---
title: "MIDASPLAYER.COM LTD. — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/abb0ec71-4e56-5567-bdc0-aae4e82a69ae
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/abb0ec71-4e56-5567-bdc0-aae4e82a69ae
identifier: oo:GB-COH-04534247
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# MIDASPLAYER.COM LTD.

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** GB  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-04534247`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/abb0ec71-4e56-5567-bdc0-aae4e82a69ae  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/abb0ec71-4e56-5567-bdc0-aae4e82a69ae  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Microsoft Corporation** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/72cbf52d-6dfe-4459-b4d7-858ede4b6b65
- **Midasplayer Malta Holding Company Limited** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/44521db0-937c-4860-b204-5cbf68ad281d

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **ACTIVISION BLIZZARD MEDIA LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/632bfa8b-c9ab-5d2e-9e23-0cfdbd7f09ad
- **ACTIVISION BLIZZARD MEDIA LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/632bfa8b-c9ab-5d2e-9e23-0cfdbd7f09ad

### UBO chain (walk to the ultimate owner)

1. **Microsoft Corporation** — beneficial owner 87.5% → *MIDASPLAYER.COM LTD.*
1. **Midasplayer Malta Holding Company Limited** — beneficial owner 87.5% → *MIDASPLAYER.COM LTD.*

## Company profile (live · UK Companies House)

- **Company number:** `04534247`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2002-09-13
- **Registered office:** The Ampersand Building, 178 Wardour Street, London, W1F 8FY, England
- **SIC:** 62090

### Officers

- [REED SMITH CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/44db8abd-624c-55df-aaa8-0de609d7d22f) — corporate secretary · appointed 2024-06-24
- KIVIAT, Leigh Anne — director · American · appointed 2026-01-16
- MATTINGLY, Ian Dennis — director · British · appointed 2026-03-16
- ORNDORFF, Benjamin Owen — director · American · appointed 2024-06-24
- MILLER, Robert — secretary · appointed 2013-02-26 · resigned 2015-05-04
- O'DONNELL, Owen Francis — secretary · British · appointed 2006-03-17 · resigned 2007-08-24
- ROWLAND, Toby — secretary · British · appointed 2003-03-18 · resigned 2006-03-17
- WHALEN, Marcus — secretary · British · appointed 2007-08-24 · resigned 2013-02-26
- @UKPLC CLIENT SECRETARY LTD — corporate nominee secretary · appointed 2002-09-13 · resigned 2003-03-18
- CHALFEN, Michael Hilary — director · British · appointed 2005-09-20 · resigned 2006-05-31
- COCHRAN, Hope Flannery — director · American · appointed 2015-05-04 · resigned 2016-06-17
- DOLLIVER, Keith Ranger — director · American · appointed 2024-06-24 · resigned 2026-01-16
- HOMMELS, Klaus — director · German · appointed 2004-02-02 · resigned 2008-12-19
- KNUTSSON, Sebastian — director · Swedish · appointed 2003-10-07 · resigned 2015-05-04
- MACKENZIE, Roy — director · British · appointed 2006-03-17 · resigned 2008-12-19
- MARKGREN, Lars — director · Swedish · appointed 2003-10-07 · resigned 2015-05-04
- MARTIN, Claire — director · British · appointed 2010-03-09 · resigned 2010-05-26
- MCKEON, Marius Joseph — director · Maltese · appointed 2015-05-04 · resigned 2026-03-16
- MILLER, Robert Simon — director · British · appointed 2015-05-04 · resigned 2017-02-02
- MORRIS, Melvyn — director · British · appointed 2004-01-15 · resigned 2008-12-19

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Microsoft Corporation](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/72cbf52d-6dfe-4459-b4d7-858ede4b6b65) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · United States — since 2023-10-13
- [Activision Blizzard, Inc.](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6a7cec40-11f0-43f8-98ac-3cddcffcd340) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · United States — ceased 2023-10-13
- [Midasplayer Malta Holding Company Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/44521db0-937c-4860-b204-5cbf68ad281d) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · Malta — ceased 2016-04-06

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04534247

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **MIDASPLAYER.COM LTD.**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/abb0ec71-4e56-5567-bdc0-aae4e82a69ae · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/abb0ec71-4e56-5567-bdc0-aae4e82a69ae._

_Risk levels are heuristic investigative leads, not legal determinations of beneficial ownership. Every claim carries a source; an absent edge means "not yet observed in current sources", not "does not exist"._