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Nordstrom, Inc. and subsidiaries 3
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
PART I
Item 1. Business. 4
Item 1A. Risk Factors. 6
Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments. 9
Item 2. Properties. 9
Item 3. Legal Proceedings. 12
Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. 12
PART II
Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Shareholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities. 13
Item 6. Selected Financial Data. 14
Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations. 15
Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk. 30
Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data. 31
Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure. 57
Item 9A. Controls and Procedures. 57
Item 9B. Other Information. 57
PART III
Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance. 57
Item 11. Executive Compensation. 57
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Shareholder Matters. 58
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions.
58
Item 14. Principal Accounting Fees and Services. 58
PART IV
Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules. 58
Signatures 59
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm 60
Schedule II – Valuation and Qualifying Accounts 61
Exhibit Index 62