---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001326380-26-000004"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GME"
cik: "0001326380"
company_name: "GameStop Corp."
filed_at: "2026-01-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T11:19:49.825111+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# GameStop grants performance-based stock option award to CEO Ryan Cohen tied to $100B market cap target

## Summary
- Award is 100% performance-based: no salary, cash bonus, or time-vesting stock for Cohen.
- Options to purchase 171,537,327 shares at $20.66; vest in nine tranches based on market cap ($20B to $100B) and cumulative EBITDA ($2B to $10B) milestones.
- If minimum hurdles ($20B market cap, $2B EBITDA) are not met, no options vest and Cohen receives nothing.
- Award subject to stockholder approval at special meeting expected in March/April 2026; Cohen recuses himself.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001326380-26-000004
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GME
- cik: 0001326380
- company_name: GameStop Corp.
- filed_at: 2026-01-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326380/000132638026000004/0001326380-26-000004-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326380/000132638026000004/gme-20260106.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001326380-26-000004.txt

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