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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): February 22, 2011
 

 
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 No.)
26-0037077
(IRS Employer
 Identification No.)


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.
 
(e) 2011 Base Salaries, 2011 Target Incentive Opportunity Percentages, and 2011 Equity Awards.

The 2011 base salaries, target incentive opportunity percentages under the J. C. Penney Corporation, Inc. 2011 Management Incentive Compensation Program, and equity award values for the executive officers of J. C. Penney Company, Inc. (the “Company”) are set forth below.  For 2011, the executive officers’ equity values will be delivered in the form of stock options, performance-based restricted stock units, and time-based restricted stock units, in the dollar amounts reflected in the table.  

 
 
 
Executive Officer
 
 
2011
Base Salary
 
 
2011
Target
Incentive Award Opportunity
 (% of base salary)
2011
Equity Awards
Stock
Options
($)
Performance
Units
($)
Time-Based
Restricted
 Stock Units
($)
Myron E. Ullman, III
Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer
$1,500,000
125%
$3,600,000
$4,800,000
$1,600,000
Michael P. Dastugue
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
$575,000
75%
$625,000
$312,500
$312,500
Janet Dhillon
Executive Vice President,
General Counsel and Secretary
$550,000
75%
$500,000
$250,000
$250,000
Thomas M. Nealon
Group Executive Vice President
$675,000
75%
$850,000
$425,000
$425,000
Michael T. Theilmann
Group Executive Vice President
$700,000
75%
$1,000,000
$500,000
$500,000
 
Item 5.03            Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

 Effective February 22, 2011, the Company’s Board of Directors (“Board”) amended Article III, Section 2 of the Company’s Bylaws to give the Board the authority to waive the retirement age for directors, which is currently age 74, if it is determined to be in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders.

A copy of the Company’s Bylaws, as amended, is filed herewith as Exhibit 3.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.


Item 9.01            Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)              Exhibit 3.1            J. C. Penney Company, Inc. Bylaws, as amended to February 22, 2011
 
 
 
 
 
 

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.
 
 
 
       
 
By:
/s/ Janet Dhillon  
    Janet Dhillon  
   
Executive Vice President,
General Counsel and Secretary
 
       

      
Date:  February 28, 2011

 
 
 
 


EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit Number                        Description

3.1                                  J. C. Penney Company, Inc. Bylaws, as amended to February 22, 2011