Warner Music Group: Departure Of Directors Or Certain Officers; Election Of Directors; Appointment Of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements Of Certain Officers

Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. On November 24, 2025, Warner Music Group Corp. (the “Company”) entered into an amendment (the “Amendment”) to the employment agreement (the “Employment Agreement”) with its Chief Executive Officer, Robert Kyncl.Prior to the Amendment, the Employment Agreement contemplated that Mr. Kyncl would receive a one-time award of options to purchase the Company’s stock having a target value of $10,000,000 (the “Options”). The Amendment provides that these Options will be granted when the Amendment is executed and will consist of three tranches, each having a grant date fair market value of $3,333,333. The Amendment also provides that the three tranches of Options include performance conditions requiring that, for at least 20 consecutive trading days within three years from November 24, 2025, the closing price of a share of the Company’s Common Stock must exceed the level that would result in a total shareholder return of 8%, 10%, and 12%, respectively, from the grant date (the “Performance Conditions”). Further, the Amendment provides that the Options (i) have a grant date of November 24, 2025, (ii) have a seven-year term, (iii) have an exercise price equal to the volume-weighted average price of a share of the Company’s Common Stock on November 24, 2025, (iv) will vest in equal annual installments on each of the first three anniversaries of the grant date, and (v) will become exercisable subject to the achievement of the Performance Conditions.The Amendment also provides for an annual grant of performance share units having a target value of $5,000,000 (the “Annual PSU Award”), with the first grant to be made in January 2026. Each Annual PSU Award will vest on the third anniversary of the grant date subject to Mr. Kyncl’s continued employment, with the actual number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock earned to be determined based on the achievement of financial and long-term goals to be established by the Company.The Amendment also provides that, if Mr. Kyncl’s employment is terminated by the Company without “cause” or by Mr. Kyncl for “good reason,” the cash portion of his severance entitlement will be equal to the value of his total annual target cash and equity compensation, an amount equal to the Company’s good faith estimate of Mr. Kyncl’s out-of-pocket cost for COBRA health plan continuation coverage for 12 months (including a tax gross-up for such out-of-pocket cost), and a pro rata annual bonus for the year of termination.All other terms of Mr. Kyncl’s employment remain unchanged from their previously disclosed terms.The foregoing description of the Amendment is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the complete text of the Amendment, a copy of which will be filed with the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ending December 31, 2025. SIGNATURESPursuant 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 hereunto duly authorized. WARNER MUSIC GROUP CORP. By: /s/ Paul M. Robinson Paul M. Robinson Executive Vice President and General CounselDate: December 1, 2025

Warner Music Group: Departure Of Directors Or Certain Officers; Election Of Directors; Appointment Of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements Of Certain Officers

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