In Nov 2025, Warner Bros. Discovery widened the events that let Zaslav's stock options stay outstanding past Dec 31, 2026

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On Nov 7, 2025, Warner Bros. Discovery and CEO David Zaslav agreed to amend the employment and stock option agreements they had entered into on Jun 12, 2025, while the board was reviewing strategic alternatives that included a transaction for the entire company. The amendment treated a reverse spinoff, which keeps Warner Bros. and spins off Discovery Global, like the originally planned split, and added signing a definitive agreement for a deal that would be a change in control of the company, a sale of Discovery Global excepted, to the events that let his signing options stay outstanding after Dec 31, 2026. Of those options, 92% were subject to forfeiture if a split or what the filing calls a Qualifying Transaction did not happen before that date, and if the company signed such an agreement without completing a split by then, his employment agreement would run to Dec 31, 2030 instead of Dec 31, 2027. The 8-K, which reports events from Nov 7, 2025, is on the SEC's EDGAR database.1^,2^,3^,4^,5^,6^,7^,8^,9