Earnings per Share

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2022

The Company utilizes the two-class method to report earnings per share. Basic earnings per share is computed by dividing net income available to each class of stock by the weighted average number of outstanding common shares for each class of stock. Diluted earnings per share is computed by dividing net income available to each class of stock by the weighted average number of outstanding common shares, plus dilutive potential common shares, which is calculated using the treasury-stock method. Under the treasury-stock method, potential common shares are excluded from the computation of EPS in periods in which they have an anti-dilutive effect. The potentially dilutive common shares did not have a dilutive effect on the Company’s EPS calculation for the three and six months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.

The Company allocates dividends declared to Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock based on timing and amounts actually declared for each class of stock and the undistributed earnings are allocated to Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock pro rata on a basic weighted average shares outstanding basis since the two classes of stock participate equally on a per share basis upon liquidation.

The Class B Common Stock issued to Management LLC for the exercise of the vested deferred equity units is included in the basic weighted average number of outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock. Upon issuance to the participants in the Plan, the Class B Common Stock will be converted into Class A Common Stock and included in the basic weighted average number of outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock. Since the shares expected to satisfy the vested portion of the deferred equity units are already included in the basic weighted average number of outstanding common shares, there is no potential dilutive effect associated with the vested portion of these stock-based compensation awards. Refer to Note 2 for a description of current period activity.

The following table sets forth the calculation of basic and diluted net income per common share under the two-class method for the three and six months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021 (in millions, except share and per share data):


	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2022				2021
	Class A		Class B		Class A		Class B
Basic and Diluted EPS:
Numerator
Net income attributable to Warner Music Group Corp.	$	25	$	67	$	27	$	90
Less: Net income attributable to participating securities	(1)		—		(1)		—
Net income attributable to common stockholders	$	24	$	67	$	26	$	90
Denominator
Weighted average shares outstanding	136,349,147		378,431,527		113,623,893		400,705,856
Basic and Diluted EPS	$	0.18	$	0.18	$	0.23	$	0.22

	Six Months Ended March 31,
	2022				2021
	Class A		Class B		Class A		Class B
Basic and Diluted EPS:
Numerator
Net income attributable to Warner Music Group Corp.	$	73	$	206	$	46	$	169
Less: Net income attributable to participating securities	(4)		—		(3)		—
Net income attributable to common stockholders	$	69	$	206	$	43	$	169
Denominator
Weighted average shares outstanding	130,159,145		384,441,906		103,922,919		408,669,332
Basic and Diluted EPS	$	0.53	$	0.53	$	0.41	$	0.41