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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 4
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
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
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol 6. Relationship of Reporting Person
to Issuer (Check all applicable)
Kotick Robert A. Activision, Inc. (ATVI) X Director --- 10% Owner
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(Last) (First) (Middle) 3. IRS or Social 4. Statement for X Officer (give --- Other (Specify
Security Number of Month/Year --- title below) below)
c/o Activision, Inc. Reporting Person Chairman of the Board and Chief
3100 Ocean Park Boulevard (Voluntary) July 2000 Executive Officer
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(Street) 5. If Amendment, Date of 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing
Original (Month/Year) (Check Applicable Line)
Santa Monica California 90405
X Form Filed by One Reporting Person
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(City) (State) (Zip) --- Form Filed by More Than One
Reporting Person
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Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
5. Amount of
3. Trans- 4. Securities Acquired (A) Securities
2. Trans- action or Disposed of (D) Beneficially 6. Ownership
action Code (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Owned at Form: 7. Nature of
Date (Instr. --------------------------- End of Direct(D) Indirect
(Month/ 8) (A) Month or Beneficial
1. Title of Security Day/ Amount or Price (Instr. Indirect(I) Ownership
(Instr.3) Year) (D) 3 and 4) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)
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Common Stock, par value
$.000001 per share 899,811 D
86,981 I (1)
* If this form is filed by more than one Reporting Person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
(Print or Type Responses)
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<CAPTION> Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
2. Conver- 5. Number of Deriv- 6. Date Exercisable
sion or 3. Trans- 4. Trans- ative Securities and Expiration Date
Exercise action action Acquired (A) or (Month/Day/Year)
Price of Date Code Disposed of (D) -----------------------
Deriv- (Month/ (Instr. 8) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5) Date
1. Title of Derivative Security ative Day/ ----- ---- ----------------------- Exercis- Expiration
(Instr. 3) Security Year) Code V (A) (D) able Date
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Employee Stock Options $10.50 7/6/00 G 100,000 3/23/00 3/23/09
Employee Stock Options $10.50 7/6/00 G 100,000 3/23/00 3/23/09
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9. Number of 10. Ownership
Derivative Form of
Securities Derivative
7. Title and Amount of Underlying Benefi- Security:
Securities (Instr. 3 and 4) cially Direct 11. Nature of
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Amount or Derivative at End Indirect Beneficial
1. Title of Derivative Title Number of Security of Month (I) Ownership
Security (Instr. 3) Shares (Instr. 5) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)
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Employee Stock Options Common Stock 100,000
Employee Stock Options Common Stock 100,000 2,276,602 D
110,689 I By Trust (2)
Explanation of Responses:
(1) Includes 49,500 shares held in an irrevocable trust for the benefit of the reporting person's minor children. Mr. Kotick does
not exercise or share investment control over such shares. Also includes 37,481 shares held by Delmonte Investments LLC, of
which the reporting person is a member. Mr. Kotick disclaims beneficial ownership of all such shares, and this report shall
not be deemed an admission that the reporting person is the beneficial owner of such shares for purposes of Section 16 or for
any other purpose.
(2) Represents 110,689 options transferred by the reporting person to an irrevocable trust for the benefit of reporting person's
minor children. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of all such options and the shares of common stock
underlying such options, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that the reporting person is the beneficial owner of
such options or the shares of Common Stock underlying such options for purposes of Section 16 or for any other purpose.
/s/ Robert A. Kotick 08/08/00
**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute ------------------------------- -----------
Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and **Signature of Reporting Person Date
15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). Robert A. Kotick
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.
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