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Barnes & Noble

Fiscal Year 2015

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Retail Stores
Sales: $4.1 billion (-4.4 percent)
EBITDA: $322 million (-8.9 percent)
Net Income: $36.6 million
Same-store sales: -1.9 percent
“Core” comp sales: 0.5 percent

Nook Media LLC
Nook Sales: $264 million (-48 percent)
Nook EBITDA: -$15 million

BN College Sales: $1.8 billion
BN College EBITDA: $91 million
Same-store sales: 0.1 percent

2015 News
Revised Prospectus Values BN Education at $640 Million Market Cap
Book Sales Fell Slightly at Barnes & Noble, As Nook Shed Employees
The End of Nook Media LLC Is Official
Spinning Off College As Separate, Publicly Trade Company
Mitch Klipper Retires (But Stays On As Real Estate Advisor)
Termination of Microsoft-Nook Deal

Fiscal Year 2014

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Retail Stores
Sales: $4.3 billion
EBITDA: $354 million
Net Loss: $47.2 million
Same-store sales: -5.8 percent
“Core” comp sales: -3.1 percent

Nook Media LLC
Nook Sales: $506 million
Nook EBITDA: -$218 million

BN College Sales: $1.748 billion
BN College EBITDA: $115 million
Same-store sales: -2.7%

Annual Report Facts, Including the First eBook Settlement Effect

Fiscal Year 2013
Sales: $6.839 billion
EBITDA: $10 million

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Retail Stores
Sales: $$4.57 billion
EBITDA: $374 million
Net loss: $157.8 million
Same-store sales: -3.4 percent
“Core” comp sales: flat

Nook Media LLC
Nook Sales: $776 million
Nook EBITDA: -$475 million

BN College Sales: $1.763 billion
BN College EBITDA: $111 million
Same-store sales: -1.2 percent

Huseby Promoted to CEO At Barnes & Noble
Lynch Resigns from Barnes & Noble; Is Replaced By No One In Particular

2014 Cutbacks
Cutbacks At Nook Include Executive Ranks
Nook Acknowledges Eliminating 190 Positions — 75 In February Alone
More On February Nook Layoffs

Store Closings
End of Year 2014 Closings
BN College Head Says They’ll Add 300 Stores Over Next 5 Years
Closes One-Time “Flagship” On Lower Fifth
Some End of Year 2013 Closings

Investor News
Barnes & Noble Buys Out Half Their Preferred Shares
Billionaire Investor David Abrams Takes 6.26 Percent Stake
Riggio Sells More Shares, Drops to 20 Percent Ownership
Liberty Media Sells Almost All of Their Preferred Shares
Small Investor/Agitator Touts Unfinanced “Proposal” to Buy Control of Barnes & Noble Or Nook
Riggio Sells 2 Million Shares In Year-End Tax Planning

Initiatives
Begins Same-Day Delivery Pilot with Google Shopping Express

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