss, respectively.

The decrease in the net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests from three months ended March 31, 2022 to the three months ended March 31, 2023 of $34 million, is primarily due to decreased net losses incurred by JapanCo and LatamCo.

In October 2021, Mr. Neumann converted 19,896,032 vested WeWork Partnership Profits Interest Units into WeWork Partnership Class A common units. As a result of the 2.71% ownership of the WeWork Partnership during the three months ended March 31, 2023, the Company allocated a loss of $7 million through noncontrolling interests, as compared to $11 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022.

See Note 9 of the notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this Form 10-Q for discussion of the Company’s non-consolidated VIEs.

Net Loss Attributable to WeWork Inc.

As a result of the factors described above, we recorded a net loss attributable to WeWork Inc. of $(264) million for the three months ended March 31, 2023 compared to $(435) million for the three months ended March 31, 2022.

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Quarterly Results of Operations

The following table sets forth certain unaudited financial and operating information for the quarterly periods presented and certain non-GAAP financial measures. The quarterly information includes all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments) that, in the opinion of management, are necessary for a fair presentation of the information presented. This information should be read in conjunction with the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and related notes thereto included elsewhere in this Form 10-Q.


			Three Months Ended
(Amounts in millions, except ARPM in ones)	March 31, 2023		December 31, 2022		September 30, 2022		June 30, 2022		March 31, 2022		December 31, 2021		September 30, 2021		June 30, 2021		March 31, 2021
Revenue:
Consolidated Locations membership and service revenue	$	838	$	834	$	809	$	796	$	744	$	694	$	625	$	564	$	575


Unconsolidated Locations management fee revenue and cost reimbursement revenue	6		4		6		5		3		2		2		1		4
Other revenue	5		10		2		14		18		22		34		28		19
Total revenue	849		848		817		815		765		718		661		593		598
Expenses:
Location operating expenses—cost of revenue (1)	724		712		730		736		736		733		752		780		818
Pre-opening location expenses	7		13		23		38		47		42		40		43		35


Selling, general and administrative expenses (1)	155		157		181		189		208		278		234		227		274
Restructuring and other related (gains) costs	(58)		(10)		(34)		(26)		(130)		(48)		16		(28)		494
Impairment expense/(gain on sale)	77		401		97		36		91		241		88		242		299
Depreciation and amortization	148		156		156		158		171		174		171		180		184
Total expenses	1,053		1,429		1,153		1,131		1,123		1,420		1,301		1,444		2,104
Loss from operations	(204)		(581)		(336)		(316)		(358)		(702)		(640)		(851)		(1,506)
Interest and other income (expense), net	(98)		55		(290)		(316)		(147)		(103)		(206)		(68)		(553)
Pre-tax loss	(302)		(526)		(626)		(632)		(505)		(805)		(846)		(919)		(2,059)
Income taxes benefit (provision)	3		(1)		(3)		(3)		1		2		2		(4)		(3)
Net loss	(299)		(527)		(629)		(635)		(504)		(803)		(844)		(923)		(2,062)
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests	35		73		61		58		69		88		42		34		30
Net loss attributable to WeWork Inc.	$	(264)	$	(454)	$	(568)	$	(577)	$	(435)	$	(715)	$	(802)	$	(889)	$	(2,032)






Adjusted EBITDA (2)	$	(29)	$	(26)	$	(105)	$	(134)	$	(212)	$	(283)	$	(356)	$	(449)	$	(446)

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	$	(284)	$	(88)	$	(110)	$	(197)	$	(338)	$	(373)	$	(380)	$	(618)	$	(541)
Less: Purchases of property, equipment and capitalized software	(59)		(68)		(95)		(101)		(74)		(105)		(61)		(42)		(129)
Free Cash Flow(3)	$	(343)	$	(156)	$	(205)	$	(298)	$	(412)	$	(478)	$	(441)	$	(660)	$	(670)

Physical Membership Monthly ARPM(4)	$	490	$	481	$	477	$	481	$	484	$	484	$	485	$	482	$	500

(1)Exclusive of depreciation and amortization shown separately on the depreciation and amortization line.

(2)Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP financial measure. A reconciliation of net loss, the most comparable GAAP measure, to Adjusted EBITDA is set forth below:

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			Three Months Ended
(Amounts in millions)	March 31, 2023		December 31, 2022		September 30, 2022		June 30, 2022		March 31, 2022		December 31, 2021		September 30, 2021		June 30, 2021		March 31, 2021
Net loss	$	(299)	$	(527)	$	(629)	$	(635)	$	(504)	$	(803)	$	(844)	$	(923)	$	(2,062)
Income tax (benefit) provision	(3)		1		3		3		(1)		(2)		(2)		4		3
Interest and other (income) expense	98		(55)		290		316		147		103		206		68		553
Depreciation and amortization	148		156		156		158		171		174		171		180		184
Restructuring and other related (gains) costs	(58)		(10)		(34)		(26)		(130)		(48)		16		(28)		494
Impairment expense/(gain on sale)	77		401		97		36		91		241		88		242		299
Stock-based compensation expense	3		10		13		13		13		48		4		4		54





Other, net	5		(2)		(1)		1		1		4		5		4		29
Adjusted EBITDA	$	(29)	$	(26)	$	(105)	$	(134)	$	(212)	$	(283)	$	(356)	$	(449)	$	(446)

(3)Free Cash Flow is a non-GAAP financial measure. A reconciliation of Free Cash Flow to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities is presented in the table above.

(4)A calculation of Physical Membership Monthly ARPM, an operating metric, is set forth below:


			Three Months Ended
(Amounts in millions, except memberships in thousands, and ARPM in ones)	March 31, 2023		December 31, 2022		September 30, 2022		June 30, 2022		March 31, 2022		December 31, 2021		September 30, 2021		June 30, 2021		March 31, 2021
Membership and service revenue	$	844	$	838	$	815	$	801	$	747	$	696	$	627	$	565	$	579
WeWork Access revenue	(59)		(50)		(47)		(45)		(36)		(29)		(20)		(13)		(9)
Unconsolidated Locations management fee revenue	(6)		(4)		(6)		(5)		(3)		(2)		(2)		(1)		(4)
Consolidated Locations Physical Membership and Service revenue	779		784		762		751		708		665		605		551		567
Consolidated Locations cumulative physical memberships	1,590		1,629		1,596		1,562		1,465		1,373		1,248		1,143		1,134
Physical Membership Monthly ARPM	$	490	$	481	$	477	$	481	$	484	$	484	$	485	$	482	$	500

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Other key performance indicators (in thousands, except for revenue in millions and percentages):	March 31, 2023			December 31, 2022			September 30, 2022			June 30, 2022			March 31, 2022			December 31, 2021			September 30, 2021			June 30, 2021			March 31, 2021

Consolidated Locations
Membership and service revenues	$	838		$	834		$	809		$	796		$	744		$	694		$	625		$	564		$	575
Workstation Capacity	720			731			756			749			746			746			766			770			804
Physical Memberships	527			547			536			528			501			469			432			386			378
All Access and Other Legacy Memberships	75			70			67			62			55			45			32			20			15
Memberships	602			617			603			589			555			514			464			406			393
Physical Occupancy Rate	73		%	75		%	71		%	70		%	67		%	63		%	56		%	50		%	47		%
Enterprise Physical Membership Percentage	45		%	46		%	47		%	45		%	46		%	47		%	49		%	52		%	52		%

Unconsolidated Locations
Membership and service revenues(1)	$	133		$	129		$	132		$	134		$	134		$	133		$	119		$	101		$	90
Workstation Capacity	184			175			173			172			174			166			165			168			160
Physical Memberships	137			135			135			133			128			121			114			110			97
All Access and Other Legacy Memberships	2			1			1			—			—			—			—			1			—
Memberships	139			136			136			134			128			121			114			111			97
Physical Occupancy Rate	75		%	77		%	78		%	77		%	73		%	73		%	69		%	66		%	61		%

Systemwide Locations
Membership and service revenues (2)	$	971		$	963		$	941		$	930		$	878		$	827		$	744		$	665		$	665
Workstation Capacity	904			906			928			922			920			912			932			937			963
Physical Memberships	664			682			671			661			628			590			546			496			475
All Access and Other Legacy Memberships	77			71			68			62			55			46			32			20			15
Memberships	741			754			739			723			684			635			578			517			490
Physical Occupancy Rate	73		%	75		%	72		%	72		%	68		%	65		%	59		%	53		%	49		%

(1)Unconsolidated membership and service revenues represents the results of Unconsolidated Locations that typically generate ongoing management fees for the Company at a rate of 2.75-7.00% of applicable revenue.

(2)Systemwide Location membership and service revenues represents the results of all locations regardless of ownership.

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Liquidity and Capital Resources

Following the consummation of the Transactions, we expect that our principal sources of funds to meet our short-term and long-term liquidity requirements for working capital, expenses, capital expenditures, lease security, other investments and repurchases or repayments of outstanding indebtedness and other liabilities will include:

•Cash on hand of $224 million of cash and cash equivalents as of March 31, 2023, of which $43 million is held by our consolidated VIEs that will be used first to settle obligations of the VIEs and is also subject to the restrictions, including with respect to declaring dividends, as discussed below; and

•The ability to draw up to $475 million in delayed draw notes in the form of (i) $300 million of SoftBank Delayed Draw Notes under the First Lien NPA and (ii) $175 million of Third Party Delayed Draw Notes under the SPA, none of which have been drawn as of the date hereof.

The Company's strategic plan used for evaluating liquidity includes future growth initiatives, such as signing new leases, and continued execution of our operational restructuring program. The actual timing at which we may achieve profitability and positive cash flow from operations depends on a variety of factors, including the occupancy of our locations, the rates we are able to charge, the success of our cost efficiency efforts, economic and competitive conditions in the markets where we operate, general macroeconomic conditions, the pace at which we choose to grow and our ability to add new members and new products and services to our platform.

Alternate long-term growth plans may require raising additional capital. The Company regularly evaluates alternatives for efficiently funding our operations and/or refinancing our existing indebtedness and paying any related accrued interests, premiums and fees, which may include, among other things, issuance of additional equity or debt financing and other opportunistic financing transactions, subject to prevailing market conditions and other considerations. Our future financing requirements and the future financing requirements of our consolidated VIEs will depend on many factors, including the number of new locations to be opened, our net member retention rate, the timing and extent of spending to support the development of our platform, the expansion of our sales and marketing activities and potential investments in, or acquisitions of, businesses or technologies. In the event that additional financing is required from outside sources, we may not be able to raise it on terms acceptable to us or at all. In addition, the incurrence of indebtedness would result in increased fixed obligations and could result in operating covenants that restrict our operations.

The Company's liquidity forecasts are based upon continued execution of its operational restructuring program and also includes management's best estimate of the currently evolving macroeconomic landscape, including a potential economic recession, rising interest rates, inflation, and the slower than expected recovery in certain markets from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. These factors may continue to have an impact on WeWork's business and its liquidity needs; however, the extent to which the Company's future results and liquidity needs are further affected will largely depend on the delays in location openings, our members' renewal of their membership agreements, the effect on demand for WeWork memberships, any permanent shifts in working from home and the Company's ongoing lease negotiations with its landlords, among others. WeWork believes continued execution of its operational restructuring program and its current liquidity position will be sufficient to help it alleviate the continued near-term uncertainty and meet near-term requirements. Its assessment assumes a continued growth in its revenues and occupancy. If the Company does not experience a continued recovery consistent with its projected timing, additional capital sources may be required, the timing and source of which are uncertain. There is no assurance the Company will be successful in securing additional sources of financing if and when needed.

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During the three months ended March 31, 2023, our primary sources of cash were from membership receipts, the $250 million Secured Note issuance and the $120 million Junior LC Tranche draw. Our primary uses of cash included fixed operating lease cost and capital expenditures associated with the design and build-out of our spaces. We have also incurred costs related to our operational restructuring including lease termination fees, legal fees and other exit costs. Cash payments of restructuring liabilities, net totaled $48 million during the three months ended March 31, 2023. Pre-opening location expenses, SG&A expenses and cash payments made for acquisitions and investments have also historically included large discretionary uses of cash which can and have been scaled back to the extent needed based on our future cash needs. We also may elect to repurchase or retire amounts of our outstanding debt for cash, through open market repurchases or privately negotiated transactions with certain of our debt holders, although there is no assurance we will do so.

We believe our sources of liquidity described above and in more detail below, including the consummation in full of the Transactions, will be sufficient to meet our obligations as of March 31, 2023 over the next 12 months from the date of this Form 10-Q.

Consolidated Variable Interest Entities ("VIEs")

As of March 31, 2023, our consolidated VIEs held the following, in each case after intercompany eliminations:


	March 31, 2023
(Amounts in millions)	SBG JVs(1)		Other VIEs(2)
Cash and cash equivalents	$	36	$	7
Restricted cash	3		—
Total assets	2,241		11
Total liabilities	2,146		1
Redeemable stock issued by VIEs	80		—
Total net assets (3)	15		10

(1)The “SBG JVs” as of March 31, 2023 include only JapanCo and LatamCo. As of March 31, 2023, JapanCo and LatamCo were prohibited from declaring dividends (including to us) without approval of an affiliate of SoftBank Group Capital Limited. As a result, any net assets of JapanCo and LatamCo would be considered restricted net assets to the Company as of March 31, 2023. The net assets of the SBG JVs include membership interest in JapanCo issued to affiliates of SBG with liquidation preferences totaling $500 million as of March 31, 2023 and ordinary shares in LatamCo totaling $80 million as of March 31, 2023 that are redeemable upon the occurrence of event that is not solely within the control of the company. After reducing the net assets of the SBG JVs by the liquidation preference associated with such membership interest and redeemable ordinary shares, the remaining net assets of the SBG JVs is negative as of March 31, 2023.

(2)"Other VIEs” includes the WeCap Manager and WeCap Holdings Partnership.

Based on the terms of the arrangements as of March 31, 2023, the assets of our consolidated VIEs will be used first to settle obligations of the VIEs. Remaining assets may then be distributed to the VIEs' owners, including us, subject to the liquidation preferences of certain noncontrolling interest holders and any other preferential distribution provisions contained within the operating agreements of the relevant VIEs. Other than the restrictions relating to our SBG JVs discussed in note (1) to the table above, third-party approval for the distribution of available net assets is not required for any of our consolidated VIEs as of March 31, 2023. See the section entitled "—7.875% Senior Notes" below for a discussion on additional restrictions on the net assets of WeWork Companies LLC.

As of March 31, 2023, creditors of our consolidated VIEs do not have recourse against the general credit of the Company except with respect to certain lease guarantees we have provided to landlords of our consolidated VIEs, which guarantees totaled $196 million as of March 31, 2023. In addition, as of

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March 31, 2023, the Company also continues to guarantee $3 million and $2 million of lease obligations of ChinaCo. and South Africa, respectively.

We do not expect distributions from our consolidated VIEs or unconsolidated investments to be a significant source of liquidity and our assessment of our ability to meet our capital requirements over the next 12 months does not assume that we will receive distributions from those entities.

Sources of Liquidity

As of March 31, 2023, we had $22 million of principal debt maturing within the next 12 months and our total debt consisted of the following:


	Maturity Year	Interest Rate	Outstanding Principal Balance
(Amounts in millions, except percentages)
5.00% Senior Notes	2025	5.00%	$	2,200
7.875% Senior Notes	2025	7.875%	669
Junior LC Tranche(1)	2025	14.628%	470
Secured Notes	2025	7.500%	250
Other Loans	2023 - 2026	3.3% - 20.6%	27
Total debt, excluding deferred financing costs			$	3,616

(1)As of March 31, 2023, the reimbursement obligations under the Junior LC Tranche bear interest at the Term SOFR Rate with a floor of 0.75%, plus 9.90%.

For further information on our debt, please see Note 12 of the notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this Form 10-Q.

7.875% Senior Notes

In April 2018, we issued $702 million in aggregate principal amount of 7.875% Senior Notes (the "7.875% Senior Notes") in a private offering. The 7.875% Senior Notes will mature on May 1, 2025 and bear interest at 7.875% per annum, payable semi-annually in cash. We received gross proceeds of $702 million from the issuance of the 7.875% Senior Notes. As of March 31, 2023, $669 million in aggregate principal amount of 7.875% Senior Notes remains outstanding.

The indenture that governs the 7.875% Senior Notes (the “Unsecured Indenture”) restricts us from incurring indebtedness or liens or making certain investments or distributions, subject to a number of exceptions. Certain of these exceptions included in the Unsecured Indenture are subject to us having Minimum Growth-Adjusted EBITDA (as defined in the Unsecured Indenture) for the most recent four consecutive fiscal quarters. For incurrences in fiscal years ending December 31, 2022-2025, the Minimum Growth-Adjusted EBITDA required for the immediately preceding four consecutive fiscal quarters is $2.0 billion. For the four quarters ended March 31, 2023, the Company's Minimum Growth-Adjusted EBITDA, as calculated in accordance with the Unsecured Indenture, was less than the $2.0 billion requirement effective as of January 1, 2022. As a result, we were restricted in our ability to incur certain new indebtedness in certain circumstances, unless such Minimum Growth-Adjusted EBITDA increases above the threshold required. The restrictions of the Unsecured Indenture do not impact our ability to access the unfunded commitments pursuant to the Secured NPA.

Subsequent to the Company's July 2019 legal entity reorganization, WeWork Companies LLC (the “Issuer”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, and WW Co-Obligor Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Issuer (the “Co-Obligor” and, together with the Issuer, the “Issuers”) became co-issuers of the 7.875% Senior Notes. The 7.875% Senior Notes are also fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the Company and certain of the Issuer’s subsidiaries. The Company and the other subsidiaries that sit above the Issuer in our legal structure are holding companies that conduct substantially all of their business operations through the Issuer. As of March 31, 2023, based on the covenants and other

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restrictions of the Unsecured Indenture, the Issuer is restricted in its ability to transfer funds by loans, advances or dividends to the Company and, as a result, all of the net assets of the Issuer are considered restricted net assets of the Company. See "Supplementary Information — Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet" included in Part I, Item 1 of this Form 10-Q for additional details regarding the net assets of the Issuer.

For the year ended March 31, 2023, our non-guarantor subsidiaries represented approximately 59% of our total revenue, approximately 15% of loss from operations, and contributed positive Adjusted EBITDA (as defined in the Unsecured Indenture). As of March 31, 2023, our non-guarantor subsidiaries represented approximately 49% of our total assets, and had $0.8 billion of total liabilities, including trade payables but excluding intercompany liabilities and lease obligations.

In connection with the consummation of the Exchange Offers, we exchanged $505 million in aggregate principal amount of 7.875% Senior Notes and $541 million in aggregate principal amount of 5.00% Senior Notes, Series II, for (i) $687 million in aggregate principal amount of New Second Lien Notes, (ii) $23 million in aggregate principal amount of New Third Lien Notes and (iii) 250 million shares of Class A Common Stock of the Company. Following the consummation of the Exchange Offers, $164 million in aggregate principal amount of 7.875% Senior Notes and $9 million in aggregate principal amount of 5.00% Senior Notes, Series II, remain outstanding.

5.00% Senior Notes

On December 27, 2019, the Issuer, the Co-Obligor and StarBright WW LP (the “Notes Purchaser”), an affiliate of SBG, entered into the Master Senior Unsecured Notes Note Purchase Agreement (as amended, waived or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Unsecured NPA”), pursuant to which the Notes Purchaser agreed to purchase from the Issuers up to $2.2 billion of 5.00% Senior Notes due 2025 (the “5.00% Senior Notes”). Starting on July 10, 2020, the Issuers issued and sold $2.2 billion of 5.00% Senior Notes in multiple closings to the Notes Purchaser and entered into a Senior Notes Indenture, dated as of July 10, 2020 (the “Original Unsecured Indenture”), by and among the Issuers, the guarantors party thereto, and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association (as successor trustee). As of March 31, 2023, an aggregate principal amount of $2.2 billion of 5.00% Senior Notes were issued and none remained available for draw under the Unsecured NPA. The 5.00% Senior Notes will mature on July 10, 2025 and bear interest at 5.00% per annum, payable semi-annually in cash. However, because the associated warrants obligate the Company to issue shares in the future, the implied interest rate upon closing was approximately 11.69%.

Pursuant to the Unsecured NPA, the Notes Purchaser may notify the Issuer that it intends to engage an investment bank or investment banks to offer and sell all or a portion of the 5.00% Senior Notes outstanding to third-party investors in a private placement. On December 16, 2021, following the Notes Purchaser’s exercise of its resale rights under the Unsecured NPA, the Issuers amended and restated the Original Unsecured Indenture (as so amended, the “A&R Unsecured Indenture”) to subdivide the 5.00% Senior Notes into two series, one of which consisted of $550 million in aggregate principal amount of 5.00% Senior Notes due 2025, Series II (the "5.00% Senior Notes, Series II"), and the other consisted of the remaining $1.65 billion in aggregate principal amount of 5.00% Senior Notes due 2025, Series I (the "5.00% Senior Notes, Series I"), and the Notes Purchaser (through certain initial purchasers) resold the 5.00% Senior Notes due 2025, Series II, to qualified investors in a private offering exempt from registration under the Securities Act. The 5.00% Senior Notes, Series I, remain held by the Notes Purchaser. The A&R Unsecured Indenture contains negative covenants that are substantially similar to those included in the Unsecured Indenture, as further described above.

In connection with the consummation of the Exchange Offers, we exchanged $505 million in aggregate principal amount of 7.875% Senior Notes and $541 million in aggregate principal amount of 5.00% Senior Notes, Series II, for (i) $687 million in aggregate principal amount of New Second Lien Notes, (ii) $23 million in aggregate principal amount of New Third Lien Notes and (iii) 250 million shares of Class A Common Stock of the Company. In addition, we exchanged all of the $1.65 billion in aggregate principal

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amount of 5.00% Senior Notes, Series I, for (i) $188 million in aggregate principal amount of New Second Lien Exchangeable Notes, (ii) $270 million in aggregate principal amount of New Third Lien Exchangeable Notes and (iii) an aggregate of 1.1 billion shares of Class A Common Stock of the Company. Following the consummation of the Exchange Offers, $164 million in aggregate principal amount of 7.875% Senior Notes and $9 million in aggregate principal amount of 5.00% Senior Notes, Series II, remain outstanding.

Secured Notes

The Issuers are party to that certain Amended and Restated Master Senior Secured Notes Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 20, 2021, as amended by Amendment No. 1, dated as of December 16, 2021, and Amendment No. 2, dated as of November 9, 2022 (as further amended, waived or otherwise modified from time to time, “Secured NPA”), with SVF II, pursuant to which SVF II agreed to purchase from the Issuers up to $500 million of Senior Secured Notes due 2025 (the “Secured Notes”), with a scheduled step down to approximately $446 million in February 2024.

The Secured NPA allows the Issuers to issue and sell to SVF II every 30 days up to the maximum remaining capacity of Secured Notes available thereunder, with minimum draws of $50 million. Pursuant to the Secured NPA, SVF II may notify the Issuer that it intends to engage an investment bank or investment banks to offer and sell all or a portion of the Secured Notes outstanding or to be issued in connection with a draw notice to third-party investors in a private placement. In addition, pursuant to the Secured NPA, as thereafter modified, the Issuer is required to pay SVF II a commitment fee of $10 million (2.00% of the $500 million commitment available under the Secured NPA), to be paid in quarterly installments beginning on January 10, 2024. Following the entry into the Transaction Support Agreement (as defined herein) in March 2023, the Company may draw upon the remaining $250 million in aggregate principal of Secured Notes, each draw subject to the terms of the Secured NPA, subject to the following schedule: (i) a draw request of $50 million which may be made no earlier than April 1, 2023; (ii) a subsequent draw request of no more than $75 million which may be made no earlier than May 1, 2023; (iii) another subsequent draw request of no more than $75 million which may be made no earlier than June 1, 2023; and if applicable, (iv) a draw request of $50 million thereafter.

As of March 31, 2023, one draw notice had been delivered pursuant to the Secured NPA and $250 million Secured Notes were outstanding. In January 2023, the Issuers issued and sold $250 million of Secured Notes to SVF II under the Secured NPA and entered into a Senior Secured Notes Indenture, dated as of January 3, 2023 (the “Secured Indenture”), by and among the Issuers, the guarantors party thereto and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee and collateral agent. The Secured Notes will mature on March 15, 2025 and bear interest (i) until February 15, 2024, at 7.50% per annum, payable semi-annually in cash, and (ii) from and after February 15, 2024 and until maturity, at 11.00% per annum, payable in-kind. The Secured Indenture contains negative covenants that are substantially similar to those included in the Unsecured Indenture, as further described above, subject to certain changes to reflect existing commitments and indebtedness outstanding at the time of entry into the Secured Indenture. In April 2023, the Issuers issued and sold $50 million of Secured Notes to SVF II under the Secured NPA.

In connection with the consummation of the Transactions, the Issuers redeemed $300 million in aggregate principal amount of Secured Notes, including $250 million issued as of March 31, 2023 and the $50 million issued in April 2023. In connection with the entry into the First Lien NPA, the Issuers and SVF II terminated SVF II’s remaining commitment under the Secured NPA.

Delayed Draw Notes

In connection with the consummation of the Transactions, the Issuers and SVF II entered into the First Lien NPA pursuant to which the Issuers agreed to issue and sell, at their option, and SVF II agreed to purchase, from time to time and subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein, up to $300 million in aggregate principal amount of SoftBank Delayed Draw Notes, having the same terms as, and issued

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under the same indenture as, the New First Lien Notes, but as a separate series. Pursuant to the First Lien NPA, SVF II is entitled to a 12.50% fee on up to $50 million in aggregate principal amount of SoftBank Delayed Draw Notes outstanding and held by SVF II in excess of $250 million in the form of additional SoftBank Delayed Draw Notes.

In addition, pursuant to the SPA, the Issuers agreed to issue and sell, at their option, and the third party investor agreed to purchase, from time to time and subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein, up to $175 million in aggregate principal amount of Third Party Investor Delayed Draw Notes, having the same terms as, and issued under the same indenture as, the New First Lien Notes and the SoftBank Delayed Draw Notes, but as a separate series. Pursuant to the SPA, the third party investor is entitled to a 12.50% fee on up to $50 million in aggregate principal amount of Third Party Investor Delayed Draw Notes outstanding and held by the third party investor in excess of $125 million in the form of additional Third Party Investor Delayed Draw Notes. Any draw request by the Issuers under the SoftBank Delayed Draw Notes and the Third Party Investor Delayed Draw Notes shall be made as follows: (i) the first $250 million under the SoftBank Delayed Draw Notes and the first $125 million under the Third Party Investor Delayed Draw Notes shall be drawn ratably; and (ii) the final $50 million under each of the SoftBank Delayed Draw Notes and the Third Party Investor Delayed Draw Notes shall be drawn ratably.

Credit Agreement

The Company is party to the Credit Agreement, dated as of December 27, 2019 (as amended or otherwise modified from time to time, including by the Sixth Amendment to the Credit Agreement, dated as of February 15, 2023 (the “Sixth Amendment to the Credit Agreement”), the “Credit Agreement”). As of March 31, 2023, the Credit Agreement provided for a $960 million senior tranche letter of credit facility (the “Senior LC Tranche”), and a $470 million junior tranche letter of credit facility (the “Junior LC Tranche”), both scheduled to terminate in March 2025. As of March 31, 2023, $1.0 billion of standby letters of credit were outstanding under the Senior LC Tranche, with no additional letters of credit available to be issued thereunder, including $48 million of undrawn letters of credit secured by $71 million of cash collateral that has been posted and included in restricted cash as a component of other assets in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2023.

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termination date of the Senior LC Tranche to March 14, 2025, (ii) replace SBG with SVF II as an obligor with respect to the Senior LC Tranche and (iii) reduce the Senior LC Tranche to $1.1 billion, with a subsequent automatic decrease to $930 million on February 10, 2023. The reimbursement obligations under the Senior LC Tranche were amended to an amount equal to the sum of (i) 6.00% - 6.75%, based on the relevant Rating Level Period (as defined in the Fifth Amendment to the Credit Agreement), and (ii) 2.00% of the total principal amount of the Senior LC Tranche reimbursement obligations, as set forth in the Fifth Amendment to the Credit Agreement. The Fifth Amendment to the Credit Agreement provided for the resignation of SBG as the obligor and assumption by SVF II of all of SBG's obligations with respect to the Senior LC Tranche. The Fifth Amendment to the Credit Agreement provided that the total senior letter of credit tranche commitments may be increased to an amount not to exceed $1.25 billion until February 10, 2023 and $1.05 billion thereafter with additional commitments. The Fifth Amendment to the Credit Agreement also provides that if letter of credit reimbursements under the senior letter of credit tranche are made by SVF II, the commitments in respect of the senior letter of credit tranche will be reduced by a corresponding amount.

In February 2023, the Company and the other parties thereto entered into the Sixth Amendment to the Credit Agreement. Pursuant to the Sixth Amendment to the Credit Agreement, among other things, (i) additional commitments were received or obtained from ONEIM Fund I LP ("Incoming Junior LC Tranche Participant"), increasing the Junior LC Tranche by $120 million to $470 million, (ii) the termination date of the Junior LC Tranche was extended from November 30, 2023 to March 7, 2025, (iii) the interest margin applicable to the Junior LC Tranche was increased from 6.50% to 9.90% for reimbursement obligations, and (iv) the Senior LC Tranche was increased from $930 million to $960 million. The reimbursement obligations under the Junior LC Tranche remain voluntarily repayable at any time, subject to a prepayment fee in connection with prepayments made during the 18 months following the date of the Sixth Amendment to the Credit Agreement, in the amount of the net present value of interest that would have accrued on such amounts prepaid from the prepayment date to the date that is 18 months following the date of the Sixth Amendment to the Credit Agreement, discounted by the Federal Funds Effective Rate (as defined in the Credit Agreement).

During the three months ended March 31, 2023, the Company recognized $13 million in interest expense in connection with the Junior LC Tranche. During the three months ended March 31, 2023, the Company recognized $10 million of extinguishment of debt expense in connection with the Sixth Amendment to the Credit Agreement, including a $7 million write-off of unamortized deferred financing costs and a $3 million prepayment premium, included as a component of interest expense in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations.

The Senior LC Tranche and Junior LC Tranche are guaranteed by substantially all of the domestic wholly-owned subsidiaries of WeWork Companies LLC (collectively the “Guarantors”) and are secured by substantially all the assets of WeWork Companies LLC and the Guarantors, in each case, subject to customary exceptions.

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In connection with the Credit Agreement, WeWork Companies LLC also entered into a reimbursement agreement, dated as of February 10, 2020 (as amended, the "Company/SBG Reimbursement Agreement"), with SBG pursuant to which (i) SBG agreed to pay substantially all of the fees and expenses payable in connection with the Credit Agreement, (ii) the Company agreed to reimburse SBG for certain of such fees and expenses (including fronting fees up to an amount 0.125% on the undrawn and unexpired amount of the letters of credit, plus any fronting fees in excess of 0.415% on the undrawn and unexpired amount of the letters of credit) as well as to pay SBG a fee of 5.475% on the amount of all outstanding letters of credit and (iii) the Guarantors agreed to guarantee the obligations of WeWork Companies LLC under the Company/SBG Reimbursement Agreement. In December 2021, the Company/SBG Reimbursement Agreement was amended following the entry into the Amended Credit Support Letter to, among other things, change the fees payable by WeWork Companies LLC to SBG to (i) 2.875% of the face amount of letters of credit issued under the Credit Agreement (drawn and undrawn), payable quarterly in arrears, plus (ii) the amount of any issuance fees payable on the outstanding amounts under the Credit Agreement, which as of December 31, 2021, was equal to 2.6% of the face amount of letters of credit issued under the Senior LC Facility (drawn and undrawn). In May 2022, in connection with the Fourth Amendment to the Credit Agreement, the Company/SBG Reimbursement Agreement was amended to clarify that the payment obligations of certain fees and expenses in respect of the Junior LC Tranche related to the Fourth Amendment to the Credit Agreement are the responsibility of the Company and not SBG, as described above.

Bank Facilities

In February 2020, in conjunction with the availability of the initial facility under the Credit Agreement, our 2019 Credit Facility and 2019 LC Facility (each as defined below) were terminated. As of March 31, 2023, $6 million remains outstanding in a letter of credit issued under the 2019 LC Facility and is secured by a new letter of credit issued under the Senior LC Tranche.

Other Letter of Credit Arrangements

The Company has also entered into various other letter of credit arrangements, the purpose of which is to guarantee payment under certain leases entered into by JapanCo and other fully owned subsidiaries. There was $3 million of standby letters of credit outstanding under these other arrangements that are secured by $3 million of restricted cash at March 31, 2023.

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Uses of Cash

Contractual Obligations

The following table sets forth certain contractual obligations as of March 31, 2023 and the timing and effect that such obligations are expected to have on our liquidity and capital requirements in future periods:


(Amounts in millions)	Remainder of 2023		2024		2025		2026		2027		2028 and beyond		Total
Non-cancelable operating lease commitments(1)	$	1,745	$	2,297	$	2,333	$	2,354	$	2,348	$	15,121	$	26,198
Finance lease commitments, including interest	5		6		5		5		4		8		33
Construction commitments(2)	41		—		—		—		—		—		41
Asset retirement obligations(3)	1		7		3		2		9		213		235
Debt obligations, including interest(4),(5)	135		157		1,438		1		—		—		1,731
5.00% Senior Notes(5),(6)	83		110		2,255		—		—		—		2,448
Warrant liabilities(7)	1		—		—		—		—		—		1
Total	$	2,011	$	2,577	$	6,034	$	2,362	$	2,361	$	15,342	$	30,687

(1)Future undiscounted fixed minimum lease cost payments for non-cancelable operating leases, inclusive of escalation clauses and exclusive of lease incentive receivables and contingent lease cost payments, that have initial or remaining lease terms in excess of one year as of March 31, 2023. Excludes an additional $0.4 billion relating to executed non-cancelable leases that have not yet commenced as of March 31, 2023. See Note 15 of the notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this Form 10-Q for additional details.

(2)In the ordinary course of our business, we enter into certain agreements to purchase construction and related contracting services related to the build-outs of our locations that are enforceable and legally binding and that specify all significant terms and the approximate timing of the purchase transaction. Our purchase orders are based on current needs and are fulfilled by the vendors as needed in accordance with our construction schedule.

(3)Certain lease agreements contain provisions that require us to remove leasehold improvements at the end of the lease term. When such an obligation exists, we record an asset retirement obligation at the inception of the lease at its estimated fair value. These obligations are recorded as liabilities on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2023.

(4)Primarily represents principal and interest payments on 7.875% Senior Notes, Junior LC Tranche, Secured Notes and other loans as of March 31, 2023.

(5)In connection with the consummation of the Exchange Offers, we exchanged $505 million in aggregate principal amount of 7.875% Senior Notes and $2,191 million in aggregate principal amount of 5.00% Senior Notes for (i) $1,168 million in aggregate principal amount of new debt and (ii) an aggregate of approximately 1.4 billion shares of Class A Common Stock of the Company. In connection with the consummation of the Transactions, the Issuers redeemed $250 million in aggregate principal amount of Secured Notes. See Note 21 of the notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this Form 10-Q for additional details.

(6)Primarily represents principal and interest payments on 5.00% Senior Notes as of March 31, 2023.

(7)Represents the fair value as of March 31, 2023, of the Company's obligation to deliver 7,773,333 shares in respect of the Company’s outstanding private placement warrants issued by Legacy BowX, prior to the Business Combination, as defined and as further described in Note 1 of the notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this Form 10-Q.

Lease Obligations

The future undiscounted fixed minimum lease cost payment obligations under operating and finance leases signed as of March 31, 2023 were $26.7 billion. A majority of our leases are held by individual special purpose subsidiaries, and as of March 31, 2023, the total security packages provided by the Company and its subsidiaries in respect of these lease obligations was approximately $4.0 billion in the form of corporate guarantees, outstanding standby letters of credit, cash security deposits to landlords

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and surety bonds issued, representing less than 15% of future undiscounted minimum lease cost payment obligations. In addition, individual property lease security obligations on any given lease typically decrease over the life of the lease, although we may continue to enter into new leases in the ordinary course of our business.

Capital Expenditures and Tenant Improvement Allowances

Capital expenditures are primarily for the design and build-out of our spaces, and include leasehold improvements, equipment and furniture. Our leases often contain provisions regarding tenant improvement allowances, which are contractual rights to reimbursements paid by landlords for a portion of the costs we incur in designing and developing our workspaces. Tenant improvement allowances are reflected in the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements upon lease commencement as our practice and intent is to spend up to or more than the full amount of the tenant improvement allowance that is contractually provided under the terms of the contract.

Over the course of a typical lease with tenant improvement allowances, we incur certain capital expenditures that we expect to be reimbursed by the landlords pursuant to provisions in our leases providing for tenant improvement allowances but for which we have not yet satisfied all conditions for reimbursement and, therefore, the landlords have not been billed at the time of such capital expenditures. Thus, while such receivables are reflected in our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements upon lease commencement, the timing of the achievement of the applicable milestones and billing of landlords will impact when reimbursements for tenant improvement allowances will be received, which may impact the timing of our cash flows.

We monitor gross and net capital expenditures, which are primarily associated with our leasehold improvements, to evaluate our liquidity and workstation development efforts. We define net capital expenditures as the gross purchases of property, equipment and capitalized software, as reported in “cash flows from investing activities” in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, less cash collected from landlords for tenant improvement allowances. While cash received for tenant improvement allowances is reported as “cash flows from operating activities” in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, we consider cash received for tenant improvement allowances to be a reduction against our gross capital expenditures in the calculation of net capital expenditures.

As the payments received from landlords for tenant improvement allowances are generally received after certain project milestones are completed, payments received from landlords presented in the table below are not directly related to the cash outflows reported for the capital expenditures reported.

The table below shows our gross and net capital expenditures for the periods presented:


(Amounts in millions)	Three Months Ended March 31,
		2023		2022
Gross capital expenditures		$	59	$	74
Cash collected for tenant improvement allowances		(27)		(43)
Net capital expenditures		$	32	$	31

Our ability to negotiate lease terms that include significant tenant improvement allowances has been and may continue to be impacted by our expansion into markets where such allowances may be less common. Our capital expenditures have also been and may continue to be impacted by our focus on enterprise members, who generally require more customization than a traditional workspace, resulting in higher build-out costs. However, we expect any increase in build-out costs resulting from expansion of configured solutions for our growing enterprise member base to be offset by increases in committed revenue, as enterprise members often sign membership agreements with longer terms and for a greater number of memberships than our other members. Future decisions to enter into long-term revenue-sharing agreements with building owners, rather than more standard fixed lease arrangements, may also

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impact future cash inflows relating to tenant improvement allowances and cash outflows relating to capital expenditures.

In the ordinary course of our business, we enter into certain agreements to purchase construction and related contracting services related to the build-outs of our operating locations that are enforceable, legally binding, and that specify all significant terms and the approximate timing of the purchase transaction. Our purchase orders are based on current needs and are fulfilled by the vendors as needed in accordance with our construction schedule. As of March 31, 2023, we have issued approximately $41 million in such outstanding construction commitments. As of March 31, 2023, we also had a total of $195 million in lease incentive receivables, recorded as a reduction of our long-term lease obligations on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. Of the total $195 million lease incentive receivable, $153 million was accrued at the commencement of the respective lease but unbilled as of March 31, 2023.

Summary of Cash Flows

Comparison of the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022

A summary of our cash flows from operating, investing and financing activities for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 is presented in the following table:


	Three Months Ended March 31,	Change
(Amounts in millions, except percentages)		2023		2022		$		%
Cash provided by (used in):
Operating activities		$	(284)	$	(338)	$	54	(16)	%
Investing activities		(61)		(88)		27		(31)	%
Financing activities		353		22		331		1,505	%
Effects of exchange rate changes		(1)		(1)		—		(7)	%
Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash		7		(405)		412		(102)	%
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash - Beginning of period		299		935		(636)		(68)	%
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash - End of period		$	306	$	530	$	(224)	(42)	%

Operating Cash Flows

Cash used in operating activities consists primarily of the revenue we generate from our members and the tenant improvement allowances we receive offset by rent, real estate taxes, common area maintenance and other operating costs. In addition, uses of cash from operating activities consist of employee compensation and benefits, professional fees, advertising, office supplies, utilities, cleaning, consumables, and repairs and maintenance related payments as well as member referral fees and various other costs of running our business.

The $54 million decrease in net cash used in operating activities from the three months ended March 31, 2023 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2022, was primarily attributable to the increase in total revenues of $84 million due to the continued impact of COVID-19 in 2021 and recovery during the three months ended March 31, 2023. The decrease in net cash used in operating activities was also attributed to net savings achieved for the three months ended March 31, 2023 through the continuation of our operational restructuring program and progress towards our efforts to create a more efficient organization which drove a decrease in location operating expenses, pre-opening location operating expenses, and selling, general and administrative expenses. Net cash used in operating activities also decreased due to a $48 million decrease in restructuring liability net payments. The decrease in net cash used in operating activities was partially offset by $16 million decrease in cash received for operating lease incentives - tenant improvement allowances and $23 million increase in cash paid for interest.

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Included in our cash flow from operating activities was $27 million of cash used by consolidated VIEs for the three months ended March 31, 2023, compared to $41 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022.

Investing Cash Flows

The $27 million decrease in net cash used in investing activities from the three months ended March 31, 2023 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2022, was primarily due to $15 million decrease in cash paid for purchases of property, equipment and capitalized software. The decrease in net cash used in investing activities also included $9 million in cash paid for the acquisition of Common Desk during the three months ended March 31, 2022 with no comparable activity during the three months ended March 31, 2023.

Financing Cash Flows

The $331 million increase in net cash provided by financing activities for the three months ended March 31, 2023 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2022, was primarily due to $373 million in proceeds received from debt issuances including $250 million Secured Notes and $120 million increase of the Junior LC Tranche during the three months ended March 31, 2023. The increase in net cash provided by financing activities was partially offset by $31 million increase in refunds to members' service retainers, net of additions to members' service retainers and debt and equity issuance costs of $9 million during the three months ended March 31, 2023.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

Except for certain letters of credit and surety bonds entered into as security under the terms of several of our leases, our unconsolidated investments, and the unrecorded construction and other commitments set forth above, we did not have any off-balance sheet arrangements as of March 31, 2023. Our unconsolidated investments are discussed in Note 9 of the notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this Form 10-Q.

Critical Accounting Estimates

See section entitled "Critical Accounting Estimates, Significant Accounting Policies and New Accounting Standards" included in Part II, Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations in the Company's Form 10-K filed on March 29, 2023, for the year ended December 31, 2022 for discussion on the Company's critical accounting estimates. There have been no significant changes to our critical accounting estimates since our 2022 Form 10-K.

Significant Accounting Policies and New Accounting Standards

See Note 2, "Summary of Significant Accounting Policies", "Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements" and "Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements" of the notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part II, Item 8 of the Company's Form 10-K filed on March 29, 2023, for the year ended December 31, 2022 for discussion of significant accounting policies and for discussion of recent accounting pronouncements.

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Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risks

Interest Rate Risk

As of March 31, 2023, there was $470 million of debt outstanding under the Credit Agreement that bears interest at the Term SOFR Rate (as defined in the Credit Agreement), with a floor of 0.75%, plus 9.90%. The payments due under the Credit Agreement on the outstanding standby letters of credit and the unused portion represent a fixed 6.00-6.75% of the amount outstanding and 0.50% of the unused amount. The interest rates on the Senior LC Facility, the 7.875% Senior Notes, the 5.00% Senior Notes, the Secured Notes and other loans include fixed rates of interest.

Foreign Currency Risk

The U.S. dollar is the functional currency of our consolidated and unconsolidated entities operating in the United States. For our consolidated and unconsolidated entities operating outside of the United States, we generally assign the relevant local currency as the functional currency, as the local currency is generally the principal currency of the economic environment in which the foreign entity primarily generates and expends cash. Our international operating companies typically earn revenue and incur expenses in local currencies that are consistent with the functional currency of the relevant entity, and therefore they are not subject to significant foreign currency risk in their daily operations. However, as exchange rates may fluctuate between periods, revenue and operating expenses, when converted into U.S. dollars, may also fluctuate between periods. For the three months ended March 31, 2023, we earned approximately 58% of our revenues from subsidiaries whose functional currency is not the U.S. dollar. Although we are impacted by the exchange rate movements from a number of currencies relative to the U.S. dollar, our results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2023 were primarily impacted by fluctuations in the U.S. dollar-British Pound and U.S. dollar-Euro.

We hold cash and cash equivalents in foreign currencies to have funds available for use by our international operations. As of March 31, 2023, we had a balance of over $5 million in cash and cash equivalents denominated in foreign currencies. In addition, monetary intercompany transactions that are not of a long-term investment nature may be denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar and/or in a different currency than the respective entity’s functional currency. As a result, we are subject to foreign currency risk and changes in foreign currency exchange rates can impact the foreign currency gain (loss) recorded in our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations relating to these monetary intercompany transactions. As of March 31, 2023, in addition to our cash and cash equivalents referenced above, we had $1.9 billion in various other monetary assets and $1.0 billion in various other monetary liabilities that were subject to foreign currency risk. We estimate that a 10% change in the relevant exchange rates would result in a total net change of approximately $98 million in foreign currency gain or loss on these transactions.

Inflation Risk

Inflationary factors such as increases in the cost of raw materials and overhead costs may adversely affect our results of operations. During the three months ended March 31, 2023, inflation in the United States and in a number of other countries in which we operate rose to its highest level since the Company opened its first location in 2010. Although a large portion of our operating costs are lease costs that are contractual with fixed escalation clauses, a portion of our costs are subject to inflationary pressures including, capital expenditures, lease costs in certain of our international real estate portfolio, payroll, and other operating costs. Our inflation-linked leases represent less than 20% of our total portfolio and are primarily located in Latin America and Europe. In Latin America, almost all of our membership agreements provide for inflation indexing, thereby functioning as offsets to any inflation-linked adjustments to rent. In addition consumables and utilities, which are the operating expenses most impacted by inflation, represented approximately 4% of direct location operating expenses during the three months ended March 31, 2023. We do not believe that inflation has had a material effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations to date. If our costs were to become subject to significant inflationary

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pressures, we may not be able to fully offset such higher costs through higher membership fees or price increases for services. Our inability or failure to do so could harm our business, financial condition or results of operations.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

Disclosure Controls and Procedures

We maintain disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed in our reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is (i) recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms and (ii) accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Our management, under the supervision and with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of March 31, 2023. Based on that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of March 31, 2023 at a reasonable assurance level.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There has been no change in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during the quarter ended March 31, 2023 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

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Part II.

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

See the section entitled “Legal Matters” in Note 18 of the notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this Form 10-Q.

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Item 1A. Risk Factors

There have been no material changes from the risk factors disclosed in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022.

Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments

As of the filing of this quarterly report on Form 10-Q, there were no unresolved comments from the Staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

In March 2022, the Company acquired 100% of the equity of Common Desk. In September 2022, the Company issued to the prior owners of Common Desk 246,440 shares of Class A common stock with an aggregate value of $1 million as part of the holdback payable to such owners in connection with the acquisition. The share issuance was exempt from registration pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act. The Company did not receive any proceeds from the issuance of Class A common stock to the prior owners of Common Desk.

In May 2023, in connection with the consummation of the Transactions, the Company issued (i) 250 million shares of Class A Common Stock to certain holders who participated in the Exchange Offers, (ii) 1.1 billion shares of Class A Common Stock to certain affiliates of SVF II in connection with certain exchanges and (iii) 35 million shares of Class A Common Stock to a third party investor pursuant to the SPA. The Company did not receive any proceeds from the issuance of the shares of Class A Common Stock in the Exchange Offers and to the affiliates of SVF II. The Company received $40 million of proceeds from the issuance of the shares of Class A Common Stock to the third party investor pursuant to the SPA and the Company intends to use such proceeds for general corporate purposes.

In addition, in connection with the consummation of the Transactions, the Issuers issued $188 million in aggregate principal amount of New Second Lien Exchangeable Notes and (ii) $270 million in aggregate principal amount of New Third Lien Exchangeable Notes. The offerings of the securities issued in the Transactions have not been registered under the Securities Act and such securities were issued in reliance upon the exemption provided in Section 4(a)(2) and/or Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act. The New Second Lien Exchangeable Notes and the New Third Lien Exchangeable Notes will be exchangeable, subject to certain conditions, into cash, Class A Common Stock of the Company or a combination of cash and Class A Common Stock of the Company, at the Issuers’ election (subject to, and in accordance with, the terms and conditions of the indentures governing such exchangeable notes). Neither the New Second Lien Exchangeable Notes, the New Third Lien Exchangeable Notes, nor the underlying Class A Common Stock (if exchanges of the such notes are settled through delivery of Class A Common Stock) have been registered under the Securities Act or may be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements.

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities

None.

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

Not applicable.

Item 5. Other Information

None.

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Item 6. Exhibits


Exhibit No.			Description
4.1			First Lien Senior Secured PIK Notes Indenture, dated as of May 5, 2023, by and among WeWork Companies LLC, WW Co-Obligor Inc., the guarantors party thereto and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee and collateral agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 8, 2023).
4.2			Form of 15.000% First Lien Senior Secured PIK Notes due 2027 (included as Exhibit A to Exhibit 4.1 incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 of the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 8, 2023).
4.3			Second Lien Senior Secured PIK Notes Indenture, dated as of May 5, 2023, by and among WeWork Companies LLC, WW Co-Obligor Inc., the guarantors party thereto and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee and collateral agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 of the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 8, 2023).
4.4			Form of 11.000% Second Lien Senior Secured PIK Notes due 2027 (included as Exhibit A to Exhibit 4.3 incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 of the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 8, 2023).
4.5			Third Lien Senior Secured PIK Notes Indenture, dated as of May 5, 2023, by and among WeWork Companies LLC, WW Co-Obligor Inc., the guarantors party thereto and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee and collateral agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 of the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 8, 2023).
4.6			Form of 12.000% Third Lien Senior Secured PIK Notes due 2027 (included as Exhibit A to Exhibit 4.5 incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.6 of the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 8, 2023).
4.7			Second Lien Exchangeable Senior Secured PIK Notes Indenture, dated as of May 5, 2023, by and among WeWork Companies LLC, WW Co-Obligor Inc., the guarantors party thereto and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee and collateral agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.7 of the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 8, 2023).
4.8			Form of 11.000% Second Lien Exchangeable Senior Secured PIK Notes due 2027 (included as Exhibit A to Exhibit 4.7 incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.8 of the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 8, 2023).
4.9			Third Lien Exchangeable Senior Secured PIK Notes Indenture, dated as of May 5, 2023, by and among WeWork Companies LLC, WW Co-Obligor Inc., the guarantors party thereto and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee and collateral agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.9 of the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 8, 2023).
4.10			Form of 12.000% Third Lien Exchangeable Senior Secured PIK Notes due 2027 (included as Exhibit A to Exhibit 4.9 incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.10 of the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 8, 2023).
10.1*			Transition agreement and general release, effective February 19, 2023, between We Work Management LLC and Jared DeMatteis.
10.2*			Employment agreement, effective February 21, 2023, between We Work Management LLC and Pamela Swidler.
10.3			Exchange Agreement, dated as of May 5, 2023, by and among WeWork Inc., WeWork Companies LLC, WW Co-Obligor Inc., SVF II Aggregator (Jersey) LP, SVF II WW Holdings (Cayman) Limited and SoftBank Vision Fund II-2 L.P (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 8, 2023).

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10.4			Master First Lien Senior Secured PIK Notes Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 5, 2023, by and among WeWork Companies LLC, WW Co-Obligor Inc. and SoftBank Vision Fund II-2 L.P (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 8, 2023).
10.5			Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of May 5, 2023, by and among WeWork Inc. and the holders listed thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 of the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 8, 2023).
10.6			Amended and Restated Stockholders Agreement, dated as of May 5, 2023, by and among WeWork Inc., SVF Endurance (Cayman) Limited, SVF II WW Holdings (Cayman) Limited and Benchmark Capital Partners VII (AIV), L.P (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 of the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 8, 2023).
31.1*			Rule 13a-14(a) / 15d-14(a) Certification of Chief Executive Officer.
31.2*			Rule 13a-14(a) / 15d-14(a) Certification of Chief Financial Officer.
32.1*			Section 1350 Certification of Chief Executive Officer.
32.2*			Section 1350 Certification of Chief Financial Officer.
101			The following materials from WeWork Inc.’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2023 formatted in iXBRL (Inline eXtensible Business Reporting Language): (i) Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, (ii) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, (iii) Consolidated Statements of Changes in Convertible Preferred Stock, Noncontrolling Interests and Equity for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, (iv) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, (v) Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, and (vi) Cover Page.
101.SCH			XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document.
101.CAL			XBRL Taxonomy Calculation Linkbase Document.
101.DEF			XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase.
101.LAB			XBRL Taxonomy Label Linkbase Document.
101.PRE			XBRL Taxonomy Presentation Linkbase Document.
104			Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101).

*Filed herewith

Signatures

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

WEWORK INC.

By:

/s/ Sandeep Mathrani

Sandeep Mathrani

Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board

Date:

May 10, 2023

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