BJ'S WHOLESALE CLUB HOLDINGS, INC. : Change in Directors or Principal Officers, Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders, Financial Statements and Exhibits (form 8-K)

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;

Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain

Officers.

As contemplated by that certain amendment to the employment Agreement with Christopher J. Baldwin, entered into on January 30, 2020, by and among BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. (the "Company"), BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc. and Mr. Baldwin, Mr. Baldwin and the Company agreed that Mr. Baldwin's employment with the Company will end on August 2, 2020 . On June 17, 2020, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of the Company, upon the recommendation of the Board's Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, determined that, subsequent to the end of his employment as Executive Chairman on August 2, 2020, Mr. Baldwin will continue to serve as the Company's Chairman of the Board. As a result, Mr. Baldwin will no longer serve as an executive officer of the Company following August 2, 2020; however, his term as a director will remain unchanged by such transition. Also on June 17, 2020, effective immediately, the Board appointed Maile Clark to its Audit Committee, having determined that she satisfies all applicable requirements to serve on such committee, including without limitation the applicable requirements of the New York Stock Exchange Listed Company Manual and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (collectively, "Applicable Requirements"). The Board also appointed Ken Parent to its Executive Compensation Committee, effective immediately, having previously determined he satisfies all Applicable Requirements to serve on such committee. Item 5.03 Amendments to Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

As described below in Item 5.07 of this Current Report on Form 8-K and in the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 6, 2020 (the "Proxy Statement"), on June 18, 2020, the Company's stockholders voted at the Company's annual meeting of stockholders (the "Annual Meeting") to approve an amendment (the "Declassification Amendment") to the Company's Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the "Charter") to declassify the Board. On June 22, 2020, the Company filed the Certificate of Amendment to the Charter (the "Certificate of Amendment") with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware to effect the Declassification Amendment.

The foregoing summary of the Certificate of Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Certificate of Amendment, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

The Company held its Annual Meeting on June 18, 2020. A total of 131,633,907 shares of the Company's common stock were present in person or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting, representing approximately 95.03% of the Company's common stock outstanding as of April 27, 2020, the record date. The voting results for the proposals considered and voted upon at the Annual Meeting, each of which were described in the Proxy Statement, are set forth below.

Item 1 - The stockholders of the Company elected Maile Clark and Thomas A. Kingsbury as Class II directors to hold office until the Company's annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2023 and until their respective successors have been duly elected and qualified. The results of the stockholders' vote with respect to the election of each Class II director were as follows:

                        FOR     WITHHELD BROKER NON-VOTES

Maile Clark 126,685,752 818,686 4,129,469 Thomas A. Kingsbury 126,673,462 830,976 4,129,469

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Item 2 - The stockholders of the Company ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending January 30, 2021. The results of the stockholders' vote with respect to the ratification were as follows:

    FOR      AGAINST  ABSTAINED BROKER NON-VOTES
128,442,070 3,151,990  39,847          0

Item 3 - The stockholders approved, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, the compensation of the Company's named executive officers. The results of the stockholders' vote with respect to the compensation of the Company's named executive officers were as follows:

    FOR      AGAINST  ABSTAINED BROKER NON-VOTES
122,691,745 4,763,605  49,088      4,129,469

Item 4 - The stockholders approved the Declassification Amendment. The results of the stockholders' vote with respect to the Declassification Amendment were as follows:

    FOR     AGAINST ABSTAINED BROKER NON-VOTES
127,432,462 55,195   16,781      4,129,469

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)  Exhibits
Exhibit No.  Description
  3.1          Certificate of Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated
             Certificate of Incorporation of BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc.
101.SCH      Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document.
101.CAL      Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document.
101.LAB      Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document.
101.PRE      Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document.
101.DEF      Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document.
104          Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL with
             applicable taxonomy extension information contained in Exhibits
             101.*)

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