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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):  June 11, 2020

 

ACTIVISION BLIZZARD, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Delaware   001-15839   95-4803544
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation)
  (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

3100 Ocean Park Boulevard,
Santa Monica, CA
  90405
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (310) 255-2000

 

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

 

Title of Each Class  Trading Symbol  Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
Common Stock, par value $.000001 per share  ATVI  The Nasdaq Global Select Market

 

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):

 

¨Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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¨Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company      ¨

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.      ¨

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 5.07.Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

(a)          On June 11, 2020, Activision Blizzard, Inc. (the “Company”) held its annual meeting of stockholders via live audio webcast (the “Annual Meeting”). At the Annual Meeting, the Company's stockholders voted on four proposals, each of which is described in more detail in the Company's definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 24, 2020 (the “Proxy Statement”).

 

(b)          The following is a brief description of each matter voted on at the Annual Meeting and the manner with respect to which votes were cast with respect to each matter and the number of abstentions and “broker non-votes” with respect to each matter, other than Proposal No. 3, with respect to which there are no broker non-votes.

 

Proposal No. 1: The following ten directors were elected to serve one-year terms expiring at the Company’s 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, and until their respective successors are duly elected or appointed and qualified or until the earlier of their death, resignation or removal.

 

   For  Against  Abstain  Broker Non-Vote
Reveta Bowers  625,976,063  8,856,277    275,921    44,560,631
Robert J. Corti  615,777,320  18,893,018    437,923    44,560,631
Hendrik Hartong III  632,273,191  2,498,829    336,241    44,560,631
Brian G. Kelly  620,821,239  13,846,181    440,841    44,560,631
Robert A. Kotick  631,237,350  3,577,348    293,563    44,560,631
Barry Meyer  627,328,453  7,477,668    302,140    44,560,631
Robert Morgado  597,587,527  37,174,257    346,477    44,560,631
Peter Nolan  633,568,944  1,204,340    334,977    44,560,631
Dawn Ostroff  634,251,728  586,820    269,713    44,560,631
Casey Wasserman  628,012,417  6,768,587    327,257    44,560,631

 

Proposal No. 2: A non-binding, advisory proposal on the compensation of the Company’s executive officers named in the “Summary Compensation Table” in the Company’s Proxy Statement, as disclosed in that Proxy Statement pursuant to Item 402 of Regulation S-K, was approved.

 

    For  Against  Abstain  Broker Non-Votes
    359,591,521  273,966,895  1,549,845  44,560,631
                  

Proposal No. 3: The appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2020 was ratified.

 

    For  Against    Abstain    
    666,606,185  12,526,470    536,237    
                     

Proposal No. 4: A stockholder proposal regarding political disclosures, was approved.

 

    For   Against   Abstain   Broker Non-Votes
    357,184,580   252,733,870   25,189,811   44,560,631
                     

 

 

 

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: June 17, 2020

 

  ACTIVISION BLIZZARD, INC.
   
  By: /s/ Chris B. Walther
      Chris B. Walther
      Chief Legal Officer