UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT

TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

 

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)

May 9, 2006 (May 6, 2006)

 

ACTIVISION, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Delaware

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

0-12699

95-4803544

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

 

3100 Ocean Park Boulevard, Santa Monica, CA

90405

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)

 

(310) 255-2000

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

 

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

 

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Item 7.01

Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

On May 9, 2006, Activision, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that it has entered into an agreement to acquire RedOctane, Inc., a California corporation. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

 

The information in this Form 8-K and the Exhibit attached hereto shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

 

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

 

(c)

Exhibits

 

 

99.1

Press Release of the Company, dated May 9, 2006.

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

ACTIVISION, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Michael Griffith

 

 

Name:    Michael Griffith

Title:      President and Chief Executive
Officer of Activision Publishing, Inc.

 

Date: May 9, 2006

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit Number

Description

 

 

99.1

Press Release of Activision, Inc., dated May 9, 2006.