Vivendi considered ousting Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick over the sale of Vivendi's Activision stock, Bloomberg reports

In emails regarding the purchase of stocks from Vivendi, Activision Blizzard's controlling shareholder, several members of the Vivendi leadership discussed firing Kotick. The complaints arose from accusations that the CEO threatened to quit if he wasn't allowed to lead a group that would purchase $2.34 billion of Vivendi's Activision shares.“I really wonder who’s going to fire him,” Vivendi’s then-CEO Jean-Francois Dubos asked in a May, 31 email.“Myself, happily. Tomorrow if you want." Philippe Capron, Vivendi's CFO and Activision Chairman at the time, responded.But Kotick wasn't fired, and the deal he led, totaling $8.2 billion worth of shares, left him in control of the Call of Duty and Skylanders publisher. The emails were evidenced in a shareholder's June court filing, and in the trial last month a Delaware judge ruled that Kotick and current Activision Chairman Brian Kelly must face claims that they improperly benefited from the deal.

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