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Microsoft Corporation; Activision Blizzard Inc
The Commission has granted clearance for Microsoft to acquire 100% of the common stock of Activision Blizzard as part of a global transaction.
Parties
Microsoft Corporation; Activision Blizzard Inc
Category
Merger application
Sub-category
Clearance
Act/Section
Commerce Act
Industry
Information media
Status
Closed
Outcome
Merger cleared
Case decision number
[2023] NZCC 21
Date opened
15 June 2022
Date closed
07 August 2023
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08 Aug 2023
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07 Aug 2023
COMPLETED
Date closed – merger cleared
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17 Jul 2023
COMPLETED
Decision due by (extension to 08 August 2023)
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11 Jul 2023
COMPLETED
Cross-submissions on statement of issues due
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04 Jul 2023
COMPLETED
Submissions on statement of issues due
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20 Jun 2023
COMPLETED
Statement of Issues Published
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09 Jun 2023
COMPLETED
Decision due by (extension to 17 July 2023)
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28 Apr 2023
COMPLETED
Decision due by (extension to 09 June 2023)
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18 Apr 2023
COMPLETED
Administrative clock restarted (per Mergers and Acquisitions Guidelines at [6.32]
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03 Feb 2023
COMPLETED
Decision due by (extension to 28 April 2023)
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11 Nov 2022
COMPLETED
Decision due by (extension to 3 February 2023)
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09 Sep 2022
COMPLETED
Administrative clock stopped (per Mergers and Acquisitions Guidelines at [6.32])
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09 Sep 2022
COMPLETED
Decision due by (extension to 11 November 2022)
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02 Sep 2022
COMPLETED
Decision due by (extension to 9 September 2022)
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11 Aug 2022
COMPLETED
Decision due by (extension to 2 September 2022)
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27 Jul 2022
COMPLETED
Submissions on Statement of Preliminary Issues due
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13 Jul 2022
COMPLETED
Statement of Preliminary Issues published
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15 Jun 2022
COMPLETED
Date opened
- Anonymous D – Submission on Microsoft and Activision Statement of Issues – 12 July 2023pdf - 128 KB | Published on July 18 2023
- Matthew Dunning KC – Opinion on Microsoft and Activision Statement of Issues – 11 July 2023pdf - 2 MB | Published on July 12 2023
- Microsoft – Cross-submission on Statement of Issues – 11 July 2023pdf - 137 KB | Published on July 12 2023
- Anonymous C – Submission on Microsoft and Activision Blizzard statement of issues – 7 July 2023pdf - 91 KB | Published on July 11 2023
- Anonymous B – Submission on Microsoft and Activision Blizzard statement of issues – 21 June 2023pdf - 95 KB | Published on July 11 2023
- Anonymous A – Submission on Microsoft and Activision Blizzard statement of issues – 6 July 2023pdf - 110 KB | Published on July 11 2023
- Microsoft – Keystone report in support of submission on Microsoft and Activision Blizzard statement of issues – 4 July 2023pdf - 952 KB | Published on July 05 2023
- Microsoft – Submission on Microsoft and Activision Blizzard statement of issues – 4 July 2023pdf - 2 MB | Published on July 05 2023
- NVIDIA – Submission on Microsoft and Activision Blizzard statement of issues – 4 July 2023pdf - 143 KB | Published on July 05 2023
- Microsoft Corporation, Activision Blizzard Inc – Statement of Issues – 20 June 2023pdf - 334 KB | Published on June 20 2023
- Microsoft Corporation and Activision Blizzard Inc – Statement of Preliminary Issues – 13 July 2022pdf - 671 KB | Published on July 13 2022
- Microsoft Corporation and Activision Blizzard Inc – Clearance application – 15 June 2022pdf - 2 MB | Published on June 16 2022
Documents (12)
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08 Aug 2023
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20 Jun 2023
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13 Jul 2022
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16 Jun 2022