Aug 12 (Reuters) - Barnes & Noble Inc:
* Ron burkle's yucaipa launches proxy battle against Barnes & Noble Inc
- SEC filing
* Burkle urges shareholders to elect himself, Stephen Bollenbach and michael
mcquary as directors, and asks them to vote to amend company's poison pill
* Burkle, in filing, says Barnes & noble's poor stock performance is
'indictment' of chairman riggio's controlling influence, and reflects
'failure of leadership' at company
* Burkle sees to raise poison pill trigger to 30 percent
* Rpt-burkle seeks to raise poison pill trigger to 30 pct
((New York Equities Desk; tel: +1 646 223 6000))
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* Ron burkle's yucaipa launches proxy battle against Barnes & Noble Inc
- SEC filing
* Burkle urges shareholders to elect himself, Stephen Bollenbach and michael
mcquary as directors, and asks them to vote to amend company's poison pill
* Burkle, in filing, says Barnes & noble's poor stock performance is
'indictment' of chairman riggio's controlling influence, and reflects
'failure of leadership' at company
* Burkle sees to raise poison pill trigger to 30 percent
* Rpt-burkle seeks to raise poison pill trigger to 30 pct
((New York Equities Desk; tel: +1 646 223 6000))
(For more news about Barnes & Noble Inc click here:) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2010. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.