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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-402955"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WMG"
cik: "0001319161"
company_name: "Warner Music Group Corp."
filed_at: "2026-09-25T21:00:07+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-12T13:26:07.510758+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Warner Music director Valentin Blavatnik to lead Warner Recorded Music North America and UK, effective Sept 25, 2026

## Summary
- Valentin Blavatnik, a WMG board member, will serve as Managing Director, Warner Recorded Music, North America and UK, and Corporate Development under a Sept 24, 2026 employment agreement.
- Base salary of $600,000; employment is at-will and Blavatnik must give 120 days' notice to resign, while Warner Music may terminate at any time.
- Warner Music agreed to good-faith talks on an incentive compensation plan effective fiscal 2028, with terms set solely by the Board's Compensation Committee.
- Severance on termination without Cause, disability, or Good Reason equals the greater of the company severance policy or then-current base salary, plus accrued pay and benefits.
- Role is full-time and exclusive, with exceptions for limited personal business and services to Access Industries, subject to confidentiality and conflict rules.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-402955
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WMG
- cik: 0001319161
- company_name: Warner Music Group Corp.
- filed_at: 2026-09-25T21:00:07+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1319161/000119312526402955/0001193125-26-402955-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1319161/000119312526402955/d266628d8k.htm

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