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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 |
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. | |||
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1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) |
2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security | 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) | 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) | 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) |
5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5) |
6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) |
7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4) |
8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) |
9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) |
10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) |
11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) |
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Code | V | (A) | (D) | Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares |
Reporting Owner Name / Address | Relationships | |||
Director | 10% Owner | Officer | Other | |
BED BATH & BEYOND INC 715 MORRIS AVENUE SPRINGFIELD, NJ 07081 |
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/s/ Eugene A. Castagna, on behalf of Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. | 06/29/2012 | |
**Signature of Reporting Person | Date |
* | If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v). |
** | Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). |
(1) | On May 8, 2012, Cost Plus, Inc. ("Issuer") entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger Agreement") with Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. ("Parent") and Blue Coral Acquisition Corp., a California corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Parent ("Purchaser"). Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, and upon the terms and subject to the conditions thereof, Purchaser consummated a cash tender offer (the "Offer") to acquire all of the shares of Issuer's common stock (the "Shares") at a purchase price of $22.00 per Share in cash. |
(2) | As a result of the purchase of Shares in the Offer and pursuant to the exercise of a top-up option, Parent, through Purchaser, owned sufficient Shares to effect the merger of Purchaser with and into Issuer (the "Merger") in accordance with the short-form merger provisions of the California Corporations Code, without a vote or meeting of Issuer's shareholders. Pursuant to the Merger, each outstanding Share not tendered and purchased in the Offer (other than those as to which holders may properly exercise dissenters rights, if any), was converted into the right to receive the same $22.00 per Share price, without interest and less any required withholding taxes, that was paid in the Offer. Upon the closing of the Merger, Issuer became a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent, and Parent acquired direct beneficial ownership of the Shares. |