1 --------------------------- OMB APPROVAL --------------------------- - -------- OMB Number: 3235-0104 FORM 3 Expires: September 30, 1998 - -------- Estimated average burden hours per response .... 0.5 --------------------------- U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, DC 20549 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
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person 2. Date of Event Requiring 4. Issuer Name and Ticker or 6. If Amendment, Date BMG Music Statement Trading Symbol of Original - ---------------------------------------- (Month/Day/Year) Take-Two Interactive Software, (Month/Day/Year) (Last) (First) (Middle) Inc. -- "TTWO" (NASDAQ) 3/11/98 ------------------------------ 1540 Broadway ---------------------------- 5. Relationship of Reporting 7. Individual or Joint/ - ---------------------------------------- 3. IRS or Social Security Person to Issuer Group Filing (Check (Street) Number of Reporting (Check all applicable) Applicable Line) Person (Voluntary) ___ Director _x_ 10% Owner __ Form filed by One New York, New York 10036-4098 ___ Officer ___ Other Reporting Person - -------------------------------------- ---------------------------- (give title below) (specify below) _x_Form filed by More (City) (State) (Zip) than One Reporting --------------------------- Person - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See attachment. TABLE 1 -- NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Title of Security 2. Amount of Securities 3. Ownership Form: 4. Nature of Indirect (Instr. 4) Beneficially Owned Direct (D) or Beneficial (Instr. 4) Indirect (I) Ownership (Instr. 5) (Instr. 5) - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. (Over) (Print or Type Responses) SEC 1473 (8/92) 2
FORM 3 (CONTINUED) TABLE II -- DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED (E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Title of Derivative Security 2. Date 3. Title and Amount of 4. Conver- 5. Owner- 6. Nature of Indirect (Instr. 4) Exercisable and Securities Underlying sion or ship Beneficial Ownership Expiration Date Derivative Security Exercise Form of (Instr. 5) (Month/Day/ (Instr. 4) Price of Deriv- Year) Deri- ative vative Security: Security Direct ------------------------------------------------- (D) or Date Expira- Amount or Indirect (I) Exercis- tion Title Number (Instr. 5) able Date of Shares - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Series A preferred stock, At any Common stock, par par value $.01 per share. time. None. value $.01 per share. 1,850,000 One-for-one See attachment. See attachment. (subject to anti-dilution adjustment). - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Explanation of Responses: See attachment. **Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal ------------------------------- ------------- Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). **Signature of Reporting Person Date Note. File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. Page 2 If space provided is insufficient, See Instruction 6 for procedure. SEC 1473 (8/92) 3 Attachment to Form 3 Page 1 of 3 Reporting Person: BMG Music 1540 Broadway New York, New York 10036-4098 Date of Event Requiring Statement: March 11, 1998 Issuer: Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. "TTWO" (NASDAQ) - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Additional Reporting Persons The initial statement of beneficial ownership of securities to which this is attached is filed on behalf of: BMG Music, a general partnership organized under the laws of the State of New York; BMG Music's controlling general partner, Bertelsmann Music Group, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware; Bertelsmann Music Group, Inc.'s sole stockholder, Bertelsmann, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware; Bertelsmann, Inc.'s sole stockholder, Bertelsmann AG, a corporation organized under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany; Bertelsmann AG's controlling shareholder, Johannes Mohn GmbH, a limited liability company organized under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany; and Johannes Mohn GmbH's controlling shareholder, Reinhard Mohn, an individual citizen of the Federal Republic of Germany. (Mr. Mohn, Johannes Mohn GmbH, Bertelsmann AG, Bertelsmann, Inc., Bertelsmann Music Group, Inc., and BMG Music are collectively referred to herein as "Reporting Persons"). The principal business offices of BMG Music, Bertelsmann Music Group, Inc., and Bertelsmann, Inc. are located at 1540 Broadway, New York, New York 10036-4098. The principal business offices of Bertelsmann AG, Johannes Mohn GmbH, and Reinhard Mohn, are located at Carl Bertelsmann Strasse 270, 33311 Gutersloh, Federal Republic of Germany. Table II, Item 5 BMG Music (through its division BMG Entertainment) is the record holder of, and each other Reporting Person may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of, 1,850,000 shares of series A preferred stock (the "Preferred Stock") of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. ("Issuer") convertible into 1,850,000 shares of common stock, par value $.01 per share, of Issuer (the "Common Stock"). As a result of its ownership of 1,850,000 shares of Preferred Stock, BMG Music and each other Reporting Person may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of 1,850,000 shares of Common Stock. The 1,850,000 shares of Common Stock which BMG Music and each other Reporting Person may be deemed to beneficially own represent approximately 15.8 percent of the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding (after giving effect to the conversion of 4 Attachment to Form 3 Page 2 of 3 Reporting Person: BMG Music 1540 Broadway New York, New York 10036-4098 Date of Event Requiring Statement: March 11, 1998 Issuer: Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. "TTWO" (NASDAQ) ________________________________________________________________________________ the 1,850,000 shares of Preferred Stock held by BMG Music, and based upon information contained in Issuer's quarterly report on Form 10-QSB for the quarterly period ended January 31, 1998). Table II, Item 6 See above under "Additional Reporting Persons". Signatures Dated March 23, 1998: \s\ REINHARD MOHN ---------------------------------- REINHARD MOHN JOHANNES MOHN GMBH Dated March 23, 1998: By: \s\ REINHARD MOHN ---------------------------------- Reinhard Mohn Chairman BERTELSMANN AG Dated March 23, 1998: By: \s\ MARK WOESSNER ----------------------------------------- Mark Woessner Chairman and Chief Executive Officer BERTELSMANN, INC. Dated March 23, 1998: By: /s/ JACQUELINE CHASEY ----------------------------------- Jacqueline Chasey Vice President and Assistant Secretary 5 Attachment to Form 3 Page 3 of 3 Reporting Person: BMG Music 1540 Broadway New York, New York 10036-4098 Date of Event Requiring Statement: March 11, 1998 Issuer: Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. "TTWO" (NASDAQ) ________________________________________________________________________________ BERTELSMANN MUSIC GROUP, INC. Dated March 23, 1998: By: \s\ THOMAS W. MCINTYRE ---------------------------------- Thomas W. McIntyre Senior Vice President and Treasurer BMG MUSIC By: BERTELSMANN MUSIC GROUP, INC., as general partner Dated March 23, 1998: By: \s\ THOMAS W. MCINTYRE ---------------------------------- Thomas W. McIntyre Senior Vice President and Treasurer