SEC Form 4 · accession 0000950138-15-000033

BARNES & NOBLE INC · BKS

Statement of changes in beneficial ownership, as filed. Original on EDGAR ↗

Reporting owner

Officer — V.P. and Director of Stores

Period of report

Jan 9, 2015

Accepted (ET)

Jan 12, 2015 · 12:03 pm EST

Rule 10b5-1 plan

unknown — predates the checkbox

Issuer CIK

0000890491

Table I — non-derivative securities

Security	Date	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Owned after	D/I	Nature of ownership
Common Stock	Jan 9, 2015	M	7,500	$15.78	A	80,000	D
Common Stock^F1	Jan 9, 2015	S	7,500	$24.5916	D	72,500	D
Common Stock^F2	holding	—	—		—	574	I	By 401(k) Plan

Security	Conv. / exercise price	Date	Code	Shares	A/D	Exercisable	Expires	Underlying	Underlying shares	Owned after	D/I
Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$15.78	Jan 9, 2015	M	7,500	D	Nov 15, 2014	Nov 14, 2021	Common Stock	7,500	15,000	D

F1The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average share price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $24.57 to $24.63, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to Barnes & Noble, Inc., any security holders of Barnes & Noble, Inc. or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the ranges set forth in footnote 1 to this Form 4.
F2Holdings under the Barnes & Noble, Inc. 401(k) Plan are reported in units. Therefore, the securities set forth in Column 5 of Table I are units. The number of units reported herein are based on a plan statement dated as of December 31, 2014. The Barnes & Noble, Inc. 401(k) Plan accounts for interests in the Barnes & Noble, Inc. Stock Fund in units consisting of shares of Barnes & Noble, Inc. common stock and a liquidity component. As a result, the number of underlying shares may fluctuate from time to time.