Warner Bros. Discovery gave CFO Gunnar Wiedenfels a new contract with a $2,500,000 base salary

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Warner Bros. Discovery entered into a new employment agreement with its Chief Financial Officer, Gunnar Wiedenfels, on Apr 29, 2026. From Jul 11, 2026 his base salary was to be $2,500,000 a year and he was to be eligible for annual equity awards with a target value of $10,000,000, and the agreement had him continuing as CFO until Apr 28, 2028. The company said the agreement was not conditioned on the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement it had entered into with Paramount Skydance Corporation on Feb 27, 2026. The company reported this in an 8-K, a US company's report of a material event, filed on Apr 30, 2026.1^,2^,3^,4^,5^,6^,7^,8^,9