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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): October 11, 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.)
 

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 1.01
Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On October 11, 2013, J. C. Penney Company, Inc.’s (the “Company”) direct wholly-owned subsidiary J. C. Penney Corporation, Inc. (“JCPenney”) and GE Capital Retail Bank (“GECRB”) entered into an amendment (the “Third Amendment”) to the amended and restated Consumer Credit Card Program Agreement dated as of November 5, 2009, as amended by the First Amendment thereto dated as of October 29, 2010 and the Second Amendment thereto dated as of January 30, 2013 (the “Agreement”) between JCPenney and GECRB.  The Agreement covers the parties’ marketing and servicing alliance for JCPenney’s private label credit card (the “Program”).

The Third Amendment extends the term of the Agreement to February 1, 2020 and increases the financial benefits to be received by JCPenney under the Program.

The foregoing description of the Third Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Third Amendment, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.


Item 9.01        Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)
Exhibit 10.1
Third Amendment dated as of October 11, 2013 to Consumer Credit
Card Program Agreement by and between J. C. Penney Corporation, Inc. and GE Capital Retail Bank, as amended and restated as of November 5, 2009, as amended by the First Amendment thereto dated as of October 29, 2010 and the Second Amendment thereto dated as of January 30, 2013


 
 
 
 
 

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.
 

 
J. C. PENNEY COMPANY, INC.



By: /s/ Kenneth Hannah                                          
      Kenneth Hannah
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
 
 


Date: October 14, 2013

 
 
 
 
 


EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit Number            Description

10.1
Third Amendment dated as of October 11, 2013 to Consumer Credit Card Program Agreement by and between J. C. Penney Corporation, Inc. and GE Capital Retail Bank, as amended and restated as of November 5, 2009, as amended by the First Amendment thereto dated as of October 29, 2010 and the Second Amendment thereto dated as of January 30, 2013