secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     WEBTOON Entertainment Inc. (WBTN)
CIK:        0001997859
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-10-05T20:15:42+00:00
Accession:  0001997859-26-000092
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.58
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2

WEBTOON CEO Junkoo Kim to relocate to U.S.; board approves severance, relocation payments and amended employment terms
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- CEO Junkoo Kim's NAVER WEBTOON employment terminates; he gets KRW 249,648,080 (~$184,175) severance in October 2026 and a $567,009 relocation benefit payable January 2027.
- Amended employment agreement raises non-change-in-control severance to a 12-month base salary lump sum, plus target bonus and 12 months COBRA; change-in-control severance is 24 months base salary.
- Change-in-control severance also includes 2x target bonus, 24 months COBRA and full PSU vesting at greater of target or actual performance; agreement adds D&O indemnification.
- WEBTOON will preview the Marvel Comics app at New York Comic Con Oct. 8-11 at Booth #2435; app launches Nov. 16 with 35,000+ digital comics from Marvel, Star Wars and 20th Century Studios.
- Marvel Comics app tiers: Base $9.99/month or $69.99/year; Ultimate $12.49/month or $99.99/year; founding annual $59.99; first 2,000 NYCC claimants get limited-edition print ID card.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1997859/000199785926000092/0001997859-26-000092-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1997859/000199785926000092/wbtn-20260930.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001997859-26-000092

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