Bed, Bath and Beyond 2008 Annual Report Download - page 73

BED BATH & BEYOND PROXY STATEMENT
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DEFERRED COMPENSATION
Effective January 1, 2006, the Company adopted a nonqualified deferred compensation plan for the benefit of employees defined
by the Internal Revenue Service as highly compensated. A certain percentage of an employee’s contributions may be matched by
the Company, subject to certain plan limitations, as more fully described below. The following table provides compensation infor-
mation for the Company’s nonqualified deferred compensation plan for each of the named executive officers for fiscal year 2008.
Nonqualified Deferred Compensation for Fiscal Year 2008
Executive Company Aggregate Aggregate
Contributions Contributions Earnings (Losses) Aggregate Balance at
for Fiscal Year for Fiscal Year in Fiscal Year Withdrawals/ Fiscal Year End
2008 (1) 2008 (2) 2008 Distributions 2008
Name ($) ($) ($) ($) ($)
Warren Eisenberg 222,115 6,900 (278,143) 0 527,374
Leonard Feinstein 222,115 6,900 (279,080) 0 528,933
Steven H. Temares 20,923 1,053 (9,265) 0 46,397
Arthur Stark 219,159 4,406 (7,677) 0 723,720
Eugene A. Castagna 67,054 3,650 (49,474) 0 124,524
(1) All amounts reported in this column were also reported in this Proxy Statement in the “Salary” column of the Summary
Compensation Table for the applicable named executive officer.
(2) All amounts reported in this column were also reported in this Proxy Statement in the “All Other Compensation” column of the
Summary Compensation Table for the applicable named executive officer.
Under the Company’s nonqualified deferred compensation plan, a participant’s regular earnings may be deferred at the election
of the participant, excluding bonus or incentive compensation, welfare benefits, fringe benefits, noncash remuneration, amounts
realized from the sale of stock acquired under a stock option or grant, and moving expenses.
When a participant elects to make a deferral under the plan, the Company credits the account of the participant with a matching
contribution equal to fifty percent of the deferral, offset dollar for dollar by any matching contribution that the Company makes
to the participant under the Company’s401(k) plan. The payment of this matching contribution is made upon the conclusion
of the fiscal year. The maximum matching contribution to be made by the Company to a participant between the Company’s
nonqualified deferred compensation plan and the Company’s 401(k) plan cannot exceed the lesser of $6,900 and three percent
of a participant’s eligible compensation.
Aparticipant is fully vested in amounts deferred under the nonqualified deferred compensation plan. A participant has a vested
right in matching contributions made by the Company under the nonqualified deferred compensation plan, depending on the
participant’syears of service with the Company: twenty percent at one to two years of service, forty percent at two to three years
of service, sixty percent at three to four years of service, eighty percent at four to five years of service and one hundred percent at
five or more years of service. As each of the named executive officers has more than five years of service to the Company, they are
each fully vested in the matching contributions made by the Company under the plan.
Amounts in a participant’s account in the nonqualified deferred compensation plan are payable either in a lump sum or substan-
tially equal annual installments over a period of five or ten years, as elected by the participant. Such distributions may be delayed
to a period of six months following a participant’s termination of employment to comply with applicable law.