Form 5
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FORM 5 -------------------------
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Washington, D.C. 20549 Expires: January 31, 2005
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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(h) 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* 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol 6. Relationship of Reporting Person
to Issuer (Check all applicable)
Riggio Leonard Barnes & Noble, Inc. Symbol=BKS X Director X 10% Owner
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(Last) (First) (Middle) 3. IRS Identification 4. Statement for X Officer (give Other (Specify
Number of Reporting Month/Year --- title below) --- below)
c/o Barnes & Noble, Inc. Person, if an Entity
122 Fifth Avenue (Voluntary) 1/03 (1) Chairman of the Board
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(Street)
5. If Amendment, Date of 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing
New York New York 10011 Original (Month/Year) (Check applicable line)
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(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
Securi-
2A.Deemed ties
Exe- 4. Securities Acquired (A) Bene-
2. Trans- cution 3. Trans- or Disposed of (D) ficially 6. Ownership
action Date, action (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Owned Form:
Date if any Code --------------------------- Following Direct 7. Nature of
Month/ Month (Instr. 8) (A) Reported (D) or Indirect
1. Title of Security Day/ Day/ ----------- Amount or Price Trans- Indirect Beneficial
(Instr.3) Year) Year) Code V (D) Action(s) (I) Ownership
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Common Stock 12/5/02 G 600,000 D -0- 8,567,138 D
Common Stock 2,652,334 I By Corp. (2)
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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
3A.Deemed
2. Conver- Exe- 5. Number of Deriv- 6. Date Exercisable
sion or 3. Trans- cution ative Securities and Expiration Date
Exercise action Date, Acquired (A) or (Month/Day/Year)
Price of Date if any 4. Trans- Disposed of (D) ---------------------
Deriv- (Month/ Month action (Instr. 3, 4, and 5) Date
1. Title of Derivative Security ative Day/ Day/ Code ----------------------- Exercis- Expiration
(Instr. 3) Security Year) Year) (Instr. 8) A D able Date
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9. Number of
Derivative 10. Ownership
Securities of
7. Title and Amount of Underlying Beneficially Derivative
Securities (Instr. 3 and 4) Owned Security: 11. Nature of
--------------------------------- 8. Price of Following Direct (D) Indirect
Amount or Derivative Reported or Beneficial
1. Title of Derivative Title Number of Security Transaction(s) Indirect (I) Ownership
Security (Instr. 3) Shares (Instr. 5) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) For fiscal year ended February 1, 2003.
(2) 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.
/s/ Leonard Riggio March 14, 2003
**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). Leonard Riggio
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