Ryan Cohen

so i wasn't in a place uh my father had just died recently and they offered me a single board seat and i'm like if i'm gonna do this you know i looked at the board and they had a really large board and they're offering me a single board seat and it just wasn't attractive and then

so i wasn't in a place uh my father had just died recently and they offered me a single board seat and i'm like if i'm gonna do this you know i looked at the board and they had a really large board and they're offering me a single board seat and it just wasn't attractive and then

you know, COVID things got a lot worse, they were deemed a non essential store, basically, like kind of on the verge of bankruptcy, the stock traded down significantly.

you know, COVID things got a lot worse, they were deemed a non essential store, basically, like kind of on the verge of bankruptcy, the stock traded down significantly.

And then I continued accumulating, I ended up going above 5%.

And then I continued accumulating, I ended up going above 5%.

At that point, I needed to decide, am I going to file a G or a D?

At that point, I needed to decide, am I going to file a G or a D?

A 13 G is basically if you want to be passive, which means you're not going to engage with the management team at all.

A 13 G is basically if you want to be passive, which means you're not going to engage with the management team at all.

And a D is where you are going to engage with them.

And a D is where you are going to engage with them.

So that was an easy decision once I crossed over 5%.

So that was an easy decision once I crossed over 5%.

And I remember actually getting a call from the CEO of GameStop at the time.

And I remember actually getting a call from the CEO of GameStop at the time.

And he's like,

And he's like,

we were discussing me going above 5% and filing the required SEC forms.

we were discussing me going above 5% and filing the required SEC forms.