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): February 1, 2018

 

ACTIVISION BLIZZARD, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

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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 o

 

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. o

 

 

 

Item 5.03.             Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

 

On February 1, 2018, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Activision Blizzard, Inc. (the “Company”) amended and restated the Company’s bylaws, effective the same date (as so amended, the “Amended Bylaws”), to adopt a proxy access provision and make other administrative, clarifying, and conforming changes.

 

Section 2.14 has been added to the Amended Bylaws to permit a stockholder, or group of no more than 20 stockholders, owning at least 3% of the Company’s outstanding common stock continuously for at least three years as of the date of the notice of nomination, to nominate and include in the Company’s proxy materials for an annual meeting of stockholders director nominees constituting up to two individuals or 20% of the Board, whichever is greater (subject to certain limitations set forth in the Amended Bylaws), provided that the stockholder(s) and nominee(s) satisfy the requirements specified in the Amended Bylaws, including that notice of a nomination be provided to the Company’s Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Company not less than 120 days nor more than 150 days prior to the first anniversary of the date the Company first mailed its proxy statement for the immediately preceding year’s annual meeting. Additionally, in connection with the adoption of the proxy access provision, the Amended Bylaws were amended to make conforming changes and clarifications, including to the items of business that may be considered at meetings of stockholders.

 

The foregoing summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Amended Bylaws, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01.                                        Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)  Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.		Description
3.1		Fourth Amended and Restated Bylaws of Activision Blizzard, Inc., as amended and restated as of February 1, 2018

 

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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: February 7, 2018	ACTIVISION BLIZZARD, INC.
	By:	/s/ Chris Walther
		Chris B. Walther
		Chief Legal Officer

 

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