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BED BATH& BEYOND ANNUAL REPORT 2006
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM (CONTINUED)
MANAGEMENT’S REPORT ON INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING
The Board of Directors and Shareholders
Bed Bath & Beyond Inc.:
We have audited management’s assessment, included in the accompanying Management’s Report on Internal Control Over
Financial Reporting, that Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. and subsidiaries maintained effective internal control over financial reporting
as of March 3, 2007, based on criteria established in Internal Control—Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of
Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). Bed Bath & Beyond Inc.’s management is responsible for main-
taining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over
financial reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on management’s assessment and an opinion on the effectiveness
of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit.
We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States).
Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal
control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audit included obtaining an understanding of
internal control over financial reporting, evaluating management’s assessment, testing and evaluating the design and operating
effectiveness of internal control, and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We
believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the
reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that
(1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions
of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation
of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the
company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide
reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s
assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, pro-
jections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because
of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
In our opinion, management’s assessment that Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. and subsidiaries maintained effective internal control over
financial reporting as of March 3, 2007, is fairly stated, in all material respects, based on criteria established in Internal Control—
Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). Also, in our
opinion, Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. and subsidiaries maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial
reporting as of March 3, 2007, based on criteria established in Internal Control—Integrated Framework issued by the Committee
of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO).
We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States),
the consolidated balance sheets of Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. and subsidiaries as of March 3, 2007 and February 25, 2006, and the
related consolidated statements of earnings, shareholders’ equity, and cash flows and the related financial statement schedule for
each of the fiscal years in the three-year period ended March 3, 2007, and our report dated May 2, 2007 expressed an unqualified
opinion on those consolidated financial statements and the related financial statement schedule.
Short Hills, New Jersey
May 2, 2007
Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting (as defined
in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended). Our management assessed the effectiveness of our
internal control over financial reporting as of March 3, 2007. In making this assessment, our management used the criteria set
forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (“COSO”) in Internal Control-Integrated
Framework. Our management has concluded that, as of March 3, 2007, our internal control over financial reporting is effective
based on these criteria.
May 2, 2007