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Nordstrom, Inc. and subsidiaries 33
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of Nordstrom, Inc.
Seattle, Washington
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Nordstrom, Inc. and subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of January 31, 2009 and
February 2, 2008, and the related consolidated statements of earnings, shareholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the three fiscal years in the
period ended January 31, 2009. Our audits also included the financial statement schedule listed in the index at Item 15(a)2. These financial
statements and financial statement schedule are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the
financial statements and financial statement schedule based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards
require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material
misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit
also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial
statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, such consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Nordstrom, Inc. and
subsidiaries as of January 31, 2009 and February 2, 2008, and the results of their operations and cash flows for each of the three fiscal years in the
period ended January 31, 2009, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Also, in our opinion,
such financial statement schedule, when considered in relation to the basic consolidated financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly, in all
material respects, the information set forth therein.
We have also audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the Company’s internal
control over financial reporting as of January 31, 2009, based on the criteria established in
Internal Control — Integrated Framework
issued by the
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission, and our report dated March 20, 2009, expressed an unqualified opinion on the
Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP
Seattle, Washington
March 20, 2009