Is BKS a good stock to own? Find out who bought Barnes & Noble, who sold Barnes & Noble (BKS) stock, and who holds a large position in Barnes & Noble.

• JANA PARTNERS owns 5.57M shares worth $73.84M
• CalPERS owns 3.10M shares worth $51.08M
• Shapiro Capital Management owns 2.24M shares worth $36.90M
• TowerView owns 2.00M shares worth $32.90M
• Vanguard owns 1.81M shares worth $29.69M
• STATE STREET CORPORATION owns 1.66M shares worth $27.35M
• Clovis Capital Management owns 1.66M shares worth $24.04M
• Kingstown Capital Management owns 1.50M shares worth $24.68M
• Balyasny Asset Management owns 1.34M shares worth $19.39M
• Asset Management Investors owns 1.28M shares worth $21.08M
• Roosevelt Investment owns 1.24M shares worth $18.71M
• S.A.C. Capital Advisors owns 1.11M shares worth $18.30M
• Southpoint Capital Advisors owns 1000000 shares worth $14.48M
• GOLDMAN SACHS owns 944795 shares worth $15.54M
• WEISS MULTI-STRATEGY ADVISERS owns 925000 shares worth $15.22M
• Buckingham Capital Management owns 900000 shares worth $13.03M
• Scopus Asset Management owns 898500 shares worth $13.01M
• Name Aletheia Research and Management owns 897554 shares worth $13.00M
• Barclays owns 861300 shares worth $14.17M
• Chesapeake Partners Management owns 783485 shares worth $12.89M
• Adage Capital Partners GP owns 699899 shares worth $11.52M
• Diamondback Capital Management owns 675630 shares worth $11.12M
• Credit Agricole S.A. owns 638807 shares worth $8.46M
• Tudor Investment Corporation owns 624000 shares worth $9.42M
• Michael F. Price owns 580000 shares worth $9.54M
• GLG owns 527964 shares worth $6.25M
• CITADEL ADVISORS owns 525726 shares worth $7.61M
• Loomis, Sayles and owns 515473 shares worth $8.48M
• BBT Capital Management owns 477054 shares worth $7.85M
• Charter Bridge Capital Management owns 451375 shares worth $5.98M
• AQR Capital Management owns 449229 shares worth $6.50M
• Axial Capital Management owns 394518 shares worth $6.49M
• FrontFour Capital owns 388660 shares worth $5.86M
• Norges Bank Investment Management owns 383510 shares worth $5.79M
• Capstone Investment Advisors owns 382700 shares worth $6.30M
• William Harris Investors owns 350000 shares worth $5.76M
• BANK OF OKLAHOMA NATIONAL ASSOCIATION / owns 334061 shares worth $5.04M
• Becker Drapkin Management owns 331935 shares worth $4.40M
• Levin Capital Strategies owns 323562 shares worth $5.32M
• Nomura Holdings owns 321570 shares worth $5.27M
• Oxford Asset Management owns 310205 shares worth $4.68M

• Bank of America Corporation sold on June 30, 2012
• Marcato Capital Management sold on Dec. 31, 2011
• Renaissance Technologies sold on Sept. 30, 2011
• Jefferies sold on Sept. 30, 2011
• Millennium Management sold on June 30, 2011
• Pentwater Capital Management sold on June 30, 2011
• Johnson Investment Counsel sold on June 30, 2011
• Citi sold on June 30, 2011
• Credit Suisse AG sold on June 30, 2011
• Tiger Consumer Management sold on March 31, 2011
• Hayman Capital Management sold on March 31, 2011
• Hourglass Capital sold on March 31, 2011
• GLENHILL ADVISORS sold on March 31, 2011
• PEAK6 Investments sold on Dec. 31, 2010
• Royce & Associates sold on Dec. 31, 2009
• Level Management sold on Dec. 31, 2006

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