---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001683168-23-006937"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TOON"
cik: "0001355848"
company_name: "Kartoon Studios, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-10-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T05:22:51.245683+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kartoon Studios appoints Brian Parisi as CFO; prior CFO Denton shifts to EVP of Finance

## Summary
- Brian Parisi named CFO effective September 27, 2023; replaces Robert Denton.
- Parisi's employment agreement provides $325,000 annual base salary; increases to $350,000 if term extended.
- Parisi receives 35,000 stock options with strike set at first board meeting, vesting over 2 years.
- Robert Denton remains as Executive Vice President of Finance and Accounting.
- Parisi previously served as CFO of NFL Hall of Fame Village and Break the Floor Productions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001683168-23-006937
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TOON
- cik: 0001355848
- company_name: Kartoon Studios, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-10-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1355848/000168316823006937/0001683168-23-006937-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1355848/000168316823006937/kartoonstudios_8k.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001683168-23-006937
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001683168-23-006937.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Brian Parisi was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at Kartoon Studios, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On September 27, 2023, Kartoon Studios, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Brian Parisi, age 53, as the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective September 27, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1355848/000168316823006937/0001683168-23-006937-index.htm
- Executive change
  Robert Denton changed role as Executive Vice President of Finance and Accounting at Kartoon Studios, Inc..
  - Action: will remain as
  - Role: Executive Vice President of Finance and Accounting
  source text: Mr. Denton will remain with the Company as the Executive Vice President of Finance and Accounting.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1355848/000168316823006937/0001683168-23-006937-index.htm

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