GameStop Stock Climbs After a $358 Million Fix. Will It Last?

GameStop stock climbed about 4% on Monday. The company paid $358.4 million in cash to stop a share count that could have continued to grow.

The payment freezes the deal at roughly 55.5 million new shares. That equals about 12% of GameStop's 448.7 million shares outstanding.

Why GameStop Stock Rallied After the Dilution Fix

On August 3, GameStop agreed to swap $1.4 billion of zero-coupon convertible debt for stock. The company would hand over shares and pay nothing.

The catch sat in the pricing, as the share count depended on an average of GME's price over 35 trading days. A cheaper stock meant more shares.

Traders spotted the loop at once, and GME fell 12.25% that day to $19.06, down from $21.72 on July 31.

GameStop has now killed the rest of that window. Noteholders take 73% of the deal in shares and 27% in cash. No further shares can be issued.

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