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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 10, 2012
 

 
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)
 
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Item 1.01
Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
 
On February 10, 2012, J. C. Penney Company, Inc. (the “Company”) and its direct wholly-owned subsidiary J. C. Penney Corporation, Inc. (“Corporation”) and indirect wholly-owned subsidiary J. C. Penney Purchasing Corporation (“Purchasing”) (Company, Corporation and Purchasing collectively referred to as the “Loan Parties”) entered into a First Amendment  (the “Amendment”) to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of January 27, 2012, among the Loan Parties, the financial institutions named therein as lenders, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as LC Agent.

The Amendment increases the aggregate size of the facility to $1.5 billion. A copy of the Amendment is filed herewith as Exhibit 10.1.  The foregoing description of the Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Amendment which is incorporated herein by reference.
 

Item 2.03
Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.
 
The information set forth under Item 1.01 above is incorporated herein by reference as if fully set forth herein.
 

Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits.
              
 
(d)   Exhibit 10.1
First Amendment dated as of February 10, 2012 to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of January 27, 2012 (as amended through the date hereof, the “Credit Agreement”), among J. C. Penney Company, Inc., J. C. Penney Corporation, Inc., J. C. Penney Purchasing Corporation, the financial institutions named therein as lenders, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as LC Agent



 
 
 
 
 


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 16, 2012

 
 
 
 
 

EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit Number                       Description

 
10.1
First Amendment dated as of February 10, 2012 to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of January 27, 2012 (as amended through the date hereof, the “Credit Agreement”), among J. C. Penney Company, Inc., J. C. Penney Corporation, Inc., J. C. Penney Purchasing Corporation, the financial institutions named therein as lenders, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as LC Agent