Blizzard, Activision in $24.9 bn merger

SANTA MONICA - Vivendi SA plans to acquire a controlling stake in Activision
Inc. and combine the video game publisher with Vivendi Games in a deal the
companies valued at US$18.9 billion ($24.9 billion).

The combination of Santa Monica, California-based Activision, whose titles
include Guitar Hero, Call of Duty and the Tony Hawk series, and Vivendi Games,
which publishes Crash Bandicoot and owns the online role-playing franchise
World of Warcraft, would create the world's largest pure-play online and
console game publisher, the companies said.

Under the agreement, shares of Vivendi Games will be converted into 295.3
million new shares of Activision common stock at a price of US$27.50 per
share, the companies said in a statement.

Vivendi, based in Paris, France, will purchase 62.9 million newly issued
shares of Activision common stock at a price of US$27.50 per share, giving
Vivendi a 52 per cent stake in the new company to be called Activision
Blizzard.

The offer price is a 24 per cent premium to Activision's closing price
Friday of US$22.15 per share.

Activision Blizzard will continue to operate as a public company traded on
the Nasdaq Stock Market under the ticker ATVI.

The merger will provide Activision Blizzard with the most diversified and
broadest portfolio of interactive entertainment assets in the industry,
according to the statement.

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