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	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* SOROS FUND MANAGEMENT LLC (Last) (First) (Middle) 250 WEST 55TH STREET, 38TH FLOOR (Street) NEW YORK NY 10019 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol SIGMA DESIGNS INC [ SIGM ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 08/14/2018
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) Form filed by One Reporting Person X 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, no par value per share	08/14/2018		J(1)		0(1)	D(1)	(1)	5,118,789(1)(2)	I	See Footnote(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

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* SOROS FUND MANAGEMENT LLC (Last) (First) (Middle) 250 WEST 55TH STREET, 38TH FLOOR (Street) NEW YORK NY 10019 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* SOROS GEORGE (Last) (First) (Middle) 250 WEST 55TH STREET 38TH FLOOR (Street) NEW YORK NY 10019 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* SOROS ROBERT (Last) (First) (Middle) 250 WEST 55TH STREET, 38TH FLOOR (Street) NEW YORK NY 10019 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

Explanation of Responses:

1. The transaction reported on this Form 4 represents a special cash distribution in the amount of $6.00 per share of common stock (the "Shares") of Sigma Designs, Inc. (the "Issuer") payable by the Issuer on August 14, 2018 to all holders of Shares. The Issuer's payment of such special cash distribution is part of the Issuer's voluntary Plan of Liquidation and Dissolution that was approved by the Issuer's shareholders at a special meeting of shareholders held on April 17, 2018. The reporting persons did not dispose of any securities of the Issuer pursuant to the transaction reported on this Form 4.

2. 4,707,751 of these Shares are held for the account of Quantum Partners LP, a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership ("Quantum Partners") and 411,038 of these Shares are held for certain other funds/accounts (the "Managed Accounts").

3. Soros Fund Management LLC ("SFM LLC") serves as investment manager to Quantum Partners and the Managed Accounts. As such, SFM LLC has been granted investment discretion over portfolio investments, including the Shares, held for the accounts of Quantum Partners and the Managed Accounts. George Soros serves as Chairman and Manager of SFM LLC and Robert Soros serves as Manager of SFM LLC.

Remarks:

The filing of this statement shall not be deemed an admission that any of the Reporting Persons are the beneficial owner of any securities not held directly for its account for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise.

	/s/ Regan O'Neill, as Assistant General Counsel	08/16/2018
	/s/ Regan O'Neill, as Attorney-in-Fact for George Soros	08/16/2018
	/s/ Regan O'Neill, as Attorney-in-Fact for Robert Soros	08/16/2018
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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