20230930-DK-Butterfly-1 (BBBYQ) 8-KBed Bath & Beyond Inc. Receives NASDAQ Delisting Notice

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 24, 2023

BED BATH & BEYOND INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

650 Liberty Avenue, Union, New Jersey

(Address of principal executive offices)

07083

(Zip Code)

(908) 688-0888

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

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As previously disclosed, on April 23, 2023, Bed Bath and Beyond, Inc. (the “Company”) and certain of its direct and indirect subsidiaries filed a voluntary petition for relief (the “Chapter 11 Cases”) under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey. The Chapter 11 Cases are being jointly administered under the caption In re: Bed Bath, et al., Cases No. 23-13359 through 23-13432.

On April 24, the Company received written notice (the “Delisting Notice”) from the Listing Qualifications Department of the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) notifying the Company that, as a result of the Chapter 11 Cases and in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rules 5101, 5110(b) and IM-5101-1, Nasdaq had determined that the Company’s common stock will be delisted from Nasdaq. The Company does not intend to appeal this determination.

Trading of the Company’s common stock will be suspended at the opening of business on May 3, 2023.

Press Release

On April 25, 2023, the Company issued a press release announcing the delisting of the Company’s common stock from Nasdaq and the cancellation of the Company’s previously-scheduled Special Meeting (as defined below). A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

The information furnished in this Item 7.01 to this Current Report on Form 8-K (including Exhibit 99.1) shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and shall not be incorporated by reference into any filing of the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Special Meeting of Shareholders

On April 25, 2023, in light of the filing of the Chapter 11 Cases, the Board of Directors of the Company determined to cancel the special meeting of shareholders, previously scheduled for May 9, 2023 (the “Special Meeting”) and to withdraw the proposals to have been submitted to shareholders at the Special Meeting.

(d) Exhibits.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date: April 25, 2023

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