Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; On May 14, 2025, at the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “2025 Annual Meeting”) of Kartoon Studios, Inc. (the “ Company”), the Company’s stockholders approved an amendment (the “ Amendment”) to the Company’s Amended and Restated 2020 Incentive Plan, as amended (the “2020 Plan”) to increase the aggregate number of shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (“ Common Stock”), available for awards under the 2020 Plan by 5,000,000 shares. A summary of the material terms of the 2020 Plan is incorporated herein by reference from the Company’s definitive proxy statement for the 2025 Annual Meeting, as filed with the SEC on April 3, 2025 (the “ Proxy Statement”). The Amendment is attached as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference herein.

Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. At the 2025 Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders were asked to consider and vote on five proposals, each of which is listed below and described in more detail in the Proxy Statement. With respect to each proposal, holders of Common Stock were entitled to cast one vote per share of Common Stock held as of the close of business on the record date of March 17, 2025. On the record date there were 47,784,964 shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at the 2025 Annual Meeting. The following are the final results of voting on each of the proposals presented at the 2025 Annual Meeting: Proposal No. 1: Election of Directors

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