Max Lousada Form 4 Warner Music / Max Lousada ownership change

SEC Form 4

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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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Lousada Max

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

C/O WARNER MUSIC GROUP CORP.

1633 BROADWAY

(Street)

NEW YORK

10019

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Warner Music Group Corp. [ WMG ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
CEO, Recorded Music

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
01/12/2023

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
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)
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Class A Common Stock	01/12/2023		A		145,560	A	$0.00⁽¹⁾	2,752,586⁽²⁾⁽³⁾	D
Class A Common Stock								1,048,784⁽⁴⁾⁽⁵⁾	I	By LLC⁽⁴⁾⁽⁵⁾

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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)
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)	Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)		10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Explanation of Responses:

1. Restricted stock units granted pursuant to the issuer's long-term incentive plan.

2. Includes restricted stock units.

3. Includes 2,607,026 vested Deferred Equity Units issued under the Second Amended and Restated Warner Music Group Corp. Senior Management Free Cash Flow 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.

4. Shares of the Issuer's Class A Common Stock represented by 1,048,784 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 1,048,784 less a number of shares of Class B Common Stock having a value equal to $3,343,758 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.

5. 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.

Remarks:

	/s/ Trent N. Tappe, as Attorney-in-Fact	01/17/2023
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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