The final step in the UK for the Microsoft deal

The CMA approved our transaction with Microsoft, Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick writes.

Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick sent the following email to employees:

Team,

Today the CMA, the regulatory authority in the UK, approved our transaction with Microsoft. 

We now have all regulatory approvals necessary to close and we look forward to bringing joy and connection to even more players around the world. 

Our board chair Brian Kelly and I are incredibly proud of all of you and your accomplishments over the last four decades. We’re excited for our next chapter together with Microsoft and the endless possibilities it creates for you and for our players.

With gratitude,

Bobby

Previously

• The latest step in the UK for the Microsoft deal (Sep 21, 2023)

• The next step in the UK for the Microsoft deal (Aug 21, 2023)

• Deadline extended on the Microsoft deal (July 19, 2023)

• A federal court denied the FTC's request to block the Microsoft deal (July 11, 2023)

• We're ready to make our case for the Microsoft deal in federal court (June 12, 2023)

• Regulators in Europe approve the Microsoft deal (May 15, 2023)

• We’ll keep pressing our case for a Microsoft deal (April 26, 2023)

• A March update on the Microsoft deal (March 28, 2023)

• A February update on the Microsoft deal (February 8, 2023)

• A December update on the Microsoft deal (December 8, 2022)

• Defining the future: Announcing a merger with Microsoft (January 18, 2022)