8-K 1 a10-13476_18k.htm 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) June 29, 2010

 

BED BATH & BEYOND INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

New York

 

0-20214

 

11-2250488

(State of incorporation)

 

(Commission

 

(I.R.S. Employer

 

 

File Number)

 

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:

 

o            Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o            Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4 (c))

 

 

 


 

Item 5.07                                             Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

On June 29, 2010, Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders. At the Annual Meeting, the following items were voted upon: (1) the election of nine directors of the Company for terms expiring in 2011 and (2) the ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending February 26, 2011. The voting results with respect to each of the matters described above were as follows:

 

1.                                       The nine directors were elected based upon the following votes:

 

Nominee

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker
Non-Votes

 

Warren Eisenberg

 

217,749,474

 

6,559,123

 

38,481

 

10,727,150

 

Leonard Feinstein

 

217,748,116

 

6,555,493

 

43,469

 

10,727,150

 

Steven H. Temares

 

220,546,633

 

3,759,900

 

40,545

 

10,727,150

 

Dean S. Adler

 

213,291,202

 

9,266,827

 

1,789,049

 

10,727,150

 

Stanley F. Barshay

 

215,391,976

 

8,791,092

 

164,010

 

10,727,150

 

Klaus Eppler

 

205,421,229

 

18,875,864

 

49,985

 

10,727,150

 

Patrick R. Gaston

 

221,722,425

 

2,458,226

 

166,427

 

10,727,150

 

Jordan Heller

 

222,137,897

 

2,162,923

 

46,258

 

10,727,150

 

Victoria A. Morrison

 

221,691,515

 

2,613,119

 

42,444

 

10,727,150

 

 

2.                                       The appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending February 26, 2011 was ratified based upon the following votes:

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

 

 

 

 

230,995,023

 

4,035,792

 

43,413

 

 

 

 

 

 

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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.

 

 

BED BATH & BEYOND INC.

 

(Registrant)

 

 

 

Date: July 1, 2010

By:

/s/  Eugene A. Castagna

 

 

By: Eugene A. Castagna

 

 

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

 

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