Overview
- GameStop removed the proposed $35 billion, performance‑based CEO award at Ryan Cohen’s request, ending an immediate proxy fight over the plan.
- Cohen reiterated his intent to pursue a roughly $56 billion offer for eBay and said he will commit $500 million of his own money to the effort.
- eBay’s board already rejected GameStop’s proposal as “neither credible nor attractive,” leaving a large unresolved financing gap despite reports of potential debt support from TD Bank.
- A putative class action filed in Delaware seeks to block the bonus payments and the company says it will defend itself, while a shareholder vote that would have covered the award had been scheduled for July 7.
- GameStop said it will publish more details this week explaining the strategic case for an eBay deal and the planned leadership and governance of a combined company.