GRAPEVINE, Texas, March 01, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- GameStop Corp. (NYSE:GME), a family of specialty retail brands that makes the most popular technologies affordable and simple, today announced that its Board of Directors approved a 2.7% increase of its regular annual cash dividend from $1.48 to $1.52 per share. The regular quarterly dividend of $0.38 per share will be payable on March 28, 2017 to all shareholders of record as of March 14, 2017. 

GameStop also announced it will report earnings results after the market closes on Thursday, March 23, 2017 for its fourth quarter and full year ended January 28, 2017. The company will host an investor conference call at 5:00 PM EDT on the same day to review the company’s financial results and provide its 2017 outlook. This call can be accessed at GameStop Corp.’s investor relations page at http://investor.gamestop.com. The call will be archived for two months on GameStop Corp.’s website.

About GameStop
GameStop Corp. (NYSE:GME), a Fortune 500 company headquartered in Grapevine, Texas, is a global, multichannel video game, consumer electronics and wireless services retailer. GameStop operates more than 7,600 stores across 14 countries. The company’s consumer product network also includes www.gamestop.com; www.Kongregate.com, a leading browser-based game site; Game Informer® magazine, the world’s leading print and digital video game publication; and ThinkGeek, www.thinkgeek.com, the premier retailer for the global geek community featuring exclusive and unique video game and pop culture products. In addition, our Technology Brands segment includes Simply Mac and Spring Mobile stores. Simply Mac, www.simplymac.com, operates 70 stores, selling the full line of Apple products, including laptops, tablets, and smartphones and offering Apple certified warranty and repair services. Spring Mobile, http://springmobile.com, sells post-paid AT&T services and wireless products through its 1,436 AT&T branded stores and offers pre-paid wireless services, devices and related accessories through its 68 Cricket branded stores in select markets in the U.S.

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Contact
Matt Hodges
VP, Public & Investor Relations
GameStop Corp.
817-424-2000
MattHodges@GameStop.com

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