This is surprisingly old news, but still somewhat interesting. I'm curious what led to this being posted today?
Source:https://www.wsj.com/articles/bed-bath-beyond-files-for-bankr...
Defaulting doesn't mean bankruptcy however. The bondholders could legally start the bankruptcy process, but presumably the bondholders wanted to see how the stock-selling deal would pan out.
Now that the shares are under 20-cents and an additional 600+ million shares have been dumped to the market (from ~117 million in December 2022 to over 700-million today), its clear that the shareholders have been tapped out.