UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20549
FORM
8-K
CURRENT
REPORT PURSUANT
TO
SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
| Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) |
January 4, 2018 |
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BARNES & NOBLE, INC. |
| (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) |
| Delaware |
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
| 1-12302 | 06-1196501 |
| (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
| 122 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY | 10011 | |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
| (212) 633-3300 |
| (Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code) |
| (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report) |
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Item 8.01 Other Events
On January 4, 2018, Barnes & Noble, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing its holiday sales for the nine week period ended December 30, 2017 and updated guidance for the fiscal year ending April 28, 2018 (the “Press Release”). A copy of the Press Release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
The information in this Form 8-K and the Exhibit attached hereto pertaining to the Company’s financial results shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
Use of Non-GAAP Financial Information
To supplement the Company’s consolidated financial statements presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), in the Press Release attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1, the Company uses the non-GAAP financial measure of EBITDA (defined by the Company as earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization).
The Company’s management reviews this non-GAAP measure internally to
evaluate the Company’s performance and manage its operations. The
Company believes that the inclusion of EBITDA results provide investors
useful and important information regarding the Company’s operating
results. The non-GAAP measure included in the Press Release attached
hereto as Exhibit 99.1 has been reconciled to the comparable GAAP
measure as required under SEC rules regarding the use of non-GAAP
financial measures. The Company urges investors to carefully review the
GAAP financial information included as part of the Company’s Annual
Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and quarterly
earnings releases.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits
99.1 Press
Release of Barnes & Noble, Inc., dated January 4, 2018
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to
the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant
has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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BARNES & NOBLE, INC. |
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By: |
/s/ Allen W. Lindstrom |
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Allen W. Lindstrom |
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Chief Financial Officer |
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Date: |
January 4, 2018 |
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Barnes & Noble, Inc.
EXHIBIT INDEX
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Exhibit Number |
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Press Release of Barnes & Noble, Inc., dated January 4, 2018 |
Exhibit 99.1
Barnes & Noble Reports Holiday Comparable Store Sales
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--January 4, 2018--Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS) today reported holiday sales for the nine-week holiday period ending December 30, 2017.
Total sales for the holiday period were $953 million, declining 6.4% as compared to the prior year. Comparable store sales also declined 6.4% for the holiday period, while online sales declined 4.5%.
Entering December, the Company was encouraged by the comparable store sales improvements throughout the second quarter and into November. However, sales trends softened in December, primarily due to lower traffic. The Company’s book business declined 4.5%, outperforming the overall comparable store sales performance. Declines in the gift, music and DVD categories accounted for nearly half of the comparable store sales decrease.
The Company said it remains focused on executing its strategic turnaround plan, which includes an aggressive expense management program.
Based on the holiday sales results, the Company expects comparable store sales to decline in the mid-single digits and consolidated EBITDA to be in a range of $140 million to $160 million for fiscal 2018, excluding any unusual or non-recurring items.
Barnes & Noble, Inc. will report fiscal 2018 third quarter results on or about March 1, 2018.
About Barnes & Noble, Inc.
Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS) is the nation’s largest retail bookseller, and a leading retailer of content, digital media and educational products. The Company operates 632 Barnes & Noble bookstores in 50 states, and one of the Web’s premier e-commerce sites, BN.com (www.bn.com). The Nook Digital business offers a lineup of popular NOOK® tablets and eReaders and an expansive collection of digital reading and entertainment content through the NOOK Store®. The NOOK Store features more than 4.5 million digital books in the US (www.nook.com), plus periodicals and comics, and offers the ability to enjoy content across a wide array of popular devices through Free NOOK Reading Apps™ available for Android™, iOS® and Windows®.
General information on Barnes & Noble, Inc. can be obtained by visiting the Company's corporate website at www.barnesandnobleinc.com.
BKS – Financial
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains certain forward-looking statements (within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) and information relating to Barnes & Noble that are based on the beliefs of the management of Barnes & Noble as well as assumptions made by and information currently available to the management of Barnes & Noble. When used in this communication, the words “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “plan,” “will,” “forecasts,” “projections,” and similar expressions, as they relate to Barnes & Noble or the management of Barnes & Noble, identify forward-looking statements.
Such statements reflect the current views of Barnes & Noble with respect to future events, the outcome of which is subject to certain risks, including, among others, the general economic environment and consumer spending patterns, decreased consumer demand for Barnes & Noble’s products, low growth or declining sales and net income due to various factors, including store closings, higher-than-anticipated or increasing costs, including with respect to store closings, relocation, occupancy (including in connection with lease renewals) and labor costs, the effects of competition, the risk of insufficient access to financing to implement future business initiatives, risks associated with data privacy and information security, risks associated with Barnes & Noble’s supply chain, including possible delays and disruptions and increases in shipping rates, various risks associated with the digital business, including the possible loss of customers, declines in digital content sales, risks and costs associated with ongoing efforts to rationalize the digital business, risks associated with the eCommerce business, including the possible loss of eCommerce customers and declines in eCommerce sales, the risk that financial and operational forecasts and projections are not achieved, the performance of Barnes & Noble’s initiatives including but not limited to new store concepts and eCommerce initiatives, unanticipated adverse litigation results or effects, potential infringement of Barnes & Noble’s intellectual property by third parties or by Barnes & Noble of the intellectual property of third parties, and other factors, including those factors discussed in detail in Item 1A, “Risk Factors,” in Barnes & Noble’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended April 29, 2017, and in Barnes & Noble’s other filings made hereafter from time to time with the SEC.
Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results or outcomes may vary materially from those described as anticipated, believed, estimated, expected, intended or planned. Subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to Barnes & Noble or persons acting on its behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements in this paragraph. Barnes & Noble undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise after the date of this communication.
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| EBITDA | $ | 140 | $ | 160 | |||||
| Depreciation and amortization | (100 | ) | (100 | ) | |||||
| Operating income | $ | 40 | $ | 60 | |||||
CONTACT:
Barnes & Noble, Inc.
Media:
Mary
Ellen Keating, 212-633-3323
Senior Vice President
Corporate
Communications
mkeating@bn.com
Investors:
Andy
Milevoj, 212-633-3489
Vice President
Investor Relations and
Corporate Finance
amilevoj@bn.com