Viera Paul E Form 4 TAKE TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE / Paul E Viera ownership change

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

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^*

Viera Paul E

(Last) (First) (Middle)

C/O TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE, INC.

110 WEST 44TH STREET

(Street)

NEW YORK NY 10036

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
TAKE TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE INC [ TTWO ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

X	Director	10% Owner
	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
11/15/2018

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	11/15/2018		A		620(1)	A	$0	1,546	D
Common Stock								74	I	By Earnest Institutional LLC(2)
Common Stock								75,000	I	By The PEV Revocable Living Trust(3)

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

1. Represents the acquisition of shares pursuant to a grant of restricted common stock pursuant to the Director compensation program (the "Program") and the Issuer's 2017 Stock Incentive Plan ("Stock Plan"). Includes 452 shares of restricted stock that vest on the first anniversary of the Pricing Date (as defined below) and 168 shares of common stock granted in lieu of cash compensation at the election of the Reporting Person, which shares were fully vested upon grant. As provided by the terms of the Program and the Stock Plan, (i) the grant date was November 15, 2018; and (ii) the number of shares were determined based on the dollar value of the award and the average of the closing prices of the common stock on the ten trading days prior to November 15, 2018 (the "Pricing Date"), the fifth trading day following the filing of the Issuer's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

2. Represents 74 shares of Common Stock held directly by Earnest Institutional LLC, an affiliate of Earnest Partners LLC, of which Mr. Viera is a partner and the Chief Executive Officer (such securities are not held individually by Mr. Viera). Mr. Viera disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities held by Earnest Institutional LLC except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.

3. Represents 75,000 shares of Common Stock held by The PEV Revocable Living Trust (such securities are indirectly held by Mr. Viera).

	/s/ Aaron Diamond, attorney-in-fact for Mr. Paul Viera	11/19/2018
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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