SUBSEQUENT EVENTS	3 Months Ended
Jul. 31, 2025
SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
SUBSEQUENT EVENTS	20. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS Dividends Declared and Paid On October 8, 2025, our Board declared a quarterly dividend in the amount of $0.045 per share, which was paid on October 31, 2025, to stockholders of record on October 20, 2025. On December 8, 2025, our Board announced that it had approved an increase in the quarterly dividend from $0.045 per share to $0.075 per share. The quarterly cash dividend of $0.075 per share, was paid on January 30, 2026, to stockholders of record on January 19, 2026. The total cash paid for these dividends is approximately $4.0 million. See Note 14. Stockholders' Equity for additional information. Korean Withholding Tax Assessment – Samsung License Immersion licenses certain of its patented technologies to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (“Samsung”) and its affiliates under a license agreement that provides Samsung with the right to manufacture and sell Samsung products worldwide. Under the terms of this agreement, Immersion is obligated to indemnify Samsung for any Korean withholding taxes that may be imposed on royalty payments made by Samsung to Immersion. In prior years, the Korean tax authorities, through the Suwon Regional Tax Office (“SRTO”), issued assessments to Samsung asserting that royalties paid to Immersion constituted Korean‑source royalty income subject to Korean withholding tax. Samsung contested these assessments, and the most recent matters were the subject of an administrative appeal before the Regional Tax Office Appeal (“RATI”). On November 19, 2025, RATI issued a decision in favor of the SRTO, upholding the withholding tax assessments on royalties paid to Immersion. As a result of this decision, Samsung was required to remit the assessed withholding taxes to the Korean tax authorities by the end of December 2025. In accordance with its indemnification obligation under the license agreement, Immersion reimbursed Samsung in December 2025 for the full amount of the withholding taxes paid. The total amount reimbursed by Immersion, including related surcharges and local withholding components, was approximately $9.7 million, based on the applicable KRW/USD exchange rate at the time of settlement. The Company expects to recognize this amount as an income tax charge and a corresponding liability in its third quarter of fiscal 2026, when the obligation became both probable and reasonably estimable. Because the RATI decision and related reimbursement occurred after April 30, 2025, the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements for the year then ended have not been adjusted for this matter. As previously disclosed, Barnes & Noble Education was unable to timely file certain periodic reports due to the completion of a review of certain accounting matters and, as a result, has restated its previously-issued consolidated financial statements for certain prior periods. Subsequent to May 3, 2025, Barnes & Noble Education entered into limited consent and waiver arrangements with its lenders related to the timing of required financial statement deliveries and was in compliance with the applicable terms of these arrangements as of the issuance date of these financial statements. Shareholder Rights Plan On November 7, 2025, the Board declared a dividend to the holders of the Company’s common stock outstanding at the close of business on November 17, 2025 (the “Record Date”) of one preferred share purchase right (a “Right”) for each share of the Company’s common stock. Each Right is payable on the Record Date and initially entitles the registered holder to purchase from the Company one one-thousandth of a share of Series C Junior Participating Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Preferred Share”), of the Company at a price of $20.58 per one one-thousandth of a Preferred Share, subject to adjustment. The description and terms of the Rights are set forth in a Rights Agreement, dated November 7, 2025 (the “Rights Agreement”), between the Company and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as rights agent. In general terms, the Rights Agreement imposes a significant penalty upon any person or group that acquires 9.99% or more of the shares of common stock without the approval of the Board. As a result, the overall effect of the Rights Agreement and the issuance of the Rights may be to render more difficult or discourage a merger, tender or exchange offer or other business combination involving the Company that is not approved by the Board.

SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

3 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2025

20. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

Dividends Declared and Paid

On October 8, 2025, our Board declared a quarterly dividend in the amount of $0.045 per share, which was paid on October 31, 2025, to stockholders of record on October 20, 2025.

On December 8, 2025, our Board announced that it had approved an increase in the quarterly dividend from $0.045 per share to $0.075 per share. The quarterly cash dividend of $0.075 per share, was paid on January 30, 2026, to stockholders of record on January 19, 2026.

The total cash paid for these dividends is approximately $4.0 million. See Note 14. Stockholders' Equity for additional information.

Korean Withholding Tax Assessment – Samsung License

Immersion licenses certain of its patented technologies to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (“Samsung”) and its affiliates under a license agreement that provides Samsung with the right to manufacture and sell Samsung products worldwide. Under the terms of this agreement, Immersion is obligated to indemnify Samsung for any Korean withholding taxes that may be imposed on royalty payments made by Samsung to Immersion.

In prior years, the Korean tax authorities, through the Suwon Regional Tax Office (“SRTO”), issued assessments to Samsung asserting that royalties paid to Immersion constituted Korean‑source royalty income subject to Korean withholding tax. Samsung contested these assessments, and the most recent matters were the subject of an administrative appeal before the Regional Tax Office Appeal (“RATI”).

On November 19, 2025, RATI issued a decision in favor of the SRTO, upholding the withholding tax assessments on royalties paid to Immersion. As a result of this decision, Samsung was required to remit the assessed withholding taxes to the Korean tax authorities by the end of December 2025. In accordance with its indemnification obligation under the license agreement, Immersion reimbursed Samsung in December 2025 for the full amount of the withholding taxes paid.

The total amount reimbursed by Immersion, including related surcharges and local withholding components, was approximately $9.7 million, based on the applicable KRW/USD exchange rate at the time of settlement. The Company expects to recognize this amount as an income tax charge and a corresponding liability in its third quarter of fiscal 2026, when the obligation became both probable and reasonably estimable.

Because the RATI decision and related reimbursement occurred after April 30, 2025, the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements for the year then ended have not been adjusted for this matter.

As previously disclosed, Barnes & Noble Education was unable to timely file certain periodic reports due to the completion of a review of certain accounting matters and, as a result, has restated its previously-issued consolidated financial statements for certain prior periods. Subsequent to May 3, 2025, Barnes & Noble Education entered into limited consent and waiver arrangements with its lenders related to the timing of required financial statement deliveries and was in compliance with the applicable terms of these arrangements as of the issuance date of these financial statements.

Shareholder Rights Plan

On November 7, 2025, the Board declared a dividend to the holders of the Company’s common stock outstanding at the close of business on November 17, 2025 (the “Record Date”) of one preferred share purchase right (a “Right”) for each share of the Company’s common stock. Each Right is payable on the Record Date and initially entitles the registered holder to purchase from the Company one one-thousandth of a share of Series C Junior Participating Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Preferred Share”), of the Company at a price of $20.58 per one one-thousandth of a Preferred Share, subject to adjustment. The description and terms of the Rights are set forth in a Rights Agreement, dated November 7, 2025 (the “Rights Agreement”), between the Company and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as rights agent.

In general terms, the Rights Agreement imposes a significant penalty upon any person or group that acquires 9.99% or more of the shares of common stock without the approval of the Board. As a result, the overall effect of the Rights Agreement and the issuance of the Rights may be to render more difficult or discourage a merger, tender or exchange offer or other business combination involving the Company that is not approved by the Board.