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As a condition of employment, all Associates are required to report the loss of any Company asset or the unauthorized use or misappropriation of any
Company asset. As a further condition of employment, all Associates are required to participate in any Company investigation of the loss, misuse or
misappropriation of any Company asset.
Any Associate who engages in, has complicity in, or who engages in any negligence that results in, the unauthorized use or misappropriation of any Company
asset, fails to report damage to, loss of, or misuse of any Company asset, or fails to cooperate fully in a Company investigation of the loss or damage of a
Company asset will be subject to corrective action up to and including termination of employment and the exercise of other legal remedies that may be
available to the Company.
CONFIDENTIAL, PROPRIETARY AND COPYRIGHTED INFORMATION
Confidential information is also a valuable asset that each Associate has the responsibility to protect. Such information can include, but is not limited to,
future strategies, financial data, sales figures, system passwords, marketing plans, advertising schedules, real estate and/or store opening/close information,
operational procedures, customer lists or personnel and pay information. Confidential information of the Company as well as that of vendors providing goods
and services to the Company must be protected. All associates must also comply with all applicable laws and regulations regarding the privacy of customer,
Associate and job applicant personal information, including all laws regulating the privacy of customer financial information.
All Associates are required to take all reasonable steps to protect confidential information and prevent its unauthorized release to outside parties or other
GameStop Associates who have no need to know or to possess such information. Associates provided with confidential information for use in the
performance of their job duties may use it only in the performance of those duties and for no other purpose. Any requests for information should be directed to
the Associate's department head.
Any Associate who engages in the unauthorized release of confidential information or, through negligence, causes the unauthorized release of such
information will be subject to corrective action up to and including termination of employment and the exercise of other legal remedies that may be available
to the Company.
Many of the products sold by GameStop are protected by United States and international copyright laws. This particularly applies to pc and video game
software. Any Associate who copies software or assists others in doing so, engages in the sale of illegally copied software or fails to report the sale or illegal
copying of software will be subject to immediate termination of employment and the exercise of other legal remedies that may be available to the Company.
INSIDER TRADING
All Associates who have access to confidential information shall not use or share such information for the purposes of trading stock (whether of the Company
or any third party) or for any other purpose outside of the conduct of the GameStop's business. Any Associate who engages in the use of confidential
information for personal financial benefit, or who "tips" others who may make an investment decision on the basis of such confidential information, will be
subject to corrective action up to and including termination of employment and the exercise of other legal remedies that may be available to GameStop.
Associates with access to financial information may be included on the company's "Classic Insider" list. Classic Insiders must request and be granted
permission from the company's Chief Financial Officer before purchasing or selling the Company's stock.
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