U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 4
ANNUAL 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 box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations
may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
/ / Form 3 Holdings Reported
/ / Form 4 Transactions Reported.
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Riggio Leonard
(Last) (First) (Middle)
122 Fifth Avenue
(Street)
New York New York 10011
(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
March, 1997
5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
6. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer (Check all applicable)
/X/ Director /X/ 10% Owner
/X/ Officer (give title below) / / Other (Specify below)
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
7. 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
Securi-
ties
4. Securities Acquired (A) Bene- 6. Owner-
2. Trans- or Disposed of (D) ficially ship
action 3. Trans- (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Owned at Form: 7. Nature of
Date action --------------------------- End of Direct(D) or Indirect
Month/ Code (A) Month Indirect Beneficial
1. Title of Security Day/ (Instr. Amount or Price (Instr. (I) Ownership
(Instr.3) Year) 8) (D) 3 and 4) (Instr.4) (Instr. 4)
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Common Stock, par value $.001 3/4/97 P 1,200,000 A $34.00 5,686,209 D
Common Stock, par value $.001 1,326,167 I By corp.***
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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 Responses)
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<CAPTION> 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 Acquired (A) or (Month/Day/Year)
Price of Date 4. Trans- Disposed of (D) -----------------------
Deriv- (Month/ action (Instr. 3, 4, and 5) Date
1. Title of Derivative Security ative Day/ Code ----------------------- Exercis- Expiration
(Instr. 3) Security Year) (Instr. 8) A D able Date
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
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9. Number of 10. Ownership
Derivative of Deriv-
Securities ative
7. Title and Amount of Underlying Benefi- Security:
Securities (Instr. 3 and 4) cially Direct 11. Nature of
--------------------------------- 8. Price of Owned (D) or Indirect
Amount or Derivative at End Indirect Beneficial
1. Title of Derivative Title Number of Security of Month (I) Ownership
Security (Instr. 3) Shares (Instr. 5) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
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Explanation of Responses
***These shares are owned by Barnes & Noble College Bookstores, Inc. a New York
corporation of which all of the currently outstanding voting securities are
owned by the Reporting Person.
By: /s/ Leonard Riggio Date: April 10, 1997
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**Signature of Reporting Person
Leonard Riggio
** 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.
