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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): July 18, 2018
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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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter)
 
Emerging Growth Company
 
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Item 5.02
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(b) On July 18, 2018, Joseph M. McFarland, Executive Vice President, Chief Customer Officer of J. C. Penney Company, Inc. (the “Company”) and a member of the Company’s Office of the CEO, notified the Company that he is leaving the Company, effective August 1, 2018.






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/ Brynn Evanson
Brynn Evanson
Executive Vice President,
Human Resources


Date:  July 20, 2018