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): September 20, 2013
 

 
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
 
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.

(b)           Effective September 20, 2013, Mark R. Sweeney, Senior Vice President and Controller, left J. C. Penney Company, Inc. (the “Company”).

(c)           Effective September 20, 2013, Dennis P. Miller, the Company’s Senior Vice President, Finance, will serve as the Company’s interim principal accounting officer.  Mr. Miller, 60, currently has responsibility for the Company’s Shared Services Center located in Salt Lake City.  He previously served as the Company’s Senior Vice President and Controller from June 3, 2008 to September 5, 2012.  Mr. Miller was Vice President, Director of Procurement and Strategic Sourcing of J. C. Penney Corporation, Inc. from October 2004 to June 2008 and Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Eckerd Corporation, the Company’s former drugstore subsidiary, from 2001 to 2004.




 
 
 
 
 

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:  September 26, 2013