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 6, 2016

BED BATH & BEYOND INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

New York	0-20214	11-2250488
(State or other jurisdiction	(Commission	(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation)	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:

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Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition

On April 6, 2016, Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing the Company’s financial results for its fiscal fourth quarter ended February 27, 2016. A copy of this press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

The Company’s April 6, 2016 press release further announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a quarterly dividend program, and declared an initial quarterly dividend of $.125 per share, to be paid on July 19, 2016 to shareholders of record as of June 17, 2016.

The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K (including the exhibit attached hereto) is being furnished under Item 2.02 and 7.01 and shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liability of such section or incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits:

99.1 Press Release issued by Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. on April 6, 2016.

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:  April 6, 2016	By:	/s/ Susan E. Lattmann
		Susan E. Lattmann
		Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
		(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Press Release issued by Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. on April 6, 2016.