Best Buy : Current report filing

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 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) December 12, 2019

BEST BUY CO., INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Minnesota	1-9595	41-0907483
(State or other jurisdiction	(Commission	(IRS Employer
of incorporation)	File Number)	Identification No.)
7601 Penn Avenue South
Richfield, Minnesota		55423
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code [phone]

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol	Name of exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.10 par value per share	BBY	New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. 

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

1. On December 12, 2019, Cindy Kent notified the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Best Buy Co., Inc. (the "Company" or "registrant") that she would complete her term as a director and would not stand for re-election at the Company's 2020 Regular Meeting of Shareholders. Ms. Kent recently accepted the position of Executive Vice President & President of Senior Living at Brookdale Senior Living, Inc. and her decision to step down was solely related to the demands of that new position and was not the result of any dispute or disagreement with the Company or the Board on any matter. Ms. Kent joined the Board in September 2018 and serves on the Compensation & Human Resources Committee and the Finance & Investment Policy Committee.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

The following is furnished as an Exhibit to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

Exhibit No.		Description of Exhibit
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

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SIGNATURES

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.

		BEST BUY CO., INC.
		(Registrant)
Date: December 16, 2019	By: /s/ TODD G. HARTMAN
		Todd G. Hartman
		Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Risk & Compliance Officer
		and Secretary
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