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Exhibit 99.1


BED BATH & BEYOND INC. REPORTS RESULTS
FOR FISCAL SECOND QUARTER
  • Net Earnings per Diluted Share of $1.16
  • Quarterly Comparable Store Sales Increase by Approximately 3.7%
  • Quarterly Net Sales Increase by Approximately 8.9%
  • Modeling Fiscal Third Quarter 2013 Net Earnings per Diluted Share of Approximately $1.11 to $1.16
  • Modeling Fiscal 2013 Net Earnings per Diluted Share to be Approximately $4.88 to $5.01
 

UNION, New Jersey, September 25, 2013 --- Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. today reported net earnings of $1.16 per diluted share ($249.3 million) in the fiscal second quarter ended August 31, 2013, an increase of approximately 18.4% versus net earnings of $0.98 per diluted share ($224.3 million) in the same quarter a year ago.  Net sales for the fiscal second quarter of 2013 were approximately $2.824 billion, an increase of approximately 8.9% from net sales of approximately $2.593 billion reported in the fiscal second quarter of 2012.  Comparable store sales in the fiscal second quarter of 2013 increased by approximately 3.7%, compared with an increase of approximately 3.5% in last year’s fiscal second quarter.

During the fiscal second quarter of 2013, the Company repurchased approximately $257 million of its common stock, representing approximately 3.5 million shares.  As of August 31, 2013, the remaining balance of the existing share repurchase program authorized in December 2012 was approximately $1.8 billion.

For the fiscal first half ended August 31, 2013, the Company reported net earnings of $2.09 per diluted share ($451.8 million), an increase of approximately 11.8% over net earnings of $1.87 per diluted share ($431.2 million) in the corresponding period a year ago.  Net sales for the fiscal first half of 2013 were approximately $5.436 billion, an increase of approximately 13.0% from net sales of approximately $4.811 billion in the corresponding period a year ago.  Comparable store sales for the fiscal first half of 2013 increased by approximately 3.5%, compared with an increase of approximately 3.3% in last year’s fiscal first half.

The Company is modeling net earnings per diluted share in 2013 to be approximately $1.11 to $1.16 for the fiscal third quarter, $1.70 to $1.77 for the fiscal fourth quarter, and to be approximately $4.88 to $5.01 for the full year, which will include Cost Plus, Inc. (“World Market”) and Linen Holdings for all of fiscal 2013.  The modeling of net earnings per diluted share is based upon a number of planning assumptions which will be described in the Company’s second quarter of fiscal 2013 conference call. Information regarding access to the call is available in the Investor Relations section of the Company’s website, www.bedbathandbeyond.com.

The accompanying consolidated financial information for fiscal 2013 includes the accounts of Linen Holdings and World Market from the beginning of the fiscal year and for fiscal 2012, includes the accounts of Linen Holdings since the date of its acquisition on June 1, 2012 and World Market since the date of its acquisition on June 29, 2012.  Linen Holdings is excluded from the comparable store sales calculations and will continue to be excluded on an ongoing basis as long as it does not meet the Company’s definition of comparable store sales.  World Market is excluded from the comparable store sales calculations through the end of the fiscal first half of 2013 and will be included beginning with the fiscal third quarter of 2013.

 
 

 
 
As of August 31, 2013, the Company had a total of 1,484 stores, including 1,009 Bed Bath & Beyond stores in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and Canada, 266 stores under the names of World Market, Cost Plus World Market or Cost Plus, 86 buybuy BABY stores, 74 stores under a combination of the names of Christmas Tree Shops or andThat!, and 49 stores under the names of Harmon or Harmon Face Values.  During the fiscal second quarter, the Company opened one Bed Bath & Beyond store, one Christmas Tree Shops store, three buybuy BABY stores and one Harmon Face Values store. Consolidated store space, net of openings and closings for all our concepts, as of August 31, 2013 was approximately 42.3 million square feet. Since the beginning of the fiscal third quarter of 2013 on September 1, 2013, one World Market store and two Bed Bath & Beyond stores have been opened.  In addition, the Company is a partner in a joint venture which operates three stores in the Mexico City market under the name Bed Bath & Beyond.

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Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. and subsidiaries (the “Company”) operates a chain of retail stores under the names of Bed Bath & Beyond, World Market, Cost Plus World Market, Cost Plus, Christmas Tree Shops, andThat!, Harmon, Harmon Face Values and buybuy BABY.  The Company is also a partner in a joint venture which operates retail stores in Mexico under the name Bed Bath & Beyond.  Through its retail stores, the Company sells a wide assortment of domestics merchandise and home furnishings.  Domestics merchandise includes categories such as bed linens and related items, bath items and kitchen textiles.  Home furnishings include categories such as kitchen and tabletop items, fine tabletop, basic housewares, general home furnishings, consumables and certain juvenile products.  Additionally, the Company includes Linen Holdings, a provider of a variety of textile products, amenities and other goods to institutional customers in the hospitality, cruise line, food service, healthcare and other industries.  Shares of Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. are traded on NASDAQ under the symbol “BBBY” and are included in the Standard and Poor’s 500 and Global 1200 Indices and the NASDAQ-100 Index.  The Company is counted among the Fortune 500 and the Forbes 2000.

This press release may contain forward-looking statements.  Many of these forward-looking statements can be identified by use of words such as may, will, expect, anticipate, approximate, estimate, assume, continue, model, project, plan, and similar words and phrases.  The Company’s actual results and future financial condition may differ materially from those expressed in any such forward-looking statements as a result of many factors. Such factors include, without limitation: general economic conditions including the housing market, a challenging overall macroeconomic environment and related changes in the retailing environment, consumer preferences and spending habits; demographics and other macroeconomic factors that may impact the level of spending for the types of merchandise sold by the Company; civil disturbances and terrorist acts; unusual weather patterns and natural disasters; competition from existing and potential competitors; competition from other channels of distribution; pricing pressures; the ability to attract and retain qualified employees in all areas of the organization; the cost of labor, merchandise and other costs and expenses; the ability to find suitable locations at acceptable occupancy costs and other terms to support the Company’s expansion program; uncertainty in financial markets; disruptions to the Company’s information technology systems including but not limited to security breaches of the Company’s systems protecting consumer and employee information; reputational risk arising from the acts of third parties; changes to statutory, regulatory and legal requirements; new, or developments in existing, litigation, claims or assessments; changes to, or new, tax laws or interpretation of existing tax laws; changes to, or new, accounting standards including, without limitation, changes to lease accounting standards; and the integration of acquired businesses.  The Company does not undertake any obligation to update its forward-looking statements.
 
 
INVESTOR CONTACTS:
Kenneth C. Frankel
(908) 855-4554
Eugene A. Castagna
(908) 855-4110
 
 
 

 
BED BATH & BEYOND INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Statements of Earnings
(in thousands, except per share data)
(unaudited)
 
 
Three Months Ended
   
Six Months Ended
 
                         
 
August 31,
   
August 25,
   
August 31,
   
August 25,
 
 
2013
   
2012
   
2013
   
2012
 
                         
                         
Net sales
  $ 2,823,672     $ 2,593,015     $ 5,435,812     $ 4,811,307  
                                 
Cost of sales
    1,710,188       1,560,346       3,289,357       2,891,439  
                                 
Gross profit
    1,113,484       1,032,669       2,146,455       1,919,868  
                                 
Selling, general and administrative expenses
    723,718       667,532       1,433,588       1,241,333  
                                 
Operating profit
    389,766       365,137       712,867       678,535  
                                 
Interest (expense) income, net
    (1,675 )     269       (1,900 )     (787 )
                                 
Earnings before provision for income taxes
    388,091       365,406       710,967       677,748  
                                 
Provision for income taxes
    138,787       141,076       259,173       246,582  
                                 
Net earnings
  $ 249,304     $ 224,330     $ 451,794     $ 431,166  
                                 
Net earnings per share - Basic
  $ 1.18     $ 0.99     $ 2.11     $ 1.89  
Net earnings per share - Diluted
  $ 1.16     $ 0.98     $ 2.09     $ 1.87  
                                 
Weighted average shares outstanding - Basic
    212,134       226,313       213,792       227,699  
Weighted average shares outstanding - Diluted
    214,697       229,308       216,516       230,995  
 
 
 
 

 
BED BATH & BEYOND INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Balance Sheets
(in thousands, unaudited)
 
   
August 31,
2013
   
August 25,
2012
 
             
Assets
           
             
Current assets:
           
 Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 383,336     $ 744,465  
 Short term investment securities
    455,579       164,261  
 Merchandise inventories
    2,591,247       2,430,907  
 Other current assets
    434,299       381,410  
                 
Total current assets
    3,864,461       3,721,043  
                 
Long term investment securities
    81,552       82,463  
Property and equipment, net
    1,477,336       1,403,520  
Goodwill
    486,279       471,393  
Other assets
    398,345       429,063  
                 
    $ 6,307,973     $ 6,107,482  
                 
Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity
               
                 
Current liabilities:
               
Accounts payable
  $ 1,033,709     $ 940,958  
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities
    389,689       422,736  
Merchandise credit and gift card liabilities
    264,281       233,458  
Current income taxes payable
    18,616       4,451  
                 
Total current liabilities
    1,706,295       1,601,603  
                 
Deferred rent and other liabilities
    493,199       485,485  
Income taxes payable
    81,767       100,298  
                 
Total liabilities
    2,281,261       2,187,386  
                 
Total shareholders' equity
    4,026,712       3,920,096  
                 
    $ 6,307,973     $ 6,107,482  
 
 
 
 

 
BED BATH & BEYOND INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(in thousands, unaudited)
 
 
Six Months Ended
 
             
 
August 31,
2013
   
August 25,
2012
 
             
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:
           
             
Net earnings
  $ 451,794     $ 431,166  
Adjustments to reconcile net earnings to net cash provided by operating activities:
               
Depreciation
    105,160       90,486  
Stock-based compensation
    28,439       23,805  
Tax benefit from stock-based compensation
    12,036       12,716  
Deferred income taxes
    (13,722 )     (16,862 )
Other
    (666 )     (517 )
Increase in assets, net of effect of acquisitions:
               
Merchandise inventories
    (125,033 )     (163,100 )
Trading investment securities
    (5,696 )     (2,305 )
Other current assets
    (46,977 )     (11,478 )
Other assets
    (3,624 )     (10,718 )
Increase (decrease) in liabilities, net of effect of acquisitions:
         
Accounts payable
    135,589       143,582  
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities
    (1,886 )     13,074  
Merchandise credit and gift card liabilities
    12,800       18,865  
Income taxes payable
    (57,031 )     (65,128 )
Deferred rent and other liabilities
    4,412       8,537  
                 
Net cash provided by operating activities
    495,595       472,123  
                 
Cash Flows from Investing Activities:
               
                 
Purchase of held-to-maturity investment securities
    (652,342 )     (281,130 )
Redemption of held-to-maturity investment securities
    646,875       881,249  
Redemption of available-for-sale investment securities
    -       8,525  
Capital expenditures
    (130,322 )     (158,064 )
Payment for acquisitions, net of cash acquired
    -       (643,269 )
Payment for acquisition of trademarks
    -       (40,000 )
                 
Net cash used in investing activities
    (135,789 )     (232,689 )
                 
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:
               
                 
Proceeds from exercise of stock options
    36,230       29,174  
Excess tax benefit from stock-based compensation
    3,590       3,776  
Payment for credit facility assumed in acquisition
    -       (25,511 )
Repurchase of common stock, including fees
    (581,261 )     (505,574 )
                 
Net cash used in financing activities
    (541,441 )     (498,135 )
                 
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
    (181,635 )     (258,701 )
                 
Cash and cash equivalents:
               
Beginning of period
    564,971       1,003,166  
End of period
  $ 383,336     $ 744,465