Paris, May 22, 2014
Vivendi to sell 41.5 million Activision Blizzard shares
Vivendi announced today that it has agreed to sell 41.5 million Activision Blizzard shares, representing 5.8% of this company’s total common shares. The price of this transaction will be announced after the closing of the book, which will take place today before the NASDAQ opening.
Following this transaction, the Group owns 41.5 million Activision Blizzard shares.
This transaction is part of Vivendi’s intention to totally exit the share capital of Activision Blizzard, subject to market conditions and the terms of the transaction signed on July 25, 2013.
About Vivendi
Vivendi groups together leaders in content and media. Canal+ Group is the French leader in pay-TV, also operating in French-speaking Africa, Poland and Vietnam; its subsidiary Studiocanal is a leading European player in production, acquisition, distribution and international film and TV series sales. Universal Music Group is the world leader in music. GVT operates fixed very high-speed broadband, fixed-line telephony and pay-TV services in Brazil. In addition, Vivendi owns SFR, a French leader in alternative telecoms.
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