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 26, 2013

 

 

J. C. PENNEY COMPANY, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware		1-15274		26-0037077
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation )		(Commission File No.)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

6501 Legacy Drive Plano, Texas		75024-3698
(Address of principal executive offices)		(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 8.01

Other Events.

J. C. Penney Company, Inc. (the “Company”) provided the following updates with respect to the Company’s business in a preliminary prospectus supplement dated September 26, 2013 which is set forth below.

“jcpenney announced today that it is pleased with its progress thus far in the Company’s turnaround efforts and the traction its initiatives are starting to achieve. Moreover, the Company said it is starting to see greater predictability in its performance across many areas. The Company continues to be encouraged by improvements in purchase conversion both in store and on jcp.com, primarily due to being back in stock in key items and sizes the customer expects to find at jcpenney. Overall sales on jcp.com continue to trend double digits ahead of last year. The Company still anticipates it will experience positive comparable store sales trends coming out of the third quarter and throughout the fourth quarter of 2013. Given the Company’s current cash position, along with the undrawn portion of its credit facility, and not taking into account the net proceeds of this offering, the Company currently expects to end the year with approximately $1.3 billion in overall liquidity. Taking into account the net proceeds from this offering, the Company’s expected year-end liquidity is anticipated to increase by the amount of such net proceeds.”

Forward-Looking Statements

This Current Report on Form 8-K contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements, which reflect the Company’s current views of future events and financial performance, involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause the Company’s actual results to be materially different from planned or expected results, including the expectations set forth above. Those risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, general economic conditions, including inflation, recession, unemployment levels, consumer spending patterns, credit availability and debt levels, changes in store traffic trends, the cost of goods, trade restrictions, the impact of changes designed to transform our business, customer acceptance of our new strategies, the impact of cost reduction initiatives, implementation of new systems and platforms, changes in tariff, freight and shipping rates, changes in the cost of fuel and other energy and transportation costs, increases in wage and benefit costs, competition and retail industry consolidations, interest rate fluctuations, dollar and other currency valuations, the impact of weather conditions, risks associated with war, an act of terrorism or pandemic, a systems failure and/or security breach that results in the theft, transfer or unauthorized disclosure of customer, employee or Company information and legal and regulatory proceedings. Please refer to the Company’s most recent Form 10-Q and subsequent filings for a further discussion of risks and uncertainties. Investors should take such risks into account when making investment decisions. We do not undertake to update these forward-looking statements as of any future date.

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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.

 

Date: September 27, 2013