Borders Group Inc – ‘8-K’ for 1/28/01

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 1: 8-K         Change in Registrant's Certifying Accountants          2      9K 
 2: EX-16       Letter From Pricewaterhouse Coopers                    1      4K 

8-K   —   Change in Registrant’s Certifying Accountants
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR
15(d) OF SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

   Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) October 20, 2000

Borders Group, Inc. 
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Michigan                 1-13740              38-3196915
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(State or other juris-      (Commission           (IRS Employer     
diction of incorporation)    File Number)       Identification (No.)  

500 East Washington Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan         48104           
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(Address of principal executive offices)              (Zip Code)        

Registrant's telephone number, including area code 734-477-1100         
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(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)            

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Item 4. Changes in Registrant's Certifying Accountants                          
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     On October 20, 2000,  the  Company's  Board of  Directors,  acting upon the
recommendation  of the  Audit  Committee  of the  Board,  voted to  dismiss  its
independant accountant,  PricewaterhouseCoopers  LLP ("PwC"). The reports of PwC
on  Company's  financial  statements  for the 1999 and 1998 fiscal years did not
contain any adverse opinion or a disclaimer of opinion and were not qualified or
modified as to  uncertainty,  audit scope or accounting  principles.  During the
1999 or 1998 fiscal years and the period through October 20, 2000, there were no
disagreements between the Company and PwC on any matter of accounting principles
or practices,  financial statement  disclosure,  or auditing scope or procedure,
which  disagreements,  if not resolved to the  satisfaction  of PwC,  would have
caused  it to make  reference  to the  subject  matter of the  disagreements  in
connection  with its reports on financial  statements.  In addition,  during the
1998 and 1999 fiscal years and the period through  October 20, 2000,  there were
no  "reportable  events"  within the meaning of Item 304 of the  Securities  and
exchange Commission's regulation S-K.                                           

     The  Company  retained  the  accounting  firm of Ernst & Young LLP (E&Y) on
October 20, 2000,  to make an  examination  of the  financial  statements of the
Company for the 2000 fiscal  year.                                              

SIGNATURES

Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of  1934,  the
Registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned thereto duly authorized.                                            

                         BORDERS GROUP, INC.
                (Registrant)

Date: October 25, 2000                        By: /s/ Edward W. Wilhelm         
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                               Edward W. Wilhelm
                                             Senior Vice President and Chief
                               Financial Officer
                                      (Principal Financial and
                                 Accounting Officer)

Dates Referenced Herein   and   Documents Incorporated by Reference

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This ‘8-K’ Filing		Date		First		Last			Other Filings
For Period End:		1/28/01							10-K,  8-K
Filed on:		10/25/00		2
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