Form 4
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FORM 4 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OMB APPROVAL
------- Washington, D.C. 20549 --------------------------
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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
(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s)
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)
Number of Reporting Month/Day/Year
c/o Barnes & Noble, Inc. Person, if an entity Senior Vice President, Corporate
122 Fifth Avenue (voluntary) 3/13/03 Communications
__________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________
(Street)
5. If Amendment, Date 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing
New York New York 10011 of Original (Month/ (Check Applicable Line)
__________________________________________ Day/Year) _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
2A. 5. Amount of
Deemed 3. Trans- 4. Securities Acquired (A) Securities
2. Trans- Exe- action or Disposed of (D) Beneficially 6. Ownership
action cution Code (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Owned Form:
Date Date (Instr. ------------------------ Following Direct(D) 7. Nature of
(Month/ if any 8) (A) Reported or Indirect
1. Title of Security Day/ (Month/ ---------- Amount or Price Trans- Indirect Beneficial
(Instr.3) Year) Day/Year) Code V (D) actions(s) (I) Ownership
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FORM 4 (continued) Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
6. Date
Exercisable
and
2. Conver- 3A. Deemed 5. Number of Deriv- Expiration
sion or 3. Trans- Execution 4. Trans- ative Securities Date (Month/
Exercise action Date, if action Acquired (A) or Day/Year)
Price of Date any Code Disposed of (D) ---------------
Deriv- (Month/ (Month/ (Instr. 8) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5) Date Expir-
1. Title of Derivative Security ative Day/ Day/ ----- ---- ----------------------- Exercis- ation
(Instr. 3) Security Year) Year) Code V A D able Date
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Stock Option (Right to Buy) $15.95 3/13/03 A 4,690 (1) 3/12/13
Stock Option (Right to Buy) $18.72 7/24/02 A 7,015 (2) 7/23/12
9. Number of
Derivative 10. Ownership
Securities of Deriv-
Beneficially ative
7. Title and Amount of Underlying Owned Security:
Securities (Instr. 3 and 4) Following Direct 11. Nature of
--------------------------------- 8. Price of Reported (D) or Indirect
Amount or Derivative Trans- Indirect Beneficial
1. Title of Derivative Title Number of Security action(s) (I) Ownership
Security (Instr. 3) Shares (Instr. 5) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)
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Stock Option
(Right to Buy) Common Stock 4,690
Stock Option
(Right to Buy) Common Stock 7,015 101,520(3) D
Explanation of Responses:
(1) One fourth of these options become exercisable on March 13 of each of the years 2004 through 2007.
(2) One fourth of these options become exercisable on July 24 of each of the years 2003 through 2006.
(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 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). Mary Ellen Keating
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