Warner Bros. Discovery 10-Q 2026-06-30

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2026

OR

For the transition period from to

Commission File Number: 001-34177

Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

(212) 548-5555

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N/A

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

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WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY, INC.

FORM 10-Q

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(unaudited; in millions, except per share amounts)

WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE (LOSS) INCOME

(unaudited; in millions)

WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY, INC.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(unaudited; in millions, except par value)

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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, 2025 (the “2025 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, HBO 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 stockholders.

In the first quarter of 2025, the Company renamed its DTC reportable segment to Streaming and its Networks reportable segment to Global Linear Networks.

Termination of Netflix Merger

On January 19, 2026, the Company entered into an amended and restated agreement and plan of merger, by and among the Company, Netflix, Inc. (“Netflix”), Nightingale Sub, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Netflix, and New Topco 25, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of WBD (the “Netflix Merger Agreement”), pursuant to which Netflix would have acquired the Streaming and Studios segments (subject to certain deviations) and certain other assets and liabilities, including the Company’s film and television studios, HBO Max, and HBO, following the separation and distribution of Discovery Global to the Company’s stockholders (the “Separation Transaction”).

Following the board of directors’ determination that it had received a “Company Superior Proposal,” as defined in the Netflix Merger Agreement, from Paramount Skydance Corporation (“PSKY”) and Netflix’s waiver of its right to propose revisions to the Netflix Merger Agreement, on February 27, 2026, in accordance with the terms of the Netflix Merger Agreement, the Company terminated the Netflix Merger Agreement in connection with entering into the PSKY Merger Agreement (as defined below). As a result of the termination of the Netflix Merger Agreement, PSKY, on behalf of the Company, paid Netflix a termination fee of $2.8 billion in cash (the “Netflix Termination Fee”) as required by the terms of the Netflix Merger Agreement. In the first quarter of 2026, the Company recorded an expense for the Netflix Termination Fee in the consolidated statements of operations. The amount paid by PSKY is reimbursable by the Company to PSKY in certain circumstances in the event the PSKY Merger Agreement is terminated and has been recorded in accrued liabilities in the consolidated balance sheets.

PSKY Merger

On February 27, 2026, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, by and among the Company, PSKY and Prince Sub Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of PSKY (“Merger Sub”) (as may be amended from time to time, the “PSKY Merger Agreement”), pursuant to which and subject to the terms and conditions therein, at the effective time, Merger Sub will merge with and into WBD, with WBD surviving as a wholly owned subsidiary of PSKY (the “PSKY Merger”).

Upon completion of the PSKY Merger, each issued and outstanding share of WBD’s Series A common stock (“WBD Common Stock”) (subject to certain exceptions) will be converted into the right to receive an amount in cash equal to $31.00, without interest, plus, if the closing date of the PSKY Merger occurs after September 30, 2026, the Ticking Consideration (together, the “Merger Consideration”). The “Ticking Consideration” will be an amount in cash equal to $0.00277778 multiplied by the number of calendar days elapsed after September 30, 2026 to and including the closing date (which, for the avoidance of doubt, will not exceed $0.25 per 90 calendar day period).

Concurrently with the execution of the PSKY Merger Agreement, Larry J. Ellison and an affiliated trust entered into a guarantee in favor of WBD to, among other things, jointly and severally guarantee certain payments by PSKY under the PSKY Merger Agreement, including $45.72 billion of the aggregate Merger Consideration, and assist WBD with the consummation of the PSKY Merger.

On April 23, 2026, WBD stockholders approved the adoption of the PSKY Merger Agreement. In July 2026, two lawsuits were filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California by a coalition of twelve state attorneys general and the Writers Guild of America West and Writers Guild of America East seeking to block the PSKY Merger, alleging the transaction would violate Section 7 of the Clayton Act by reducing competition in key markets. On July 24, 2026, defendants agreed not to complete the PSKY Merger until the earlier of (i) five days after the merits determination in these matters or (ii) June 1, 2027. (See Note 15 to the accompanying consolidated financial statements.) The outcome of such litigation is uncertain and could prevent the completion of the PSKY Merger.

The completion of the PSKY Merger is subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory clearances. In addition, PSKY’s obligation to consummate the PSKY Merger is subject to WBD not having completed the separation of its Streaming & Studios business from its Global Linear Networks business nor having declared or made any dividend to WBD’s stockholders to effectuate the separation. There can be no assurance that the PSKY Merger will occur in accordance with the expected plans or anticipated timeline, or at all.

The PSKY Merger Agreement contains certain customary termination rights for WBD and PSKY, including, without limitation, a right for either party to terminate if the PSKY Merger is not completed on or before March 4, 2027, subject to an extension to June 4, 2027 in certain circumstances as specified in the PSKY Merger Agreement. Termination under specified circumstances will require WBD to pay PSKY a termination fee of $3.0 billion and reimburse PSKY for (i) any payment made by PSKY, which will in no event be more than $1,528 million, in connection with WBD’s obligation to complete the Junior Lien Exchange Offer (as defined below) by March 4, 2027 and (ii) the Netflix Termination Fee, or PSKY to pay WBD a termination fee of $7.0 billion. Additionally, the PSKY Merger Agreement provides for customary pre-closing covenants of WBD, including covenants relating to conducting its business in the ordinary course consistent with past practice and to refrain from taking certain actions without PSKY’s consent.

Reportable Segments

As of June 30, 2026, 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 v

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Quantitative and qualitative disclosures about our existing market risk are set forth in Item 7A, “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk,” in the 2025 Form 10-K. Our exposures to market risk have not materially changed since December 31, 2025.

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 June 30, 2026. 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 June 30, 2026, 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 June 30, 2026, 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.

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

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.

Consolidated Derivative Action. Between December 20, 2024 and January 14, 2025, four stockholder 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 a securities class action complaint that 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), which was dismissed on March 30, 2026. The four 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. On June 15, 2026, following the dismissal of the Collura securities action, the court entered an order dismissing the consolidated derivative action.

Individual Stockholder Action. On April 2, 2026, an individual action was filed in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of Richmond (Nicosia v. Di Piazza, Jr., et al., Index No. 150851/2026). The complaint was brought by a purported stockholder of WBD and it named as defendants WBD, members of the WBD board of directors, and PSKY. The complaint alleged that the proxy statement disseminated to WBD stockholders in connection with the proposed transaction with PSKY contains materially false and misleading statements and omissions concerning, among other things, the alleged personal financial benefits of WBD’s directors and officers, the alleged conflicts of WBD’s financial advisors, and the process underlying and valuation of the proposed transaction. Following the issuance of certain supplemental disclosures via Form DEFA14A on April 16, 2026, the plaintiff voluntarily dismissed the litigation with prejudice on April 20, 2026.

Nokia Litigation. Over the past several years, Nokia Corporation and Nokia Technologies Oy (collectively, “Nokia”) have alleged that WBD is infringing on their portfolio of patents related to the delivery of streaming video. On November 1, 2025, Nokia brought suit against WBD in certain jurisdictions, and WBD and Dplay Entertainment Limited brought suit in other jurisdictions, and filed a rate-setting proceeding in the High Court of Justice of England and Wales (the “Court”) against Nokia seeking a determination of a reasonable and non-discriminatory (“RAND”) royalty rate for a global license to certain Nokia patents, including standard-essential patents related to the H.264/AVC and H.265/HEVC standards and other non-essential multimedia patents. In June 2026, the Court determined that WBD is required to make an interim license payment to Nokia during the pendency of the litigation, which includes refundable and non-refundable components, and trial is currently scheduled for late 2026. As of June 30, 2026, the Company recorded an immaterial liability related to this matter. The amount of any adjustment to this liability as an outcome from the rate-setting process cannot be reasonably estimated.

State Attorney General Complaint. On July 13, 2026, a coalition of state attorneys general from twelve states (the “States”) filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California seeking to enjoin PSKY’s proposed acquisition of WBD. The States allege that the PSKY Merger violates Section 7 of the Clayton Act because it is likely to substantially lessen competition in the distribution of certain theatrical films and the licensing of basic cable channels to distributors in the United States. On July 13, 2026, the States sought a temporary restraining order to prohibit PSKY and WBD from closing the transaction before the court decides whether the PSKY Merger is unlawful under Section 7 of the Clayton Act. On July 16, 2026, PSKY and WBD filed an opposition to the States’ motion for a temporary restraining order. On July 17, 2026, the court held a hearing on the States’ motion for a temporary restraining order. On July 20, 2026, the court granted the States’ motion for a temporary restraining order, prohibiting PSKY and WBD from closing the PSKY Merger. On July 23, 2026, the court extended the temporary restraining order to August 17, 2026. On July 24, 2026, defendants agreed not to complete the PSKY Merger until the earlier of (i) five days after the merits determination in this matter or (ii) June 1, 2027, and the court canceled the briefing schedule and hearing date for the States’ motion for preliminary injunction. On August 4, 2026, the court entered an order for a single 12-day trial beginning March 2, 2027 and ending March 19, 2027 covering both the States and WGA (as defined below) cases.

Writers Guild of America Complaint. On July 14, 2026, the Writers Guild of America West and Writers Guild of America East (collectively, the “WGA”) filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California seeking to enjoin PSKY’s proposed acquisition of WBD. The WGA alleges that the PSKY Merger violates Section 7 of the Clayton Act because it will substantially lessen competition for writing services for WGA-covered “anticipated top grossing films,” writing services for episodic television shows, and writing services of writers under overall deals. The WGA sought a preliminary injunction blocking the PSKY Merger, along with attorneys’ fees and costs. The same district court judge who is presiding over the States’ complaint is presiding over the WGA case. On July 24, 2026, defendants agreed not to complete the PSKY Merger until the earlier of (i) five days after the merits determination in this matter or (ii) June 1, 2027, and the WGA’s motion for preliminary injunction was withdrawn. On August 4, 2026, the court entered an order for a single 12-day trial beginning March 2, 2027 and ending March 19, 2027 covering both the States and WGA cases.

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 2025 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.

(1) Exhibits, schedules and annexes have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K and will be supplementally provided to the SEC upon request.

• 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 June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, (ii) Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, (iii) Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, (iv) Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the six months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, (v) Consolidated Statements of Equity for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, 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.