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动视暴雪CEO被要求辞职,公司可能为此付出沉重代价

动视暴雪CEO被要求辞职,公司可能为此付出沉重代价

Chris Morris 2021-11-21
部分员工和股东(总计持有480万股)要求动视暴雪的首席执行官下台。

动视暴雪首席执行官鲍比·科蒂克。图片来源:DREW ANGERER—GETTY IMAGES

要求动视暴雪(Activision-Blizzard)的首席执行官鲍比·科蒂克下台的呼声愈演愈烈。部分员工和股东(总计持有480万股)要求该视频游戏发行商的首席执行官下台。但解雇鲍比·科蒂克可能代价高昂。

动视暴雪在今年6月向美国证券交易委员会(Securities and Exchange Commission)提交的委托声明书显示,公司如果解雇科蒂克,就需要向他支付高达2.65亿美元的补偿金。

这是截至2020年12月31日的数字,之后几个月可能已经做出了调整。这个数字体现了解雇科蒂克的多种状况以及补偿金金额:

 有条件解雇——264524美元

 无条件解雇——265175849美元

其他金额为科蒂克死亡、残疾或因为控制权变更而离职等情况下向其支付的补偿金。

11月16日,《华尔街日报》(Wall Street Journal)的一篇报道披露,对于动视暴雪许多部门存在的性骚扰指控,包括一桩强奸指控,科蒂克早已知情。动视暴雪很快对这篇报道提出质疑,称这是“对动视暴雪和我们的首席执行官不准确且存在误导性的言论。”当天晚些时候,公司董事会发声力挺科蒂克,称董事会“依旧相信鲍比·科蒂克妥善解决了他所知道的工作场所问题。”

但如果《华尔街日报》的报道属实,并且董事会最终决定解雇科蒂克,这就引发了一个问题:这种情况是否属于“有理由”解雇?根据委托声明书,如果科蒂克被“有条件”解雇,他的所有未授予股份和已授予但未行权的期权就将被收回。

科蒂克的员工协议显示,有条件解雇的情况包括“与其履行职责有关的故意不当行为或重大疏忽,给公司造成或高度可能造成严重伤害”,或者“在履行其雇佣协议规定的职责时存在恶意欺骗,并且产生了严重不利影响”。

当然,如果科蒂克离开动视暴雪,可能就是通过谈判协议的方式,而不是被董事会解雇。

科蒂克并不是唯一一位被要求离职的动视暴雪高管。股东向董事会提交的报告还要求公司两位任职时间最长的董事布莱恩·凯利和罗伯特·莫尔加多在今年12月31日之前退休。(财富中文网)

翻译:刘进龙

审校:汪皓

要求动视暴雪(Activision-Blizzard)的首席执行官鲍比·科蒂克下台的呼声愈演愈烈。部分员工和股东(总计持有480万股)要求该视频游戏发行商的首席执行官下台。但解雇鲍比·科蒂克可能代价高昂。

动视暴雪在今年6月向美国证券交易委员会(Securities and Exchange Commission)提交的委托声明书显示,公司如果解雇科蒂克,就需要向他支付高达2.65亿美元的补偿金。

这是截至2020年12月31日的数字,之后几个月可能已经做出了调整。这个数字体现了解雇科蒂克的多种状况以及补偿金金额:

 有条件解雇——264524美元

 无条件解雇——265175849美元

其他金额为科蒂克死亡、残疾或因为控制权变更而离职等情况下向其支付的补偿金。

11月16日,《华尔街日报》(Wall Street Journal)的一篇报道披露,对于动视暴雪许多部门存在的性骚扰指控,包括一桩强奸指控,科蒂克早已知情。动视暴雪很快对这篇报道提出质疑,称这是“对动视暴雪和我们的首席执行官不准确且存在误导性的言论。”当天晚些时候,公司董事会发声力挺科蒂克,称董事会“依旧相信鲍比·科蒂克妥善解决了他所知道的工作场所问题。”

但如果《华尔街日报》的报道属实,并且董事会最终决定解雇科蒂克,这就引发了一个问题:这种情况是否属于“有理由”解雇?根据委托声明书,如果科蒂克被“有条件”解雇,他的所有未授予股份和已授予但未行权的期权就将被收回。

科蒂克的员工协议显示,有条件解雇的情况包括“与其履行职责有关的故意不当行为或重大疏忽,给公司造成或高度可能造成严重伤害”,或者“在履行其雇佣协议规定的职责时存在恶意欺骗,并且产生了严重不利影响”。

当然,如果科蒂克离开动视暴雪,可能就是通过谈判协议的方式,而不是被董事会解雇。

科蒂克并不是唯一一位被要求离职的动视暴雪高管。股东向董事会提交的报告还要求公司两位任职时间最长的董事布莱恩·凯利和罗伯特·莫尔加多在今年12月31日之前退休。(财富中文网)

翻译:刘进龙

审校:汪皓

The cries for Activision-Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick to depart are getting louder. Both a group of employees and shareholders (who own a total of 4.8 million shares) are calling for the ouster of the head of the video game publisher. But getting rid of him wouldn’t necessarily be cheap.

Activision, in a proxy statement to the Securities and Exchange Commission last June, spelled out just how much it could cost to fire Kotick. And it could run as high as $265 million.

The numbers, which were current as of Dec. 31, 2020 and could have been adjusted in the months since, show a number of conditions and payouts for Kotick:

 Termination for cause — $264,524

 Termination without cause — $265,175,849

Other amounts are given in case of Kotick’s death, disability or termination following a change of control.

On November 16, the Wall Street Journal ran a story alleging Kotick was aware of harassment allegations in many parts of the company, including one alleged rape. Activision quickly disputed the report, calling it “an inaccurate and misleading view of Activision Blizzard and our CEO”. The company’s board of directors, later in the day, supporting Kotick, saying it “remains confident that Bobby Kotick appropriately addressed workplace issues brought to his attention.”

If the story is true, however, and the board does decide to ultimately remove Kotick, that would raise the question of whether the action is “for cause” or not. If so, according to the proxy statement, all of his unvested equity and vested but unexercised options would be forfeited.

Among the conditions for cause, according to Kotick’s employee agreement are engaging “in willful misconduct or gross negligence in connection with the performance of his duties that has caused or is highly likely to cause severe harm” to the company or being “intentionally dishonest in the performance of his duties under his employment agreement and such dishonesty had a material adverse effect”.

Should Kotick leave Activision, of course, it would likely be via a negotiated agreement, rather than being fired by the board of directors.

Kotick’s not the only senior Activision official who termination is being called for. The shareholder note to the board also seeks the retirement of its two longest serving directors, Brian Kelly and Robert Morgado, by Dec. 31.

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