---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-058230"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WMG"
cik: "0001319161"
company_name: "Warner Music Group Corp."
filed_at: "2023-03-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-18T14:28:27.945124+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Warner Music Group stockholders elect all 11 director nominees and ratify KPMG as auditor at 2023 annual meeting

## Summary
- All 11 director nominees elected, including Robert Kyncl (7.63B for), Len Blavatnik (7.63B for), and Nancy Dubuc (7.63B for).
- Ratification of KPMG as independent auditor for fiscal 2023 passed with 7.65B for, 1.52B against, 1.36M abstain.
- No broker non-votes on auditor ratification; all director votes had 19.46M broker non-votes.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-058230
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WMG
- cik: 0001319161
- company_name: Warner Music Group Corp.
- filed_at: 2023-03-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1319161/000119312523058230/0001193125-23-058230-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1319161/000119312523058230/d450069d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Warner Music Group Corp. shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2023. at the 2023-02-28 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-02-28
  source text: Proposal 2: The Company’s stockholders ratified the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2023. The voting results are set forth below: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Vote 7,647,949,186 1,519,584 1,364,722 None.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1319161/000119312523058230/0001193125-23-058230-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Warner Music Group Corp. shareholders approved Election of the eleven director nominees named in the Company's 2023 Proxy Statement to serve for a one-year term ending at the 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. at the 2023-02-28 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-02-28
  source text: Proposal 1 : The Company’s stockholders elected the eleven director nominees named in the Company’s 2023 Proxy Statement to serve for a one-year term ending at the 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The voting results are set forth below: Director Nominee For Against Abstain Broker Non-Vote Robert Kyncl 7,628,855,143 1,141,279 1,378,560 19,458,510
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1319161/000119312523058230/0001193125-23-058230-index.htm

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