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Warner Bros. Discovery listed note reporting suspended

The suspension covers each listed note series and its related guarantees, after each was held of record by fewer than 300 persons.

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Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. notified the SEC that it intends to stop filing reports under Section 15 for the listed senior notes and related guarantees issued by its wholly owned subsidiaries Discovery Global Holdings, Inc. and Discovery Communications, LLC. The reporting duty for each series was suspended effective January 1, 2026, after each series and its related guarantees were held of record by fewer than 300 persons as of the fiscal year beginning that day. Discovery Global Holdings, Discovery Communications, and Scripps Networks Interactive are exempt from Section 15(d) reporting under Rule 12h-5.

Record holders Fewer than 300 persons Each series of Notes and related guarantees as of the fiscal year beginning January 1, 2026
Reporting duty suspension January 1, 2026 Effective date for each series of Notes and related guarantees
Discovery Global Holdings Senior Notes 3.755% due 2027 Series included in the notice
Discovery Global Holdings Senior Notes 4.054% due 2029 Series included in the notice
Discovery Communications Senior Notes 1.900% due 2027 Series included in the notice
Section 15(d) regulatory
"pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act"
Section 15(d) is a U.S. securities law rule that can require a company to keep filing regular public financial reports with regulators after it sells stock in certain offerings, even if it otherwise would stop reporting. Think of it like a store that must continue posting its receipts so buyers can check its health; for investors, it preserves ongoing disclosure and helps them track a company’s finances and risks that might affect the stock.
held of record regulatory
"held of record by fewer than 300 persons"
Rule 12h-5 regulatory
"exempt from the reporting requirements under Section 15(d) pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 12h-5"
Rule 12h-5 is an SEC process that lets a company ask to end its ongoing public reporting obligations when it no longer has a public market or sufficient public shareholders, or when filing those reports is no longer necessary. For investors, approval means the company will stop providing regular financial updates and regulatory filings — like a business unsubscribing from a public newsletter — which can reduce transparency, make shares harder to trade, and increase risk.

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Why was WBD's reporting duty for the senior notes suspended?

Warner Bros. Discovery's reporting duty for each series of the listed notes and related guarantees was suspended effective January 1, 2026. Each series and its related guarantees were held of record by fewer than 300 persons as of the fiscal year beginning January 1, 2026.

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 15

 

 

CERTIFICATION AND NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION

UNDER SECTION 12(g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

OR SUSPENSION OF DUTY TO FILE REPORTS UNDER SECTIONS 13 AND 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.

001-34177

001-42119

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001-42118

333-270749

333-264453

333-160043

333-182194

333-205774

333-231160

333-253397

333-283080

Commission File Number

 

 

WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY, INC.

DISCOVERY GLOBAL HOLDINGS, INC.

DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS, LLC

SCRIPPS NETWORKS INTERACTIVE, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

230 Park Avenue South

New York, New York 10003

(212) 548-5555

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (as Issuer)

Series A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share

Deferred Compensation Obligations

Discovery Global Holdings, Inc. (as Issuer)

3.755% Senior Notes due 2027 (and the guarantees related thereto)

4.054% Senior Notes due 2029 (and the guarantees related thereto)

4.302% Senior Notes due 2030 (and the guarantees related thereto)

4.279% Senior Notes due 2032 (and the guarantees related thereto)

4.693% Senior Notes due 2033 (and the guarantees related thereto)

5.050% Senior Notes due 2042 (and the guarantees related thereto)

5.141% Senior Notes due 2052 (and the guarantees related thereto)

5.391% Senior Notes due 2062 (and the guarantees related thereto)

Discovery Communications, LLC (as Issuer)

1.900% Senior Notes due 2027 (and the guarantees related thereto)

3.950% Senior Notes due 2028 (and the guarantees related thereto)

4.125% Senior Notes due 2029 (and the guarantees related thereto)

3.625% Senior Notes due 2030 (and the guarantees related thereto)

5.000% Senior Notes due 2037 (and the guarantees related thereto)

6.350% Senior Notes due 2040 (and the guarantees related thereto)

4.950% Senior Notes due 2042 (and the guarantees related thereto)

4.875% Senior Notes due 2043 (and the guarantees related thereto)

5.200% Senior Notes due 2047 (and the guarantees related thereto)

5.300% Senior Notes due 2049 (and the guarantees related thereto)

4.650% Senior Notes due 2050 (and the guarantees related thereto)

4.000% Senior Notes due 2055 (and the guarantees related thereto)

(Title of each class of securities covered by this Form)

None

(Titles of all other classes of securities for which a duty to file reports under Section 13(a) or 15(d) remains)

 

 

Please place an X in the box(es) to designate the appropriate rule provision(s) relied upon to terminate or suspend the duty to file reports:*

 

Rule 12g-4(a)(1)

   ☒  

Rule 12g-4(a)(2)

   ☐  

Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(i)

   ☒  

Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(ii)

   ☐  

Rule 15d-6

   ☒  

Rule 15d-22(b)

   ☐  

Approximate number of holders of record as of the certification or notice date:

Series A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share: One

Each other class of securities: Fewer than 300

 

*

On October 6, 2026, pursuant to and in accordance with the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of February 27, 2026, by and among Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (the “Company”), Skydance Corporation (f/k/a Paramount Skydance Corporation) (“SKYD”) and Prince Sub Inc. (“Merger Sub”), Merger Sub merged with and into the Company, with the Company surviving as a wholly owned subsidiary of SKYD.

The Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries, Discovery Global Holdings, Inc. (“DGH”), Discovery Communications, LLC (“DCL”) and Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc. (“Scripps”), previously registered DGH’s 3.755% Senior Notes due 2027, 4.054% Senior Notes due 2029, 4.302% Senior Notes due 2030, 4.279% Senior Notes due 2032, 4.693% Senior Notes due 2033, 5.050% Senior Notes due 2042, 5.141% Senior Notes due 2052 and 5.391% Senior Notes due 2062 (the “DGH Notes”) and the guarantees thereof by the Company, DCL and Scripps and DCL’s 1.900% Senior Notes due 2027, 3.950% Senior Notes due 2028, 4.125% Senior Notes due 2029, 3.625% Senior Notes due 2030, 5.000% Senior Notes due 2037, 6.350% Senior Notes due 2040, 4.950% Senior Notes due 2042, 4.875% Senior Notes due 2043, 5.200% Senior Notes due 2047, 5.300% Senior Notes due 2049, 4.650% Senior Notes due 2050 and 4.000% Senior Notes due 2055 (the “DCL Notes” and, together with the DGH Notes, the “Notes”) and the guarantees thereof by the Company, DGH and Scripps under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant to certain registration statements on Form S-3ASR and Form S-4, as applicable. As of the fiscal year beginning on January 1, 2026, each series of Notes and the related guarantees were held of record by fewer than 300 persons. As a result, pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), the duty of the Company to file reports under Section 15 of the Exchange Act with respect to each series of Notes and the related guarantees was suspended, effective as of January 1, 2026. The Company is filing this Form 15 to provide notice of its intention to no longer file reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission under Section 15 of the Exchange Act. Each of DGH, DCL and Scripps is exempt from the reporting requirements under Section 15(d) pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 12h-5. This Form 15 is not intended as an admission that DGH, DCL or Scripps was previously subject to the reporting requirements under Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act or that Exchange Act Rule 12h-5 is not applicable.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, each of the Company, DGH, DCL and Scripps has caused this certification/notice to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person.

Date: October 16, 2026

 

WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY, INC.
By:  

/s/ Stephanie Kyoko McKinnon

  Name: Stephanie Kyoko McKinnon
  Title: Executive Vice President and General Counsel
DISCOVERY GLOBAL HOLDINGS, INC.
By:  

/s/ Fraser Martin Woodford

  Name: Fraser Martin Woodford
  Title: Executive Vice President and Treasurer
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
By:  

/s/ Fraser Martin Woodford

  Name: Fraser Martin Woodford
  Title: Executive Vice President and Treasurer
SCRIPPS NETWORKS INTERACTIVE, INC.
By:  

/s/ Fraser Martin Woodford

  Name: Fraser Martin Woodford
  Title: Executive Vice President and Treasurer

 

 
 

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