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SELECTED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA
The selected consolidated financial data of Barnes & Noble, Inc. and its subsidiaries (collectively, the Company) set forth on
the following pages should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes included elsewhere
in this report. On September 29, 2009, the Board of Directors of Barnes & Noble, Inc. authorized a change in the Company’s
fiscal year end from the Saturday closest to the last day of January to the Saturday closest to the last day of April. The change
in fiscal year, which became effective on September 30, 2009 upon the closing of the acquisition of Barnes & Noble College
Booksellers, Inc. (B&N College) by Barnes & Noble, Inc., gives the Company and B&N College the same fiscal year. The
change was intended to better align the Company’s fiscal year with the business cycles of both Barnes & Noble, Inc. and B&N
College. As a result of the change in the Company’s fiscal year end, the Company is providing financial data for the transi-
tion period and comparable prior period as defined below.
The Statement of Operations Data for the 52 weeks ended April 27, 2013 (fiscal 2013), 52 weeks ended April 28, 2012 (fiscal
2012), 52 weeks ended April 30, 2011 (fiscal 2011), and the Balance Sheet Data as of April 27, 2013 and April 28, 2012 are
derived from, and are qualified by reference to, audited consolidated financial statements which are included elsewhere in
this report. The Statement of Operations Data for the 52 weeks ended May 1, 2010 (fiscal 2010), 13 weeks ended May 2, 2009
(transition period), 52 weeks ended January 31, 2009 (fiscal 2008), the Balance Sheet Data as of April 30, 2011, May 1, 2010,
May 2, 2009 and January 31, 2009 and the Statement of Operations Data for the 13 weeks ended May 3, 2008 are derived
from unaudited consolidated financial statements not included elsewhere in this report.
4 Barnes & Noble, Inc.