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Barnes & Noble Education acquisitions, on the record
The businesses Barnes & Noble Education bought and sold, as its annual reports describe them, with the cash it reported paying for acquisitions each year and every deal filing since 2016.
Deals its annual reports describe
| Business | Deal | When | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
DSS segmentWord for word“See Note 2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies for information related to the sale of our DSS segment on May 31, 2023 .” 10-K for 2024 | divestiture | May 31, 2023 | — |
MBSWord for word“Prior to the acquisition of MBS on February 27, 2017, MBS was considered a related-party as it was majority-owned by Leonard Riggio, who is a principal owner holding substantial shares of our common stock, and other members of the Riggio family.” 10-K for 2024 | acquisition | February 27, 2017 | — |
MBS Textbook Exchange, LLCWord for word“MBS Textbook Exchange, LLC (“MBS”), which was majority owned by Leonard Riggio (“Mr. Riggio”), was acquired in February 2017, and is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company.” 10-K for 2025 | acquisition | February 2017 | — |
| Fiscal year ended | Cash paid for acquisitions (net of cash acquired) | Goodwill from acquisitions |
|---|---|---|
| 2017-04-29 | $186.7 million | $48.6 million |
| 2018-04-28 | $58.3 million | — |
| 2019-04-27 | $10 million | — |
| 2020-05-02 | $0 | — |
| 2021-05-01 | $0 | — |
Deal filings since 2016
- 2024-12-20 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2024-09-20 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2024-07-03 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2024-06-11 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2024-04-16 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2024-04-16 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2023-12-13 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2023-07-28 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2023-05-31 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2023-03-09 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2022-06-27 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2022-06-10 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2021-07-23 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2021-04-05 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2020-07-21 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2020-03-26 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2019-03-05 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2017-02-28 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2017-02-28 Form 8-K, Item 2.01: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
Read from Barnes & Noble Education’s annual reports (10-K for 2026, 10-K for 2025, 10-K for 2024) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2026-07-09. Every quotation is word for word from the filing linked beside it; how these pages are built and checked. The full record is in its company data sheet.