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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.