Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the nation’s
largest retail bookseller, today announced the appointment of Irwin
D. Simon, Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of The
Hain Celestial Group, Inc., to its Board of Directors.
Mr. Simon founded Hain Celestial, a leading organic and natural
products company, in 1993 with operations in North America, Europe,
Asia and the Middle East. Under his leadership, Hain Celestial has
revolutionized the natural and organic products industry. Mr. Simon
was appointed Chairman of the Board of Hain Celestial in 2000. In
June, Mr. Simon announced he would be stepping down as CEO after
leading the company for a quarter of a century and would become its
non-executive Chairman upon the appointment of new a CEO.
“We could not be more pleased to welcome Irwin Simon, an
entrepreneur and visionary in the organic and natural products
industry to our board,” said Leonard Riggio, Executive Chairman of
Barnes & Noble. “His intellect, leadership, marketing savvy and
expertise will benefit Barnes & Noble greatly.” Mr. Riggio
added that Mr. Simon, who will serve as an independent board
member, was recommended to the Company by Richard Schottenfeld, a
shareholder.
Mr. Simon currently serves as the lead independent director of
MDC Partners, Inc., a leading marketing activation and
communications solutions and services company. He also serves on
the board of trustees of Tulane University. During the last five
years, Mr. Simon also served as a director of Jarden Corporation, a
consumer products company and an independent non-executive director
of Yeo Hiap Seng, Limited, a food and beverage company based in
Singapore. Mr. Simon is also involved in several industry and
charitable organizations including The Bowery Mission and Brooklyn
Poly Prep School.
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 629 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 (www.nook.com) features
digital books, 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.
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as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
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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 28, 2018, and in Barnes & Noble’s
other filings made hereafter from time to time with the SEC.
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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
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& 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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