Comment by JumpCrisscross

> GameStop doesn't have (even close to) $55.5B

When the merger concludes, the former shareholders of eBay will have $27.5bn of GameStop-eBay stock and $27.5bn of cash. (“Cohen said GameStop has a commitment letter from TD Bank to provide up to $20 billion in debt financing” and “GameStop has around $9 billion in cash on its balance sheet to put toward a deal” [1].)

[1] https://www.wsj.com/business/deals/gamestop-is-offering-to-b...