Results of Operations and Financial Condition. On August 12, 2026, Dolphin Entertainment, Inc., a Florida corporation (the “ Company ”), issued a press release announcing its financial results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026. A copy of the Company’s earnings press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference. The information contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed…

Results of Operations and Financial Condition. On May 12, 2026, Dolphin Entertainment, Inc., a Florida corporation (the “ Company ”), issued a press release announcing its financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2026. A copy of the Company’s earnings press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference. The information contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed “filed” f…

Results of Operations and Financial Condition. On March 25, 2026, Dolphin Entertainment, Inc., a Florida corporation (the “ Company ”), issued a press release announcing its financial results for the year ended December 31, 2025. A copy of the Company’s earnings press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference. The information contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed “filed” for…

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities Amendment of Previously Issued Promissory Notes As previously disclosed, on each of October 4, 2022 and December 15, 2022, Dolphin Entertainment, Inc. (the “ Company ”) issued two promissory notes in the amount of $500,000 each (as amended, the “ Promissory Notes ”) to an existing investor of the Company. On August 26, 2025, the Company and the holder agreed to amend the Promissory Notes (the “ Third Amendments ”) to (i) extend the maturity date of the…

Results of Operations and Financial Condition. On August 13, 2025, Dolphin Entertainment, Inc., a Florida corporation (the “ Company ”), issued a press release announcing its financial results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025. A copy of the Company’s earnings press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference. The information contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed…

Results of Operations and Financial Condition. On May 13, 2025, Dolphin Entertainment, Inc., a Florida corporation (the “ Company ”), issued a press release announcing its financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2025. A copy of the Company’s earnings press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference. The information contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed “filed” f…

Results of Operations and Financial Condition. On March 27, 2025, Dolphin Entertainment, Inc., a Florida corporation (the “ Company ”), issued a press release announcing its financial results for the twelve months ended December 31, 2024. A copy of the Company’s earnings press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference. The information contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed “fi…

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities Amendment of Previously Issued Promissory Notes As previously disclosed, Dolphin Entertainment, Inc. (the “ Company ”) issued three promissory notes (as amended, the “ Promissory Notes ”) to an existing investor of the Company. On January 13, 2025, the Company and the holder agreed to amend the Promissory Notes (the “ Second Amendments ”) to (i) extend the maturity date of the Promissory Notes to January 13, 2027 and (ii) lower the minimum conversion pr…

Results of Operations and Financial Condition. On November 14, 2024, Dolphin Entertainment, Inc., a Florida corporation (the “ Company ”), issued a press release announcing its financial results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024. A copy of the Company’s earnings press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference. The information contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not b…

Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing On November 6, 2024, Dolphin Entertainment, Inc. (the “ Company ”) received a letter (the “ Letter ”) from the Listing Qualifications staff (the “ Staff ”) of the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“ Nasdaq ”) notifying the Company that the Staff has determined that the Company violated Nasdaq’s voting rights rule set forth in Listing Rule 5640 (the “ Voting Rights Rule ”) due to the Company’s filing of…

Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders. To the extent required by

Results of Operations and Financial Condition. On August 14, 2024, Dolphin Entertainment, Inc., a Florida corporation (the “ Company ”), issued a press release announcing its financial results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024. A copy of the Company’s earnings press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference. The information contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed…

Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing On August 12, 2024, Dolphin Entertainment Inc. (the “ Company ”) received a deficiency notice from The Nasdaq Stock Market (“ Nasdaq ”) informing the Company that its common stock, par value $0.015 per share (the “ Common Stock ”), fails to comply with the $1 minimum bid price required for continued listing on The Nasdaq Capital Market under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2) based upon the closing…

The shares of Common Stock issued or to be issued by the Company to the Seller pursuant to the Purchase Agreement have been or will be, as applicable, issued in reliance upon the exemption from registration provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”) and/or Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated thereunder. The Seller represented to the Company that she is an “accredited investor” as defined by Rule 501(a) promulgated under the Securities Act.

Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement On July 15, 2024 (the “ Closing Date ”), Dolphin Entertainment, Inc., a Florida corporation (the “ Company ”), acquired all of the issued and outstanding membership interests of Elle Communications, LLC, a California limited liability company (“ Elle ”), pursuant to a membership interest purchase agreement dated the Closing Date (the “ Purchase Agreement ”), by and between the Company and Danielle Finck (the “ Seller ”). Elle is a California-based co…

The Company intends to file the required financial statements of Elle and pro forma financial information in a Current Report on Form 8-K within 71 days of this report.

Regulation FD Disclosure On July 15, 2024, the Company issued a press release announcing the acquisition of Elle. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference. The information contained in this

Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement On October 31, 2023, Dolphin Entertainment, Inc. (the “ Company ”), entered into an Underwriting Agreement (the “ Underwriting Agreement ”) with Maxim Group LLC (the “ Underwriter ”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue and sell to the Underwriter in an underwritten public offering (the “ Offering ”) an aggregate of 1,400,000 shares (the “ Shares ”) of common stock, $0.015 par value per share, of the Company (the “ Common Stock ”). Each sha…

Regulation FD Disclosure On October 3, 2023, the Company issued a press release announcing the acquisition of Special Projects. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference. The information contained in this

The shares of Common Stock issued or to be issued by the Company to Sellers pursuant to the Purchase Agreement have been or will be, as applicable, issued in reliance upon the exemption from registration provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”) and/or Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated thereunder. The Sellers represented to the Company that they are “accredited investors” as defined by Rule 501(a) promulgated under the Securities Act.

The Company intends to file the required financial statements of Socialyte and pro forma financial information in a Current Report on Form 8-K within 71 days of this report.

Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement On October 2, 2023 (the “ Closing Date ”), Dolphin Entertainment, Inc., a Florida corporation (the “ Company ”), acquired all of the issued and outstanding membership interests of Special Projects Media LLC, a New York limited liability company (“ Special Projects ”), pursuant to a membership interest purchase agreement dated the Closing Date (the “ Purchase Agreement ”), by and among the Company and the sellers signatory thereto (collectively, the “…