$WMG
Warner Music Group Corp

2015 Q2 Form 10-Q Financial Statement

#000156459015006349 Filed on August 06, 2015

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Income Statement

Concept 2015 Q2 2014 Q2
Revenue $710.0M $788.0M
YoY Change -9.9% 18.85%
Cost Of Revenue $373.0M $417.0M
YoY Change -10.55% 13.01%
Gross Profit $337.0M $371.0M
YoY Change -9.16% 26.19%
Gross Profit Margin 47.46% 47.08%
Selling, General & Admin $251.0M $319.0M
YoY Change -21.32% 34.03%
% of Gross Profit 74.48% 85.98%
Research & Development
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% of Gross Profit
Depreciation & Amortization $14.00M $14.00M
YoY Change 0.0% 7.69%
% of Gross Profit 4.15% 3.77%
Operating Expenses $251.0M $319.0M
YoY Change -21.32% 34.03%
Operating Profit $23.00M -$15.00M
YoY Change -253.33% -287.5%
Interest Expense -$45.00M -$48.00M
YoY Change -6.25% -202.13%
% of Operating Profit -195.65%
Other Income/Expense, Net -$17.00M $4.000M
YoY Change -525.0% -300.0%
Pretax Income -$39.00M -$200.0M
YoY Change -80.5% 365.12%
Income Tax $4.000M -$16.00M
% Of Pretax Income
Net Earnings -$44.00M -$185.0M
YoY Change -76.22% 193.65%
Net Earnings / Revenue -6.2% -23.48%
Basic Earnings Per Share
Diluted Earnings Per Share -$86.27K -$362.7K
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Balance Sheet

Concept 2015 Q2 2014 Q2
SHORT-TERM ASSETS
Cash & Short-Term Investments $168.0M $142.0M
YoY Change 18.31% 39.22%
Cash & Equivalents $168.0M $142.0M
Short-Term Investments
Other Short-Term Assets $223.0M $216.0M
YoY Change 3.24% 254.1%
Inventory $39.00M $37.00M
Prepaid Expenses
Receivables $343.0M $449.0M
Other Receivables $0.00 $0.00
Total Short-Term Assets $773.0M $844.0M
YoY Change -8.41% 26.54%
LONG-TERM ASSETS
Property, Plant & Equipment $227.0M $206.0M
YoY Change 10.19% 52.59%
Goodwill $1.675B
YoY Change 20.24%
Intangibles $2.717B $3.099B
YoY Change -12.33% 26.03%
Long-Term Investments
YoY Change
Other Assets $314.0M $102.0M
YoY Change 207.84% 12.09%
Total Long-Term Assets $4.891B $5.272B
YoY Change -7.23% 24.84%
TOTAL ASSETS
Total Short-Term Assets $773.0M $844.0M
Total Long-Term Assets $4.891B $5.272B
Total Assets $5.664B $6.116B
YoY Change -7.39% 25.07%
SHORT-TERM LIABILITIES
YoY Change
Accounts Payable $151.0M $221.0M
YoY Change -31.67% 82.64%
Accrued Expenses $1.394B $261.0M
YoY Change 434.1% 29.85%
Deferred Revenue
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Short-Term Debt $0.00 $0.00
YoY Change
Long-Term Debt Due $13.00M $13.00M
YoY Change 0.0% -55.17%
Total Short-Term Liabilities $1.824B $1.946B
YoY Change -6.27% 25.06%
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
Long-Term Debt $2.983B $3.033B
YoY Change -1.65% 48.9%
Other Long-Term Liabilities $239.0M $281.0M
YoY Change -14.95% 78.98%
Total Long-Term Liabilities $3.222B $3.314B
YoY Change -2.78% 51.05%
TOTAL LIABILITIES
Total Short-Term Liabilities $1.824B $1.946B
Total Long-Term Liabilities $3.222B $3.314B
Total Liabilities $5.410B $5.656B
YoY Change -4.35% 38.09%
SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
Retained Earnings -$623.0M
YoY Change 120.14%
Common Stock $0.00
YoY Change
Preferred Stock
YoY Change
Treasury Stock (at cost)
YoY Change
Treasury Stock Shares
Shareholders Equity $254.0M $442.0M
YoY Change
Total Liabilities & Shareholders Equity $5.664B $6.116B
YoY Change -7.39% 25.07%

Cashflow Statement

Concept 2015 Q2 2014 Q2
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net Income -$44.00M -$185.0M
YoY Change -76.22% 193.65%
Depreciation, Depletion And Amortization $14.00M $14.00M
YoY Change 0.0% 7.69%
Cash From Operating Activities -$24.00M -$38.00M
YoY Change -36.84% -272.73%
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Capital Expenditures -$15.00M -$17.00M
YoY Change -11.76% -50.0%
Acquisitions
YoY Change
Other Investing Activities -$5.000M $0.00
YoY Change -100.0%
Cash From Investing Activities -$20.00M -$17.00M
YoY Change 17.65% -63.83%
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Cash Dividend Paid
YoY Change
Common Stock Issuance & Retirement, Net
YoY Change
Debt Paid & Issued, Net
YoY Change
Cash From Financing Activities -6.000M 48.00M
YoY Change -112.5% -129.45%
NET CHANGE
Cash From Operating Activities -24.00M -38.00M
Cash From Investing Activities -20.00M -17.00M
Cash From Financing Activities -6.000M 48.00M
Net Change In Cash -50.00M -7.000M
YoY Change 614.29% -96.28%
FREE CASH FLOW
Cash From Operating Activities -$24.00M -$38.00M
Capital Expenditures -$15.00M -$17.00M
Free Cash Flow -$9.000M -$21.00M
YoY Change -57.14% -137.5%

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Acquisition Corp. is one of the world&#8217;s major music-based content companies. </p> <p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:18pt;text-indent:0%;font-style:italic;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Acquisition of Warner Music Group by Access Industries </p> <p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:6pt;text-indent:4.54%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of May&#160;6, 2011 (the &#8220;Merger Agreement&#8221;), by and among the Company, AI Entertainment Holdings LLC (formerly Airplanes Music LLC), a Delaware limited liability company (&#8220;Parent&#8221;) and an affiliate of Access Industries, Inc. (&#8220;Access&#8221;), and Airplanes Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (&#8220;Merger Sub&#8221;), on July&#160;20, 2011 (the &#8220;Merger Closing Date&#8221;) Merger Sub merged with and into the Company with the Company surviving as a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (the &#8220;Merger&#8221;). In connection with the Merger, the Company delisted its common stock from the NYSE. The Company continues to file with the SEC current and periodic reports that would be required to be filed with the SEC pursuant to Section&#160;15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#8220;Exchange Act&#8221;) in accordance with certain covenants contained in the agreements governing its outstanding indebtedness. </p> <p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:18pt;text-indent:0%;font-style:italic;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Acquisition of Parlophone Label Group </p> <p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:6pt;text-indent:4.54%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">On July&#160;1, 2013, the Company completed its acquisition of Parlophone Label Group (the &#8220;PLG Acquisition&#8221;).</p> <p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:12pt;text-indent:4.54%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">The Company classifies its business interests into two fundamental operations: Recorded Music and Music Publishing. A brief description of these operations is presented below. </p> <p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:18pt;text-indent:0%;font-style:italic;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Recorded Music Operations </p> <p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:6pt;text-indent:4.54%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">The Company&#8217;s Recorded Music business primarily consists of the discovery and development of artists and the related marketing, distribution and licensing of recorded music produced by such artists. The Company plays an integral role in virtually all aspects of the recorded music value chain from discovering and developing talent to producing albums and promoting artists and their products. </p> <p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:12pt;text-indent:4.54%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">In the United States, Recorded Music operations are conducted principally through the Company&#8217;s major record labels&#8212;Warner Bros. Records and Atlantic Records. The Company&#8217;s Recorded Music operations also include Rhino, a division that specializes in marketing the Company&#8217;s music catalog through compilations and reissuances of previously released music and video titles. The Company also conducts its Recorded Music operations through a collection of additional record labels, including, Asylum, Big Beat, Canvasback, East West, Elektra, Erato, FFRR, Fueled by Ramen, Nonesuch, Parlophone, Reprise, Roadrunner, Rykodisc, Sire, Warner Classics, Warner Music Nashville and Word. </p> <p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:12pt;text-indent:4.54%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Outside the United States, Recorded Music activities are conducted in more than 50 countries through various subsidiaries, affiliates and non-affiliated licensees. Internationally, the Company engages in the same activities as in the United States: discovering and signing artists and distributing, marketing and selling their recorded music. In most cases, the Company also markets and distributes the records of those artists for whom the Company&#8217;s domestic record labels have international rights. In certain smaller markets, the Company licenses the right to distribute the Company&#8217;s records to non-affiliated third-party record labels. The Company&#8217;s international artist services operations include a network of concert promoters through which it provides resources to coordinate tours for the Company&#8217;s artists and other artists as well as management companies that guide artists with respect to their careers. </p> <p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:12pt;text-indent:4.54%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">The Company&#8217;s Recorded Music distribution operations include Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation (&#8220;WEA Corp.&#8221;), which markets and sells music and video products to retailers and wholesale distributors; Alternative Distribution Alliance (&#8220;ADA&#8221;), which distributes the products of independent labels to retail and wholesale distributors; various distribution centers and ventures operated internationally; and an 80% interest in Word, which specializes in the distribution of music products in the Christian retail marketplace. </p> <p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:12pt;text-indent:4.54%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">In addition to the Company&#8217;s Recorded Music products being sold in physical retail outlets, Recorded Music products are also sold in physical form to online physical retailers such as Amazon.com, barnesandnoble.com and bestbuy.com and in digital form to online digital download services such as Apple&#8217;s iTunes and Google Play, and are offered by digital streaming services such as Apple Music, Deezer, Rhapsody, Spotify and YouTube, including digital radio services such as iHeart Radio, iTunes Radio and Pandora. </p> <p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:12pt;text-indent:4.54%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">The Company has integrated the exploitation of digital content into all aspects of its business, including artist and repertoire (&#8220;A&amp;R&#8221;), marketing, promotion and distribution. The Company&#8217;s business development executives work closely with A&amp;R departments to ensure that while a record is being produced, digital assets are also created with all distribution channels in mind, including streaming services, social networking sites, online portals and music-centered destinations. The Company also works side by side with its online and mobile partners to test new concepts. The Company believes existing and new digital businesses will be a significant source of growth for at least the next several years and will provide new opportunities to successfully monetize its assets and create new revenue streams. The proportion of digital revenues attributed to each distribution channel varies by region and proportions may change as the roll out of new technologies continues. As an owner of music content, the Company believes it is well positioned to take advantage of growth in digital distribution and emerging technologies to maximize the value of its assets. </p> <p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:12pt;text-indent:4.54%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">The Company has diversified its revenues beyond its traditional businesses by entering into expanded-rights deals with recording artists in order to partner with artists in other aspects of their careers. Under these agreements, the Company provides services to and participates in artists&#8217; activities outside the traditional recorded music business such as touring, merchandising and sponsorships. The Company has built artist services capabilities and platforms for exploiting this broader set of music-related rights and participating more widely in the monetization of the artist brands it helps create. </p> <p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:12pt;text-indent:4.54%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">The Company believes that entering into expanded-rights deals and enhancing its artist services capabilities in areas such as concert promotion and management have permited it to diversify revenue streams and capitalize on other revenue opportunities. This provides for improved long-term relationships with artists and allows the Company to more effectively connect artists and fans. </p> <p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:18pt;text-indent:0%;font-style:italic;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Music Publishing Operations </p> <p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:6pt;text-indent:4.54%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">While recorded music is focused on exploiting a particular recording of a composition, music publishing is an intellectual property business focused on the exploitation of the composition itself. In return for promoting, placing, marketing and administering the creative output of a songwriter, or engaging in those activities for other rightsholders, the Company&#8217;s Music Publishing business garners a share of the revenues generated from use of the composition. </p> <p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:12pt;text-indent:4.54%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">The Company&#8217;s Music Publishing operations include Warner/Chappell, its global Music Publishing company, headquartered in Los Angeles with operations in over 50 countries through various subsidiaries, affiliates and non-affiliated licensees. The Company owns or controls rights to more than one million musical compositions, including numerous pop hits, American standards, folk songs and motion picture and theatrical compositions. Assembled over decades, its award-winning catalog includes over 65,000 songwriters and composers and a diverse range of genres including pop, rock, jazz, classical, country, R&amp;B, hip-hop, rap, reggae, Latin, folk, blues, symphonic, soul, Broadway, techno, alternative, gospel and other Christian music. Warner/Chappell also administers the music and soundtracks of several third-party television and film producers and studios, including Lucasfilm, Ltd., Hallmark Entertainment and Disney Music Publishing. Through consistent and tactical talent investment, Warner Chappell has developed a broad array of talent across all genres. The Company&#8217;s production music library business includes Non-Stop Music, Groove Addicts Production Music Library, Carlin Recorded Music Library, 615 Music and Frank Gari Productions and Gari Communications, collectively branded as Warner/Chappell Production Music. </p></div>
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InterestPaid
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InterestPaid
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InterestPaid
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IncomeTaxesPaidNet
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IncomeTaxesPaidNet
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IncomeTaxesPaidNet
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IncomeTaxesPaidNet
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ContractualObligation
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ContractualObligation
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IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments
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OtherNonOperatingIncomeExpenseExcludingEquityMethodInvestments
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wmg Other Non Operating Income Expense Excluding Equity Method Investments
OtherNonOperatingIncomeExpenseExcludingEquityMethodInvestments
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wmg Increase Decrease In Other Balance Sheet Changes
IncreaseDecreaseInOtherBalanceSheetChanges
-7000000
wmg Increase Decrease In Other Balance Sheet Changes
IncreaseDecreaseInOtherBalanceSheetChanges
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