---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001355848-24-000015"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TOON"
cik: "0001355848"
company_name: "Kartoon Studios, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-01-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T14:48:38.971091+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kartoon Studios replaces auditor Mazars with Withum for cost savings

## Summary
- Audit committee dismissed Mazars USA LLP on Jan 24, 2024; appointed WithumSmith+Brown, PC on Jan 29, 2024.
- No disagreements or reportable events between company and Mazars during its brief tenure (Oct 2023–Jan 2024).
- Change driven by significant cost savings compared to prior audit fees.
- Mazars had not issued any audit reports for past two fiscal years; appointed after 10-K filing.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001355848-24-000015
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TOON
- cik: 0001355848
- company_name: Kartoon Studios, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-01-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 4.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1355848/000135584824000015/0001355848-24-000015-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1355848/000135584824000015/toon-20240124.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001355848-24-000015.txt

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