secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Warner Music Group Corp. (WMG)
CIK:        0001319161
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-04-14T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-25-080276
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Warner Music Group appoints Armin Zerza as CFO effective May 5; Bryan Castellani steps down
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- Armin Zerza, former Activision Blizzard CFO, appointed EVP & CFO of WMG effective May 5, 2025.
- Current CFO Bryan Castellani will step down on May 5 and serve as advisor for transition.
- Zerza's employment agreement: 4-year term, $1.2M base salary, $1.8M target bonus, $6M annual RSU grant.
- Signing bonus of $1M and one-time option award of $4M target value, vesting over 4 years.
- Castellani's expected separation agreement includes advisory services and additional benefits.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1319161/000119312525080276/0001193125-25-080276-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1319161/000119312525080276/d907217d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-25-080276

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