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

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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.

 

Dated: May 19, 2010

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

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