Dec Form 4 - Carlson
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Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s)
GameStop Corp. to Issuer (Check all applicable)
Carlson, David W. New York Stock Exchange Symbol: GME ___ Director ___ 10% Owner
------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------- _X_ Officer (give ___ Other (specify
(Last) (First) (Middle) 3. I.R.S. 4. Statement for title below) title below)
Identification Month/Day/Year Executive Vice President, Chief
c/o GameStop Corp. Number of Reporting 2/13/02 Financial Officer and Assistant
2250 William D. Tate Avenue Person, if an entity Secretary
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(Street) 5. If Amendment, Date of 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing
Original (Month/Day/ (Check Applicable Line)
Grapevine, Texas 76051 Year) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
------------------------------------------ ___ Form filed by More than One
(City) (State) (Zip) Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
5. Amount of
2A. Securities
Deemed 3. Trans- 4. Securities Acquired (A) Beneficially
2. Trans- Exe- action or Disposed of (D) Owned 6. Ownership
action cution Code (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Following Form: 7. Nature of
Date Date, (Instr. ------------------------ Reported Direct(D) Indirect
(Month/ if any 8) (A) Transaction(s) or Beneficial
1. Title of Security Day/ (Month/ ---------- or (Instr. Indirect(I) Ownership
(Instr.3) Year) Day/Year) Code V Amount (D) Price 3 and 4) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)
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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
6. Date
Exercisable
and
2. Conver- 3A. Deemed 5. Number of Deriv- Expiration
sion or 3. Trans- Execution 4. Trans- ative Securities Date (Month/
Exercise action Date, if action Acquired (A) or Day/Year)
Price of Date any Code Disposed of (D) ---------------
Deriv- (Month/ (Month/ (Instr. 8) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Date Expir-
1. Title of Derivative Security ative Day/ Day/ ----- ---- ----------------------- Exercis- ation
(Instr. 3) Security Year) Year) Code V (A) (D) able Date
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Stock Options (Right to Buy)(1) $18.00 2/13/02 A V 351,000 (2) 2/12/12
9. Number of
derivative 10. Ownership
Securities Form of
Beneficially Derivative
7. Title and Amount of Underlying Owned Security
Securities (Instr. 3 and 4) Following Direct 11. Nature of
--------------------------------- 8. Price of Reported (D) or Indirect
Amount or Derivative Trans- Indirect Beneficial
1. Title of Derivative Title Number of Security action(s) (I) Ownership
Security (Instr. 3) Shares (Instr. 5) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)
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Stock Options (Right Class A Common Stock 351,000 801,000(3) D
to Buy)(1)
Explanation of Responses:
(1) Granted under the GameStop Corp. 2001 Incentive Plan in a transaction exempt under Rule 16b-3.
(2) The options vest (i) with respect to 10 shares upon the termination without cause of the Reporting
Person's employment prior to February 12, 2003 and (ii) otherwise, one-third of these options become
exercisable on February 12 of each of the years 2003 through 2005.
(3) Represents the total number of stock options (right to buy) specifically owned by the Reporting
Person with respect to the Issuer's Class A Common Stock.
/s/ David W. Carlson 12/5/02
**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute ------------------------------- ------------------
Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and **David W. Carlson Date
15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
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