--- schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1" accession: "0001634117-23-000068" form_type: "8-K" ticker: "BNED" cik: "0001634117" company_name: "Barnes & Noble Education, Inc." filed_at: "2023-10-05T23:59:59+00:00" generated_at: "2026-06-10T04:00:58.481379+00:00" event_type: "other" sentiment: "neutral" materiality_score: 0.2 calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2 confidence: "high" source: SEC EDGAR --- # BNED shareholders approve 4.5M share increase to equity plan, elect directors ## Summary - Equity plan amendment approved with 24.6M for, 6.1M against, 4.8M abstentions. - All nine director nominees elected; John R. Ryan received lowest support (28.4M for). - Advisory say-on-pay approved: 30.9M for, 1.6M against, 3.0M abstentions. - Ratification of EY as auditor passed: 47.7M for, 36.7K against. ## SEC filing metadata - accession: 0001634117-23-000068 - form_type: 8-K - ticker: BNED - cik: 0001634117 - company_name: Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. - filed_at: 2023-10-05T23:59:59+00:00 - event_type: other - sentiment: neutral - materiality_score: 0.2 - calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2 - confidence: high - sec_items: 5.02, 5.07 - EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1634117/000163411723000068/0001634117-23-000068-index.htm - EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1634117/000163411723000068/bned-20231005.htm ## Machine-readable alternates - HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001634117-23-000068 - JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001634117-23-000068.json - Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001634117-23-000068.txt ## Key facts - Shareholder Votes Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of the Appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Independent Registered Public Accountants of the Company for the Fiscal Year Ending April 27, 2024 at the 2023-10-05 meeting. - Proposal: auditor ratification - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-10-05 source text: 4. Ratification of the Appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Independent Registered Public Accountants of the Company for the Fiscal Year Ending April 27, 2024. The Company’s stockholders approved the proposal by an affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast on the proposal. The results of voting on the proposal are set forth below: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 47,682,677 36,682 293,017 — evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1634117/000163411723000068/0001634117-23-000068-index.htm - Shareholder Votes Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. shareholders approved Advisory (non-binding) Vote on Executive Compensation at the 2023-10-05 meeting. - Proposal: say on pay - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-10-05 source text: 3. Advisory (non-binding) Vote on Executive Compensation. The Company’s stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, compensation of the Company’s named executive officers by an affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast on the proposal. The results of voting on the proposal are set forth below: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 30,870,710 1,601,220 3,013,533 12,526,913 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1634117/000163411723000068/0001634117-23-000068-index.htm - Shareholder Votes Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. shareholders approved Vote to approve the Company’s Second Amended and Restated Equity Incentive Plan to increase the number of shares authorized to be issued under the Plan at the 2023-10-05 meeting. - Proposal: equity plan - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-10-05 source text: 2. Vote to approve the Company’s Second Amended and Restated Equity Incentive Plan to increase the number of shares authorized to be issued under the Plan. The results of voting on the proposal are set forth below: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 24,621,775 6,058,328 4,805,360 12,526,913 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1634117/000163411723000068/0001634117-23-000068-index.htm - Shareholder Votes Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-10-05 meeting. - Proposal: director election - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-10-05 source text: 1. Election of Directors. The Company’s stockholders elected the Board’s nominees as Directors of the Company by the following vote: Name Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes Mario R. Dell'Aera, Jr. 33,766,704 223,556 1,495,203 12,526,913 Kathryn Eberle Walker 33,768,904 221,747 1,494,812 12,526,913 David G. Golden 33,381,051 609,421 1,494,991 12,526,913 Michael P. Huseby 32,026,330 1,964,272 1,494,861 12,526,913 Steven G. Panagos 33,767,051 223,476 1,494,936 12,526,913 John R. Ryan 28,446,828 5,543,641 1,494,994 12,526,913 Rory D. Wallace 33,651,773 337,715 1,495,975 12,526,913 Raphael T. Wallander 33,766,306 223,105 1,496,052 12,526,913 Denise Warren 33,638,742 350,903 1,495,818 12,526,913 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1634117/000163411723000068/0001634117-23-000068-index.htm This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.