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<P align="center" style="font-size: 14pt"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>FORM S-8<BR>
REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>NORDSTROM, INC.</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Washington</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>91-0515058</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or other jurisdiction
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">of incorporation or organization)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>David L. Mackie</B></TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>1617 Sixth Avenue, 6th Floor</B>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>1700 Seventh Avenue, 7th Floor</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Seattle, Washington 98101</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Seattle, Washington 98101</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(Address of Principal Executive Offices,
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>(206)&nbsp;303-4401</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">including zip code)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">(Name, address and telephone number, including</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Nordstrom, Inc. 2004 Equity Incentive Plan</B><BR>
(Full Title of Plan)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">Copies to:<BR>
<B>Gregory L. Anderson<BR>
William W. Lin</B><BR>
Lane Powell Spears Lubersky LLP<BR>
1420 Fifth Avenue, Suite&nbsp;4100<BR>
Seattle, Washington 98101-2338



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>


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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed Maximum</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Title of Securities</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Amount To Be</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Offering Price Per</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed Maximum</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Amount of</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>To Be Registered</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Registered (1)</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Share(3)</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Aggregate Offering Price(3)</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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                    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Common Stock, no
par value to be
issued under the
2004 Equity
Incentive Plan
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    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">6,185,476</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">36.78</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">227,501,807</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">28,824.48</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Common Stock, no
par value to be
issued under the
1997 Stock Option
Plan
</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">2,814,524</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">(2)</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">N/A</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">N/A</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">N/A</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Total
</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">9,000,000</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">36.78</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">227,501,807</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">28,824.48</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="96%">Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
&#147;Securities Act&#148;), this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate
number of additional shares of Common Stock which may be necessary to adjust
the number of shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance pursuant to the 2004
Equity Incentive Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;) and the 1997 Stock Option Plan (the &#147;Prior
Plan&#148;) as the result of any future stock split, stock dividend or similar
adjustment of the outstanding Common Stock of the Registrant.</TD>
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    <TD width="96%">The offer and sale of 2,814,524 shares registered hereby (the &#147;Carryover
Shares&#148;) were previously registered pursuant to a registration statement on
Form S-8 (File No.&nbsp;333-40064) filed by the registrant and effective on June
23, 2000 (the &#147;Prior Registration Statement&#148;), for offer and sale under the
Prior Plan. As of the date of filing hereof, the Carryover Shares have not
been issued and sold pursuant to the Prior Plan. The Plan is the successor
plan to the Prior Plan. The Carryover Shares and the corresponding portion of
the fee paid by the Registrant with respect to the Prior Plan are being carried
over to this Registration Statement in accordance with Instruction E to Form
S-8. Accordingly, no additional registration fee is payable with respect to
the Carryover Shares.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(3)</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="96%">Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee
pursuant to Rule 457(c) and 457(h) under the Securities Act. The price per
share is estimated to be $36.78 based on the average of the high ($37.13) and
low ($36.43) sales prices for the Common Stock on August&nbsp;30, 2004 as reported
on the New York Stock Exchange.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">INTRODUCTION</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">PART I</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;1. Plan Information.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#003">Item&nbsp;2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#004">PART II</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007">Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#008">Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#009">Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#010">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#011">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#012">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#013">INDEX TO EXHIBITS</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="v01639exv5w1.txt">EXHIBIT 5.1</A></TD></TR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>INTRODUCTION</B>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is filed by Nordstrom, Inc. (the
&#147;Registrant&#148; or &#147;Company&#148;), a Washington corporation, to register 6,185,476
shares of its common stock, no par value (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;), issuable under
the provisions of the Nordstrom, Inc. 2004 Equity Incentive Plan and 2,814,524
shares of Common Stock (the &#147;Carryover Shares&#148;) which were previously
registered in connection with the Company&#146;s 1997 Stock Option Plan on the
Company&#146;s registration statement on Form S-8 (File No.&nbsp;333-40064) filed by the
Company and effective on June&nbsp;23, 2000 (the &#147;Prior Registration Statement&#148;).
The Carryover Shares and the corresponding portion of the fee paid by the
Company with respect to the Prior Registration Statement are being carried over
to this Registration Statement in accordance with Instruction E to Form S-8.


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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PART I</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not filed as part of this Registration Statement pursuant to Note to Part
1 of Form S-8.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.</B>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not filed as part of this Registration Statement pursuant to Note to Part
1 of Form S-8.

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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PART II</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN<BR>
THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>

<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
&#147;Commission&#148;) are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement:



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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(a)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s latest Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended January&nbsp;31, 2004 filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;30,
2004, including information incorporated by reference in the Form
10-K from our definitive proxy statement for our 2004 annual meeting
of shareholders, which was filed on April&nbsp;15, 2004;</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(b)</TD>
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    <TD>All other reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section
13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), since the end of the fiscal year
covered by the Annual Report on Form 10-K referred to in (a)&nbsp;above,
including the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended May&nbsp;1, 2004 filed with the Commission on June&nbsp;8, 2004,
the Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on February&nbsp;5,
2004, February&nbsp;19, 2004, March&nbsp;5, 2004, April&nbsp;8, 2004, May&nbsp;6, 2004,
May&nbsp;20, 2004, June&nbsp;3, 2004, July&nbsp;8, 2004, August&nbsp;5, 2004, August&nbsp;19,
2004, and August&nbsp;27, 2004 and the Registrant&#146;s report on Form 11-K
filed on June&nbsp;28, 2004 ; and</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(c)</TD>
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    <TD>The description of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock contained in
the Registration Statement on Form 8-A (Registration No.&nbsp;001-15059)
filed under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act on June&nbsp;2, 1999.</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">All reports and other documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date hereof and prior
to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that the securities
offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters the securities covered
hereby then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference
into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof commencing on the
respective dates on which such documents are filed.



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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</B>

<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Not applicable.


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B>

<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Certain legal matters with respect to the validity of the common stock offered
hereby are being passed upon by Lane Powell Spears Lubersky LLP, Seattle,
Washington. D. Wayne Gittinger, a director of the Registrant, is a partner of
Lane Powell Spears Lubersky LLP. Members of that firm owned directly or
indirectly an aggregate of approximately 10.5&nbsp;million shares of Common Stock of
the Registrant as of August&nbsp;30, 2004.


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>

<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Sections&nbsp;23B.08.500 through 23B.08.600 of the Washington Business Corporation
Act authorize a court to award, or a corporation&#146;s board of directors to grant,
indemnification to directors and officers on terms sufficiently broad to permit
indemnification under certain circumstances for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act. Article&nbsp;XI of the Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated Bylaws
provides for indemnification of the Registrant&#146;s directors, officers, employees
and agents to the fullest extent permitted by Washington law.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Section&nbsp;23B.08.320 of the Washington Business Corporation Act authorizes a
corporation to limit a director&#146;s liability to the corporation or its
shareholders for monetary damages for acts or omissions as a director, except
in certain circumstances involving intentional misconduct, self-dealing or
illegal corporate loans or distributions, or any transactions from which the
director personally receives a benefit in money, property or services to which
the director is not legally entitled. Article&nbsp;IX of the Amended and Restated
Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant eliminates any personal liability
of a director to the Registrant or its shareholders for monetary damages for
conduct as a director, except for any liability for any acts or omissions that
involve intentional misconduct by a director or a knowing violation of law by a
director, for conduct violating RCW 23B.08.310, for any transaction from which
the director will personally receive a benefit in money, property, or services
to which the director is not legally entitled, or for any act or omission
occurring prior to the date when Article&nbsp;IX of the Amended and Restated
Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant became effective. If the Washington
Business Corporation Act is subsequently amended to change in a manner
affecting the Registrant&#146;s power to eliminate or limit the liability of a
director to the Registrant, then, upon the effective date of the amendment and
without further act: (i)&nbsp;if the amendment permits further elimination or
limitation of liability, the liability of a director shall be additionally
eliminated and limited to such further extent, or (ii)&nbsp;if the amendment changes
to power to eliminate the liability of a director in any other respect, the
liability of a director shall be eliminated and limited with respect to acts or
omissions occurring after the effective date of the amendment to the fullest
extent permitted by the Washington Business Corporation Act as so amended.
Article&nbsp;IX of the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the
Registrant also contains a provision that no amendment or repeal of the Amended
and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant shall adversely affect
any right or any elimination or limitation of liability of a director existing
immediately prior to the amendment or repeal.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Officers and directors of the Registrant are covered by insurance (with certain
exceptions and certain limitations) that indemnifies them against losses and
liabilities arising from certain alleged &#147;wrongful acts,&#148; including alleged
errors or misstatements, or certain other alleged wrongful acts or omissions
constituting neglect or breach of duty.


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B>

<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Not applicable.


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    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>&nbsp;</B></TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Number</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Description</B></TD>
</TR>


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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Lane Powell Spears Lubersky LLP (filed herewith)</TD>
</TR>


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    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>&nbsp;</B></TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Number</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Description</B></TD>
</TR>


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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">10.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">2004 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to the
Registrant&#146;s definitive proxy statement filed with the
Commission on April&nbsp;15, 2004)</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
(filed herewith)</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Lane Powell Spears Lubersky LLP (included in
opinion filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (see signature page)</TD>
</TR>


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</B>

<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">A. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:




<P align="left" style="margin-left:3%; font-size: 10pt">(1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement:



<P align="left" style="margin-left:6%; font-size: 10pt">(i)&nbsp;To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act;



<P align="left" style="margin-left:6%; font-size: 10pt">(ii)&nbsp;To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
after the effective date of this registration statement (or the
most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually
or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
information set forth in this registration statement; and



<P align="left" style="margin-left:6%; font-size: 10pt">(iii)&nbsp;To include any material information with respect to the plan
of distribution not previously disclosed in this registration
statement or any material change to such information in this
registration statement;



<P align="left" style="margin-left:3%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Provided, however, that paragraphs A.(1)(i) and A.(1)(ii) above do
not apply if the registration statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8 or Form
F-3, and the information required to be included in a post-effective
amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by
the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange
Act that are incorporated by reference in this registration statement.



<P align="left" style="margin-left:3%; font-size: 10pt">(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be
a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein,
and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.



<P align="left" style="margin-left:3%; font-size: 10pt">(3)&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment
any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.

<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">B. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange
Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefits plan&#146;s annual
report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by
reference in this registration statement shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">C. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act
may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant
has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or
paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the
successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed
by the final adjudication of such issue.



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant certifies
that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements
for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City
of Seattle, State of Washington, on the 31st day of August, 2004.



<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-size: 10pt">
<TR>
    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3">NORDSTROM, INC.<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
/s/ BLAKE W. NORDSTROM
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3">By:  Blake W. Nordstrom&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3">President&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>


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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Each person whose individual signature appears below hereby authorizes Blake W.
Nordstrom and Michael G. Koppel, or either of them, as attorney-in-fact with
full power of substitution, to execute in the name and on the behalf of each
person, individually and in each capacity stated below, and to file, any and
all amendments to this registration statement, including any and all
post-effective amendments, and any related Rule 462(b) registration statement
and any amendment thereto.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement
has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated below on
the 31st day of August, 2004.


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    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>SIGNATURE</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>TITLE</B></TD>
</TR>


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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ BLAKE W. NORDSTROM<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Blake W. Nordstrom</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
President (Principal Executive Officer)</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ MICHAEL G. KOPPEL<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Michael G. Koppel</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer<BR>
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)</TD>
</TR>


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    <TD width="38%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="8%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="38%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="8%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ D. WAYNE GITTINGER<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
D. Wayne Gittinger</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ JOHN N. NORDSTROM<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
John N. Nordstrom
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ ENRIQUE HERNANDEZ, JR.<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Enrique Hernandez, Jr.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ ALFRED E. OSBORNE, JR.<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Alfred E. Osborne, Jr.
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ JEANNE P. JACKSON<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Jeanne P. Jackson</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ WILLIAM D. RUCKELSHAUS<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
William D. Ruckelshaus
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ BRUCE A. NORDSTROM<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Bruce A. Nordstrom</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ ALISON A. WINTER<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Alison A. Winter
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>


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<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>&nbsp;</B></TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Number</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Description</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
</TR>


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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Lane Powell Spears Lubersky LLP regarding the legality of the
Common Stock being registered</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">10.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">2004 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to the Registrant&#146;s
definitive proxy statement filed with the Commission on April&nbsp;15, 2004)</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Lane Powell Spears Lubersky LLP (included in opinion filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (see signature page)</TD>
</TR>


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
NORDSTROM, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Washington
91-0515058
(State or other jurisdiction
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
of incorporation or organization)
David L. Mackie
1617 Sixth Avenue, 6th Floor
1700 Seventh Avenue, 7th Floor
Seattle, Washington 98101
Seattle, Washington 98101
(Address of Principal Executive Offices,
(206) 303-4401
including zip code)
(Name, address and telephone number, including
area code, of agent for service)
Nordstrom, Inc. 2004 Equity Incentive Plan
(Full Title of Plan)
Copies to:
Gregory L. Anderson
William W. Lin
Lane Powell Spears Lubersky LLP
1420 Fifth Avenue, Suite 4100
Seattle, Washington 98101-2338
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed Maximum
Title of Securities
Amount To Be
Offering Price Per
Proposed Maximum
Amount of
To Be Registered
Registered (1)
Share(3)
Aggregate Offering Price(3)
Registration Fee
Common Stock, no
par value to be
issued under the
2004 Equity
Incentive Plan
6,185,476
$
36.78
$
227,501,807
$
28,824.48
Common Stock, no
par value to be
issued under the
1997 Stock Option
Plan
2,814,524
(2)
N/A
N/A
N/A
(2)
Total
9,000,000
$
36.78
$
227,501,807
$
28,824.48
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"), this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate
number of additional shares of Common Stock which may be necessary to adjust
the number of shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance pursuant to the 2004
Equity Incentive Plan (the "Plan") and the 1997 Stock Option Plan (the "Prior
Plan") as the result of any future stock split, stock dividend or similar
adjustment of the outstanding Common Stock of the Registrant.
(2)
The offer and sale of 2,814,524 shares registered hereby (the "Carryover
Shares") were previously registered pursuant to a registration statement on
Form S-8 (File No. 333-40064) filed by the registrant and effective on June
23, 2000 (the "Prior Registration Statement"), for offer and sale under the
Prior Plan. As of the date of filing hereof, the Carryover Shares have not
been issued and sold pursuant to the Prior Plan. The Plan is the successor
plan to the Prior Plan. The Carryover Shares and the corresponding portion of
the fee paid by the Registrant with respect to the Prior Plan are being carried
over to this Registration Statement in accordance with Instruction E to Form
S-8. Accordingly, no additional registration fee is payable with respect to
the Carryover Shares.
(3)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee
pursuant to Rule 457(c) and 457(h) under the Securities Act. The price per
share is estimated to be $36.78 based on the average of the high ($37.13) and
low ($36.43) sales prices for the Common Stock on August 30, 2004 as reported
on the New York Stock Exchange.
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INTRODUCTION
PART I
Item 1. Plan Information.
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.
PART II
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Item 9. Undertakings.
SIGNATURES
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT 5.1
EXHIBIT 23.1
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INTRODUCTION
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is filed by Nordstrom, Inc. (the
"Registrant" or "Company"), a Washington corporation, to register 6,185,476
shares of its common stock, no par value (the "Common Stock"), issuable under
the provisions of the Nordstrom, Inc. 2004 Equity Incentive Plan and 2,814,524
shares of Common Stock (the "Carryover Shares") which were previously
registered in connection with the Company's 1997 Stock Option Plan on the
Company's registration statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-40064) filed by the
Company and effective on June 23, 2000 (the "Prior Registration Statement").
The Carryover Shares and the corresponding portion of the fee paid by the
Company with respect to the Prior Registration Statement are being carried over
to this Registration Statement in accordance with Instruction E to Form S-8.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1. Plan Information.
Not filed as part of this Registration Statement pursuant to Note to Part
1 of Form S-8.
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.
Not filed as part of this Registration Statement pursuant to Note to Part
1 of Form S-8.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN
THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement:
(a)
The Registrant's latest Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended January 31, 2004 filed with the Commission on March 30,
2004, including information incorporated by reference in the Form
10-K from our definitive proxy statement for our 2004 annual meeting
of shareholders, which was filed on April 15, 2004;
(b)
All other reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section
13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the "Exchange Act"), since the end of the fiscal year
covered by the Annual Report on Form 10-K referred to in (a) above,
including the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended May 1, 2004 filed with the Commission on June 8, 2004,
the Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on February 5,
2004, February 19, 2004, March 5, 2004, April 8, 2004, May 6, 2004,
May 20, 2004, June 3, 2004, July 8, 2004, August 5, 2004, August 19,
2004, and August 27, 2004 and the Registrant's report on Form 11-K
filed on June 28, 2004 ; and
(c)
The description of the Registrant's Common Stock contained in
the Registration Statement on Form 8-A (Registration No. 001-15059)
filed under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act on June 2, 1999.
All reports and other documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date hereof and prior
to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that the securities
offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters the securities covered
hereby then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference
into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof commencing on the
respective dates on which such documents are filed.
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Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Certain legal matters with respect to the validity of the common stock offered
hereby are being passed upon by Lane Powell Spears Lubersky LLP, Seattle,
Washington. D. Wayne Gittinger, a director of the Registrant, is a partner of
Lane Powell Spears Lubersky LLP. Members of that firm owned directly or
indirectly an aggregate of approximately 10.5 million shares of Common Stock of
the Registrant as of August 30, 2004.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Sections 23B.08.500 through 23B.08.600 of the Washington Business Corporation
Act authorize a court to award, or a corporation's board of directors to grant,
indemnification to directors and officers on terms sufficiently broad to permit
indemnification under certain circumstances for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act. Article XI of the Registrant's Amended and Restated Bylaws
provides for indemnification of the Registrant's directors, officers, employees
and agents to the fullest extent permitted by Washington law.
Section 23B.08.320 of the Washington Business Corporation Act authorizes a
corporation to limit a director's liability to the corporation or its
shareholders for monetary damages for acts or omissions as a director, except
in certain circumstances involving intentional misconduct, self-dealing or
illegal corporate loans or distributions, or any transactions from which the
director personally receives a benefit in money, property or services to which
the director is not legally entitled. Article IX of the Amended and Restated
Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant eliminates any personal liability
of a director to the Registrant or its shareholders for monetary damages for
conduct as a director, except for any liability for any acts or omissions that
involve intentional misconduct by a director or a knowing violation of law by a
director, for conduct violating RCW 23B.08.310, for any transaction from which
the director will personally receive a benefit in money, property, or services
to which the director is not legally entitled, or for any act or omission
occurring prior to the date when Article IX of the Amended and Restated
Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant became effective. If the Washington
Business Corporation Act is subsequently amended to change in a manner
affecting the Registrant's power to eliminate or limit the liability of a
director to the Registrant, then, upon the effective date of the amendment and
without further act: (i) if the amendment permits further elimination or
limitation of liability, the liability of a director shall be additionally
eliminated and limited to such further extent, or (ii) if the amendment changes
to power to eliminate the liability of a director in any other respect, the
liability of a director shall be eliminated and limited with respect to acts or
omissions occurring after the effective date of the amendment to the fullest
extent permitted by the Washington Business Corporation Act as so amended.
Article IX of the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the
Registrant also contains a provision that no amendment or repeal of the Amended
and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant shall adversely affect
any right or any elimination or limitation of liability of a director existing
immediately prior to the amendment or repeal.
Officers and directors of the Registrant are covered by insurance (with certain
exceptions and certain limitations) that indemnifies them against losses and
liabilities arising from certain alleged "wrongful acts," including alleged
errors or misstatements, or certain other alleged wrongful acts or omissions
constituting neglect or breach of duty.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number
Description
5.1
Opinion of Lane Powell Spears Lubersky LLP (filed herewith)
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Exhibit
Number
Description
10.1
2004 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to the
Registrant's definitive proxy statement filed with the
Commission on April 15, 2004)
23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
(filed herewith)
23.2
Consent of Lane Powell Spears Lubersky LLP (included in
opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Power of Attorney (see signature page)
Item 9. Undertakings.
A. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
after the effective date of this registration statement (or the
most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually
or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
information set forth in this registration statement; and
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan
of distribution not previously disclosed in this registration
statement or any material change to such information in this
registration statement;
Provided, however, that paragraphs A.(1)(i) and A.(1)(ii) above do
not apply if the registration statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8 or Form
F-3, and the information required to be included in a post-effective
amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by
the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange
Act that are incorporated by reference in this registration statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be
a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein,
and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment
any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.
B. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange
Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefits plan's annual
report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by
reference in this registration statement shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.
C. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act
may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant
has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or
paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the
successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed
by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant certifies
that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements
for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City
of Seattle, State of Washington, on the 31st day of August, 2004.
NORDSTROM, INC.
/s/ BLAKE W. NORDSTROM
By:  Blake W. Nordstrom
President
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose individual signature appears below hereby authorizes Blake W.
Nordstrom and Michael G. Koppel, or either of them, as attorney-in-fact with
full power of substitution, to execute in the name and on the behalf of each
person, individually and in each capacity stated below, and to file, any and
all amendments to this registration statement, including any and all
post-effective amendments, and any related Rule 462(b) registration statement
and any amendment thereto.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement
has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated below on
the 31st day of August, 2004.
SIGNATURE
TITLE
/s/ BLAKE W. NORDSTROM
Blake W. Nordstrom
President (Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ MICHAEL G. KOPPEL
Michael G. Koppel
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
/s/ D. WAYNE GITTINGER
D. Wayne Gittinger
Director
/s/ JOHN N. NORDSTROM
John N. Nordstrom
Director
/s/ ENRIQUE HERNANDEZ, JR.
Enrique Hernandez, Jr.
Director
/s/ ALFRED E. OSBORNE, JR.
Alfred E. Osborne, Jr.
Director
/s/ JEANNE P. JACKSON
Jeanne P. Jackson
Director
/s/ WILLIAM D. RUCKELSHAUS
William D. Ruckelshaus
Director
/s/ BRUCE A. NORDSTROM
Bruce A. Nordstrom
Director
/s/ ALISON A. WINTER
Alison A. Winter
Director
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
Description
5.1
Opinion of Lane Powell Spears Lubersky LLP regarding the legality of the
Common Stock being registered
10.1
2004 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to the Registrant's
definitive proxy statement filed with the Commission on April 15, 2004)
23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
23.2
Consent of Lane Powell Spears Lubersky LLP (included in opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Power of Attorney (see signature page)