Sept Form 4 - Archbold
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
Keating, Mary Ellen Barnes & Noble, Inc. Symbol=BKS to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
__________________________________________ _____________________________________________ ___ Director ___ 10% Owner
_X_ Officer (give ___ Other (Specify
(Last) (First) (Middle) 3. IRS Identification 4. Statement for title below) below)
c/o Barnes & Noble, Inc. Number of Reporting Month/Year Senior Vice President,
122 Fifth Avenue Person, if an entity August 2001 Corporate Communications
__________________________________________ (voluntary) ______________________________________________________________
(Street)
5. If Amendment, Date of 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing
New York NY 10011 Original (Month/Year) (Check applicable line)
__________________________________________ _X_ Form Filed by one Reporting Person
(City) (State) (Zip) ___ Form Filed by more than one
Reporting Person
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 8/28/01 M 5,470 A $26.0000
Common Stock 8/28/01 M 6,250 A $19.4375
Common Stock 8/28/01 M 2,490 A $16.7500
Common Stock 8/28/01 S 14,210 D $43.5000 -0-
* 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. (Over)
(Print or Type Response)
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
---------------------------------- ----------- ---------- ------------ ----------- ----------- ---------- ----------
Stock Option (Right to Buy) $26.0000 8/28/01 M 5,470 (1) 3/8/09
Stock Option (Right to Buy) $19.4375 8/28/01 M 6,250 1/5/01 1/4/10
Stock Option (Right to Buy) $16.7500 8/28/01 M 2,490 3/7/01 3/6/10
Stock Option (Right to Buy) $23.6500 3/13/01 A V 4,125 (2) 3/12/11
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)
---------------------- -------------------- --------- ------------- ------------- -------------- --------------
Stock Option (Right to Buy) Common Stock 5,470
Stock Option (Right to Buy) Common Stock 6,250
Stock Option (Right to Buy) Common Stock 2,490
Stock Option (Right to Buy) Common Stock 4,125 89,815(3) D
Explanation of Responses:
(1) Of these, options for 3,735 shares became exercisable on March 9, 2000 and options for the remaining 1,735 shares
became exercisable on March 9, 2001.
(2) One-fourth of these options become exercisable on March 13 of each of the years 2002 through 2005.
(3) Represents the total number of stock options (right to buy) beneficially owned by the Reporting Person
with respect to the Issuer's Common Stock.
/s/Mary Ellen Keating September 10, 2001
**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute ------------------------------- ------------------
Federal Criminal Violations. **Signature of Reporting Person Date
See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Mary Ellen Keating
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
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