GameStop Drops 6%, AMC Rallies 6% in Meme Stock Divergence
The company will cancel the exchanged notes and cut long-term debt by about $1.4 billion, while noteholders may hedge their new stock positions.
- On Monday, August 3, 2026, GameStop agreed to exchange about $1.4 billion of convertible senior notes for Class A common stock, causing shares to fall 11% during the session.
- The privately negotiated agreements involve swapping about $400 million of 2030 notes and $1.0 billion of 2032 notes for equity, with GameStop retaining about $1.1 billion and $1.7 billion of those notes respectively.
- GameStop expects the exchange to close on or around September 23, 2026, with the number of shares issued determined by the volume-weighted average price over a 35-day reference period starting August 3, 2026.
- While GameStop shares declined, AMC Entertainment stock rose 6% on Monday, following a record-breaking weekend as Spider-Man: Brand New Day grossed $927 million globally.
- GameStop faces additional pressure from Bitcoin's 28% year-to-date decline affecting its crypto treasury, while CEO Ryan Cohen forfeited his pay package pursuing a rejected $56 billion takeover bid for EBAY.
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GameStop Drops 6%, AMC Rallies 6% in Meme Stock Divergence
GameStop and AMC used to rise and fall together, but Monday's tape tells a different story, with a billion-dollar debt deal pulling one name lower while a record-shattering box office sends the other surging.
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