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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Co-Chairman of Activision Blizzard cashes in stock for $20 million]]></title><link>http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/03/14/co-chairman-of-activision-blizzard-cashes-in-stock-for-20-milli/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/03/14/co-chairman-of-activision-blizzard-cashes-in-stock-for-20-milli/</guid><comments>http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/03/14/co-chairman-of-activision-blizzard-cashes-in-stock-for-20-milli/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/world-of-warcraft/" rel="tag">World of Warcraft</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/fantasy/" rel="tag">Fantasy</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/real-life/" rel="tag">Real life</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/mmo-industry/" rel="tag">MMO industry</a></p><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/03/13/co-chairman-of-activision-blizzard-cashes-in-stock-for-20-milli"><img hspace="4" height="139" width="225" vspace="4" border="1" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/massively.joystiq.com/media/2009/03/jim_cramer-1.jpg" alt="" /></a>Just in time for Activision Blizzard's earnings report, Co-Chairman Brian Kelly liquidated 2 million shares of his stock in the company on March 12, earning over $20 million in the process. <br /><br />The move has caused some speculation that<a href="http://syncaine.wordpress.com/2009/03/12/rats-jumping-off-the-blizzard-ship/"> the trade spells bad news for the company's forthcoming report</a>. Given that <em><strike>Rock Band</strike> Guitar Hero</em> and <em><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/World-of-Warcraft/">World of Warcraft</a></em> haven't showed signs of slowing even during the recession, it's a safe guess that the report won't trigger a massive sell-off. Kelly was the only director-level employee <a href="http://www.thestreet.com/_yahoo/story/10470563/1/insider-sells-34m-of-equity-residential.html?cm_ven=YAHOO&amp;cm_cat=FREE&amp;cm_ite=NA">reported by the SEC </a>to have traded large volumes of his stock, so it's unlikely his stock trade is related to Activision Blizzard's performance. When 30 percent of the board of directors begins selling off their assets, it'll be time to panic.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com"><img src="http://massively.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Massively" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/03/14/co-chairman-of-activision-blizzard-cashes-in-stock-for-20-milli/">Co-Chairman of Activision Blizzard cashes in stock for $20 million</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com">Massively</a> on Sat, 14 Mar 2009 19:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.thestreet.com/_yahoo/story/10470563/1/insider-sells-34m-of-equity-residential.html?cm_ven=YAHOO&amp;cm_cat=FREE&amp;cm_ite=NA>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/03/14/co-chairman-of-activision-blizzard-cashes-in-stock-for-20-milli/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/forward/1487658/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/03/14/co-chairman-of-activision-blizzard-cashes-in-stock-for-20-milli/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>activision-blizzard</category><category>blizzard</category><category>economy</category><category>financial</category><category>mmo-industry</category><category>stock-trading</category><category>world-of-warcraft</category><category>wow</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Blancato]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2009 19:00:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
