X0508 4 2024-06-19 0 0001634117 Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. BNED 0001205885 MARTIN WILLIAM C C/O IMMERSION CORPORATION 2999 N.E. 191ST STREET, SUITE 610 AVENTURA FL 33180 1 0 1 0 0 Common Stock 2024-06-19 4 A 0 7441 0 A 7441 D Common Stock 11006702 I See footnote This Form 4 is filed by William C. Martin (the "Reporting Person"). The Reporting Person is a member of a group with Toro 18 Holdings LLC ("Toro 18"), Immersion Corporation ("Immersion"), Eric Singer, Emily Hoffman and Elias Nader for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, that collectively beneficially owns over 10% of the Issuer's outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.01 (the "Common Stock"). The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities of the Issuer owned directly by other members of the Section 13(d) group except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein and this report shall not be deemed an admission that he is the beneficial owner of such securities for purposes of Section 16 or for any other purpose. The other members of the Section 13(d) group will file separate Section 16 reports, as applicable. Grant of restricted stock units ("RSUs"). Each RSU represents the contingent right to receive one share of Common Stock, of the Issuer. The RSUs vest on the earlier of one year from the date of grant or the Issuer's next annual meeting of stockholders. Securities owned directly by Toro 18. Immersion, as the sole member of Toro 18, may be deemed to beneficially own the securities owned directly by Toro 18. Mr. Martin, as the Chief Strategy Officer of Toro 18, may be deemed to beneficially own the securities owned directly by Toro 18. /s/ Michael C. Miller, as attorney-in-fact for William C. Martin 2024-06-21

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Michael C. Miller and Kimberly A. Doyle, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to execute for and on his behalf, in the undersigned’s capacity as an officer and/or director of Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. (the “Company”), any Form 3, Form 4 and Form 5, and any and all amendments thereto, and any other documents in connection therewith or other forms or documents required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and any rules thereunder (“Section 16(a)”), and to file the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission as required by Section 16(a), granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned’s responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned’s holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

Executed in Mercer County, State of NJ    

on this 17 day of June, 2024.

			/s/ William C. Martin
			William C. Martin