-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, GbvnQGmV8nQiIKvR+JCyNjjzaTabAUHAONGVh2Dhf0PXMlJBYYjk35Zk61Z/4ImK G0ZYZDVTA1DYdGe3jq8rdg== 0000058592-10-000007.txt : 20100326 0000058592-10-000007.hdr.sgml : 20100326 20100326160731 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000058592-10-000007 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20100326 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20100326 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20100326 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: 4 KIDS ENTERTAINMENT INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000058592 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: PATENT OWNERS & LESSORS [6794] IRS NUMBER: 132691380 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NY FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-16117 FILM NUMBER: 10707761 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1414 AVE OF THE AMERICAS CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10019 BUSINESS PHONE: 2127587666 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1414 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10019 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: LEISURE CONCEPTS INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: AMERICAN LEISURE INDUSTRIES INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19740822 8-K 1 form8k03262010.htm FORM 8-K DATED MARCH 26, 2010



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): March 26, 2010

Commission file number 0-7843

4Kids Entertainment, Inc.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

New York
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization) 		13-2691380
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

1414 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10019
(212) 758-7666
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
of Registrant’s principal executive offices)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
 
¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
 
¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
 
¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))






Item 8.01  Other Events

On March 26, 2010, the Company issued a press release announcing a change to the March 16, 2010 press release. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

This information is furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 of Form 8-K and such information, including the press release, shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, unless we specifically incorporate it by reference in a document filed under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits.

              (c) Exhibits

            Exhibit                                                                       Description

99.1                                    Press release issued by 4Kids Entertainment, Inc. dated March 26, 2010



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.

Date:  March 26, 2010

4KIDS ENTERTAINMENT, INC.


BY: /s/ Bruce R. Foster

Bruce R. Foster
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer

EX-99 2 pressrelease03262010.htm PRESS RELEASE DATED MARCH 26, 2010

INVESTOR CONTACTS:

MEDIA CONTACT:

Todd Fromer / Garth Russell

Barry Stagg

KCSA Strategic Communications

4Kids Entertainment

 

(212) 896-1215 / (212) 896-1250

(310) 880-3193

tfromer@kcsa.com / grussell@kcsa.com

bstagg@4kidsent.com

 

 

4Kids Entertainment Announces a Change to the March 16, 2010 Press Release

 

NEW YORK, March 26, 2010 – 4Kids Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: KDE), the global children’s entertainment and merchandise licensing company, today announced a correction to its March 16, 2010 press release.

 

In the March 16th release, the Company stated that as of March 15, 2010, the Company had over $10.7 million in cash and an additional $14.1 million in investment securities at their fair market value. The $14.1 million in investment securities represented the amount as of December 31, 2009. As of March 15, 2010, the Company had approximately $11.8 million in investment securities at their fair market value.

 

About 4Kids Entertainment, Inc.

With U.S. headquarters in New York City, regional offices for its trading card business in San Diego, California and international offices in London, 4Kids Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: KDE) is a global organization devoted to the creation, development, production, broadcasting, distribution, licensing and manufacturing of children’s entertainment products.

 

Through its subsidiaries, 4Kids produces animated television series and films, distributes 4Kids’ produced or licensed animated television series for the domestic and international television and home video markets, licenses merchandising rights worldwide to 4Kids’ owned or represented properties, operates Websites to support 4Kids’ owned or represented properties, and produces and markets collectible trading card games. Additionally, the Company programs and sells the national advertising time in “TheCW4Kids” five-hour Saturday morning block on The CW television network.

 

Additional information is available on the www.4KidsEntertainment.com corporate Website and at the www.4Kids.tv game station site.

 

The information contained in this press release, other than historical information, consists of forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements may involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in such statements. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance that such expectations will prove to have been correct. Important factors beyond the Company's control, including general economic conditions, consumer spending levels, competition from toy companies, motion picture studios and other licensing companies, the uncertainty of public response to the Company's properties and other factors could cause actual results to differ materially from the Company's expectations.

 

 

 

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