EXHIBIT 4.1 ================================================================================ - ---------------- --------------- NUMBER [GRAPHIC] SHARES 0001 --750-- - ---------------- --------------- KIDEO PRODUCTIONS, INC. (a Delaware corporation) SERIES A 6% CONVERTIBLE PARTICIPATING PREFERRED STOCK par value $.0001 per share Liquidation value $1,000.00 per share This Certifies that Sellet Marketing Corp. __________________ is the owner of SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY ___________________________ fully paid and non-assessable Shares of the above Corporation transferable only on the books of the Corporation by the holder hereof in person or by duly authorized [ILLEGIBLE] upon surrender of this Certificate properly endorsed. In Witness Whereof, the said Corporation has caused this Certificate to be signed by its duly authorized officers and to be sealed with the Seal of the Corporation. Dated May , 1997 Secretary: /s/ Robert J. Riscica President: /s/ Richard L. Bulman ------------------------- -------------------------- ================================================================================ THESE SECURITIES (THE "SECURITIES") HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "ACT"), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE AND MAY NOT BE SOLD OR OFFERED FOR SALE IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL OR OTHER EVIDENCE ACCEPTABLE TO KIDEO PRODUCTIONS, INC. THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED. The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations. Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the list. TEN COM -- as tenants in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT - Custodian (Minor) under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act (State) TEN ENT -- as tenants by the entireties JT TEN -- as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE For value received, the undersigned ______________________________________ hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto ______________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS OF ASSIGNEE ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________Shares represented by the within Certificate, and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints ____________________ Attorney to transfer the said shares on the books of the within-named Corporation with full power of substitution in the premises. Dated ________________ In presence of ---------------------------------- - --------------------------------- NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the certificate in every particular without alteration of enlargement, or any change whatever.