---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-26-012893"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BBBY"
cik: "0001130713"
company_name: "BED BATH & BEYOND, INC."
filed_at: "2026-04-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T07:47:59.336840+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# BBBY to acquire The Container Store for ~$150M in common stock plus $54M in convertible notes

## Summary
- Total consideration: $150M of BBBY common stock (at $7.00/sh) and $54M of 5% convertible notes, subject to adjustments.
- Conditions include TCS lender approval or foreclosure, receipt of $55M in new loans, and no restraining orders.
- Support agreements signed with 80.5% of TCS equity holders and 90.8% of term loan creditors.
- CFO Brian LaRose appointed effective April 28, 2026, succeeding Adrianne B. Lee; LaRose was TCS CFO since May 2025.
- LaRose's employment terms: $700k salary, 125% target bonus, $2.5M sign-on equity (70% RSUs/30% PSUs) vesting over 4 years.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-26-012893
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BBBY
- cik: 0001130713
- company_name: BED BATH & BEYOND, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-04-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 3.02, 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1130713/000114036126012893/0001140361-26-012893-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1130713/000114036126012893/ef20069679_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  BED BATH & BEYOND, INC. entered into Agreement and Plan of Merger with The Container Store Holdings, LLC (effective 2026-04-02).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: merger
  - Counterparty: The Container Store Holdings, LLC
  - Effective: 2026-04-02
  source text: On April 2 , 2026 (the “ Effective Date ”), Bed Bath and Beyond, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “ Merger Agreement ”) by and among the Company, Falcon Merger Sub, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“ Merger Sub ”) and The Container Store Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ TCS ”)
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1130713/000114036126012893/0001140361-26-012893-index.htm

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