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Compensation Brief
Fiscal year 2025 · Filings through 2026-07-28

WEBTOON Entertainment (WBTN)

Fiscal year 2025 executive and director compensation, incentive-plan design, equity activity, and governance — every figure in this brief is traceable to its exact location in the company’s SEC filing — the document, the section, the page, and the table, linked directly.

$935,582
Junkoo Kim total, FY2025
1st
CEO pay percentile vs peers
CEO-to-median pay ratio
99.96%
Say-on-pay support, latest vote
Companies that benchmark against WBTN
No companies currently name WBTN as a compensation peer in their most recent disclosure.

This is the complete answer, not a partial one — the list is never padded.

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Summary Compensation Table — fiscal year 2025

Named executive officerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension / NQDCAll otherTotal
Junkoo Kim$584,537$0$0$0$285,000$0$66,045$935,582
Chief Executive Officer
David Lee500,000250,000000041,350791,350
Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer
Yongsoo Kim209,0740241,5110105,5730137,761693,919
Chief Strategy Officer & Head of Global WEBTOON
Chankyu Park223,0120210,006080,284012,878526,180
Chief Technology Officer
Hyeeun Son150,7420168,009068,96600387,717
Chief Design Officer

A dash means the company reported no figure in that column; 0 means it reported zero. Figures are as printed in the filing, without adjustment.

Three-year trend — total compensation per named executive

Named executive officerFY2025 totalFY2024 totalFY2023 totalΔ FY20242025
Junkoo Kim$935,582
David Lee791,350
Yongsoo Kim693,919
Chankyu Park526,180
Hyeeun Son387,717

Prior-year totals as disclosed in the corresponding proxy; deltas are computed values with the derivation shown in the register.

02

Equity transactions since the proxy statement was filed

No insider equity transactions reported since the proxy statement.

03

Grants of plan-based awards — fiscal year 2025

ExecutiveAwardGrant dateThresholdTargetGrantedMaximumGrant-date fair value
Yongsoo KimRSU2025-03-0718,242$168,009
Yongsoo KimRSU2025-04-039,14273,502
Chankyu ParkRSU2025-03-0722,802210,006
Hyeeun SonRSU2025-03-0718,242168,009
03b

Vehicle mix — grant-date fair value by award type

Named executive officerTime-vested (RSU)Performance-vested (PSU)Options / SARs% performance-vested
Yongsoo Kim$241,511$0$00.0%
Chankyu Park210,006000.0%
Hyeeun Son168,009000.0%

% performance-vested = PSU grant-date fair value ÷ (RSU + PSU + Options), a computed value with the derivation shown in the register.

04

Outstanding equity awards at fiscal year-end 2025

ExecutiveAwardShares unvestedExercise priceMarket value unvested
David LeeRSU114,210$1,488,156
Chankyu ParkRSU72,177940,466
KimRSU72,177940,466
Hyeeun SonRSU50,711660,764
David LeeRSU23,721309,085
Chankyu ParkRSU15,962207,985
KimRSU12,770166,393
Hyeeun SonRSU12,770166,393
KimRSU6,40083,392
David LeeOption197,67020.34
Chankyu ParkOption98,07022.5
Chankyu ParkOption49,50020.34
KimOption33,60022.5
KimOption48,00020.34
KimOption3,00032.3
Hyeeun SonOption27,00022.5
Hyeeun SonOption30,00020.34
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Incentive-plan design — the Compensation Discussion & Analysis

CEO STI target (% of salary)
CEO LTI target (% of salary)
Independent consultantPearl Meyer & Partners, LLC
Clawback policytrue
Anti-hedging
Anti-pledging
06

Say-on-pay — recent advisory votes

Meeting yearMeeting dateForAgainstAbstainSupportOutcome
20262026-06-03127,064,45646,9162,15099.96%Passed
20252025-06-04122,872,1142,100,4231,27098.32%Passed

Rows are labeled by annual-meeting year, with the meeting date beside each; the vote held in a given year acts on the prior fiscal year's compensation.

Say-on-pay — history, company's computation

Meeting yearMeeting dateApproval — company's computation
20262026-06-0399.96%a
20252025-06-0498.32%b

a. Voting standard not stated in the filing.

b. Voting standard not stated in the filing.

Approval percentages are the company's own reported computations under its own stated standard, not recomputed by Velarion. Where a company does not state a standard, none is assumed.

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Board fee structure and ownership guideline

Annual cash retainer$75,000
Annual equity retainer$450,000
Per board meeting fee
Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov)25,000 / 17,000 / 12,500
Stock ownership guideline$225,000
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Disclosed peer group — fiscal year 2025

The compensation peer group as the company disclosed it in its own proxy — the reference set behind the percentile above.

10a

Peer reciprocity

Of the companies WEBTOON Entertainment names as compensation peers, which name it back in their own disclosed peer groups. A peer set the market reciprocates reads differently from one selected in a single direction.

Reciprocity shown where the peer's own current proxy has been read — each mark is cited in the register to that peer's filing. A dash means the peer's current proxy was read and names no reciprocal group including WEBTOON Entertainment.

10b

Chief executive pay against the peer group

Most recent fiscal-year chief executive compensation at each disclosed peer, taken from that company's own proxy statement.

RankCompanyFYChief executiveSalaryStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentiveTotal
1Grindr Inc.2025George Arison$1,000,000$52,247,082$0$1,500,000$56,168,082
2Pinterest, Inc.2025Bill Ready620,83337,928,9270756,25039,312,010
3Roblox Corporation2025David Baszucki022,669,1630024,565,995
4Lionsgate Studios Corp.2026Jon Feltheimer1,500,00010,682,5540019,374,075
5PLAYSTUDIOS, Inc.2026Charles Giancarlo850,00016,011,70801,568,25018,434,966
6Ziff Davis, Inc.2025Vivek Shah1,000,00010,078,0780656,00011,767,948
7fuboTV Inc.2025David Gandler1,180,3007,901,64101,643,30910,886,885
8Unity Software Inc.2025Matthew Bromberg850,0348,784,6310904,40010,574,243
9Vimeo, Inc.2024Philip Moyer426,9236,217,624008,184,912
10Bumble Inc.2025Whitney Wolfe Herd650,0006,303,8270650,0007,617,828
11Fastly, Inc.2025Daniel Florness750,0000861,3872,569,0004,183,328
12Reddit, Inc.2025Steven Huffman569,250001,405,4783,101,009
13WEBTOON Entertainment2025Junkoo Kim584,53700285,000935,582
Playtika Holding Corp.not in coverage universe

Each peer's compensation is from its most recently filed proxy; fiscal years differ by company. Each peer's figures come from its own filings; the subject company is highlighted. Peers whose chief executive compensation is outside our coverage universe are stated as such, never left blank.

10c

Incentive design against the same peers

CompanyAnnual incentive payoutLong-term vehicle mixPSU measures include TSRCompensation consultant
WEBTOON Entertainmentnot disclosednot disclosednot disclosedPearl Meyer & Partners, LLC
Bumble Inc.not disclosedRSU 100not disclosedSemler Brossy
Fastly, Inc.342%Options 100not disclosednot disclosed
fuboTV Inc.116%RSU 50 · PSU 50NoAon (2025 Transition Period); Pay Governance (fiscal 2026 forward)
Grindr Inc.150%not disclosedNoFrederic W. Cook & Co. (FW Cook)
Lionsgate Studios Corp.not disclosednot disclosednot disclosednot disclosed
Pinterest, Inc.121%PSU 60 · RSU 40Yes — relative total shareholder return (rTSR)Compensia, Inc.
PLAYSTUDIOS, Inc.not disclosednot disclosednot disclosednot disclosed
Playtika Holding Corp.not disclosednot disclosednot disclosednot disclosed
Reddit, Inc.165%not disclosednot disclosedPearl Meyer
Roblox Corporationnot disclosedPSU 75 · RSU 25NoFW Cook
Unity Software Inc.106%RSU 75 · PSU 25NoSemler Brossy
Vimeo, Inc.200%RSU 100not disclosedSemler Brossy
Ziff Davis, Inc.52.1%RSU 50 · PSU 50Yes — Relative TSRCompensia

Read from each company's Compensation Discussion and Analysis: annual incentive payout as a percentage of target, the disclosed long-term vehicle mix, whether performance-share measures include a total shareholder return component, and the retained compensation consultant. “Not disclosed” appears only where the company's filing does not state the item.

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Source register

Each figure's location is given both for the eye (section · page · table · row · column) and for a script (table/row/column index and exact character span in the filed document). Any figure can be independently confirmed against the source.

#SupportsDocumentFiledAccessionLocation in document
1Section 01, Junkoo KimDEF 14A2026-04-220001997859-26-000055Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 935,582. Filing ↗machine: r3 · c24 · span 395508–395515
2Section 01, David LeeDEF 14A2026-04-220001997859-26-000055Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 791,350. Filing ↗machine: r6 · c24 · span 403730–403737
3Section 01, Yongsoo KimDEF 14A2026-04-220001997859-26-000055Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 693,919. Filing ↗
4Section 01, Chankyu ParkDEF 14A2026-04-220001997859-26-000055Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 526,180. Filing ↗machine: r9 · c24 · span 411444–411451
5Section 01, Hyeeun SonDEF 14A2026-04-220001997859-26-000055Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 387,717. Filing ↗machine: r15 · c24 · span 427391–427398
6Section 03, Yongsoo Kim RSUDEF 14A2026-04-220001997859-26-000055Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 459540–459547
7Section 03, Yongsoo Kim RSUDEF 14A2026-04-220001997859-26-000055Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 457781–457787
8Section 03, Chankyu Park RSUDEF 14A2026-04-220001997859-26-000055Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 453862–453869
9Section 03, Hyeeun Son RSUDEF 14A2026-04-220001997859-26-000055Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: span 464321–464328
10Section 06, 2026 voteForm 8-K2026-06-040001997859-26-000082Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 99.96% (votes for as printed: 127,064,456). Filing ↗
11Section 06, 2025 voteForm 8-K2025-06-060001997859-25-000077Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 98.32% (votes for as printed: 122,872,114). Filing ↗
12Section 03b vehicle mix (computed)ComputedcomputedRSU / PSU / Options grant-date fair values summed per officer from the grants table; % performance-vested = PSU ÷ (RSU+PSU+Options).machine: formula: sums + PSU ratio
13Grindr Inc., Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-04-300001140361-26-018315CEO total compensation as printed in Grindr Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 56,168,082. Filing ↗machine: r2 · c21 · span 904856–904867
14Pinterest, Inc., Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-04-080001506293-26-000058CEO total compensation as printed in Pinterest, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 39,312,010. Filing ↗machine: t133 · r2 · c17 · span 781657–781667
15Roblox Corporation, Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-04-160001104659-26-044362CEO total compensation as printed in Roblox Corporation's own proxy. As printed: 24,565,995. Filing ↗machine: t181 · r5 · c15 · span 1056091–1056101
16Lionsgate Studios Corp., Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-07-280001193125-26-321010CEO total compensation as printed in Lionsgate Studios Corp.'s own proxy. As printed: 19,374,075. Filing ↗machine: span 1019413–1019423
17PLAYSTUDIOS, Inc., Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-05-010001474432-26-000041CEO total compensation as printed in PLAYSTUDIOS, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 18,434,966. Filing ↗machine: t123 · r2 · c12 · span 762824–762834
18Ziff Davis, Inc., Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-03-260001084048-26-000016CEO total compensation as printed in Ziff Davis, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 11,767,948. Filing ↗machine: r2 · c24 · span 634468–634478
19fuboTV Inc., Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-06-160001628280-26-043532CEO total compensation as printed in fuboTV Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 10,886,885. Filing ↗machine: t51 · r2 · c21 · span 769364–769374
20Unity Software Inc., Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-03-270001810806-26-000021CEO total compensation as printed in Unity Software Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 10,574,243. Filing ↗machine: r3 · c8 · span 1601836–1601846
21Vimeo, Inc., Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2025-04-290001104659-25-041232CEO total compensation as printed in Vimeo, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 8,184,912. Filing ↗machine: span 763762–763771
22Bumble Inc., Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-04-170001628280-26-025680CEO total compensation as printed in Bumble Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 7,617,828. Filing ↗machine: t107 · r5 · c23 · span 1317195–1317204
23Fastly, Inc., Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-02-250000815556-26-000017CEO total compensation as printed in Fastly, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 4,183,328. Filing ↗machine: span 487146–487155
24Reddit, Inc., Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-04-230001713445-26-000060CEO total compensation as printed in Reddit, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 3,101,009. Filing ↗machine: r3 · c24 · span 480826–480835
25WEBTOON Entertainment (subject), Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-04-220001997859-26-000055CEO total compensation as printed in WEBTOON Entertainment's own proxy. As printed: 935,582. Filing ↗machine: r3 · c24 · span 395508–395515
26Section 10a, Ziff Davis, Inc. reciprocityDEF 14A0001084048-26-000016Ziff Davis, Inc.'s most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include WEBTOON Entertainment. Filing ↗
27Section 10a, PLAYSTUDIOS, Inc. reciprocityDEF 14A0001474432-26-000041PLAYSTUDIOS, Inc.'s most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include WEBTOON Entertainment. Filing ↗
28Section 10a, Lionsgate Studios Corp. reciprocityDEF 14A0001193125-26-321010Lionsgate Studios Corp.'s most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include WEBTOON Entertainment. Filing ↗
29Section 10a, Pinterest, Inc. reciprocityDEF 14A0001506293-26-000058Pinterest, Inc.'s most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include WEBTOON Entertainment. Filing ↗
30Section 10a, Roblox Corporation reciprocityDEF 14A0001104659-26-044362Roblox Corporation's most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include WEBTOON Entertainment. Filing ↗
31Section 10a, Fastly, Inc. reciprocityDEF 14A0000815556-26-000017Fastly, Inc.'s most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include WEBTOON Entertainment. Filing ↗
32Section 10a, Vimeo, Inc. reciprocityDEF 14A0001104659-25-041232Vimeo, Inc.'s most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include WEBTOON Entertainment. Filing ↗
33Section 10a, Unity Software Inc. reciprocityDEF 14A0001810806-26-000021Unity Software Inc.'s most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include WEBTOON Entertainment. Filing ↗
34Section 10a, Grindr Inc. reciprocityDEF 14A0001140361-26-018315Grindr Inc.'s most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include WEBTOON Entertainment. Filing ↗
35Section 10a, Reddit, Inc. reciprocityDEF 14A0001713445-26-000060Reddit, Inc.'s most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include WEBTOON Entertainment. Filing ↗
36Section 10a, Bumble Inc. reciprocityDEF 14A0001628280-26-025680Bumble Inc.'s most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include WEBTOON Entertainment. Filing ↗