FORM 4
[ ] Check this box if no longer U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
subject to Section 16. Form Washington, D.C. 20549
4 or Form 5 obligations may
continue. See Instruction 1(b). 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
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)
Steele Richard Andrew Activision, Inc. (ATVI) ___ Director ___ 10% Owner
__________________________________________ _____________________________________________ _X_ Officer (give ___ Other (Specify
(Last) (First) (Middle) 3. IRS or Social 4. Statement for title below) below)
c/o CentreSoft Ltd. Security Number of Month/Year
Units 4 & 5 Reporting Person Executive Vice President -
Holford Way (Voluntary) August 2000 Distribution
____________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________
(Street) 5. If Amendment, Date of 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing
Original (Month/Year) (Check Applicable Line)
Holford Birmingham, United Kingdom B6 7AX _X_ Form Filed by One Reporting Person
__________________________________________ ___ Form Filed by More Than One
(City) (State) (Zip) Reporting Person
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)
- ----------------------------- --------- ---------- -------- --- -------- ------------ ------------- ------------
Common Stock, par value
$.000001 per share
("Common Stock") 8/14/00 M 15,000 A $ 6.00
Common Stock 8/14/00 S 15,000 D $12.00
Common Stock 8/31/00 M 9,813 A $ 6.00
Common Stock 8/31/00 S 9,813 D $13.9375 175,774 D(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)
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
- ---------------------------------- ----------- ---------- ------------ ----------- ----------- ---------- ----------
Employee Stock Options $ 6.00 8/14/00 M 15,000 4/18/04(2) 4/18/10
Employee Stock Options $ 6.00 8/31/00 M 9,813 4/18/04(2) 4/18/10
Employee Stock Options $ 6.00 4/18/00 A V 37,500 10/1/00(3) 4/18/10
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
--------------------------------- 8. Price of Owned (D) or Indirect
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)
- ---------------------- -------------------- --------- ------------- ------------- -------------- --------------
Employee Stock Options Common Stock 15,000
Employee Stock Options Common Stock 9,813
Employee Stock Options Common Stock 37,500 117,500 D
Explanation of Responses
(1) Joint ownership with spouse.
(2) Options vest on the fourth anniversary of date of grant except that if at any time from April 18, 2000 through March 31, 2001,
the closing price of a share of common stock equals or exceeds $9.50 per share for five consecutive trading days, the options
will vest on the day immediately following such five consecutive trading day period.
(3) The options vest in four equal installments on each of October 1, 2000; April 1, 2001; October 1, 2001; and April 1, 2002.
/s/ Richard Andrew Steele 9/7/00
**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).
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. Page 2
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