0001104659-19-047522.txt : 20200310 0001104659-19-047522.hdr.sgml : 20200310 20190827165702 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-19-047522 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: CORRESP PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 20190827 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Activision Blizzard, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000718877 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-PREPACKAGED SOFTWARE [7372] IRS NUMBER: 954803544 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3100 OCEAN PARK BLVD CITY: SANTA MONICA STATE: CA ZIP: 90405 BUSINESS PHONE: 3102552000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3100 OCEAN PARK BLVD CITY: SANTA MONICA STATE: CA ZIP: 90405 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ACTIVISION INC /NY DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19930114 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: MEDIAGENIC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ACTIVISION INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19880829 CORRESP 1 filename1.htm

 

 

3100 Ocean Park Boulevard

Santa Monica, CA 90405

 

August 27, 2019

 

By EDGAR Submission

 

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

Attn:  Kathleen Collins, Accounting Branch Chief

 

Re:

Activision Blizzard, Inc.

 

Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2018

 

Filed February 28, 2019

 

File No. 001-15839

 

Dear Ms. Collins:

 

We are in receipt of the letter, dated August 22, 2019, from the staff of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission with respect to the above-referenced filing by Activision Blizzard, Inc. (the “Company”).  In accordance with the voicemail we received from David Edgar on August 26, 2019, and in order to ensure ample time to provide you thorough responses, we anticipate providing a complete response to the comment letter no later than Friday, September 20, 2019.

 

If you have any questions regarding the foregoing responses or otherwise, please do not hesitate to call me at (310) 255-2059.

 

 

Sincerely,

 

 

 

/s/ Chris B. Walther

 

Chris B. Walther

 

Chief Legal Officer

 

cc:

David Edgar, Securities and Exchange Commission

 

Dennis Durkin, Activision Blizzard, Inc.

 

James Rock, Activision Blizzard, Inc.

 

Jeffrey Brown, Activision Blizzard, Inc.

 

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