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): November 5, 2009
ACTIVISION BLIZZARD, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Delaware |
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3100 Ocean Park Boulevard, Santa |
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Registrants telephone number, including area code: (310) 255-2000
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
On November 5, 2009, Activision Blizzard, Inc. (the Company) issued a press release announcing results for the Company for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2009. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1. As previously announced, the Company is hosting a conference call and Webcast in conjunction with that release.
Certain Information Not Filed. The information in this Item 2.02 and Exhibit 99.1 attached to this Form 8-K shall not be deemed filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, nor shall this Item 2.02 or such Exhibit 99.1 or any of the information contained therein be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or the Securities Act of 1933, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
99.1 Press Release dated November 5, 2009 (furnished not filed)
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Date: November 5, 2009 |
ACTIVISION BLIZZARD, INC. |
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By: |
/s/ Thomas Tippl |
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Thomas Tippl |
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Chief Corporate Officer and |
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Chief Financial Officer |
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No. |
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Description |
99.1 |
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Press Release dated November 5, 2009 (furnished not filed) |
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Exhibit 99.1
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Kristin Southey |
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Senior Vice President, Investor Relations |
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(310) 255-2635 |
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ksouthey@activision.com |
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Maryanne Lataif |
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Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications |
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Company Calendar Year Financial Outlook Remains Unchanged
Santa Monica, CA November 5, 2009 Activision Blizzard, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) today announced better-than-expected financial results for the third quarter 2009.
For the quarter ended September 30, 2009, Activision Blizzards GAAP net revenues were $703 million, as compared to the companys prior GAAP net revenue outlook of $680 million. On a non-GAAP basis, the companys net revenues were $755 million, as compared with its prior non-GAAP net revenues outlook of $700 million.
For the quarter ended September 30, 2009, Activision Blizzards GAAP earnings per diluted share were $0.01, as compared to its prior GAAP loss per diluted share outlook of $0.03. On a non-GAAP basis, the companys earnings per diluted share were $0.04, as compared to its prior non-GAAP earnings per diluted share outlook of $0.03.
The company reports results on both a GAAP and a non-GAAP basis. Please refer to the tables at the back of this press release for a reconciliation of the companys GAAP and non-GAAP results.
Robert Kotick, CEO of Activision Blizzard, stated, Our performance was driven by positive audience response to Activision Publishings Guitar Hero 5Ô, MarvelÔ: Ultimate Alliance 2, and the Guitar Hero® and Call of Duty® franchises, as well as Blizzard Entertainment®s World of Warcraft®. Year to date through September 30, the Guitar Hero franchise was the #1 best-selling third-party franchise in North America and Europe. For the month of September, sales of music games in the U.S. increased
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Activision Blizzard Announces Q3 2009 Results
72% in dollars year over year, which demonstrates the sustained interest in this new and important game category. During the quarter, we continued to see strong sales for Call of Duty World at War and associated map packs, which year to date have sold more than seven and half million units. Despite a challenging overall software market, the company grew its quarterly U.S. share by 3.1 points over the previous year to 13.3%. This success is the result of our focus on delivering the highest game quality and the best entertainment experiences possible for our consumers.
Kotick continued, We believe we have the industrys strongest holiday release schedule which includes Bakugan Battle Brawlers, Band Hero, Infinity Wards Call of Duty: Modern Warfare® 2, DJ Hero and Tony Hawk®: RIDE. We are committed to making great games and our fall releases deliver against this more than ever before. As of today, our calendar 2009 financial outlook remains unchanged, and we still expect to deliver record non-GAAP operating margins based on the strength of the Call of Duty franchise and high consumer anticipation for Modern Warfare 2, which we project could be the largest entertainment launch of the year. Even though there is a great deal of economic uncertainty in the marketplace and the consumer risks around the holiday season are high, we believe that our strong balance sheet and solid cash position, coupled with our leading franchises, operational capabilities and broad global reach will enable us to take advantage of the long-term opportunities afforded by our industry.
Business Highlights
For the third quarter, Activision Blizzard increased its U.S. and European share 1.2 points over the previous year across all platforms to 12.3% and had two of the top-10 best-selling titles in the U.S., Guitar Hero 5 and Guitar Hero World Tour, according to the NPD Group (U.S. data) and Charttrack and Gfk (European data).
For the first nine months of the calendar year, with Guitar Hero World Tour and Call of Duty: World at War respectively, Activision Blizzard had the #1 and #2 best-selling third-party titles in North America, according to the NPD Group and in Europe, according to Charttrack and Gfk. Additionally, year to date, the company grew its U.S. share of the music/dance category 5 points over the previous year to 51%, according to the NPD Group.
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Other highlights are as follows:
· For the quarter, Activision Blizzard had two of the top-10 best selling franchises in the U.S. with Guitar Hero ® and Call of Duty, according to the NPD Group.
· During the quarter, Guitar Hero was the #1 third-party console and handheld franchise in Europe, according to Charttrack and Gfk.
· For the first nine months of the calendar year, Blizzard Entertainment had three of the top-five bestselling PC games in units in North America, according to the NPD Group, and four of the top-10 bestselling PC games in units between North America and Europe combined, according to the NPD Group, Charttrack, and Gfk.
· For the first nine months of the calendar year, Guitar Hero was the #1 third-party console and handheld franchise and Call of Duty was the #2 third-party franchise, in North America, according to the NPD Group, and in Europe, according to Charttrack and Gfk.
· For the first nine months of the calendar year, sales of the Guitar Hero franchise for the Xbox 360 and PLAYSTATION® 3 increased on a combined basis 20% year over year in the U.S. according to the NPD Group, and Europe, according to Charttrack and Gfk.
· On September 19, 2009, Blizzard Entertainments massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) World of Warcraft was relaunched in China.
· As of September 30, 2009, Activision Blizzard had purchased $960 million, or approximately 89 million shares, of common stock at an average price of $10.81, under its stock repurchase program since the programs inception in November 2008.
Additionally, on September 16, Activision Blizzard announced that George L. Rose was appointed to the newly created position of Executive Vice President and Chief Public Policy Officer. The company also announced that Christopher B. Walther, Procter & Gambles general counsel for Western Europe, has been named to succeed Mr. Rose as the companys Chief Legal Officer.
Company Outlook
During the fourth quarter of calendar year 2009, Activision Publishing plans to release five holiday titles. Bakugan Battle Brawlers is one of the most anticipated kids
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titles of the year and leverages the tremendous popularity of the award-winning toy line and television show. DJ Hero introduces an innovative turntable controller and expands Guitar Heros signature social gaming with the debut of new music genres including hip-hop, R&B, Motown, electronica and dance. Band Hero delivers an exciting music collection featuring top-40 hits designed to appeal to broad family audiences.
In November, Activision Publishing plans to release Infinity Wards highly anticipated first-person action game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 globally. The company expects the title will be one of the top entertainment properties of the holiday season and pre-orders for the game are higher than for any previous Activision title. The company also plans to release Tony Hawk: Ride in the U.S., U.K. and Germany. The game features an innovative skateboard controller that lets consumers experience the thrill of skating in an entirely new way.
Activision Blizzards outlook is subject to significant risks and uncertainties including declines in demand for its products, fluctuations in foreign exchange and tax rates, counterparty risks relating to customers, licensees, licensors and manufacturers and risks relating to the ongoing ability of Blizzards licensee, NetEase.com, Inc., to operate World of Warcraft in China on a paying basis without interruption.
The companys outlook is also based on assumptions about sell through rates for its products, and the launch timing, success and pricing of its new slate of products. Current macroeconomic conditions increase those risks and uncertainties. As a result of these and other factors, actual results may deviate materially from the outlook presented below.
As of today, for calendar year 2009, Activision Blizzards financial outlook remains unchanged. The company expects to deliver GAAP net revenues of $4.05 billion and GAAP earnings per diluted share of $0.26. On a non-GAAP basis, the company expects net revenues of $4.5 billion and non-GAAP earnings per diluted share of $0.63.
For the fourth quarter, Activision Blizzard expects to deliver GAAP net revenues of $1.33 billion and GAAP loss per share of $0.04. On a non-GAAP basis, the company expects net revenues of $2.22 billion and $0.43 earnings per diluted share for the fourth quarter.
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Conference Call
Today at 4:30 p.m. EST, Activision Blizzards management will host a conference call and Webcast to discuss the companys results for the quarter ended September 30, 2009 and managements outlook for the remainder of the calendar year. The company welcomes all members of the financial and media communities and other interested parties to visit the Investor Relations area of www.activisionblizzard.com to listen to the conference call and view a brief supporting slide presentation via live Webcast or to listen to the call live by dialing into 800-327-5138 in the U.S. with passcode 1549879.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
Activision Blizzard provides net revenues, net income (loss), earnings (loss) per share and operating margin data and guidance both including (in accordance with GAAP) and excluding (non-GAAP): the impact of the change in deferred net revenues and related cost of sales with respect to certain of the companys online-enabled games; expenses related to share-based payments; Activision Blizzards non-core exit operations (which are the operating results of products and operations of the historical Vivendi Games, Inc. businesses that the company has exited or substantially wound down); one-time costs related to the business combination between Activision, Inc. and Vivendi Games, Inc. (including transaction costs, integration costs, and restructuring activities); the amortization of intangibles and the associated changes in cost of sales resulting from purchase price accounting adjustments from the business combination; and the associated tax benefits.
As online functionality becomes a more important component of gameplay, certain of the companys online-enabled games for certain platforms contain a more-than-inconsequential separate service deliverable in addition to the product, and the companys performance obligations for these games extend beyond the sale of the games. Vendor-specific objective evidence of fair value does not exist for the online services, as the company does not separately charge for this component of online-enabled games. As a result, the company recognizes all of the revenues from the sale of these games ratably over the estimated service period. In addition, the company defers the cost of sales of these titles to match revenues.
Revenue related to the sale of Blizzard Entertainments World of Warcraft boxed software, including the sale of expansion packs and other ancillary revenues, is deferred
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and recognized ratably over the estimated subscription life beginning upon activation of the software and delivery of the services.
As a consequence, the companys non-GAAP results exclude the impact of the change in deferred net revenues and related cost of sales associated with certain of the companys online-enabled games for certain of the Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo and PC platforms and for World of Warcraft boxed software, including the sale of expansion packs and other ancillary revenues, to provide comparable year-over-year performance.
Management believes that the use of non-GAAP measures that eliminate the impact of the change in deferred net revenues and related cost of sales in its operating results is important when evaluating Activision Blizzards operating performance, and when planning, forecasting and analyzing future periods.
Management also believes that non-GAAP measures that exclude Activision Blizzards non-core exit operations, one-time costs related to the business combination between Activision, Inc. and Vivendi Games, Inc. (including transaction costs, integration costs, and restructuring activities), the amortization of intangibles and the associated changes in cost of sales resulting from purchase price accounting adjustments from the business combination, provide a better comparison to prior periods in which Activision, Inc. and Vivendi Games, Inc. were operating as stand-alone companies, and that the resulting effects arising from the business combination do not affect the on-going economics of the combined entity.
Management also believes that excluding expenses related to share-based payments provides more comparable operating performance results. Management believes that the presentation of these non-GAAP financial measures provides investors with additional useful information to measure Activision Blizzards financial and operating performance because they facilitate comparison of operating performance between periods and help investors to better understand the operating results of Activision Blizzard. Internally, management uses these non-GAAP financial measures in assessing the companys operating results, as well as in planning and forecasting.
Activision Blizzard recognizes that there are limitations associated with the use of these non-GAAP financial measures as they do not reflect net revenues, net income (loss), earnings (loss) per share and operating margin as determined in accordance with GAAP, and this may reduce comparability with other companies that calculate similar non-GAAP measures differently. Management compensates for the limitations resulting from the exclusion of these items by considering the impact of these items separately and by considering Activision Blizzards GAAP as well as non-GAAP results
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and outlook and, in this release, by presenting the most comparable GAAP measures directly ahead of non-GAAP measures, and by providing a reconciliation that indicates and describes the adjustments made.
Non-GAAP financial measures should be considered in addition to, not as a substitute for or superior to, financial measures determined in accordance with GAAP.
Activision Blizzards non-GAAP financial measures are not based on a comprehensive set of accounting rules or principles, and the terms non-GAAP net revenues, non-GAAP net income, non-GAAP earnings per share, and non-GAAP operating margin do not have a standardized meaning. Therefore, other companies may use the same or similarly named measures, but exclude different items, which may not provide investors a comparable view of Activision Blizzards performance in relation to other companies.
Comparable-Basis Presentation by Segment Non-GAAP Comparable Measures
On July 9, 2008, the business combination between Activision, Inc. and Vivendi Games, Inc. was consummated. As a result of the consummation of the business combination, Activision, Inc. was renamed Activision Blizzard, Inc.
For accounting purposes, because the business combination resulted in Vivendi S.A. obtaining control of Activision, Inc. through the acquisition of a majority of common stock of Activision, Inc., the business combination is treated as a reverse acquisition, with Vivendi Games, Inc. deemed to be the accounting acquirer. As a result, the historical financial statements of Activision Blizzard prior to July 10, 2008 are those of Vivendi Games, Inc. and the results of Activision, Inc. prior to July 10, 2008 are not included as part of Activision Blizzards historical financial statements.
As one means of analyzing Activision Blizzards performance, the company presents data that combines: (1) the companys results after July 9, 2008, (2) Vivendi Games, Inc.s results prior to July 10, 2008 and (3) Activision, Inc.s results prior to July 10, 2008. Management uses information prepared on this comparable basis internally to compare results and believes that this presentation provides investors with additional useful information to understand the companys performance on a year-over-year comparable basis. However, the data is not presented in accordance with GAAP and is not presented in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation S-X relating to pro forma financial statements.
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The non-GAAP information presented should be considered in addition to, not as a substitute for or superior to, financial measures determined in accordance with GAAP.
The following data is presented in the attachments to this press release:
· Non-GAAP Comparable Basis Segment Net Revenues for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008
· Non-GAAP Comparable Basis Segment Operating Income (Loss) for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008
In conjunction with the business combination, Activision Blizzard changed the manner in which senior management assesses the operating performance of, and allocates resources to, its operating segments. As a result, the company now operates in three segments:
i. Activision Publishing (Activision) publishes interactive entertainment software and peripherals, which includes the Activision business conducted by Activision, Inc. prior to the business combination and certain studios, assets, and titles previously included in Vivendi Games Inc.s Sierra Entertainment operating segment prior to the business combination;
ii. Blizzard Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. and its subsidiaries (Blizzard) publishes traditional games and online subscription-based games in the MMORPG category; and
iii. Activision Blizzard Distribution (Distribution) distribution of interactive entertainment software and hardware products.
With respect to periods prior to July 10, 2008, results for historical Activision, Inc. are reported in the Activision and Distribution segments. Prior to July 1, 2009, Activision Blizzard also presented a fourth segment, representing its non-core exit operations. These operations are now insignificant and no longer are presented as a separate operating segment. Therefore, all prior period segment information has been reclassified to conform to the current periods presentation.
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About Activision Blizzard
Headquartered in Santa Monica, California, Activision Blizzard, Inc. is a worldwide online, PC, console and handheld game publisher with leading market positions across every major category of the rapidly growing interactive entertainment software industry.
Activision Blizzard maintains operations in the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Sweden, Spain, Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, Australia, Russia, South Korea, China, and the region of Taiwan. More information about Activision Blizzard and its products can be found on the companys website, www.activisionblizzard.com.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-looking Statements: Information in this press release that involves Activision Blizzards expectations, plans, intentions or strategies regarding the future, including statements under the heading Company Outlook, are forward-looking statements that are not facts and involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Activision Blizzard generally uses words such as outlook, will, remains, to be, plans, believes, may, expects, intends, and similar expressions to identify forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause Activision Blizzards actual future results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements set forth in this release include, but are not limited to, sales levels of Activision Blizzards titles, shifts in consumer spending trends, the impact of the current macroeconomic environment, the seasonal and cyclical nature of the interactive game market, any further difficulties related to World of Warcraft in China, Activision Blizzards ability to predict consumer preferences among competing hardware platforms, declines in software pricing, product returns and price protection, product delays, retail acceptance of Activision Blizzards products, adoption rate and availability of new hardware (including peripherals) and related software, industry competition, rapid changes in technology, industry standards and consumer preferences, protection of proprietary rights, litigation against Activision Blizzard, maintenance of relationships with key personnel, customers, licensees, licensors, vendors, and third-party developers, counterparty risks relating to customers, licensees, licensors and manufacturers, domestic and international economic, financial and political conditions and policies, foreign exchange rates and tax rates, integration of recent acquisitions and the identification of suitable future acquisition opportunities, and the other factors identified in the risk factors sections of Activision Blizzards annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008 and subsequent filed quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. The forward-looking statements in this release are based upon information available to Activision Blizzard as of the date of this release, and Activision Blizzard assumes no obligation to update any such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements believed to be true when made may ultimately prove to be incorrect. These statements are not guarantees of the future performance of Activision Blizzard and are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors, some of which are beyond its control and may cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations.
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(Tables to Follow)
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ACTIVISION BLIZZARD, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Unaudited)
(Amounts in millions, except per share data)
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Three months ended September 30, |
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Nine months ended September 30, |
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2009 |
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2008 (1) |
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2009 |
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2008 (1) |
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Net revenues: |
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Product sales |
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$ |
411 |
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$ |
413 |
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$ |
1,848 |
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$ |
553 |
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Subscription, licensing and other revenues |
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292 |
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298 |
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874 |
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834 |
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Total net revenues |
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703 |
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711 |
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2,722 |
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1,387 |
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Costs and expenses: |
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Cost of sales - product costs |
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185 |
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279 |
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762 |
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350 |
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Cost of sales - software royalties and amortization |
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54 |
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50 |
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212 |
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88 |
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Cost of sales - intellectual property licenses |
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45 |
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36 |
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163 |
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45 |
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Cost of sales - massively multi-player online role playing game (MMORPG) |
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55 |
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43 |
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158 |
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123 |
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Product development |
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122 |
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200 |
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362 |
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414 |
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Sales and marketing |
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128 |
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142 |
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329 |
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220 |
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General and administrative |
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106 |
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94 |
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301 |
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172 |
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Restructuring |
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(1 |
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61 |
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29 |
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61 |
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Total costs and expenses |
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694 |
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905 |
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2,316 |
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1,473 |
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Operating income (loss) |
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9 |
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(194 |
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406 |
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(86 |
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Investment and other income, net |
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11 |
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24 |
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21 |
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28 |
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Income (loss) before income tax provision (benefit) |
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20 |
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(170 |
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427 |
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(58 |
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Income tax provision (benefit) |
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5 |
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(62 |
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28 |
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(22 |
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Net income (loss) |
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$ |
15 |
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$ |
(108 |
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$ |
399 |
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(36 |
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Basic earnings (loss) per common share |
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$ |
0.01 |
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$ |
(0.08 |
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$ |
0.31 |
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(0.04 |
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Weighted average common shares outstanding |
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1,271 |
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1,271 |
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1,289 |
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816 |
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Diluted earnings (loss) per common share |
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$ |
0.01 |
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$ |
(0.08 |
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$ |
0.30 |
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$ |
(0.04 |
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Weighted average common shares outstanding assuming dilution |
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1,297 |
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1,271 |
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1,320 |
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816 |
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(1) On July 9, 2008, a business combination (the Business Combination) by and among Activision, Inc., Sego Merger Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Activision, Inc., Vivendi S.A. (Vivendi), VGAC LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Vivendi (VGAC), and Vivendi Games, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of VGAC (Vivendi Games or VG), was consummated. As a result of the consummation of the Business Combination, Activision, Inc. was renamed Activision Blizzard, Inc.
For accounting purposes, because the Business Combination resulted in Vivendi obtaining control of Activision, Inc. through the acquisition of a majority of common stock of Activision, Inc., the Business Combination is treated as a reverse acquisition, with Vivendi Games deemed to be the acquirer. As a result, (i) the historical financial statements of the company prior to July 10, 2008 are those of Vivendi Games, Inc. and (ii) the results of Activision, Inc. prior to July 10, 2008 are not included as part of the companys historical financial statements.
Further, earnings (loss) per share for periods prior to the Business Combination are retrospectively adjusted to reflect the number of equivalent shares received by Vivendi, former parent of Vivendi Games, Inc.
ACTIVISION BLIZZARD, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(Unaudited)
(Amounts in millions)
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September 30, |
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December 31, |
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2009 |
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2008 (2) |
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ASSETS |
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Current assets: |
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Cash and cash equivalents |
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$ |
2,360 |
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$ |
2,958 |
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Short-term investments |
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361 |
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44 |
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Accounts receivable, net |
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228 |
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974 |
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Inventories |
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351 |
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262 |
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Software development |
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253 |
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235 |
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Intellectual property licenses |
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65 |
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35 |
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Deferred income taxes, net |
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727 |
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536 |
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Intangible assets, net |
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1 |
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14 |
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Other current assets |
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162 |
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201 |
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Total current assets |
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4,508 |
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5,259 |
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Long-term investments |
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22 |
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78 |
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Software development |
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15 |
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1 |
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Intellectual property licenses |
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5 |
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Property and equipment, net |
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133 |
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149 |
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Other assets |
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12 |
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30 |
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Intangible assets, net |
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1,168 |
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1,283 |
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Tradmark and trade names |
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433 |
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433 |
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Goodwill |
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7,161 |
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7,227 |
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Total assets |
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$ |
13,452 |
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$ |
14,465 |
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LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY |
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Current liabilities: |
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Accounts payable |
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$ |
282 |
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$ |
319 |
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Deferred revenues |
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471 |
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923 |
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Accrued expenses and other liabilities |
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532 |
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842 |
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Total current liabilities |
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1,285 |
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2,084 |
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Deferred income taxes, net |
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685 |
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615 |
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Other liabilities |
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190 |
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239 |
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Total liabilities |
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2,160 |
|
2,938 |
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Shareholders equity: |
|
|
|
|
|
||
Common stock |
|
|
|
|
|
||
Additional paid-in capital |
|
12,332 |
|
12,170 |
|
||
Treasury stock |
|
(960 |
) |
(126 |
) |
||
Accumulated deficit |
|
(75 |
) |
(474 |
) |
||
Accumulated other comprehensive loss |
|
(5 |
) |
(43 |
) |
||
Total shareholders equity |
|
11,292 |
|
11,527 |
|
||
Total liabilities and shareholders equity |
|
$ |
13,452 |
|
$ |
14,465 |
|
(2) The prior year condensed consolidated balance sheet has been adjusted to reflect correction of an immaterial error related to the elimination of intercompany receivables and payables. The adjustment reduced accounts receivable and accounts payable in the December 31, 2008 condensed consolidated balance sheet by approximately $236 million, and had no impact on Net Income, Earnings per Share, working capital or Net Cash Flow. This correction will be made upon filing of our report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2009.
ACTIVISION BLIZZARD, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
RECONCILIATION OF GAAP NET INCOME TO NON-GAAP NET INCOME
(Amounts in millions, except earnings (loss) per share data)
Three Months ended September 30, 2009 |
|
Net Revenues |
|
Cost of Sales - |
|
Cost of Sales - Software |
|
Cost of Sales - |
|
Cost of Sales - |
|
Product |
|
Sales and |
|
General and |
|
Restructuring |
|
Total Costs and |
|
||||||||||||
GAAP Measurement |
|
|
|
$ |
703 |
|
$ |
185 |
|
$ |
54 |
|
$ |
45 |
|
$ |
55 |
|
$ |
122 |
|
$ |
128 |
|
$ |
106 |
|
$ |
(1 |
) |
$ |
694 |
|
Less: Net effect from deferral in net revenues and related cost of sales |
|
(a) |
|
52 |
|
20 |
|
31 |
|
5 |
|
|
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
|
|
61 |
|
||||||||||
Less: Stock-based compensation (including purchase price accounting related adjustments) |
|
(b) |
|
|
|
|
|
(3 |
) |
|
|
|
|
(11 |
) |
(2 |
) |
(20 |
) |
|
|
(36 |
) |
||||||||||
Less: One time costs related to the Business Combination, integration and restructuring |
|
(d) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(7 |
) |
1 |
|
(6 |
) |
||||||||||
Less: Amortization of intangible assets and purchase price accounting related adjustments |
|
(e) |
|
|
|
(1 |
) |
(8 |
) |
(24 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(33 |
) |
||||||||||
Non-GAAP Measurement |
|
|
|
$ |
755 |
|
$ |
204 |
|
$ |
74 |
|
$ |
26 |
|
$ |
55 |
|
$ |
111 |
|
$ |
131 |
|
$ |
79 |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
680 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Three Months ended September 30, 2009 |
|
Operating |
|
Net Income |
|
Basic Earnings per |
|
Diluted |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
GAAP Measurement |
|
|
|
$ |
9 |
|
$ |
15 |
|
$ |
0.01 |
|
$ |
0.01 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Less: Net effect from deferral in net revenues and related cost of sales |
|
(a) |
|
(9 |
) |
5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Less: Stock-based compensation (including purchase price accounting related adjustments) |
|
(b) |
|
36 |
|
23 |
|
0.02 |
|
0.02 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Less: One time costs related to the Business Combination, integration and restructuring |
|
(d) |
|
6 |
|
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Less: Amortization of intangible assets and purchase price accounting related adjustments |
|
(e) |
|
33 |
|
9 |
|
0.01 |
|
0.01 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Non-GAAP Measurement |
|
|
|
$ |
75 |
|
$ |
55 |
|
$ |
0.04 |
|
$ |
0.04 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Three Months ended September 30, 2008 |
|
Net Revenues |
|
Cost of Sales - |
|
Cost of Sales - Software |
|
Cost of Sales - |
|
Cost of Sales - |
|
Product |
|
Sales and |
|
General and |
|
Restructuring |
|
Total Costs and |
|
||||||||||||
GAAP Measurement |
|
|
|
$ |
711 |
|
$ |
279 |
|
$ |
50 |
|
$ |
36 |
|
$ |
43 |
|
$ |
200 |
|
$ |
142 |
|
$ |
94 |
|
$ |
61 |
|
$ |
905 |
|
Less: Net effect from deferral in net revenues and related cost of sales |
|
(a) |
|
12 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Less: Stock-based compensation (including purchase price accounting related adjustments) |
|
(b) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(7 |
) |
(4 |
) |
(15 |
) |
|
|
(26 |
) |
||||||||||
Less: Results of Activision Blizzards non-core exit operations |
|
(c) |
|
(6 |
) |
(1 |
) |
(1 |
) |
|
|
|
|
(91 |
) |
(12 |
) |
(11 |
) |
|
|
(116 |
) |
||||||||||
Less: One time costs related to the Business Combination, integration and restructuring |
|
(d) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(17 |
) |
(61 |
) |
(78 |
) |
||||||||||
Less: Amortization of intangible assets and purchase price accounting related adjustments |
|
(e) |
|
|
|
(8 |
) |
(24 |
) |
(22 |
) |
|
|
|
|
(35 |
) |
(1 |
) |
|
|
(90 |
) |
||||||||||
Non-GAAP Measurement |
|
|
|
$ |
717 |
|
$ |
270 |
|
$ |
25 |
|
$ |
14 |
|
$ |
43 |
|
$ |
102 |
|
$ |
91 |
|
$ |
50 |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
595 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Three Months ended September 30, 2008 |
|
Operating
|
|
Net Income (Loss) |
|
Basic Earnings (Loss)
|
|
Diluted
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
GAAP Measurement |
|
|
|
$ |
(194 |
) |
$ |
(108 |
) |
$ |
(0.08 |
) |
$ |
(0.08 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Less: Net effect from deferral in net revenues and related cost of sales |
|
(a) |
|
12 |
|
7 |
|
0.01 |
|
0.01 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Less: Stock-based compensation (including purchase price accounting related adjustments) |
|
(b) |
|
26 |
|
16 |
|
0.01 |
|
0.01 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Less: Results of Activision Blizzards non-core exit operations |
|
(c) |
|
110 |
|
67 |
|
0.05 |
|
0.05 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Less: One time costs related to the Business Combination, integration and restructuring |
|
(d) |
|
78 |
|
56 |
|
0.04 |
|
0.04 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Less: Amortization of intangible assets and purchase price accounting related adjustments |
|
(e) |
|
90 |
|
54 |
|
0.04 |
|
0.04 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Non-GAAP Measurement |
|
|
|
$ |
122 |
|
$ |
92 |
|
$ |
0.07 |
|
$ |
0.07 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a) Reflects the net change in deferred net revenues and related cost of sales.
(b) Includes expense related to stock-based compensation.
(c) Reflects the results of products and operations from the historical Vivendi Games businesses that the Company has exited, divested or wound down.
(d) Reflects one-time costs related to the Business Combination with Vivendi Games (including transaction costs, integration costs and restructuring activities). Restructuring activities includes severance costs, facility exit costs and balance sheet write down and exit costs from the cancellation of projects.
(e) Reflects amortization of intangible assets, and the change in the fair value of assets and liabilities from purchase price accounting related adjustments.
The per share adjustments are presented as calculated, and the GAAP and non-GAAP earnings (loss) per share information is also presented as calculated. The sum of these measures, as presented, may differ due to the impact of rounding.
ACTIVISION BLIZZARD, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
For the Three Months and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2009
(Amounts in millions)
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
Nine Months Ended |
|
||||||
|
|
September 30, 2009 |
|
September 30, 2009 |
|
||||||
|
|
Amount |
|
% of Total |
|
Amount |
|
% of Total |
|
||
GAAP Net Revenues by Segment/Platform Mix |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Activision and Blizzard: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
MMORPG |
|
$ |
301 |
|
43 |
% |
$ |
939 |
|
35 |
% |
PC and other |
|
32 |
|
5 |
|
119 |
|
4 |
|
||
Sony PlayStation 3 |
|
73 |
|
10 |
|
356 |
|
13 |
|
||
Sony PlayStation 2 |
|
37 |
|
5 |
|
121 |
|
4 |
|
||
Microsoft Xbox 360 |
|
104 |
|
15 |
|
533 |
|
20 |
|
||
Nintendo Wii |
|
72 |
|
10 |
|
324 |
|
12 |
|
||
Total console |
|
286 |
|
40 |
|
1,334 |
|
49 |
|
||
Sony PlayStation Portable |
|
9 |
|
1 |
|
32 |
|
1 |
|
||
Nintendo Dual Screen |
|
21 |
|
3 |
|
95 |
|
4 |
|
||
Total handheld |
|
30 |
|
4 |
|
127 |
|
5 |
|
||
Total Activision and Blizzard |
|
649 |
|
92 |
|
2,519 |
|
93 |
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Distribution: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Total Distribution |
|
54 |
|
8 |
|
202 |
|
7 |
|
||
Total net revenues core operations |
|
703 |
|
100 |
|
2,721 |
|
100 |
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Other |
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
||
Total consolidated GAAP net revenues |
|
$ |
703 |
|
100 |
% |
$ |
2,722 |
|
100 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Changes in Deferred Net Revenues (1) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Activision and Blizzard: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
MMORPG |
|
$ |
(39 |
) |
|
|
$ |
(114 |
) |
|
|
PC and other |
|
11 |
|
|
|
(18 |
) |
|
|
||
Sony PlayStation 3 |
|
32 |
|
|
|
(86 |
) |
|
|
||
Sony PlayStation 2 |
|
2 |
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
||
Microsoft Xbox 360 |
|
38 |
|
|
|
(145 |
) |
|
|
||
Nintendo Wii |
|
8 |
|
|
|
(80 |
) |
|
|
||
Total console |
|
80 |
|
|
|
(309 |
) |
|
|
||
Total changes in deferred net revenues |
|
52 |
|
|
|
(441 |
) |
|
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Other (1) |
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
$ |
(1 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Non-GAAP Net Revenues by Segment/Platform Mix |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Activision and Blizzard: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
MMORPG |
|
$ |
262 |
|
35 |
% |
$ |
825 |
|
36 |
% |
PC and other |
|
43 |
|
6 |
|
101 |
|
4 |
|
||
Sony PlayStation 3 |
|
105 |
|
14 |
|
270 |
|
12 |
|
||
Sony PlayStation 2 |
|
39 |
|
5 |
|
123 |
|
5 |
|
||
Microsoft Xbox 360 |
|
142 |
|
19 |
|
388 |
|
17 |
|
||
Nintendo Wii |
|
80 |
|
10 |
|
244 |
|
11 |
|
||
Total console |
|
366 |
|
48 |
|
1,025 |
|
45 |
|
||
Sony PlayStation Portable |
|
9 |
|
1 |
|
32 |
|
2 |
|
||
Nintendo Dual Screen |
|
21 |
|
3 |
|
95 |
|
4 |
|
||
Total handheld |
|
30 |
|
4 |
|
127 |
|
6 |
|
||
Total Activision and Blizzard |
|
701 |
|
93 |
|
2,078 |
|
91 |
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Total Distribution |
|
54 |
|
7 |
|
202 |
|
9 |
|
||
Total non-GAAP net revenues |
|
$ |
755 |
|
100 |
% |
$ |
2,280 |
|
100 |
% |
(1) |
We provide net revenues including (in accordance with GAAP) and excluding (non-GAAP) the impact of change in deferred net revenues and other. |
ACTIVISION BLIZZARD, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
For the Three Months and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2009
(Amounts in millions)
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
Nine Months Ended |
|
||||||
|
|
September 30, 2009 |
|
September 30, 2009 |
|
||||||
|
|
Amount |
|
% of Total |
|
Amount |
|
% of Total |
|
||
GAAP Net Revenues by Geographic Region |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
North America |
|
$ |
378 |
|
54 |
% |
$ |
1,458 |
|
54 |
% |
Europe |
|
287 |
|
41 |
|
1,088 |
|
40 |
|
||
Asia Pacific |
|
38 |
|
5 |
|
175 |
|
6 |
|
||
Total net revenues core operations |
|
703 |
|
100 |
|
2,721 |
|
100 |
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Other |
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
||
Total consolidated GAAP net revenues |
|
$ |
703 |
|
100 |
% |
$ |
2,722 |
|
100 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Changes in Deferred Net Revenues (1) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
North America |
|
$ |
26 |
|
|
|
$ |
(287 |
) |
|
|
Europe |
|
22 |
|
|
|
(147 |
) |
|
|
||
Asia Pacific |
|
4 |
|
|
|
(7 |
) |
|
|
||
Total changes in net revenues |
|
52 |
|
|
|
(441 |
) |
|
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Other (1) |
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
$ |
(1 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Non-GAAP Net Revenues by Geographic Region |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
North America |
|
$ |
404 |
|
54 |
% |
$ |
1,171 |
|
52 |
% |
Europe |
|
309 |
|
41 |
|
941 |
|
41 |
|
||
Asia Pacific |
|
42 |
|
5 |
|
168 |
|
7 |
|
||
Total non-GAAP net revenues |
|
$ |
755 |
|
100 |
% |
$ |
2,280 |
|
100 |
% |
(1) |
We provide net revenues including (in accordance with GAAP) and excluding (non-GAAP) the impact of change in deferred net revenues and other. |
ACTIVISION BLIZZARD, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2009 and 2008
GAAP to Non-GAAP Reconciliations
Segment Information - Comparable Basis Net Revenues (amounts in millions)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Segments / |
|
|||||
Three months ended September 30, 2009 |
|
Activision (i) |
|
Blizzard (ii) |
|
Distribution (iii) |
|
Core (iv) |
|
Consolidated Total |
|
|||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Segment net revenues |
|
$ |
415 |
|
$ |
286 |
|
$ |
54 |
|
$ |
755 |
|
$ |
755 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Reconciliation to GAAP consolidated net revenues |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
- Net effect from deferral of net revenues |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(52 |
) |
|||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Consolidated net revenues (GAAP) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
703 |
|
||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Non-GAAP Comparable Basis Segment Net Revenues |
|
$ |
415 |
|
$ |
286 |
|
$ |
54 |
|
$ |
755 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Segments / |
|
|||||
Three months ended September 30, 2008 |
|
Activision (i) |
|
Blizzard (ii) |
|
Distribution (iii) |
|
Core (iv) |
|
Consolidated Total |
|
|||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Segment net revenues (VG July 1-Sept 30, Activision July 10-Sept 30) |
|
$ |
364 |
|
$ |
297 |
|
$ |
56 |
|
$ |
717 |
|
$ |
717 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Reconciliation to GAAP consolidated net revenues |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
- Net effect from deferral of net revenues |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(12 |
) |
|||||
- Other (v) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6 |
|
|||||
Consolidated net revenues (GAAP) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
711 |
|
||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Comparable Presentation Adjustment: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Including Activision, Inc. prior period from July 1 to July 9, 2008 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Segment net revenues |
|
35 |
|
|
|
18 |
|
53 |
|
|
|
|||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Non-GAAP Comparable Basis Segment Net Revenues |
|
$ |
399 |
|
$ |
297 |
|
$ |
74 |
|
$ |
770 |
|
|
|
|
- Change in Comparable Basis Three Months Ended September 30, 2009 vs. 2008 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
-2 |
% |
|
|
(i) Activision Publishing (Activision) publishes interactive entertainment software and peripherals, which includes the Activision business conducted by Activision, Inc. prior to the business combination and certain studios, assets, and titles previously included in Vivendi Games Sierra Entertainment operating segment prior to the business combination.
(ii) Blizzard Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. and its subsidiaries (Blizzard) publishes traditional games and online subscription-based games in the MMORPG category.
(iii) Activision Blizzard Distribution (Distribution) distribution of interactive entertainment software and hardware products.
(iv) Activision, Blizzard and Distribution are referred to collectively as Activision Blizzard Inc.s core operations (Core).
(v) Other represents Non-Core activities, which are handled by certain functional departments of our Activision segment and are insignificant to Activision Blizzards financial condition and results of operations. Prior to July 1, 2009, we operated a fourth operating segment, Non-Core, which represented legacy Vivendi Games divisions or business units that the Company had exited, divested, or wound down as part of our restructuring and integration efforts as a result of the Business Combination. As of July 1, 2009, in light of the decreasing significance of Non-Core activities, we ceased the management of Non-Core as a separate operating segment and consequently we are no longer providing separate operating segment disclosure with respect to Non-Core and have reclassified our prior periods segment presentation so that it conforms to the current periods presentation.
ACTIVISION BLIZZARD, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2009 and 2008
GAAP to Non-GAAP Reconciliations
Segment Information - Comparable Basis Net Revenues (amounts in millions)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Segments / |
|
|||||
Nine months ended September 30, 2009 |
|
Activision (i) |
|
Blizzard (ii) |
|
Distribution (iii) |
|
Core (iv) |
|
Consolidated Total |
|
|||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Segment net revenues |
|
$ |
1,211 |
|
$ |
867 |
|
$ |
202 |
|
$ |
2,280 |
|
$ |
2,280 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Reconciliation to GAAP consolidated net revenues |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
- Net effect from deferral of net revenues |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
441 |
|
|||||
- Other (v) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|||||
Consolidated net revenues (GAAP) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
2,722 |
|
||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Non-GAAP Comparable Basis Segment Net Revenues |
|
$ |
1,211 |
|
$ |
867 |
|
$ |
202 |
|
$ |
2,280 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Segments / |
|
|||||
Nine months ended September 30, 2008 |
|
Activision (i) |
|
Blizzard (ii) |
|
Distribution (iii) |
|
Core (iv) |
|
Consolidated Total |
|
|||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Segment net revenues (VG Jan 1-Sept 30, Activision July 10-Sept 30) |
|
$ |
457 |
|
$ |
866 |
|
$ |
56 |
|
$ |
1,379 |
|
$ |
1,379 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Reconciliation to GAAP consolidated net revenues |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
- Net effect from deferral of net revenues |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(8 |
) |
|||||
- Other (v) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
16 |
|
|||||
Consolidated net revenues (GAAP) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
1,387 |
|
||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Comparable Presentation Adjustments: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Including Activision, Inc. prior period from July 1 to July 9, 2008 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Segment net revenues |
|
35 |
|
|
|
18 |
|
53 |
|
|
|
|||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Including Activision, Inc. prior periods for the six months ended June 30, 2008 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Segment net revenues |
|
1,092 |
|
|
|
165 |
|
1,257 |
|
|
|
|||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Non-GAAP Comparable Basis Segment Net Revenues |
|
$ |
1,584 |
|
$ |
866 |
|
$ |
239 |
|
$ |
2,689 |
|
|
|
|
- Change in Comparable Basis Nine Months Ended September 30, 2009 vs. 2008 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
-15 |
% |
|
|
(i) Activision Publishing (Activision) publishes interactive entertainment software and peripherals, which includes the Activision business conducted by Activision, Inc. prior to the business combination and certain studios, assets, and titles previously included in Vivendi Games Sierra Entertainment operating segment prior to the business combination.
(ii) Blizzard Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. and its subsidiaries (Blizzard) publishes traditional games and online subscription-based games in the MMORPG category.
(iii) Activision Blizzard Distribution (Distribution) distribution of interactive entertainment software and hardware products.
(iv) Activision, Blizzard and Distribution are referred to collectively as Activision Blizzard Inc.s core operations (Core).
(v) Other represents Non-Core activities, which are handled by certain functional departments of our Activision segment and are insignificant to Activision Blizzards financial condition and results of operations. Prior to July 1, 2009, we operated a fourth operating segment, Non-Core, which represented legacy Vivendi Games divisions or business units that the Company had exited, divested, or wound down as part of our restructuring and integration efforts as a result of the Business Combination. As of July 1, 2009, in light of the decreasing significance of Non-Core activities, we ceased the management of Non-Core as a separate operating segment and consequently we are no longer providing separate operating segment disclosure with respect to Non-Core and have reclassified our prior periods segment presentation so that it conforms to the current periods presentation.
ACTIVISION BLIZZARD, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2009 and 2008
GAAP to Non-GAAP Reconciliations
Segment Information - Comparable Basis Segment Operating Income (Loss) (amounts in millions)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Segments / |
|
|||||
Three months ended September 30, 2009 |
|
Activision (i) |
|
Blizzard (ii) |
|
Distribution (iii) |
|
Core (iv) |
|
Consolidated Total |
|
|||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Segment operating income (loss) |
|
$ |
(43 |
) |
$ |
116 |
|
$ |
2 |
|
$ |
75 |
|
$ |
75 |
|
Reconciliation to GAAP consolidated operating income (loss) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
- Net effect from deferral of net revenues and related cost of sales |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9 |
|
|||||
- Stock-based compensation expense |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(36 |
) |
|||||
- Restructuring expense |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|||||
- Amortization of intangible assets and purchase price accounting related adjustments |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(33 |
) |
|||||
- Integration and transaction costs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(7 |
) |
|||||
Consolidated operating income (loss) (GAAP) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
9 |
|
||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Non-GAAP Comparable Basis Segment Operating Income (Loss) |
|
$ |
(43 |
) |
$ |
116 |
|
$ |
2 |
|
$ |
75 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Segments / |
|
|||||
Three months ended September 30, 2008 |
|
Activision (i) |
|
Blizzard (ii) |
|
Distribution (iii) |
|
Core (iv) |
|
Consolidated Total |
|
|||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Segment operating income (loss) (VG July 1-Sept 30, Activision July 10-Sept 30) |
|
$ |
(26 |
) |
$ |
146 |
|
$ |
2 |
|
$ |
122 |
|
$ |
122 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Reconciliation to GAAP consolidated operating income (loss) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
- Net effect from deferral of net revenues and related cost of sales |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(12 |
) |
|||||
- Stock-based compensation expense |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(26 |
) |
|||||
- Restructuring expenses |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(61 |
) |
|||||
- Amortization of intangible assets and purchase price accounting related adjustments |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(90 |
) |
|||||
- Integration and transaction costs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(17 |
) |
|||||
- Other (v) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(110 |
) |
|||||
Consolidated operating income (loss) (GAAP) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
(194 |
) |
||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Comparable Presentation Adjustment: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Including Activision, Inc. prior period from July 1 to July 9, 2008 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Segment operating income (loss) |
|
(10 |
) |
|
|
1 |
|
(9 |
) |
$ |
(9 |
) |
||||
Reconciliation to consolidated operating income (loss) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
- Stock-based compensation expense |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(3 |
) |
|||||
- Integration and transaction costs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(38 |
) |
|||||
Consolidated operating income (loss) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
(50 |
) |
||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Non-GAAP Comparable Basis Segment Operating Income (Loss) |
|
$ |
(36 |
) |
$ |
146 |
|
$ |
3 |
|
$ |
113 |
|
|
|
|
- Change in Comparable Basis Three Months Ended September 30, 2009 vs. 2008 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
-34 |
% |
|
|
(i) Activision Publishing (Activision) publishes interactive entertainment software and peripherals, which includes the Activision business conducted by Activision, Inc. prior to the business combination and certain studios, assets, and titles previously included in Vivendi Games Sierra Entertainment operating segment prior to the business combination.
(ii) Blizzard Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. and its subsidiaries (Blizzard) publishes traditional games and online subscription-based games in the MMORPG category.
(iii) Activision Blizzard Distribution (Distribution) distribution of interactive entertainment software and hardware products.
(iv) Activision, Blizzard and Distribution are referred to collectively as Activision Blizzard Inc.s core operations (Core).
(v) Other represents Non-Core activities, which are handled by certain functional departments of our Activision segment and are insignificant to Activision Blizzards financial condition and results of operations. Prior to July 1, 2009, we operated a fourth operating segment, Non-Core, which represented legacy Vivendi Games divisions or business units that the Company had exited, divested, or wound down as part of our restructuring and integration efforts as a result of the Business Combination. As of July 1, 2009, in light of the decreasing significance of Non-Core activities, we ceased the management of Non-Core as a separate operating segment and consequently we are no longer providing separate operating segment disclosure with respect to Non-Core and have reclassified our prior periods segment presentation so that it conforms to the current periods presentation.
ACTIVISION BLIZZARD, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2009 and 2008
GAAP to Non-GAAP Reconciliations
Segment Information - Comparable Basis Segment Operating Income (Loss) (amounts in millions)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Segments / |
|
|||||
Nine months ended September 30, 2009 |
|
Activision (i) |
|
Blizzard (ii) |
|
Distribution (iii) |
|
Core (iv) |
|
Consolidated Total |
|
|||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Segment operating income (loss) |
|
$ |
(49 |
) |
$ |
393 |
|
$ |
6 |
|
$ |
350 |
|
$ |
350 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Reconciliation to GAAP consolidated operating income (loss) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
- Net effect from deferral of net revenues and related cost of sales |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
341 |
|
|||||
- Stock-based compensation expense |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(107 |
) |
|||||
- Restructuring expenses |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(29 |
) |
|||||
- Amortization of intangible assets and purchase price accounting related adjustments |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(117 |
) |
|||||
- Integration and transaction costs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(24 |
) |
|||||
- Other (v) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(8 |
) |
|||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Consolidated operating income (loss) (GAAP) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
406 |
|
||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Non-GAAP Comparable Basis Segment Operating Income (Loss) |
|
$ |
(49 |
) |
$ |
393 |
|
$ |
6 |
|
$ |
350 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Segments / |
|
|||||
Nine months ended September 30, 2008 |
|
Activision (i) |
|
Blizzard (ii) |
|
Distribution (iii) |
|
Core (iv) |
|
Consolidated Total |
|
|||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Segment operating income (loss) (VG Jan. 1-Sept 30, Activision July 10-Sept 30) |
|
$ |
(61 |
) |
$ |
447 |
|
$ |
3 |
|
$ |
389 |
|
$ |
389 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Reconciliation to GAAP consolidated operating income (loss) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
- Net effect from deferral of net revenues and related cost of sales |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(7 |
) |
|||||
- Stock-based compensation expense |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(47 |
) |
|||||
- Restructuring expenses |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(61 |
) |
|||||
- Amortization of intangible assets and purchase price accounting related adjustments |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(92 |
) |
|||||
- Integration and transaction costs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(17 |
) |
|||||
- Other (v) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(251 |
) |
|||||
Consolidated operating income (loss) (GAAP) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
(86 |
) |
||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Comparable Presentation Adjustments: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Including Activision, Inc. prior period from July 1 to July 9, 2008 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Segment operating income (loss) |
|
(10 |
) |
|
|
1 |
|
(9 |
) |
$ |
(9 |
) |
||||
Reconciliation to consolidated operating income (loss) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
- Stock-based compensation expense |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(3 |
) |
|||||
- Integration and transaction costs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(38 |
) |
|||||
Consolidated operating income (loss) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
(50 |
) |
||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Including Activision, Inc. prior periods for the six months ended June 30, 2008 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Segment operating income (loss) |
|
172 |
|
|
|
4 |
|
176 |
|
$ |
176 |
|
||||
Reconciliation to consolidated operating income (loss) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
- Stock-based compensation expense |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(29 |
) |
|||||
- Integration and transaction costs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(12 |
) |
|||||
Consolidated operating income (loss) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
135 |
|
||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Non-GAAP Comparable Basis Segment Operating Income (Loss) |
|
$ |
101 |
|
$ |
447 |
|
$ |
8 |
|
$ |
556 |
|
|
|
|
- Change in Comparable Basis Nine Months Ended September 30, 2009 vs. 2008 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
-37 |
% |
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(i) Activision Publishing (Activision) publishes interactive entertainment software and peripherals, which includes the Activision business conducted by Activision, Inc. prior to the business combination and certain studios, assets, and titles previously included in Vivendi Games Sierra Entertainment operating segment prior to the business combination.
(ii) Blizzard Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. and its subsidiaries (Blizzard) publishes traditional games and online subscription-based games in the MMORPG category.
(iii) Activision Blizzard Distribution (Distribution) distribution of interactive entertainment software and hardware products.
(iv) Activision, Blizzard and Distribution are referred to collectively as Activision Blizzard Inc.s core operations (Core).
(v) Other represents Non-Core activities, which are handled by certain functional departments of our Activision segment and are insignificant to Activision Blizzards financial condition and results of operations. Prior to July 1, 2009, we operated a fourth operating segment, Non-Core, which represented legacy Vivendi Games divisions or business units that the Company had exited, divested, or wound down as part of our restructuring and integration efforts as a result of the Business Combination. As of July 1, 2009, in light of the decreasing significance of Non-Core activities, we ceased the management of Non-Core as a separate operating segment and consequently we are no longer providing separate operating segment disclosure with respect to Non-Core and have reclassified our prior periods segment presentation so that it conforms to the current periods presentation.
Activision Blizzard Outlook
For the Three Months and Year Ending December 31, 2009
GAAP to Non-GAAP Reconciliation
(Amounts in millions, except per share data)
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December 31, 2009 |
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December 31, 2009 |
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Net Revenues (GAAP) |
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$ |
1,328 |
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4,050 |
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Excluding the impacts of: |
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Change in deferred net revenues |
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890 |
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450 |
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Non-GAAP Net Revenues |
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$ |
2,218 |
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4,500 |
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Earnings (Loss) Per Diluted Share (GAAP) |
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$ |
(0.04 |
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0.26 |
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Excluding the impacts of: |
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Change in deferred net revenues and related cost of sales |
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0.37 |
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0.15 |
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Equity based compensation (including purchase price accounting related adjustments) |
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0.03 |
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0.08 |
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Results of products and operations that the company has exited or wound down |
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0.01 |
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One time costs related to the Business Combination, integration and restructuring |
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0.02 |
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Amortization of intangible assets and purchase price accounting related adjustments |
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0.07 |
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0.11 |
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Non-GAAP Earnings Per Diluted Share |
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0.43 |
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0.63 |
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Reflects the net change in deferred net revenues. |
(b) |
Reflects the net change in deferred net revenues and related cost of sales. |
(c) |
Reflects equity based compensation costs, including the increase in fair value associated with the historical Activision stock awards as part of the purchase price accounting adjustments. Also includes the costs of the Blizzard Entertainment equity plan and Vivendi awards to historical Vivendi Games employees. |
(d) |
Reflects the results of products and operations from the historical Vivendi Games businesses that the company has exited or wound down and exit costs from the cancellation of projects. |
(e) |
Reflects one-time costs related to the business combination with Vivendi Games (including transaction costs, integration costs and restructuring activities). Restructuring activities includes severance costs and facility exit costs. |
(f) |
Reflects amortization of intangible assets, and the change in the fair value of assets and liabilities from purchase price accounting related adjustments. |
The per share adjustments are presented as calculated, and the GAAP and non-GAAP earnings (loss) per share information is also presented as calculated. The sum of these measures, as presented, may differ due to the impact of rounding.