---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001683168-22-001948"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TOON"
cik: "0001355848"
company_name: "Kartoon Studios, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-03-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T17:07:15.663500+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Genius Brands CFO Zrinka Dekic resigns; Robert Denton reappointed as CFO

## Summary
- Zrinka Dekic resigned as CFO and Head of Strategy and M&A for personal reasons, effective March 24, 2022.
- Robert Denton reappointed as CFO; previously served as CFO from April 2018 to December 2021.
- Denton's employment agreement amended to a three-year term with step-up salary: $300k, $337.5k, $362.5k.
- Since December 2021, Denton had been EVP of Finance and Accounting before returning to CFO role.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001683168-22-001948
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TOON
- cik: 0001355848
- company_name: Kartoon Studios, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-03-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1355848/000168316822001948/0001683168-22-001948-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1355848/000168316822001948/genius_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001683168-22-001948
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001683168-22-001948.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001683168-22-001948.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Robert Denton was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at Kartoon Studios, Inc..
  - Action: re-appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: The Board re-appointed Robert Denton as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, to serve as the Company’s principal financial officer and principal accounting officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1355848/000168316822001948/0001683168-22-001948-index.htm
- Executive change
  Zrinka Dekic resigned as Chief Financial Officer and Head of Strategy and Mergers and Acquisitions at Kartoon Studios, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer and Head of Strategy and Mergers and Acquisitions
  source text: On March 24, 2022, the Board of Directors of Genius Brands International, Inc. (the “Company”) accepted the resignation of Ms. Zrinka Dekic who has served as Chief Financial Officer and Head of Strategy and Mergers and Acquisitions since December 13, 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1355848/000168316822001948/0001683168-22-001948-index.htm

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