---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001683168-21-006327"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TOON"
cik: "0001355848"
company_name: "Kartoon Studios, Inc."
filed_at: "2021-12-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T01:12:30.907603+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Genius Brands appoints Zrinka Dekic as CFO and Head of Strategy & M&A

## Summary
- Zrinka Dekic appointed CFO and Head of Strategy & M&A, effective Dec 13, 2021; replaces Robert Denton (now EVP Finance & Accounting).
- Dekic’s prior roles include VP at Houlihan Lokey TMT banking and Manager at Walt Disney Studios strategic planning.
- Base salary: $380k first year (with $80k advance), $405k second, $425k third; eligible for 25% discretionary bonus.
- Granted stock options to purchase 250,000 shares at $1.20 per share, vesting equally over three years.
- Two-year term with one-year extension option; severance includes 12 months base salary if terminated without cause.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001683168-21-006327
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TOON
- cik: 0001355848
- company_name: Kartoon Studios, Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-12-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1355848/000168316821006327/0001683168-21-006327-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1355848/000168316821006327/genius_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001683168-21-006327.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Robert Denton changed role as Executive Vice President, Finance and Accounting at Kartoon Studios, Inc..
  - Role: Executive Vice President, Finance and Accounting
  source text: Robert Denton, who will remain employed by the Company as its Executive Vice President, Finance and Accounting.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1355848/000168316821006327/0001683168-21-006327-index.htm
- Executive change
  Zrinka Dekic was appointed as Chief Financial Officer and Head of Strategy and Mergers and Acquisitions at Kartoon Studios, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer and Head of Strategy and Mergers and Acquisitions
  source text: appointed Zrinka Dekic as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer and Head of Strategy and Mergers and Acquisitions
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1355848/000168316821006327/0001683168-21-006327-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.