On August 15, 2019, Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. announced that it will hold its annual meeting of stockholders on September 25, 2019, and accordingly, solicits proxies and urged the shareholders to vote for all the Company nominees: Emily C. Chiu, Daniel A. DeMatteo, David G. Golden, Michael P. Huseby, John R. Ryan, Jerry Sue Thornton, and David A. Wilson.