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 26, 2018

 

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)

 

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))

 

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

 

(a)                                 On June 26, 2018, Activision Blizzard, Inc. (the “Company”) held its annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) in Santa Monica, California.

 

(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 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-Votes

 

Reveta Bowers

 

611,281,517

 

1,986,627

 

224,654

 

49,925,203

 

Robert J. Corti

 

592,320,389

 

20,940,651

 

231,758

 

49,925,203

 

Hendrik Hartong III

 

605,149,543

 

8,106,794

 

236,461

 

49,925,203

 

Brian G. Kelly

 

605,151,695

 

7,445,786

 

895,317

 

49,925,203

 

Robert A. Kotick

 

609,494,266

 

3,760,667

 

237,865

 

49,925,203

 

Barry Meyer

 

610,118,197

 

3,136,354

 

238,247

 

49,925,203

 

Robert J. Morgado

 

585,100,486

 

28,156,927

 

235,385

 

49,925,203

 

Peter Nolan

 

609,978,730

 

3,279,983

 

234,085

 

49,925,203

 

Casey Wasserman

 

611,022,102

 

2,238,255

 

232,441

 

49,925,203

 

Elaine Wynn

 

453,057,809

 

160,202,521

 

232,468

 

49,925,203

 

 

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 for the Annual Meeting, as disclosed in that proxy statement pursuant to Item 402 of Regulation S-K, was approved.

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

562,358,530

 

48,065,259

 

3,069,009

 

49,925,203

 

 

Proposal No. 3:  The appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2018 was ratified.

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

648,735,125

 

14,332,479

 

350,397

 

 

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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: June 29, 2018

ACTIVISION BLIZZARD, INC.

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Chris B. Walther

 

 

Chris B. Walther

 

 

Chief Legal Officer

 

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