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Gearbox on 02 March 2009

i no that vivindi owns activison blizzard, but does acitivsion own vivindi? im so confused

 

 

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nvm i googled it. Turns out Vivendi owns it . 52% as aposed to activisions 48% :) 



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supermario128 on 02 March 2009

I think Activision does.




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dsister44 on 02 March 2009

it wAs a merger so they both are the same company they arent owned by own company



theRepublic on 02 March 2009

Vivendi is the parent company of Activision Blizzard, and they own 54% of them. Both companies are publicly traded.

Activision and Blizzard were separate companies, but they recently merged.



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Neptune on 02 March 2009

I own them



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akuma587 on 03 March 2009
dsister44 said:
it wAs a merger so they both are the same company they arent owned by own company

Most video game companies are owned by somebody.



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RVDondaPC on 03 March 2009

Stock holders own them...



FaRmLaNd on 03 March 2009

Vivendi owns them I believe. Didn't activision buy shares in blizzard and then vivendi bought out activision meaning they owned both or something?



The Lurker on 03 March 2009

I think the Illuminati own them.



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RVDondaPC on 03 March 2009

Vivendi wholly owned Vivendi Games which Blizzard, Sierra games, and a few other game developers were a part of. The Vivendi games division then broke off from Vivendi and merged with Activision to form the new company Activision Blizzard. As agreement to the merger Vivendi would retain 52% ownership of the newly formed company. Activision's stock holders previous to the merger would get some sort of stock conversion into the remaining 48% of the new company.

So therefore 52% of Activision Blizzard is owned by Vivendi's stock holders while the remaining 48% of Activision blizzard is owned by the stock holders of the former company Activision. Which could either be other institution's or individuals. Just like the stock holders of Vivendi.

Vivendi does own a controlling share(more than 50%) in the new company Activision Blizzard though so they can pretty much control the company how they see fit.