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accession: "0001193125-23-197704"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WMG"
cik: "0001319161"
company_name: "Warner Music Group Corp."
filed_at: "2023-07-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-12T22:53:23.698387+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Warner Music adopts amended bylaws for DGCL and universal proxy rule compliance

## Summary
- Bylaws updated to comply with Delaware General Corporation Law amendments and SEC Rule 14a-19 (universal proxy).
- Stockholder nomination disclosures expanded; compliance with universal proxy rule required.
- Emergency bylaws adopted per DGCL Section 110, allowing reduced quorum and limited liability during disasters.
- Board meeting notice can be less than 24 hours under certain circumstances.
- Record date and inspector provisions revised to align with current DGCL text.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-197704
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WMG
- cik: 0001319161
- company_name: Warner Music Group Corp.
- filed_at: 2023-07-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1319161/000119312523197704/0001193125-23-197704-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1319161/000119312523197704/d518950d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  Warner Music Group Corp.: Adopted Fifth Amended and Restated Bylaws to address DGCL amendments and universal proxy rule (Rule 14a-19) (effective 2023-07-25).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2023-07-25
  source text: On July 25, 2023, the Board of Warner Music Group Corp. (the “Company”) adopted the Fifth Amended and Restated Bylaws of Warner Music Group Corp. (as amended and restated, the “Bylaws”), effective on such date, in order to address amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”) and the adoption of Rule 14a-19 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), commonly referred to as the “universal proxy rule”.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1319161/000119312523197704/0001193125-23-197704-index.htm

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