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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 |
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
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2. Date of Event Requiring Statement
(Month/Day/Year) 03/29/2007 |
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
TAKE TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE INC [ TTWO ] |
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4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed
(Month/Day/Year) |
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6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
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| Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned | |||
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| 1. Title of Security (Instr. 4) | 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) | 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) | 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) |
| Common Stock(1) | 6,000 | D | |
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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) | |||||||
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| 1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) | 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) | 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4) | 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security | 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) | 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) | ||
| Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares | ||||
| 16b-3 Employee Stock Options (right to buy)(2) | 03/29/2008 | 03/28/2012 | Common Stock | 25,000 | 21.1 | D | |
| Explanation of Responses: |
| 1. Grant of restricted common stock vesting in three equal annual installments commencing on the first anniversary of the date of grant. |
| 2. 16b-3 Employee stock options (right to buy) vesting in three equal annual installments commencing on the first anniversary of the date of grant. |
| See exhibit 99.1 for signature | 04/06/2007 | |
| ** Signature of Reporting Person | Date | |
| 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 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 is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. | ||
| Persons who respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number. | ||
LIMITED
POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR
SECTION
16 REPORTING PURPOSES
Know
all
by these presents, that the undersigned hereby makes, constitutes and appoints
each of Seth D. Krauss, Daniel P. Emerson, Adam J. Kansler and Leila Zahedani,
acting individually, as the undersigned’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with
full power and authority as hereinafter described on behalf of and in the name,
place and stead of the undersigned to:
(1) execute
for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned’s capacity as a
director of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (the “Company”), Forms 3, 4, and
5 and any amendments thereto in accordance with Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder, as amended from time to time (the “Exchange Act”);
(2) seek
or
obtain, as the undersigned’s representative and on the undersigned’s behalf,
information on transactions in the Company’s securities from any third party,
including brokers, employee benefit plan administrators and trustees, and the
undersigned hereby authorizes any such person to release any such information
to
any attorney-in-fact and further approves and ratifies any such release of
information;
(3) do
and
perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be
necessary or desirable to prepare, complete and execute any such Form 3, 4,
or 5, and any amendments thereto, and timely file such Forms with the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission, the Nasdaq National Market and any
stock exchange or similar authority as considered necessary or advisable under
Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act; and
(4) take
any
other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which,
in
the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest
of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the
documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned
pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain
such
terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
attorney-in-fact’s sole discretion.
The
undersigned hereby gives and grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power
and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might
or
could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-fact’s substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted.
The
undersigned hereby acknowledges that (a) the foregoing attorneys-in-fact are
serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned; (b) this Limited
Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not require, each such attorney-in-fact
to act in their discretion on information provided to such attorney-in-fact
without independent verification of such information; (c) any documents prepared
and/or executed by any attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant
to
this Limited Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such
information and disclosure as such attorney-in-fact, in his or her sole
discretion, deems necessary or advisable; (d) neither the Company nor any
attorney-in-fact assumes (i) any liability for the undersigned’s responsibility
to comply with the requirements of the Exchange Act, (ii) any liability of
the
undersigned for any failure to comply with such requirements, or (iii) any
obligation or liability of the undersigned for profit disgorgement under Section
16(b) of the Exchange Act; and (e) this Limited Power of Attorney does not
relieve the undersigned from responsibility for compliance with the
undersigned’s obligations under the Exchange Act, including without limitation
the reporting requirements under Section 16 of the Exchange Act.
This
Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned
is
no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned’s
holdings of, and transactions in, securities issued by the Company, unless
earlier revoked as to any attorney-in-fact by the undersigned in a signed
writing delivered to such attorney-in-fact.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 3rd day of April, 2007.
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/s/
Jon J
Moses
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Signature
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______________________________
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Jon
J Moses
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STATE
OF NEW YORK
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COUNTY
OF NEW YORK
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On
this
3rd day of April, 2007, Jon J Moses personally appeared before me, and
acknowledged that s/he executed the foregoing instrument for the purposes
therein contained.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and official seal.
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/s/
Violet Blake-Wellington
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Notary
Public
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My
Commission Expires:
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May
3,
2007
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