---
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"
generated_at: "2026-10-12T13:55:12.639928+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# BNED stockholders re-elect all six director nominees and approve equity plan share increase at 2026 annual meeting

## Summary
- 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.

## SEC filing metadata
- 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
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- 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

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