jcpenney8ka112008.htm
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20549
_________
FORM
8-K/A
(Amendment
No. 1)
CURRENT
REPORT
PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date
of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 6, 2008
J.
C. PENNEY COMPANY, INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
(State
or other jurisdiction
of
incorporation )
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1-15274
(Commission
File No.)
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26-0037077
(IRS
Employer
Identification
No.)
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6501
Legacy Drive
Plano,
Texas
(Address
of principal executive offices)
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75024-3698
(Zip
code)
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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:
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communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
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material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
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240.13e-4(c))
Explanatory
Note
This
Form 8-K/A (Amendment No. 1) is being filed by J. C. Penney Company, Inc.
(“Company”) to amend the disclosure reported in the Company’s Current Report on
Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 6,
2008.
Item
5.02 Departure
of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain
Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
(d) As disclosed in
the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 6, 2008, the Company’s
Board of Directors previously announced that it had elected Jeffrey A. Rein as a
member of the Board of Directors, effective December 9, 2008. On
November 17, 2008, the Board of Directors received notice from Mr. Rein that
although he remains interested in corporate board service, in light of the
recent change in his employment status, he was withdrawing his acceptance of a
position on the Company’s Board of Directors, effective as of such
date.
SIGNATURE
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.
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By:
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/s/
Jeffrey J. Vawrinek
Jeffrey
J. Vawrinek
Acting
Secretary
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Date:
November 21, 2008