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------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 ---------------------------------- FORM 8-K ---------------------------------- CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 ---------------------------------- DATE OF REPORT (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED) SEPTEMBER 12, 2002 ---------------------------------- NORDSTROM, INC. (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER) ---------------------------------- WASHINGTON 0-6074 91-0515058 (STATE OR OTHER (COMMISSION FILE (I.R.S. EMPLOYER JURISDICTION OF NUMBER) IDENTIFICATION NO.) INCORPORATION) 1617 SIXTH AVENUE, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 98101 (ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES) (ZIP CODE) ---------------------------------- REGISTRANT'S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE (206) 628-2111 ---------------------------------- INAPPLICABLE (FORMER NAME OR FORMER ADDRESS IF CHANGED SINCE LAST REPORT) ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PROFORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND EXHIBITS (C) EXHIBITS 99.1 Statement Under Oath of Blake W. Nordstrom, President of Nordstrom, Inc. Regarding Facts and Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings.* 99.2 Statement Under Oath of Michael G. Koppel, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Nordstrom, Inc. Regarding Facts and Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings.* * filed herewith ITEM 9. REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE This Report and the attached exhibits are being furnished pursuant to Regulation FD. On September 12, 2002, Blake W. Nordstrom, President of Nordstrom, Inc., and Michael G. Koppel, Chief Financial Officer of Nordstrom, Inc., each signed and submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission the sworn statements required by the Securities and Exchange Commission's "Order Requiring the Filing of Sworn Statements Pursuant to Section 21(a)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934" (File No. 4-460, June 27, 2002). 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. NORDSTROM, INC. By: /s/ Michael G. Koppel ---------------------------- Michael G. Koppel Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Dated: September 12, 2002 ------------------ EXHIBIT INDEX EXHIBIT NUMBER DESCRIPTION 99.1 Statement Under Oath of Blake W. Nordstrom, President of Nordstrom, Inc. Regarding Facts and Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings.* 99.2 Statement Under Oath of Michael G. Koppel, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Nordstrom, Inc. Regarding Facts and Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings.* * filed herewith EXHIBIT 99.1 STATEMENT UNDER OATH OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER REGARDING FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES RELATING TO EXCHANGE ACT FILINGS I, Blake W. Nordstrom, state and attest that: (1) To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports of Nordstrom, Inc., and, except as corrected or supplemented in a subsequent covered report: - no covered report contained an untrue statement of a material fact as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed); and - no covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements in the covered report, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed). (2) I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the Company's audit committee. (3) In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or before the date of this statement, is a "covered report": - the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 31, 2002 of Nordstrom, Inc. - all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all definitive proxy materials of Nordstrom, Inc. filed with the Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K identified above; and - any amendments to any of the foregoing. /s/ Blake W. Nordstrom - ------------------------- Blake W. Nordstrom Subscribed and sworn to President before me this 12th day of September, 2002 September 12, 2002 /s/ Gretchen a. Reece ----------------------------- Notary Public My Commission Expires: March 12, 2003 ----------------------------- EXHIBIT 99.2 STATEMENT UNDER OATH OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER REGARDING FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES RELATING TO EXCHANGE ACT FILINGS I, Michael G. Koppel, state and attest that: (1) To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports of Nordstrom, Inc., and, except as corrected or supplemented in a subsequent covered report: - no covered report contained an untrue statement of a material fact as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed); and - no covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements in the covered report, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed). (2) I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the Company's audit committee. (3) In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or before the date of this statement, is a "covered report": - the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 31, 2002 of Nordstrom, Inc. - all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all definitive proxy materials of Nordstrom, Inc. filed with the Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K identified above; and - any amendments to any of the foregoing. /s/ Michael G. Koppel - ------------------------- Michael G. Koppel Subscribed and sworn to Executive Vice President and before me this 12th day of Chief Financial Officer September, 2002 September 12, 2002 /s/ Gretchen A. Reece ----------------------------- Notary Public My Commission Expires: March 12, 2003 ----------------------------- [REMAINDER OF PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK]