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Warner Music Group Corp. – ‘10-K’ for 9/30/13 – ‘XML’

On:  Thursday, 12/12/13, at 8:02am ET   ·   For:  9/30/13   ·   Accession #:  1193125-13-470757   ·   File #:  1-32502

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12/12/13  Warner Music Group Corp.          10-K        9/30/13  123:26M                                    Donnelley … Solutions/FA

Annual Report   —   Form 10-K   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

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73: R5          Consolidated Statements of Operations               HTML     37K 
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99: R7          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    161K 
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89: R13         Acquisition of Parlophone Label Group               HTML     70K 
72: R14         Merger                                              HTML     62K 
114: R15         Property, Plant and Equipment                       HTML     48K  
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29: R18         Debt                                                HTML     68K 
113: R19         Income Taxes                                        HTML    120K  
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120: R21         Restructuring                                       HTML     54K  
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37: R26         Segment Information                                 HTML    109K 
36: R27         Additional Financial Information                    HTML     39K 
59: R28         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML     76K 
79: R29         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     39K 
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43: R31         Guarantor And Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries Financial  HTML   1.21M 
                Information                                                      
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105: R33         Basis of Presentation (Policies)                    HTML    183K  
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88: R36         Merger (Tables)                                     HTML     61K 
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102: R47         Quarterly Financial Information (Tables)            HTML     93K  
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                Information (Tables)                                             
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                (Detail)                                                         
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                Additional Information (Detail)                                  
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                Schedule of Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Detail)                 
101: R52         Acquisition of Parlophone Label Group - Additional  HTML     51K  
                Information (Detail)                                             
22: R53         Acquisition of Parlophone Label Group -             HTML     86K 
                Preliminary Estimate of Acquisition Consideration                
                and Preliminary Purchase Price Allocation to                     
                Estimated Fair Value of Assets Acquired and                      
                Liabilities Assumed (Detail)                                     
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                of Intangible Assets Identified and Useful Lives                 
                (Detail)                                                         
66: R55         Acquisition of Parlophone Label Group - Business    HTML     42K 
                Acquisition Pro Forma Financial Information                      
                (Detail)                                                         
28: R56         Merger - Additional Information (Detail)            HTML     40K 
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                Identified (Detail)                                              
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                Property, Plant and Equipment (Detail)                           
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                Goodwill for Each Reportable Segment (Detail)                    
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                Information (Detail)                                             
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                Intangible Assets (Detail)                                       
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                Amortization of Intangible Assets (Detail)                       
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                Noncurrent Liabilities (Detail)                                  
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110: R66         Debt - Long-term Debt (Parenthetical) (Detail)      HTML     69K  
27: R67         Debt - 2012 Debt Refinancing - Additional           HTML    131K 
                Information (Detail)                                             
115: R68         Debt - Interest Rates - Additional Information      HTML     42K  
                (Detail)                                                         
48: R69         Debt - Additional Information (Detail)              HTML     54K 
64: R70         Income Taxes - Schedule of Domestic and Foreign     HTML     49K 
                Pretax (Loss) Income from Continuing Operations                  
                (Detail)                                                         
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                (Detail)                                                         
45: R72         Income Taxes - Current and Deferred Income Taxes    HTML     37K 
                (Parenthetical) (Detail)                                         
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                Statutory Income Tax Rate of 35% and Income Taxes                
                Provided (Detail)                                                
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                Net Deferred Tax Assets/(Liabilities) (Detail)                   
78: R75         Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail)      HTML     46K 
17: R76         Income Taxes - Reconciliation of Unrecognized Tax   HTML     48K 
                Benefits (Detail)                                                
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                (Detail)                                                         
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                (Detail)                                                         
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                Statement of Operations (Detail)                                 
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                Information (Detail)                                             
104: R82         Share-Based Compensation Plans - Summary of         HTML     78K  
                Company's Share Awards (Detail)                                  
112: R83         Related Party Transactions - Additional             HTML     76K  
                Information (Detail)                                             
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                Information (Detail)                                             
123: R85         Commitments and Contingencies - Future Minimum      HTML     70K  
                Payments Under Non-Cancelable Capital and                        
                Operating Leases (Net of Sublease Income) (Detail)               
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                Capital Lease Amounts Included in Property, Plant                
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30: R87         Derivative Financial Instruments - Additional       HTML     63K 
                Information (Detail)                                             
109: R88         Segment Information - Schedule of Segment           HTML     70K  
                Information (Detail)                                             
91: R89         Segment Information - Long-Lived Assets and         HTML     49K 
                Revenue by Geographical Areas (Detail)                           
100: R90         Segment Information - Additional Information        HTML     39K  
                (Detail)                                                         
96: R91         Additional Financial Information - Additional       HTML     43K 
                Information (Detail)                                             
19: R92         Fair Value Measurements - Schedule of Fair Value    HTML     70K 
                of Financial Instruments (Detail)                                
49: R93         Fair Value Measurements - Reconciliation of Net     HTML     41K 
                Assets and Liabilities Classified as Level 3                     
                (Detail)                                                         
50: R94         Fair Value Measurements - Additional Information    HTML     37K 
                (Detail)                                                         
65: R95         Subsequent Events - Additional Information          HTML     57K 
                (Detail)                                                         
51: R96         Quarterly Financial Information - Quarterly         HTML     98K 
                Information (Detail)                                             
107: R97         Quarterly Financial Information - Quarterly         HTML     41K  
                Information (Parenthetical) (Detail)                             
38: R98         Guarantor And Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries Financial  HTML     43K 
                Information - Additional Information (Detail)                    
20: R99         Guarantor And Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries Financial  HTML    225K 
                Information - Consolidating Balance Sheet (Detail)               
106: R100        Guarantor And Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries Financial  HTML    128K  
                Information - Consolidating Statement of                         
                Operations (Detail)                                              
62: R101        Guarantor And Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries Financial  HTML     91K 
                Information - Consolidating Statement of                         
                Comprehensive Income (Detail)                                    
94: R102        Guarantor And Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries Financial  HTML    285K 
                Information - Consolidating Statement of Cash                    
                Flows (Detail)                                                   
81: R103        Guarantor And Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries Financial  HTML     42K 
                Information - Consolidating Statement of Cash                    
                Flows (Parenthetical) (Detail)                                   
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