---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-159608"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BNED"
cik: "0001634117"
company_name: "Barnes & Noble Education, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-06-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T04:50:58.006909+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Barnes & Noble Education CEO Huseby resigns; Jonathan Shar named CEO effective June 11, 2024

## Summary
- Michael Huseby resigned as CEO; receives $750k severance plus $750k in six months, plus transition services up to 20 hrs/month for 6 months.
- Board appointed Jonathan Shar as CEO, effective immediately; previously EVP, BNED Retail and President of Barnes & Noble College Booksellers.
- No changes to Shar's compensation; no family relationships or reportable transactions with the company.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-159608
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BNED
- cik: 0001634117
- company_name: Barnes & Noble Education, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-06-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1634117/000119312524159608/0001193125-24-159608-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1634117/000119312524159608/d815141d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-159608.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jonathan Shar was appointed as Chief Executive Officer at Barnes & Noble Education, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Effective on June 11, 2024, the Board of Directors of the Company appointed Mr. Jonathan Shar, age 55, to the position of Chief Executive Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1634117/000119312524159608/0001193125-24-159608-index.htm
- Executive change
  Michael P. Huseby resigned as Chief Executive Officer at Barnes & Noble Education, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On June 11, 2024, Mr. Michael P. Huseby resigned as Chief Executive Officer of Barnes & Noble Education, Inc.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1634117/000119312524159608/0001193125-24-159608-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.