Interim CEO of Bed Bath & Beyond was concerned about wellbeing of the late CFO. He discussed taking a break before he died, The Wall Street Journal reports.
by Laura Crossen, who worked as the company's senior vice president of finance and chief accounting officer.
The Journal also reported that Arnal had discussed taking a break and that the conversation would be picked up after the Labor Day holiday weekend."I could see the stress on him," Jan Zijderveld, the former chief executive of Avon Products, told The Journal. Zijderveld ate dinner with Arnal and Arnal's wife less than two months prior to his death.
Before his death, Arnal was named as a defendant — with Bed Bath & Beyond, activist investor and GameStop Chairman Ryan Cohen, and JPMorgan — inon August 23. The plaintiff, Pengcheng Si, accused them of securities fraud, insider trading, and breach of fiduciary duty.