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Barnes & Noble acquisitions, on the record
The businesses Barnes & Noble 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
B&N Education, LLC (formerly NOOK Media LLC) (the LLC)Word for word“On October 4, 2012, Microsoft Corporation (Microsoft) acquired a 17.6% non-controlling preferred membership interest in B&N Education’s subsidiary B&N Education, LLC (formerly NOOK Media LLC) (the LLC), and through B&N Education, Barnes & Noble maintained an 82.4% controlling interest of the B&N College and NOOK digital businesses.” 10-K for 2017 | divestiture | October 4, 2012 | — |
Microsoft's interest in the LLCWord for word“On December 4, 2014, B&N Education re-acquired Microsoft’s interest in the LLC in exchange for cash and common stock of Barnes & Noble and the Microsoft commercial agreement was terminated effective as of such date.” 10-K for 2017 | acquisition | December 4, 2014 | cash and common stock of Barnes & Noble |
Pearson's interest in the LLC and certain related warrantsWord for word“On December 22, 2014, B&N Education also re-acquired Pearson’s interest in the LLC and certain related warrants previously issued to Pearson.” 10-K for 2017 | acquisition | December 22, 2014 | — |
Deal filings since 2016
- 2019-08-07 Form 8-K, Item 2.01: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
- 2019-06-24 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2019-06-07 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2018-10-04 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2018-07-17 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2016-10-06 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2016-05-18 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
Read from Barnes & Noble’s annual reports (10-K for 2019, 10-K for 2018, 10-K for 2017) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2019-06-19. 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.