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)         SEPTEMBER 22, 2004

 

BED BATH & BEYOND INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

New York

 

0-20214

 

11-2250488

(State of incorporation)

 

(Commission
File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

650 Liberty Avenue
Union, New Jersey 07083

(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

 

(908) 688-0888

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 



 

Item 2.02               Results of Operations and Financial Condition

 

On September 22, 2004, Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing the Company’s financial results for its fiscal second quarter ended August 28, 2004.  A copy of this press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1. 

 

                The information in this current Report on Form 8-K (including the exhibit attached hereto) is being furnished under Item 2.02 and shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or otherwise subject to the liability of such section, or incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

 

Item 9.01               Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(c)           Exhibits:

 

99.1         Press Release issued by Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. on September 22, 2004.

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

BED BATH & BEYOND INC.

 

 

 

(Registrant)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date:  September 22, 2004

By:

/s/ Eugene A. Castagna

 

 

 

Eugene A. Castagna

 

 

Vice President – Finance and
Assistant Treasurer

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

 

 

 

99.1

 

Press Release issued by Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. on September 22, 2004.

 

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