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)  March 2, 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)

 

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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 March 2, 2010, Fran Stoller, 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 2010 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “2010 Annual Meeting”).  Ms. Stoller will continue to serve on the Board through the end of her term, which will occur at the end of the 2010 Annual Meeting.   Ms. Stoller’s decision not to seek reelection was not the result of any disagreement with the Company.

 

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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: March 8, 2010

By:

/s/  Eugene A. Castagna

 

 

By: Eugene A. Castagna

 

 

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

 

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