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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20051011124541
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-05-048007
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20051008
FILED AS OF DATE:		20051011
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20051011

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ELECTRONICS BOUTIQUE HOLDINGS CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001057746
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	RETAIL-COMPUTER & COMPUTER SOFTWARE STORES [5734]
		IRS NUMBER:				510379406
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0131

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		103 FOULK ROAD
		STREET 2:		STE 202
		CITY:			WILMINGTON
		STATE:			DE
		ZIP:			19803
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6104308100

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		931 MATLACK ST
		CITY:			WEST CHESTER
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			19382

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SIANA LOUIS J
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001193213

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-24603
		FILM NUMBER:		051131773

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O ELECTRONICS BOUTIQUE HOLDINGS CORP
		STREET 2:		931 S MATLACK ST
		CITY:			WEST CHESTER
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			19382
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        <footnote id="F1">This option, which provided for vesting in three equal annual installments beginning on June 26, 2003, was cancelled in the merger of Electronics Boutique Holdings Corp. (the &quot;Issuer&quot;) with Eagle Subsidiary LLC pursuant to the terms of 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 a cash payment of $57,010, 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="F2">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) 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="F3">This option, which provided 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 $136,853, 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">This option, which provided 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 $184,200, 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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        <signatureName>Louis Siana</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2005-10-11</signatureDate>
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