Exhibit 99(a)(8)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Media Contact:
Mary Ellen Keating
Senior Vice President,
Corporate Communications
Barnes & Noble, Inc.
(212) 633-3323
[email protected]
Investor Contact:
Maria Florez
Director, Investor Relations
Barnes & Noble, Inc.
(212) 633-4009
[email protected]
BARNES & NOBLE, INC. ANNOUNCES HART-SCOTT-RODINO CLEARANCE
OF FUNCO ACQUISITION
New York, NY - June 1, 2000 - Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS) today
announced that it received notification of the early termination of the
waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976
applicable to the $24.75 per share cash tender offer for any and all shares
of common stock of Funco, Inc. (NASDAQ: FNCO). The expiration or early
termination of that waiting period was a condition to the completion of the
tender offer.
The tender offer is scheduled to expire at 12:00 midnight, New York City
time, on Tuesday, June 13, 2000, unless extended, and is subject to certain
other conditions.
About Barnes & Noble, Inc.
Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS) operates 544 Barnes & Noble and 389 B.
Dalton bookstores, and Babbage's Etc., one of the nation's largest operators
of video game and entertainment software stores. Barnes & Noble stores stock
an authoritative selection of book titles and provide access to more than one
million titles. They offer books from more than 50,000 publisher imprints
with an emphasis on small, independent publishers and university presses.
Barnes & Noble is one of the world's largest booksellers on the World Wide
Web (http://www.bn.com), and the exclusive bookseller on America Online
(Keyword: bn). Barnes & Noble also publishes books under its own imprint for
exclusive sale through its retail stores, mail-order catalogs, and Web site.
