FORM 8-K

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

 


 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

 

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): May 20, 2003

 

 

BJ’s Wholesale Club, Inc.


(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

Delaware

  

001-13143

  

04-3360747


(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

  

(Commission File Number)

  

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

 

One Mercer Road, Natick, Massachusetts

  

01760


(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

  

(Zip Code)

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (508) 651-7400

 

 

N/A


(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

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Item 9.    Regulation FD Disclosure (Information furnished pursuant to Item 12, “Disclosure of Results of Operations and Financial Condition”).

 

On May 20, 2003, BJ’s Wholesale Club, Inc. announced its financial results for the fiscal quarter ended May 3, 2003. The full text of the press release issued in connection with the announcement is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

In accordance with the procedural guidance in SEC Release No. 33-8216, the information in this Form 8-K and the Exhibit attached hereto is being furnished under “Item 9. Regulation FD Disclosure” rather than under “Item 12. Disclosure of Results of Operations and Financial Condition.” The information shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

 

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: May 20, 2003

     

BJ’S WHOLESALE CLUB, INC.

           

By:

 

/s/    MICHAEL T. WEDGE        


               

Michael T. Wedge

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.


  

Description


99.1

  

Press release dated May 20, 2003

 

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