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STOCK PRICE PERFORMANCE GRAPH
The graph shown below compares the performance of the Company’s common stock with that of the S&P 500 Index, the S&P
Specialty Retail Index and the S&P Retail Composite Index over the same period (assuming the investment of $100 in the
Company’s common stock and each of the three Indexes on February 28, 2004, and the reinvestment of all dividends).
NEXT YEAR’S ANNUAL MEETING
Proposals which shareholders intend to present at the 2010 Annual Meeting of Shareholders must be received by the Company
no later than February 1, 2010, to be presented at the meeting or to be eligible for inclusion in next year’s proxy statement
under the SEC’s proxy rules. Such proposals can be sent to the Company at 650 Liberty Avenue, Union, New Jersey 07083,
Attn: Warren Eisenberg, Co-Chairman and Secretary.
In addition, under the Company’sAmended By-laws, any proposal for consideration at the 2010 Annual Meeting of Shareholders
submitted by a shareholder other than pursuant to Rule 14a-8 will be considered timely if it is received by the Secretary of the
Company at its principal executive offices at 650 Liberty Avenue, Union, New Jersey 07083 between the close of business on
March 2, 2010 and the close of business on April 1, 2010, and is otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in the
Company’s Amended By-laws. If the date of the 2010 Annual Meeting of Shareholders is more than 30 days before or more
than 60 days after the anniversarydate of the 2009 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, notice must be received not earlier than
the 120th day prior to the 2010 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and not later than the close of business on the 90th day prior
to the 2010 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, or if the first public announcement of the date of the 2010 Annual Meeting of
Shareholders is less than 100 days prior to the date of the 2010 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, the 10th day following the date
on which notice of the date of the meeting is given to shareholders or made public, whichever occurs first.
BED BATH & BEYOND 2008 ANNUAL REPORT
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