SEC Comment Letter 0000000000-24-007875 to Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. (BNED) (CIK 0001634117) (BNED)
Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. (BNED) (CIK 0001634117)
Date: July 11, 2024 · CIK: 0001634117 · Accession: 0000000000-24-007875
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July 11, 2024
Scott Stewart Miller
Managing Member of MVM Funds, LLC
Greenhaven Road Investment Management, LP
c/o Royce & Associates LLC
8 Sound Shore Drive, Suite 190
Greenwich, CT 06830
Re:Greenhaven Road Investment Management, LP
Barnes & Noble Education, Inc.
Schedule 13D Filed by Greenhaven Road Investment Management, LP et al.
Filed May 17, 2024
File No. 005-88954
Dear Scott Stewart Miller:
We have reviewed the above-captioned filing and have the following comments.
Please respond to this letter by amending the filing or by providing the requested
information. If you do not believe our comments apply to your facts and circumstances or that an
amendment is appropriate, please advise us why in a response letter.
After reviewing any amendment to the filing and any information provided in response to
these comments, we may have additional comments.
Schedule 13D Filed May 17, 2024
General
1.We note the date of the event reported as requiring the filing of the Statement was March
29, 2024. Rule 13d-1(a) of Regulation 13D-G requires the filing of a Schedule 13D within
five business days after the date beneficial ownership of more than five percent of a class
of equity securities specified in Rule 13d-1(i)(1) was acquired. Based on the March 29,
2024 event date, the Schedule 13D submitted on May 17, 2024 was not timely filed.
Please advise us why the Schedule 13D was not filed within the required five business
days after the date of the acquisition.
July 11, 2024
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Item 6, page 10
2.Instruction A to the Special Instructions for Complying with Schedule 13D explains that a
filer must "[a]nswer every item" and "[i]f an item is inapplicable or the answer is in the
negative, so state." We note, for example, that the Special Instructions provide at the
outset that "[d]isclosure of the information specified in this schedule is
mandatory." Instruction B to these instructions further provides that "[i]nformation
contained in exhibits to the statement may be incorporated by reference in answer or
partial answer to any item . . . ." The instructions, however, do not specify that cross-
referencing to other responses within the Schedule 13D serves as a satisfactory means of
effectuating compliance. Please advise us, with a view toward revised disclosure, why a
generic statement that reads "See Item 4" was offered as disclosure responsive to Item 6
of Schedule 13D.
We remind you that the filing persons are responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of
their disclosures, notwithstanding any review, comments, action or absence of action by the staff.
Please direct any questions to Shane Callaghan at 202-551-6977 or Nicholas Panos at
202-551-3266.
Sincerely,
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Mergers & Acquisitions