UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT

TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)

July 28, 2006    (July 24, 2006)

 

ACTIVISION, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

0-12699

95-4803544

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

3100 Ocean Park Boulevard, Santa Monica, CA

90405

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)

(310) 255-2000

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 8.01   Other Events.

 

Activision, Inc. (the “Company”) has received a letter of informal inquiry from the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) requesting certain documents and information relating to the Company’s stock option grant practices. The Company intends to cooperate fully and respond to the SEC’s inquiry.

 

The Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company has appointed a special sub-committee of independent directors of the Board to conduct an internal review, assisted by outside legal counsel, of historical stock option grant practices.

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

ACTIVISION, INC.

By: /s/ Michael Griffith                                                 

 

Name:

Michael Griffith

 

 

Title:

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

of Activision Publishing, Inc.

 

Date: July 28, 2006