Edgar Filing: BED BATH & BEYOND INC

BED BATH & BEYOND INC.

(Registrant)

Date: April 10, 2017

/s/ Susan E. Lattmann

Susan E. Lattmann

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

Form 8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) April 5, 2017

BED BATH & BEYOND INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

New York

0-20214

11-2250488

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

650 Liberty Avenue

Union, New Jersey 07083

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

(908) 688-0888

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Item 5.02

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

On April 5, 2017, Geraldine T. Elliott, a director of Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. (the “Company”), notified the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) of her decision not to stand for reelection as a director nominee at the Company’s 2017 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “2017 Annual Meeting”). Ms. Elliott will continue to serve on the Board through the end of her term, which will occur at the end of the 2017 Annual Meeting. Ms. Elliott’s decision not to seek reelection was not the result of any disagreement with the Company.

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 hereunto duly authorized.