---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437107-25-000076"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WBD"
cik: "0001437107"
company_name: "Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-04-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-23T16:05:51.967429+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Warner Bros. Discovery's Dr. John Malone to become Chair Emeritus; not standing for re-election

## Summary
- Dr. John Malone not standing for re-election at 2025 Annual Meeting; becomes Chair Emeritus effective after meeting.
- As Chair Emeritus, Malone will attend board meetings in advisory capacity, no voting rights.
- Board size remains at 13; Anton Levy nominated for election to fill seat left by Malone.
- Malone's decision not due to any disagreement with company; he remains a significant stockholder.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437107-25-000076
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WBD
- cik: 0001437107
- company_name: Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-04-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1437107/000143710725000076/0001437107-25-000076-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1437107/000143710725000076/disca-20250408.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437107-25-000076
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437107-25-000076.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437107-25-000076.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Anton Levy was appointed as Director at Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: the Board had appointed Anton Levy to the Board effective immediately following the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1437107/000143710725000076/0001437107-25-000076-index.htm
- Executive change
  Dr. John Malone was appointed as Chair Emeritus at Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc..
  - Action: designated
  - Role: Chair Emeritus
  source text: the Board designated Dr. Malone as Chair Emeritus of the Board, effective as of the Company’s 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1437107/000143710725000076/0001437107-25-000076-index.htm
- Executive change
  Dr. John Malone departed as Director at Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc..
  - Action: not stand for re-election
  - Role: Director
  source text: Dr. John Malone notified the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (the “Company”) of his decision to not stand for re-election following the expiration of his current term
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1437107/000143710725000076/0001437107-25-000076-index.htm

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