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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*
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
Alexander Robert A.
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(Street)
1255 Coventry Woods
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(City) (State) (Zip)
Cincinnati Ohio 45230
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2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
August 31, 1998
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3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
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4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE, INC. (TTWO)
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5. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
[x] Director [_] 10% Owner
[_] Officer (give title below) [_] Other (specify below)
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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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3. Ownership Form:
2. Amount of Securities Direct (D) or
1. Title of Security Beneficially Owned Indirect (I) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 5) (Instr. 4)
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Common Stock, $.01 par value 1,375,000 D
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* If the Form is filed by more than one Reporting Person, see Instruction
5(b)(v).
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.
(Over)
(Form 3-07/98)
FORM 3 (continued)
Table II -- Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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5. Owner-
3. Title and Amount of Securities ship
Underlying Derivative Security Form of
2. Date Exercisable (Instr. 4) Derivative
and Expiration Date --------------------------------- 4. Conver- Security:
(Month/Day/Year) Amount sion or Direct 6. Nature of
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Date Expira- Number Price of Indirect Beneficial
1. Title of Derivative Exer- tion of Derivative (I) Ownership
Security (Instr. 4) cisable Date Title Shares Security (Instr. 5) (Instr. 5)
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Stock Options 8/31/98 8/31/08 Common Stock, 100,000 $5.625 D
(1) (2) $.01 par value (1)
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) Stock Options vest in two equal installments (with respect to 50,000
option shares each) on August 31, 1998 and August 31, 1999, respectively.
(2) To the extent permitted by the Company's 1997 Stock Option Plan, the
Company shall grant incentive stock options having a five (5) year term.
To the extent any non-qualified options are granted, the term of exercise
shall be ten (10) years
/s/ ROBERT A. ALEXANDER September 10, 1998
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
ROBERT A. ALEXANDER
** 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
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