eBay rejects GameStop's $55 billion takeover offer
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“eBay on Tuesday rejected a $55 billion takeover offer from GameStop”
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Multiple independent web search results confirm that eBay rejected a takeover bid from GameStop valued at approximately $55 billion (with some sources specifying $55.5 billion) on a Tuesday.
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— EBay Rejects GameStop’s Aggressive $55 Billion Acquisition Bid.GameStop offers to buy eBay for $55.5 billion as video game seller threatens hostile bid.
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…
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— Online marketplace eBay has rejected a $55.5bn (£40.9bn) takeover offer from video game retailer GameStop, calling it "unsolicited" and "neither credible nor attractive".
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgp5ll3jd4o
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgp5ll3jd4o
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— The online marketplace eBay on Tuesday rejected a proposal by GameStop to combine the two companies in a cash-and-stock deal worth about $55 billion, calling it “neither credible nor attractive.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/business/ebay-gamestop-ta…
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/business/ebay-gamestop-ta…
“calling it "neither credible nor attractive."”
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Three independent sources explicitly quote eBay describing the offer as 'neither credible nor attractive'.
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— New: eBay rejected GameStop's $56 billion takeover bid, calling it “neither credible nor attractive.” www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-12/ebay-rejects-gamestop-s-56-billion-takeover-as-not-cred…
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— Online marketplace eBay has rejected an offer from GameStop to buy the company for $55.5 billion, dealing a blow to the video game retailer’s ambitions to create a rival to Amazon.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/12/business/ebay-rejects-gamesto…
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/12/business/ebay-rejects-gamesto…
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— GameStop has built up a stake of 5% in eBay and is offering to acquire the company at $125 a share. Photograph: Kacper Pempel/Reuters.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/may/12/gamestop-bi…
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/may/12/gamestop-bi…
“GameStop hadn't yet explained how it would finance an acquisition of the significantly larger eBay.”
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The New York Times explicitly states that CEO Ryan Cohen 'initially declined to elaborate on how he would finance the deal'. While a Motley Fool article mentions some figures (cash on balance sheet and debt financing), this supports the claim that a comprehensive, formal explanation for the acquisition of the significantly larger entity was lacking or initially withheld.
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— GameStop’s chief executive, Ryan Cohen, initially declined to elaborate on how he would finance the deal. EBay said Tuesday that it had led a thorough review of the offer with its legal and financial …
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/business/ebay-gamestop-ta…
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/business/ebay-gamestop-ta…
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— GameStop has made a surprising $56 billion takeover bid for eBay, offering a 20 percent premium to shareholders and aiming to unite two major players in retail and tech.
https://altsignals.io/post/gamestop-ebay-acquisition-ambitio…
https://altsignals.io/post/gamestop-ebay-acquisition-ambitio…
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— However, GameStop buying eBay is like a guppy trying to swallow a whale. Cohen has said the deal will be half in stock and half in cash. GameStop has $9 billion in cash on its balance sheet and $20 bi…
https://www.fool.com/investing/2026/05/07/does-gamestops-pro…
https://www.fool.com/investing/2026/05/07/does-gamestops-pro…
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