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FORM 3 OMB Approval
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OMB Number:3235-0104
Washington, D.C. 20549 Expires: September 30, 1998
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Estimated average
burden hours per
response 0.5
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Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a)
of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of
1935 or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
(Print or Type Responses)
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1.Name and Address of 2. Date of Event 4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Reporting Person* Requiring Statement ELECTRONICS BOUTIQUE HOLDINGS CORP.
Earley John F.A.(1) (Month/Day/Year) (ELBO)
(Last) (First) (Middle) 7-23-98
1345 Enterprise Drive 3. I.R.S.Identifica- 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer 6. If Amendment, Date of
(Street) tion Number of (Check all applicable) Original(Month/Day/Year)
Reporting Person ___ Director _X_ 10% Owner 7-23-98
(voluntary) ___ Officer (give ___ Other (specify 7. Individual or Joint/Group
West Chester PA 19380 title below) below) Filing (Check Applicable
(City) (State) (Zip) Line)
__________________________ ___Form filed by One Repor-
ting Person
_X_Form filed by More than
TABLE 1 - NON DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED One Reporting Person
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1.Title of Security 2. Amount of Securities 3. Ownership 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4) Beneficially Owned Form: Direct (Instr. 5)
(Instr. 4) (D) or Indirect
(I) (Instr. 5)
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Common Stock, par value $.01 13 D By Susan Y. Kim Trust(2)
per share
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Common Stock, par value $.01 13 D By David D. Kim Trust(2)
per share
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Common Stock, par value $.01 13 D By John T. Kim Trust(2)
per share
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Common Stock, par value $.01 13 I By David D. Kim as
per share beneficiary of David D.
Kim Trust(2)
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Common Stock, par value $.01 13 I By John T. Kim as
per share beneficiary of John T.
Kim Trust(2)
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No securities owned by John F.
A. Earley
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities
beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
(Over)
Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required SEC 1473 (7-97)
to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB control number.
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FORM 3 (continued)
TABLE II -- DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED (E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS,
CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES)
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1.Title of Derivative Security 2.Date Exer- 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying 4.Conver- 5.Owner 6.Nature of Indirect
(Instr. 4) cisable and Derivative Security sion or ship Benefical Ownership
Expiration (Instr. 4) Exercise Form of (Instr. 5)
Date Price of Deriv-
(Month/Day/Year) Deri- ative
vative Security:
Date Expira- Amount Security Direct
Exer- tion Title or (D) or
cisable Date Number Indirect
of (I)
Shares (Instr. 5)
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) As Co-Trustee on behalf of the Susan Y. Kim Trust of 12/31/87, the David D.
Kim Trust of 12/31/87 and the John T. Kim Trust of 12/31/87.
(2) EB Nevada, Inc. is the beneficial owner of 15,169,100 shares of common stock,
par value $0.01 per share, of the issuer, which represents 75.2% of the out-
standing shares of such common stock. EB Nevada, Inc. is a wholly-owned
subsidiary of The Electronics Boutique, Inc., all of the outstanding capital
stock of which is owned by James J. Kim and Agnes C. Kim (the parents of Susan
Y. Kim, John T. Kim and David D. Kim) and the Kim Trusts, which are the David
D. Kim Trust of December 31, 1987, the John T. Kim Trust of December 31,
1987 and the Susan Y. Kim Trust of December 31, 1987. Each of the Kim Trusts
has in common Susan Y. Kim and John F.A. Earley as co-trustees, in addition to
a third trustee (John T. Kim in the case of the Susan Y. Kim Trust and the John
T. Kim Trust and David D. Kim in the case of the David D. Kim Trust).
In addition, the trust agreement for each of these trusts authorizes the
trustees of the trusts to vote the shares of Common Stock of the issuer held
by them, in their discretion, in concert with James Kim's family. Each of
the reporting persons states that the filing of this Form 3 report shall not
be deemed an admission that the reporting person is the beneficial owner of the
reported securities for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, or for any other purpose.
MEMMA S. KILGANNON
MEMMA S. KILGANNON*** September 24, 1998
**Signature of Reporting Person
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations.
See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient,
See Instruction 6 for procedure.
*** As Attorney-in-Fact, pursuant to a power-of-attorney filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on July 23, 1998 for John F.A. Earley, in his capacities
as listed in footnote 1 above and the attached Joint Filer information.
Potential Persons who are to respond to the collection of information
contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays
a currently valid OMB Number.
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Joint Filer Information
Name of Joint Filer: John T. Kim, as Co-trustee of Susan Y. Kim
Trust of 12/31/87 and Co-trustee and beneficiary of John
T. Kim Trust of 12/31/87
Address: 1345 Enterprise Drive
West Chester, Pennsylvania 19380
Designated Filer: John F.A. Earley
Issuer & Ticker
Symbol: Electronics Boutique Holdings Corp. (ELBO) (NASDAQ
National Market System)
Date of Event
Requiring Statement: July 23, 1998
MEMMA S. KILGANNON
Signature: MEMMA S. KILGANNON Date: September 24, 1998
As Attorney-in-Fact for John T. Kim, in his
capacities listed above, pursuant to a power of attorney)
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
July 23, 1998.
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Name of Joint Filer: David D. Kim, as Co-trustee and beneficiary of David D.
Kim Trust of 12/31/87
Address: 1345 Enterprise Drive
West Chester, Pennsylvania 19380
Designated Filer: John F.A. Earley
Issuer & Ticker
Symbol: Electronics Boutique Holdings Corp. (ELBO) (NASDAQ
National Market System)
Date of Event
Requiring Statement: July 23, 1998
MEMMA S. KILGANNON
Signature: MEMMA S. KILGANNON Date: September 24, 1998
As Attorney-in-Fact for David D. Kim, in his
capacities listed above, pursuant to a power of attorney)
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
July 23, 1998.
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