<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001102993-21-000096.txt : 20210511
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20210511202649
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001102993-21-000096
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20210421
FILED AS OF DATE:		20210511
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20210511

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Osumi Norman M.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001848322

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-30141
		FILM NUMBER:		21913117

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O LIVEPERSON, INC.
		STREET 2:		475 TENTH AVENUE, 5TH FLOOR
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10018

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			LIVEPERSON INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001102993
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-PREPACKAGED SOFTWARE [7372]
		IRS NUMBER:				133861628
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		475 10TH AVENUE
		STREET 2:		5TH FLOOR
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10018
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2126094200

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		475 10TH AVENUE
		STREET 2:		5TH FLOOR
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10018
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            <officerTitle>Chief Accounting Officer</officerTitle>
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        <footnote id="F1">The reporting person was granted an award of restricted stock units under the terms of the LivePerson, Inc. 2019 Stock Incentive Plan consisting of a grant of 5,500 restricted stock units (the &quot;RSUs&quot;), each of which represents a contingent right to receive one share of common stock. Subject to the reporting person's continued employment with the issuer through the applicable vesting date, these RSUs are scheduled to vest in substantially equal installments on each of the first, second, third and fourth anniversaries of April 21, 2021.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Number reported includes 5,500 unvested restricted stock units granted to and held by the reporting person following the reported transactions.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Subject to the reporting person's continued employment with the issuer through the applicable vesting date, this stock option, granted under the terms of the LivePerson, Inc. 2019 Stock Incentive Plan, is scheduled to vest in substantially equal installments on each of the first, second, third and fourth anniversaries of April 21, 2021.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Monica L. Greenberg, Attorney-in-Fact for Norman Osumi</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2021-05-11</signatureDate>
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