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SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT
The following table sets forth certain information regarding the beneficial ownership of shares of our common stock as of
May 6, 2015 by (i) each person or group of affiliated persons known by us to beneficially own more than 5% of our common
stock; (ii) our named executive officers; (iii) each of our directors and nominees for director; and (iv) all of our directors and
executive officers as a group.
The following table gives effect to the shares of common stock issuable within 60 days of May 6, 2015 upon the exercise of all
options and other rights beneficially owned by the indicated stockholders on that date. Beneficial ownership is determined in
accordance with Rule 13d-3 promulgated under Section 13 of the Exchange Act, and includes voting and investment power
with respect to shares. Percentage of beneficial ownership is based on 171,308,612 shares of our common stock outstanding at
May 6, 2015. Except as otherwise noted below, each person or entity named in the following table has sole voting and
investment power with respect to all shares of our common stock that he, she or it beneficially owns.
Unless otherwise indicated, the address of each beneficial owner listed below is c/o Bed Bath & Beyond Inc., 650 Liberty
Avenue, Union, New Jersey 07083.
Name Position
Number of Shares of Common Stock
Beneficially Owned and Percent of
Class as of May 6, 2015
BlackRock, Inc. 10,125,858
(1)
5.9%
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. 9,852,640
(2)
5.8%
The Vanguard Group 9,605,096
(3)
5.6%
FMR LLC 9,436,637
(4)
5.5%
Warren Eisenberg Co-Chairman and Director 2,982,862
(5)
1.7%
Leonard Feinstein Co-Chairman and Director 1,884,890
(6)
1.1%
Steven H. Temares Chief Executive Officer and Director 2,018,624
(7)
1.2%
Arthur Stark President and Chief Merchandising Officer 261,549
(8)
*
Eugene A. Castagna Chief Operating Officer 240,149
(9)
*
Susan E. Lattmann Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer 29,454
(10)
*
Matthew Fiorilli Senior Vice President − Stores 290,378
(11)
*
Dean S. Adler Director 24,887 *
Stanley F. Barshay Director 22,619 *
Geraldine T. Elliott Director 1,519 *
Klaus Eppler Director 13,164 *
Patrick R. Gaston Director 15,053 *
Jordan Heller Director 15,076 *
Victoria A. Morrison Director 12,859 *
All Directors and Executive Officers as a
Group (14 persons) 7,813,083 4.6%
* Less than 1% of the outstanding common stock of the Company.
(1) Information regarding BlackRock, Inc. was obtained from a Schedule 13G filed with the SEC on February 9, 2015 by BlackRock, Inc. The
Schedule 13G states that BlackRock, Inc. has sole voting power of 8,561,955 shares of common stock and sole dispositive power of
10,125,858 shares of common stock. The address of BlackRock, Inc. is 55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY 10022.
(2) Information regarding Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. was obtained from a Schedule 13G filed with the SEC on January 16, 2015 by
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. The Schedule 13G states that Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. has sole voting power and sole dispositive
power of 2,946,608 shares of common stock, shared voting power of 5,925,976 shares of common stock and shared dispositive power of
6,906,032 shares of common stock. The address of Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. is 140 Broadway, New York, NY 10005.
(3) Information regarding The Vanguard Group was obtained from a Schedule 13G filed with the SEC on February 10, 2015 by The Vanguard
Group. The Schedule 13G states that The Vanguard Group has sole voting power of 326,098 shares of common stock, sole dispositive
power of 9,303,328 shares of common stock and shared dispositive power of 301,768 shares of common stock. The address of The
Vanguard Group is 100 Vanguard Blvd., Malvern, PA 19355.
(4) Information regarding FMR LLC was obtained from a Schedule 13G filed with the SEC on February 13, 2015 by FMR LLC. The
Schedule 13G states that FMR LLC has sole voting power of 528,813 shares of common stock and sole dispositive power of
9,436,637 shares of common stock. The address of FMR LLC is 245 Summer Street, Boston, MA 02210.
(5) The shares shown as being owned by Mr. Eisenberg include: (a) 600,885 shares owned by Mr. Eisenberg individually; (b) 265,331 shares
issuable pursuant to stock options granted to Mr. Eisenberg that are exercisable or become exercisable within 60 days; (c) 500,000 shares
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