120 Mountain View Blvd.
Basking Ridge, New Jersey 07920
SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL TO OUR PROXY STATEMENT
FOR OUR SPECIAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
TO BE HELD ON JUNE 5, 2024
May 28, 2024
Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. (the
Company) is filing these supplemental questions and answers relating to the special meeting (this Supplement) to provide further information to that contained in the Companys Definitive Proxy Statement filed with the
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) on May 15, 2024 (the Proxy Statement), and sent to the Companys stockholders in connection with the Companys special meeting of stockholders to be held on
June 5, 2024, or any adjournment or postponement thereof (the Special Meeting).
We encourage you to read our Proxy Statement as well as
the additional soliciting material we have filed with the SEC. All undefined terms in this Supplement shall have the definitions set forth in the Proxy Statement. Your Board of Directors recommends that stockholders vote FOR approval of ALL
agenda items. If you need assistance in voting your shares, please call our proxy solicitor, Innisfree M&A Incorporated, at (877) 800-5185 (toll-free from the U.S. and Canada) or at 1 (412) 232-3651 (from other locations).
Supplemental Questions and Answers Relating to the Special Meeting
Will there be an Event of Default under the Companys senior secured credit facility if the Share Issuance Proposal (Proposal #1), the Amended
Certificate Proposal (Proposal #2), the Reverse Split Proposal (Proposal #3) and the Board Election Proposal (Proposal #4) are not approved by stockholders at the Special Meeting?
Yes. Pursuant to Section 4 of the Companys 12th amendment, dated April 16, 2024, to the
asset backed senior secured credit facility (as amended, the ABL Facility), the failure of the Companys stockholders to approve the Share Issuance Proposal, the Amended Certificate Proposal, the Reverse Split Proposal and the Board
Election Proposal at the Special Meeting (other than the Reverse Split Proposal to the extent Immersion gives consent to waive the Reverse Split Proposal as a condition to Closing) will constitute an immediate event of default under the ABL
Facility.
Such an event of default will result in a cross-default pursuant to Section 8.01(e) of the Term Loan Credit Agreement, dated as of
June 7, 2022 (as amended, the Term Credit Agreement), among the Company, as borrower, certain subsidiaries of the Company party thereto as guarantors, TopLids and Vital, as lenders, and TopLids as administrative agent and collateral
agent for the lenders. Pursuant to Section 8.02 of the Term Credit Agreement and Section 8.02 of the ABL Facility, such cross-default will give the lenders under the ABL Facility and the Term Credit Agreement the right to immediately
accelerate the payment of principal and interest under both facilities. As of March 30, 2024, approximately $184.0 million and $31.7 million in principal remained outstanding under the ABL Facility and the Term Credit Agreement,
respectively, plus $2.0 million and $0.9 million in accrued and unpaid interest thereunder, respectively.
Absent an alternative source of
liquidity, the Company will not be able to satisfy such accelerated amounts if an event of default were to occur and our lenders elect to accelerate payments, such that the Company may be required to avail itself of the protections of the bankruptcy
code.