# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000886158
**File Stem:** 0001193125-23-010976
**Filing Date:** 2023-1
**Character Count:** 11987
**Document Hash:** 70636e4f06c222d447fa8d3f97e2975a
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001193125-23-010976.hdr.sgml**: 20230119

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001193125-23-010976

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 14

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20230112

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Regulation FD Disclosure

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Financial Statements and Exhibits

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20230119

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20230119

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** BED BATH & BEYOND INC
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000886158
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** RETAIL-HOME FURNITURE, FURNISHINGS & EQUIPMENT STORES [5700]
- **IRS NUMBER:** 112250488
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** NY
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 0228

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 000-20214
- **FILM NUMBER:** 23537691

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 650 LIBERTY AVENUE
- **CITY:** UNION
- **STATE:** NJ
- **ZIP:** 07083
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 908-688-0888

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 650 LIBERTY AVENUE
- **CITY:** UNION
- **STATE:** NJ
- **ZIP:** 07083

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### UNITED STATES

### SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

#### Washington, D.C. 20549

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### FORM 8-K

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#### CURRENT REPORT

#### PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d)

#### OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

#### Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 19, 2023 (January 12, 2023)

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## BED BATH & BEYOND INC.

#### (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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| **New York** | **0-20214** | **11-2250488** |
| **(State or other jurisdiction**<br> **of incorporation)** | **(Commission**<br> **File Number)** | **(I.R.S. Employer**<br> **Identification No.)** |

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#### 650 Liberty Avenue, Union, New Jersey 07083

#### (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(908) 688-0888

#### (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

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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:

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

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

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

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

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

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| **Title of each class** | **Trading**<br> **Symbol** | **Name of each exchange**<br> **on which registered** |
| Common stock, $0.01 par value | BBBY | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
|  |  | (Nasdaq Global Select Market) |

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

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| **Item 3.02.** | **Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing**  |

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On January 12, 2023, Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. (the "Company") received a notice (the "Notice") from the Listing Qualifications Department of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC ("Nasdaq") stating that the Company is not in compliance with the requirements for continued listing under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5250(c)(1) (the "Listing Rule") because the Company has not yet filed its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended November 26, 2022 (the "Quarterly Report") with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC").

The Notice has no immediate effect on the listing or trading of the Company's common stock on the Nasdaq Global Select Market. The Notice states that the Company has 60 calendar days from the date of the Notice, or March 13, 2023, to submit a plan to regain compliance with the Listing Rule. If Nasdaq accepts the Company's plan to regain compliance, then Nasdaq may grant the Company up to 180 calendar days from the prescribed due date of the Quarterly Report, or July 10, 2023, to file the Quarterly Report to regain compliance.

The Company continues to work diligently to finalize its Quarterly Report and plans to file its Quarterly Report as promptly as possible to regain compliance with the Listing Rule.

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| **Item 7.01.** | **Regulation FD Disclosure**  |

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A press release, dated January 19, 2023, disclosing the Company's receipt of the Notice referenced above is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

The information furnished in this Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K (including Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto) shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and shall not be incorporated by reference into any filing of the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

#### Forward-Looking Statements
This filing contains a number of forward-looking statements. Words such as "expect," "will," "working," "plan" and variations of such words and similar future or conditional expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the Company's beliefs and expectations relating to the filing of its Quarterly Report and to the Company's ability to regain compliance with the Nasdaq Listing Rule. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future results and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, many of which are difficult to predict and beyond the Company's control. Important factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, a material delay in the Company's financial reporting, including the possibility that the Company will not be able to file its Quarterly Report within the next several days, the Company's independent auditor's ability to finalize its review of the unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Company and the Quarterly Report in a timely manner, the Company's ability to respond in a timely and satisfactory manner to the inquiries by Nasdaq, the Company's ability to regain compliance with the Nasdaq Listing Rule, the Company's ability to become current with its reports with the SEC and other factors described more fully in the Company's periodic filings with the SEC. The Company disclaims and does not undertake any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement in this report, except as required by applicable law or regulation.

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| **Item 9.01.** | **Financial Statements and Exhibits**  |

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(d) Exhibits

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| **Exhibit**<br> **No.** | **Description of Exhibit** |
| 99.1 | [Press release, dated January 19, 2023](d452312dex991.htm) |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File - the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document |

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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 thereunto duly authorized.

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|  | **BED BATH & BEYOND INC.** | **BED BATH & BEYOND INC.** |
|  | (Registrant) | (Registrant) |
| Date: January 19, 2023 | By: | /s/ Laura Crossen |
|  | Name: | Laura Crossen |
|  | Title: | Interim Chief Financial Officer |

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## Exhibit 99.1

**Exhibit 99.1**![LOGO](g452312g0119055557842.jpg)

**Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. Receives Notice from NASDAQ Regarding Delayed Quarterly Report** 

UNION, New Jersey, January 19, 2023 - Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. (Nasdaq: BBBY), today announced that it received a notice (the "Notice") on January 12, 2023 from The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC ("Nasdaq") stating that the Company is not in compliance with the requirements for continued listing under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5250(c)(1) (the "Listing Rule") because the Company has not yet filed its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended November 26, 2022 (the "Quarterly Report") with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC").

The Notice has no immediate effect on the listing or trading of the Company's common stock on the Nasdaq Global Select Market. The Notice states that the Company has 60 calendar days from the date of the Notice, or March 13, 2023, to submit a plan to regain compliance with the Listing Rule. If Nasdaq accepts the Company's plan to regain compliance, then Nasdaq may grant the Company up to 180 calendar days from the prescribed due date of the Quarterly Report, or July 10, 2023, to file the Quarterly Report to regain compliance.

The Company continues to work diligently to finalize its Quarterly Report and plans to file its Quarterly Report as promptly as possible to regain compliance with the Listing Rule.

This announcement is made in compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(b), which requires prompt disclosure of receipt of a deficiency notification.

**<u>About the Company</u>**

Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. and subsidiaries (the "Company") is an omnichannel retailer that makes it easy for our customers to feel at home. The Company sells a wide assortment of merchandise in the Home, Baby, Beauty and Wellness markets. Additionally, the Company is a partner in a joint venture which operates retail stores in Mexico under the name Bed Bath & Beyond.

The Company operates websites at bedbathandbeyond.com, bedbathandbeyond.ca, buybuybaby.com, buybuybaby.ca, harmondiscount.com, and facevalues.com.

**<u>Forward-Looking Statements</u>**

This press release contains a number of forward-looking statements. Words such as "expect," "will," "working," "plan" and variations of such words and similar future or conditional expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the Company's beliefs and expectations relating to the filing of its Quarterly Report and to the Company's ability to regain compliance with the Nasdaq Listing Rule. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future results and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, many of which are difficult to predict and beyond the Company's control. Important factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, a material delay in the Company's financial reporting, including the possibility that the Company will not be able to file its Quarterly Report within the next several days, the Company's independent auditor's ability to finalize its review of the unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Company and the Quarterly Report in a timely manner, the Company's ability to respond in a timely and satisfactory manner to the inquiries by Nasdaq, the Company's ability to regain compliance with the Nasdaq Listing Rule, the Company's ability to become current with its reports with the SEC and other factors described more fully in the Company's periodic filings with the SEC. The Company disclaims and does not undertake any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement in this press release, except as required by applicable law or regulation.