Sears 2008 Annual Report Download

United States
Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-K
ÈAnnual Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the Fiscal Year Ended January 31, 2009
or
‘Transition Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Commission file number 000-51217
SEARS HOLDINGS CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware 20-1920798
(State of Incorporation) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
3333 Beverly Road, Hoffman Estates, Illinois 60179
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: [phone]
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
Common Shares, par value $0.01 per share The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
None
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes ÈNo ‘
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes ‘No È
Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past
90 days. Yes ÈNo ‘
Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be
contained, to the best of the Registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of
this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. ‘
Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting
company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the
Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer ÈAccelerated filer ‘Non-accelerated filer ‘Smaller reporting company ‘
Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ‘No È
On February 28, 2009, the Registrant had 121,693,578 common shares outstanding. The aggregate market value (based on the closing price
of the Registrant’s common shares for stocks quoted on the NASDAQ Global Select Market) of the Registrant’s common shares owned by
non-affiliates (which are assumed, solely for the purpose of this calculation, to be stockholders other than (i) directors and executive
officers of the Registrant and (ii) any person known by the Registrant to beneficially own five percent or more of the Registrant’s common
shares), as of August 1, 2008, the last business day of the Registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter, was approximately
$1.9 billion.
Documents Incorporated By Reference
Part III of this Form 10-K incorporates by reference certain information from the Registrant’s definitive proxy statement relating to our
Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on May 4, 2009 (the “2009 Proxy Statement”), which will be filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission within 120 days after the end of the fiscal year to which this Form 10-K relates.