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) May 18, 2010

 

 

NORDSTROM, INC.

(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)

 

 

 

WASHINGTON   001-15059   91-0515058

(STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION

OF INCORPORATION)

 

(COMMISSION

FILE NUMBER)

 

(I.R.S. EMPLOYER

IDENTIFICATION NO.)

 

1617 SIXTH AVENUE, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON   98101
(ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)   (ZIP CODE)

REGISTRANT’S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE (206) 628-2111

INAPPLICABLE

(FORMER NAME OR FORMER ADDRESS IF CHANGED SINCE LAST REPORT)

 

 

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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ITEM 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

At the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Nordstrom, Inc. (the “company”) held on May 18, 2010, the shareholders elected each of the company’s nine nominees for directors for the term of one year, approved the adoption of the Nordstrom, Inc. 2010 Equity Incentive Plan, and ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the company’s independent registered public accounting firm.

The results of the voting were as follows:

 

     For    Against    Abstentions    Broker Non-Votes

Election of Directors

           

Phyllis J. Campbell

   172,517,430    313,674    159,504    17,033,946

Enrique Hernandez, Jr.

   167,771,066    4,961,475    258,067    17,033,946

Robert G. Miller

   171,675,302    1,048,059    267,247    17,033,946

Blake W. Nordstrom

   171,459,871    1,475,762    54,975    17,033,946

Erik B. Nordstrom

   171,400,271    1,504,542    85,795    17,033,946

Peter E. Nordstrom

   171,401,512    1,528,233    60,863    17,033,946

Philip G. Satre

   170,114,353    2,533,227    343,028    17,033,946

Robert D. Walter

   171,761,291    995,050    234,267    17,033,946

Alison A. Winter

   171,676,361    1,046,269    267,978    17,033,946

Approval of the Nordstrom, Inc. 2010 Equity Incentive Plan

   157,079,945    15,525,116    385,547    17,033,946

Ratification of the Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

   188,085,977    1,660,923    277,654   

 

ITEM 8.01 Other Events.

On May 18, 2010, Nordstrom, Inc. issued a press release announcing that its board of directors had approved a quarterly dividend. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

ITEM 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

 

99.1    Press release of Nordstrom, Inc., dated May 18, 2010


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.

 

NORDSTROM, INC.
By:  

/s/    ROBERT B. SARI        

  Robert B. Sari
  Executive Vice President,
  General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

Dated: May 19, 2010


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

EXHIBIT
NUMBER

 

DESCRIPTION

99.1   Press release of Nordstrom, Inc., dated May 18, 2010