CMA aims to settle Microsoft-Activision decision

SARAH YOUNG AND SAM TOBIN

THE UK’s competition watchdog has opened up its inquiry into Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard deal for comments, as it aims for a final decision by 29 August on a £55bn takeover it had previously blocked in April.

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) also yesterday published Microsoft’s arguments explaining why the deal should be re-evaluated, as the US software giant battles to win UK approval to buy Call of Duty maker Activision.

A court involved in the case had already published

Microsoft’s argument that the binding commitments accepted by the European Union shortly after Britain had blocked the deal had now changed the situation. Any persons wishing to comment on the new version of Microsoft’s takeover should do so by 4 August, the CMA said in its statement. Reuters

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