JCPenney 8-K Oct Director


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): October 6, 2014
 

J. C. PENNEY COMPANY, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 

Delaware
1-15274
26-0037077
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation )
(Commission File No.)
(IRS Employer
 Identification No.)



6501 Legacy Drive
Plano, Texas
 
75024-3698
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip code)
 
Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (972) 431-1000

 Not Applicable
 (Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

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Item 5.02
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
(d)      The Board of Directors (the “Board”) of J. C. Penney Company, Inc. (the “Company”) has elected B. Craig Owens as a member of the Board, effective October 6, 2014.  There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Owens and any other person pursuant to which he was elected as a director.  The committees of the Board on which Mr. Owens will serve have not yet been determined.

In connection with his election to the Board, and pursuant to the terms of the Company’s 2014 Long-Term Incentive Plan, Mr. Owens will be granted an award of restricted stock units that represents a pro-rata amount of the current annual equity award to non-associate directors based on the effective date of Mr. Owens’ election.

A copy of the press release announcing Mr. Owens’ election to the Board of Directors is filed with this report as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01    Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)
Exhibit 99.1
J. C. Penney Company, Inc. Press Release dated October 8, 2014










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/ Janet Dhillon
Janet Dhillon
Executive Vice President,
General Counsel and Secretary

                                

Date: October 8, 2014






EXHIBIT INDEX



Exhibit Number
Description

99.1
J. C. Penney Company, Inc. Press Release dated October 8, 2014