Close the acquisition of Activision Blizzard
Delivered after the deadline (105 days after the deadline)
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- Announced
- 18 Jan 2022
- Due
- 30 Jun 2023
- Delivered
- 13 Oct 2023
- Deadline
- Met
- Late
- Not met
- Today
What the company said
“The deal is expected to close in Microsoft’s fiscal year ending June 2023”
What we found
Evidence strength A What the grades mean
Microsoft did not close the acquisition by the June 30, 2023 deadline, extending the agreement to October 2023 and completing the transaction on October 13, 2023.
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A Microsoft Corp. 10-K filed 2023-07-27
“Microsoft and Activision Blizzard have jointly agreed to extend the merger agreement through October 18, 2023 to allow for additional time to resolve remaining regulatory concerns.” ✓ confirmed on the page
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A Microsoft Corp. 10-Q filed 2024-04-25
“On October 13, 2023, we completed our acquisition of Activision Blizzard, Inc.” ✓ confirmed on the page
Market reaction: the shares moved -1.1% against the S&P 500 over the three sessions around the disclosure (26 Jul 2023 to 31 Jul 2023). What this measures
Checked 3 Oct 2026.
Commitment DNA
The structured record of this commitment. Fields the company did not state are left blank rather than guessed.
- Event type
- Acquisition close
- Indicative materiality
- High rules
- Action
- Close
- Deliverable
- Acquisition of Activision Blizzard
- Language
- Expected (“expects”, “plans”)
- In the company’s control
- Medium
- Specificity
- High
- Conditional
- Yes: customary closing conditions; completion of regulatory review; Activision Blizzard’s shareholder approval
- Depends on
- Regulatory, Shareholder, Counterparty
How this entry was checked
- Commitment recordedThe company's words were matched word for word against the filing.
- First checkAn AI model, Gemini (Google), read the company's later filings and recorded the outcome with a quoted passage.
- Second check: agreesA different AI model, Claude (Anthropic), re-read the evidence without being told the outcome and reached the same answer.
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