8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

Current

Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 20,2023

DOLPHINENTERTAINMENT, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

150Alhambra Circle**, Suite 1200** ,Coral Gables , Florida

33134

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area

code (305) 774 -0407

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed SinceLast Report)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).

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Item 5.07 Submission of matters to a vote of security holders.

On November 20, 2023, Dolphin Entertainment, Inc., a Florida corporation (the “Company”) held its annual meeting of shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”). A total of 30,175,898 votes of the Company’s voting capital stock were present or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting, representing approximately eighty percent (80%) of the votes entitled to be cast by the Company’s shareholders as of September 25, 2023, the record date for the Annual Meeting.

At the Annual Meeting, two (2) proposals were submitted for a vote of the Company’s shareholders and the related results are as follows:

Proposal No. 1: The election of William O’Dowd, IV, Mirta Negrini, Michael Espensen, Nelson Famadas, Anthony Leo, Nicholas Stanham and Claudia Grillo for terms until the next succeeding annual meeting of shareholders or until such directors’ successor shall have been duly elected and qualified. The shareholders elected the seven (7) directors by the following votes:

Proposal No. 2: The shareholders ratified Grant Thornton LLP as the Company’s independent registered accounting firm by the following votes:

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.