crissindahouse on 26 July 2013
didn't vivendi try to squeeze some billion out of activision to reduce their own debts? maybe activision thought "well, if you get our billion then only once"
€dit:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2013/07/22/vivendi-to-force-3-billion-special-dividend-on-activision-blizzard/
"Vivendi , which owns a controlling 61% stake in Activision-Blizzard, is set to discuss forcing a $3 billion special dividend on the American video game publisher at its board meeting Monday......
...."We believe Activision’s management prefers to use cash to buy back stock but it may not have a choice,” Sterne Agee Arvind Bhatia says.""
that was posted four days ago 
