As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 21, 2015

Registration No. 333-146431

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO

 

FORM S-8

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Under

The Securities Act of 1933

 

 

ACTIVISION BLIZZARD, INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

3100 Ocean Park Boulevard

Santa Monica, California 90405

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

 

Activision, Inc. 2007 Incentive Plan

(Full title of the plan)

 

 

Chris B. Walther

Chief Legal Officer

Activision Blizzard, Inc.

3100 Ocean Park Boulevard

Santa Monica, California 90405

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

(310) 255-2059

(Telephone number, including area code,

of agent for service)

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

 

 

 

 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

 

Partial Deregistration of Securities

 

Activision Blizzard, Inc. (the “Company”) is filing this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-8 Registration Statement (the “Amendment”) in order to deregister certain securities originally registered by the Company pursuant to its Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 1, 2007, file number 333-146431 (the “2007 Form S-8”) for offer or sale pursuant to the Company’s 2007 Incentive Plan (the “2007 Plan”).  A total of 35,371,154 (adjusted to reflect a 2-for-1 stock split completed on September 15, 2008) shares of the Company’s Common Stock were registered under the 2007 Form S-8.

 

On September 24, 2008, the stockholders of the Company adopted the Activision Blizzard, Inc. 2008 Incentive Plan and, pursuant to the terms thereof, the Company ceased making awards under the 2007 Plan.  The total number of shares of Common Stock available for grant under the 2007 Plan and registered under the 2007 Form S-8, but not actually subject to outstanding awards as of the date of this Amendment, is 14,897,588 (the “Excess Shares”).  In accordance with the undertaking contained in the Registration Statement(s) pursuant to Item 512(a)(3) of Regulation S-K, the Company is filing this Amendment to remove from registration, by means of a post-effective amendment, the Excess Shares.

 

The 2007 Form S-8 will remain in effect as to the 2007 Plan to cover the potential issuance of shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of outstanding awards.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing a post-effective amendment to Form S-8 and has duly caused this amendment to its registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City of Santa Monica, State of California, on December 21, 2015.

 

 

	ACTIVISION BLIZZARD, INC.
	By:	/s/ Jeffrey A. Brown
		Jeffrey A. Brown
		Secretary

 

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