GameStop Forensic Investigation

Corporate Intelligence Perspective: Capital-Strong, Governance-Sensitive

8 Investigative Threads Framework Coverage
SEC-Filed Evidence Only Primary Source Standard
FY2019 – FY2025 Assessment Window (+2026 checks)
Filing-Level Traceability Accession-Based Audit Trail

Core narrative: capital-strong, governance-sensitive

Dashboards

Select a dashboard to move from the investigative summary into focused analysis views.

Method & Scope

SEC-First Evidence

All findings backed by filed SEC documents with accession number traceability.

8-Thread Framework

Capital allocation, credit, insider transactions, compensation, shareholder/activist, capital structure, regulatory, and board governance.

Cross-Thread Synthesis

Each thread is assessed qualitatively, then integrated into a single evidence-backed narrative with explicit cross-reference tracking.

Thread Dashboard

Thread Deep-Dive

Convergence Timeline

This timeline maps major filing events and lets you isolate periods where governance, financing, and insider signals converged.

Window A: Jan-Jun 2021

Control transfer + capital raise + disclosure pressure. High-speed transition with both opportunity capture and governance strain.

Window B: Jun-Sep 2023

Leadership compression + governance concentration. CEO termination, interim reset, then combined President/CEO/Chair appointment.

Window C: May-Sep 2024

Volatility-driven financing + insider sensitivity. Multi-tranche ATM execution with insider sale examples in sensitive periods.

Window D: Mar-Oct 2025

Treasury strategy pivot + financial engineering layering. Bitcoin authorization, large convert issuance, warrant overlay.

Capital Flow & Dilution Structure

Capital Sources (2019-2025+)

2021 ATM $1.680B gross
2024 ATM $3.470B gross
2025 Converts $4.200B gross
Total ~$9.350B gross

Capital Deployment / Position Signals

Buybacks (FY2022-FY2024) $0
Dividends (recent years) $0
CapEx (FY2022-FY2024 cumulative) ~$106.9M
Cash & Equivalents (Feb 2025) $4,756.9M
Marketable Securities (Feb 2025) $18.0M

Contingent Future Flow

Warrant Exercise Potential Up to ~$1.893B cash inflow

Number Verification (SEC-Filed)

  • 2021 ATM gross: $1.680B from FY2021 10-K (filed March 17, 2022; accession 0001326380-22-000021).
  • 2024 ATM gross: $3.470B from FY2024 10-K (filed March 25, 2025; accession 0001628280-25-014731), combining $933.4M + $2,137.0M + $400.0M.
  • 2025 convert gross: $4.200B from 8-K filings (accessions 0001326380-25-000022, 0001326380-25-000055, 0001326380-25-000059).
  • 2025 convert net reference: ~$4.157B from the same 8-K sequence ($1.48B + $2.23B + $446.6M).
  • Cash and cash equivalents ($4,756.9M) and marketable securities ($18.0M): FY2024 10-K as of February 1, 2025 (accession 0001628280-25-014731).
  • CapEx FY2022-FY2024 cumulative ($106.9M): FY2024 10-K cash flow values of $55.9M + $34.9M + $16.1M.
  • Warrant exercise potential (~$1.893B): 59,153,963 warrants at $32.00 each from 424B2 filed October 7, 2025 (accession 0001326380-25-000092).

Share Count Trajectory

Year Shares Outstanding Change Key Event
2019 102,267,435 Baseline
2020 64,457,992 -37.0% Buyback-era reduction
2021 69,935,828 +8.5% First ATM offerings
2022 76,339,248 +9.2% Continued ATM + split authorized
2023 304,675,439 +299.2% 4-for-1 stock split (July 2022)
2024 305,873,200 +0.4% Pre-2024 ATM baseline
2025 447,083,981 +46.2% 2024 ATM waves completed

Key Figures

Filing Inventory & Coverage

This table is filing coverage by form type and year. Values of 0 indicate no filing for that type in that year, not missing data.

CORRESP: present (7) NT 10-K/Q: none found S-3ASR: present (3) Form D / Form 5 / FWP: none found
Type 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Total Note

Information Gaps