Form 8-K WEBTOON Entertainment For: Mar 26
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On March 26, 2026, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of WEBTOON Entertainment Inc. (the “Company”) approved a housing assistance policy (the “Housing Assistance Policy”) for the Company’s Chief Executive Officer (the “CEO”) in connection with the relocation of the CEO’s primary residence from Korea to the United States for business operational purposes.
Under the Housing Assistance Policy, the CEO will receive a fixed annual cash allowance of $250,350, paid on a monthly basis. The CEO must be actively employed at the time of payment to be eligible for this benefit.
The foregoing description of the Housing Assistance Policy does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the full text of the Housing Assistance Policy, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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| Date: | March 30, 2026 | By: | /s/ David J. Lee | ||||||||
| Name: | David J. Lee | ||||||||||
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer | ||||||||||
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