U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 5
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.
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Riggio Leonard
(Last) (First) (Middle)
c/o Barnes & Noble, Inc.
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
1/31/98
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
Bene-
ficially
4. Securities Acquired (A) Owned at 6. Owner-
2. Trans- 3. Trans- or Disposed of (D) End of ship
action action (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Issuer's Form: 7. Nature of
Date Code --------------------------- Fiscal (D) or Indirect
Month/ (Instr. 8) (A) Year Indirect Beneficial
1. Title of Security Day/ ---------- Amount or Price (Instr. (I) Ownership
(Instr.3) Year) Code (D) 3 and 4) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Common Stock 9/8/97 G 2,640(1) D -0- 11,367,138(2) D
Common Stock 2,652,334 I By corp.(3)
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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 of 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
- ---------------------------------- ----------- ---------- ------------ ----------- ----------- ---------- ----------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
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9. Number of 10. Ownership
Derivative Form of
7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities Derivative
Securities (Instr. 3 and 4) Benefi- Direct 11. Nature of
--------------------------------- 8. Price of cially (D) or Indirect
Amount or Derivative at End Indirect Beneficial
1. Title of Derivative Title Number of Security of Year (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
(1) This amount does not reflect the two-for-one stock split effected by
the Issuer on September 22, 1997. As a result of such split, an
additional 2,640 post-split shares of Common Stock were included in the
gift to the donees.
(2) This amount reflects the two-for-one stock split effected by the Issuer
on September 22, 1997.
(3) 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: March 12, 1998
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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.