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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
/ / Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5
obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Fischbach Gregory E.
(Last) (First) (Middle)
c/o Acclaim Entertainment, Inc.
One Acclaim Plaza
(Street)
Glen Cove New York 11542
(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. (AKLM)
3. I.R.S. or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
4. Statement for Month/Year
December 1998
5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
6. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer (Check all applicable)
/x/ Director /x/ 10% Owner
/x/ Officer (give title below) / / Other (specify below)
Chief Executive Officer; President
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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 Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
5. Amount
of Secu-
rities
4. Securities Acquired (A) Bene- 6. Ownership
2. Trans- 3. Trans- or Disposed of (D) ficially Form:
action action (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Owned Direct 7. Nature of
Date Code ----------------------------- at End (D) or Indirect
(Month/ (Instr. 8) (A) of Month Indirect Beneficial
1. Title of Security Day/ ------------- Amount or Price (Instr. (I) Ownership
(Instr. 3) Year) Code V (D) 3 and 4) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)
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Common Stock, par value
$0.02 per share 12/31/98 G(1) V 3,384 D 4,724,715 D
156,276 I (2)
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*If the 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.
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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- ative Securities and Expiration Date
Exercise action 4. Transac- Acquired (A) or (Month/Day/Year)
Price of Date tion 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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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 End of Indirect Beneficial
1. Title of Derivative Title Number of Security Month (I) Ownership
Security (Instr. 3) Shares (Instr. 5) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) Represents transfer of 1,692 shares to each of reporting person's two
children.
(2) Represents shares held by two trusts settled by the reporting person for
the benefit of his children. The reporting person has neither the power to
vote nor the power to dispose of the shares held in said trusts; he does,
however, retain the power to revoke the trusts and appoint new trustees.
Gregory E. Fischbach February 12, 1999
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
Gregory E. Fischbach
** 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 this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.
