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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 March 1, 2008, and the reinvestment of dividends, if any).
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DOLLARS
Bed Bath & Beyond
S&P 500 Index
S&P Specialty Retail Index
S&P Retail Composite Index
NEXT YEAR’S ANNUAL MEETING
Proposals which shareholders intend to present at the 2014 Annual Meeting of Shareholders must be received by the Company
no later than January 29, 2014, 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’s Amended By-laws, any proposal for consideration at the 2014 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 February 28, 2014 and the close of business on March 31, 2014, and is otherwise in compliance with the
requirements set forth in the Company’s Amended By-laws. If the date of the 2014 Annual Meeting of Shareholders is more
than 30 days before or more than 60 days after the anniversary date of the 2013 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, notice must
be received not earlier than the 120th day prior to the 2014 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and not later than the close of
business on the 90th day prior to the 2014 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, or if the first public announcement of the date of
the 2014 Annual Meeting of Shareholders is less than 100 days prior to the date of the 2014 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 PROXY STATEMENT
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