As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 10, 2001. (File No. 333-______) SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 ----------------- FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 ----------------- TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE, INC. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Delaware 51-0350842 (State or other jurisdiction (I.R.S. Employer of incorporation or organization) Identification No.) 575 Broadway, New York, New York 10012 -------------------------------------- (Address of principal executive offices including zip code) Various Stock Option Agreements for Employees --------------------------------------------- (Full title of the plan) Kelly Sumner, Chief Executive Officer Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc., 575 Broadway New York, NY 10012 -------------------------------------------------------------------- (Name and address of agent for service) (212) 334-6633 (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) Copy to: Robert H. Cohen, Esq. Morrison Cohen Singer & Weinstein LLP 750 Lexington Avenue, 8th Floor New York, NY 10022 CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE Proposed Maximum Proposed Maximum Titles of Securities Amount to Offering Price Aggregate Offering Amount of to be Registered be Registered Per Share Price (1) Registration Fee ---------------- ------------- --------- ------------------- ---------------- Common Stock, par value 439,388 shares $9.80 $4,306,002.40 $1,076.50 $.01 per share (1) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee based on the average exercise price of the options. Pursuant to Rule 416, there are also being registered additional shares of Common Stock as may become issuable pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions of the options. Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, the Registrant hereby makes the following statement: This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is filed by the Registrant to register an additional 439,388 shares of its common stock which are issuable upon the exercise of options granted to employees of the Registrant under various agreements. These 439,388 shares are in addition to the 2,525,750 shares of the Registrant's common stock which were previously registered pursuant to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Commission File No. 333-57800) filed on March 28, 2001 (the "Prior Registration Statement"). Pursuant to Instruction E of Form S-8, the contents of the Prior Registration Statement are hereby incorporated by reference. Item 8. Exhibits. -------- Exhibit No. Description ----------- ----------- 5 Opinion of Morrison Cohen Singer & Weinstein LLP 23.1 Consent of Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP 23.2 Consent of Morrison Cohen Singer & Weinstein LLP (contained in Exhibit 5) 24.1 Powers of Attorney (included on signature page) SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the city of New York, state of New York, on the 8th day of August 2001. TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE, INC. By: /s/ Kelly Sumner --------------------------------------- Kelly Sumner Chief Executive Officer Each person whose signature appears below authorizes Kelly Sumner as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full power of substitution to execute in the name and on behalf of such person, individually and in each capacity stated below, and to file any and all amendments to this Registration Statement, including any and all post-effective amendments thereto. In accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement was signed by the following person in the capacities and on the dates stated. Signature Title Date --------- ----- ---- /s/ Ryan A. Brant Chairman August 8, 2001 ------------------------ Ryan A. Brant /s/ Kelly Sumner Chief Executive Officer August 8, 2001 ------------------------ (Principal Executive Officer) and Director Kelly Sumner /s/ James H. David, Jr. Chief Financial Officer (Principal August 8, 2001 ------------------------ Financial and Accounting Officer) James H. David, Jr. /s/ Paul Eibeler President and Director August 8, 2001 ------------------------ Paul Eibeler /s/ Mark Lewis Director August 8, 2001 ------------------------ Mark Lewis ------------------------ Director August 8, 2001 Oliver R. Grace, Jr. /s/ Robert Flug Director August 8, 2001 ------------------------ Robert Flug /s/ Don Leeds Director August 8, 2001 ------------------------ Don Leeds Exhibit Index Exhibit No. Description Page ----------- ----------- ---- 5 Opinion of Morrison Cohen Singer & Weinstein LLP 23.1 Consent of Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP 23.2 Consent of Morrison Cohen Singer & Weinstein LLP (contained in Exhibit 5) 24.1 Powers of Attorney (included on signature page)