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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-26-031285"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BBBY"
cik: "0001130713"
company_name: "BED BATH & BEYOND, INC."
filed_at: "2026-08-04T21:39:02+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-05T10:05:38.011789+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CEO Marcus Lemonis forfeits options on 1.75M shares to return them to equity plan

## Summary
- Marcus Lemonis voluntarily forfeited all outstanding options to purchase 1,750,000 shares of common stock.
- No consideration was received for the forfeiture; no commitment for replacement equity awards was made.
- Shares underlying the options returned to the Amended 2005 Equity Incentive Plan for future grants to other employees.
- Forfeiture effective August 3, 2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-26-031285
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BBBY
- cik: 0001130713
- company_name: BED BATH & BEYOND, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-08-04T21:39:02+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1130713/000114036126031285/0001140361-26-031285-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1130713/000114036126031285/ef20079468_8k.htm

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