Investor Presentaiton
GameStop's Claims Are Misleading
GameStop Claim
FACTS
Board's prudent and
balanced capital allocation
strategy has strengthened
GameStop's balance sheet
Board has delivered value
to stockholders with its
decision to sell Spring
Mobile for $700 million
Permit and Hestia are short-
term investors who wanted a
large share buyback that
would have left the company
weaker
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Company failed to refinance March 2021 Senior Notes coming due in 10 months - resulting in
potentially a serious liquidity crisis
Allocated $38M in executive compensation in fiscal 2019 despite a 65% decline in the share price
SG&A increased as a percentage of revenue and gross profit in fiscal 2019
The Board announced the sale of Spring Mobile in November 2018, after investing over $740
million in telecom acquisitions and 6 months after a large stockholder (Tiger Management) publicly
called for its sale
Thomas Kelly who was added to the Board in 2012 for his Telecom experience to help drive this ill-
advised M&A strategy into the Telecom space should have resigned last year after the sale of Spring
Mobile not remain on the Board until 2021
Permit and Hestia have been invested in GameStop since 2011 and 2012 and are committed to
helping the company prosper
We recommended a significant buyback based on the healthy financials and guidance provided by
management at the time
What we didn't know at the time was that the Company would announce on April 2, 2020 material
weaknesses in their internal controls, casting doubt on their liquidity needs for the remainder of
the year
restore
GameStop
Source: Company's public filings.
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