Microsoft and Activision Blizzard extend deadline for merger
微软和动视暴雪延长合并截止期限
Move gives companies more time to address regulators’ concerns about $75bn deal
延期至10月18日将让两家公司有更多时间来解决监管机构对这笔750亿美元交易的担忧。
Microsoft and Activision Blizzard have pushed back the deadline for the completion of their $75bn merger agreement until mid-October as the two companies seek to resolve UK regulatory concerns about the impact of the tie-up on the nascent cloud gaming market.
微软(Microsoft)和动视暴雪(Activision Blizzard)已将完成750亿美元合并协议的最后期限延后至10月中旬。目前两家公司正寻求解决英国监管机构的担忧，后者担心这一合并对初生的云游戏市场的影响。
The extension to October 18 does not alter the original $95 per share, all-cash purchase price that Microsoft will pay for the developer of Call of Duty and Candy Crush Saga. However, the parties have agreed to increase the termination fee that Microsoft would pay Activision to as much as $4.5bn, if the deal is scuttled after September 15.
延期至10月18日并不会改变原先的收购价：微软将对《使命召唤》(Call of Duty)和《糖果传奇》(Candy Crush Saga)的开发商进行每股95美元的全现金收购。然而双方同意：如果该交易在9月15日之后落空，微软向动视暴雪支付的分手费将增至45亿美元。
The extension will provide “ample time to work through the final regulatory issues”, said Microsoft’s president Brad Smith in a tweet on Wednesday.
微软总裁布拉德•史密斯(Brad Smith)周三在Twitter上写道，此次延期将提供“充足时间来解决最后的监管问题”。
