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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001683168-26-004618"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TOON"
cik: "0001355848"
company_name: "Kartoon Studios, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-06-08T20:09:47+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-08T20:16:59.443131+00:00"
event_type: "litigation"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kartoon Studios receives $28.475M aggregate settlement from lawsuit defendants

## Summary
- Settlement in Augenbaum v. Anson Investments Master Fund LP et al., S.D.N.Y. Case No. 1:22-CV-00249-AS.
- Five settling parties pay $28,475,000 aggregate, less plaintiff counsel fees/expenses, with mutual releases.
- Court approved three settlements on June 2 and June 4, 2026; two remaining pending court approval.
- Company received cash from settlement proceeds, strengthening balance sheet.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001683168-26-004618
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TOON
- cik: 0001355848
- company_name: Kartoon Studios, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-06-08T20:09:47+00:00
- event_type: litigation
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1355848/000168316826004618/0001683168-26-004618-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1355848/000168316826004618/toon_8k.htm

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