Warner Music Group Corp. 10-Q

ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION On July 31, 2026, Armin Zerza stepped down for personal reasons as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Pursuant to the terms of a separation agreement between the Company and Mr. Zerza dated July 31, 2026, Mr. Zerza’s departure will be treated as if it were a termination without cause under his employment agreement. Mr. Zerza will receive: (i) a bonus of $3.6 million, which includes 100% of his target bonus payable as if it were a termination without cause, as well as the other payments and benefits payable to him under his employment agreement and equity incentive award agreements as if it were a termination by the Company without cause and (ii) continued payment of his base salary and company-provided benefits through September 30, 2026. The foregoing description does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the separation agreement, a copy of which will be filed as an exhibit to the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2026. 61 ITEM 6. EXHIBITS The agreements and other documents filed as exhibits to this report are not intended to provide factual information or other disclosure other than with respect to the terms of the agreements or other documents themselves, and you should not rely on them for that purpose. In particular, any representations and warranties made by us in these agreements or other documents were made solely within the specific context of the relevant agreement or document and may not describe the actual state of affairs as of the date they were made or at any other time. Exhibit Number Exhibit Description 10.1* Letter Agreement, dated as of May 6, 2026, between Warner Music Inc. and Arm in Zerza 10.2*† Third Amendment to Credit and Security Agreement among Beethoven Financing 1, LLC, Beethoven Holdings 1, LLC, Fifth Third Bank National Association, Barclays Bank PLC, MUFG Bank, LTD, Goldman Sachs Bank USA and The Bank of New York Mellon 31.1* Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and Rule 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act, as amended 31.2* Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and Rule 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act, as amended 32.1** Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 32.2** Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 101.INS Inline XBRL Instance Document – the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document. 101.SCH XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document 101.CAL XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document 101.DEF XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document 101.LAB XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document 101.PRE XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document 104* Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101) ______________________________________ * Filed herewith. ** Pursuant to SEC Release No. 33-8212, this certification will be treated as “accompanying” this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and not “filed” as part of such report for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liability of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act, as amended, and this certification will not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except to the extent that the registrant specifically incorporates it by reference. † Certain portions of this exhibit have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(b)(10(iv)) of Regulation S-K. The registrant agrees to furnish supplementally an unredacted copy of the exhibit to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon its request. 62 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. August 5, 2026 WARNER MUSIC GROUP CORP. By: /s/ R OBERT K YNCL Name: Title: Robert Kyncl Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) By: /s/ LOUIS DICKLER Name: Title: Louis Dickler Acting Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer) 63