Against the backdrop of the release of the long-awaited Diablo III, which became the best-selling game for PC (3.5 million copies), Activision Blizzard, also known for releasing such successful projects as World of Warcraft and Starcraft, is planned for sale by its owner, the French company Vivendi SA.
On December 2, 2007, Activision and Vivendi Games formed one company following shareholder approval and regulatory approval from the United States and European Union; Activision’s cost at that time was $18.9 billion. Since then, despite releasing clear, well-selling and well-known hits, Vivendi’s share price has fallen by 28% (this spring, the share price was the cheapest in nine years – €12).
As a result of this, the credit nonukcasinosites.co.uk/10-pound-deposit/ agency Moody’s demanded that the top management get rid of “non-core” business, threatening to seriously downgrade the company’s credit rating. The matter is explained by the fact that Vivendi is a large media corporation and the presence of a profitable division within its structure, but not corresponding to the main profile of the company, has a negative impact on the main business of the media conglomerate.
According to Vivendi’s plans, 61% of Activision Blizzard shares will be put up for sale at a price of $8.1 billion. If such a large stake is not sold, they may be sold in parts (however, in such a way as to avoid the emergence of majority shareholders), or the shares will simply be put up for free sale on one of the European or American exchanges.
Eh, I wish I could buy myself at least a couple of shares as a souvenir :3
What awaits Blizzard, will the development format change??
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Support Wasterland on Kickstarter – $15
Pre-order Hitman: Absolution – $150
Build a great computer for gaming – $1000
Buy Activision – $8,100,000,000
Playing Team Fortress 2 is priceless.
For everything else there is a Master Card (c)
What does Blizzard and Kotik have to do with it?? Kotik is “just” the CEO of AB. And Vivendi will easily sell the company without his consent, even
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