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Republic of Korea: Announced KFTC investigation into the proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft

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Announced KFTC investigation into the proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft

On 14 April 2022, the Korean Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) opened its investigation into Microsoft's proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard. Activision Blizzard is a video game holding company headquartered in the United States of America. The acquisition was notified on 4 April 2022.

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Scope

Policy Area
Competition
Policy Instrument
Merger control regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
technological consumer goods, software provider: other software
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
competition authority

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2022-04-14
under deliberation

On 14 April 2022, the Korean Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) opened its investigation into Microsoft's…

2023-05-30
concluded

On 30 May 2023, the Korean Fair Trade Commission (FTC) approved Microsoft's acquisition of Activisi…

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