10-Q
Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (WBD)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
| ☒ | QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
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For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2025
OR
| ☐ | TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
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For the transition period from to
Commission File Number: 001-34177

Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 35-2333914 |
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| (State or other jurisdiction of<br>incorporation or organization) | (I.R.S. Employer<br>Identification No.) |
| 230 Park Avenue South | 10003 |
| New York, New York | (Zip Code) |
| (Address of principal executive offices) |
(212) 548-5555
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
N/A
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)
Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of Each Class | Trading Symbols | Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Series A Common Stock | WBD | The Nasdaq Global Select Market |
| 4.302% Senior Notes due 2030 | WBDI30 | The Nasdaq Global Market |
| 4.693% Senior Notes due 2033 | WBDI33 | The Nasdaq Global Market |
Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ý No o
Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ý No ¨
Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
| Large accelerated filer | ý | Accelerated filer | ¨ |
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| Non-accelerated filer | o | Smaller reporting company | ¨ |
| Emerging growth company | ¨ | ||
| If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨ |
Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ý
Total number of shares outstanding of each class of the Registrant’s common stock as of April 25, 2025:
| Series A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share | 2,474,075,003 |
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WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY, INC.
FORM 10-Q
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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| PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION. | |
| ITEM 1. Unaudited Financial Statements. | |
| Consolidated Statements of Operations. | 4 |
| Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive (Loss) Income. | 5 |
| Consolidated Balance Sheets. | 6 |
| Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows. | 7 |
| Consolidated Statements of Equity. | 8 |
| Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. | 10 |
| ITEM 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations. | 28 |
| ITEM 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk. | 44 |
| ITEM 4. Controls and Procedures. | 44 |
| PART II. OTHER INFORMATION. | |
| ITEM 1. Legal Proceedings. | 45 |
| ITEM 1A. Risk Factors. | 45 |
| ITEM 5. Other Information | 46 |
| ITEM 6. Exhibits. | 47 |
| SIGNATURES. | 48 |
ITEM 1. Unaudited Financial Statements.
WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(unaudited; in millions, except per share amounts)
| Three Months Ended March 31, | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2024 | |||
| Revenues: | ||||
| Distribution | $ | 4,886 | $ | 4,985 |
| Advertising | 1,980 | 2,148 | ||
| Content | 1,866 | 2,558 | ||
| Other | 247 | 267 | ||
| Total revenues | 8,979 | 9,958 | ||
| Costs and expenses: | ||||
| Costs of revenues, excluding depreciation and amortization | 5,131 | 6,058 | ||
| Selling, general and administrative | 2,194 | 2,232 | ||
| Depreciation and amortization | 1,547 | 1,888 | ||
| Restructuring and other charges | 54 | 35 | ||
| Impairments and loss on dispositions | 90 | 12 | ||
| Total costs and expenses | 9,016 | 10,225 | ||
| Operating loss | (37) | (267) | ||
| Interest expense, net | (468) | (515) | ||
| (Loss) gain on extinguishment of debt | (4) | 25 | ||
| Loss from equity investees, net | (7) | (48) | ||
| Other income (expense), net | 82 | (14) | ||
| Loss before income taxes | (434) | (819) | ||
| Income tax expense | (15) | (136) | ||
| Net loss | (449) | (955) | ||
| Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests | (8) | (7) | ||
| Net loss (income) attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interests | 4 | (4) | ||
| Net loss available to Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. | $ | (453) | $ | (966) |
| Net loss per share available to Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. Series A common stockholders: | ||||
| Basic | $ | (0.18) | $ | (0.40) |
| Diluted | $ | (0.18) | $ | (0.40) |
| Weighted average shares outstanding: | ||||
| Basic | 2,462 | 2,443 | ||
| Diluted | 2,462 | 2,443 | ||
| The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements. |
WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE (LOSS) INCOME
(unaudited; in millions)
| Three Months Ended March 31, | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2024 | |||
| Net loss | $ | (449) | $ | (955) |
| Other comprehensive income (loss): | ||||
| Currency translation, net of income tax (expense) benefit of $(90) and $7 | 231 | (176) | ||
| Derivatives | ||||
| Change in net unrealized gains | 9 | 13 | ||
| Less: Reclassification adjustment for net gains included in net income | (13) | (9) | ||
| Net change, net of income tax (expense) benefit of $(1) and $— | (4) | 4 | ||
| Comprehensive loss | (222) | (1,127) | ||
| Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests | (11) | (7) | ||
| Comprehensive (loss) income attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interests | 4 | (4) | ||
| Comprehensive loss attributable to Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. | $ | (229) | $ | (1,138) |
| The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements. |
WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY, INC.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(unaudited; in millions, except par value)
| March 31, 2025 | December 31, 2024 | |||
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| Assets | ||||
| Current assets: | ||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 3,868 | $ | 5,312 |
| Receivables, net | 4,664 | 4,947 | ||
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 4,250 | 3,819 | ||
| Total current assets | 12,782 | 14,078 | ||
| Film and television content rights and games | 18,821 | 19,102 | ||
| Property and equipment, net | 6,211 | 6,087 | ||
| Goodwill | 25,746 | 25,667 | ||
| Intangible assets, net | 31,033 | 32,299 | ||
| Other noncurrent assets | 7,086 | 7,327 | ||
| Total assets | $ | 101,679 | $ | 104,560 |
| Liabilities and equity | ||||
| Current liabilities: | ||||
| Accounts payable | $ | 1,008 | $ | 1,055 |
| Accrued liabilities | 9,899 | 10,438 | ||
| Deferred revenues | 1,600 | 1,569 | ||
| Current portion of debt | 2,779 | 2,748 | ||
| Total current liabilities | 15,286 | 15,810 | ||
| Noncurrent portion of debt | 34,647 | 36,757 | ||
| Deferred income taxes | 6,714 | 6,985 | ||
| Other noncurrent liabilities | 9,861 | 10,070 | ||
| Total liabilities | 66,508 | 69,622 | ||
| Commitments and contingencies (See Note 15) | ||||
| Redeemable noncontrolling interests | 23 | 109 | ||
| Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. stockholders’ equity: | ||||
| Series A common stock: $0.01 par value; 10,800 and 10,800 shares authorized; 2,703 and 2,684 shares issued; and 2,473 and 2,454 shares outstanding | 27 | 27 | ||
| Preferred stock: $0.01 par value; 1,200 and 1,200 shares authorized, 0 shares issued and outstanding | — | — | ||
| Additional paid-in capital | 55,585 | 55,560 | ||
| Treasury stock, at cost: 230 and 230 shares | (8,244) | (8,244) | ||
| Accumulated deficit | (12,692) | (12,239) | ||
| Accumulated other comprehensive loss | (840) | (1,067) | ||
| Total Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. stockholders’ equity | 33,836 | 34,037 | ||
| Noncontrolling interests | 1,312 | 792 | ||
| Total equity | 35,148 | 34,829 | ||
| Total liabilities and equity | $ | 101,679 | $ | 104,560 |
| The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements. |
WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(unaudited; in millions)
| Three Months Ended March 31, | ||||
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| 2025 | 2024 | |||
| Operating Activities | ||||
| Net loss | $ | (449) | $ | (955) |
| Adjustments to reconcile net income to cash provided by operating activities: | ||||
| Content rights amortization and impairment | 3,145 | 3,827 | ||
| Depreciation and amortization | 1,547 | 1,888 | ||
| Deferred income taxes | (312) | (399) | ||
| Share-based compensation expense | 123 | 101 | ||
| Impairments and loss on dispositions | 90 | 12 | ||
| Other, net | 17 | 10 | ||
| Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions and dispositions: | ||||
| Receivables, net | 288 | (304) | ||
| Film and television content rights, games, and production payables, net | (2,846) | (2,778) | ||
| Accounts payable, accrued liabilities, deferred revenues and other noncurrent liabilities | (1,026) | (753) | ||
| Foreign currency, prepaid expenses and other assets, net | (24) | (64) | ||
| Cash provided by operating activities | 553 | 585 | ||
| Investing Activities | ||||
| Purchases of property and equipment | (251) | (195) | ||
| Proceeds from sales of investments | 11 | — | ||
| Investments in and advances to equity investments | (14) | (53) | ||
| Proceeds from asset dispositions | 66 | — | ||
| Other investing activities, net | (7) | 41 | ||
| Cash used in investing activities | (195) | (207) | ||
| Financing Activities | ||||
| Principal repayments of debt, including premiums and discounts to par value | (3,665) | (1,047) | ||
| Borrowings from debt, net of discount and issuance costs | 1,500 | — | ||
| Distributions to noncontrolling interests and redeemable noncontrolling interests | (157) | (130) | ||
| Proceeds for noncontrolling interest in joint venture | 601 | — | ||
| Borrowings under commercial paper program and revolving credit facility | 695 | 2,200 | ||
| Repayments under commercial paper program and revolving credit facility | (695) | (2,200) | ||
| Other financing activities, net | (174) | (60) | ||
| Cash used in financing activities | (1,895) | (1,237) | ||
| Effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash | 95 | (74) | ||
| Net change in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash | (1,442) | (933) | ||
| Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash, beginning of period | 5,416 | 4,319 | ||
| Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash, end of period | $ | 3,974 | $ | 3,386 |
| The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements. |
WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EQUITY
(unaudited; in millions)
| Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. Common Stock | Additional<br>Paid-In<br>Capital | Treasury<br>Stock | Accumulated Deficit | Accumulated<br>Other<br>Comprehensive<br>Loss | Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. <br>Stockholders’ Equity | Noncontrolling<br>Interests | Total<br>Equity | ||||||||||||
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| Shares | Par Value | ||||||||||||||||||
| December 31, 2024 | 2,684 | $ | 27 | $ | 55,560 | $ | (8,244) | $ | (12,239) | $ | (1,067) | $ | 34,037 | $ | 792 | $ | 34,829 | ||
| Net (loss) income available to Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. and attributable to noncontrolling interests | — | — | — | — | (453) | — | (453) | 8 | (445) | ||||||||||
| Other comprehensive income | — | — | — | — | — | 227 | 227 | 3 | 230 | ||||||||||
| Share-based compensation | — | — | 156 | — | — | — | 156 | — | 156 | ||||||||||
| Tax settlements associated with share-based plans | — | — | (124) | — | — | — | (124) | — | (124) | ||||||||||
| Dividends paid to noncontrolling interests | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | (147) | (147) | ||||||||||
| Issuance of stock in connection with share-based plans | 19 | — | 9 | — | — | — | 9 | — | 9 | ||||||||||
| Redeemable noncontrolling interest adjustments to redemption value | — | — | (3) | — | — | — | (3) | — | (3) | ||||||||||
| Reclassification associated with the expiration of put rights | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 74 | 74 | ||||||||||
| Formation of music catalog joint venture | — | — | (13) | — | — | — | (13) | 582 | 569 | ||||||||||
| March 31, 2025 | 2,703 | $ | 27 | $ | 55,585 | $ | (8,244) | $ | (12,692) | $ | (840) | $ | 33,836 | $ | 1,312 | $ | 35,148 | ||
| The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements. |
WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EQUITY
(unaudited; in millions)
| Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. Common Stock | Additional<br>Paid-In<br>Capital | Treasury<br>Stock | Accumulated Deficit | Accumulated<br>Other<br>Comprehensive<br>Loss | Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. <br>Stockholders’ Equity | Noncontrolling<br>Interests | Total<br>Equity | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shares | Par Value | ||||||||||||||||
| December 31, 2023 | 2,669 | $ | 27 | $ | 55,112 | $ | (8,244) | $ | (928) | $ | (741) | $ | 45,226 | $ | 1,081 | $ | 46,307 |
| Net (loss) income available to Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. and attributable to noncontrolling interests | — | — | — | — | (966) | — | (966) | 7 | (959) | ||||||||
| Other comprehensive loss | — | — | — | — | — | (172) | (172) | (1) | (173) | ||||||||
| Share-based compensation | — | — | 108 | — | — | — | 108 | — | 108 | ||||||||
| Tax settlements associated with share-based plans | — | — | (53) | — | — | — | (53) | — | (53) | ||||||||
| Dividends paid to noncontrolling interests | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | (123) | (123) | ||||||||
| Issuance of stock in connection with share-based plans | 10 | — | 30 | — | — | — | 30 | — | 30 | ||||||||
| Redeemable noncontrolling interest adjustments to redemption value | — | — | (22) | — | — | — | (22) | — | (22) | ||||||||
| March 31, 2024 | 2,679 | $ | 27 | $ | 55,175 | $ | (8,244) | $ | (1,894) | $ | (913) | $ | 44,151 | $ | 964 | $ | 45,115 |
| The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements. |
WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(unaudited)
NOTE 1. DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION
Description of Business
Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (“Warner Bros. Discovery”, “WBD”, the “Company”, “we”, “us” or “our”) is a leading global media and entertainment company that creates and distributes a differentiated and comprehensive portfolio of content and products across television, film, streaming, interactive gaming, publishing, themed experiences, and consumer products through brands including: Discovery Channel, Max, CNN, DC Studios, TNT Sports, HBO, Food Network, TLC, TBS, Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group, Warner Bros. Television Group, Warner Bros. Games, Adult Swim, Turner Classic Movies, and others.
In December 2024, the Company announced that its board of directors had authorized the Company to implement a new corporate structure designed to enhance its strategic flexibility and create potential opportunities to unlock shareholder value. Under the new corporate structure, the Company will serve as the parent company for two distinct operating divisions: Streaming & Studios and Global Linear Networks. In the first quarter of 2025, the Company renamed its Direct-to-Consumer reportable segment to Streaming and its Networks reportable segment to Global Linear Networks. There were no changes to the Company’s reportable segments or the composition of our reportable segments as a result of these changes.
As of March 31, 2025, we classified our operations in three reportable segments:
•Streaming - Our Streaming segment primarily consists of our premium pay-TV and streaming services.
•Studios - Our Studios segment primarily consists of the production and release of feature films for initial exhibition in theaters, production and initial licensing of television programs to third parties and our networks/streaming services, distribution of our films and television programs to various third party and internal television and streaming services, distribution through the home entertainment market (physical and digital), related consumer products and themed experience licensing, and interactive gaming.
•Global Linear Networks - Our Global Linear Networks segment primarily consists of our domestic and international television networks.
Our segment presentation is aligned with our management structure and the financial information management uses to make decisions about operating matters, such as the allocation of resources and business performance assessments.
Principles of Consolidation
The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its majority-owned subsidiaries in which a controlling interest is maintained, including variable interest entities (“VIE”) for which the Company is the primary beneficiary. Intercompany accounts and transactions between consolidated entities have been eliminated.
Unaudited Interim Financial Statements
These consolidated financial statements are unaudited; however, in the opinion of management, they reflect all adjustments consisting only of normal recurring adjustments necessary to state fairly the financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the periods presented in conformity with U.S. GAAP applicable to interim periods. The results of operations for the interim periods presented are not necessarily indicative of results for the full year or future periods. These consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 (the “2024 Form 10-K”).
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates, judgments and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results may differ from these estimates.
Recent Accounting and Reporting Pronouncements
Income Taxes
In December 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued guidance updating the disclosure requirements for income taxes, primarily through standardization and disaggregation of rate reconciliation categories and income taxes paid by jurisdiction. The amendments are effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024, with early adoption permitted. The Company expects to adopt this guidance prospectively and is currently evaluating the impact it will have on its annual tax disclosures that will be included in its Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025.
WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(unaudited)
Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses
In November 2024, the FASB issued guidance updating the disclosure requirements for income statement expenses, primarily through disaggregation of certain types of expenses presented on the income statement. The amendments are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2026 and for interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2027. Early adoption is permitted. The amendments may be applied either: (1) prospectively to financial statements issued for reporting periods after the effective date, or (2) retrospectively to all prior periods presented in the financial statements. The Company is currently evaluating the impact this guidance will have on its disclosures.
NOTE 2. GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS
We perform fair value-based impairment tests of goodwill and intangible assets with indefinite lives on an annual basis, and between annual tests if an event occurs or if circumstances change that would more likely than not reduce the fair value of a reporting unit or an indefinite-lived intangible asset below its carrying value.
During the three months ended March 31, 2025, the Company performed goodwill and intangible assets impairment monitoring procedures for all of its reporting units and identified no indicators of impairment. As of October 1, 2024, the date of the most recent quantitative impairment assessment, the estimated fair value of each reporting unit exceeded its carrying value.
The Company continues to monitor its reporting units for triggers that could impact the recoverability of goodwill. Long-term trends and risks the Company is monitoring in its ongoing assessment include, but are not limited to, the following:
•the delta between market capitalization and book value, as well as volatility in the price of our common stock;
•uncertainty related to affiliate rights renewals associated with the Company’s Global Linear Networks and Streaming reporting units;
•declining levels of global GDP growth and continued softness in the U.S. linear advertising market associated with the Company’s Global Linear Networks reporting unit;
•uncertainty surrounding the impacts related to the imposition of tariffs by the U.S. government and any retaliatory tariffs from foreign governments;
•content licensing trends and volatility related to the performance of theatrical film and game slates in the Company’s Studios reporting unit; and
•risks in executing the projected growth strategies of the Company’s Streaming reporting unit.
NOTE 3. RESTRUCTURING AND OTHER CHARGES
The Company periodically initiates restructuring programs, which may include, among other things, strategic content programming assessments, organization restructuring, facility consolidation activities, and other contract termination costs. During 2024, the Company initiated two restructuring initiatives; an organizational and personnel restructuring plan and a restructuring initiative associated with its Warner Bros. Games group.
Restructuring and other charges by reportable segments and corporate and inter-segment eliminations were as follows (in millions).
| Three Months Ended March 31, | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2024 | |||
| Streaming | $ | 12 | $ | 2 |
| Studios | (5) | 11 | ||
| Global Linear Networks | 16 | 11 | ||
| Corporate and inter-segment eliminations | 31 | 11 | ||
| Total restructuring and other charges | $ | 54 | $ | 35 |
During the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, restructuring and other charges were primarily related to organization restructuring costs and consulting fees.
WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(unaudited)
Changes in restructuring liabilities recorded in accrued liabilities and other noncurrent liabilities by major category and by reportable segment and corporate and inter-segment eliminations were as follows (in millions).
| Streaming | Studios | Global Linear Networks | Corporate | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2024 | $ | 31 | $ | 95 | $ | 105 | $ | 58 | $ | 289 |
| Employee termination accruals, net | 12 | (5) | 14 | 8 | 29 | |||||
| Other accruals and adjustments | — | — | — | 24 | 24 | |||||
| Cash paid | (3) | (24) | (26) | (27) | (80) | |||||
| March 31, 2025 | $ | 40 | $ | 66 | $ | 93 | $ | 63 | $ | 262 |
NOTE 4. REVENUES
The following tables present the Company’s revenues disaggregated by revenue source (in millions).
| Three Months Ended March 31, 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Streaming | Studios | Global Linear Networks | Corporate and Inter-segment Eliminations | Total | ||||||||||||||||||
| Revenues: | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | $ | 2,329 | $ | 1 | $ | 2,558 | $ | (2) | $ | 4,886 | ||||||||||||
| Advertising | 237 | 1 | 1,758 | (16) | 1,980 | |||||||||||||||||
| Content | 88 | 2,139 | 380 | (741) | 1,866 | |||||||||||||||||
| Other | 2 | 173 | 78 | (6) | 247 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | $ | 2,656 | $ | 2,314 | $ | 4,774 | $ | (765) | $ | 8,979 | Three Months Ended March 31, 2024 | |||||||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ||||||||||||
| Streaming | Studios | Global Linear Networks | Corporate and Inter-segment Eliminations | Total | ||||||||||||||||||
| Revenues: | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | $ | 2,185 | $ | 5 | $ | 2,797 | $ | (2) | $ | 4,985 | ||||||||||||
| Advertising | 175 | 4 | 1,987 | (18) | 2,148 | |||||||||||||||||
| Content | 99 | 2,623 | 264 | (428) | 2,558 | |||||||||||||||||
| Other | 1 | 189 | 77 | — | 267 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | $ | 2,460 | $ | 2,821 | $ | 5,125 | $ | (448) | $ | 9,958 |
Contract Liabilities and Contract Assets
The following table presents contract liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets (in millions).
| Category | Balance Sheet Location | March 31, 2025 | December 31, 2024 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contract liabilities | Deferred revenues | $ | 1,600 | $ | 1,569 |
| Contract liabilities | Other noncurrent liabilities | 210 | 206 |
For the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively, revenues of $677 million and $772 million were recognized that were included in deferred revenues as of December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively. Contract assets were not material as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024.
WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(unaudited)
Remaining Performance Obligations
The following table presents a summary of revenue expected to be recognized from remaining performance obligations by contract type (in millions).
| Contract Type | March 31, 2025 | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Distribution - fixed price or minimum guarantee | $ | 2,279 | Through 2030 |
| Content licensing and sports sublicensing | 4,124 | Through 2032 | |
| Brand licensing | 3,031 | Through 2052 | |
| Advertising | 676 | Through 2030 | |
| Other | 132 | Through 2029 | |
| Total | $ | 10,242 |
The value of unsatisfied performance obligations disclosed above does not include: (i) contracts involving variable consideration for which revenues are recognized in accordance with the sales or usage-based royalty exception, which typically have a similar duration as the contracts disclosed above, and (ii) contracts with an original expected length of one year or less, such as most advertising contracts; however for content licensing revenues, including revenues associated with the licensing of theatrical and television product for television and streaming services, the Company has included all contracts regardless of duration.
NOTE 5. SALES OF RECEIVABLES
Revolving Receivables Program
During 2024, the Company amended its revolving receivables program to reduce the facility limit to $5,200 million and extend the program to June 2025. The outstanding portfolio of receivables derecognized from our consolidated balance sheet was $4,748 million as of March 31, 2025.
The Company recognized $36 million and $51 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively, in selling, general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of operations from the revolving receivables program (net of non-designated derivatives). (See Note 9.)
The following table presents a summary of receivables sold (in millions).
| Three Months Ended March 31, | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2024 | |||
| Gross receivables sold/cash proceeds received | $ | 4,231 | $ | 3,956 |
| Collections reinvested under revolving receivables program | (4,120) | (3,987) | ||
| Net cash proceeds received (remitted) | $ | 111 | $ | (31) |
| Net receivables sold | $ | 4,205 | $ | 3,914 |
| Obligations recorded (Level 3) | $ | 103 | $ | 153 |
The following table presents a summary of the amounts transferred or pledged, which were held at the Company’s bankruptcy-remote consolidated subsidiary (in millions).
| March 31, 2025 | December 31, 2024 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross receivables pledged as collateral | $ | 2,242 | $ | 2,402 |
| Restricted cash pledged as collateral | $ | 102 | $ | 100 |
| Balance sheet classification: | ||||
| Receivables, net | $ | 1,846 | $ | 2,039 |
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets | $ | 102 | $ | 100 |
| Other noncurrent assets | $ | 396 | $ | 363 |
WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(unaudited)
Accounts Receivable Factoring
Total trade accounts receivable sold under the Company’s factoring arrangement were $102 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025. No amounts were sold under the factoring arrangement for the three months ended March 31, 2024. The impact to the consolidated statements of operations was immaterial for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024. This accounts receivable factoring agreement is separate and distinct from the revolving receivables program.
NOTE 6. CONTENT RIGHTS
For purposes of amortization and impairment, capitalized production costs are grouped based on their predominant monetization strategy: individually or as a group. Live programming includes licensed sports rights and related advances. The tables below present the components of content rights (in millions).
| March 31, 2025 | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Predominantly Monetized Individually | Predominantly Monetized as a Group | Total | ||||||||||||||
| Production costs: | ||||||||||||||||
| Released, less amortization | $ | 2,918 | $ | 5,696 | $ | 8,614 | ||||||||||
| Completed and not released | 613 | 765 | 1,378 | |||||||||||||
| In production and other | 1,913 | 1,981 | 3,894 | |||||||||||||
| Total production costs | $ | 5,444 | $ | 8,442 | $ | 13,886 | ||||||||||
| Licensed content, live programming, and advances, net | 5,774 | |||||||||||||||
| Game development costs, less amortization | 253 | |||||||||||||||
| Total film and television content rights and games | 19,913 | |||||||||||||||
| Less: Current content rights and prepaid license fees, net | (1,092) | |||||||||||||||
| Total noncurrent film and television content rights and games | $ | 18,821 | December 31, 2024 | |||||||||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | |||||||||
| Predominantly Monetized Individually | Predominantly Monetized as a Group | Total | ||||||||||||||
| Production costs: | ||||||||||||||||
| Released, less amortization | $ | 2,948 | $ | 5,678 | $ | 8,626 | ||||||||||
| Completed and not released | 794 | 767 | 1,561 | |||||||||||||
| In production and other | 1,700 | 2,008 | 3,708 | |||||||||||||
| Total production costs | $ | 5,442 | $ | 8,453 | $ | 13,895 | ||||||||||
| Licensed content, live programming, and advances, net | 5,744 | |||||||||||||||
| Game development costs, less amortization | 247 | |||||||||||||||
| Total film and television content rights and games | 19,886 | |||||||||||||||
| Less: Current content rights and prepaid license fees, net | (784) | |||||||||||||||
| Total noncurrent film and television content rights and games | $ | 19,102 |
Content amortization consisted of the following (in millions).
| Three Months Ended March 31, | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2024 | |||
| Predominantly monetized individually | $ | 580 | $ | 922 |
| Predominantly monetized as a group | 2,530 | 2,779 | ||
| Total content amortization | $ | 3,110 | $ | 3,701 |
Content expense includes amortization, impairments, and development expense and is generally a component of costs of revenues on the consolidated statements of operations. Content impairments were $35 million and $126 million, for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(unaudited)
NOTE 7. INVESTMENTS
The Company’s equity investments consisted of the following, net of investments recorded in other noncurrent liabilities (in millions).
| Category | Balance Sheet Location | Ownership | March 31, 2025 | December 31, 2024 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Equity method investments: | ||||||
| The Chernin Group (TCG) 2.0-A, LP | Other noncurrent assets | 44% | $ | 242 | $ | 240 |
| nC+ | Other noncurrent assets | 32% | 141 | 128 | ||
| TNT Sports | Other noncurrent assets | 50% | 83 | 92 | ||
| Other | Other noncurrent assets | 248 | 261 | |||
| Total equity method investments | 714 | 721 | ||||
| Investments with readily determinable fair values | Other noncurrent assets | 42 | 41 | |||
| Investments without readily determinable fair values | Other noncurrent assets(a) | 344 | 353 | |||
| Total investments | $ | 1,100 | $ | 1,115 |
(a) Investments without readily determinable fair values included $17 million as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024 that was recorded in prepaid expenses and other current assets.
Equity Method Investments
Certain of the Company’s other equity method investments are VIEs, for which the Company is not the primary beneficiary. As of March 31, 2025, the Company’s maximum exposure for all of its unconsolidated VIEs, including the investment carrying values and unfunded contractual commitments made on behalf of VIEs, was approximately $550 million. The Company’s maximum estimated exposure excludes the non-contractual future funding of VIEs. The aggregate carrying values of these VIE investments were $531 million and $550 million as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively. VIE gains and losses are recorded in loss from equity investees, net on the consolidated statements of operations, and were not material for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024.
Joint Venture
In January 2025, the Company contributed a 70% interest in its music catalog to a joint venture with Cutting Edge Group in exchange for net proceeds of $601 million. The Company retained a controlling financial interest and consolidated the joint venture as a VIE. The Company has determined that it is the primary beneficiary of the joint venture as the Company has certain operational rights that significantly impact the economic performance of the business including exploitation of the catalog works and selection of the administrator. As the primary beneficiary, the Company includes the joint venture assets, liabilities and results of operations in the Company's consolidated financial statements. As of March 31, 2025, the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities of the consolidated VIE were not material. In addition to the initial equity ownership, Cutting Edge Group, may receive up to an additional 10% economic interest in the venture based on the results of certain operational metrics.
WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(unaudited)
NOTE 8. DEBT
The table below presents the components of outstanding debt (in millions).
| Weighted-Average<br><br>Interest Rate as of<br><br>March 31, 2025 | March 31, 2025 | December 31, 2024 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Term loan with maturity of less than 1 year | 5.45 | % | $ | 1,500 | $ | — |
| Senior notes with maturities of 5 years or less | 3.89 | % | 10,805 | 13,744 | ||
| Senior notes with maturities between 5 and 10 years | 4.38 | % | 7,211 | 7,853 | ||
| Senior notes with maturities greater than 10 years | 5.20 | % | 17,930 | 17,930 | ||
| Total debt | 37,446 | 39,527 | ||||
| Unamortized discount, premium, debt issuance costs, and fair value adjustments for acquisition accounting, net | (20) | (22) | ||||
| Debt, net of unamortized discount, premium, debt issuance costs, and fair value adjustments for acquisition accounting | 37,426 | 39,505 | ||||
| Current portion of debt | (2,779) | (2,748) | ||||
| Noncurrent portion of debt | $ | 34,647 | $ | 36,757 |
During the three months ended March 31, 2025, the Company repaid in full at maturity $2,165 million of aggregate principal amount outstanding of its senior notes due March 2025, and redeemed in full $1,500 million aggregate principal amount outstanding of its senior notes due March 2026. The redemption was funded with the proceeds of borrowings pursuant to a new $1,500 million 364-day senior unsecured term loan credit facility.
During the three months ended March 31, 2024, the Company repaid in full at maturity $726 million of aggregate principal amount outstanding of its senior notes due February and March 2024 and completed open market repurchases for $364 million of aggregate principal amount outstanding of its senior notes.
As of March 31, 2025, all senior notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the Company, Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc. (“Scripps Networks”), Discovery Communications, LLC (“DCL”) (to the extent it is not the primary obligor on such senior notes), and WarnerMedia Holdings, Inc. (“WMH”) (to the extent it is not the primary obligor on such senior notes), except for $1,055 million of senior notes primarily related to the legacy WarnerMedia Business.
Revolving Credit Facility and Commercial Paper Programs
DCL and certain subsidiaries of the Company, as borrowers, have a multicurrency revolving credit agreement (the “Credit Agreement”). The Credit Agreement provides for a senior revolving credit facility (the “Credit Facility”) with aggregate commitments of $6.0 billion and includes a $150 million sublimit for the issuance of standby letters of credit. DCL may also request additional commitments up to $1.0 billion from the lenders upon the satisfaction of certain conditions. The obligations of the borrowers under the Credit Agreement are unsecured and are guaranteed by the Company, Scripps Networks, and WMH. The Credit Agreement is available on a revolving basis until October 2029, with an option for up to two additional 364-day renewal periods subject to the lenders’ consent.
The Company’s commercial paper program is supported by the Credit Facility. Under the commercial paper program, the Company may issue up to $2.0 billion. In March 2025, the Company increased the issuance capacity under the commercial paper program from $1.0 billion to $2.0 billion. Borrowing capacity under the Credit Facility is effectively reduced by any outstanding borrowings under the commercial paper program. As of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the Company and DCL had no outstanding borrowings under the Credit Facility or issuances under the commercial paper program.
The Credit Agreement contains customary representations and warranties as well as affirmative and negative covenants, and also requires maintenance of a minimum consolidated interest coverage ratio of 3.00 to 1.00 and a maximum consolidated leverage ratio of 4.50 to 1.00. As of March 31, 2025, the Company was in compliance with all applicable covenants and there were no events of default under the Credit Agreement.
WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(unaudited)
NOTE 9. DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
In the normal course of business, the Company is exposed to foreign currency exchange rate market risk and interest rate fluctuations. As part of its risk management strategy, the Company uses derivative financial instruments, primarily foreign currency forward contracts, fixed-to-fixed currency swaps, total return swaps and interest rate swaps to hedge certain foreign currency, market value, and interest rate exposures. The Company’s objective is to reduce earnings volatility by offsetting gains and losses resulting from these exposures with losses and gains on the derivative contracts used to hedge them. The Company does not enter into or hold derivative financial instruments for speculative trading purposes.
There were no amounts eligible to be offset under master netting agreements as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024. The fair value of the Company’s derivative financial instruments was determined using a market-based approach (Level 2). The following table summarizes the Company’s derivative financial instruments recorded on its consolidated balance sheets (in millions).
| March 31, 2025 | December 31, 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fair Value | Fair Value | |||||||||||||||||||
| Notional | Prepaid expenses and other current assets | Other non-<br>current assets | Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | Other non-<br>current liabilities | Notional | Prepaid expenses and other current assets | Other non-<br>current assets | Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | Other non-<br>current liabilities | |||||||||||
| Cash flow hedges: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Foreign exchange | $ | 2,557 | $ | 36 | $ | 25 | $ | 31 | $ | 21 | $ | 1,608 | $ | 47 | $ | 14 | $ | 25 | $ | 28 |
| Net investment hedges: (a) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Cross-currency swaps | 434 | 6 | — | — | 6 | 421 | 6 | — | — | 4 | ||||||||||
| No hedging designation: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Foreign exchange | 944 | 16 | 6 | 13 | 108 | 951 | 18 | 7 | 14 | 122 | ||||||||||
| Cross-currency swaps | 216 | 2 | — | — | 2 | 210 | 2 | — | — | 1 | ||||||||||
| Interest rate swaps | 1,500 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| Total return swaps | 443 | — | — | 17 | — | 454 | — | — | 16 | — | ||||||||||
| Total | $ | 61 | $ | 31 | $ | 61 | $ | 137 | $ | 73 | $ | 21 | $ | 55 | $ | 155 |
(a) Excludes €1,500 million of euro-denominated notes ($1,618 million and $1,558 million equivalent at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively) designated as a net investment hedge. (See Note 8.)
Derivatives Designated for Hedge Accounting
Cash Flow Hedges
The Company uses foreign exchange forward contracts to mitigate the foreign currency risk related to revenues, production rebates, and production expenses. As production spend occurs or when rebate receivables are recognized, foreign forward exchange contracts designated as cash flow hedges are de-designated. Upon de-designation, gains and losses on these derivatives directly impact earnings in the same line and same period as the hedged risk. These cash flow hedges are carried at fair market value on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets. Hedge effectiveness is assessed using the spot method, with fair market value changes recorded in other comprehensive loss until the hedged item affects earnings. Excluded components, including forward points, are included in current earnings.
WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(unaudited)
The following table presents the pre-tax impact of derivatives designated as cash flow hedges on income and other comprehensive loss (in millions).
| Three Months Ended March 31, | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2024 | |||
| Gains (losses) recognized in accumulated other comprehensive loss: | ||||
| Foreign exchange - derivative adjustments | $ | 14 | $ | 16 |
| Gains (losses) reclassified into income from accumulated other comprehensive loss: | ||||
| Foreign exchange - distribution revenue | 4 | 2 | ||
| Foreign exchange - costs of revenues | — | 11 | ||
| Interest rate - interest expense, net | (1) | (1) | ||
| Interest rate - other income (expense), net | 14 | — |
If current fair values of designated cash flow hedges as of March 31, 2025 remained static over the next twelve months, the amount the Company would reclassify from accumulated other comprehensive loss into income in the next twelve months would not be material for the current fiscal year. The maximum length of time the Company is hedging exposure to the variability in future cash flows is 30 years.
Net Investment Hedges
The Company is exposed to foreign currency risk associated with the net assets of non-USD functional entities and uses fixed-to-fixed cross currency swaps to mitigate this risk.
The following table presents the pre-tax impact of derivatives designated as net investment hedges on other comprehensive loss (in millions). Other than amounts excluded from effectiveness testing, there were no other material gains (losses) reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss to income during the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024.
| Three Months Ended March 31, | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amount of gain (loss) recognized in AOCI | Location of gain (loss) recognized in income on derivative (amount excluded from effectiveness testing) | Amount of gain (loss) recognized in income on derivative (amount excluded from effectiveness testing) | |||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 | ||||||||
| Cross currency swaps | $ | (4) | $ | 25 | Interest expense, net | $ | 3 | $ | 6 | ||
| Euro-denominated notes (foreign denominated debt) | (60) | — | N/A | — | — | ||||||
| Sterling notes (foreign denominated debt) | — | 4 | N/A | — | — | ||||||
| Total | $ | (64) | $ | 29 | $ | 3 | $ | 6 |
Derivatives Not Designated for Hedge Accounting
The Company has deferred compensation plans that have risk related to the fair value gains and losses on these investments and uses total return swaps to mitigate this risk. The gains and losses associated with these swaps are recorded to selling, general and administrative expenses, offsetting the deferred compensation investment gains and losses.
The Company is also exposed to risk of secured overnight financing rate changes in connection with securitization interest paid on the receivables securitization program. To mitigate this risk, the Company entered into $1.5 billion notional of non-designated interest rate swaps in the first quarter of 2025. The gains and losses on these derivatives are recorded to selling, general and administrative expenses, offsetting securitization interest expense.
WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(unaudited)
The following table presents the pretax gains (losses) on derivatives not designated as hedges and recognized in selling, general and administrative expense and other income (expense), net in the consolidated statements of operations (in millions).
| Three Months Ended March 31, | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2024 | |||
| Interest rate swaps | $ | 1 | $ | 21 |
| Total return swaps | (11) | 19 | ||
| Total in selling, general and administrative expense | (10) | 40 | ||
| Interest rate swaps | — | 2 | ||
| Cross-currency swaps | (1) | — | ||
| Foreign exchange derivatives | 9 | (8) | ||
| Total in other income (expense), net | 8 | (6) | ||
| Total | $ | (2) | $ | 34 |
NOTE 10. FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS
Fair value is defined as the amount that would be received for selling an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants. Assets and liabilities carried at fair value are classified in the following three categories:
| Level 1 | – | Quoted prices for identical instruments in active markets. |
|---|---|---|
| Level 2 | – | Quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets; quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active; and model-derived valuations in which all significant inputs and significant value drivers are observable in active markets. |
| Level 3 | – | Valuations derived from techniques in which one or more significant inputs are unobservable. |
The tables below present assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis (in millions).
| March 31, 2025 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Category | Balance Sheet Location | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | ||||
| Assets | |||||||||
| Cash equivalents: | |||||||||
| Time deposits | Cash and cash equivalents | $ | — | $ | 349 | $ | — | $ | 349 |
| Equity securities: | |||||||||
| Money market fund | Cash and cash equivalents | 46 | — | — | 46 | ||||
| Mutual funds | Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 18 | — | — | 18 | ||||
| Company-owned life insurance contracts | Prepaid expenses and other current assets | — | 3 | — | 3 | ||||
| Mutual funds | Other noncurrent assets | 210 | — | — | 210 | ||||
| Company-owned life insurance contracts | Other noncurrent assets | — | 100 | — | 100 | ||||
| Total | $ | 274 | $ | 452 | $ | — | $ | 726 | |
| Liabilities | |||||||||
| Deferred compensation plan | Accrued liabilities | $ | 68 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 68 |
| Deferred compensation plan | Other noncurrent liabilities | 639 | — | — | 639 | ||||
| Total | $ | 707 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 707 |
WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(unaudited)
| December 31, 2024 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Category | Balance Sheet Location | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | ||||
| Assets | |||||||||
| Cash equivalents: | |||||||||
| Time deposits | Cash and cash equivalents | $ | — | $ | 95 | $ | — | $ | 95 |
| Equity securities: | |||||||||
| Money market funds | Cash and cash equivalents | 46 | — | — | 46 | ||||
| Mutual funds | Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 16 | — | — | 16 | ||||
| Company-owned life insurance contracts | Prepaid expenses and other current assets | — | 1 | — | 1 | ||||
| Mutual funds | Other noncurrent assets | 216 | — | — | 216 | ||||
| Company-owned life insurance contracts | Other noncurrent assets | — | 102 | — | 102 | ||||
| Total | $ | 278 | $ | 198 | $ | — | $ | 476 | |
| Liabilities | |||||||||
| Deferred compensation plan | Accrued liabilities | $ | 62 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 62 |
| Deferred compensation plan | Other noncurrent liabilities | 650 | — | — | 650 | ||||
| Total | $ | 712 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 712 |
In addition to the financial instruments listed in the tables above, the Company holds other financial instruments, including cash deposits, accounts receivable, accounts payable, senior notes, and term loans. The carrying values for such financial instruments, other than the senior notes, each approximated their fair values as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024. The estimated fair value of the Company’s outstanding senior notes, including accrued interest, using quoted prices from over-the-counter markets, considered Level 2 inputs, was $30.8 billion and $34.9 billion as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively.
The Company’s derivative financial instruments are discussed in Note 9, its investments with readily determinable fair value are discussed in Note 7, and the obligation for its revolving receivable program is discussed in Note 5.
NOTE 11. SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION
The Company has various incentive plans under which performance based restricted stock units (“PRSUs”), service based restricted stock units (“RSUs”), and stock options have been issued. The table below presents awards granted (in millions, except weighted-average grant price).
| Three Months Ended March 31, 2025 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Awards | Weighted-Average Grant Price | ||
| Awards granted: | |||
| PRSUs | 4.6 | $ | 11.02 |
| RSUs | 38.7 | $ | 10.99 |
| Stock options | 4.2 | $ | 11.02 |
The table below presents unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested share-based awards and the weighted-average amortization period over which these expenses will be recognized as of March 31, 2025 (in millions, except years).
| Unrecognized Compensation Cost | Weighted-Average Amortization Period<br>(years) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| PRSUs | $ | 89 | 1.5 |
| RSUs | 802 | 1.7 | |
| Stock options | 90 | 1.8 | |
| Total unrecognized compensation cost | $ | 981 |
WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(unaudited)
NOTE 12. INCOME TAXES
Income tax expense was $15 million and $136 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. The decrease in income tax expense was primarily attributable to variability in pre-tax book income and loss, the mix of jurisdictions to which they relate, and the effect of foreign operations.
Income tax expense for the three months ended March 31, 2025, reflects an effective income tax rate that differs from the federal statutory tax rate primarily attributable to the effect of foreign operations, changes in unrecognized tax benefits, and state and local income taxes.
As of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the Company’s reserves for unrecognized tax benefits totaled $2,408 million and $2,371 million, respectively.
As of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the Company had accrued $774 million and $732 million, respectively, of total interest and penalties payable related to unrecognized tax benefits. The Company recognizes interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits as a component of income tax expense.
The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (“OECD”) Pillar Two Global Anti-Base Erosion (“GloBE”) model rules, issued under the OECD Inclusive Framework on Base Erosion and Profit Shifting, introduce a global minimum tax of 15% applicable to multinational enterprise groups with consolidated financial statement revenue in excess of €750 million. Numerous foreign jurisdictions have already enacted tax legislation based on the GloBE rules, with some effective as early as January 1, 2024. As of March 31, 2025, we recognized an immaterial income tax expense for Pillar Two GloBE minimum tax. The Company is continuously monitoring the evolving application of this legislation and assessing its potential impact on our future tax liability.
NOTE 13. SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES
The following tables present supplemental information related to the consolidated financial statements (in millions).
Other Income (Expense), net
Other income (expense), net, consisted of the following (in millions).
| Three Months Ended March 31, | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2024 | |||
| Foreign currency gains (losses), net | $ | 30 | $ | (137) |
| Gains (losses) on derivative instruments, net | 22 | (6) | ||
| Change in the value of investments with readily determinable fair value | 4 | (1) | ||
| Change in fair value of equity investments without readily determinable fair value | (4) | (14) | ||
| Interest income | 64 | 60 | ||
| Indemnification receivable accrual | (38) | 90 | ||
| Other income (loss), net | 4 | (6) | ||
| Total other income (expense), net | $ | 82 | $ | (14) |
Supplemental Cash Flow Information
| Three Months Ended March 31, | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2024 | |
| Non-cash investing and financing activities: | ||
| Assets acquired under finance lease and other arrangements | 144 | 111 |
| Settlement of PRSU awards | 51 | 31 |
WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(unaudited)
Cash, Cash Equivalents, and Restricted Cash
| March 31, 2025 | December 31, 2024 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 3,868 | $ | 5,312 |
| Restricted cash - recorded in prepaid expenses and other current assets (1) | 106 | 104 | ||
| Total cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash | $ | 3,974 | $ | 5,416 |
| (1) Restricted cash primarily includes cash posted as collateral related to the Company’s revolving receivables program. (See Note 5.) |
Earnings Per Share
The table below presents a reconciliation of net income (loss) available to Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. Series A common stockholders for basic and diluted earnings per share (in millions).
| Three Months Ended March 31, | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2024 | |||
| Numerator: | ||||
| Net loss | $ | (449) | $ | (955) |
| Less: | ||||
| Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests | (8) | (7) | ||
| Net loss (income) attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interests | 4 | (4) | ||
| Redeemable noncontrolling interest adjustments of carrying value to redemption value (redemption value does not equal fair value) | — | (4) | ||
| Net loss available to Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. Series A common stockholders for basic and diluted earnings per share | $ | (453) | $ | (970) |
| Denominator — weighted average: | ||||
| Common shares outstanding — basic and diluted | 2,462 | 2,443 | ||
| Basic net loss per share allocated to common stockholders | $ | (0.18) | $ | (0.40) |
| Diluted net loss per share allocated to common stockholders | $ | (0.18) | $ | (0.40) |
The table below presents the details of share-based awards that were excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share (in millions).
| Three Months Ended March 31, | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2024 | |
| Anti-dilutive share-based awards | 92 | 74 |
Supplier Finance Programs
As of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the Company has confirmed $254 million and $307 million, respectively, of accrued content producer liabilities. These amounts were outstanding and unpaid by the Company and were recorded in accrued liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets.
Leases
During the three months ended March 31, 2025, the Company subleased a portion of its Hudson Yards, New York office. As a result of executing the sublease, the Company recorded a right-of-use (“ROU”) asset impairment charge of $87 million. The ROU asset impairment charge was recorded in impairment and loss on dispositions in the consolidated statements of operations.
Other than the item disclosed above, no other material changes have occurred to the Company’s lease portfolio for the periods presented. Refer to the Company’s 2024 Form 10-K for more information on the Company’s leases.
WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(unaudited)
Collaborative Arrangements
The arrangement among TNT Sports, CBS Broadcasting, Inc. (“CBS”), and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (the “NCAA”) provides TNT Sports and CBS with rights to the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship Tournament (the “NCAA Tournament”) in the U.S. and its territories and possessions through 2032. The aggregate programming rights fee, production costs, certain advertising revenues and sponsorship revenues related to the NCAA Tournament, and related programming are shared equally by the Company and CBS. However, if the amount paid for the programming rights fee and production costs in any given year exceeds the shared advertising and sponsorship revenues for that year, CBS’ share of such shortfall is limited to a specified annual cap. The amount recorded pursuant to the loss cap was $59 million during the three months ended March 31, 2025 and was not material for three months ended March 31, 2024. In accounting for this arrangement, the Company records advertising revenue for the advertisements aired on its networks and amortizes its share of the programming rights fee based on the estimated relative value of each season over the term of the arrangement.
Venu Sports
On February 6, 2024, the Company announced that it would enter into a joint venture with ESPN, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company (“Disney”), and Fox Corporation (“Fox”) to form Venu Sports, a sports-centric streaming service in the United States. On February 20, 2024, FuboTV Inc. and FuboTV Media Inc. (collectively, “Fubo”) filed a lawsuit against Disney, including certain affiliates, Fox, and WBD (collectively, the “Defendants”) in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York alleging claims under federal and New York antitrust laws.
On January 6, 2025, Disney announced that it had entered into a definitive agreement to combine certain of Hulu Live TV’s assets with Fubo (the “Fubo Transaction”) and provide Fubo a senior unsecured term loan of up to $145 million in January 2026 (the “Fubo Loan”). If Disney funds the Fubo Loan prior to the consummation of the Fubo Transaction, the Company and Fox will participate in a portion of the Fubo Loan by providing loans to Disney with substantially the same economic terms as the Fubo Loan. A $130 million termination fee will be payable by Disney to Fubo if the transaction is terminated under certain circumstances. The Company and Fox have agreed to reimburse a portion of the termination fee to Disney if it becomes payable. In addition, the Defendants reached a settlement with Fubo related to Fubo’s antitrust claims and collectively paid $220 million to Fubo in January 2025, of which the Company’s share was $55 million.
On January 10, 2025, the Defendants announced their decision to discontinue the Venu Sports joint venture and not launch its streaming service effective immediately.
Discovery Family
Hasbro Inc. (“Hasbro”) had the right to put the entirety of its remaining 40% interest in Discovery Family to the Company. Hasbro did not exercise the right by the election period expiration date of March 31, 2025. As of March 31, 2025, Hasbro’s noncontrolling interest was reclassified from redeemable noncontrolling interest to noncontrolling interest outside of stockholders’ equity on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets.
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss
The table below presents the changes in the components of accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of taxes (in millions).
| Three Months Ended March 31, 2025 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Currency Translation | Derivatives | Pension Plan and SERP Liability | Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss | |||||
| Beginning balance | $ | (1,008) | $ | 15 | $ | (74) | $ | (1,067) |
| Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications | 231 | 9 | — | 240 | ||||
| Reclassifications from accumulated other comprehensive loss to net income | — | (13) | — | (13) | ||||
| Other comprehensive income (loss) | 231 | (4) | — | 227 | ||||
| Ending balance | $ | (777) | $ | 11 | $ | (74) | $ | (840) |
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| Three Months Ended March 31, 2024 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Currency Translation | Derivatives | Pension Plan and SERP Liability | Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss | |||||
| Beginning balance | $ | (699) | $ | 18 | $ | (60) | $ | (741) |
| Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications | (176) | 13 | — | (163) | ||||
| Reclassifications from accumulated other comprehensive loss to net income | — | (9) | — | (9) | ||||
| Other comprehensive income (loss) | (176) | 4 | — | (172) | ||||
| Ending balance | $ | (875) | $ | 22 | $ | (60) | $ | (913) |
NOTE 14. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
In the normal course of business, the Company enters into transactions with related parties. Related party transactions include revenues and expenses for content and services provided to or acquired from equity method investees, entities that share common directorship, or minority partners of consolidated subsidiaries.
The table below presents a summary of the transactions with related parties (in millions).
| Three Months Ended March 31, | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2024 | |||
| Revenues and service charges (a) | $ | 214 | $ | 653 |
| Expenses | $ | 68 | $ | 77 |
| Distributions to noncontrolling interests and redeemable noncontrolling interests | $ | 157 | $ | 130 |
(a) The decrease in revenue and service charges in 2025 is primarily attributable to transactions with certain entities that are no longer considered related parties, as such entities and the Company ceased to share common directorship in 2025.
The table below presents receivables due from and payables due to related parties (in millions).
| March 31, 2025 | December 31, 2024 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Receivables | $ | 238 | $ | 254 |
| Payables | $ | 27 | $ | 13 |
NOTE 15. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Put Rights
The Company has granted put rights to non-controlling interest holders in certain consolidated subsidiaries but is unable to reasonably predict the ultimate amount or timing of any payment.
Legal Matters
From time to time, in the normal course of its operations, the Company is subject to various litigation matters and claims, including claims related to employees, stockholders, vendors, other business partners, government regulations, or intellectual property, as well as disputes and matters involving counterparties to contractual agreements. A determination as to the amount of the accrual required for such contingencies is highly subjective and requires judgment about future events.
The Company may not currently be able to estimate the reasonably possible loss or range of loss for certain matters until developments in such matters have provided sufficient information to support an assessment of such loss. In the absence of sufficient information to support an assessment of the reasonably possible loss or range of loss, no accrual for such contingencies is made and no loss or range of loss is disclosed, including with respect to the matters noted below. Although the outcome of these matters cannot be predicted with certainty and the impact of the final resolution of these matters on the Company’s results of operations in a particular subsequent reporting period is not known, management does not currently believe that the resolution of these matters will have a material adverse effect on the Company’s future consolidated financial position, future results of operations, or cash flows.
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Securities Class Action. On November 25, 2024, a securities class action complaint was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Collura v. Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc., No. 1:24-cv-09027-KPF). The complaint named Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (“WBD”), Gunnar Wiedenfels, and David M. Zaslav as defendants and asserted claims under Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder. On February 21, 2025, the court appointed co-lead plaintiffs (Anthony Yuson and Michael Steinberg) and co-lead counsel (Pomerantz LLP and The Rosen Law Firm, P.A.) to represent the putative class. On May 7, 2025, the lead plaintiffs filed a First Amended Complaint against WBD, Gunnar Wiedenfels, and David M. Zaslav. The First Amended Complaint generally alleges that, between February 23, 2024 and August 7, 2024, defendants made false and misleading statements in SEC filings and other public disclosures relating to WBD’s negotiations with the National Basketball Association (“NBA”) concerning its contractual rights to broadcast the NBA’s content and the potential impact of a failure to renew the contract on its business, in violation of Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 10b-5, and seeks damages and other relief. The defendants have until July 11, 2025 to answer or move to dismiss.
Consolidated Derivative Action. Between December 20, 2024 and January 14, 2025, four shareholder derivative complaints were filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Roy v. Zaslav et al., No. 1:24-cv-09856-AT, Hollin v. Zaslav et al., No. 1:24-cv-09885-AT, KO v. Zaslav et al., No. 1:25-cv-00114-AT, and Herman, III v. Chen et al., No. 1:25-cv-00352-AT). Each complaint names certain current and former directors and officers of WBD as defendants and WBD as nominal defendant, and each complaint seeks damages and other relief. The complaints generally assert claims against the defendants, derivatively on behalf of WBD, for alleged breaches of fiduciary duty based on the same facts alleged in the Collura securities case described above. The complaints assert various common law causes of action, including breach of fiduciary duties, aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary duties, abuse of control, unjust enrichment, gross mismanagement, and waste of corporate assets, as well claims for violations of Sections 14(a), 10(b), and 21D of the Exchange Act. On January 21, 2025, the court consolidated the four actions for all purposes under Case No. 1:24-cv-09856-AT, captioned as In re Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. Derivative Litigation (the “Consolidated Derivative Action”). On February 19, 2025, the Court stayed the Consolidated Derivative Action pending resolution of a final decision on all motions to dismiss the operative complaint in the Collura securities action.
District of Delaware Derivative Action. On February 20, 2025, a fifth shareholder derivative complaint was filed in the United States District Court for Delaware (Harloff v. Zaslav, No. 1:25-cv-00207-JLH). The complaint named certain current and former directors and officers of WBD as defendants and named WBD as nominal defendant. The complaint asserted claims for breaches of fiduciary duty, unjust enrichment, abuse of control, and gross mismanagement, based on the same facts alleged in the Collura securities case described above in addition to violations of Sections 14(a), 10(b), and 20(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder, and sought damages and other relief. On March 13, 2025, the court denied the parties’ joint request to stay the proceedings pending resolution of the Collura securities class action and ordered the plaintiff to show cause as to why the case should not be dismissed for failure to state a claim over which the court has original jurisdiction. On March 31, 2025, the plaintiff filed a notice of voluntary dismissal, which the court so-ordered on April 2, 2025.
NOTE 16. REPORTABLE SEGMENTS
The Company’s operating segments are determined based on: (i) financial information reviewed by its chief operating decision maker (“CODM”), the Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”), (ii) internal management and related reporting structure, and (iii) the basis upon which the CEO makes resource allocation decisions.
The accounting policies of the reportable segments are the same as the Company’s, except that certain inter-segment transactions that are eliminated for consolidation are not eliminated at the segment level. Inter-segment transactions primarily include advertising and content licenses. The Company generally records inter-segment transactions of content licenses at market value. The Company does not report assets by segment because it is not used by the CODM to allocate resources or evaluate segment performance.
The Company evaluates the operating performance of its segments based on financial measures such as revenues and Adjusted EBITDA. Adjusted EBITDA is defined as operating income excluding:
•employee share-based compensation;
•depreciation and amortization;
•restructuring and facility consolidation;
•certain impairment charges;
•gains and losses on business and asset dispositions;
•third-party transaction and integration costs;
•amortization of purchase accounting fair value step-up for content;
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•amortization of capitalized interest for content; and
•other items impacting comparability.
The CODM uses this measure to assess the operating results and performance of the segments, perform analytical comparisons, identify strategies to improve performance, and allocate resources to each segment. The Company believes Adjusted EBITDA is relevant to investors because it allows them to analyze the operating performance of each segment using the same metric management uses. The Company excludes employee share-based compensation, restructuring, certain impairment charges, gains and losses on business and asset dispositions, and transaction and integration costs from the calculation of Adjusted EBITDA due to their impact on comparability between periods. Integration costs include transformative system implementations and integrations, such as Enterprise Resource Planning systems, and may take several years to complete. The Company also excludes the depreciation of fixed assets and amortization of intangible assets, amortization of purchase accounting fair value step-up for content (which is included in consolidated costs of revenues), and amortization of capitalized interest for content, as these amounts do not represent cash payments in the current reporting period. We prospectively updated certain corporate allocations at the beginning of 2025. The impact to prior periods was immaterial.
The tables below present summarized financial information for each of the Company’s reportable segments (in millions).
Revenues
| Three Months Ended March 31, | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2024 | |||
| Streaming | $ | 2,656 | $ | 2,460 |
| Studios | 2,314 | 2,821 | ||
| Global Linear Networks | 4,774 | 5,125 | ||
| Corporate | — | 1 | ||
| Inter-segment eliminations | (765) | (449) | ||
| Total revenues | $ | 8,979 | $ | 9,958 |
Reconciliation of Revenues to Segment Adjusted EBITDA
| Three months ended March 31, 2025 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Streaming | Studios | Global Linear Networks | ||||
| Revenues | $ | 2,656 | $ | 2,314 | $ | 4,774 |
| Less: | ||||||
| Content expense (a) | 1,504 | 1,339 | 1,832 | |||
| Personnel expense (b) | 186 | 230 | 496 | |||
| Marketing expense | 220 | 252 | 104 | |||
| Other segment expenses (c) | 407 | 234 | 549 | |||
| Segment Adjusted EBITDA | $ | 339 | $ | 259 | $ | 1,793 |
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| Three months ended March 31, 2024 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Streaming | Studios | Global Linear Networks | ||||
| Revenues | $ | 2,460 | $ | 2,821 | $ | 5,125 |
| Less: | ||||||
| Content expense (a) | 1,567 | 1,950 | 1,843 | |||
| Personnel expense (b) | 192 | 240 | 548 | |||
| Marketing expense | 289 | 289 | 88 | |||
| Other segment expenses (c) | 326 | 158 | 527 | |||
| Segment Adjusted EBITDA | $ | 86 | $ | 184 | $ | 2,119 |
(a) Content expense includes amortization, impairments, participations, residuals, development expense, and production costs, including talent costs, and is a component of costs of revenues. Content expense excludes content impairments and other development costs recorded in restructuring and other charges, amortization of purchase accounting fair value step-up for content, and amortization of capitalized interest for content as these items are excluded from the calculation of Adjusted EBITDA.
(b) Personnel expense is a component of costs of revenues and selling, general and administrative expense. Personnel expense includes marketing personnel compensation and excludes commissions (included in other segment expenses) and talent costs (included in content expense).
(c) Other segment expenses include distribution costs, other direct costs, software and hardware costs, IT services, professional and consulting fees, commissions, and certain other overhead costs. Other segment expenses exclude depreciation and amortization, amortization of purchase accounting fair value step-up for content, amortization of capitalized interest for content, employee share-based compensation, third-party transaction and integration costs, and other items impacting comparability as these items are excluded from the calculation of Adjusted EBITDA.
Reconciliation of segment adjusted EBITDA to loss before income taxes
| Three Months Ended March 31, | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2024 | |||
| Streaming | $ | 339 | $ | 86 |
| Studios | 259 | 184 | ||
| Global Linear Networks | 1,793 | 2,119 | ||
| Segment Adjusted EBITDA | 2,391 | 2,389 | ||
| Depreciation and amortization | 1,547 | 1,888 | ||
| Employee share-based compensation | 120 | 99 | ||
| Restructuring and other charges | 54 | 35 | ||
| Transaction and integration costs | 80 | 81 | ||
| Facility consolidation costs | 5 | 2 | ||
| Impairment and amortization of fair value step-up for content | 240 | 235 | ||
| Amortization of capitalized interest for content | 6 | 17 | ||
| Impairments and loss on dispositions | 90 | 12 | ||
| Corporate | 233 | 346 | ||
| Inter-segment eliminations | 53 | (59) | ||
| Other (income) expense, net | (82) | 14 | ||
| Loss from equity investees, net | 7 | 48 | ||
| Loss (gain) on extinguishment of debt | 4 | (25) | ||
| Interest expense, net | 468 | 515 | ||
| Loss before income taxes | $ | (434) | $ | (819) |
NOTE 17. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
In April 2025, the Company borrowed $500 million under its Credit Facility, which is expected to be repaid within the current quarter.
ITEM 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
Management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations is a supplement to and should be read in conjunction with the accompanying consolidated financial statements and related notes. This section provides additional information regarding our businesses, current developments, results of operations, cash flows and financial condition. Additional context can also be found in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 (the “2024 Form 10-K”).
BUSINESS OVERVIEW
Warner Bros. Discovery is a leading global media and entertainment company that creates and distributes a differentiated and comprehensive portfolio of content and products across television, film, streaming, interactive gaming, publishing, themed experiences, and consumer products through brands including: Discovery Channel, Max, CNN, DC Studios, TNT Sports, HBO, Food Network, TLC, TBS, Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group, Warner Bros. Television Group, Warner Bros. Games, Adult Swim, Turner Classic Movies, and others.
We are home to one of the largest collections of owned content in the world with assets and intellectual property across sports, news, lifestyle, and entertainment in most languages and regions of the globe. We create some of the best-in-class content using our renowned library, beloved franchises, and acclaimed creative expertise to serve our audiences and consumers. Our asset mix strongly positions us to execute our key strategies: grow our streaming business globally, enhance our Studios segment, and manage our linear networks for the best possible success in order to create long-term value for our shareholders.
In December 2024, we announced that our board of directors had authorized the Company to implement a new corporate structure designed to enhance our strategic flexibility and create potential opportunities to unlock shareholder value. Under the new corporate structure, the Company will serve as the parent company for two distinct operating divisions: Streaming & Studios and Global Linear Networks. In the first quarter of 2025, we renamed our Direct-to-Consumer reportable segment to Streaming and our Networks reportable segment to Global Linear Networks. There were no changes to our reportable segments or the composition of our reportable segments as a result of these changes. We have included supplemental Streaming & Studios and Global Linear Networks division information and supplemental consolidating data within Management’s Discussion and Analysis of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
As of March 31, 2025, we classified our operations in three reportable segments:
•Streaming - Our Streaming segment primarily consists of our premium pay-TV and streaming services.
•Studios - Our Studios segment primarily consists of the production and release of feature films for initial exhibition in theaters, production and initial licensing of television programs to third parties and our networks/streaming services, distribution of our films and television programs to various third party and internal television and streaming services, distribution through the home entertainment market (physical and digital), related consumer products and themed experience licensing, and interactive gaming.
•Global Linear Networks - Our Global Linear Networks segment primarily consists of our domestic and international television networks.
Our segment presentation is aligned with our management structure and the financial information management uses to make decisions about operating matters, such as the allocation of resources and business performance assessments.
INDUSTRY TRENDS
Headwinds in the industry, such as continued pressures on linear distribution and declines in linear subscribers and continued softness in the U.S. linear advertising market, have had, and are expected to continue to have, a material impact on the operations and results of the Company, including a negative impact on the results of operations attributed to declines in linear advertising revenue. The increase of digital advertising available in the marketplace has also resulted in, and is expected to continue to result in, increased competition for advertising expenditures for both traditional linear networks and ad-supported tiers in streaming services. In addition, the imposition of tariffs by the U.S. government and any retaliatory tariffs from foreign governments, including tariffs directly or indirectly applicable to our industry, may negatively impact our operations and results, including by leading to higher productions costs or decreased spending by advertisers whose expenditures are sensitive to such actions or to general economic conditions.
We continue to closely monitor the ongoing impact of industry trends to our business; however, the full effects on our operations and results will depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted.
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Foreign Exchange Impacting Comparability
The impact of exchange rates on our business is an important factor in understanding period-to-period comparisons of our results. For example, our international revenues are favorably impacted as the U.S. dollar weakens relative to other foreign currencies, and unfavorably impacted as the U.S. dollar strengthens relative to other foreign currencies. We believe the presentation of results on a constant currency basis (“ex-FX”), in addition to results reported in accordance with U.S. GAAP provides useful information about our operating performance because the presentation ex-FX excludes the effects of foreign currency volatility and highlights our core operating results. The presentation of results on a constant currency basis should be considered in addition to, but not a substitute for, measures of financial performance reported in accordance with U.S. GAAP.
The ex-FX change represents the percentage change on a period-over-period basis adjusted for foreign currency impacts. The ex-FX change is calculated as the difference between the current year amounts translated at a baseline rate, which is a spot rate for each of our currencies determined early in the fiscal year as part of our forecasting process (the “2025 Baseline Rate”), and the prior year amounts translated at the same 2025 Baseline Rate. In addition, consistent with the assumption of a constant currency environment, our ex-FX results exclude the impact of our foreign currency hedging activities, as well as realized and unrealized foreign currency transaction gains and losses. Results on a constant currency basis, as we present them, may not be comparable to similarly titled measures used by other companies.
Consolidated Results of Operations
The table below presents our consolidated results of operations (in millions).
| Three Months Ended March 31, | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2024 | % Change | % Change (ex-FX) | ||||||||
| Revenues: | |||||||||||
| Distribution | $ | 4,886 | $ | 4,985 | (2) | % | (1) | % | |||
| Advertising | 1,980 | 2,148 | (8) | % | (8) | % | |||||
| Content | 1,866 | 2,558 | (27) | % | (25) | % | |||||
| Other | 247 | 267 | (7) | % | (6) | % | |||||
| Total revenues | 8,979 | 9,958 | (10) | % | (9) | % | |||||
| Costs of revenues, excluding depreciation and amortization | 5,131 | 6,058 | (15) | % | (15) | % | |||||
| Selling, general and administrative | 2,194 | 2,232 | (2) | % | (1) | % | |||||
| Depreciation and amortization | 1,547 | 1,888 | (18) | % | (18) | % | |||||
| Restructuring and other charges | 54 | 35 | 54 | % | 59 | % | |||||
| Impairments and loss on dispositions | 90 | 12 | NM | NM | |||||||
| Total costs and expenses | 9,016 | 10,225 | (12) | % | (12) | % | |||||
| Operating loss | (37) | (267) | 86 | % | NM | ||||||
| Interest expense, net | (468) | (515) | |||||||||
| (Loss) gain on extinguishment of debt | (4) | 25 | |||||||||
| Loss from equity investees, net | (7) | (48) | |||||||||
| Other income (expense), net | 82 | (14) | |||||||||
| Loss before income taxes | (434) | (819) | |||||||||
| Income tax expense | (15) | (136) | |||||||||
| Net loss | (449) | (955) | |||||||||
| Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests | (8) | (7) | |||||||||
| Net loss (income) attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interests | 4 | (4) | |||||||||
| Net loss available to Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. | $ | (453) | $ | (966) |
NM - Not meaningful
Unless otherwise indicated, the discussion of percent changes below is on an ex-FX basis. The ex-FX percent changes of line items below operating loss in the table above are not included as the activity is principally in U.S. dollars.
Revenues
Distribution revenue decreased 1% for the three months ended March 31, 2025, primarily attributable to a 9% decline in domestic linear subscribers, as well as lower international affiliate rates and international subscriber declines in the Global Linear Networks segment, partially offset by a 23% increase in Streaming subscribers and a 2% increase in domestic affiliate rates.
Advertising revenue decreased 8% for the three months ended March 31, 2025, primarily attributable to audience declines of 27% in domestic linear networks, partially offset by an increase in ad-lite subscribers.
Content revenue decreased 25% for the three months ended March 31, 2025, primarily attributable to a 27% decrease in theatrical product revenue as a result of lower film rental revenue and home entertainment revenue and a 48% decrease in games revenue. The decrease in content revenue was partially offset by the timing of Global Linear Networks third party licensing deals.
Other revenue decreased 6% for the three months ended March 31, 2025.
Costs of Revenues
Costs of revenues decreased 15% for the three months ended March 31, 2025, primarily attributable to a 41% decrease in theatrical product content expense, as a result of lower film costs commensurate with lower theatrical product revenue and lower payments to partners and participants, and a 66% decrease in games content expense due to a $187 million impairment related to Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League in the prior year. In addition, costs of revenues was positively impacted by lower domestic Streaming content costs due to the timing of programming releases, and the timing of content, production, and news related spend at the Global Linear Networks segment.
Selling, General and Administrative
Selling, general and administrative expenses decreased 1% for the three months ended March 31, 2025, primarily attributable to lower marketing expenses and the release of previously recorded non-income tax reserves, partially offset by higher overhead expenses.
Depreciation and Amortization
Depreciation and amortization decreased 18% for the three months ended March 31, 2025, primarily attributable to intangible assets acquired during the Merger that are being amortized using the sum of the months’ digits method, partially offset by the shortening of the useful lives of certain intangible assets.
Restructuring and other charges
Restructuring and other charges increased 59% for the three months ended March 31, 2025. Restructuring and other charges primarily includes organizational restructuring costs and consulting fees. (See Note 3 to the accompanying consolidated financial statements.)
Impairments and Loss on Dispositions
Impairments and loss on dispositions was $90 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025, primarily attributable to a $87 million ROU asset impairment charge related to the Hudson Yards, New York office lease. (See Note 13 to the accompanying consolidated financial statements.)
Interest Expense, net
Interest expense, net decreased $47 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025, primarily attributable to lower debt during the period. (See Note 8 and Note 9 to the accompanying consolidated financial statements.)
(Loss) gain on extinguishment of debt
During the three months ended March 31, 2025, the Company repaid in full at maturity $2,165 million of aggregate principal amount outstanding of its senior notes due March 2025, and redeemed in full $1,500 million aggregate principal amount outstanding of its senior notes due March 2026. (See Note 8 to the accompanying consolidated financial statements.)
Loss From Equity Investees, net
Losses from our equity method investees were $7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025. The changes are attributable to our share of net earnings and losses from our equity investees. (See Note 7 to the accompanying consolidated financial statements.)
Other Income (Expense), net
Other income (expense), net was $82 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025. (See Note 13 to the accompanying consolidated financial statements.)
Income Tax Benefit
Income tax expense was $15 million and $136 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. The decrease in income tax expense was primarily attributable to variability in pre-tax book income and loss, the mix of jurisdictions to which they relate, and the effect of foreign operations.
Income tax expense for the three months ended March 31, 2025, reflects an effective income tax rate that differs from the federal statutory tax rate primarily attributable to the effect of foreign operations, changes in unrecognized tax benefits, and state and local income taxes.
The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (“OECD”) Pillar Two Global Anti-Base Erosion (“GloBE”) model rules, issued under the OECD Inclusive Framework on Base Erosion and Profit Shifting, introduce a global minimum tax of 15% applicable to multinational enterprise groups with consolidated financial statement revenue in excess of €750 million. Numerous foreign jurisdictions have already enacted tax legislation based on the GloBE rules, with some effective as early as January 1, 2024. As of March 31, 2025, we recognized a nominal income tax expense for Pillar Two GloBE minimum tax. The Company is continuously monitoring the evolving application of this legislation and assessing its potential impact on our future tax liability.
Division and Segment Results of Operations
The Company evaluates the operating performance of its segments based on financial measures such as revenues and Adjusted EBITDA. Adjusted EBITDA is defined as operating income excluding:
•employee share-based compensation;
•depreciation and amortization;
•restructuring and facility consolidation;
•certain impairment charges;
•gains and losses on business and asset dispositions;
•third-party transaction and integration costs;
•amortization of purchase accounting fair value step-up for content;
•amortization of capitalized interest for content; and
•other items impacting comparability.
The CODM uses this measure to assess the operating results and performance of the segments, perform analytical comparisons, identify strategies to improve performance, and allocate resources to each segment. The Company believes Adjusted EBITDA is relevant to investors because it allows them to analyze the operating performance of each segment using the same metric management uses. The Company excludes employee share-based compensation, restructuring, certain impairment charges, gains and losses on business and asset dispositions, and transaction and integration costs from the calculation of Adjusted EBITDA due to their impact on comparability between periods. Integration costs include transformative system implementations and integrations, such as Enterprise Resource Planning systems, and may take several years to complete. The Company also excludes the depreciation of fixed assets and amortization of intangible assets, amortization of purchase accounting fair value step-up for content (which is included in consolidated costs of revenues), and amortization of capitalized interest for content, as these amounts do not represent cash payments in the current reporting period. We prospectively updated certain corporate allocations at the beginning of 2025. The impact to prior periods was immaterial.
The table below presents our Adjusted EBITDA for each of the Company’s reportable segments, corporate, and inter-segment eliminations (in millions).
| Three Months Ended March 31, | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2024 | % Change | ||||
| Streaming | $ | 339 | $ | 86 | NM | |
| Studios | $ | 259 | $ | 184 | 41 | % |
| Global Linear Networks | $ | 1,793 | $ | 2,119 | (15) | % |
| Corporate | $ | (233) | $ | (346) | 33 | % |
| Inter-segment eliminations | $ | (53) | $ | 59 | NM |
Supplemental Streaming & Studios and Global Linear Networks Division Information
The following tables present, for our Streaming & Studios and Global Linear Networks divisions, supplemental information about revenues and Adjusted EBITDA (in millions).
Revenues
| Three Months Ended March 31, | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2024 | % Change | % Change (ex-FX) | |||||
| Streaming | $ | 2,656 | $ | 2,460 | 8 | % | 9 | % |
| Studios | 2,314 | 2,821 | (18) | % | (16) | % | ||
| Streaming & Studios eliminations | (623) | (318) | (96) | % | (96) | % | ||
| Streaming & Studios | 4,347 | 4,963 | (12) | % | (11) | % | ||
| Global Linear Networks | 4,774 | 5,125 | (7) | % | (6) | % | ||
| Corporate | — | 1 | NM | NM | ||||
| Other inter-segment eliminations | (142) | (131) | (8) | % | (8) | % | ||
| Total revenues | $ | 8,979 | $ | 9,958 | (10) | % | (9) | % |
Adjusted EBITDA
| Three Months Ended March 31, | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2024 | % Change | % Change (ex-FX) | |||||
| Streaming | $ | 339 | $ | 86 | NM | NM | ||
| Studios | 259 | 184 | 41 | % | 63 | % | ||
| Streaming & Studios eliminations | (58) | 49 | NM | NM | ||||
| Streaming & Studios | 540 | 319 | 69 | % | 95 | % | ||
| Global Linear Networks | 1,793 | 2,119 | (15) | % | (14) | % | ||
| Corporate | (233) | (346) | 33 | % | 33 | % | ||
| Other inter-segment eliminations | 5 | 10 | (50) | % | (50) | % | ||
| Adjusted EBITDA | $ | 2,105 | $ | 2,102 | — | % | 4 | % |
Streaming Segment
The following table presents, for our Streaming segment, revenues by type, certain operating expenses, Adjusted EBITDA and a reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to operating loss (in millions).
| Three Months Ended March 31, | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2024 | % Change | % Change (ex-FX) | ||||||||
| Revenues: | |||||||||||
| Distribution | $ | 2,329 | $ | 2,185 | 7 | % | 8 | % | |||
| Advertising | 237 | 175 | 35 | % | 35 | % | |||||
| Content | 88 | 99 | (11) | % | (7) | % | |||||
| Other | 2 | 1 | NM | NM | |||||||
| Total revenues | 2,656 | 2,460 | 8 | % | 9 | % | |||||
| Costs of revenues, excluding depreciation and amortization | 1,824 | 1,895 | (4) | % | (4) | % | |||||
| Selling, general and administrative | 493 | 479 | 3 | % | 4 | % | |||||
| Adjusted EBITDA - Streaming segment | 339 | 86 | NM | NM | |||||||
| Depreciation and amortization | 371 | 515 | |||||||||
| Restructuring and other charges | 12 | 2 | |||||||||
| Facility consolidation costs | — | 2 | |||||||||
| Impairment and amortization of fair value step-up for content | 47 | 102 | |||||||||
| Impairments and loss on dispositions | 3 | 5 | |||||||||
| Operating loss | $ | (94) | $ | (540) |
Unless otherwise indicated, the discussion of percent changes below is on an ex-FX basis.
Revenues
Subscriber information consisted of the following (in millions).
| March 31, 2025 | March 31, 2024 | % Change | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Domestic subscribers1 | 57.6 | 52.7 | 9 | % |
| Total International subscribers1 | 64.6 | 46.9 | 38 | % |
| Total Streaming subscribers1 | 122.3 | 99.6 | 23 | % |
1Streaming subscriber - We define a “Core Streaming Subscription” as:
i.a retail subscription to discovery+, HBO, HBO Max, Max, or a Premium Sports Product (defined below) for which we have recognized subscription revenue, whether directly or through a third party, from a Streaming platform;
ii.a wholesale subscription to discovery+, HBO, HBO Max, Max, or a Premium Sports Product for which we have recognized subscription revenue from a fixed-fee arrangement with a third party and where the individual user has activated their subscription;
iii.a wholesale subscription to discovery+, HBO, HBO Max, Max, or a Premium Sports Product for which we have recognized subscription revenue on a per subscriber basis, including third-party services that host a branded environment of discovery+, HBO, HBO Max, Max, or a Premium Sports Product for which we have recognized subscription revenue on a per subscriber basis;
iv.a retail or wholesale subscription to an independently-branded, regional product sold on a stand-alone basis that includes discovery+, HBO, HBO Max, Max, and/or a Premium Sports Product, for which we have recognized subscription revenue (as per (i) –(iii) above); and users on free trials who convert to a subscription for which we have recognized subscription revenue within the first seven days of the calendar month immediately following the month in which their free trial expires.
The Company defines a “Premium Sports Product” as a strategically prioritized, sports-focused product sold on a stand-alone basis and made available directly to consumers.
The current “independently-branded, regional products” referred to in (iv) above consist of TVN/Player and BluTV.
Subscribers to multiple WBD Streaming products (listed above) are counted as a paid subscriber for each individual WBD streaming product subscription.
We may refer to the aggregate number of Core Streaming Subscriptions as “subscribers”.
The reported number of “subscribers” included herein and the definition of “Streaming Subscription” as used herein excludes:
i.individuals who subscribe to Streaming products, other than discovery+, HBO, HBO Max, Max, a Premium Sports Product, and independently-brand, regional products (currently consisting of TVN/Player and BluTV), that may be offered by us or by certain joint venture partners or affiliated parties from time to time;
ii.a limited number of international discovery+ subscribers that are part of non-strategic partnerships or short-term arrangements as may be identified by the Company from time to time;
iii.domestic and international Cinemax subscribers, and international basic HBO subscribers; and users on free trials except for those users on free trial that convert to a Streaming Subscription within the first seven days of the next month as noted above.
Domestic subscriber - We define a Domestic subscriber as a subscription based either in the United States of America or Canada.
International subscriber - We define an International subscriber as a subscription based outside of the United States of America or Canada.
Distribution revenue increased 8% for the three months ended March 31, 2025, primarily attributable to a 23% increase in subscribers as a result of continued global expansion of Max, including new distribution deals, partially offset by lower global distribution ARPU due to a mix shift in the subscriber base across distribution channels, geography, and product type.
Advertising revenue increased 35% for the three months ended March 31, 2025, driven by an increase in ad-lite subscribers.
Global ARPU consisted of the following.
| Three Months Ended March 31, | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2024 | % Change (ex-FX) | ||||
| Domestic ARPU | $ | 11.15 | $ | 11.72 | (5) | % |
| International ARPU | $ | 3.63 | $ | 3.75 | — | % |
| Global ARPU2 | $ | 7.11 | $ | 7.83 | (9) | % |
Global ARPU decreased 9% for the three months ended March 31, 2025, primarily attributable to growth in lower ARPU international markets. Additionally, global ARPU was negatively impacted by a 5% decrease in domestic ARPU for the three months ended March 31, 2025, primarily attributable to broader wholesale distribution of Max Basic with Ads.
Content revenue decreased 7% for the three months ended March 31, 2025, primarily attributable to lower third-party licensing as a result of launching Max in new international markets.
Costs of Revenues
Costs of revenues decreased 4% for the three months ended March 31, 2025, primarily attributable to lower domestic content costs due to the timing of programming releases, partially offset by higher international content costs to support Max launches.
Selling, General, and Administrative Expenses
Selling, general and administrative expenses increased 4% for the three months ended March 31, 2025, primarily attributable to higher overhead expenses, partially offset by timing of marketing costs.
Adjusted EBITDA
Adjusted EBITDA increased $253 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025.
2ARPU: The Company defines Streaming Average Revenue Per User (“ARPU”) as total subscription revenue plus net advertising revenue for the period divided by the daily average number of paying subscribers for the period. Where daily values are not available, the sum of beginning of period and end of period divided by two is used.
Excluded from the ARPU calculation are: (i) Revenue and subscribers for streaming products, other than discovery+, HBO, HBO Max, Max, a Premium Sports Product, and independently-branded, regional products (currently consisting of TVN/Player and BluTV), that may be offered by us or by certain joint venture partners or affiliated parties from time to time; (ii) A limited amount of international discovery+ revenue and subscribers that are part of non-strategic partnerships or short-term arrangements as may be identified by the Company from time to time; (iii) Cinemax, Max/HBO hotel and bulk institution (i.e., subscribers billed on a bulk basis), and international basic HBO revenue and subscribers; and (iv) Users on free trials who convert to a subscription for which we have recognized subscription revenue within the first seven days of the calendar month immediately following the month in which their free trial expires.
Studios Segment
The following table presents, for our Studios segment, revenues by type, certain operating expenses, Adjusted EBITDA and a reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to operating income (in millions).
| Three Months Ended March 31, | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2024 | % Change | % Change (ex-FX) | ||||||||
| Revenues: | |||||||||||
| Distribution | $ | 1 | $ | 5 | (80) | % | (80) | % | |||
| Advertising | 1 | 4 | (75) | % | (75) | % | |||||
| Content | 2,139 | 2,623 | (18) | % | (17) | % | |||||
| Other | 173 | 189 | (8) | % | (7) | % | |||||
| Total revenues | 2,314 | 2,821 | (18) | % | (16) | % | |||||
| Costs of revenues, excluding depreciation and amortization | 1,413 | 2,019 | (30) | % | (29) | % | |||||
| Selling, general and administrative | 642 | 618 | 4 | % | 5 | % | |||||
| Adjusted EBITDA - Studios segment | 259 | 184 | 41 | % | 63 | % | |||||
| Depreciation and amortization | 170 | 186 | |||||||||
| Employee share-based compensation | — | (1) | |||||||||
| Restructuring and other charges | (5) | 11 | |||||||||
| Transaction and integration costs | — | 1 | |||||||||
| Impairment and amortization of fair value step-up for content | 36 | (72) | |||||||||
| Amortization of capitalized interest for content | 6 | 17 | |||||||||
| Impairments and gain on dispositions | (1) | — | |||||||||
| Operating income | $ | 53 | $ | 42 |
Unless otherwise indicated, the discussion of percent changes below is on an ex-FX basis. The Studios discussion below also includes intra-segment revenue and expense between product lines, which represented less than 4% of total revenues and operating expenses for this segment for the three months ended March 31, 2025. Intra-segment revenue and expense are eliminated at the Studios segment level.
Fluctuations in results for our Studios segment may occur due to various factors, including (but not limited to) the timing and number of new film releases each quarter, the timing of marketing expenses recognized relative to (i.e., prior to) a film’s release, and the mix of content distributed each period.
Revenues
Content revenue decreased 17% for the three months ended March 31, 2025, primarily attributable to a 27% decrease in theatrical product revenue and a 48% decrease in games revenue, partially offset by a 4% increase in television product revenue.
•The decrease in theatrical product revenue was attributable to lower film rental revenue and home entertainment revenue, partially offset by higher intercompany content sales. The decrease in film rental revenue was primarily due to the strong prior year performance of Dune: Part Two and Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, which were released in the first quarter of 2024, as well as higher carryover from releases in the fourth quarter of 2023 compared to the fourth quarter of 2024. The decrease in home entertainment revenue was primarily due to the strong prior year performance of Wonka and Aquaman 2.
•The decrease in games revenue was attributable to the prior year release of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, which was released in the first quarter of 2024, and carryover from Hogwarts Legacy and Mortal Kombat 1, which were released in 2023, compared to no releases in the first quarter of 2025.
•The increase in television product revenue was attributable to higher intercompany content sales, partially offset by lower initial telecast revenue due to timing of deliveries in the current year.
Other revenue decreased 7% for the three months ended March 31, 2025.
Costs of Revenues
Costs of revenues decreased 29% for the three months ended March 31, 2025, primarily attributable to a 41% decrease in theatrical product content expense and a 66% decrease in games content expense. The decrease in theatrical content expense was a result of lower film costs commensurate with lower theatrical product revenue and lower payments to partners and participants. The decrease in games content expense was primarily due to a $187 million impairment related to Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League in the prior year, and lower games content expense commensurate with lower games revenue.
Selling, General and Administrative
Selling, general and administrative expenses increased 5% for the three months ended March 31, 2025, primarily attributable to higher overhead expenses, partially offset by lower games marketing expenses.
Adjusted EBITDA
Adjusted EBITDA increased 63% for the three months ended March 31, 2025.
Global Linear Networks Segment
The table below presents, for our Global Linear Networks segment, revenues by type, certain operating expenses, Adjusted EBITDA and a reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to operating income (in millions).
| Three Months Ended March 31, | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2024 | % Change | % Change (ex-FX) | ||||||||
| Revenues: | |||||||||||
| Distribution | $ | 2,558 | $ | 2,797 | (9) | % | (8) | % | |||
| Advertising | 1,758 | 1,987 | (12) | % | (11) | % | |||||
| Content | 380 | 264 | 44 | % | 44 | % | |||||
| Other | 78 | 77 | 1 | % | 1 | % | |||||
| Total revenues | 4,774 | 5,125 | (7) | % | (6) | % | |||||
| Costs of revenues, excluding depreciation and amortization | 2,327 | 2,372 | (2) | % | (2) | % | |||||
| Selling, general and administrative | 654 | 634 | 3 | % | 3 | % | |||||
| Adjusted EBITDA - Global Linear Networks segment | 1,793 | 2,119 | (15) | % | (14) | % | |||||
| Depreciation and amortization | 907 | 1,105 | |||||||||
| Employee share-based compensation | 1 | — | |||||||||
| Restructuring and other charges | 16 | 11 | |||||||||
| Transaction and integration costs | — | 1 | |||||||||
| Impairment and amortization of fair value step-up for content | 130 | 125 | |||||||||
| Impairments and loss on dispositions | 2 | — | |||||||||
| Operating income | $ | 737 | $ | 877 |
Unless otherwise indicated, the discussion of percent changes below is on an ex-FX basis.
Revenues
Distribution revenue decreased 8% for the three months ended March 31, 2025, primarily attributable to a 9% decline in domestic linear subscribers, partially offset by a 2% increase in domestic affiliate rates. Additionally, distribution revenues were negatively impacted by lower international affiliate rates and international subscriber declines. Declines in linear subscribers are expected to continue.
Advertising revenue decreased 11% for the three months ended March 31, 2025, primarily attributable to audience declines in domestic networks of 27%.
Content revenue increased 44% for the three months ended March 31, 2025, primarily attributable to timing of third party licensing deals.
Other revenue increased 1% for the three months ended March 31, 2025.
Costs of Revenues
Costs of revenues decreased 2% for the three months ended March 31, 2025, primarily attributable to timing of content, production, and news related spend.
Selling, General and Administrative
Selling, general and administrative expenses increased 3% for the three months ended March 31, 2025, primarily attributable to higher marketing expenses.
Adjusted EBITDA
Adjusted EBITDA decreased 14% for the three months ended March 31, 2025.
Corporate
The following table presents our Adjusted EBITDA and a reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to operating loss (in millions).
| Three Months Ended March 31, | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2024 | % Change | % Change (ex-FX) | ||||||||
| Adjusted EBITDA - Corporate | $ | (233) | $ | (346) | 33 | % | 33 | % | |||
| Depreciation and amortization | 99 | 82 | |||||||||
| Employee share-based compensation | 119 | 100 | |||||||||
| Restructuring and other charges | 31 | 11 | |||||||||
| Transaction and integration costs | 80 | 79 | |||||||||
| Facility consolidation costs | 5 | — | |||||||||
| Impairments and loss on dispositions | 86 | 7 | |||||||||
| Operating loss | $ | (653) | $ | (625) |
Corporate operations primarily consist of executive management and administrative support services, which are recorded in selling, general and administrative expense, as well as substantially all of our share-based compensation and third-party transaction and integration costs.
Adjusted EBITDA improved 33% for the three months ended March 31, 2025, primarily attributable to the release of previously recorded non-income tax reserves, lower facility costs due to office consolidations and closures, and lower securitization expense.
Inter-segment Eliminations
The following table presents our inter-segment eliminations by revenue and expense, Adjusted EBITDA and a reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to operating loss (in millions).
| Three Months Ended March 31, | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2024 | |||
| Inter-segment revenue eliminations | $ | (765) | $ | (449) |
| Inter-segment expense eliminations | (712) | (508) | ||
| Adjusted EBITDA - Inter-segment eliminations | (53) | 59 | ||
| Impairment and amortization of fair value step-up for content | 27 | 80 | ||
| Operating loss | $ | (80) | $ | (21) |
Inter-segment revenue and expense eliminations primarily represent inter-segment content transactions and marketing and promotion activity between reportable segments. In our current segment structure, in certain instances, production and distribution activities are in different segments. Inter-segment content transactions are presented at market value (i.e., the segment producing and/or licensing the content reports revenue and profit from inter-segment transactions in a manner similar to the reporting of third-party transactions, and the required eliminations are reported on the separate “Eliminations” line when presenting our summary of segment results). Generally, timing of revenue recognition is similar to the reporting of third-party transactions. The segment distributing the content, e.g., via our streaming or linear services, capitalizes the cost of inter-segment content transactions, including “mark-ups” and amortizes the costs over the shorter of the license term, if applicable, or the expected period of use. The content amortization expense related to the inter-segment profit is also eliminated on the separate “Eliminations” line when presenting our summary of segment results.
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
Liquidity
Sources of Cash
Historically, we have generated a significant amount of cash from operations. During the three months ended March 31, 2025, we funded our working capital needs primarily through cash flows from operations. As of March 31, 2025, we had $3.9 billion of cash and cash equivalents on hand. We are a well-known seasoned issuer and have the ability to conduct registered offerings of securities, including debt securities, common stock and preferred stock, on short notice, subject to market conditions. Access to sufficient capital from the public market is not assured. We have a $6.0 billion revolving credit facility and a commercial paper program described below. We also participate in a revolving receivables program and an accounts receivable factoring program described below.
•Debt
Revolving Credit Facility and Commercial Paper
DCL and certain subsidiaries of the Company, as borrowers, have a multicurrency revolving credit agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) and have the capacity to borrow up to $6.0 billion under the Credit Agreement (the “Credit Facility”). DCL may also request additional commitments up to $1.0 billion from the lenders upon the satisfaction of certain conditions. The Credit Agreement contains customary representations and warranties as well as affirmative and negative covenants. As of March 31, 2025, we were in compliance with all applicable covenants and there were no events of default under the Credit Agreement.
Additionally, our commercial paper program is supported by the Credit Facility. Under the commercial paper program, we may issue up to $2.0 billion. In March 2025, we increased the issuance capacity under the commercial paper program from $1.0 billion to $2.0 billion. Borrowing capacity under the Credit Facility is effectively reduced by any outstanding issuances under the commercial paper program.
During the three months ended March 31, 2025, we and DCL borrowed and repaid $695 million under our Credit Facility and commercial paper program. As of March 31, 2025, we and DCL had no outstanding borrowings under the Credit Facility or issuances under the commercial paper program.
Term Loan
During the three months ended March 31, 2025, we entered into a new $1,500 million 364-day senior unsecured term loan credit facility. The proceeds were used to fund the redemption of $1,500 million aggregate principal amount outstanding of WMH’s senior notes due 2026.
•Revolving Receivables Program
We have a revolving agreement to transfer up to $5,200 million of certain receivables through our bankruptcy-remote subsidiary, Warner Bros. Discovery Receivables Funding, LLC, to various financial institutions on a recurring basis in exchange for cash equal to the gross receivables transferred. We service the sold receivables for the financial institution for a fee and pay fees to the financial institution in connection with this revolving agreement. As customers pay their balances, our available capacity under this revolving agreement increases and typically we transfer additional receivables into the program. In some cases, we may have collections that have not yet been remitted to the bank, resulting in a liability. The outstanding portfolio of receivables derecognized from our consolidated balance sheets was $4,748 million as of March 31, 2025.
•Accounts Receivable Factoring
We have a factoring agreement to sell certain of our non-U.S. trade accounts receivable on a limited recourse basis to a third-party financial institution. Total trade accounts receivable sold under the Company’s factoring arrangement was $102 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025.
•Investments
In January 2025 we contributed a 70% interest in our music catalog to a joint venture with Cutting Edge Group
in exchange for net proceeds of $601 million.
•Asset Dispositions
We received proceeds from asset dispositions of $66 million during the three months ended March 31, 2025.
Uses of Cash
Our primary uses of cash include the creation and acquisition of new content, business acquisitions, income taxes, personnel costs, costs to develop and market our enhanced streaming service Max, principal and interest payments on our outstanding senior notes, funding for various equity method and other investments, and repurchases of our capital stock.
•Content Acquisition
We plan to continue to invest significantly in the creation and acquisition of new content, as well as certain sports rights. Contractual commitments to acquire content have not materially changed as set forth in “Material Cash Requirements from Known Contractual and Other Obligations” in Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in our 2024 Form 10-K.
•Debt
Senior Notes
During the three months ended March 31, 2025, we repurchased or repaid $3,665 million of aggregate principal amount outstanding of our senior notes. In addition, we have $487 million of senior notes coming due in June 2025, and an additional $2,293 million of senior notes coming due through March 2026.
We may from time to time seek to prepay, retire or purchase our other outstanding indebtedness through prepayments, redemptions, open market purchases, privately negotiated transactions, tender offers or otherwise. Any such repurchases or exchanges will be dependent upon several factors, including our liquidity requirements, contractual restrictions, general market conditions, as well as applicable regulatory, legal and accounting factors. Whether or not we repurchase or exchange any debt and the size and timing of any such repurchases or exchanges will be determined at our discretion.
•Capital Expenditures
We effected capital expenditures of $251 million during the three months ended March 31, 2025, including amounts capitalized to support Max. In addition, we expect to continue to incur significant costs to develop and market Max.
•Investments and Business Combinations
Our uses of cash have included investments in equity method investments and equity investments without readily determinable fair value. (See Note 7 to the accompanying consolidated financial statements.) We also provide funding to our investees from time to time. During the three months ended March 31, 2025, we contributed $14 million for investments in and advances to our investees.
•Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest and Noncontrolling Interest
We had redeemable equity balances of $23 million at March 31, 2025, which may require the use of cash in the event holders of noncontrolling interests put their interests to us. Distributions to noncontrolling interests and redeemable noncontrolling interests totaled $157 million and $130 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
•Income Taxes and Interest
We expect to continue to make payments for income taxes and interest on our outstanding senior notes. During the three months ended March 31, 2025, we made cash payments of $131 million and $822 million for income taxes and interest on our outstanding debt, respectively.
Cash Flows
The following table presents changes in cash and cash equivalents (in millions).
| Three Months Ended March 31, | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2024 | |||
| Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash, beginning of period | $ | 5,416 | $ | 4,319 |
| Cash provided by operating activities | 553 | 585 | ||
| Cash used in investing activities | (195) | (207) | ||
| Cash used in financing activities | (1,895) | (1,237) | ||
| Effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash | 95 | (74) | ||
| Net change in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash | (1,442) | (933) | ||
| Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash, end of period | $ | 3,974 | $ | 3,386 |
Operating Activities
Cash provided by operating activities was $553 million and $585 million during the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. The decrease in cash provided by operating activities was primarily attributable to a decrease in net income, excluding non-cash items, partially offset by an improvement in working capital activity.
Investing Activities
Cash used in investing activities was $195 million and $207 million during the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. The decrease in cash used in investing activities was primarily attributable to proceeds from the sale of assets, partially offset by increased purchases of property and equipment during the three months ended March 31, 2025.
Financing Activities
Cash used in financing activities was $1,895 million and $1,237 million during the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. The increase in cash used in financing activities was primarily attributable to higher net debt activity and higher distributions to noncontrolling interests and redeemable noncontrolling interests, partially offset by proceeds received for the contribution of 70% of our music catalog to a joint venture during the three months ended March 31, 2025.
Capital Resources
As of March 31, 2025, capital resources were comprised of the following (in millions).
| March 31, 2025 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total<br>Capacity | Outstanding<br>Indebtedness | Unused<br>Capacity | ||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 3,868 | $ | — | $ | 3,868 |
| Revolving credit facility and commercial paper program | 6,000 | — | 6,000 | |||
| Term loan | 1,500 | 1,500 | — | |||
| Senior notes (a) | 35,946 | 35,946 | — | |||
| Total | $ | 47,314 | $ | 37,446 | $ | 9,868 |
| (a) Interest on the senior notes is paid annually or semi-annually. Our senior notes outstanding as of March 31, 2025 had interest rates that ranged from 1.90% to 8.30% and will mature between 2025 and 2062. |
We expect that our cash balance, cash generated from operations and availability under the Credit Agreement will be sufficient to fund our cash needs for both the short-term and the long-term. Our borrowing costs and access to capital markets can be affected by short and long-term debt ratings assigned by independent rating agencies which are based, in part, on our performance as measured by credit metrics such as interest coverage and leverage ratios. Credit rating agencies may continue to
review and adjust our ratings or outlook. For example, in 2024, S&P and Moody’s revised our ratings outlook from stable to negative in part due to declines in our linear business, including as a result of the weak operating environment for linear networks, and our leverage ratio.
The 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act features a participation exemption regime with current taxation of certain foreign income and imposes a mandatory repatriation toll tax on unremitted foreign earnings. Notwithstanding the U.S. taxation of these amounts, we intend to continue to reinvest some of these funds outside of the U.S. Our current plans do not demonstrate a need to repatriate to the U.S. However, if these funds were to be needed in the U.S., we would be required to accrue and pay non-U.S. taxes to repatriate them. The determination of the amount of unrecognized deferred income tax liability with respect to these undistributed foreign earnings is not practicable.
Summarized Guarantor Financial Information
Basis of Presentation
As of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the Company has outstanding senior notes issued by Discovery Communications, LLC (“DCL”), which are guaranteed by the Company, Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc. (“Scripps Networks”), and WarnerMedia Holdings, Inc. (“WMH”); senior notes issued by WMH, which are guaranteed by the Company, Scripps Networks, and DCL; senior notes issued by the legacy WarnerMedia Business (not guaranteed); and senior notes issued by Scripps Networks (not guaranteed). (See Note 8 to the accompanying consolidated financial statements.) DCL, Scripps Networks, and WMH are wholly owned by the Company.
The tables below present the summarized financial information as combined for Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (the “Parent”), Scripps Networks, DCL, and WMH (collectively, the “Obligors”). All guarantees of DCL and WMH’s senior notes (the “Note Guarantees”) are full and unconditional, joint and several and unsecured, and cover all payment obligations arising under the senior notes.
Note Guarantees issued by Scripps Networks, DCL or WMH, or any subsidiary of the Parent that in the future issues a Note Guarantee (each, a “Subsidiary Guarantor”) may be released and discharged (i) concurrently with any direct or indirect sale or disposition of such Subsidiary Guarantor or any interest therein, (ii) at any time that such Subsidiary Guarantor is released from all of its obligations under its guarantee of payment, (iii) upon the merger or consolidation of any Subsidiary Guarantor with and into DCL, WMH or the Parent or another Subsidiary Guarantor, as applicable, or upon the liquidation of such Subsidiary Guarantor and (iv) other customary events constituting a discharge of the Obligors’ obligations.
Summarized Financial Information
The Company has included the accompanying summarized combined financial information of the Obligors after the elimination of intercompany transactions and balances among the Obligors and the elimination of equity in earnings from and investments in any subsidiary of the Parent that is a non-guarantor (in millions).
| March 31, 2025 | December 31, 2024 | |||||||
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| Current assets | $ | 762 | $ | 2,194 | ||||
| Non-guarantor intercompany trade receivables, net | 513 | 404 | ||||||
| Noncurrent assets | 4,105 | 4,077 | ||||||
| Current liabilities | 3,481 | 3,948 | ||||||
| Noncurrent liabilities | 35,077 | 37,118 | Three Months Ended March 31, 2025 | |||||
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| Revenues | $ | 508 | ||||||
| Operating loss | (42) | |||||||
| Net loss | (285) | |||||||
| Net loss available to Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. | (308) |
MATERIAL CASH REQUIREMENTS FROM KNOWN CONTRACTUAL AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS
In the normal course of business, we enter into commitments for the purchase of goods or services that require us to make payments or provide funding in the event certain circumstances occur. Our contractual commitments have not materially changed as set forth in “Material Cash Requirements from Known Contractual and Other Obligations” in Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in our 2024 Form 10-K.
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
In the ordinary course of business, we enter into transactions with related parties, such as our equity method investees, entities that share common directorship, or minority partners of consolidated subsidiaries. (See Note 14 to the accompanying consolidated financial statements.)
CRITICAL ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES
Our critical accounting estimates have not changed since December 31, 2024. For a discussion of each of our critical accounting estimates, including information and analysis of estimates and assumptions involved in their application, see “Critical Accounting Estimates” included in Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in our 2024 Form 10-K.
NEW ACCOUNTING AND REPORTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
Certain new accounting and reporting standards will be effective for us during the year ended December 31, 2025. (See Note 1 to the accompanying consolidated financial statements.)
Supplemental Data for Results of Operations
The following table presents supplemental consolidating data for our Streaming & Studios division, Global Linear Networks reportable segment, Corporate, and consolidating adjustments.
Consolidated - Represents the consolidated results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries.
Streaming & Studios - Represents the results of our Streaming & Studios division, which includes our Streaming and Studios reportable segments and eliminations between those two reportable segments.
Global Linear Networks - Represents the results of our Global Linear Networks reportable segment.
Corporate - Represents the results of our Corporate functions.
Consolidating adjustments - Represents eliminations between the Streaming & Studios division and the Global Linear Networks reportable segment, as well as other Corporate eliminations.
| Supplemental Data for Results of Operations (in millions) | Supplemental Consolidating Data | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Consolidated | Streaming & Studios | Global Linear Networks | Corporate | Consolidating adjustments | |||||||||||||||||||
| For the three months ended March 31, | 2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 | |||||||||||||
| Revenues: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | $ | 4,886 | $ | 4,985 | $ | 2,330 | $ | 2,190 | $ | 2,558 | $ | 2,797 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | (2) | $ | (2) | |||
| Advertising | 1,980 | 2,148 | 237 | 179 | 1,758 | 1,987 | — | — | (15) | (18) | |||||||||||||
| Content | 1,866 | 2,558 | 1,611 | 2,404 | 380 | 264 | — | — | (125) | (110) | |||||||||||||
| Other | 247 | 267 | 169 | 190 | 78 | 77 | — | 1 | — | (1) | |||||||||||||
| Total revenues | 8,979 | 9,958 | 4,347 | 4,963 | 4,774 | 5,125 | — | 1 | (142) | (131) | |||||||||||||
| Costs of revenues, excluding depreciation and amortization | 5,131 | 6,058 | 2,762 | 3,594 | 2,457 | 2,497 | 21 | 12 | (109) | (45) | |||||||||||||
| Selling, general and administrative | 2,194 | 2,232 | 1,134 | 1,099 | 655 | 635 | 416 | 514 | (11) | (16) | |||||||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization | 1,547 | 1,888 | 541 | 701 | 907 | 1,105 | 99 | 82 | — | — | |||||||||||||
| Restructuring and other charges | 54 | 35 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 31 | 11 | — | — | |||||||||||||
| Impairments and loss on dispositions | 90 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 2 | — | 86 | 7 | — | — | |||||||||||||
| Total costs and expenses | 9,016 | 10,225 | 4,446 | 5,412 | 4,037 | 4,248 | 653 | 626 | (120) | (61) | |||||||||||||
| Operating (loss) income | $ | (37) | $ | (267) | $ | (99) | $ | (449) | $ | 737 | $ | 877 | $ | (653) | $ | (625) | $ | (22) | $ | (70) |
CAUTIONARY NOTE CONCERNING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
Certain statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements regarding our business, marketing and operating strategies, integration of acquired businesses, new product and service offerings, financial prospects and anticipated sources and uses of capital. Words such as “anticipate,” “assume,” “believe,” “continue,” “estimate,” “expect,” “forecast,” “future,” “intend,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “strategy,” “target” and similar terms, and future or conditional tense verbs like “could,” “may,” “might,” “should,” “will” and “would,” among other terms of similar substance used in connection with any discussion of future operating or financial performance identify forward-looking statements. Where, in any forward-looking statement, we express an expectation or belief as to future results or events, such expectation or belief is expressed in good faith and believed to have a reasonable basis, but there can be no assurance that the expectation or belief will result or be accomplished. The following is a list of some, but not all, of the factors that could cause actual results or events to differ materially from those anticipated:
•more intense competitive pressure from existing or new competitors in the industries in which we operate;
•reduced spending on domestic and foreign television advertising, due to macroeconomic conditions, industry or consumer behavior trends or unexpected reductions in our number of subscribers;
•the imposition of tariffs, including tariffs directly or indirectly applicable to our industry, by the U.S. government and any retaliatory tariffs from foreign governments;
•uncertainties associated with product and service development and market acceptance, including the development and provision of programming for new television and telecommunications technologies, and the success of our streaming services;
•market demand for foreign first-run and existing content libraries;
•negative publicity or damage to our brands, reputation or talent;
•realizing streaming subscriber goals;
•disagreements with our distributors or other business partners;
•continued consolidation of distribution customers and production studios;
•industry trends, including the timing of, and spending on, sports programming, feature film, television and television commercial production;
•the possibility or duration of an industry-wide strike, such as the strikes of the WGA and SAG-AFTRA in 2023, player lock-outs or other job action affecting a major entertainment industry union, athletes or others involved in the development and production of our sports programming, television programming, feature films and interactive entertainment (e.g., games) who are covered by collective bargaining agreements;
•inherent uncertainties involved in the estimates and assumptions used in the preparation of financial forecasts;
•our level of debt, including the significant indebtedness incurred in connection with the acquisition of the WarnerMedia Business, and our future compliance with debt covenants;
•changes to our corporate or debt-specific credit ratings or outlook;
•unforeseen costs, execution risks, and operational challenges related to our efforts to integrate the WarnerMedia Business;
•changes in, or failure or inability to comply with, laws and government regulations, including, without limitation, regulations of the U.S. government and other international governments, the Federal Communications Commission and similar authorities internationally and data privacy regulations;
•adverse outcomes of legal proceedings or disputes, including those related to our acquisition of the WarnerMedia Business, or adverse outcomes from regulatory proceedings;
•threatened or actual cyber-attacks and cybersecurity breaches;
•theft of our content and unauthorized duplication, distribution and exhibition of such content; and
•general economic and business conditions, fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates, global events such as pandemics, natural disasters impacting the geographic areas where our businesses and operations are located, and political uncertainty or unrest in the markets in which we operate.
Forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties which change over time, are based on management’s expectations and assumptions at the time the statements are made and are not guarantees of future results.
These risks have the potential to impact the recoverability of the assets recorded on our balance sheets, including goodwill and other intangibles. Management’s expectations and assumptions, and the continued validity of any forward-looking statements we make, cannot be foreseen with certainty and are subject to change due to a broad range of factors affecting the U.S. and global economies and regulatory environments, factors specific to Warner Bros. Discovery, and other factors described under Part I, Item 1A, “Risk Factors,” in our 2024 Form 10-K. These forward-looking statements and such risks, uncertainties, and other factors speak only as of the date of this Quarterly Report, and we expressly disclaim any obligation or undertaking to disseminate any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statement contained herein, to reflect any change in our expectations with regard thereto, or any other change in events, conditions, or circumstances on which any such statement is based.
ITEM 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.
Quantitative and qualitative disclosures about our existing market risk are set forth in Item 7A, “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk,” in the 2024 Form 10-K. Our exposures to market risk have not materially changed since December 31, 2024.
ITEM 4. Controls and Procedures.
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of March 31, 2025. The term “disclosure controls and procedures,” as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), means controls and other procedures of a company that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the company’s management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives and management necessarily applies its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures. Based on the evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of March 31, 2025, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as of such date, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective.
Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
During the three months ended March 31, 2025, there were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting, as defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(f), that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
ITEM 1. Legal Proceedings
From time to time, in the normal course of its operations, the Company is subject to various litigation matters and claims, including claims related to employees, stockholders, vendors, other business partners, government regulations, or intellectual property, as well as disputes and matters involving counterparties to contractual agreements. A determination as to the amount of the accrual required for such contingencies is highly subjective and requires judgment about future events. The Company may not currently be able to estimate the reasonably possible loss or range of loss for certain matters until developments in such matters have provided sufficient information to support an assessment of such loss. In the absence of sufficient information to support an assessment of the reasonably possible loss or range of loss, no accrual for such contingencies is made and no loss or range of loss is disclosed. (See Note 15 to the accompanying consolidated financial statements.) Although the outcome of these matters cannot be predicted with certainty and the impact of the final resolution of these matters on the Company’s results of operations in a particular subsequent reporting period is not known, management does not currently believe that the resolution of these matters will have a material adverse effect on the Company’s future consolidated financial position, future results of operations, or cash flows.
Securities Class Action. On November 25, 2024, a securities class action complaint was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Collura v. Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc., No. 1:24-cv-09027-KPF). The complaint named Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (“WBD”), Gunnar Wiedenfels, and David M. Zaslav as defendants and asserted claims under Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder. On February 21, 2025, the court appointed co-lead plaintiffs (Anthony Yuson and Michael Steinberg) and co-lead counsel (Pomerantz LLP and The Rosen Law Firm, P.A.) to represent the putative class. On May 7, 2025, the lead plaintiffs filed a First Amended Complaint against WBD, Gunnar Wiedenfels, and David M. Zaslav. The First Amended Complaint generally alleges that, between February 23, 2024 and August 7, 2024, defendants made false and misleading statements in SEC filings and other public disclosures relating to WBD’s negotiations with the National Basketball Association (“NBA”) concerning its contractual rights to broadcast the NBA’s content and the potential impact of a failure to renew the contract on its business, in violation of Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 10b-5, and seeks damages and other relief. The defendants have until July 11, 2025 to answer or move to dismiss.
Consolidated Derivative Action. Between December 20, 2024 and January 14, 2025, four shareholder derivative complaints were filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Roy v. Zaslav et al., No. 1:24-cv-09856-AT, Hollin v. Zaslav et al., No. 1:24-cv-09885-AT, KO v. Zaslav et al., No. 1:25-cv-00114-AT, and Herman, III v. Chen et al., No. 1:25-cv-00352-AT). Each complaint names certain current and former directors and officers of WBD as defendants and WBD as nominal defendant, and each complaint seeks damages and other relief. The complaints generally assert claims against the defendants, derivatively on behalf of WBD, for alleged breaches of fiduciary duty based on the same facts alleged in the Collura securities case described above. The complaints assert various common law causes of action, including breach of fiduciary duties, aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary duties, abuse of control, unjust enrichment, gross mismanagement, and waste of corporate assets, as well claims for violations of Sections 14(a), 10(b), and 21D of the Exchange Act. On January 21, 2025, the court consolidated the four actions for all purposes under Case No. 1:24-cv-09856-AT, captioned as In re Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. Derivative Litigation (the “Consolidated Derivative Action”). On February 19, 2025, the Court stayed the Consolidated Derivative Action pending resolution of a final decision on all motions to dismiss the operative complaint in the Collura securities action.
District of Delaware Derivative Action. On February 20, 2025, a fifth shareholder derivative complaint was filed in the United States District Court for Delaware (Harloff v. Zaslav, No. 1:25-cv-00207-JLH). The complaint named certain current and former directors and officers of WBD as defendants and named WBD as nominal defendant. The complaint asserted claims for breaches of fiduciary duty, unjust enrichment, abuse of control, and gross mismanagement, based on the same facts alleged in the Collura securities case described above in addition to violations of Sections 14(a), 10(b), and 20(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder, and sought damages and other relief. On March 13, 2025, the court denied the parties’ joint request to stay the proceedings pending resolution of the Collura securities class action and ordered the plaintiff to show cause as to why the case should not be dismissed for failure to state a claim over which the court has original jurisdiction. On March 31, 2025, the plaintiff filed a notice of voluntary dismissal, which the court so-ordered on April 2, 2025.
ITEM 1A. Risk Factors
Investors should carefully review and consider the information regarding certain factors that could materially affect our business, results of operations, financial condition, and cash flows as set forth under Part I, Item 1A “Risk Factors” of the Company’s 2024 Form 10-K. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or that we currently believe not to be material may also adversely impact our business, results of operations, financial position, and cash flows.
ITEM 5. Other Information
Disclosure of Trading Arrangements
Item 408(a) of Regulation S-K requires the Company to disclose whether any director or officer of the Company has adopted or terminated (i) any trading arrangement that is intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c); and/or (ii) any written trading arrangement that meets the requirements of a “non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement” as defined in Item 408(c) of Regulation S-K. During the quarter ended March 31, 2025, the following activity occurred requiring disclosure under Item 408(a) of Regulation S-K:
Bruce Campbell, Chief Revenue and Strategy Officer, adopted a new Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement on March 13, 2025. This trading arrangement has a termination date of March 31, 2026. Under the trading arrangement, up to (i) 139,322 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of options expiring on March 1, 2031 and (ii) 300,000 shares of common stock, for an aggregate of 439,322 shares of common stock, are available to be sold by the broker upon reaching pricing targets defined in the trading arrangement. The previously disclosed Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement adopted on September 11, 2023 terminated on March 3, 2025 in accordance with its terms.
Gunnar Wiedenfels, Chief Financial Officer, adopted a new Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement on March 4, 2025. This trading arrangement has a termination date of July 10, 2026. Under the trading arrangement, up to (i) 444,420 shares of common stock, (ii) 177,456 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of options expiring on March 1, 2030, and (iii) 131,127 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of options expiring on March 1, 2031, for an aggregate of 753,003 shares of common stock, are available to be sold by the broker upon reaching pricing targets defined in the trading arrangement. The previously disclosed Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement adopted on September 12, 2023 terminated on March 3, 2025 in accordance with its terms.
ITEM 6. Exhibits.
* Indicates management contract or compensatory plan, contract or arrangement.
† Attached as Exhibit 101 to this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q are the following formatted in Inline XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language): (i) Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, (ii) Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, (iii) Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, (iv) Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, (v) Consolidated Statements of Equity for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, and (vi) Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
| WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY, INC.<br><br>(Registrant) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Date: May 8, 2025 | By: | /s/ David M. Zaslav |
| David M. Zaslav | ||
| President and Chief Executive Officer | ||
| Date: May 8, 2025 | By: | /s/ Gunnar Wiedenfels |
| Gunnar Wiedenfels | ||
| Chief Financial Officer |
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2025 Warner Bros. Discovery
INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PROGRAM
ELIGIBILITY AND TERMS

Employees of Warner Bros. Discovery or a Participating Subsidiary (“the Company”) who are classified as regular full-time employees of the Company are eligible to participate in the annual Incentive Compensation Program (the “ICP”), subject to the discretion of management. Eligibility for part-time, less-than-full time and temporary employees of the Company will be subject to the discretion of management and/or determined by local legislation, country by country, as appropriate. The determination of participation by any particular employee or subsidiary is made by the Company in its discretion. An employee who is eligible for another Company sales or annual incentive award program generally is not eligible to participate in the ICP, nor is an employee who begins employment in an ICP-eligible position on or after October 1 of the Program Year. In this document, an employee who meets these eligibility requirements is referred to as an “Eligible Employee.” “Participating Subsidiary” includes entities at least 80% of the voting equity is owned by Warner Bros. Discovery or one or more of its 100% owned direct or indirect subsidiaries.
The ICP is an annual cash bonus program that rewards Eligible Employees for their individual performance contribution through an individual performance multiplier and Company performance (measured and treated separately in relation to revenue and profitability) for the entire Program Year, subject to the proration provisions set forth below. The target award opportunity is expressed as a percentage of base salary. The Company performance metrics may reflect Company-wide performance or a combination of overall Company performance and performance of a specific Company division or business unit. An Eligible Employee’s payout, if any, is based on the applicable qualitative and/or quantitative Company performance measures and the individual performance multiplier. The calculated payout may be reduced if warranted by the employee’s individual performance or other individual factors (including non-compliance with Company policies).
The ICP begins on January 1 and ends on December 31 each year (the “Program Year”). The Company will comply with local legal requirements and any applicable contractual provisions in implementing these Terms and Conditions; if a legal or contractual provision conflicts with this document, the legal or contractual requirement will govern. The payout, if any, under the ICP will generally occur in the first quarter of the calendar year following the Program Year, but in no event later than the end of the calendar year following the Program Year.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS

1.Proration of Target or Payout: An Eligible Employee must be employed for the entire Program Year (i.e. from January 1 up to and including to December 31) to be eligible for a payout, unless one of the following exceptions applies to permit a prorated payout. The eligibility for and the amount of any payout will continue to be subject to the other terms and conditions of the ICP and the applicable Company performance measures and individual performance multiplier, unless otherwise stated below.
a.New Hires: An employee who is hired into a role that is ICP-eligible before October 1 of the Program Year, will be eligible for a prorated payout under the ICP based on the date of hire, subject to the terms and conditions of the ICP. An employee hired on or after October 1 of the Program Year, will not be eligible to participate in that Program Year’s ICP.
b.Part-Time Employees: An Eligible Employee who works part-time or less-than- full time or who is hired during the Program Year and who otherwise meets the eligibility requirements of the Program will be eligible for an ICP target that is based on the percentage of applicable salary, at the part-time level, during the Program Year.
c.Leave of Absence: An Eligible Employee who is in leave status for more than 180 consecutive days during the Program Year will be eligible for a prorated ICP payout, subject to the terms and conditions of the ICP. The proration calculation will be based on the number of days that the Eligible Employee was actively working (including leave for 180 consecutive days or less). An Eligible Employee who is in leave status for 180 consecutive days or less will not be subject to proration under this subsection. If an Eligible Employee has not actively worked the entire Program Year, the employee is not eligible for a payout under the ICP, subject to local laws.
d.Termination for Cause: If an Eligible Employee’s employment with the Company terminates prior to the date the ICP for the Program Year is actually paid out, for “Cause,” the Eligible Employee will not be eligible for any payout, prorated or otherwise. “Cause” shall mean under this paragraph: (i) the conviction of, or nolo contendere or guilty plea, to a felony (whether any right to appeal has been or may be exercised); (ii) conduct constituting embezzlement, material misappropriation or fraud, whether or not related to the Eligible Employee’s employment with the Company; (iii) conduct constituting a financial crime, material act of dishonesty or conduct in violation of Company’s Code of Business Conduct and Ethics; (iv) improper conduct substantially prejudicial to the Company’s business; (v) willful unauthorized disclosure or use of Company confidential information; (vi) material improper destruction of Company property; (vii) willful misconduct in connection with the performance of Executive's duties; and (vii) any other conduct that constitutes Cause under the Company’s policies and procedures or under applicable law.
e.Resignation: If an Eligible Employee resigns from their employment (and their employment ends) at any time in the Program Year, no payout prorated or otherwise shall be paid. For these purposes, unless an Eligible Employee who is working under a fixed term employment contract otherwise falls within one of the above exceptions set forth in these terms and conditions (as applied to a resignation), a separation at the end of a fixed-term assignment because of the natural expiration of the assignment shall be considered a resignation.
f.Disability, Retirement or Termination without Cause: If an Eligible Employee separates before December 31 due to disability, retirement, or to accept immediate employment with an “Affiliate,” the employee will be eligible for a prorated payout if the employee was an Eligible Employee for 180 days or more during the Program Year. The individual performance multiplier will not apply to these payouts. For these purposes, “retirement” means separation from the Company for any reason other than Cause at a point at which an Eligible Employee is at least age 55 and has been employed by the Company, or any of its subsidiaries for at least ten (10) years, where the Eligible Employee’s period of service is determined using the applicable Company policy in effect as of the date of termination, excluding any applicable severance period, or a successor policy chosen by the Administrator. Special treatment upon retirement shall be subject to local laws in those countries subject to any EU Directive on Discrimination. If an Eligible Employee’s employment is terminated by the Company without Cause, the employee will be eligible for a prorated payout if the Eligible Employee (a) was actively employed for 180 days or more during the Program Year, and (b) if applicable, meets any requirement to sign a release of claims under a Company-sponsored severance benefit plan or other applicable employment agreement or arrangement, provided that the arrangement does not exclude the payout of the ICP. For clarity, in determining active employment any leave of absence up to 180 days will count towards the active employment period. For purposes of this Section, an “Affiliate” is an entity in which the Company has an ownership interest of 50% or more but which is not considered a Participating Subsidiary under the ICP.
g.Death: If an Eligible Employee separates before December 31 due to death the employee will be eligible for a payout if the employee was an Eligible Employee during the Program Year. Payout will be issued at time of death, prorated for days of active employment, and will be calculated at target and will not factor in the Company performance measures or the individual performance multiplier.
h.Termination and Rehire During a Single Program Year: If an Eligible Employee’s employment is terminated by the Company without Cause and the Eligible Employee is rehired within the same Program Year, the employee will be eligible for a prorated payout for that Program Year provided that (i) the Eligible Employee has met any requirement to sign a release of claims associated with the termination, and (ii) the Eligible Employee was actively employed for 180 days or more during the Program Year, including service prior to the termination and after the rehire date. The Company will determine the applicable Company performance metrics based on the facts and circumstances of the Eligible Employee’s role(s) and duties during the Program Year.
i.Transfer into Role under Separate Bonus Plan: If an Eligible Employee moves into a role that is not ICP-eligible because the role is covered by another bonus plan (e.g., an advertising sales role), the employee will be eligible for a prorated payout for that Program Year based on the length of time that the Eligible Employee was in the ICP-eligible role.
2.No Additional Rights: The ICP shall not confer or be deemed to confer any right with respect to continuance of employment by the Company, nor interfere in any way with the right of the Company to separate an employee from employment.
3.Discretionary Program: Unless contrary to the express and unequivocal terms of applicable law, regulations, or co-determination rights, and regardless of anything stated in this ICP or about this ICP, any ICP payout is strictly discretionary and conditional. All ICP payouts ultimately depend on favorable discretionary determinations by Company management, they are not earned unless and until paid, and they do not form a part of an employee’s regular base salary compensation. The operation or continuance of the ICP through a Program Year gives no right or expectation to any ICP payout, whether in same or similar form or at all, in any future Program Year. Company management also reserves the sole discretion to determine the design, applicable criteria and the actual payout percentages for each component of each target grid as it deems appropriate.
4.Profit Sharing: For those countries that legally require participation in profit sharing programs, an addendum to these guidelines will be published. It is acknowledged that, for all countries, any ICP payout is funded by two separate elements: a) corporate revenue and b) a share of profits.
5.Timing of Payout: If an Eligible Employee terminates employment with the Company before the scheduled payout date of the ICP and is eligible for a prorated payout, the timing of any payout, if legally allowable, will be determined under the normal course of the ICP and delivered on the scheduled payment date for other Eligible Employees who remain employed by the Company. If local laws or practices do not permit a delay of the payment until the scheduled payment date under the ICP, the Company at its sole discretion will determine the payment under the Program to be included in the pay for the last month of employment.
6.Administration: The Chief People & Culture Officer, or their designee, as assigned by the Company (“Administrator”) has the full power and authority to construe, interpret and administer the ICP and the determinations of the Administrator are final, conclusive and binding on all persons unless any such determination is otherwise expressly and unequivocally prohibited by local laws and regulations of co determination rights. For participants employed in the United States, the ICP shall be construed, administered and governed under the laws of the State of Maryland, without regard to its conflict of law rules.
7.Amendment, Modification, and Termination: The Company reserves the right to amend, modify or terminate the ICP at any time in its sole discretion and will implement those changes respecting the terms and conditions of local laws, works agreements or codetermination rights that expressly and unequivocally conflict, in whole or in part, with any such action or decision. The ICP will be implemented subject to and in accordance with local laws and regulations, which may require certain actions in particular circumstances.
8.Clawback Policy: Notwithstanding any other provisions in this ICP, any ICP payout hereunder shall be subject to recovery or clawback by the Company under the Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. Clawback Policy or any other clawback policy adopted by the Company in accordance with applicable law, as such Policy(ies) may be amended or superseded from time to time.
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/s/ Jennifer Remling /s/ Gerhard Zeiler
Document
EXHIBIT 10.3
2025 EXECUTIVE SPECIAL PRSU FORM
#ParticipantName#
Dear #ParticipantFirstName#,
Congratulations, you have been awarded a performance restricted stock unit (“PRSU”) in recognition of your contributions to the success of Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (the “Company”). A PRSU entitles you to receive a specific number of shares of the Company’s Series A common stock (“Shares”) at a future date, assuming that you satisfy conditions of the Plan and the attached Performance Restricted Stock Unit Agreement for Employees (the “Grant Agreement”). We would like you to have an opportunity to share in the continued success of the Company through this PRSU under the Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”).
The following represents a brief description of your PRSU. Additional details regarding your PRSU, including the specific performance metric(s) required to be met for the PRSU to vest, in whole or in part, are provided in the Grant Agreement and in the Plan. In addition, if you are located in a country other than the United States, you will receive an International Addendum with your award under the Plan that you must review and acknowledge. If you are subject to this requirement, the International Addendum is attached.
PRSU Grant Summary
| Date of Grant | #GrantDate# |
|---|---|
| PRSU Shares | #QuantityGranted# |
| Vesting Schedule | #VestingDateandQuantity#<br><br><br><br>(assuming achievement of the Performance Condition(s)), subject to the terms of the Plan and Grant Agreement. |
| Performance Conditions | See Appendix A attached to the Grant Agreement for additional details. |
•You have been granted a PRSU in respect of the number of Shares specified under “PRSU Shares” in the chart above.
•The potential value of your PRSU increases if the price of a Share increases, but you also have to continue to provide services for the Company (except as the Grant Agreement provides) to actually receive such value. Of course, the value of a Share may go up and down over time.
•You will not receive any Shares represented by the PRSU until the PRSU vests. Subject to the terms in the Grant Agreement and the Plan, your PRSU vests as provided in the chart above under “Vesting Schedule,” assuming you remain an employee of the Company and the applicable performance metric(s) are met.
•Once you have received Shares, you will own those Shares and may decide whether to hold the Shares, sell the Shares or give the Shares to someone as a gift, subject to applicable law.
•Your ability to receive Shares under the PRSU is conditioned upon compliance with any laws that apply to you.
Please note the “Clawback” section of the Grant Agreement, which reflects an important policy of ours. The Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors (the “Committee”) has determined that awards made under the Plan
are subject to a clawback in certain circumstances. By accepting this PRSU, you agree that the Committee may change the Company’s clawback policy from time to time without your further consent.
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WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY, INC.
PERFORMANCE RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT GRANT AGREEMENT
FOR EMPLOYEES
Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (the “Company”) has granted you a performance restricted stock unit (the “PRSU”) under the Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). The PRSU is in respect of a specified number of shares of the Company’s Series A common stock (the “PRSU Shares”) and entitles you to receive one share of the Company’s Series A common stock (a “Share”) for each PRSU Share as to which the conditions to receipt specified herein are satisfied.
The individualized communication you received (the “Cover Letter”) provides the details of your PRSU award. It specifies the number of PRSU Shares you are eligible to receive, the Date of Grant, and the vesting schedule applicable to the PRSU.
The PRSU is subject in all respects to the applicable provisions of the Plan. This grant agreement (the “Grant Agreement”) does not cover all of the rules that apply to the PRSU. Such other terms are included in the Plan document. Capitalized terms are defined either further below in this Grant Agreement or in the Plan.

The Plan document is available on the Fidelity web site. The Prospectus for the Plan, the Company’s S-8, Annual Report on Form 10-K, and other filings the Company makes with the Securities and Exchange Commission are available for your review on the Company’s web site. You may also obtain paper copies of these documents upon request to the Company’s Human Resources department.
Neither the Company nor anyone else is making any representations or promises regarding the duration of your service, vesting of the PRSU, the value a Share or of the PRSU, or the Company's prospects. The Company is not providing any advice regarding tax consequences to you or regarding your decisions regarding the PRSU. You agree to rely only upon your own personal advisors.
No one may sell, transfer, or distribute the PRSU Shares or any securities that may be received in respect of the PRSU Shares without an effective registration statement relating thereto or an opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Company or other information and representations satisfactory to it that such registration is not required.

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In addition to the Plan’s terms and restrictions, the following terms and restrictions apply:
- Vesting Schedule. Your PRSU becomes nonforfeitable (“Vested”) as provided in the Cover Letter and this Grant Agreement assuming you remain employed by the Company or one of its Subsidiaries until the Vesting Date and the performance metric(s) are satisfied (each as reflected in Appendix A attached hereto). For purposes of this Grant Agreement, employment with the Company will include employment with any Subsidiary whose employees are then eligible to receive Awards under the Plan (provided that a later transfer of employment to an ineligible Subsidiary will not terminate employment unless the Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Committee”) determines otherwise).
If your employment is terminated due to your “Retirement” prior to the Vesting Date, so long as you have complied with the restrictions under Section 6 of this Grant Agreement. you shall be entitled to vest in (i) that number of the PRSU Shares that would have been earned under the payout matrix reflected in Appendix A (the “Payout Matrix”), determined as of the end of the performance period, had you continued to be employed, multiplied by (ii) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days you are employed during the applicable performance period and the denominator of which is the total number of days in such performance period. Any PRSU Shares that do not remain eligible to vest following your Retirement under the immediately preceding sentence will be forfeited at the date of your Retirement, and any PRSU Shares that do not become Vested by reason of the satisfaction of the performance metric(s) shall be cancelled effective as of the end of the applicable performance period. You will receive the Shares corresponding to the Vested PRSU Shares as provided in Section 3 of this Grant Agreement.
If your employment is terminated by your death or “Disability” prior to the Vesting Date, you (or your beneficiary or estate) shall be entitled to vest in that number of PRSU Shares that would have been earned under the Payout Matrix, determined as of the end of the performance period, had you continued to be employed. Any PRSU Shares that do not become Vested by reason of the satisfaction of the performance metric(s) shall be cancelled effective as of the end of the applicable performance period. You will receive the Shares corresponding to the Vested PRSU Shares as provided in Section 3 of this Grant Agreement.
If your employment is terminated without “Cause” prior to the Vesting Date, so long as you have complied with the restrictions under Section 6 of this Grant Agreement. you shall be entitled to vest in (i) that number of the PRSU Shares earned under the Payout Matrix, determined as of the end of the performance period, had you continued to be employed, multiplied by (ii) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days you are employed during the performance period plus the greater of (A) 90 days and (B) the number of days included in the period, if any, over which you receive base salary severance payments from the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to an applicable employment or severance agreement, plan or policy, and the denominator of which is the total number of days in the performance period. Any PRSU Shares that do not remain eligible to vest following your termination of employment under the immediately preceding sentence will be forfeited at the date of your termination of employment, and any PRSU Shares that do not become Vested by reason of the satisfaction of the performance metric(s) shall be cancelled effective as of the end of the performance period. You will receive the Shares corresponding to the Vested PRSU Shares as provided in Section 3 of this Grant Agreement.
“Cause” has the meaning provided in Section 11.2(b) of the Plan. “Disability” has the meaning provided in Section 2.1 of the Plan. “Retirement” means the termination of your employment for any reason other than Cause, your death or your Disability at a point at which (i) you are at least age 55, (ii) you have been employed by the Company, a Subsidiary, or any of the Company’s current or future Subsidiaries or Affiliates, for at least ten years, where your employment service is determined using the applicable Company policy in effect as of the date of termination, excluding any applicable severance period, or a successor policy chosen by the Committee, and (iii) you have been actively employed as described in the foregoing clause (iv) for at least six months since the Date of Grant (as set forth in the Cover Letter).
- Change in Control. Notwithstanding the Plan’s provisions, if an Approved Transaction, Control Purchase, or Board Change (each a “Change in Control”) occurs before the Vesting Date and the Company terminates your employment other than for Cause or, if your employment agreement or another plan or agreement applicable to you permits you a
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right to effect a “Good Reason” resignation, you resign for Good Reason, in either case within 12 months after the Change in Control, you will become Vested at your date of termination in that number of PRSUs that would have become Vested had the Payout Matrix been achieved at target and the Baseline Goal (as defined in Appendix A) been achieved. Such Accelerated Vesting will only accelerate the Distribution Date if and to the extent permitted under Section 409A of the Code (“Section 409A”). “Good Reason” has the meaning provided in the document that affords you a right to effect a Good Reason termination.
The Committee reserves its ability under Section 11.1(b) of the Plan to vary this treatment if the Committee determines there is an equitable substitution or replacement award in connection with a Change in Control.
Distribution Date. Subject to any overriding provisions in the Plan, you will receive a distribution of Shares in respect of your earned and Vested PRSU Shares as soon as practicable following the date on which such PRSU Shares become Vested (with the actual date being the “Distribution Date”) and, in any event, no later than March 15 of the year following the calendar year in which the Vesting Date(s) occurred, unless the Committee determines that you may make a timely deferral election to defer distribution to a later date and you have made such an election (in which case the deferred date will be the “Distribution Date”).
Clawback. If the Committee determines, in its sole discretion, that you engaged in fraud or misconduct as a result of which or in connection with which the Company is required to or decides to restate its financial statements or is otherwise required to seek recovery under the Company’s clawback policy as in effect from time to time prior to a Change in Control, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, impose any or all of the following:
(a) Immediate expiration of the PRSU, whether Vested or not, if granted within the first 12 months after issuance or filing of any financial statement that is being restated (the “Recovery Measurement Period”); and
(b) Require payment or transfer to the Company of the Gain from the PRSU, where the “Gain” consists of the greatest of (i) the value of the Shares delivered in respect of Vested PRSU Shares on the Distribution Date, if occurring within the Recovery Measurement Period, (ii) the value of Shares received in respect of the PRSU during the Recovery Measurement Period, as determined on the date of the request by the Committee to pay or transfer, (iii) the gross (before tax) proceeds you received from any sale of the Shares received in respect of the PRSU during the Recovery Measurement Period, and (iv) if transferred without sale during the Recovery Measurement Period, the value of the Shares received in respect of the PRSU when so transferred.
This remedy is in addition to any other remedies that the Company may have available in law or equity.
Payment is due in cash or cash equivalents within 10 days after the Committee provides notice to you that it is enforcing this clawback. Payment will be calculated on a gross basis, without reduction for taxes or commissions. The Company may, but is not required to, accept retransfer of Shares in lieu of cash payments.
- Restrictions and Forfeiture. You may not sell, assign, pledge, encumber, or otherwise transfer any interest (“Transfer”) in the PRSU Shares. Any attempted Transfer that precedes the Distribution Date is invalid.
Unless the Committee determines otherwise or this Grant Agreement provides otherwise, if your employment or service with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries terminates for any reason before your PRSU is Vested, then you will forfeit the PRSU (and the corresponding PRSU Shares) as of your termination date, except to the extent that the PRSU becomes Vested at that date or remains eligible to vest on or after your termination pursuant to the rules stated in Section 1 of this Grant Agreement. Any portion of your PRSU Shares that remains eligible to vest following your termination of employment subject to the achievement of the applicable performance metric(s), but does not become Vested, shall be forfeited as of the end of the performance period. You shall forfeit any unvested portion of your PRSU immediately if the Company or any of its Subsidiaries terminates your employment for Cause or if you resign your employment (other than a resignation for Good Reason within 12 months following a Change in Control). You will receive no payment for the PRSU if you forfeit it.
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Your employment or service with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries will be treated as terminating through a resignation that does not qualify for treatment applicable to terminations without Cause if either (i) the entity that employs you or you provide services to ceases to qualify as a Subsidiary because of its sale, distribution, or other disposition to an unrelated entity or (ii) because the entity that employs you sold a substantial portion of its assets and your employment or service ended for any reason at or in connection with the closing of that sale, distribution, or other disposition.
- Restrictive Covenants. You agree that, if the Company or any of its Subsidiaries terminates your employment without Cause or due to Retirement before the final Vesting Date, you will not, for the remainder of the period before the final Vesting Date (the “Restricted Period”), perform any work on, related to, or involving nonfiction, scripted, sports, lifestyle, news, interactive games, or general entertainment television (whether in cable, broadcast, free to air, digital, streaming, film or any other distribution method) or engage in any activities on behalf of any company or any entity related to or involving nonfiction, scripted, sports, lifestyle, news, interactive games, or general entertainment television (whether in cable, broadcast, free to air, digital, streaming, film or any other distribution method) (any such company or entity, a “Competitor”) in the “Restricted Area” (which means the United States and any other country (a) in which you provided services to the Company, or (b) for which you had substantive responsibility for Company operations or business matters, in the five years prior to separation from employment).
During the Restricted Period, you will not directly or indirectly solicit any employees of the Company or any of its Affiliates to leave their employment nor directly or indirectly aid in the solicitation of such employees.
You agree that compliance with the restrictions in this Section 6 is a material part of this Grant Agreement, breach of which will cause the Company and its Affiliates irreparable harm and damages, the loss of which cannot be adequately compensated at law. If these restrictions should ever be deemed to exceed the limitations permitted by applicable laws, you and the Company agree that such provisions shall be (a) reformed to the maximum limitations permitted by the applicable laws, or (b) if legally required, made null and void.
The Company agrees that its sole remedy for any violation of the obligations applicable under this Section 6 will be your forfeiture of any portion of the PRSU Shares that have not previously been forfeited. You agree that these restrictions are in addition to and do not supersede, replace, or amend any other restrictions of a similar nature that apply to you, either by contract or common law, nor any of their related remedies (other than as apply to the PRSU).
Limited Status. You understand and agree that the Company will not consider you a shareholder for any purpose with respect to the PRSU Shares, unless and until the Shares have been issued to you on the Distribution Date. You will not receive dividends with respect to the PRSU.
Voting. You may not vote the PRSU. You may not vote the PRSU Shares. You will not have any rights as a shareholder in respect to the PRSU or the PRSU Shares, unless and until Shares are distributed to you at a Distribution Date.
Taxes and Withholding. The PRSU provides tax deferral, meaning that the PRSU Shares are not taxable until you actually receive Shares on or around the Distribution Date. You will then owe taxes at ordinary income tax rates as of the Distribution Date at the value of the Shares issued in settlement of the Vested PRSUs. As an employee of the Company, you may owe FICA, Social Security and Medicare taxes before the Distribution Date.
Issuing the Shares in respect of the PRSU is contingent on satisfaction of all obligations with respect to required tax or other required withholdings (for example, in the U.S., Federal, state, foreign and local taxes). The Company may take any action permitted under Section 11.9 of the Plan to satisfy such obligation, including, if the Committee so determines, satisfying the tax obligations by (i) reducing the number of Shares to be issued to you in respect of your PRSU by that number of Shares (valued at their Fair Market Value on the Distribution Date) that would equal all taxes required to be withheld (at their minimum withholding levels), (ii) accepting payment of the withholdings from a
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broker in connection with a sale of the Shares or directly from you, or (iii) taking any other action under Section 11.9 of the Plan.
Compliance with Law. The Company will not issue any Shares if doing so would violate any applicable Federal, foreign or state securities laws or other laws or regulations. You may not sell or otherwise dispose of the any Shares issued in respect of the PRSU in violation of applicable law.
Additional Conditions to Receipt. The Company may postpone issuing and delivering any Shares in respect of the PRSU for so long as the Company determines to be advisable to satisfy the following:
(a) its completing or amending any securities registration or qualification of the Shares or its or your satisfying any exemption from registration under any Federal, foreign or state law, rule, or regulation;
(b) its receiving proof it considers satisfactory that a person seeking to receive rights in respect of the PRSU Shares after your death is entitled to do so;
(c) your complying with any requests for representations under the Plan; and
(d) your complying with any Federal, foreign, state, or local tax withholding obligations.
- Additional Representations from You. If the vesting provisions of the PRSU are satisfied and you are entitled to receive Shares in respect of the PRSU at a time when the Company does not have a current registration statement (generally on Form S-8) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), that covers the issuance of Shares to you, you must comply with the following before the Company will issue the Shares to you. You must:
(a) represent to the Company, in a manner satisfactory to the Company’s counsel, that you are acquiring the Shares for your own account and not with a view to reselling or distributing the Shares; and
(b) agree that you will not Transfer the Shares unless:
(i) a registration statement under the Act is effective at the time of disposition with respect to the Shares you propose to Transfer; or
(ii) the Company has received an opinion of counsel or other information and representations it considers satisfactory to the effect that, because of Rule 144 under the Act or otherwise, no registration under the Act is required.
No Effect on Employment or Other Relationship. Nothing in this Grant Agreement restricts the Company’s rights or those of any of its Affiliates to terminate your employment or other relationship at any time and for any or no reason. The termination of employment or other relationship, whether by the Company or any of its Affiliates or otherwise, and regardless of the reason for such termination, has the consequences provided for under the Plan and any applicable employment or severance agreement, plan or policy.
No Effect on Running Business. You understand and agree that the existence of the PRSU will not affect in any way the right or power of the Company or its stockholders to make or authorize any adjustments, recapitalizations, reorganizations, or other changes in the Company’s capital structure or its business, or any merger or consolidation of the Company or any of its Affiliates, or any issuance of bonds, debentures, preferred or other stock, with preference ahead of or convertible into, or otherwise affecting the Company’s stock or the rights thereof, or the dissolution or liquidation of the Company or any of its Affiliates, or any sale or transfer of all or any part of its assets or business, or any other corporate act or proceeding, whether or not of a similar character to those described above.
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Section 409A. The PRSU is intended to be exempt from or comply with the requirements of Section 409A and must be construed consistently with that section. Notwithstanding anything in the Plan or this Grant Agreement to the contrary, if the PRSU becomes Vested in connection with your “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A, as determined by the Company, and if (x) you are then a “specified employee” within the meaning of Section 409A at the time of such separation from service (as determined by the Company, by which determination you agree you are bound) and (y) the distribution of Shares under such accelerated PRSU will result in the imposition of additional tax under Section 409A if distributed to you within the six month period following your separation from service, then the distribution under such accelerated PRSU will not be made until the earlier of (i) the date that is six months and one day following the date of your separation from service or (ii) the 10th day after your date of death. Neither the Company nor you shall have the right to accelerate or defer the delivery of any such Shares or benefits except to the extent specifically permitted or required by Section 409A. In no event may the Company or you defer the delivery of the Shares beyond the date specified in the Distribution Date section, unless such deferral complies in all respects with Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-2(b) related to subsequent changes in the time or form of payment of nonqualified deferred compensation arrangements, or any successor regulation. In any event, the Company makes no representations or warranty and shall have no liability to you or any other person, if any provisions of or distributions under this Grant Agreement are determined to constitute deferred compensation subject to Section 409A but not to satisfy the conditions of that section.
Unsecured Creditor. The PRSU creates a contractual obligation on the part of the Company to make a distribution of the Shares at the time provided for in this Grant Agreement. Neither you nor any other party claiming an interest in deferred compensation hereunder shall have any interest whatsoever in any specific assets of the Company and its Affiliates. Your right to receive distributions hereunder is that of an unsecured general creditor of Company.
Governing Law. The laws of the State of Delaware will govern all matters relating to the PRSU, without regard to the principles of conflict of laws.
Notices. Any notice you give to the Company must follow the procedures then in effect. If no other procedures apply, you must send your notice in writing by hand or by mail to the office of the Company’s Secretary (or to the Chair of the Committee if you are then serving as the sole Secretary). If mailed, you should address it to the Company’s Secretary (or the Chair of the Committee) at the Company’s then corporate headquarters, unless the Company directs PRSU holders to send notices to another corporate department or to a third-party administrator or specifies another method of transmitting notice. The Company and the Committee will address any notices to you using its standard electronic communications methods or at your office or home address as reflected on the Company’s personnel or other business records. You and the Company may change the address for notice by notice to the other, and the Company can also change the address for notice by general announcements to PRSU holders.
Amendment. Subject to any required action by the Committee or the stockholders of the Company, the Company may cancel the PRSU and provide a new Award under the Plan in its place, provided that the Award so replaced will satisfy all of the requirements of the Plan as of the date such new Award is made and no such action will adversely affect the PRSU to the extent then Vested.
Plan Governs. Wherever a conflict may arise between the terms of this Grant Agreement and the terms of the Plan, the terms of the Plan will control. The Committee may adjust the number of PRSU Shares and other terms of the PRSU from time to time as the Plan provides.
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Document
EXHIBIT 10.4
EMPLOYEE RSU FORM
#ParticipantName#
Dear #ParticipantFirstName#,
Congratulations, you have been awarded a restricted stock unit (“RSU”) by Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (the “Company”). A restricted stock unit entitles you to receive a specific number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock at a future date, assuming that you satisfy conditions of the Plan and the implementing agreement. We would like you to have an opportunity to share in the continued success of the Company through this RSU under the Amended & Restated Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). The Company’s general program to offer equity and equity-type awards to eligible employees is referred to as the Performance Equity Program (“PEP”). The following represents a brief description of your grant. Additional details regarding your RSU are provided in the attached Restricted Stock Unit Agreement (the “Grant Agreement”) and in the Plan. In addition, if you are located in a country other than the United States, you will receive an International Addendum with your award under the Plan that you must review and acknowledge. If you are subject to this requirement, the International Addendum is attached.
RSU Grant Summary
| Date of Grant | #GrantDate# |
|---|---|
| RSU Shares | #QuantityGranted# |
| Vesting Schedule | #VestingDateandQuantity# |
•You have been granted an RSU for shares (“Shares”) of Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. Common Stock for the number of Shares specified under “RSU Shares” in the chart.
•The potential value of your RSU increases if the price of the Company’s stock increases, but you also have to continue to be employed by the Company or a Subsidiary (except as the Grant Agreement provides) to actually receive such value. Of course, the value of the stock may go up and down over time.
•You will not receive the Shares represented by the RSU until the RSU vests. Your RSU vests as provided in the chart above under “Vesting Schedule” and “Vesting Dates,” assuming you remain an employee or become and remain a member of the Company’s Board of Directors and subject to the terms in the Grant Agreement.
•Once you have received the Shares, you will own the Shares and may decide whether to hold the Shares, sell the Shares or give the Shares to someone as a gift.
•Your ability to receive Shares under the RSU is conditioned upon compliance with any local laws that apply to you.
Please note the Clawback section of the Grant Agreement, which reflects an important policy of ours. The Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors has determined that awards made under the Plan are subject to a clawback in certain circumstances. By accepting this award, you agree that the Compensation Committee may change the Clawback section of any or all of the grant agreements from time to time without your further consent to reflect changes in law or company policy.
WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY, INC.
RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT GRANT AGREEMENT FOR EMPLOYEES
Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (the “Company”) has granted you a restricted stock unit (the “RSU”) under the Amended & Restated Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). The RSU lets you receive a specified number (the “RSU Shares”) of shares (“Shares”) of the Company’s Common Stock upon satisfaction of the conditions to receipt.
The individualized communication you received (the “Cover Letter”) provides the details for your RSU. It specifies the number of RSU Shares, the Date of Grant, the schedule for vesting (the “Vesting Schedule”), and the Vesting Date(s).
The RSU is subject in all respects to the applicable provisions of the Plan. This grant agreement does not cover all of the rules that apply to the RSU under the Plan; please refer to the Plan document. Capitalized terms are defined either further below in this grant agreement (the “Grant Agreement”) or in the Plan. If you are located in a country other than the United States, you are also receiving (or previously have received) an International Addendum to this Grant Agreement (the “International Addendum”). The International Addendum is incorporated into the Grant Agreement by reference and supplements the terms of this Grant Agreement and future grants to you under the Plan.

The Plan document is available on the Fidelity web site. The Prospectus for the Plan, the Company’s S-8, Annual Report on Form 10-K, and other filings the Company makes with the Securities and Exchange Commission are available for your review on the Company’s web site. You may also obtain paper copies of these documents upon request to the Company’s People and Culture department.
Neither the Company nor anyone else is making any representations or promises regarding the duration of your service, vesting of the RSU, the value of the Company’s stock or of this RSU, or the Company’s prospects. The Company is not providing any advice regarding tax consequences to you or regarding your decisions regarding the RSU. You agree to rely only upon your own personal advisors.
No one may sell, transfer, or distribute the RSU or the securities that may be received under it without an effective registration statement relating thereto or an opinion of counsel satisfactory to Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. or other information and representations satisfactory to it that such registration is not required.

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In addition to the Plan’s terms and restrictions, the following terms and restrictions apply:
- Vesting Schedule. Your RSU becomes nonforfeitable (“Vested”) as provided in the Cover Letter and the Grant Agreement assuming you remain employed (or serve as a member of the Company’s Board of Directors (“Board”) until the Vesting Date(s). For purposes of this Grant Agreement, employment with the Company will include employment with any Subsidiary whose employees are then eligible to receive Awards under the Plan (provided that a later transfer of employment to an ineligible Subsidiary will not terminate employment unless the Board determines otherwise).
While you are employed (or serving as a member of the Board), vesting will accelerate fully on your death, Disability or Retirement. If your employment and, if applicable, Board service is terminated by the Company or a Subsidiary without Cause (other than by reason of your death or Disability) before the RSU is fully vested and such termination does not constitute a Retirement, the RSU will remain or become Vested on the original schedule as though you remained working through any Vesting Date(s) occurring during the period that is the greater of 90 days after the date of termination and the period over which you receive base salary severance payments from the Company pursuant to an applicable employment or severance agreement, plan or policy, if any.
“Cause” has the meaning provided in Section 11.2(b) of the Plan. “Disability” has the meaning provided in Section 2.1 of the Plan. “Retirement” means your employment and, if applicable, board service ends for any reason other than Cause, your death or your Disability at a point at which (i) you are at least age 55, (ii) you have been employed by the Company or a Subsidiary (or served as a member of the Board), any of its current or future Subsidiaries or Affiliates, or Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc for at least ten years, where your period of service is determined using the applicable Company policy in effect as of the date of termination, excluding any applicable severance period or a successor policy chosen by the Committee, and (iii) you have been actively employed or actively served as a member of the Company’s Board as described in the foregoing clause (ii) for at least six months since the Date of Grant.
- Change in Control. Notwithstanding the Plan’s provisions, if an Approved Transaction,
Control Purchase, or Board Change (each a “Change in Control”) occurs before the RSU is fully Vested and while you remain actively employed by the Company or a Subsidiary (or serve as a member of the Board) (without reference to any deemed continuous employment or service following an involuntary termination without Cause pursuant to the Vesting Schedule section above), and provided that there is an equitable substitution or replacement for the RSU in connection with a Change in Control, the RSU will have accelerated Vesting as a result of the Change in Control only if (i) within 12 months after the Change in Control, (A) the Company or a Subsidiary terminates your employment other than for Cause, or (B) if you are a party to an employment agreement with the Company or a Subsidiary that permits you to resign for Good Reason, you resign for Good Reason or (ii) during such 12-month period after the Change in Control, you are given notice by the Company that, in connection with a termination of your employment by the Company or a Subsidiary other than for Cause, you shall no longer be required to provide services for the Company or its affiliates or subsidiaries as an employee or member of the Board and you cease to provide such services, but due to the length of any statutorily or contractually required notice period, your employment actually terminates following the expiration of such 12-month period.
“Good Reason” has the meaning provided in your employment agreement with the Company (or a Subsidiary), if any.
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Accelerated Vesting will accelerate the Distribution Date only if and to the extent permitted under Section 409A of the Code and the regulations thereunder (“Section 409A”); otherwise, any RSUs that may become Vested on an accelerated basis, whether on or following a Change in Control (or otherwise hereunder), will be settled pursuant to the original Vesting Schedule and its associated Distribution Date(s).
Distribution Date. Subject to any overriding provisions in the Plan or in Section 14 below, you will receive a distribution of the Shares equivalent to your Vested RSU Shares as soon as practicable following the date on which you become Vested (with the actual date being the “Distribution Date”) and, in any event, no later than 60 days following the Vesting Date(s) or other event hereunder on which the RSUs become Vested (or, if earlier, December 31 of the calendar year in which an applicable Vesting Date occurred), unless the Board determines that you may make a timely deferral election to defer distribution to a later date and you have made such an election (in which case the deferred date will be the “Distribution Date”).
Clawback. If the Company’s Board of Directors or its Compensation Committee (the “Committee”) determines, in its sole discretion, that you engaged in fraud or misconduct as a result of which or in connection with which the Company is required to or decides to restate its financial statements, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, impose any or all of the following:
(a) Immediate expiration of the RSU, whether vested or not, if granted within the first 12 months after issuance or filing of any financial statement that is being restated (the “Recovery Measurement Period”); and
(b) Payment or transfer to the Company of the Gain from the RSU, where the “Gain” consists of the greatest of (i) the value of the RSU Shares on the applicable Distribution Date on which you received them within the Recovery Measurement Period, (ii) the value of RSU Shares received during the Recovery Measurement Period, as determined on the date of the request by the Committee to pay or transfer, (iii) the gross (before tax) proceeds you received from any sale of the RSU Shares during the Recovery Measurement Period, and (iv) if transferred without sale during the Recovery Measurement Period, the value of the RSU Shares when so transferred.
This remedy is in addition to any other remedies that the Company may have available in law or equity. You expressly agree that the Company may take such actions as are necessary or appropriate to effectuate the foregoing (as applicable to you) or applicable law without further consent or action being required by you.
Payment is due in cash or cash equivalents within 10 days after the Committee provides notice to you that it is enforcing this clawback. Payment will be calculated on a gross basis, without reduction for taxes or commissions. The Company may, but is not required to, accept retransfer of shares in lieu of cash payments.
- Restrictions and Forfeiture. You may not sell, assign, pledge, encumber, or otherwise transfer any interest (“Transfer”) in the RSU Shares until the RSU Shares are distributed to you. Any attempted Transfer that precedes the Distribution Date is invalid.
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Unless the Board determines otherwise or the Grant Agreement provides otherwise, if your employment or service with the Company (including its Subsidiaries) terminates for any reason before your RSU is Vested, then you will forfeit the RSU (and the Shares to which they relate) to the extent that the RSU does not otherwise vest as a result of the termination, pursuant to the rules in the Vesting Schedule or Change in Control section. You forfeit any unvested RSU immediately if the Company or a Subsidiary terminates your employment for Cause or if you resign your employment (other than a resignation that would constitute a Retirement). The forfeited RSU will then immediately revert to the Company. You will receive no payment for the RSU if you forfeit it.
Your employment or service with the Company or a Subsidiary will be treated as terminating through a resignation that does not qualify for treatment applicable to terminations without Cause if either (i) the entity that employs you ceases to qualify as a Subsidiary because of its sale, distribution, or other disposition to an unrelated entity or (ii) because the entity that employs you sold a substantial portion of its assets and your employment ended for any reason at or in connection with the closing of that sale, distribution, or other disposition. For the avoidance of doubt, however, any termination of your employment or service by reason of either of the occurrences described in (i) and (ii) of the immediately preceding sentence may nevertheless qualify for treatment applicable to terminations upon Retirement to the extent such Retirement constitutes a “separation from service” under Section 409A.
Limited Status. You understand and agree that the Company will not consider you a shareholder for any purpose with respect to the RSU Shares, unless and until the RSU Shares have been issued to you on the Distribution Date. You will not receive dividends with respect to the RSU.
Voting. You may not vote the RSU. You may not vote the RSU Shares unless and until the Shares are distributed to you.
Taxes and Withholding. The RSU provides tax deferral, meaning that the RSU Shares are not taxable to until you actually receive the RSU Shares on or around the Distribution Date. You will then owe taxes at ordinary income tax rates as of the Distribution Date at the Shares’ value. As an employee of the Company or a Subsidiary, you may owe FICA and HI (Social Security and Medicare) taxes before the Distribution Date.
Issuing the Shares under the RSU is contingent on satisfaction of all obligations with respect to required tax or other required withholdings (for example, in the U.S., Federal, state, and local taxes). The Company may take any action permitted under Section 11.9 of the Plan to satisfy such obligation, including, if the Board so determines, satisfying the tax obligations by (i) reducing the number of RSU Shares to be issued to you by that number of RSU Shares (valued at their Fair Market Value on the Distribution Date) that would equal all taxes required to be withheld (at their minimum withholding levels), subject to approval by the Committee if you are subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act, (ii) accepting payment of the withholdings from a broker in connection with a sale of the RSU Shares or directly from you, or (iii) taking any other action under Section 11.9 of the Plan.
- Compliance with Law. The Company will not issue the RSU Shares if doing so would violate any applicable Federal or state securities laws or other laws or regulations. You may not sell or otherwise dispose of the RSU Shares in violation of applicable law.
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- Additional Conditions to Receipt. The Company may postpone issuing and delivering any RSU Shares for so long as the Company determines to be advisable to satisfy the following:
(a) its completing or amending any securities registration or qualification of the RSU Shares or its or your satisfying any exemption from registration under any Federal or state law, rule, or regulation;
(b) its receiving proof it considers satisfactory that a person seeking to receive the RSU Shares after your death is entitled to do so;
(c) your complying with any requests for representations under the Plan; and
(d) your complying with any Federal, state, or local tax withholding obligations.
- Additional Representations from You. If the vesting provisions of the RSU are satisfied and you are entitled to receive RSU Shares at a time when the Company does not have a current registration statement (generally on Form S-8) under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Act”) that covers issuances of shares to you, you must comply with the following before the Company will issue the RSU Shares to you. You must
(a) represent to the Company, in a manner satisfactory to the Company’s counsel, that you are acquiring the RSU Shares for your own account and not with a view to reselling or distributing the RSU Shares; and
(b) agree that you will not sell, transfer, or otherwise dispose of the RSU Shares unless:
(i) a registration statement under the Act is effective at the time of disposition with respect to the RSU Shares you propose to sell, transfer, or otherwise dispose of; or
(ii) the Company has received an opinion of counsel or other information and representations it considers satisfactory to the effect that, because of Rule 144 under the Act or otherwise, no registration under the Act is required.
No Effect on Employment or Other Relationship. Nothing in this Grant Agreement restricts the Company’s rights or those of any of its affiliates to terminate your employment or other relationship at any time and for any or no reason. The termination of employment or other relationship, whether by the Company or any of its affiliates or otherwise, and regardless of the reason for such termination, has the consequences provided for under the Plan, this Grant Agreement and any applicable employment or severance agreement or plan.
No Effect on Running Business. You understand and agree that the existence of the RSU will not affect in any way the right or power of the Company or its stockholders to make or authorize any adjustments, recapitalizations, reorganizations, or other changes in the Company’s capital structure or its business, or any merger or consolidation of the Company, or any issuance of bonds, debentures, preferred or other stock, with preference ahead of or convertible into, or otherwise affecting the Company’s Common Stock or the rights thereof, or the dissolution or liquidation of the Company, or
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any sale or transfer of all or any part of its assets or business, or any other corporate act or proceeding, whether or not of a similar character to those described above.
Section 409A. The RSU is intended to comply with the requirements of Section 409A and must be construed consistently with that section. Notwithstanding anything in the Plan or this Grant Agreement to the contrary, if the RSU Vests in connection with your “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A (as determined by the Company), and if (x) you are then a “specified employee” within the meaning of Section 409A at the time of such separation from service (as determined by the Company, by which determination you agree you are bound) and (y) the distribution of RSU Shares under such accelerated RSU will result in the imposition of additional tax under Section 409A if distributed to you within the six month period following your separation from service, then the distribution under such accelerated RSU will not be made until the earlier of (i) the date six months and one day following the date of your separation from service or (ii) the 10th day after your date of death. Neither the Company nor you shall have the right to accelerate or defer the delivery of any such RSU Shares or benefits except to the extent specifically permitted or required by Section 409A. In no event may the Company or you defer the delivery of the RSU Shares beyond the date specified in the Distribution Date section, unless such deferral complies in all respects with Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-2(b) related to subsequent changes in the time or form of payment of nonqualified deferred compensation arrangements, or any successor regulation. In any event, the Company makes no representations or warranty and shall have no liability to you or any other person, if any provisions of or distributions under this Grant Agreement are determined to constitute deferred compensation subject to Section 409A but not to satisfy the conditions of that section.
Unsecured Creditor. The RSU creates a contractual obligation on the part of the Company to make a distribution of the RSU Shares at the time provided for in this Grant Agreement. Neither you nor any other party claiming an interest in deferred compensation hereunder shall have any interest whatsoever in any specific assets of the Company. Your right to receive distributions hereunder is that of an unsecured general creditor of Company.
Governing Law. The laws of the State of Delaware will govern all matters relating to the RSU, without regard to the principles of conflict of laws.
Notices. Any notice you give to the Company must follow the procedures then in effect. If no other procedures apply, you must send your notice in writing by hand or by mail to the office of the Company’s Secretary (or to the Chair of the Board if you are then serving as the sole Secretary). If mailed, you should address it to the Company’s Secretary (or the Chair of the Board) at the Company’s then corporate headquarters, unless the Company directs RSU holders to send notices to another corporate department or to a third-party administrator or specifies another method of transmitting notice. The Company and the Board will address any notices to you using its standard electronic communications methods or at your office or home address as reflected on the Company’s personnel or other business records. You and the Company may change the address for notice by notice to the other, and the Company can also change the address for notice by general announcements to RSU holders.
Amendment. Subject to any required action by the Board or the stockholders of the Company, the Company may cancel the RSU and provide a new Award under the Plan in its place, provided that the
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Award so replaced will satisfy all of the requirements of the Plan as of the date such new Award is made and no such action will adversely affect the RSU to the extent then Vested.
- Plan Governs. Wherever a conflict may arise between the terms of this Grant Agreement and the terms of the Plan, the terms of the Plan will control. The Board may adjust the number of RSU Shares and other terms of the RSU from time to time as the Plan provides.
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Document
EXHIBIT 10.5
EMPLOYEE ERSU FORM
#ParticipantName#
Dear #ParticipantFirstName#,
Congratulations, you have been awarded an enhanced restricted stock unit (“ERSU”) by Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (the “Company”). An enhanced restricted stock unit entitles you to receive a specific number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock at a future date, assuming that you satisfy conditions of the Plan and the implementing agreement. We would like you to have an opportunity to share in the continued success of the Company through this ERSU under the Amended & Restated Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). The Company’s general program to offer equity and equity-type awards to eligible employees is referred to as the Performance Equity Program (“PEP”). The following represents a brief description of your grant. Additional details regarding your ERSU are provided in the attached Enhanced Restricted Stock Unit Agreement (the “Grant Agreement”) and in the Plan. In addition, if you are located in a country other than the United States, you will receive an International Addendum with your award under the Plan that you must review and acknowledge. If you are subject to this requirement, the International Addendum is attached.
ERSU Grant Summary
| Date of Grant | #GrantDate# |
|---|---|
| ERSU Shares | #QuantityGranted# |
| Vesting Schedule | #VestingDateandQuantity# |
•You have been granted an ERSU for shares (“Shares”) of Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. Common Stock for the number of Shares specified under “ERSU Shares” in the chart.
•The potential value of your ERSU increases if the price of the Company’s stock increases, but you also have to continue to be employed by the Company or a Subsidiary (except as the Grant Agreement provides) to actually receive such value. Of course, the value of the stock may go up and down over time.
•You will not receive the Shares represented by the ERSU until the ERSU vests. Your ERSU vests as provided in the chart above under “Vesting Schedule” and “Vesting Dates,” assuming you remain an employee or become and remain a member of the Company’s Board of Directors and subject to the terms in the Grant Agreement.
•Once you have received the Shares, you will own the Shares and may decide whether to hold the Shares, sell the Shares or give the Shares to someone as a gift.
•Your ability to receive Shares under the ERSU is conditioned upon compliance with any local laws that apply to you.
Please note the Clawback section of the Grant Agreement, which reflects an important policy of ours. The Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors has determined that awards made under the Plan are subject to a clawback in certain circumstances. By accepting this award, you agree that the Compensation Committee may change the Clawback section of any or all of the grant agreements from time to time without your further consent to reflect changes in law or company policy.
WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY, INC.
ENHANCED RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT GRANT AGREEMENT FOR EMPLOYEES
Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (the “Company”) has granted you an enhanced restricted stock unit (the “ERSU”) under the Amended & Restated Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). The ERSU lets you receive a specified number (the “ERSU Shares”) of shares (“Shares”) of the Company’s Common Stock upon satisfaction of the conditions to receipt.
The individualized communication you received (the “Cover Letter”) provides the details for your ERSU. It specifies the number of ERSU Shares, the Date of Grant, the schedule for vesting (the “Vesting Schedule”), and the Vesting Date(s).
The ERSU is subject in all respects to the applicable provisions of the Plan. This grant agreement does not cover all of the rules that apply to the ERSU under the Plan; please refer to the Plan document. Capitalized terms are defined either further below in this grant agreement (the “Grant Agreement”) or in the Plan. If you are located in a country other than the United States, you are also receiving (or previously have received) an International Addendum to this Grant Agreement (the “International Addendum”). The International Addendum is incorporated into the Grant Agreement by reference and supplements the terms of this Grant Agreement and future grants to you under the Plan.

The Plan document is available on the Fidelity web site. The Prospectus for the Plan, the Company’s S-8, Annual Report on Form 10-K, and other filings the Company makes with the Securities and Exchange Commission are available for your review on the Company’s web site. You may also obtain paper copies of these documents upon request to the Company’s People and Culture department.
Neither the Company nor anyone else is making any representations or promises regarding the duration of your service, vesting of the ERSU, the value of the Company’s stock or of this ERSU, or the Company’s prospects. The Company is not providing any advice regarding tax consequences to you or regarding your decisions regarding the ERSU. You agree to rely only upon your own personal advisors.
No one may sell, transfer, or distribute the ERSU or the securities that may be received under it without an effective registration statement relating thereto or an opinion of counsel satisfactory to Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. or other information and representations satisfactory to it that such registration is not required.

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In addition to the Plan’s terms and restrictions, the following terms and restrictions apply:
- Vesting Schedule. Your ERSU becomes nonforfeitable (“Vested”) as provided in the Cover Letter and the Grant Agreement assuming you remain employed (or serve as a member of the Company’s Board of Directors (“Board”) until the Vesting Date(s). For purposes of this Grant Agreement, employment with the Company will include employment with any Subsidiary whose employees are then eligible to receive Awards under the Plan (provided that a later transfer of employment to an ineligible Subsidiary will not terminate employment unless the Board determines otherwise).
While you are employed (or serving as a member of the Board), vesting will accelerate fully on your death, Disability or Retirement. If your employment and, if applicable, Board service is terminated by the Company or a Subsidiary without Cause (other than by reason of your death or Disability) before the ERSU is fully vested and such termination does not constitute a Retirement, the ERSU will remain or become Vested on the original schedule as though you remained working through any Vesting Date(s) occurring during the period that is the greater of 90 days after the date of termination and the period over which you receive base salary severance payments from the Company pursuant to an applicable employment or severance agreement, plan or policy, if any.
“Cause” has the meaning provided in Section 11.2(b) of the Plan. “Disability” has the meaning provided in Section 2.1 of the Plan. “Retirement” means your employment and, if applicable, board service ends for any reason other than Cause, your death or your Disability at a point at which (i) you are at least age 55, (ii) you have been employed by the Company or a Subsidiary (or served as a member of the Board), any of its current or future Subsidiaries or Affiliates, or Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc for at least ten years, where your period of service is determined using the applicable Company policy in effect as of the date of termination, excluding any applicable severance period or a successor policy chosen by the Committee, and (iii) you have been actively employed or actively served as a member of the Company’s Board as described in the foregoing clause (ii) for at least six months since the Date of Grant.
- Change in Control. Notwithstanding the Plan’s provisions, if an Approved Transaction,
Control Purchase, or Board Change (each a “Change in Control”) occurs before the ERSU is fully Vested and while you remain actively employed by the Company or a Subsidiary (or serve as a member of the Board) (without reference to any deemed continuous employment or service following an involuntary a termination without Cause pursuant to the Vesting Schedule section above), and provided that there is an equitable substitution or replacement for the ERSU in connection with a Change in Control, the ERSU will have accelerated Vesting as a result of the Change in Control only if (i) within 12 months after the Change in Control, (A) the Company or a Subsidiary terminates your employment other than for Cause, or (B) if you are a party to an employment agreement with the Company or a Subsidiary that permits you to resign for Good Reason, you resign for Good Reason or (ii) during such 12-month period after the Change in Control, you are given notice by the Company that, in connection with a termination of your employment by the Company or a Subsidiary other than for Cause, you shall no longer be required to provide services for the Company or its affiliates or subsidiaries as an employee or member of the Board and you cease to provide such services, but due to the length of any statutorily or contractually required notice period, your employment actually terminates following the expiration of such 12-month period.
“Good Reason” has the meaning provided in your employment agreement with the Company (or a Subsidiary), if any.
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Accelerated Vesting will accelerate the Distribution Date only if and to the extent permitted under Section 409A of the Code and the regulations thereunder (“Section 409A”); otherwise, any ERSUs that may become Vested on an accelerated basis, whether on or following a Change in Control (or otherwise hereunder), will be settled pursuant to the original Vesting Schedule and its associated Distribution Date(s).
Distribution Date. Subject to any overriding provisions in the Plan or in Section 14 below, you will receive a distribution of the Shares equivalent to your Vested ERSU Shares as soon as practicable following the date on which you become Vested (with the actual date being the “Distribution Date”) and, in any event, no later than 60 days following the Vesting Date(s) or other event hereunder on which the ERSUs become Vested (or, if earlier, December 31 of the calendar year in which an applicable Vesting Date occurred), unless the Board determines that you may make a timely deferral election to defer distribution to a later date and you have made such an election (in which case the deferred date will be the “Distribution Date”).
Clawback. If the Company’s Board of Directors or its Compensation Committee (the “Committee”) determines, in its sole discretion, that you engaged in fraud or misconduct as a result of which or in connection with which the Company is required to or decides to restate its financial statements, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, impose any or all of the following:
(a) Immediate expiration of the ERSU, whether vested or not, if granted within the first 12 months after issuance or filing of any financial statement that is being restated (the “Recovery Measurement Period”); and
(b) Payment or transfer to the Company of the Gain from the ERSU, where the “Gain” consists of the greatest of (i) the value of the ERSU Shares on the applicable Distribution Date on which you received them within the Recovery Measurement Period, (ii) the value of ERSU Shares received during the Recovery Measurement Period, as determined on the date of the request by the Committee to pay or transfer, (iii) the gross (before tax) proceeds you received from any sale of the ERSU Shares during the Recovery Measurement Period, and (iv) if transferred without sale during the Recovery Measurement Period, the value of the ERSU Shares when so transferred.
This remedy is in addition to any other remedies that the Company may have available in law or equity. You expressly agree that the Company may take such actions as are necessary or appropriate to effectuate the foregoing (as applicable to you) or applicable law without further consent or action being required by you.
Payment is due in cash or cash equivalents within 10 days after the Committee provides notice to you that it is enforcing this clawback. Payment will be calculated on a gross basis, without reduction for taxes or commissions. The Company may, but is not required to, accept retransfer of shares in lieu of cash payments.
- Restrictions and Forfeiture. You may not sell, assign, pledge, encumber, or otherwise transfer any interest (“Transfer”) in the ERSU Shares until the ERSU Shares are distributed to you. Any attempted Transfer that precedes the Distribution Date is invalid.
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Unless the Board determines otherwise or the Grant Agreement provides otherwise, if your employment or service with the Company (including its Subsidiaries) terminates for any reason before your ERSU is Vested, then you will forfeit the ERSU (and the Shares to which they relate) to the extent that the ERSU does not otherwise vest as a result of the termination, pursuant to the rules in the Vesting Schedule or Change in Control section. You forfeit any unvested ERSU immediately if the Company or a Subsidiary terminates your employment for Cause or if you resign your employment (other than a resignation that would constitute a Retirement). The forfeited ERSU will then immediately revert to the Company. You will receive no payment for the ERSU if you forfeit it.
Your employment or service with the Company or a Subsidiary will be treated as terminating through a resignation that does not qualify for treatment applicable to terminations without Cause if either (i) the entity that employs you ceases to qualify as a Subsidiary because of its sale, distribution, or other disposition to an unrelated entity or (ii) because the entity that employs you sold a substantial portion of its assets and your employment ended for any reason at or in connection with the closing of that sale, distribution, or other disposition. For the avoidance of doubt, however, any termination of your employment or service by reason of either of the occurrences described in (i) and (ii) of the immediately preceding sentence may nevertheless qualify for treatment applicable to terminations upon Retirement to the extent such Retirement constitutes a “separation from service” under Section 409A.
Limited Status. You understand and agree that the Company will not consider you a shareholder for any purpose with respect to the ERSU Shares, unless and until the ERSU Shares have been issued to you on the Distribution Date. You will not receive dividends with respect to the ERSU.
Voting. You may not vote the ERSU. You may not vote the ERSU Shares unless and until the Shares are distributed to you.
Taxes and Withholding. The ERSU provides tax deferral, meaning that the ERSU Shares are not taxable to until you actually receive the ERSU Shares on or around the Distribution Date. You will then owe taxes at ordinary income tax rates as of the Distribution Date at the Shares' value. As an employee of the Company or a Subsidiary, you may owe FICA and HI (Social Security and Medicare) taxes before the Distribution Date.
Issuing the Shares under the ERSU is contingent on satisfaction of all obligations with respect to required tax or other required withholdings (for example, in the U.S., Federal, state, and local taxes). The Company may take any action permitted under Section 11.9 of the Plan to satisfy such obligation, including, if the Board so determines, satisfying the tax obligations by (i) reducing the number of ERSU Shares to be issued to you by that number of ERSU Shares (valued at their Fair Market Value on the Distribution Date) that would equal all taxes required to be withheld (at their minimum withholding levels), subject to approval by the Committee if you are subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act, (ii) accepting payment of the withholdings from a broker in connection with a sale of the ERSU Shares or directly from you, or (iii) taking any other action under Section 11.9 of the Plan.
- Compliance with Law. The Company will not issue the ERSU Shares if doing so would violate any applicable Federal or state securities laws or other laws or regulations. You may not sell or otherwise dispose of the ERSU Shares in violation of applicable law.
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- Additional Conditions to Receipt. The Company may postpone issuing and delivering any ERSU Shares for so long as the Company determines to be advisable to satisfy the following:
(a) its completing or amending any securities registration or qualification of the ERSU Shares or its or your satisfying any exemption from registration under any Federal or state law, rule, or regulation;
(b) its receiving proof it considers satisfactory that a person seeking to receive the ERSU Shares after your death is entitled to do so;
(c) your complying with any requests for representations under the Plan; and
(d) your complying with any Federal, state, or local tax withholding obligations.
- Additional Representations from You. If the vesting provisions of the ERSU are satisfied and you are entitled to receive ERSU Shares at a time when the Company does not have a current registration statement (generally on Form S-8) under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Act”) that covers issuances of shares to you, you must comply with the following before the Company will issue the ERSU Shares to you. You must
(a) represent to the Company, in a manner satisfactory to the Company’s counsel, that you are acquiring the ERSU Shares for your own account and not with a view to reselling or distributing the ERSU Shares; and
(b) agree that you will not sell, transfer, or otherwise dispose of the ERSU Shares unless:
(i) a registration statement under the Act is effective at the time of disposition with respect to the ERSU Shares you propose to sell, transfer, or otherwise dispose of; or
(ii) the Company has received an opinion of counsel or other information and representations it considers satisfactory to the effect that, because of Rule 144 under the Act or otherwise, no registration under the Act is required.
No Effect on Employment or Other Relationship. Nothing in this Grant Agreement restricts the Company’s rights or those of any of its affiliates to terminate your employment or other relationship at any time and for any or no reason. The termination of employment or other relationship, whether by the Company or any of its affiliates or otherwise, and regardless of the reason for such termination, has the consequences provided for under the Plan, this Grant Agreement and any applicable employment or severance agreement or plan.
No Effect on Running Business. You understand and agree that the existence of the ERSU will not affect in any way the right or power of the Company or its stockholders to make or authorize any adjustments, recapitalizations, reorganizations, or other changes in the Company’s capital structure or its business, or any merger or consolidation of the Company, or any issuance of bonds, debentures, preferred or other stock, with preference ahead of or convertible into, or otherwise affecting the Company’s Common Stock or the rights thereof, or the dissolution or liquidation of the Company, or
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any sale or transfer of all or any part of its assets or business, or any other corporate act or proceeding, whether or not of a similar character to those described above.
Section 409A. The ERSU is intended to comply with the requirements of Section 409A and must be construed consistently with that section. Notwithstanding anything in the Plan or this Grant Agreement to the contrary, if the ERSU Vests in connection with your “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A (as determined by the Company), and if (x) you are then a “specified employee” within the meaning of Section 409A at the time of such separation from service (as determined by the Company, by which determination you agree you are bound) and (y) the distribution of ERSU Shares under such accelerated ERSU will result in the imposition of additional tax under Section 409A if distributed to you within the six month period following your separation from service, then the distribution under such accelerated ERSU will not be made until the earlier of (i) the date six months and one day following the date of your separation from service or (ii) the 10th day after your date of death. Neither the Company nor you shall have the right to accelerate or defer the delivery of any such ERSU Shares or benefits except to the extent specifically permitted or required by Section 409A. In no event may the Company or you defer the delivery of the ERSU Shares beyond the date specified in the Distribution Date section, unless such deferral complies in all respects with Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-2(b) related to subsequent changes in the time or form of payment of nonqualified deferred compensation arrangements, or any successor regulation. In any event, the Company makes no representations or warranty and shall have no liability to you or any other person, if any provisions of or distributions under this Grant Agreement are determined to constitute deferred compensation subject to Section 409A but not to satisfy the conditions of that section.
Unsecured Creditor. The ERSU creates a contractual obligation on the part of the Company to make a distribution of the ERSU Shares at the time provided for in this Grant Agreement. Neither you nor any other party claiming an interest in deferred compensation hereunder shall have any interest whatsoever in any specific assets of the Company. Your right to receive distributions hereunder is that of an unsecured general creditor of Company.
Governing Law. The laws of the State of Delaware will govern all matters relating to the ERSU, without regard to the principles of conflict of laws.
Notices. Any notice you give to the Company must follow the procedures then in effect. If no other procedures apply, you must send your notice in writing by hand or by mail to the office of the Company’s Secretary (or to the Chair of the Board if you are then serving as the sole Secretary). If mailed, you should address it to the Company’s Secretary (or the Chair of the Board) at the Company’s then corporate headquarters, unless the Company directs ERSU holders to send notices to another corporate department or to a third-party administrator or specifies another method of transmitting notice. The Company and the Board will address any notices to you using its standard electronic communications methods or at your office or home address as reflected on the Company’s personnel or other business records. You and the Company may change the address for notice by notice to the other, and the Company can also change the address for notice by general announcements to ERSU holders.
Amendment. Subject to any required action by the Board or the stockholders of the Company, the Company may cancel the ERSU and provide a new Award under the Plan in its place, provided that
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the Award so replaced will satisfy all of the requirements of the Plan as of the date such new Award is made and no such action will adversely affect the ERSU to the extent then Vested.
- Plan Governs. Wherever a conflict may arise between the terms of this Grant Agreement and the terms of the Plan, the terms of the Plan will control. The Board may adjust the number of ERSU Shares and other terms of the ERSU from time to time as the Plan provides.
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Document
EXHIBIT 10.6
EMPLOYEE NQSO AGREEMENT
#ParticipantName#
Dear #ParticipantFirstName#,
Congratulations, you have been given a stock option grant in recognition of your contributions to the success of Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (the “Company”). A stock option grant gives you the right to purchase a specific number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock at a fixed price, assuming that you satisfy conditions of the Plan and the implementing agreement. We would like you to have an opportunity to share in the continued success of the Company through this stock option grant under the Amended & Restated Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). The Company’s general program to offer equity and equity-type awards to eligible employees is referred to as the Performance Equity Program (“PEP”). The following represents a brief description of your grant. Additional details regarding your award are provided in the attached Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement (the “Grant Agreement”) and in the Plan. In addition, if you are located in a country other than the United States, you will receive an International Addendum with your award under the Plan that you must review and acknowledge. If you are subject to this requirement, the International Addendum is attached.
Stock Option Grant Summary
| Date of Grant | #GrantDate# |
|---|---|
| Option Shares | #QuantityGranted# |
| Grant Price per Share | #GrantPrice# |
| Exercisability Dates | #VestingDateandQuantity# |
| Term Expiration Date | #ExpirationDate# |
•You have been granted a nonqualified stock option to purchase a certain number of shares of Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. Common Stock at a specific price. The total number of shares under your grant is specified in the chart above under “Option Shares.” The price per share is under “Grant Price per Share.”
•The potential value of your stock option grant increases if the price of the Company’s stock increases, but you also have to continue to work for the Company (except as the Grant Agreement provides) to actually receive such value. Of course, the value of the stock may go up and down over time.
•You may not exercise the stock option (actually purchase the shares) until it becomes exercisable. Your stock option becomes exercisable as provided in the chart above under “Exercisability Dates”, assuming you remain an employee or become and remain a member of the Company’s Board of Directors and subject to the terms in the Grant Agreement.
•Whether or not you decide to exercise your stock option and purchase the stock is your decision, and, except with respect to certain instances when your stock option will be automatically exercised, you have until the stock option expires (which will be no later than the
seventh anniversary of the Date of Grant, which date is specified in the chart above under Term Expiration Date, but can end earlier in various situations) to make that decision.
•Once you have purchased the stock, you will own the stock and may decide whether to hold the stock, sell the stock or give the stock to someone as a gift.
•In most countries, you will be taxed on your stock option as soon as you exercise the stock option to purchase or sell the stock. However, tax laws vary by country, so please check with your tax advisor or government tax office.
•Your ability to purchase shares through the exercise of a stock option is conditioned upon compliance with any local laws that apply to you.
Please note the Clawback section of the Grant Agreement, which reflects an important policy of ours. The Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors has determined that awards under the Plan are subject to a clawback in certain circumstances. By accepting this award, you agree that the Compensation Committee may change the Clawback section of any or all of the grant agreements from time to time without your further consent to reflect changes in law or company policy.
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WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY, INC. PERFORMANCE EQUITY PROGRAM
NONQUALIFIED STOCK OPTION GRANT AGREEMENT FOR EMPLOYEES
Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (the “Company”) has granted you an option (the “Option”) under the Amended & Restated Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). The Option lets you purchase a specified number (the “Option Shares”) of shares of the Company’s Common Stock, at a specified price per share (the “Grant Price”).
The individualized communication you received (the “Cover Letter”) provides the details for your Option. It specifies the number of Option Shares, the Grant Price, the Date of Grant, the schedule for exercisability (“Exercisability Dates”), and the latest date the Option will expire (the “Term Expiration Date”).
The Option is subject in all respects to the applicable provisions of the Plan. This Grant Agreement does not cover all of the rules that apply to the Option under the Plan; please refer to the Plan document. Capitalized terms are defined either further below in this grant agreement (the “Grant Agreement”) or in the Plan. If you are located in a country other than the United States, you are also receiving (or previously have received) an International Addendum to this Grant Agreement (the “International Addendum”). The International Addendum is incorporated into the Grant Agreement by reference and supplements the terms of this Grant Agreement and future grants to you under the Plan.

The Plan document is available on the Fidelity web site. The Prospectus for the Plan, the Company’s S-8, Annual Report on Form 10-K, and other filings the Company makes with the Securities and Exchange Commission are available for your review on the Company’s web site. You may also obtain paper copies of these documents upon request to the Company’s People and Culture department.
Neither the Company nor anyone else is making any representations or promises regarding the duration of your service, exercisability of the Option, the value of the Company’s stock or of this Option, or the Company’s prospects. The Company is not providing any advice regarding tax consequences to you or regarding your decisions regarding the Option. You agree to rely only upon your own personal advisors.
No one may sell, transfer, or distribute the Option or the securities that may be purchased upon exercising the Option without an effective registration statement relating thereto or an opinion of counsel satisfactory to Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. or other information and representations satisfactory to it that such registration is not required.

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In addition to the Plan’s terms and restrictions, the following terms and restrictions apply:
- Option Exercisability. While your Option remains in effect under the Option Expiration section, below, you may exercise any exercisable portions of the Option (and buy the Option Shares) under the timing rules of this section.
The Option will become exercisable on the schedule provided in the Cover Letter to this Grant Agreement, assuming you remain employed (or serve as a member of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) through each Exercisability Date. Any fractional shares will be carried forward to the following Exercisability Date, unless the Compensation Committee of the Board (the “Committee”) selects a different treatment. For purposes of this Grant Agreement, employment with the Company will include employment with any Subsidiary whose employees are then eligible to receive Awards under the Plan (provided that a later transfer of employment to an ineligible Subsidiary will not terminate employment unless the Committee determines otherwise).
Exercisability will accelerate fully on your Retirement, or, while you are employed (or serving as a member of the Company’s Board), your Disability or death. If the Company terminates your employment and, if applicable, your service on the Board without Cause during a calendar year before the Option is fully exercisable and such termination does not constitute a Retirement, the Option shall remain or become exercisable over time as though you remained working through any Exercisability Dates occurring during the period that is the greater of 90 days after the date of termination and the period over which you receive base salary severance payments from the Company pursuant to an applicable employment or severance agreement plan or policy, if any (the “Additional Vesting Period”).
“Cause” has the meaning provided in Section 11.2(b) of the Plan. “Disability” has the meaning provided in Section 2.1 of the Plan. “Retirement” means your employment and, if applicable, board service ends for any reason other than Cause, your death or your Disability at a point at which (i) you are at least age 55, (ii) you have been employed by the Company or a Subsidiary (or served as a member of the Company’s Board), any of its current or future Subsidiaries or Affiliates, for at least ten years, where your period of service is determined using the applicable Company policy in effect as of the date of termination, excluding any applicable severance period, or a successor policy chosen by the Committee, and (iii) you have been actively employed or actively served as a member of the Company’s Board as described in the foregoing clause (ii) for at least six months since the Date of Grant. Acceleration upon Retirement does not apply in countries subject to the EU Directive on Discrimination.
Your employment or service with the Company will be treated as terminating through a resignation that does not qualify for treatment applicable to terminations without Cause if either (i) the entity that employs you ceases to qualify as a Subsidiary because of its sale, distribution, or other disposition to an unrelated entity or (ii) because the entity that employs you sold a substantial portion of its assets and your employment ended for any reason at or in connection with the closing of that sale, distribution, or other disposition. For the avoidance of doubt, however, any termination of your employment or service by reason of either of the occurrences described in (i) and (ii) of the immediately preceding sentence may nevertheless qualify for treatment applicable to terminations upon Retirement.
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- Change in Control. Notwithstanding the Plan’s provisions, if an Approved Transaction, Control Purchase, or Board Change (each a “Change in Control”) occurs before the Option is fully exercisable and while you remain actively employed by the Company or a Subsidiary (or serve as a member of the Board) (without reference to the Additional Vesting Period, above), the Option will have accelerated exercisability as a result of the Change in Control only if within 12 months after the Change in Control, the Company or Subsidiary terminates your employment without Cause, or, if you are a party to an employment agreement with the Company or a Subsidiary that permits you to resign for Good Reason, you resign for Good Reason.
“Good Reason” has the meaning provided in your employment agreement with the Company (or a Subsidiary), if any.
The Committee reserves its ability under Section 11.1(b) of the Plan to vary this treatment if the Committee determines there is an equitable substitution or replacement award in connection with a Change in Control.
- Option Expiration. You cannot exercise the Option after it has expired. The Option will expire no later than the close of business on the Term Expiration Date. Unexercisable portions of the Option expire immediately when you cease to be employed (unless you are concurrently remaining or becoming a member of the Board, or unless the Company or a Subsidiary terminates your employment without Cause, as specified above). If the Company terminates your employment for Cause, the Option will immediately expire without regard to whether it is then exercisable.
Exercisable portions of the Option remain exercisable until the first to occur of the following (the “Final Exercise Date”), each as defined further in the Plan or the Grant Agreement, and then immediately expire:
•Immediately upon termination of employment by the Company for Cause
•The 30th day after your employment (or directorship) ends if you resign other than on Retirement (including resignation for Good Reason, if applicable) (the “30-Day Period”)
•The 90th day after the Additional Vesting Period ends (the “90-Day Period”)
•For death, Disability, or Retirement, the first anniversary of the date employment ends. If you die during the 30-Day Period or the 90-day period after employment ends, the first anniversary of the date employment ends will be substituted for the end of the 30-Day Period or the 90-Day Period, as applicable.
•The Term Expiration Date
The Committee can override the expiration provisions of this Grant Agreement, such as in connection with a Change in Control.
- Automatic Exercise. At close of business on the Final Exercise Date (or the preceding trading day if the Final Exercise Date is not a trading day), if the Exercise Spread Test (defined below) is met, the Option will be automatically exercised using the “net exercise” method described below, without regard to the notice requirement and with additional shares retained for purposes of satisfying the minimum applicable tax withholdings (the “Automatic Exercise”). The Option satisfies the “Exercise Spread Test” if the per share spread between the closing price of the Company’s Common Stock and the Grant Price (the “Exercise Spread”) on the Final Exercise Date is at least one dollar. If the Exercise Spread Test is not satisfied, the unexercised portions of the Option will expire as of close of business on the Final Exercise Date.
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For avoidance of doubt, you may exercise any exercisable portion of the Option prior to the time of an Automatic Exercise and no portion of the Option may or will be exercised at or after your termination for Cause.
The Automatic Exercise procedure is provided as a convenience and as a protection against inadvertent expiration of an Option. Because any exercise of an Option is normally your responsibility, you hereby waive any claims against the Company or any of its employees or agents if an Automatic Exercise does not occur for any reason and the Option expires.
- Method of Exercise and Payment for Shares. Subject to this Grant Agreement and the Plan, and other than for portions of the Option that are automatically exercised as described in the section, you may exercise the Option only by providing a written notice (or notice through another previously approved method, which could include a web-based or voice- or e-mail system) to the Secretary of the Company or to whomever the Committee designates, received on or before the date the Option expires. Each such notice must satisfy whatever then-current procedures apply to that Option and must contain such representations (statements from you about your situation) as the Company requires. You must, at the same time, pay the Grant Price using one or more of the following methods:
(a) Cash/Check. Cash or check in the amount of the Grant Price payable to the order of the Company;
(b) Cashless Exercise. An approved cashless exercise method, including directing the Company
to send the stock certificates (or other acceptable evidence of ownership) to be issued under the Option to a licensed broker acceptable to the Company as your agent in exchange for the broker’s tendering to the Company cash (or acceptable cash equivalents) equal to the Grant Price and, if you so elect, any required tax withholdings; or
(c) Net Exercise. By delivery of a notice of “net exercise” to or as directed by the Company, as a result of which you will receive (i) the number of shares underlying the portion of the Option being exercised less (ii) such number of shares as is equal to (X) the aggregate Grant Price for the portion of the Option being exercised divided by (Y) the Fair Market Value on the date of exercise.
The Committee can approve additional payment methods, including use of a fully or partially recourse promissory note, subject to any prohibitions of applicable law.
- Clawback. If the Company’s Board or the Committee determines, in its sole discretion, that you engaged in fraud or misconduct as a result of which or in connection with which the Company is required to or decides to restate its financial statements, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, impose any or all of the following:
(a) Immediate expiration of the Option, whether vested or not, if granted within the first 12 months after issuance or filing of any financial statement that is being restated (the “Recovery Measurement Period”)
(b) As to any exercised portion of the Option (to the extent, during the Recovery Measurement Period, the Option is granted, vests, is exercised, or the purchased shares are sold), prompt
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payment to the Company of any Option Gain. For purposes of this Agreement, the “Option Gain” per share you received on exercise of options is
for stock you have sold or transferred without sale, the greater of (i) the Exercise Spread and (ii) the spread between the price at which you sold (or the fair market value on the date of other disposition of) the stock and the Grant Price paid, and
for stock you have retained, the greater of (i) Exercise Spread and (ii) the spread between the closing price on the date of the Committee’s request for repayment and the Grant Price paid.
This remedy is in addition to any other remedies that the Company may have available in law or equity. You expressly agree that the Company may take such actions as are necessary or appropriate to effectuate the foregoing (as applicable to you) or applicable law without further consent or action being required by you.
Payment is due in cash or cash equivalents within 10 days after the Committee provides notice to you that it is enforcing this clawback. Payment will be calculated on a gross basis, without reduction for taxes or commissions. The Company may, but is not required to, accept retransfer of shares in lieu of cash payments.
Withholding. Issuing the Option Shares is contingent on satisfaction of all obligations with respect to required tax or other required withholdings (for example, in the U.S., Federal, state, and local taxes generally are due upon exercise of the Option). Except as provided in the Automatic Exercise section, the Company may take any action permitted under Section 11.9 of the Plan to satisfy such obligation, including, if the Committee so determines, satisfying the tax obligations by (i) reducing the number of Option Shares to be issued to you in connection with any exercise of the Option by that number of Option Shares (valued at their Fair Market Value on the date of exercise) that would equal all taxes required to be withheld (at their minimum withholding levels), subject to approval by the Committee if you are subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act, (ii) accepting payment of the withholdings from a broker in connection with a Cashless Exercise of the Option or directly from you, or (iii) taking any other action under Section 11.9. You may satisfy such tax obligations in whole or in part by delivery (either by actual delivery or attestation) of shares of Common Stock, including shares retained from the award creating the tax obligation, valued at their Fair Market Value; provided, however, except as otherwise provided by the Board, that the total tax withholding where stock is being used to satisfy such tax obligations cannot exceed the Company’s minimum statutory withholding obligations (based on minimum statutory withholding rates for federal and state tax purposes, including payroll taxes, that are applicable to such supplemental taxable income). Shares used to satisfy tax withholding requirements cannot be subject to any repurchase, forfeiture, unfulfilled vesting or other similar requirements.
Compliance with Law. You may not exercise the Option if the Company’s issuing stock upon such exercise would violate any applicable Federal or state securities laws or other laws or regulations. You may not sell or otherwise dispose of the Option Shares in violation of applicable law. As part of this prohibition, you may not use the Cashless Exercise methods if the Company’s insider trading policy then prohibits you from selling to the market.
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- Additional Conditions to Exercise. The Company may postpone issuing and delivering any Option Shares for so long as the Company determines to be advisable to satisfy the following:
(a) its completing or amending any securities registration or qualification of the Option Shares or its or your satisfying any exemption from registration under any Federal or state law, rule, or regulation;
(b) its receiving proof it considers satisfactory that a person seeking to exercise the Option after your death is entitled to do so;
(c) your complying with any requests for representations under the Plan; and
(d) your complying with any Federal, state, or local tax withholding obligations.
- Additional Representations from You. If you exercise the Option at a time when the Company does not have a current registration statement (generally on Form S-8) under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Act”) that covers issuances of shares to you, you must comply with the following before the Company will issue the Option Shares to you. You must —
(a) represent to the Company, in a manner satisfactory to the Company’s counsel, that you are acquiring the Option Shares for your own account and not with a view to reselling or distributing the Option Shares; and
(b) agree that you will not sell, transfer, or otherwise dispose of the Option Shares unless:
(i) a registration statement under the Act is effective at the time of disposition with respect to the Option Shares you propose to sell, transfer, or otherwise dispose of; or
(ii) the Company has received an opinion of counsel or other information and representations it considers satisfactory to the effect that, because of Rule 144 under the Act or otherwise, no registration under the Act is required.
No Effect on Employment or Other Relationship. Nothing in this Grant Agreement restricts the Company’s rights or those of any of its affiliates to terminate your employment or other relationship at any time and for any or no reason. The termination of employment or other relationship, whether by the Company or any of its affiliates or otherwise, and regardless of the reason for such termination, has the consequences provided for under the Plan, this Grant Agreement and any applicable employment or severance agreement or plan.
Not a Stockholder. You understand and agree that the Company will not consider you a stockholder for any purpose with respect to any of the Option Shares until you have exercised the Option, paid for the shares, and received evidence of ownership.
No Effect on Running Business. You understand and agree that the existence of the Option will not affect in any way the right or power of the Company or its stockholders to make or authorize any adjustments, recapitalizations, reorganizations, or other changes in the Company’s capital structure or its business, or any merger or consolidation of the Company, or any issuance of bonds, debentures, preferred or other stock, with preference ahead of or convertible into, or otherwise affecting the Company’s common stock or the rights thereof, or the dissolution or liquidation of the Company, or
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any sale or transfer of all or any part of its assets or business, or any other corporate act or proceeding, whether or not of a similar character to those described above.
Governing Law. The laws of the State of Delaware will govern all matters relating to the Option, without regard to the principles of conflict of laws.
Notices. Any notice you give to the Company must follow the procedures then in effect. If no other procedures apply, you must send your notice in writing by hand or by mail to the office of the Company’s Secretary (or to the Chair of the Committee if you are then serving as the sole Secretary). If mailed, you should address it to the Company’s Secretary (or the Chair of the Committee) at the Company’s then corporate headquarters, unless the Company directs optionees to send notices to another corporate department or to a third-party administrator or specifies another method of transmitting notice. The Company and the Committee will address any notices to you using its standard electronic communications methods or at your office or home address as reflected on the Company’s personnel or other business records. You and the Company may change the address for notice by like notice to the other, and the Company can also change the address for notice by general announcements to optionees.
Amendment. Subject to any required action by the Board or the stockholders of the Company, the Company may cancel the Option and provide a new Award in its place, provided that the Award so replaced will satisfy all of the requirements of the Plan as of the date such new Award is made and no such action will adversely affect the Option to the extent then exercisable.
Plan Governs. Wherever a conflict may arise between the terms of this Grant Agreement and the terms of the Plan, the terms of the Plan will control. The Committee may adjust the number of Option Shares and the Grant Price and other terms of the Option from time to time as the Plan provides.
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Document
EXHIBIT 10.7
EMPLOYEE PRSU FORM
#ParticipantName#
Dear #ParticipantFirstName#,
Congratulations, you have been awarded a performance restricted stock unit (“PRSU”) in recognition of your contributions to the success of Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (the “Company”). A PRSU entitles you to receive a specific number of shares of the Company’s Series A common stock (“Shares”) at a future date, assuming that you satisfy conditions of the Plan and the attached Performance Restricted Stock Unit Agreement for Employees (the “Grant Agreement”). We would like you to have an opportunity to share in the continued success of the Company through this PRSU under the Amended & Restated Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”).
The following represents a brief description of your PRSU. Additional details regarding your PRSU, including the specific performance metric(s) required to be met for the PRSU to vest, in whole or in part, are provided in the Grant Agreement and in the Plan. In addition, if you are located in a country other than the United States, you will receive an International Addendum with your award under the Plan that you must review and acknowledge. If you are subject to this requirement, the International Addendum is attached.
PRSU Grant Summary
| Date of Grant | #GrantDate# |
|---|---|
| PRSU Shares | #QuantityGranted# |
| Vesting Schedule | One Hundred Percent (100%) upon the third (3rd) anniversary of the Date of Grant (assuming achievement of the Performance Condition(s)), subject to the terms of the Plan and Grant Agreement. |
| Performance Conditions | See Appendix A attached to the Grant Agreement for additional details. |
•You have been granted a PRSU in respect of the number of Shares specified under “PRSU Shares” in the chart above.
•The potential value of your PRSU increases if the price of a Share increases, but you also have to continue to provide services for the Company (except as the Grant Agreement provides) to actually receive such value. Of course, the value of a Share may go up and down over time.
•You will not receive any Shares represented by the PRSU until the PRSU vests. Subject to the terms in the Grant Agreement and the Plan, your PRSU vests as provided in the chart above under “Vesting Schedule,” assuming you remain an employee of the Company and the applicable performance metric(s) are met.
•Once you have received Shares, you will own those Shares and may decide whether to hold the Shares, sell the Shares or give the Shares to someone as a gift, subject to applicable law.
•Your ability to receive Shares under the PRSU is conditioned upon compliance with any laws that apply to you.
Please note the “Clawback” section of the Grant Agreement, which reflects an important policy of ours. The Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors (the “Committee”) has determined that awards made under the Plan are subject to a clawback in certain circumstances. By accepting this PRSU, you agree that the Committee may change the Company’s clawback policy from time to time without your further consent.
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WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY, INC.
PERFORMANCE RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT GRANT AGREEMENT
FOR EMPLOYEES
Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (the “Company”) has granted you a performance restricted stock unit (the “PRSU”) under the Amended & Restated Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). The PRSU is in respect of a specified number of shares of the Company’s Series A common stock (the “PRSU Shares”) and entitles you to receive one share of the Company’s Series A common stock (a “Share”) for each PRSU Share as to which the conditions to receipt specified herein are satisfied.
The individualized communication you received (the “Cover Letter”) provides the details of your PRSU award. It specifies the number of PRSU Shares you are eligible to receive, the Date of Grant, and the vesting schedule applicable to the PRSU.
The PRSU is subject in all respects to the applicable provisions of the Plan. This grant agreement (the “Grant Agreement”) does not cover all of the rules that apply to the PRSU. Such other terms are included in the Plan document. Capitalized terms are defined either further below in this Grant Agreement or in the Plan.

The Plan document is available on the Fidelity web site. The Prospectus for the Plan, the Company’s S-8, Annual Report on Form 10-K, and other filings the Company makes with the Securities and Exchange Commission are available for your review on the Company’s web site. You may also obtain paper copies of these documents upon request to the Company’s Human Resources department.
Neither the Company nor anyone else is making any representations or promises regarding the duration of your service, vesting of the PRSU, the value a Share or of the PRSU, or the Company's prospects. The Company is not providing any advice regarding tax consequences to you or regarding your decisions regarding the PRSU. You agree to rely only upon your own personal advisors.
No one may sell, transfer, or distribute the PRSU Shares or any securities that may be received in respect of the PRSU Shares without an effective registration statement relating thereto or an opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Company or other information and representations satisfactory to it that such registration is not required.

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In addition to the Plan’s terms and restrictions, the following terms and restrictions apply:
- Vesting Schedule. Your PRSU becomes nonforfeitable (“Vested”) as provided in the Cover Letter and this Grant Agreement assuming you remain employed by the Company or one of its Subsidiaries until the Vesting Date and the performance metric(s) are satisfied (each as reflected in Appendix A attached hereto). For purposes of this Grant Agreement, employment with the Company will include employment with any Subsidiary whose employees are then eligible to receive Awards under the Plan (provided that a later transfer of employment to an ineligible Subsidiary will not terminate employment unless the Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Committee”) determines otherwise).
If your employment is terminated due to your “Retirement” prior to the Vesting Date, so long as you have complied with the restrictions under Section 6 of this Grant Agreement. you shall be entitled to vest in (i) that number of the PRSU Shares that would have been earned under the payout matrix reflected in Appendix A (the “Payout Matrix”), determined as of the end of the performance period, had you continued to be employed, multiplied by (ii) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days you are employed during the applicable performance period and the denominator of which is the total number of days in such performance period. Any PRSU Shares that do not remain eligible to vest following your Retirement under the immediately preceding sentence will be forfeited at the date of your Retirement, and any PRSU Shares that do not become Vested by reason of the satisfaction of the performance metric(s) shall be cancelled effective as of the end of the applicable performance period. You will receive the Shares corresponding to the Vested PRSU Shares as provided in Section 3 of this Grant Agreement.
If your employment is terminated by your death or “Disability” prior to the Vesting Date, you (or your beneficiary or estate) shall be entitled to vest in that number of PRSU Shares that would have been earned under the Payout Matrix, determined as of the end of the performance period, had you continued to be employed. Any PRSU Shares that do not become Vested by reason of the satisfaction of the performance metric(s) shall be cancelled effective as of the end of the applicable performance period. You will receive the Shares corresponding to the Vested PRSU Shares as provided in Section 3 of this Grant Agreement.
If your employment is terminated without “Cause” prior to the Vesting Date, so long as you have complied with the restrictions under Section 6 of this Grant Agreement. you shall be entitled to vest in (i) that number of the PRSU Shares earned under the Payout Matrix, determined as of the end of the performance period, had you continued to be employed, multiplied by (ii) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days you are employed during the performance period plus the greater of (A) 90 days and (B) the number of days included in the period, if any, over which you receive base salary severance payments from the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to an applicable employment or severance agreement, plan or policy, and the denominator of which is the total number of days in the performance period. Any PRSU Shares that do not remain eligible to vest following your termination of employment under the immediately preceding sentence will be forfeited at the date of your termination of employment, and any PRSU Shares that do not become Vested by reason of the satisfaction of the performance metric(s) shall be cancelled effective as of the end of the performance period. You will receive the Shares corresponding to the Vested PRSU Shares as provided in Section 3 of this Grant Agreement.
“Cause” has the meaning provided in Section 11.2(b) of the Plan. “Disability” has the meaning provided in Section 2.1 of the Plan. “Retirement” means the termination of your employment for any reason other than Cause, your death or your Disability at a point at which (i) you are at least age 55, (ii) you have been employed by the Company, a Subsidiary, or any of the Company’s current or future Subsidiaries or Affiliates, for at least ten years, where your employment service is determined using the applicable Company policy in effect as of the date of termination, excluding any applicable severance period, or a successor policy chosen by the Committee, and (iii) you have been actively employed as described in the foregoing clause (iv) for at least six months since the Date of Grant (as set forth in the Cover Letter).
- Change in Control. Notwithstanding the Plan’s provisions, if an Approved Transaction, Control Purchase, or Board Change (each a “Change in Control”) occurs before the Vesting Date and the Company terminates your employment
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other than for Cause or, if your employment agreement or another plan or agreement applicable to you permits you a right to effect a “Good Reason” resignation, you resign for Good Reason, in either case within 12 months after the Change in Control, you will become Vested at your date of termination in that number of PRSUs that would have become Vested had the Payout Matrix been achieved at target and the Baseline Goal (as defined in Appendix A) been achieved. Such Accelerated Vesting will only accelerate the Distribution Date if and to the extent permitted under Section 409A of the Code (“Section 409A”). “Good Reason” has the meaning provided in the document that affords you a right to effect a Good Reason termination.
The Committee reserves its ability under Section 11.1(b) of the Plan to vary this treatment if the Committee determines there is an equitable substitution or replacement award in connection with a Change in Control.
Distribution Date. Subject to any overriding provisions in the Plan, you will receive a distribution of Shares in respect of your earned and Vested PRSU Shares as soon as practicable following the date on which such PRSU Shares become Vested (with the actual date being the “Distribution Date”) and, in any event, no later than March 15 of the year following the calendar year in which the Vesting Date(s) occurred, unless the Committee determines that you may make a timely deferral election to defer distribution to a later date and you have made such an election (in which case the deferred date will be the “Distribution Date”).
Clawback. If the Committee determines, in its sole discretion, that you engaged in fraud or misconduct as a result of which or in connection with which the Company is required to or decides to restate its financial statements or is otherwise required to seek recovery under the Company’s clawback policy as in effect from time to time prior to a Change in Control, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, impose any or all of the following:
(a) Immediate expiration of the PRSU, whether Vested or not, if granted within the first 12 months after issuance or filing of any financial statement that is being restated (the “Recovery Measurement Period”); and
(b) Require payment or transfer to the Company of the Gain from the PRSU, where the “Gain” consists of the greatest of (i) the value of the Shares delivered in respect of Vested PRSU Shares on the Distribution Date, if occurring within the Recovery Measurement Period, (ii) the value of Shares received in respect of the PRSU during the Recovery Measurement Period, as determined on the date of the request by the Committee to pay or transfer, (iii) the gross (before tax) proceeds you received from any sale of the Shares received in respect of the PRSU during the Recovery Measurement Period, and (iv) if transferred without sale during the Recovery Measurement Period, the value of the Shares received in respect of the PRSU when so transferred.
This remedy is in addition to any other remedies that the Company may have available in law or equity.
Payment is due in cash or cash equivalents within 10 days after the Committee provides notice to you that it is enforcing this clawback. Payment will be calculated on a gross basis, without reduction for taxes or commissions. The Company may, but is not required to, accept retransfer of Shares in lieu of cash payments.
- Restrictions and Forfeiture. You may not sell, assign, pledge, encumber, or otherwise transfer any interest (“Transfer”) in the PRSU Shares. Any attempted Transfer that precedes the Distribution Date is invalid.
Unless the Committee determines otherwise or this Grant Agreement provides otherwise, if your employment or service with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries terminates for any reason before your PRSU is Vested, then you will forfeit the PRSU (and the corresponding PRSU Shares) as of your termination date, except to the extent that the PRSU becomes Vested at that date or remains eligible to vest on or after your termination pursuant to the rules stated in Section 1 of this Grant Agreement. Any portion of your PRSU Shares that remains eligible to vest following your termination of employment subject to the achievement of the applicable performance metric(s), but does not become Vested, shall be forfeited as of the end of the performance period. You shall forfeit any unvested portion of your PRSU immediately if the Company or any of its Subsidiaries terminates your employment for Cause or if you resign
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your employment (other than a resignation for Good Reason within 12 months following a Change in Control). You will receive no payment for the PRSU if you forfeit it.
Your employment or service with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries will be treated as terminating through a resignation that does not qualify for treatment applicable to terminations without Cause if either (i) the entity that employs you or you provide services to ceases to qualify as a Subsidiary because of its sale, distribution, or other disposition to an unrelated entity or (ii) because the entity that employs you sold a substantial portion of its assets and your employment or service ended for any reason at or in connection with the closing of that sale, distribution, or other disposition.
- Restrictive Covenants. You agree that, if the Company or any of its Subsidiaries terminates your employment without Cause or due to Retirement before the final Vesting Date, you will not, for the remainder of the period before the final Vesting Date (the “Restricted Period”), perform any work on, related to, or involving nonfiction, scripted, sports, lifestyle, news, interactive games, or general entertainment television (whether in cable, broadcast, free to air, digital, streaming, film or any other distribution method) or engage in any activities on behalf of any company or any entity related to or involving nonfiction, scripted, sports, lifestyle, news, interactive games, or general entertainment television (whether in cable, broadcast, free to air, digital, streaming, film or any other distribution method) (any such company or entity, a “Competitor”) in the “Restricted Area” (which means the United States and any other country (a) in which you provided services to the Company, or (b) for which you had substantive responsibility for Company operations or business matters, in the five years prior to separation from employment).
During the Restricted Period, you will not directly or indirectly solicit any employees of the Company or any of its Affiliates to leave their employment nor directly or indirectly aid in the solicitation of such employees.
You agree that compliance with the restrictions in this Section 6 is a material part of this Grant Agreement, breach of which will cause the Company and its Affiliates irreparable harm and damages, the loss of which cannot be adequately compensated at law. If these restrictions should ever be deemed to exceed the limitations permitted by applicable laws, you and the Company agree that such provisions shall be (a) reformed to the maximum limitations permitted by the applicable laws, or (b) if legally required, made null and void.
The Company agrees that its sole remedy for any violation of the obligations applicable under this Section 6 will be your forfeiture of any portion of the PRSU Shares that have not previously been forfeited. You agree that these restrictions are in addition to and do not supersede, replace, or amend any other restrictions of a similar nature that apply to you, either by contract or common law, nor any of their related remedies (other than as apply to the PRSU).
Limited Status. You understand and agree that the Company will not consider you a shareholder for any purpose with respect to the PRSU Shares, unless and until the Shares have been issued to you on the Distribution Date. You will not receive dividends with respect to the PRSU.
Voting. You may not vote the PRSU. You may not vote the PRSU Shares. You will not have any rights as a shareholder in respect to the PRSU or the PRSU Shares, unless and until Shares are distributed to you at a Distribution Date.
Taxes and Withholding. The PRSU provides tax deferral, meaning that the PRSU Shares are not taxable until you actually receive Shares on or around the Distribution Date. You will then owe taxes at ordinary income tax rates as of the Distribution Date at the value of the Shares issued in settlement of the Vested PRSUs. As an employee of the Company, you may owe FICA, Social Security and Medicare taxes before the Distribution Date.
Issuing the Shares in respect of the PRSU is contingent on satisfaction of all obligations with respect to required tax or other required withholdings (for example, in the U.S., Federal, state, foreign and local taxes). The Company may take any action permitted under Section 11.9 of the Plan to satisfy such obligation, including, if the Committee so
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determines, satisfying the tax obligations by (i) reducing the number of Shares to be issued to you in respect of your PRSU by that number of Shares (valued at their Fair Market Value on the Distribution Date) that would equal all taxes required to be withheld (at their minimum withholding levels), (ii) accepting payment of the withholdings from a broker in connection with a sale of the Shares or directly from you, or (iii) taking any other action under Section 11.9 of the Plan.
Compliance with Law. The Company will not issue any Shares if doing so would violate any applicable Federal, foreign or state securities laws or other laws or regulations. You may not sell or otherwise dispose of the any Shares issued in respect of the PRSU in violation of applicable law.
Additional Conditions to Receipt. The Company may postpone issuing and delivering any Shares in respect of the PRSU for so long as the Company determines to be advisable to satisfy the following:
(a) its completing or amending any securities registration or qualification of the Shares or its or your satisfying any exemption from registration under any Federal, foreign or state law, rule, or regulation;
(b) its receiving proof it considers satisfactory that a person seeking to receive rights in respect of the PRSU Shares after your death is entitled to do so;
(c) your complying with any requests for representations under the Plan; and
(d) your complying with any Federal, foreign, state, or local tax withholding obligations.
- Additional Representations from You. If the vesting provisions of the PRSU are satisfied and you are entitled to receive Shares in respect of the PRSU at a time when the Company does not have a current registration statement (generally on Form S-8) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), that covers the issuance of Shares to you, you must comply with the following before the Company will issue the Shares to you. You must:
(a) represent to the Company, in a manner satisfactory to the Company’s counsel, that you are acquiring the Shares for your own account and not with a view to reselling or distributing the Shares; and
(b) agree that you will not Transfer the Shares unless:
(i) a registration statement under the Act is effective at the time of disposition with respect to the Shares you propose to Transfer; or
(ii) the Company has received an opinion of counsel or other information and representations it considers satisfactory to the effect that, because of Rule 144 under the Act or otherwise, no registration under the Act is required.
No Effect on Employment or Other Relationship. Nothing in this Grant Agreement restricts the Company’s rights or those of any of its Affiliates to terminate your employment or other relationship at any time and for any or no reason. The termination of employment or other relationship, whether by the Company or any of its Affiliates or otherwise, and regardless of the reason for such termination, has the consequences provided for under the Plan and any applicable employment or severance agreement, plan or policy.
No Effect on Running Business. You understand and agree that the existence of the PRSU will not affect in any way the right or power of the Company or its stockholders to make or authorize any adjustments, recapitalizations, reorganizations, or other changes in the Company’s capital structure or its business, or any merger or consolidation of the Company or any of its Affiliates, or any issuance of bonds, debentures, preferred or other stock, with preference ahead of or convertible into, or otherwise affecting the Company’s stock or the rights thereof, or the dissolution or
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liquidation of the Company or any of its Affiliates, or any sale or transfer of all or any part of its assets or business, or any other corporate act or proceeding, whether or not of a similar character to those described above.
Section 409A. The PRSU is intended to be exempt from or comply with the requirements of Section 409A and must be construed consistently with that section. Notwithstanding anything in the Plan or this Grant Agreement to the contrary, if the PRSU becomes Vested in connection with your “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A, as determined by the Company, and if (x) you are then a “specified employee” within the meaning of Section 409A at the time of such separation from service (as determined by the Company, by which determination you agree you are bound) and (y) the distribution of Shares under such accelerated PRSU will result in the imposition of additional tax under Section 409A if distributed to you within the six month period following your separation from service, then the distribution under such accelerated PRSU will not be made until the earlier of (i) the date that is six months and one day following the date of your separation from service or (ii) the 10th day after your date of death. Neither the Company nor you shall have the right to accelerate or defer the delivery of any such Shares or benefits except to the extent specifically permitted or required by Section 409A. In no event may the Company or you defer the delivery of the Shares beyond the date specified in the Distribution Date section, unless such deferral complies in all respects with Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-2(b) related to subsequent changes in the time or form of payment of nonqualified deferred compensation arrangements, or any successor regulation. In any event, the Company makes no representations or warranty and shall have no liability to you or any other person, if any provisions of or distributions under this Grant Agreement are determined to constitute deferred compensation subject to Section 409A but not to satisfy the conditions of that section.
Unsecured Creditor. The PRSU creates a contractual obligation on the part of the Company to make a distribution of the Shares at the time provided for in this Grant Agreement. Neither you nor any other party claiming an interest in deferred compensation hereunder shall have any interest whatsoever in any specific assets of the Company and its Affiliates. Your right to receive distributions hereunder is that of an unsecured general creditor of Company.
Governing Law. The laws of the State of Delaware will govern all matters relating to the PRSU, without regard to the principles of conflict of laws.
Notices. Any notice you give to the Company must follow the procedures then in effect. If no other procedures apply, you must send your notice in writing by hand or by mail to the office of the Company’s Secretary (or to the Chair of the Committee if you are then serving as the sole Secretary). If mailed, you should address it to the Company’s Secretary (or the Chair of the Committee) at the Company’s then corporate headquarters, unless the Company directs PRSU holders to send notices to another corporate department or to a third-party administrator or specifies another method of transmitting notice. The Company and the Committee will address any notices to you using its standard electronic communications methods or at your office or home address as reflected on the Company’s personnel or other business records. You and the Company may change the address for notice by notice to the other, and the Company can also change the address for notice by general announcements to PRSU holders.
Amendment. Subject to any required action by the Committee or the stockholders of the Company, the Company may cancel the PRSU and provide a new Award under the Plan in its place, provided that the Award so replaced will satisfy all of the requirements of the Plan as of the date such new Award is made and no such action will adversely affect the PRSU to the extent then Vested.
Plan Governs. Wherever a conflict may arise between the terms of this Grant Agreement and the terms of the Plan, the terms of the Plan will control. The Committee may adjust the number of PRSU Shares and other terms of the PRSU from time to time as the Plan provides.
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EXHIBIT 31.1
CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a - 14(a) AND RULE 15d - 14(a)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS AMENDED,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
I, David M. Zaslav, certify that:
1.I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.;
2.Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3.Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4.The registrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
a.Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
b.Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
c.Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
d.Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and
5.The registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
a.All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and
b.Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.
| Date: May 8, 2025 | By: | /s/ David M. Zaslav |
|---|---|---|
| David M. Zaslav | ||
| President and Chief Executive Officer |
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EXHIBIT 31.2
CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a - 14(a) AND RULE 15d - 14(a)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS AMENDED,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
I, Gunnar Wiedenfels, certify that:
1.I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.;
2.Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3.Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4.The registrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
a.Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
b.Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
c.Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
d.Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and
5.The registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
a.All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and
b.Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.
| Date: May 8, 2025 | By: | /s/ Gunnar Wiedenfels |
|---|---|---|
| Gunnar Wiedenfels | ||
| Chief Financial Officer |
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EXHIBIT 32.1
CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
In connection with the Quarterly Report of Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (“Warner Bros. Discovery”), on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2025, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, David M. Zaslav, President and Chief Executive Officer of Warner Bros. Discovery, certify that to my knowledge:
| 1 | the Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of Warner Bros. Discovery. | |
| --- | --- | |
| Date: May 8, 2025 | By: | /s/ David M. Zaslav |
| --- | --- | --- |
| David M. Zaslav | ||
| President and Chief Executive Officer |
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EXHIBIT 32.2
CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
In connection with the Quarterly Report of Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (“Warner Bros. Discovery”), on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2025, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Gunnar Wiedenfels, Chief Financial Officer of Warner Bros. Discovery, certify that to my knowledge:
| 1 | the Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of Warner Bros. Discovery. | |
| --- | --- | |
| Date: May 8, 2025 | By: | /s/ Gunnar Wiedenfels |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gunnar Wiedenfels | ||
| Chief Financial Officer |