Subsequent Events

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

Focusing Development Resources and Restructuring Plan: In order to better capitalize on long-term growth opportunities, on February 12, 2019, the Company committed to a Board-authorized restructuring plan under which the Company plans to refocus its resources on its largest opportunities and to remove unnecessary levels of complexity and duplication from certain parts of the business. More specifically, we intend to:


•	increase our investment in development for our largest, internally-owned franchises—across upfront releases, in-game content, mobile and geographic expansion;


•	reduce certain non-development and administrative-related costs across our business; and


•	integrate our global and regional sales and “go-to-market,” partnerships, and sponsorships capabilities across the business, which we believe will enable us to provide better opportunities for talent, and greater expertise and scale on behalf of our business units.

We expect to incur aggregate pre-tax restructuring charges of approximately $150 million in 2019, related to severance, including, in many cases, above legally required amounts (approximately 65% of the aggregate charge), facilities costs (approximately 20% of the aggregate charge), and asset write-downs and other costs (approximately 15% of the aggregate charge). We expect the majority of these charges to be incurred in the first quarter of 2019, with most of the balance expected to be incurred in the remainder of 2019. The total pre-tax charge associated with the restructuring will be paid almost entirely in cash and the outlays are expected to be incurred throughout 2019.