J. C. Penney Company, Inc. Form 8-K
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): March 29, 2007
J.
C. PENNEY COMPANY, INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State
or other jurisdiction
of
incorporation )
|
1-15274
(Commission
File Number)
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26-0037077
(I.R.S.
Employer
Identification
No.)
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6501
Legacy Drive
Plano,
Texas
(Address
of principal executive offices)
|
75024-3698
(Zip
code)
|
Registrant's
telephone number, including area code: (972) 431-1000
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:
[
] Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17
CFR
230.425)
[
] Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14a-12)
[
] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange
Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
[
] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange
Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item
5.02 Departure
of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain
Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
(b) |
In
accordance
with the retirement age for directors set forth in J. C. Penney Company,
Inc.’s (“Company”) Bylaws, Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. will
retire from the Company’s Board of Directors upon attaining age
72 on August 15, 2007. Mr. Jordan has served as a member of the Board
of Directors since 1973.
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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.
J.
C. PENNEY COMPANY, INC.
By:
/s/
Joanne L. Bober
Joanne
L. Bober
Executive
Vice President,
General
Counsel and Secretary
Date:
April 4, 2007