{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001634117-26-000115","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"BNED","cik":"0001634117","company_name":"Barnes & Noble Education, Inc.","filed_at":"2026-09-29T21:55:32+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-09-30T10:05:00.382430+00:00","generated_at":"2026-10-12T13:55:12.639928+00:00","sec_items":["5.07"],"event_type":"other","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.2,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.15,"confidence":"high","headline":"BNED stockholders re-elect all six director nominees and approve equity plan share increase at 2026 annual meeting","bullets":["Annual meeting held September 24, 2026; 30,001,302 of 34,664,980 shares outstanding as of the July 30, 2026 record date were represented (about 86.5% quorum).","All six board nominees elected: William C. Martin, Emily S. Hoffman, Sean Vijay Madnani, Eric B. Singer, Kathryn \"Kate\" Eberle Walker and Denise Warren.","Eric B. Singer drew the most opposition with 2,070,031 votes against; Denise Warren had 323,845 against and Emily S. Hoffman 1,377,851 against.","Amendment to the Amended and Restated Equity Incentive Plan increasing shares available for issuance approved 27,469,308 to 153,402.","Advisory say-on-pay passed 26,124,656 for vs 545,148 against with 958,081 abstentions; BDO USA, P.C. ratified as auditor for fiscal year ending May 1, 2027."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001634117-26-000115","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001634117-26-000115.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001634117-26-000115.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001634117-26-000115.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1634117/000163411726000115/0001634117-26-000115-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1634117/000163411726000115/bned-20260924.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-10-12T13:55:12.639928+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}