DIS Walt Disney Co

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 X FALSE CLAIM Mr. Peltz claims he has been caught in a “Disney mousetrap,” 04 Mr. Peltz did not buy shares in Disney until November 2022 and sold 33% of his stake in early 2023. generating a significant profit for himself of over $150 million. Peltz’s Disney Bet Makes More Than $150 Million In Three Months Activist sitting on paper profit after scrapping proxy fight stake value was up as as much as $250 million at Thursday’s peak

 X FALSE CLAIM Mr, Peltz claims the Boards on which he has sat have, on average, outperformed the S&P by 900bps annually. 05 The Truth PeltzTrian involvement on board; resulted in TSR unde [performance versus the S&P 500 in -68% of cases. NELSON PELTZ AS BOARD MEMBER ¦ OTHER TRIAN REP AS BOARD MEMBER  05

 X FALSE CLAIM Trian claims Disney has refused to engage with Mr. Peltz. 06 Sines Mr. Peltz ended! his proxy contest in February 2023. the Board Slid management have maintained art open dialogue with him and the Trian Group, having no Less than 20 meaningful interactions. Mr. Peltz was offered the opportunity to meet with both the Disney Board and Disney’s segment leaders to present his thesis and views in late 2023 and declined each invitation. Select interactions with Disney since February 2023: 2X May 2023 1X Jul 2023 6X Nov 2023 3X  Dec 2023 06

 X FALSE CLAIM Trian claims Disney’s Board is closed to new ideas and refuses to heed input from shareholders. p THE TRUTH Over the past 18 months. Mr. Peltt has resurfaced old ideas which have been considered and dismissed, suggested actions that already were in motion, or proposed ideas that demonstrate a complete lack of understanding of the media ecosystem (e.g., a Board committee to review content, or licensing ESPN* to NFLX). He and Trian’s other nominee Mr. Rasulo offer no additive relevant experience to our Independent, highly qualified Board. Disney is always open to constructive advice and engagement with shareholders, as evidenced by our recent information sharing arrangements with ValueAct Capital and our support agreement with Third Point. I 07 FORTUNE A consumer and industrial goods and finance maven miscasting himself as Disney’s savior

 X FALSE CLAIM Mr. Peltz claims that Disney+ is an emerging streaming business that has been poorly managed. THE TRUTH Disney has built the second largest global streaming platform with more than 180 million subscriptions across Disney*, Hulu and ESPN*. We are competitively differentiated by our IP, global scale and #1 sports media brand, ESPN. We expect to achieve profitability by the of end of FY24, within five years of launching Disney* (same timeframe as Netflix) in a significantly more competitive streaming landscape. STREAMING BUSINESS IS ON THE PATH TO SUSTAINED GROWTH AND PROFITABILITY Entertainment Direct-to-consumer Quarterly Results (in Billions Q1‘23 Q2‘23 Q3‘23 Q4’23 Q1‘24 ($0.1) ($1.0) (0.4) ($0.5) ($0.6)  Operating Losses

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Certain statements in this communication may constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements regarding the Company’s expectations; beliefs; plans; strategies; business or financial prospects or outlook; future shareholder value; expected growth and value creation; profitability; investments; capital allocation, including dividends and share repurchases; earnings expectations; expected drivers and guidance, including free cash flow and funding sources; expected benefits of new initiatives; cost reductions and efficiencies; content offerings; priorities or performance; and other statements that are not historical in nature. These statements are made on the basis of the Company’s views and assumptions regarding future events and business performance and plans as of the time the statements are made. The Company does not undertake any obligation to update these statements unless required by applicable laws or regulations, and you should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements.

Actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied. Such differences may result from actions taken by the Company, including restructuring or strategic initiatives (including capital investments, asset acquisitions or dispositions, new or expanded business lines or cessation of certain operations), our execution of our business plans (including the content we create and intellectual property we invest in, our pricing decisions, our cost structure and our management and other personnel decisions), our ability to quickly execute on cost rationalization while preserving revenue, the discovery of additional information or other business decisions, as well as from developments beyond the Company’s control, including: the occurrence of subsequent events; deterioration in domestic or global economic conditions or failure of conditions to improve as anticipated, including heightened inflation, capital market volatility, interest rate and currency rate fluctuations and economic slowdown or recession; deterioration in or pressures from competitive conditions, including competition to create or acquire content, competition for talent and competition for advertising revenue, consumer preferences and acceptance of our content and offerings, pricing model and price increases, and corresponding subscriber additions and churn, and the market for advertising and sales on our direct-to-consumer services and linear networks; health concerns and their impact on our businesses and productions; international, political or military developments; regulatory or legal developments; technological developments; labor markets and activities, including work stoppages; adverse weather conditions or natural disasters; and availability of content. Such developments may further affect entertainment, travel and leisure businesses generally and may, among other things, affect (or further affect, as applicable): our operations, business plans or profitability, including direct-to-consumer profitability; our expected benefits of the composition of the Board; demand for our products and services; the performance of the Company’s content; our ability to create or obtain desirable content at or under the value we assign the content; the advertising market for programming; income tax expense; and performance of some or all Company businesses either directly or through their impact on those who distribute our products.

Additional factors are set forth in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2023, including under the captions “Risk Factors”, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and “Business”, and subsequent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), including, among others, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q.

Additional Information and Where to Find it

Disney has filed with the SEC a definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A, containing a form of WHITE proxy card, with respect to its solicitation of proxies for Disney’s 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS ARE URGED TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT (INCLUDING ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS THERETO) FILED BY DISNEY AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS FILED WITH THE SEC CAREFULLY AND IN THEIR ENTIRETY BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN OR WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT

ANY SOLICITATION. Investors and security holders may obtain copies of these documents and other documents filed with the SEC by Disney free of charge through the website maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov. Copies of the documents filed by Disney are also available free of charge by accessing Disney’s website at http://www.disney.com/investors.

Participants

Disney, its directors and executive officers and other members of management and employees will be participants in the solicitation of proxies with respect to a solicitation by Disney. Information about Disney’s executive officers and directors is available in Disney’s definitive proxy statement for its 2024 Annual Meeting, which was filed with the SEC on February 1, 2024. To the extent holdings by our directors and executive officers of Disney securities reported in the proxy statement for the 2024 Annual Meeting have changed, such changes have been or will be reflected on Statements of Change in Ownership on Forms 3, 4 or 5 filed with the SEC. These documents are or will be available free of charge at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

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