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Warner Music Group Corp. – ‘10-K’ for 9/30/16 – ‘XML’

On:  Thursday, 12/8/16, at 7:47am ET   ·   For:  9/30/16   ·   Accession #:  1564590-16-29963   ·   File #:  1-32502

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

12/08/16  Warner Music Group Corp.          10-K        9/30/16  113:44M                                    ActiveDisclosure/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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21: R4          Consolidated Statements of Operations               HTML     85K 
22: R5          Consolidated Statements of Operations               HTML     36K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
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24: R7          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    148K 
25: R8          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML     42K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
26: R9          Consolidated Statement of Equity                    HTML     60K 
27: R10         Description of Business                             HTML     50K 
28: R11         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     87K 
29: R12         Comprehensive Income (Loss)                         HTML    107K 
30: R13         Property, Plant and Equipment                       HTML     73K 
31: R14         Goodwill and Intangible Assets                      HTML    188K 
32: R15         Debt                                                HTML     91K 
33: R16         Income Taxes                                        HTML    265K 
34: R17         Employee Benefit Plans                              HTML     38K 
35: R18         Restructuring                                       HTML    120K 
36: R19         Share-Based Compensation Plans                      HTML    175K 
37: R20         Related Party Transactions                          HTML     47K 
38: R21         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     67K 
39: R22         Derivative Financial Instruments                    HTML     47K 
40: R23         Segment Information                                 HTML    253K 
41: R24         Additional Financial Information                    HTML     35K 
42: R25         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML    138K 
43: R26         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     40K 
44: R27         Quarterly Financial Information                     HTML    262K 
45: R28         Guarantor and Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries Financial  HTML   4.28M 
                Information                                                      
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47: R30         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    159K 
                (Policies)                                                       
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58: R41         Quarterly Financial Information (Tables)            HTML    260K 
59: R42         Guarantor and Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries Financial  HTML   4.29M 
                Information (Tables)                                             
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                (Detail)                                                         
61: R44         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     58K 
                Additional Information (Detail)                                  
62: R45         Comprehensive Income (Loss) - Schedule of           HTML     52K 
                Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss (Detail)                    
63: R46         Comprehensive Income (Loss) - Schedule of           HTML     36K 
                Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss                             
                (Parenthetical) (Detail)                                         
64: R47         Property, Plant and Equipment - Schedule of         HTML     54K 
                Property, Plant and Equipment (Detail)                           
65: R48         Property, Plant and Equipment - Additional          HTML     34K 
                Information (Detail)                                             
66: R49         Goodwill and Intangible Assets - Changes in         HTML     47K 
                Goodwill for Each Reportable Segment (Detail)                    
67: R50         Goodwill and Intangible Assets - Schedule of        HTML     60K 
                Intangible Assets (Detail)                                       
68: R51         Goodwill and Intangible Assets - Expected           HTML     48K 
                Amortization of Intangible Assets (Detail)                       
69: R52         Debt - Long-term Debt (Detail)                      HTML     62K 
70: R53         Debt - Long-term Debt (Parenthetical) (Detail)      HTML    126K 
71: R54         Debt - Debt Redemptions - Additional Information    HTML     59K 
                (Detail)                                                         
72: R55         Debt - Open Market Purchases - Additional           HTML     42K 
                Information (Detail)                                             
73: R56         Debt - Notes Offering - Additional Information      HTML     45K 
                (Detail)                                                         
74: R57         Debt - 2014 Debt Refinancing - Additional           HTML     67K 
                Information (Detail)                                             
75: R58         Debt - Interest Rates - Additional Information      HTML     55K 
                (Detail)                                                         
76: R59         Debt - Additional Information (Detail)              HTML     56K 
77: R60         Income Taxes - Schedule of Domestic and Foreign     HTML     43K 
                Pretax (Loss) Income from Continuing Operations                  
                (Detail)                                                         
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                (Detail)                                                         
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                (Parenthetical) (Detail)                                         
80: R63         Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail)      HTML     65K 
81: R64         Income Taxes - Differences between U.S. Federal     HTML     61K 
                Statutory Income Tax Rate of 35% and Income Taxes                
                Provided (Detail)                                                
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                Net Deferred Tax Assets/(Liabilities) (Detail)                   
83: R66         Income Taxes - Reconciliation of Unrecognized Tax   HTML     42K 
                Benefits Including Interest and Penalties (Detail)               
84: R67         Employee Benefit Plans - Additional Information     HTML     45K 
                (Detail)                                                         
85: R68         Restructuring - Additional Information (Detail)     HTML     53K 
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                (Detail)                                                         
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                Statement of Operations (Detail)                                 
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                Information (Detail)                                             
89: R72         Share-Based Compensation Plans - Summary of         HTML     83K 
                Company's Share Awards (Detail)                                  
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                Information (Detail)                                             
91: R74         Commitments and Contingencies - Additional          HTML     52K 
                Information (Detail)                                             
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                Payments Under Non-Cancelable Operating Leases                   
                (Net of Sublease Income) (Detail)                                
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                Information (Detail)                                             
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                (Detail)                                                         
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                Information (Detail)                                             
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                Revenue by Geographical Areas (Detail)                           
97: R80         Additional Financial Information - Additional       HTML     36K 
                Information (Detail)                                             
98: R81         Fair Value Measurements - Schedule of Fair Value    HTML     41K 
                of Financial Instruments (Detail)                                
99: R82         Fair Value Measurements - Reconciliation of Net     HTML     41K 
                Liabilities Classified as Level 3 (Detail)                       
100: R83         Fair Value Measurements - Additional Information    HTML     36K  
                (Detail)                                                         
101: R84         Subsequent Events - Additional Information          HTML    137K  
                (Detail)                                                         
102: R85         Quarterly Financial Information - Quarterly         HTML     87K  
                Information (Detail)                                             
103: R86         Quarterly Financial Information - Quarterly         HTML     37K  
                Information (Parenthetical) (Detail)                             
104: R87         Guarantor and Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries Financial  HTML     53K  
                Information - Additional Information (Detail)                    
105: R88         Guarantor and Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries Financial  HTML    203K  
                Information - Consolidating Balance Sheet (Detail)               
106: R89         Guarantor and Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries Financial  HTML    158K  
                Information - Consolidating Statement of                         
                Operations (Detail)                                              
107: R90         Guarantor and Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries Financial  HTML     99K  
                Information - Consolidating Statement of                         
                Comprehensive Income (Detail)                                    
108: R91         Guarantor and Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries Financial  HTML    301K  
                Information - Consolidating Statement of Cash                    
                Flows (Detail)                                                   
109: R92         Guarantor And Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries Financial  HTML     46K  
                Information - Consolidating Statement of Cash                    
                Flows (Parenthetical) (Detail)                                   
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