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        <footnote id="F1">The reported shares were disposed of pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the &quot;Merger Agreement&quot;), dated as of April 17, 2005, among GameStop Corp., GameStop, Inc., GSC Holdings Corp. (&quot;GSC Holdings&quot;), Cowboy Subsidiary LLC, Eagle Subsidiary LLC and the Issuer, in exchange for $38.15 in cash and .78795 of a share of  GSC Holdings Class A Common Stock for each share of the Issuer's common stock.   The reported shares may have been deemed to be indirectly owned by the reporting person through EB Nevada Inc., which is wholly owned by The Electronics Boutique, Inc., which is jointly owned by members of the reporting person's family and certain family trusts.  The reporting person states that this filing shall not be deemed an admission that such person is for purposes of Section 16 of the Act or otherwise, the beneficial owner of the equity securities covered by this statement.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The reported shares were disposed of pursuant to the Merger Agreement in exchange for $38.15 in cash and .78795 of a share of GSC Holdings Class A Common Stock for each share of the Issuer's common stock.  The reported shares may have been deemed directly owned by the Susan Y. Kim Trust of 12/31/87 and indirectly owned by the reporting person as settler, trustee and beneficiary.  The reporting person states that this filing shall not be deemed an admission that such person is for purposes of Section 16 of the Act or otherwise, the beneficial owner of the equity securities secured by this statement.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">This option, which provides for vesting in three equal annual installments beginning on June 25, 2004, was cancelled in the merger of the Issuer with Eagle Subsidiary LLC pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, in exchange for a cash payment of $68,406, representing the difference between the cash value of a share of the Issuer's common stock as of the effective date of the merger under the Merger Agreement ($63.50 per share) and the exercise price for the option, multiplied by the number of shares for which such option is exercisable held by the reporting person.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, the cash value of a share of the Issuer's common stock as of the effective date of the merger was calculated as follows:  the cash value of a share of the Issuer's common stock equals the sum of (a) $38.15 and (b) (i) 0.78795 multiplied by (ii) $32.17, representing the average of the closing prices for GameStop Corp's Class A common stock for the ten trading day period ending on October 6, 2005.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">This option, which provides for vesting in three equal annual installments beginning on June 28, 2005, was cancelled in the merger of the Issuer with Eagle Subsidiary LLC pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, in exchange for a cash payment of $122,788, representing the difference between the cash value of a share of the Issuer's common stock as of the effective date of the merger under the Merger Agreement ($63.50 per share) and the exercise price for the option, multiplied by the number of shares for which such option is exercisable held by the reporting person.</footnote>
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    <remarks>The reporting person may be deemed to be a member of a group that owned in excess of 10% of the outstanding stock of the Issuer.  Such group consists of (i) the reporting person, as settler, trustee and beneficiary of the Susan Y. Kim Trust of 12/31/87, (ii) John T. Kim, as settler, trustee and beneficiary of the John T. Kim Trust of 12/31/87, (iii) David D. Kim, as settler, trustee and beneficiary of the David D. Kim Trust of 12/31/ 87, (iv) Agnes C. Kim, the wife of James J. Kim, (v) James J. Kim, the husband of Agnes C. Kim, (vi) EB Nevada Inc., and (vii) The Electronics Boutique Inc. The reporting person, John T. Kim and David D. Kim are the children of Agnes C. Kim and James J. Kim.  The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of any securities of the Issuer that were held by the other members of this group, and this statement shall not be deemed an admission that the reporting person is the beneficial owner of such securities for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &quot;Act&quot;), or for any other reason.</remarks>

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        <signatureName>Susan Y. Kim</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2005-10-11</signatureDate>
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