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GameStop withdraws CEO performance award; focuses on eBay acquisition at $125/share
GameStop Corp.
- Ryan Cohen requests withdrawal of his proposed CEO performance award from proxy to focus on eBay deal.
- Board approved award in Jan 2026 before deciding to pursue acquisition of eBay.
- GameStop's non-binding proposal to acquire eBay at $125/share in cash and stock.
- GameStop owns 4.34M eBay shares directly and has economic exposure to 39M more via put/call pairs.
- Additional materials on eBay acquisition strategic rationale to be released this week.