Activision Blizzard (ATVI)

Tax Treatment of the Participant

Participating employees in the Domestic Purchase Plan will not recognize income for federal income tax purposes either upon enrollment in the Domestic Purchase Plan or upon the purchase of shares. If the shares are held for more than one year after the Purchase Date and more than two years from the Offering Date (the "Holding Period Requirement"), or if the employee dies while owning the shares, the employee realizes ordinary income on a sale (or a disposition by way of gift or upon death) of such shares to the extent of the lesser of: (i) 15% of the fair market value of the shares on the Offering Date; or (ii) the actual gain (the amount by which the market value of the shares on the date of sale, gift or death, exceeds the purchase price). All additional gain upon a sale of shares that satisfies the Holding Period Requirement is treated as long-term capital gain. If the shares are sold in a sale that satisfies the Holding Period Requirement, and the sale price is less than the purchase price, there is no ordinary income, and the employee has a long-term capital loss for the difference between the sale price and the purchase price. If the shares are sold or are otherwise disposed of, including by way of gift (but not death, bequest or inheritance), within either the one-year or the two-year holding periods described above (in any case a "disqualifying disposition"), the employee will realize ordinary income at the time of such sale or other disposition to the extent that the fair market value of the shares at the date of purchase was greater than the purchase price. This excess will constitute ordinary income (not subject to withholding under current law although this may change in the future) in the year of sale or other disposition even if no gain is realized on the sale or if a gratuitous transfer is made. The difference, if any, between the proceeds of sale and the fair market value of the shares at the date of purchase is a capital gain or loss.