Microsoft’s Smith Set for Talks With UK Chancellor Over Activision Deal Ban
- Meeting follows UK regulator’s block of Activision acquisition
- Chancellor previously voiced concerns over decision’s impact
Microsoft Corp. President Brad Smith will meet with UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt next week to voice his frustration over the shock decision by Britain’s competition regulator to block its $69 billion takeover of Activision Blizzard Inc.
Smith is set to hold talks with Hunt as well as officials from the Competition and Markets Authority, the agency that wielded the April 26 veto, according to people familiar with the discussions, who spoke on condition of anonymity.