Dolphin Entertainment, Inc. filings document a Florida public company with common stock traded on The Nasdaq Capital Market under DLPN. Recent Form 8-K reports cover operating results and material events, including earnings releases and amendments to previously issued promissory notes with conversion terms.
Registration statements and proxy materials describe the company’s securities offerings, capital structure, shareholder meeting matters, governance procedures and annual voting process. The filings also identify Dolphin as a smaller reporting company and provide formal disclosures tied to its entertainment marketing and content production business.
Dolphin Entertainment, Inc. (DLPN) CEO, director and 10% owner William O'Dowd IV purchased 4,900 common shares on October 26, 2026, at a weighted average price of $0.999 per share. The shares were purchased in multiple transactions priced from $0.99 to $1.00, inclusive, under a Rule 10b5-1 plan. After the purchase, O'Dowd directly held 583,442 shares. Separately, Dolphin Entertainment, LLC held 54,535 shares and Dolphin Digital Media Holdings, LLC held 62,106 shares; both entities are wholly owned by O'Dowd.
Dolphin Entertainment, Inc. CEO, director and 10% owner William O'Dowd IV purchased 4,700 common shares on October 19, 2026, across multiple transactions at a weighted average price of $1.0460 per share; prices ranged from $1.01 to $1.08, inclusive. The purchase was reported under a Rule 10b5-1 plan. His direct holdings after the purchase were 578,542 shares. Reported indirect holdings were 54,535 shares through Dolphin Entertainment, LLC and 62,106 shares through Dolphin Digital Media Holdings LLC; both entities are wholly owned by O'Dowd.
Dolphin Entertainment, Inc. (DLPN) CEO, director and 10% owner William O'Dowd IV purchased 4,700 common shares on October 12, 2026, at a weighted average price of $1.018 per share; individual prices ranged from $1.01 to $1.07, inclusive, under a Rule 10b5-1 plan. Afterward, he held 573,842 shares directly.
Dolphin Entertainment, Inc. Chief Executive Officer William O'Dowd IV purchased 4,500 shares of common stock on October 5, 2026, at a weighted average price of $1.079 per share. The shares were purchased in multiple transactions at prices from $1.07 to $1.11, inclusive, under a Rule 10b5-1 plan.
After the purchase, O'Dowd held 569,142 shares directly. His reported indirect holdings included 54,535 shares through wholly owned Dolphin Entertainment, LLC and 62,106 shares through wholly owned Dolphin Digital Media Holdings LLC.
Dolphin Entertainment, Inc. CEO, director and 10% owner William O'Dowd IV purchased 4,400 shares of common stock on September 28, 2026, at a weighted average price of $1.11 per share under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. He reported 564,642 shares held directly afterward. Separately, 54,535 shares were held by Dolphin Entertainment, LLC and 62,106 by Dolphin Digital Media Holdings, LLC; both entities are wholly owned by him.
Dolphin Entertainment, Inc. asks shareholders to vote at its November 4, 2026 annual meeting on electing seven directors and ratifying Grant Thornton LLP as its independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2026. The Board recommends voting “FOR” both proposals. Holders of record on September 15, 2026 may vote; 13,033,831 common shares were outstanding and entitled to vote on that date.
Approved 2026 pay changes set CEO William O’Dowd’s annual base salary at $500,000 and CFO/COO Mirta A. Negrini’s at $341,250, effective January 1, 2026; Negrini also received approval for a $50,000 bonus tied to 2025 performance. Nonemployee directors are to receive $20,000 annually, half in cash and half in restricted stock units. The company reports $2,242,873 principal outstanding on convertible notes held by an entity wholly owned by O’Dowd, bearing 10% annual interest and convertible at $1.00 per share. The Board combines the CEO and chair roles and says it does not perform a risk oversight function.
Dolphin Entertainment, Inc. (DLPN) reported that Chief Executive Officer and director William O'Dowd IV purchased 4,300 shares of common stock on September 21, 2026 at a weighted average price of about $1.13 per share under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Following this purchase, he holds 560,242 shares directly, plus indirect holdings of 54,535 shares through Dolphin Entertainment, LLC and 62,106 shares through Dolphin Digital Media Holdings LLC, both wholly owned entities.
Dolphin Entertainment, Inc. executive William O'Dowd IV, the chief executive officer and a more than 10% owner, purchased 4,452 shares of common stock on September 16, 2026 at $1.54 per share in an open-market or private transaction. Following this trade, he directly holds 555,942 shares and indirectly holds additional shares through entities wholly owned by him, including 54,535 shares held by Dolphin Entertainment, LLC and 62,106 shares held by Dolphin Digital Media Holdings, LLC. No Rule 10b5-1 trading plan is reported for this transaction.
Dolphin Entertainment, Inc. (DLPN) reported that Chief Executive Officer and director William O'Dowd IV purchased 4,300 shares of common stock on September 14, 2026 at a weighted average price of $1.12 per share, in open-market transactions made under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.
After these purchases, he holds 551,490 shares directly, plus 54,535 shares held indirectly through Dolphin Entertainment, LLC and 62,106 shares held indirectly through Dolphin Digital Media Holdings LLC, each entity being wholly owned by him.
Dolphin Entertainment, Inc. (DLPN) is the subject of a Schedule 13D that reports the beneficial ownership and financing arrangements of its CEO, William O'Dowd, and Dolphin Entertainment LLC, an entity wholly owned by him. Mr. O'Dowd is deemed to beneficially own 2,542,985 shares of common stock, representing 19.0% of the class under Rule 13d-3(d)(1), including 2,242,873 shares issuable upon conversion of convertible notes at $1.00 per share and 300,112 shares of common stock. Dolphin Entertainment LLC separately reports beneficial ownership of 2,297,408 shares, or 17.1% of the common stock on the same deemed-outstanding basis.
On May 12, 2025, the company and Dolphin Entertainment LLC entered into an exchange agreement replacing $2,242,873 of nonconvertible promissory notes with convertible notes in the same principal amounts, bearing 10% annual interest and maturing between June 30, 2027 and December 10, 2029. Mr. O'Dowd also adopted a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan to purchase $5,000 of DLPN common stock per week from April 1, 2025 to November 15, 2025, under which he executed a series of open-market purchases around $1.00 per share. The filing further describes a prior issuance of 50,000 Series C Convertible Preferred shares to Dolphin Entertainment LLC, currently subject to a Stock Restriction Agreement that prohibits conversion into the 2,369,470 underlying common shares and transfer of the preferred until approval by a majority of the independent directors or a change of control.