| FORM 4 | UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 |
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| Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b). | |||||||||||||||||
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
| 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Warner Music Group Corp. [ WMG ] | 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
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| 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 07/07/2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year) | 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
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| Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ||||||||||
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| 1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) | 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) | 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) | 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) | 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) | 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) | 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) | 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) | |||
| Code | V | Amount | (A) or (D) | Price | ||||||
| Class A Common Stock(1)(2) | 07/07/2020 | D | 53,855(3) | D | $25 | 2,133,784 | I | By LLC(1)(2) | ||
| Class A Common Stock(4) | 2,057,572 | D | ||||||||
| Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) | |||||||||||||||
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| 1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) | 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security | 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) | 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) | 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) | 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) | 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) | 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4) | 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) | 9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) | 10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) | 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) | ||||
| Code | V | (A) | (D) | Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares | ||||||||
| Explanation of Responses: |
| 1. Shares of the Issuer's Class A Common Stock represented by 2,133,784 Class B Units of WMG Management Holdings, LLC ("Management LLC") pursuant to the terms of, and subject to the limitations and restrictions set forth in, the Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Management LLC, as amended, these Class B Units are redeemable for a number of shares of the Issuer's Class B Common Stock equal to 2,133,784 less a number of shares of Class B Common Stock having a value equal to $6,802,981 on the date of such redemption (the "Benchmark Shares"), which is the sum of the benchmark amounts of the Class B Units. The reporting person expressly disclaims beneficial ownership of the Benchmark Shares. |
| 2. Any shares of the Issuer's Class B Common Stock issued to the reporting person upon a redemption of Class B Units will immediately and automatically convert to shares of the Issuer's Class A Common Stock on a one-for-one basis, and the corresponding Class B Units will be cancelled. |
| 3. Represents shares of the Issuer's Class A Common Stock sold pursuant to the redemption of 61,727 Class B Units of Management LLC, after taking into account a number of shares of Class B Common Stock having a value equal to $196,800 on the date of such redemption, which is the sum of the benchmark amounts of the Class B Units redeemed. |
| 4. Represents vested Deferred Equity Units issued under the Second Amended and Restated Warner Music Group Corp. Senior Management Free Cash Flow Plan (the "Plan"). Following the closing of the Issuer's IPO, pursuant to the terms of the Plan, these Deferred Equity Units will be settled for shares of the Issuer's Class A Common Stock on a one-for-one basis by no later than December 31, 2025. Upon such settlement, the corresponding Deferred Equity Units will be cancelled. |
| Remarks: |
| /s/ Trent N. Tappe, as Attorney-in-Fact | 07/09/2020 | |
| ** Signature of Reporting Person | Date | |
| Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. | ||
| * If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4 (b)(v). | ||
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