a gamestop store is pictured in the manhattan borough of new york city new york us january 29 2021 reuterscarlo allegrifile photo march 31 reuters  game retailer gamestop corp gmen said on thursday it will seek shareholder approval to increase its number of shares and enable a stock split in the form of a dividend to provide flexibility for future corporate needs one of the biggest beneficiaries of a memestock retailtrading frenzy that ensued after pandemicrelated lockdowns began to disrupt global economies gamestops shares have rocketed from around 3 in march 2020 to over 165 at thursdays close the companys shares jumped 14 to more than 191 in afterhours trading on thursday gamestop joins the likes of tesla inc tslao alphabet inc googlo amazoncom inc amzno and apple inc aaplo which too have split their shares to make them more affordable in recent months reporting by yuvraj malik in bengaluru editing by shounak dasgupta