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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 4
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
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
/ / Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5
obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Berdon, Matthew A.
(Last) (First) (Middle)
200 East 42nd Street
(Street)
New York, New York 10017
(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Barnes & Noble, Inc. Symbol = BKS
3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
4. Statement for Month/Year
January 1997
5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
6. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer (Check all applicable)
/X/ Director / / 10% Owner
/ / Officer (give title below) / / Other (specify below)
8. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check applicable line)
/X/ Form filed by one Reporting Person
/ / Form filed by more than one Reporting Person
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Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
5. Amount
of Secu-
rites
4. Securities Acquired (A) Bene- 6. Ownership
2. Trans- 3. Trans- or Disposed of (D) ficially Form:
action action (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Owned at Direct 7. Nature of
Date Code ----------------------------- End of (D) or Indirect
(Month/ (Instr. 8) (A) Month Indirect Beneficial
1. Title of Security Day/ ------------- Amount or Price (Instr. (I) Ownership
(Instr. 3) Year) Code V (D) 3 and 4) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)
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Common Stock, par value $.001 1/15/97 P 4,000 A $26.50 D
Common Stock, par value $.001 1/17/97 P 500** A $26.00 23,500*** I By Spouse
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* If the Form is filed by more than one Reporting Person, see
Instruction 4(b)(v).
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.
(Print or Type Response)
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Table II--Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
2. Conver- 5. Number of Deriv- 6. Date Exercisable
sion or 3. Trans- ative Securities and Expiration Date
Exercise action 4. Transac- Acquired (A) or (Month/Day/Year)
Price of Date tion Code Disposed of (D) ----------------------
Deriv- (Month/ (Instr. 8) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5) Date
1. Title of Derivative Security ative Day/ ------------- -------------------------- Exercis- Expiration
(Instr. 3) Security Year) Code V (A) (D) able Date
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9. Number of 10. Ownership
Derivative Form of
Securities Derivative
7. Title and Amount of Underlying Benefi- Security:
Securities (Instr. 3 and 4) cially Direct 11. Nature of
---------------------------------------- 8. Price of Owned at (D) or Indirect
Amount or Derivative End of Indirect Beneficial
1. Title of Derivative Title Number of Security Month (I) Ownership
Security (Instr. 3) Shares (Instr. 5) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)
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Explanation of Responses:
** The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities, and
this report shall not be deemed an admission that the reporting person is
the beneficial owner of such securities for purposes of Section 16 or for
any other purpose.
*** Of which 23,000 shares are owned directly and 500 shares are owned
by spouse. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of the
securities owned by his spouse, and this report shall not be deemed
an admission that the reporting person is the beneficial owner of such
securities for purposes of Section 16 or for any other purpose.
This Form 4 is the EDGARIZED version of the Form 4 filed manually by the
reporting person on February 10, 1997.
By: /s/ Matthew A. Berdon Date February 1, 1997
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**Signature of Reporting Person
Matthew A. Berdon
** 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 provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.
