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Stock Options | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2025
Equity [Abstract] |
Stock Options | Note 14: Stock Options On August 27, 2020, the Company’s stockholders approved the adoption of the Kartoon Studios, Inc. 2020 Equity Incentive Plan (as amended, the ”2020 Plan”). The 2020 Plan replaced the previously adopted 2015 Incentive Plan (the “2015 Plan”). The maximum number of shares available for issuance was initially equal to the sum of (i) 3,000,000 shares of common stock and (ii) the number of shares of common stock remaining available for issuance under the 2015 Plan, which was then equal to 216,767 shares. On May 23, 2023, the Company’s stockholders approved the adoption of an Amended and Restated 2020 Equity Incentive Plan, which provided for the maximum number of shares of common stock available for issuance under the 2020 Plan to be increased by 5,000,000 shares. As of March 31, 2025 the maximum number of shares available for issuance was 8,216,767. The remaining 12,000 outstanding stock options granted under the 2015 Plan, as of March 31, 2025, remain to be governed under such plan. On May 14, 2025, the Company’s stockholders approved an amendment to the 2020 Plan. Refer to Note 22 Subsequent Events for additional details. During the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company did not grant any stock options. The following table summarizes the Company’s option activity:
Schedule of option activity |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Stock Options |  | Weighted-Average Remaining Contractual Life |  | Weighted-Average Exercise Price per Share
Outstanding at December 31, 2024 |  |  | 952,140 |  |  |  | 4.79 |  |  | $ | 12.72 |
Granted |  |  | – |  |  |  | – |  |  |  | – |
Exercised |  |  | – |  |  |  | – |  |  |  | – |
Forfeited/Cancelled |  |  | (5,820 | ) |  |  | – |  |  |  | 7.31 |
Expired |  |  | – |  |  |  | – |  |  |  | – |
Outstanding at March 31, 2025 |  |  | 946,320 |  |  |  | 4.57 |  |  | $ | 12.75 |
Unvested at March 31, 2025 |  |  | 65,000 |  |  |  | 4.71 |  |  | $ | 2.48 |
Vested and exercisable at March 31, 2025 |  |  | 881,320 |  |  |  | 4.56 |  |  | $ | 13.51 |
During the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company recognized $18,213 and $69,965, respectively, in share-based compensation expense related to stock options included in General and Administrative Expense on the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of operations. The unrecognized share-based compensation expense at March 31, 2025 was $20,156 which will be recognized through the second quarter of 2025 assuming the underlying grants are not cancelled or forfeited. The outstanding shares as of March 31, 2025 had an aggregated intrinsic value of zero.

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