Kartoon Studios, Inc. — Director's Dealing 2013

Mar 8, 2013

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: Genius Brands International, Inc. (GNUS)
CIK: 0001355848
Period of Report: 2012-12-31

Reporting Person: BALABAN HOWARD (Director, Executive VP of New Bus. Dev., 10% Owner)

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2012-12-31	Options	$0.20	A	100000	Acquired	2017-12-31	Comon Stock (100000)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Issued directly from the Issuer pursuant to the Issuer's Stock Option Plan on December 31, 2012.

F2: Represents, in addition to those options that are the subject of this report: (i) 2,000,000 options exercisable as of 1/20/2009 and expiring on 1/20/2014, at an exercise price of $0.40, (ii) 1,000,000 options at an exercise price of $0.44, granted on 4/11/2011, with 250,000 of such options vesting on the grant date and 250,000 vesting upon each of the first three anniversaries of the grant date, and (iii) 100,000 options exercisable on 12/31/2011 and expiring on 12/31/2016 at an exercise price of $0.22.