SEC Form 4 · accession 0001352027-16-000090
Activision Blizzard, Inc. · ATVI
Statement of changes in beneficial ownership, as filed. Original on EDGAR ↗
Reporting owner
Brian G Kelly
Director · 10% Owner
Period of report
May 1, 2016
Accepted (ET)
May 3, 2016 · 5:35 pm EDT
Rule 10b5-1 plan
unknown — predates the checkbox
Issuer CIK
0000718877
Table I — non-derivative securities
| Security | Date | Code | Shares | Price | A/D | Owned after | D/I | Nature of ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Common Stock, par value $0.000001 per shareF2,F3 | May 1, 2016 | F | 9,872 | $34.47 | D | 506,077 | I | See footnote |
| Common Stock, par value $0.000001 per shareF4 | holding | — | — | — | 171,968,042 | I | By ASAC II LP | |
| Common Stock, par value $0.000001 per share | holding | — | — | — | 472,865 | I | By the Kelly Family 2006 Irrevocable Trust | |
| Common Stock, par value $0.000001 per shareF5 | holding | — | — | — | 703,188 | D |
Table II — derivative securities
No Table II lines on this filing.
Explanation of responses
- F1On May 1, 2016, 17,685 restricted share units held by a grantor retained annuity trust, of which Mr. Kelly is the annuitant beneficiary and his wife, Joelle Kelly, is the trustee, vested. As allowed under the terms of Mr. Kelly's restricted share unit agreement, the Company withheld 9,872 of the shares otherwise deliverable to the trust in order to satisfy the resulting tax withholding obligation.
- F2Following the transactions reported on this Form 4, Mr. Kelly indirectly holds, through a grantor retained annuity trust of which Mr. Kelly is the annuitant beneficiary and his wife, Joelle Kelly, is the trustee, (a) 470,707 shares of the Company's common stock and (b) 35,370 restricted share units, each representing the right to receive a share of the Company's common stock.
- F3These securities are held by a grantor retained annuity trust, of which Mr. Kelly is the annuitant beneficiary and his wife, Joelle Kelly, is the trustee.
- F4ASAC II LLC is the general partner of ASAC II LP. Robert A. Kotick and Mr. Kelly are the managers of ASAC II LLC. Mr. Kelly disclaims beneficial ownership of the Company's common stock held by ASAC II LP except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.
- F5Mr. Kelly directly owns (a) 661,391 shares of the Company's common stock and (b) 41,797 performance-vesting restricted share units, each representing the right to receive one share of the Company's common stock.