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Re:Microsoft to Acquire Activision Blizzard by cableshaft on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @09:45AM (#29979870)
Stephen Totilo shared this back in June of last year. Apparently Bobby's got an agreement signed that if he gets terminated he makes $292 million off of it, double what he made last year.

So that might be part of it.

https://twitter.com/stephentotilo/status/1407658278893592579

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Re:Microsoft to Acquire Activision Blizzard by post-it on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @10:07AM (#29980235)
Microsoft is spending $70 billion all-cash on this, an extra quarter billion isn't much. I don't expect they'll cut him loose until after all the ink is dry.
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Re:Microsoft to Acquire Activision Blizzard by techdragon on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @10:13AM (#29980327)
How long is that valid for? Also does buyout by Microsoft count as a “change of control” … I’d bet Microsoft would wait out whatever time span that’s valid for and then immediately refuse to give him another one and can him…
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Re:Microsoft to Acquire Activision Blizzard by JaimeThompson on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @09:51AM (#29979977)
Agreements like that are evidence that boards don't always take into account the health of the company as a whole when making decisions.
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Re:Microsoft to Acquire Activision Blizzard by robertlagrant on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @10:44AM (#29980801)
Looks like he'd be terminating "with good reason" himself after a change of control and getting $292m?
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Re:Microsoft to Acquire Activision Blizzard by throwawaysea on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @10:14AM (#29980339)
Aren’t those types of severance packages typically invalid if you’re fired for good cause (like sexual harassment)?
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