Media & Telecom
Kartoon Studios Executive Compensation (FY25)
TOON · Beverly Hills, CA · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2025
Chief executive, fiscal 2025 ◇ Andy Heyward | Latest say-on-pay support = July 25, 2017 |
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Data as of October 27, 2026Latest filing (DEF 14A): September 4, 2026
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What changed from fiscal 2024 to fiscal 2025
The figures that moved, and by how much. Analysis of these figures is part of the Velarion platform.
Chief executive total compensation — Andy Heyward: $1,075,384 → $1,141,189 (6.1% higher)
Frequently asked questions
Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is Kartoon Studios' chief executive and what were they paid?
Andy Heyward, Chief Executive Officer, received $1,141,189 in total compensation for fiscal 2025. Heyward's total was 6.1% higher than the $1,075,384 reported for fiscal 2024.
What was Kartoon Studios' say-on-pay result?
Shareholders supported the say-on-pay proposal with 97.8% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held July 25, 2017 for fiscal 2016.
Executive compensation
Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.
Fiscal 2022
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Andy Heyward Chief Executive Officer | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Michael Hirsh Chief Executive Officer of Mainframe Studios | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ |
Michael Jaffa Chief Operating Officer, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Fiscal 2023
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Andy Heyward Chief Executive Officer | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Michael Hirsh Chief Executive Officer of Mainframe Studios | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Michael Jaffa Chief Operating Officer, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary | ◇ | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Brian Parisi Chief Financial Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Fiscal 2024
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Andy Heyward Chief Executive Officer | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Michael Jaffa Chief Operating Officer, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Brian Parisi Chief Financial Officer | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Fiscal 2025
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Andy Heyward Chief Executive Officer | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Michael Jaffa Chief Operating Officer, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Brian Parisi Chief Financial Officer | ◇ | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. A negative change in pension value is shown but, as the company reports it, not included in the total.
Equity awards granted
Individual awards as disclosed: type, date, unit counts at each level, and grant date value.
Fiscal 2025
| Officer | Award | Grant date | Threshold units | Target units | Units granted | Maximum units | Exercise price | Grant date fair value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Parisi | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | — |
| Michael Jaffa | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | — |
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. Threshold, target and maximum apply only to performance awards and are never shown for time-based or option awards.
Outstanding awards
Awards still held at fiscal year end.
As disclosed at fiscal 2025 year end
| Officer | Award | Unvested units | Market value of unvested units | Exercise price | Expires |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andy Heyward | PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| Michael Jaffa | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| Brian Parisi | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.
Severance and change in control
The terms as written in the agreements.
Brian Parisi
Chief Financial Officer · Employment agreement · dated November 24, 2025
| Benefits continuation | ◇ |
Michael Jaffa
Chief Operating Officer, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary · Employment agreement · citing a 2025 filing
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Director compensation
What each non-employee director was paid.
Fiscal 2025
| Director | Fees earned in cash | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Henry Sicignano III | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Anthony Thomopoulos | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Lynne Segall | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Margaret Loesch | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Dr. Cynthia Turner-Graham | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Joseph "Gray" Davis | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Jeffrey Schlesinger | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
David Neuman, Stefan Piëch and Andy Heyward served on the board in fiscal 2025 and received no compensation for board service. Executive directors are typically paid through their executive roles, shown above.
Earlier years are included in the PDF.
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.
Director fee schedule
The standing retainers and premiums the board pays, as published.
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Equity is delivered as Restricted Stock Units.
Disclosed peer group
The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.
Say-on-pay history
Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
| Year | Meeting | Support | Votes for | Votes against | Abstentions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | July 25, 2017 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
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- Andy Heyward (Chief Executive Officer), FY2025 total compensation $1,141,189 (base salary $659,583) [exec_comp, SEC accession 0001683168-26-006962, filed 2026-09-04]What this page does not include
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Written compensation analysis
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98 figures on this page: 97 cited to the filing that reported them, 1 calculated from figures it prints.
97 cited to the filing
1 calculated from the filing
Documents cited
- 0001683168-26-006962Executive Officer and Director Compensation
- 0001683168-25-002272
- 0001683168-24-002156Summary Compensation Table
- 0001683168-23-004934Summary Compensation Table
- 0001683168-17-001854Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001683168-25-008726EX-10.2 · EX-10.3
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Velarion Company Intelligence. (2026). Velarion database: executive and board compensation data (Version 2026Q3) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854
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@misc{velarionData2026,
author = {{Velarion Company Intelligence}},
title = {Velarion database: executive and board compensation data},
year = {2026},
version = {2026Q3},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.22283854},
publisher = {Zenodo},
url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854}
}