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accession: "0000950170-24-102850"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WBTN"
cik: "0001997859"
company_name: "WEBTOON Entertainment Inc."
filed_at: "2024-09-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T06:41:59.376450+00:00"
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source: SEC EDGAR
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# WEBTOON corrects director classification errors in Korean FSS filing and S-1

## Summary
- Corrects classification of five directors in Korean FSS half-year report, previously mislabeled as 'outside directors'.
- Also corrects similar error in S-1 registration statement regarding compensation committee independence under Section 162(m).
- Corrective disclosure filed with Financial Supervisory Service of Korea on September 2, 2024.
- No financial or operational impact; changes are clarifications of board classification.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-102850
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WBTN
- cik: 0001997859
- company_name: WEBTOON Entertainment Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-09-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1997859/000095017024102850/0000950170-24-102850-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1997859/000095017024102850/wbtn-20240902.htm

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