VIVENDI / Goldman Sachs & Co. / Battle.net / Activision Publishing / Skadden / Arps / Slate / Meagher & Flom LLP / SFR / Blizzard Entertainment Inc. / Webcast / ACTIVISION BLIZZARD / Activision Inc. / Gibson / Dunn & Crutcher LLP / Vivendi Games / Maroc Telecom / Allen & Company LLC / Universal Music Group / Governance Activision Blizzard / /
Continent
Europe / North America / /
Country
Netherlands / France / Japan / Canada / Australia / Korea / United Kingdom / China / Germany / Italy / United States / Spain / South Korea / Ireland / /
Currency
USD / EUR / /
Event
Employment Change / M&A / Conference Call / Company Expansion / Natural Disaster / Reorganization / Second Stock Issuance / General or Shareholder Meeting / Earnings Guidance / /
IndustryTerm
web-streaming video / owned subsidiary / subscription-based online games / finance / entertainment software / online-gaming service / video game publisher / multi-player online role-playing game franchise / software pricing / interactive entertainment software industry / profitable online games / purchase price accounting / multi-player online role-playing games / broader entertainment software platform / thirdparty developers / game publisher / Online Games / online and offline interactive entertainment / leisure products / online opportunities / /
MarketIndex
CAC 40 / /
MusicGroup
SFR / /
Organization
Management Board / U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission / European Union / CAC / /
Person
Doug Morris / Thomas Tippl / Robert J. Corti / Mike Griffith / Tony Hawk / Jean-François Grollemund / Jean-Bernard Lévy / Robert Kotick / Richard Sarnoff / Mike Morhaime / Philippe Capron / Brian Kelly / Robert Morgado / Said Robert Kotick / René Penisson / Frédéric Crépin / Bobby Kotick / Bruce Hack / / /
Position
financial advisor / worldwide leader / Chairman and Chief Executive Officer / Chief Executive Officer / legal counsel / current Chief Executive Officer / Co-Chairman / Don Hunter / current Chairman / Vice-Chairman and Chief Corporate Officer / President and Chief Executive Officer / Chief Financial Officer / Chief Accounting Officer / Governor / leader / Chairman / Senior Vice President / Head / immediate leader in the highly profitable online games business / Chairman of Board / Member of Board / /
VIVENDI AND ACTIVISION TO CREATE ACTIVISION BLIZZARD – WORLD’S LARGEST, MOST PROFITABLE PURE-PLAY VIDEO GAME PUBLISHER Combination Brings Activision’s Best-Selling Video Games, Including Guitar Hero®, Call of Duty®,