GameStop stockholders approve raising authorized shares to 2.5 billion

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GameStop's stockholders voted on Jul 7, 2026 to raise the number of authorized shares of its Class A common stock to 2,500,000,000. The amendment drew 231,693,497 votes for and 104,566,841 against, and GameStop says it gives the company capacity to issue stock in connection with strategic transactions, including its proposed acquisition of eBay. Stockholders also re-elected all five director nominees, backed executive pay in an advisory vote and ratified KPMG LLP as the independent accounting firm, while the proposal to approve a CEO performance award was withdrawn before the vote. GameStop reported the results in an 8-K, a US company's report of a material event, filed on Jul 8, 2026.1^,2^,3^,4^,5^,6^,7^,8^,9