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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 3
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
(Print or Type Responses)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
NEUMANN ANTHONY
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
C/O BRILLIANT DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT, INC.
6355 TOPANGA CANYON BOULEVARD, SUITE 120
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(Street)
WOODLAND HILLS CA 91367
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(City) (State) (Zip)
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2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
DECEMBER 11, 2000
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3. IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an Entity (Voluntary)
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4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
BRILLIANT DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT, INC. (AMEX: BDE)
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5. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer (Check all applicable)
[ ] Director [ ] 10% Owner
[X] Officer (give title below) [ ] Other (specify below)
VICE PRESIDENT, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
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6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
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7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
[X] Form Filed by One Reporting Person
[ ] Form Filed by More than one Reporting Person
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TABLE I -- NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED
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2. 3.
Amount of Ownership
Securities Form: 4.
1. Beneficially Direct (D) or Nature of Indirect
Title of Security Owned Indirect (I) Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 5) (Instr. 5)
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
COMMON STOCK 25,000 I BY TRUST
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.
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TABLE II -- DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED (E.G., PUTS,
CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES)
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2. 3.
Date Title and Amount
Exercisable and of Securities Underlying 5.
Expiration Date Derivative Security 4. Ownership Form
1. (month/day/year) (Instr. 4) Conversion of Derivative
Title of ---------------- -------------------------- or Exercise Securities 6.
Derivative Date Expira- Amount or Price of Direct (D) or Nature of Indirect
Security Exer- tion Number of Derivative Indirect (I) Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4) cisable Date Title Shares Security (Instr. 5) (Instr. 5)
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
STOCK OPTION (1) 1/1/07 COMMON STOCK 20,000 $1.50 D
(RIGHT TO BUY)
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STOCK OPTION (2) 4/1/08 COMMON STOCK 20,000 $1.50 D
(RIGHT TO BUY)
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STOCK OPTION (3) 5/4/09 COMMON STOCK 3,700 $4.125 D
(RIGHT TO BUY)
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STOCK OPTION (4) 10/11/09 COMMON STOCK 26,300 $2.93 D
(RIGHT TO BUY)
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STOCK OPTION (5) 2/28/10 COMMON STOCK 20,000 $5.938 D
(RIGHT TO BUY)
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) All of the shares currently are vested.
(2) 10,000 shares currently are vested; 5,000 shares will vest on each of
January 1, 2001 and January 1, 2002.
(3) 1,850 shares currently are vested; 925 shares will vest on each of
January 1, 2001 and January 1, 2002.
(4) 6,575 shares currently are vested; 6,575 shares will vest on each of
January 1, 2001, January 1, 2002 and January 1, 2003.
(5) 5,000 shares will vest on each of January 1, 2001, January 1, 2002,
January 1, 2003 and January 1, 2004.
/S/ ANTHONY NEUMANN 12/8/00
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, SEE
Instruction 5(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal
Criminal Violations. SEE 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.
Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information
contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays
a currently valid OMB number
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