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Shareholders inActivision Blizzardapproved overwhelmingly to accept Microsoft Corporation’s offer of $68.7 billion (£54.66 billion) to acquire the company at yesterday’s Special Meeting of Stockholders. More than 98% of the shares voted in favour of the buyout offer, Activision Blizzardconfirmed in a statementreleased on their website. Thelargest payment for a technology companyin recorded history, toppling Dell’s acquisition of EMC Data Storage from 2016, it’s now expected the deal will conclude during Microsoft’s fiscal year, which ends on June 30th 2023.
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At the end of March, Four United States senators including former Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders and Massachusetts representative Elizabeth Warrenappealed to the Federal Trade Commissionto consider the effect of Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard on workers before approving the deal. Bloombergreportthat the FTC’s lead Lina Khan is likely to oppose the deal when it’s reviewed. Other governments outside of the United States have also yet to approve the deal.
Activision Blizzard have struggled with accusations ofsexual harrassment,discriminationandpoor working conditionsfor their employees in recent years. These issues continue toplay out in public, although Activision Blizzard finally acknowledged the demands of unionised Quality Assurance testersacross most of the companyearlier this month. Only Raven Software were left out of this change, although the United States’ National Labor Relations Board has since ruled thatRaven’s QA staff can vote on unionisationwith ballots due to be sent out today.
