Activision Blizzard (ATVI)

·             Activision’s international publishing revenues grew in excess of 100% year over year.

·             According to The NPD Group, for the fourth quarter, Activision ranked as the #1 U.S. console, handheld and PC publisher in dollars.

·             On September 26, 2007, Activision announced that it had acquired U.K.-based developer Bizarre Creations, one of the world’s premier video game developers and a leader in the racing category.  The acquisition enables Activision to enter the $1.5 billion racing category, which is the seventh most popular videogame genre and represented more than 7.5% of the total video game market worldwide in calendar 2007, according to The NPD Group, Charttrack and Gfk.

·             On December 1, 2007, Activision and Vivendi entered into a definitive agreement to combine Vivendi Games, Vivendi’s interactive entertainment business — which includes Blizzard Entertainment’s® World of Warcraft®, the world’s #1 massively multiplayer online role playing game franchise with more than 10 million global subscribers – with Activision, which at closing will create the world’s largest pure-play online and console game publisher.   The transaction remains subject to approval by Activision’s stockholders and other customary closing conditions.

·             Activision’s international publishing revenues grew in excess of 100% year over year.

·             According to The NPD Group, for the fourth quarter, Activision ranked as the #1 U.S. console, handheld and PC publisher in dollars.

·             On September 26, 2007, Activision announced that it had acquired U.K.-based developer Bizarre Creations, one of the world’s premier video game developers and a leader in the racing category.  The acquisition enables Activision to enter the $1.5 billion racing category, which is the seventh most popular videogame genre and represented more than 7.5% of the total video game market worldwide in calendar 2007, according to The NPD Group, Charttrack and Gfk.

·             On December 1, 2007, Activision and Vivendi entered into a definitive agreement to combine Vivendi Games, Vivendi’s interactive entertainment business — which includes Blizzard Entertainment’s® World of Warcraft®, the world’s #1 massively multiplayer online role playing game franchise with more than 10 million global subscribers – with Activision, which at closing will create the world’s largest pure-play online and console game publisher.   The transaction remains subject to approval by Activision’s stockholders and other customary closing conditions.

·             Activision’s international publishing revenues grew in excess of 100% year over year.

·             According to The NPD Group, for the fourth quarter, Activision ranked as the #1 U.S. console, handheld and PC publisher in dollars.

·             On September 26, 2007, Activision announced that it had acquired U.K.-based developer Bizarre Creations, one of the world’s premier video game developers and a leader in the racing category.  The acquisition enables Activision to enter the $1.5 billion racing category, which is the seventh most popular videogame genre and represented more than 7.5% of the total video game market worldwide in calendar 2007, according to The NPD Group, Charttrack and Gfk.

·             On December 1, 2007, Activision and Vivendi entered into a definitive agreement to combine Vivendi Games, Vivendi’s interactive entertainment business — which includes Blizzard Entertainment’s® World of Warcraft®, the world’s #1 massively multiplayer online role playing game franchise with more than 10 million global subscribers – with Activision, which at closing will create the world’s largest pure-play online and console game publisher.   The transaction remains subject to approval by Activision’s stockholders and other customary closing conditions.

·                  On December 2, 2007, Activision and Vivendi entered into a definitive agreement to combine Vivendi Games, Vivendi’s interactive entertainment business — which includes Blizzard Entertainment’s® World of Warcraft®, the world’s #1 massively multiplayer online role playing game franchise — with Activision, which at closing will create the world’s largest pure-play online and console game publisher.   On January 16, 2008, the waiting period required by the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act expired and, on January 31, 2008, Activision filed a preliminary proxy statement relating to the transaction with the Securities Exchange Commission. The transaction remains subject to other regulatory approvals, including European antitrust clearance, approval by Activision’s stockholders, and other customary closing conditions and Activision continues to target a closing date for the transaction during the first half of calendar year 2008.