---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001531152-22-000076"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BJ"
cik: "0001531152"
company_name: "BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-06-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T00:21:54.392347+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# BJ's Wholesale Club: Chris Baldwin ends executive role, remains Chairman; supermajority vote eliminated

## Summary
- Chris Baldwin's employment as Executive Chairman ended June 16; he continues as Chairman of the Board.
- Shareholders approved elimination of supermajority vote requirements for charter/bylaw amendments and director removal.
- All seven director nominees elected, including Baldwin (for votes ranged 122.9M-124.2M of ~129M shares present).
- Say-on-pay approved (122.7M for; 1.8M against; 4.5M broker non-votes).
- Ratification of PwC as independent auditor passed (125.0M for; 3.9M against).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001531152-22-000076
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BJ
- cik: 0001531152
- company_name: BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-06-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.03, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1531152/000153115222000076/0001531152-22-000076-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1531152/000153115222000076/bj-20220614.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001531152-22-000076
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001531152-22-000076.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001531152-22-000076.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Chris Baldwin changed role as Chairman of the Board at BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: employment as Executive Chairman ended and continued as Chairman of the Board
  - Role: Chairman of the Board
  source text: On June 16, 2022 the Board of Directors of the Company (the "Board") determined that, subsequent to the end of his employment as Executive Chairman on June 16, 2022, Mr. Baldwin would continue to serve as the Company’s Chairman of the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1531152/000153115222000076/0001531152-22-000076-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.