Vivendi var indtil i forgårs næsten eneejer af Activision Blizzard, men har nu solgt ud af deres aktier for at skabe lidt mere kapital og højne deres kreditværdighed. Bloomberg oplyser, at Vivendi har solgt 35 mio. aktier til en samlet værdi af $427 mio. Vivendi ejer stadig majoriteten af Activision Blizzard med 60 % af aktierne.

Vivendi, based in Paris, sold 35 million shares at $12.20 apiece after offering them for as much as $12.30, two people with knowledge of the transaction said, declining to be identified as the process was private. Vivendi did not provide a final price in a statement on its website announcing the sale.

Activision shares climbed this month after the Santa Monica, California-based company raised a full-year profit forecast and saw sales of more than $400 million in the 24 hours following the release of the latest version of its game “Call of Duty.” The shares had gained about 23 percent from this year’s lowest level on Aug. 10 before they declined 4.4 percent to $12.24 as of 1:44 p.m. in New York.