8-K

 

 

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) August 22, 2014

 

 

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 is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

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ITEM 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

On August 22, 2014, Nordstrom, Inc. (the “Company”) issued 4,680,139 shares of Company common stock, no par value (“Common Stock”), to certain former stockholders of Trunk Club, Inc. (“Trunk Club”) in connection with the Company’s acquisition by merger of Trunk Club (the “Acquisition”). Of the total issuance, 579,187 shares will be retained by the Company for various periods to satisfy post-closing adjustments and potential indemnity claims. These shares were issued in a private placement exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), in reliance on the exemptions set forth in Section 4(2) of the Securities Act and Rule 506 promulgated thereunder. The Company agreed, in connection with the Acquisition, to prepare and file within five business days of the closing date of the Merger, a registration statement covering the resale of such shares of Common Stock of the Company.

ITEM 8.01 Other Events.

On August 22, 2014, the Company issued a press release announcing that it has closed its previously announced acquisition of Trunk Club. 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.

 

99.1    Press Release of Nordstrom, Inc. dated August 22, 2014

 

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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.

 

NORDSTROM, INC.

By:

  /s/ Robert B. Sari
 

Robert B. Sari

Executive Vice President, General Counsel

and Corporate Secretary

Dated: August 22, 2014

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

EXHIBIT

NUMBER

   DESCRIPTION
99.1    Press release of Nordstrom, Inc. dated August 22, 2014.

 

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