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There are three ways you can do so:
• Vote by Internet — www.proxyvote.com
Use the Internet to transmit your voting instructions and for electronic delivery of information. Have your proxy card in hand
when you access the website.
• Vote by phone — 1-800-690-6903
Use any touch-tone telephone to transmit your voting instructions. Have your proxy card in hand when you call.
• Vote by mail
Mark, sign and date your proxy card and return it in the postage-paid envelope we’ve provided, or return it to Bed Bath &
Beyond Inc., c/o Broadridge, 51 Mercedes Way, Edgewood, NY 11717.
Voting by any of these methods will not affect your right to attend the Annual Meeting and vote in person. However, for
those who will not be voting at the Annual Meeting in person, your final voting instructions must be received by no later than
11:59 p.m. on June 27, 2013.
Beneficial Owner
Most shareholders of Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. hold their shares through a stockbroker, bank or other nominee, rather than
directly in their own name. If you hold your shares in one of these ways, you are considered the beneficial owner of shares
held in street name, and these proxy materials are being forwarded to you by your broker or nominee who is considered, with
respect to those shares, the shareholder of record. As the beneficial owner, you have the right to direct your broker on how to
vote. Your broker or nominee has enclosed a voting instruction form for you to use in directing the broker or nominee on how
to vote your shares. If you hold your shares through a New York Stock Exchange member brokerage firm, such member
brokerage firm has the discretion to vote shares held on your behalf with respect to the appointment of the Company’s
auditors, but not with respect to the election of directors or the say-on-pay proposal, as more fully described under ‘‘What is a
broker ‘non-vote’?’’.
Can I change my vote?
Yes. If you are the shareholder of record, you may revoke your proxy before it is exercised by doing any of the following:
• sending a letter to the Company stating that your proxy is revoked;
• signing a new proxy and sending it to the Company; or
• attending the Annual Meeting and voting by ballot.
Beneficial owners should contact their broker or nominee for instructions on changing their vote.
How many votes must be present to hold the Annual Meeting?
A ‘‘quorum’’ is necessary to hold the Annual Meeting. A quorum is a majority of the votes entitled to be cast by the
shareholders entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. They may be present at the Annual Meeting or represented by proxy.
Abstentions and broker ‘‘non-votes’’ are counted as present and entitled to vote for purposes of determining a quorum, but
are not counted for purposes of determining any of the proposals to be voted on.
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