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Notice of 2009 Annual Meeting of Shareholders
Proxy Statement
2008 Annual Report
BED BATH & BEYOND INC.
To Our Fellow Shareholders:
The challenges our Company has faced in the past year have been many.Economic uncertainty, rising unemploy-
ment, falling consumer confidence and a marked slowdown in housing activity have had, and will continue to have,
an adverse effect on the general business climate and on our business. Despite these conditions, our Company
continues to grow and to widen the gap between us and our competitors. This past and continued success is a tribute
to the talented and dedicated associates who find additional ways to improve and enhance the customer shopping
experience in our stores each day. The sense of ownership and entrepreneurship they possess and exhibit daily lies at
the heartof our Company culture. Their goal and the goal of our Company has been and remains the same at all
times: to be the customer’s first choice for the merchandise categories we offer, domestically, interactively and in the
longer terminternationally.
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