Statement of Changes of Beneficial Ownership
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Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s)
Barnes & Noble, Inc. barnesandnoble.com inc. Symbol=bnbn to Issuer (Check all applicable)
__________________________________________ _____________________________________________ ___ Director _X_ 10% Owner
___ Officer (give ___ Other (Specify
(Last) (First) (Middle) 3. IRS Identification 4. Statement for title below) below)
Number of Reporting Month/Day/Year
Person, if an entity 11/7/02, 11/8/02
122 Fifth Avenue (voluntary) and 11/11/02
__________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________
(Street)
5. If Amendment, Date 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing
New York, New York 10011 of Original (Month/ (Check Applicable Line)
__________________________________________ Day/Year) ___ Form filed by One Reporting Person
(City) (State) (Zip) _X_ Form filed by More than One
Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
2A. 5. Amount of
Deemed 3. Trans- 4. Securities Acquired (A) Securities
2. Trans- Exe- action or Disposed of (D) Beneficially 6. Ownership
action cution Code (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Owned Form:
Date Date (Instr. ------------------------ Following Direct(D) 7. Nature of
(Month/ if any 8) (A) Reported or Indirect
1. Title of Security Day/ (Month/ ---------- Amount or Price Trans- Indirect Beneficial
(Instr.3) Year) Day/Year) Code V (D) actions(s) (I) Ownership
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Class A Common Stock 11/7/02 P 34,000 A $1.1971
Class A Common Stock 11/8/02 P 34,000 A $1.1841
Class A Common Stock 11/11/02 P 535,500 A $1.1797 1,455,500 I (1)
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. (Over)
* If this form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v). SEC 1474 (9-02)
FORM 4 (continued) Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
6. Date
Exercisable
and
2. Conver- 3A. Deemed 5. Number of Deriv- Expiration
sion or 3. Trans- Execution 4. Trans- ative Securities Date (Month/
Exercise action Date, if action Acquired (A) or Day/Year)
Price of Date any Code Disposed of (D) ---------------
Deriv- (Month/ (Month/ (Instr. 8) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5) Date Expir-
1. Title of Derivative Security ative Day/ Day/ ----- ---- ----------------------- Exercis- ation
(Instr. 3) Security Year) Year) Code V A D able Date
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9. Number of
Derivative 10. Ownership
Securities of Deriv-
Beneficially ative
7. Title and Amount of Underlying Owned Security:
Securities (Instr. 3 and 4) Following Direct 11. Nature of
--------------------------------- 8. Price of Reported (D) or Indirect
Amount or Derivative Trans- Indirect Beneficial
1. Title of Derivative Title Number of Security action(s) (I) Ownership
Security (Instr. 3) Shares (Instr. 5) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)
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Explanation of Responses
(1) These shares are owned directly by B&N.com Holding Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Barnes & Noble, Inc.
/s/ John C. Weisenseel 11/12/02
**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute ------------------------------- ----------
Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and **Signature of Reporting Person Date
15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). Barnes & Noble, Inc.
By:John C. Weisenseel, Vice President, Treasurer
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.
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Joint Filer Information
Name: B&N.com Holding Corp.
Address: 122 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10011
Designated Filer: Barnes & Noble, Inc.
Issuer and Symbol: barnesandnoble.com inc. (bnbn)
Dates of Event
Requiring Filing: November 7, 2002, November 8, 2002 and November 11, 2002
Signature: B&N.com Holding Corp.
By: /s/ John C. Weisenseel
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John C. Weisenseel
Vice President, Treasurer
Date: November 12, 2002
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