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
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol 6. Relationship of Reporting Person
Del Giudice, Michael J. Barnes & Noble, Inc. Symbol=BKS to Issuer (Check all applicable)
__________________________________________ _____________________________________________ X Director ___ 10% Owner
--- Officer (give ___ Other (Specify
(Last) (First) (Middle) 3. IRS Identification 4. Statement for title below) below)
c/o Millennium Credit Markets LLC Number of Reporting Month/Year
One Rockefeller Plaza, Suite 2330 Person, if an entity December 2000 _______________________.
__________________________________________ (voluntary) ______________________________________________________________
(Street)
5. If Amendment, Date of 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing
New York, NY 10020 Original (Month/Year) (Check applicable line)
__________________________________________ X Form Filed by one Reporting Person
(City) (State) (Zip) ___ 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
3. Trans- 4. Securities Acquired (A) Securities
2. Trans- action or Disposed of (D) Beneficially 6. Ownership
action Code (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Owned at Form: 7. Nature of
Date (Instr. --------------------------- End of Direct(D) Indirect
Month/ 8) (A) Month or Beneficial
1. Title of Security Day/ ----- --- Amount or Price (Instr. Indirect(I) Ownership
(Instr.3) Year) Code V (D) 3 and 4) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)
----------------------------- --------- ---------- -------- --- -------- ------------ ------------- ------------
Common Stock 12/8/00 S 2,000 D $25.00 -0-
* If this 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- 4. Trans- ative Securities and Expiration Date
Exercise action action Acquired (A) or (Month/Day/Year)
Price of Date 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
---------------------------------- ----------- ---------- ------------ ----------- ----------- ---------- ----------
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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Explanation of Responses
/s/ Michael J. Del Giudice January 10, 2001
**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute ------------------------------- --------------------
Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and **Signature of Reporting Person Date
15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). Michael J. Del Giudice
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.
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