---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001326380-22-000048"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GME"
cik: "0001326380"
company_name: "GameStop Corp."
filed_at: "2022-05-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T14:24:32.101375+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# GameStop appoints Nir Patel as COO, effective May 31, 2022; packages total $3.4M cash + $35M in RSUs

## Summary
- Nir Patel, former Belk CEO and Kohl's executive, becomes GameStop COO effective May 31, 2022.
- Base salary $200k; sign-on bonus of $3.4M payable bi-weekly over 24 months; relocation up to $200k.
- Initial RSU grant of ~$14M (5yr vest: 10/20/23.3/23.3/23.3%) and buyout RSU grant of ~$21M (3yr vest: 1/3 per year).
- Severance includes 6 months salary, COBRA, unpaid bonus installments, and accelerated vesting of certain RSUs if terminated without cause.
- Patel brings two decades of retail experience in operations, merchandising, and supply chain.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001326380-22-000048
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GME
- cik: 0001326380
- company_name: GameStop Corp.
- filed_at: 2022-05-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326380/000132638022000048/0001326380-22-000048-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326380/000132638022000048/gme-20220512.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Nir Patel was appointed as Chief Operating Officer at GameStop Corp..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: On May 16, 2022, GameStop Corp. (the “Company”) announced the appointment of Nir Patel , age 40, as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer, effective on or about May 31, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326380/000132638022000048/0001326380-22-000048-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.