UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

NORDSTROM, INC.

(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)

WASHINGTON (STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF INCORPORATION)		001-15059 (COMMISSION FILE NUMBER)		91-0515058 (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

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ITEM 5.02 DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR PRINCIPAL OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS; APPOINTMENT OF PRINCIPAL OFFICERS

(e)		On February 25, 2009, the Board of Directors of Nordstrom, Inc. (the “Company”) approved the Nordstrom, Inc. Executive Management Bonus Plan (the “Executive Bonus Plan”), subject to approval by the Company’s shareholders. On May 19, 2009, the Company’s shareholders approved the Executive Bonus Plan at the Company’s 2009 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.
		The Executive Bonus Plan is a cash incentive plan for the Company’s executive officers and is intended to permit the payment of annual cash incentive awards that qualify as performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. A summary of the Executive Bonus Plan is contained in the Company’s proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 9, 2009 (“Proxy Statement”), which description is incorporated herein by reference pursuant to Instruction B.3 of Form 8-K. The summary of the Executive Bonus Plan is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete copy of the Executive Bonus Plan attached as Appendix B to the Proxy Statement.

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.

Dated: May 21, 2009