Cove Street Capital’s Barnes & Noble BKS Stock Holding History

Cove Street Capital’s Portfolio BKS Stock Details BKS Fund Activity

Bought

Maintained

Sold

Quarter	Market Value	Status	Shares	Change in Stake	Trade Value	Portfolio Weight	Portfolio Position
2015 Q1	–	Sell	-83,036	Closed	-$1.26M	–	122
2014 Q4	$1.26M	Sell	83,036 -398,747	-83%	-$5.66M	0.19%	72
2014 Q3	$6.23M	Sell	481,783 -183,400	-28%	-$2.68M	0.97%	43
2014 Q2	$9.93M	Buy	665,183 +169,271	+34%	+$2.04M	1.61%	29
2014 Q1	$6.79M	Sell	495,912 -290,436	-37%	-$3.33M	1.28%	34
2013 Q4	$7.7M	Buy	786,348 +154,439	+24%	+$1.49M	1.43%	29
2013 Q3	$5.36M	Buy	631,909 +101,980	+19%	+$1.06M	1.09%	44
2013 Q2	$5.54M	Buy	+529,929	New	+$6.66M	1.22%	40

Other funds holding BKS

Dimensional Fund Advisors Austin, Texas $481B AUM 30.42% 1-Year Est. Return

ACM

Abrams Capital Management Boston, Massachusetts $4.64B AUM 1.52% 1-Year Est. Return

Vanguard Group Malvern, Pennsylvania $6.9T AUM 27.45% 1-Year Est. Return

BFA

BlackRock Fund Advisors San Francisco, California $542B AUM 18.14% 1-Year Est. Return

CPM

Chesapeake Partners Management Baltimore, Maryland $669M AUM 1.23% 1-Year Est. Return

TowerView LLC New York $152M AUM 20.28% 1-Year Est. Return

JP Morgan Chase New York $1.56T AUM 27.86% 1-Year Est. Return

GJL

Gendell Jeffrey L $7.34B AUM 183.72% 1-Year Est. Return

State Street Boston, Massachusetts $3.37T AUM 44.26% 1-Year Est. Return

GAM

Gotham Asset Management New York $32.7B AUM 27.65% 1-Year Est. Return

Cove Street Capital's BKS Position: Q1 2015 in Review

Cove Street Capital sold out of Barnes & Noble (BKS) in Q1 2015, closing a stake of 83,036 shares — an estimated $1.26M sold.

Cove Street Capital first reported a position in BKS in Q2 2013 and held it in 7 quarters. The position peaked at $9.93M in Q2 2014. 174 funds tracked by Wall St. Rank hold BKS as of Q1 2015.

Cove Street Capital reported no remaining Barnes & Noble position as of Q1 2015 after selling out during the quarter.
Cove Street Capital sold 83,036 Barnes & Noble shares in Q1 2015, an estimated $1.26M.
Cove Street Capital first reported a position in Barnes & Noble in Q2 2013 and held it in 7 quarters.
Cove Street Capital's Barnes & Noble position peaked at $9.93M in Q2 2014.
174 funds tracked by Wall St. Rank held Barnes & Noble as of Q1 2015.

Based on Cove Street Capital's 13F filing for Q1 2015, filed 13 May 2015.