--- schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1" accession: "0001683168-23-006654" form_type: "8-K" ticker: "TOON" cik: "0001355848" company_name: "Kartoon Studios, Inc." filed_at: "2023-09-25T23:59:59+00:00" generated_at: "2026-06-10T09:10:08.944100+00:00" event_type: "other_material" sentiment: "neutral" materiality_score: 0.25 calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15 confidence: "high" source: SEC EDGAR --- # Kartoon Studios annual meeting results: all directors elected, auditor ratified, say-on-pay approved ## Summary - All nine director nominees elected with votes for ranging from 9.06M to 10.1M. - Ratification of Baker Tilly US as auditor approved: 17.43M for, 1.95M against. - Non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation approved: 8.15M for, 4.08M against. - Advisory vote on frequency of say-on-pay: every three years approved with 6.28M votes (plurality). - Approval to issue >19.99% of common stock upon warrant exercise passed: 7.81M for, 4.56M against. ## SEC filing metadata - accession: 0001683168-23-006654 - form_type: 8-K - ticker: TOON - cik: 0001355848 - company_name: Kartoon Studios, Inc. - filed_at: 2023-09-25T23:59:59+00:00 - event_type: other_material - sentiment: neutral - materiality_score: 0.25 - calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15 - confidence: high - sec_items: 5.07 - EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1355848/000168316823006654/0001683168-23-006654-index.htm - EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1355848/000168316823006654/kartoonstudios_8k.htm ## Machine-readable alternates - HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001683168-23-006654 - JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001683168-23-006654.json - Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001683168-23-006654.txt ## Key facts - Shareholder Votes Kartoon Studios, Inc. shareholders approved Proposal to ratify the appointment of Baker Tilly US, LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 at the 2023-09-20 meeting. - Proposal: auditor ratification - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-09-20 source text: Proposal to ratify the appointment of Baker Tilly US, LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023: Votes For Votes Against Votes Abstaining Broker Non-Votes 17,426,309 1,953,688 1,103,497 0 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1355848/000168316823006654/0001683168-23-006654-index.htm - Shareholder Votes Kartoon Studios, Inc. shareholders approved Proposal to approve, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the frequency of holding future advisory votes on the compensation of the Company's named executive officers at the 2023-09-20 meeting. - Proposal: say on pay frequency - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-09-20 source text: Proposal to approve, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the frequency of holding future advisory votes on the compensation of the Company's named executive officers: One Year Two Years Three Years Broker Non-Votes 4,711,681 803,361 6,279,925 882,865 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1355848/000168316823006654/0001683168-23-006654-index.htm - Shareholder Votes Kartoon Studios, Inc. shareholders approved Proposal to approve, in accordance with 713(A) of the NYSE American Company Guide, the issuance of more than 19.99% of the Company's outstanding Common Stock upon the exercise of certain common stock purchase warrants at the 2023-09-20 meeting. - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-09-20 source text: Proposal to approve, in accordance with 713(A) of the NYSE American Company Guide, the issuance of more than 19.99% of the Company's outstanding Common Stock upon the exercise of certain common stock purchase warrants: Votes For Votes Against Votes Abstaining Broker Non-Votes 7,806,843 4,558,580 312,409 0 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1355848/000168316823006654/0001683168-23-006654-index.htm - Shareholder Votes Kartoon Studios, Inc. shareholders approved Proposal to approve, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation of the Company's named executive officers at the 2023-09-20 meeting. - Proposal: say on pay - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-09-20 source text: Proposal to approve, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation of the Company's named executive officers: Votes For Votes Against Votes Abstaining Broker Non-Votes 8,149,341 4,078,661 449,830 7,805,662 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1355848/000168316823006654/0001683168-23-006654-index.htm - Shareholder Votes Kartoon Studios, Inc. shareholders approved Election of Nine Director Nominees at the 2023-09-20 meeting. - Proposal: director election - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-09-20 source text: Election of Nine Director Nominees: Votes For Votes Withheld Broker Non-Votes Andy Heyward 9,341,163 3,336,669 7,805,662 Joseph "Gray" Davis 9,064,379 3,613,453 7,805,662 Michael Hirsh 10,104,802 2,573,030 7,805,662 Margaret Loesch 9,791,849 2,885,983 7,805,662 Stefan Piëch 9,937,609 2,740,223 7,805,662 Lynne Segall 9,088,893 3,588,939 7,805,662 Henry Sicignano III 9,811,943 2,865,889 7,805,662 Anthony Thomopoulos 9,817,982 2,859,850 7,805,662 Dr. Cynthia Turner-Graham 9,815,969 2,861,863 7,805,662 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1355848/000168316823006654/0001683168-23-006654-index.htm This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. 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