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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 4
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
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Lowell, Dorian
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
11250 EL CAMINO REAL, SUITE 100
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(Street)
SAN DIEGO CALIFORNIA 92130
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(City) (State) (Zip)
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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
GENIUS PRODUCTS, INC. GNUS
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3. IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an Entity (Voluntary)
###-##-####
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4. Statement for Month/Year
07/2000
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
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6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
[_] Director [_] 10% Owner
[x] Officer (give title below) [_] Other (specify below)
President
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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 Acquired, Disposed of,
or Beneficially Owned
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6.
4. 5. Owner-
Securities Acquired (A) or Amount of ship
3. Disposed of (D) Securities Form: 7.
Transaction (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially Direct Nature of
2. Code ------------------------------- Owned at End (D) or Indirect
1. Transaction (Instr. 8) (A) of Month Indirect Beneficial
Title of Security Date ------------ Amount or Price (Instr. 3 (I) Ownership
(Instr. 3) (mm/dd/yy) Code V (D) and 4) (Instr.4) (Instr. 4)
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Common Stock 203,200(1) D
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.
* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction
4(b)(v).
(Over)
SEC 1474(3-99)
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FORM 4 (continued)
Table II -- DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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10.
9. Owner-
Number ship
of Form
2. Deriv- of
Conver- 5. 7. ative Deriv- 11.
sion Number of Title and Amount Secur- ative Nature
or Derivative 6. of Underlying 8. ities Secur- of
Exer- 4. Securities Date Securities Price Bene- ity: In-
cise 3. Trans- Acquired (A) Exercisable and (Instr. 3 and 4) of ficially Direct direct
Price Trans- action or Disposed Expiration Date ---------------- Deriv- Owned (D) or Bene-
1. of action Code of(D) (Month/Day/Year) Amount ative at End In- ficial
Title of Deriv- Date (Instr. (Instr. 3, ---------------- or Secur- of direct Owner-
Derivative ative (Month/ 8) 4 and 5) Date Expira- Number ity Month (I) ship
Security Secur- Day/ ------ ------------ Exer- tion of (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr.
(Instr. 3) ity Year) Code V (A) (D) cisable Date Title Shares 5) 4) 4) 4)
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Options (3) $0.54 05/25/00 05/24/10 Common 150,000 150,000 D
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Options (2)(4) $0.6875 07/20/00 J 11/23/99 08/24/09 Common 150,000 150,000 D
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Options (2)(5) $0.6875 07/20/00 J 01/01/00 08/24/09 Common 150,000 150,000 D
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Options (2)(6) $0.6875 07/20/00 J 01/31/00 09/30/09 Common 450,000 450,000 D
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) 197,500 of these shares were subsequently cancelled on August 16, 2000,
and an option to acquire such number was reinstated.
(2) Repriced from $1.25 to $0.6875.
(3) NSO Vesting Schedule: Fully vested on 05/25/00.
(4) NSO Vesting Schedule: Fully vested on 11/23/99.
(5) NSO Vesting Schedule: Fully vested on 01/01/00.
(6) NSO Vesting Schedule: Fully vested on 01/31/00.
/s/ Dorian Lowell October 16, 2000
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
** 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.
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