Activision Blizzard (ATVI)

Stock Options

The Company currently maintains seven stock option plans. Of the seven, three have been approved by Stockholders, and four have been approved only by the Company's Board. However, this proxy statement is soliciting stockholder approval of the 2003 Plan, which is one of the four stock option plans that have only been approved by the Company's Board. In addition, although NASDAQ rules now require stockholder approval of all option plans, the Board and its Compensation Committee have, in the past, approved, without further Stockholder ratification, the issuance of options, outside of any plan, to certain employees of the Company.

On September 23, 1998, the stockholders of Activision approved the Activision 1998 Incentive Plan, as amended (the "1998 Plan"). The 1998 Plan permits the granting of "Awards" in the form of non-qualified stock options, incentive stock options ("ISOs"), share appreciation rights ("SARs"), restricted stock awards, deferred stock awards and other common stock-based awards to directors, officers, employees, consultants and others. The total number of shares of common stock available for distribution under the 1998 Plan is 13,500,000. The 1998 Plan requires available shares to consist in whole or in part of authorized and unissued shares or treasury shares. There were approximately 21,200 shares remaining available for grant under the 1998 Plan as of March 31, 2005.

On April 26, 1999, the Board approved the Activision 1999 Incentive Plan, as amended (the "1999 Plan"). The 1999 Plan permits the granting of "Awards" in the form of non-qualified stock options, ISOs, SARs, restricted stock awards, deferred share awards and other common stock-based awards to directors, officers, employees, consultants and others. The total number of shares of common stock available for distribution under the 1999 Plan is 22,500,000. The 1999 Plan requires available shares to consist in whole or in part of authorized and unissued shares or treasury shares. There were approximately 17,900 shares remaining available for grant under the 1999 Plan as of March 31, 2005.

On August 23, 2001, the stockholders of Activision approved the Activision 2001 Incentive Plan, as amended (the "2001 Plan"). The 2001 Plan permits the granting of "Awards" in the form of non-qualified stock options, ISOs, SARs, restricted stock awards, deferred stock awards and other common stock- based awards to directors, officers, employees, consultants and others. The total number of shares of common stock available for distribution under the 2001 Plan is 6,750,000. The 2001 Plan requires available shares to consist in whole or in part of authorized

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and unissued shares or treasury shares. There were approximately 284,500 shares remaining available for grant under the 2001 Plan as of March 31, 2005.

On April 4, 2002, the Board approved the Activision 2002 Incentive Plan (the "2002 Plan"). The 2002 Plan permits the granting of "Awards" in the form of non-qualified stock options, ISOs, SARs, restricted stock awards, deferred share awards and other common stock-based awards to officers (other than executive officers), employees, consultants, advisors and others. The 2002 Plan requires available shares to consist in whole or in part of authorized and unissued shares or treasury shares. The total number of shares of common stock available for distribution under the 2002 Plan is 13,050,000. There were approximately 21,200 shares remaining available for grant under the 2002 Plan as of March 31, 2005.

On September 19, 2002, the stockholders of Activision approved the Activision 2002 Executive Incentive Plan (the "2002 Executive Plan"). The 2002 Executive Plan permits the granting of "Awards" in the form of non-qualified stock options, ISOs, SARs, restricted stock awards, deferred share awards and other common stock-based awards to officers, employees, directors, consultants and advisors. The total number of shares of common stock available for distribution under the 2002 Executive Plan is 7,500,000. The 2002 Executive Plan requires available shares to consist in whole or in part of authorized and unissued shares or treasury shares. There were approximately 6,500 shares remaining available for grant under the 2002 Executive Plan as of March 31, 2005.

On December 16, 2002, the Board approved the Activision 2002 Studio Employee Retention Incentive Plan, as amended (the "2002 Studio Plan"). The 2002 Studio Plan permits the granting of "Awards" in the form of non-qualified stock options and restricted stock awards to key studio employees (other than executive officers) of Activision, our subsidiaries and affiliates and to contractors and others. The 2002 Studio Plan requires available shares to consist in whole or in part of authorized and unissued shares or treasury shares. The total number of shares of common stock available for distribution under the 2002 Studio Plan is 4,500,000. There were approximately 3,100 shares remaining available for grant under the 2002 Studio Plan as of March 31, 2005.

On April 29, 2003, our Board approved the Activision 2003 Incentive Plan (the "2003 Plan"). On July 26, 2005, our Board approved amendments to the 2003 Plan to conform the provisions of the 2003 Plan to Section 409A of the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004. The 2003 Plan permits the granting of "Awards" in the form of non-qualified stock options, SARs, restricted stock awards, deferred stock awards and other common stock-based awards to directors, officers, employees, consultants and others. The 2003 Plan requires available shares to consist in whole or in part of authorized and unissued shares or treasury shares. The total number of shares of common stock available for distribution under the 2003 Plan is 18,000,000. There were approximately 16,394,600 shares remaining available for grant under the 2003 Plan as of March 31, 2005.

Exercise Prices.    The exercise price for awards issued under the 1998 Plan, 1999 Plan, 2001 Plan, 2002 Plan, 2002 Executive Plan, 2002 Studio Plan and 2003 Plan (collectively, the "Plans") is determined at the discretion of the Board (or the Compensation Committee of the Board, which administers the Plans), and for ISOs, is not to be less than the fair market value of our common stock at the date of grant, and in the case of non-qualified options, must exceed or be equal to 85% of the fair market value of our common stock at the date of grant (except that the exercise price of non-qualified options issued under the 2003 Plan must be equal to at least the fair market value of our common stock on the date of grant). Options typically become exercisable in installments over a period not to exceed seven years and must be exercised within 10 years of the date of grant. However, certain options granted to executives vest immediately. Historically, stock options have been granted with exercise prices equal to or greater than the fair market value at the date of grant.

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