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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>NORDSTROM, INC.</B>
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<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><BR>
(State or other jurisdiction <BR>
of incorporation or organization)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>91-0515058</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom"><B>1617 Sixth Avenue, 6</B><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"><B>th</b></SUP><b> Floor <BR>
Seattle, Washington 98101</B><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices, <BR>
including zip code)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Robert Sari<BR>
1700 Seventh Avenue, 7</B><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"><B>th</b></SUP><b> Floor<BR>
Seattle, Washington 98101<BR>
(206)&nbsp;628-2111</B><BR>
(Name, address and telephone number, including<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Nordstrom Directors Deferred Compensation Plan (&#147;DDCP&#148;)<BR>
Nordstrom Executive Deferred Compensation Plan (&#147;EDCP&#148;)</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt">(Full Title of Plans)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Copies to:<BR>
<B>D. Wayne Gittinger<BR>
William W. Lin</B><BR>
Lane Powell PC<BR>
1420 Fifth Avenue, Suite&nbsp;4100<BR>
Seattle, Washington 98101-2338</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">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 definition of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148;
&#147;accelerated filer&#148; and smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Exchange Act (Check one):
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<TD>Large accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#254;</FONT>
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<TD align="center">Accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>&nbsp;
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<TD align="center">Non-accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT><BR>(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
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<TD align="right">Smaller reporting company&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">Maximum</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">Title of Securities</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">Amount To Be</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">Amount of</TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">EDCP Deferred Compensation
Obligations (1)</DIV></TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>

    <TD  colspan="2" nowrap align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$20,000,000(3)</TD>
    <TD nowrap style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">100%</TD>
    <TD align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap colspan="2" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$20,000,000(3)</TD>
    <TD nowrap style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="2" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$1,116.00</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">DDCP Deferred Compensation
Obligations (2)</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>

    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>

    <TD align="center" nowrap colspan="2" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$3,000,000(4)</TD>
    <TD nowrap style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">100%</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap colspan="2" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$3,000,000(4)</TD>
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    <TD colspan="2" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$167.40</TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">TOTAL:</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$23,000,000</TD>
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    <TD align="center" colspan="2" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$1,283.40</TD>
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    <TD>The EDCP Deferred Compensation Obligations are unsecured obligations of Nordstrom, Inc. to pay
deferred compensation in the future in accordance with the terms of the Nordstrom Executive
Deferred Compensation Plan.</TD>
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    <TD>The DDCP Deferred Compensation Obligations are unsecured obligations of Nordstrom, Inc. to pay
deferred compensation in the future in accordance with the terms of the Nordstrom Directors
Deferred Compensation Plan.</TD>
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    <TD>The amount registered is based upon an estimate of the amount of compensation to be deferred by
participants in the EDCP and is estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee,
and pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.</TD>
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    <TD>The amount registered is based upon an estimate of the amount of compensation to be deferred by
participants in the DDCP and is estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee,
and pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART I</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">PART II</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#003">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#004">Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005">Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006">Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#008">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#009">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#010">INDEX TO EXHIBITS</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN<BR>
THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS</B>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Information required by Part&nbsp;I to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from this
Registration Statement in accordance with the Introductory Note to Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN<BR>
THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The following documents filed by Nordstrom, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148; or &#147;Registrant&#148;) 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="3%" nowrap align="left">(a)</TD>
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    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s latest Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January
31, 2009, filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;23, 2009;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(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 definitive proxy statement filed with the Commission on
April&nbsp;9, 2009 and the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Reports on Form
10-Q for the quarters ended
May&nbsp;2, 2009 filed with the Commission on June&nbsp;9, 2009 and
August 1, 2009 filed with the Commission on September 9, 2009, and the Registrant&#146;s current
reports on Form 8-K; and</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(c)</TD>
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    <TD>The description of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock contained in any registration
statement or report that the Registrant has filed under the Exchange Act, including any
amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">All reports and other documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections&nbsp;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 (such documents, and the documents listed above, being
hereinafter referred to as &#147;Incorporated Documents&#148;).
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Any statement contained in an Incorporated Document shall be deemed to be modified or superseded
for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in
any other subsequently filed Incorporated Document modifies or supersedes such statement. Any
statement contained herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this
Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained in any subsequently filed
Incorporated Document modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or
superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this
Registration Statement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The securities registered hereunder are deferred compensation obligations of the Company under (i)
the Nordstrom Executive Deferred Compensation Plan (2007 Restatement), as amended by Amendment
2008-1 and Amendment 2008-2 to the Nordstrom Executive Deferred Compensation Plan, and (ii)&nbsp;the
Nordstrom Directors Deferred Compensation Plan (2007 Restatement), as amended by Amendment 2009-1
to the Nordstrom Directors Deferred Compensation Plan (collectively, the &#147;Plans&#148;). These deferred
compensation obligations represent the contractual obligations of the Company to pay or distribute
when due to participants in the Plans cash or shares of Company
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">common stock with respect to amounts deferred in accordance with the terms of the Plans. The right
of each participant in the Plans is that of a general, unsecured creditor of the Company. The Plans
are unfunded and the Company is not required to set aside assets to be used for payment of the
deferred compensation obligations under the Plans. A participant&#146;s interest under the Plans may
not be sold, transferred, pledged or otherwise encumbered.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Certain legal matters relating to the deferred compensation obligations will be passed upon for the
Registrant by Lane Powell PC, Seattle, Washington. As of August&nbsp;31, 2009, D. Wayne Gittinger, a
shareholder at Lane Powell PC, was the beneficial owner of 15,471,634 shares of Nordstrom common
stock, including 66,984 shares held by him individually, 13,845,806 shares owned by his wife
individually, 3,644 shares held by his wife in the Registrant&#146;s 401(k) Plan and Profit Sharing, and
1,555,200 shares held by a trust of which his wife is a trustee and beneficiary.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">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 of 1933, as amended (the &#145;Securities Act&#148;). 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 in any transactions from which the director personally receives a
benefit in money, property or services to which the director is not legally entitled.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">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 the 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 Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated
Articles of Incorporation 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.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Article&nbsp;XI of the Registrant&#146;s Bylaws provide for, among other things, the indemnification by the
Registrant of its directors and officers and the advancement of expenses. The Registrant&#146;s Bylaws
also permit the purchase and maintenance of insurance, the creation of trust funds, the grant of
security interests and the use of other means to secure the Registrant&#146;s indemnification
obligations. The Registrant has also entered into certain indemnification agreements with its
directors, the form of which is attached as Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 to its Current Report on Form 8-K filed
with the Commission on March&nbsp;3, 2009. The indemnification agreements provide the Registrant&#146;s
directors with indemnification to the full extent permitted by law.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Officers and directors of the Registrant are covered by insurance (with certain exceptions and
limitations) that indemnifies them against certain losses and liabilities, including liabilities
under the Securities Act. The effect of this insurance is to indemnify any officer or director of
the Registrant against liability and expenses incurred by such officer or director upon a
determination that such person acted in good faith.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Not applicable.
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    <TD width="90%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left">Exhibit</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Number</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Description</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" 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 PC (filed herewith)</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">10.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Nordstrom Executive Deferred Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference from the
Registrant&#146;s Form&nbsp;8-K filed on November&nbsp;19, 2007)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">10.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Nordstrom Directors Deferred Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference from the
Registrant&#146;s Form&nbsp;8-K filed on November&nbsp;19, 2007)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">10.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment 2008-1 to the Nordstrom Executive Deferred Compensation Plan (incorporated
by reference from the Registrant&#146;s Form&nbsp;8-K filed on November&nbsp;24, 2008)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">10.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment 2008-2 to the Nordstrom Executive Deferred Compensation Plan (filed herewith)</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">10.5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment 2009-1 to the Nordstrom Directors Deferred Compensation Plan (filed herewith)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Deloitte &#038; Touche
LLP, Independent Auditors (filed herewith)</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" 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 PC (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" 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>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">A.&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this registration statement:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(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
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(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.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Provided, however, that paragraphs A.(1)(i) and A.(1)(ii) above do not apply if 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.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(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.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(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.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">B.&nbsp;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.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">C.&nbsp;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.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">SIGNATURES
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, 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
9<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">th</SUP> day
of September
2009.
</DIV>

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    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">NORDSTROM, INC.<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ MICHAEL G. KOPPEL
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">By:  Michael G. Koppel&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top" colspan="2" align="left">Its:&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer<BR>
(Principal
Financial Officer)&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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    <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>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Each person whose individual signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Michael G.
Koppel and Robert Sari, and either of them, as such person&#146;s true and lawful attorney-in-fact and
agent, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, to do any and all acts and things and
execute any and all instruments which said attorneys and agents, or any of them, may deem necessary
or advisable or which said attorneys and agents, or any of them, may deem necessary or advisable or
which may be required to enable the Company to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
and any rules, regulations or requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect
thereof, in connection with the filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission of a
Registration Statement on Form S-8 relating to the Nordstrom Director Deferred Compensation Plan
and the Nordstrom Executive Deferred Compensation Plan, including specifically but without limiting
the generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign in the name and on behalf of the
undersigned, in his or her capacity as a director and/or officer of the Company, any such Form S-8
and any and all amendments and supplements thereto and any other instruments or documents filed as
a part of or in connection therewith, and each of the undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm
all that said attorneys and agents or any of them, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on the 25th day of August&nbsp;2009.
</DIV>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left">TITLE</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="bottom"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Enrique Hernandez, Jr.<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>Enrique Hernandez, Jr.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman of the Board and Director<BR>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="bottom"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Blake W. Nordstrom<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>Blake W. Nordstrom
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">President<BR>
(Principal Executive Officer and Director)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="bottom"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Michael G. Koppel<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>Michael G. Koppel
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer<br>
(Principal Financial Officer)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="bottom"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ James A. Howell<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>James A. Howell
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Vice President of Finance (Principal Accounting Officer)<br>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="bottom"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Phyllis J. Campbell<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>Phyllis J. Campbell
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director<br>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="bottom"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Robert G. Miller<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>Robert G. Miller
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director<br>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="bottom"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Erik B. Nordstrom<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>Erik B. Nordstrom
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director<br>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="bottom"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Peter E. Nordstrom<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>Peter E. Nordstrom
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    <TD valign="bottom"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Philip G. Satre<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>Philip G. Satre
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director<br>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="bottom"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Robert D. Walter<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>Robert D. Walter
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director<br>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="bottom"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Alison A. Winter<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>Alison A. Winter
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director<br>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" 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 PC (filed herewith)</TD>
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</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">10.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Nordstrom Executive Deferred Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference from the
Registrant&#146;s Form&nbsp;8-K filed on November&nbsp;19, 2007)</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">10.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Nordstrom Directors Deferred Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference from the
Registrant&#146;s Form&nbsp;8-K filed on November&nbsp;19, 2007)</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">10.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment 2008-1 to the Nordstrom Executive Deferred Compensation Plan (incorporated
by reference from the Registrant&#146;s Form&nbsp;8-K filed on November&nbsp;24, 2008)</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">10.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment 2008-2 to the Nordstrom Executive Deferred Compensation Plan (filed herewith)</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">10.5
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment 2009-1 to the Nordstrom Directors Deferred Compensation Plan (filed herewith)</TD>
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</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Deloitte &#038; Touche
LLP, Independent Auditors (filed herewith)</TD>
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UNITED STATES
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
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization)
91-0515058
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
1617 Sixth Avenue, 6
th
Floor
Seattle, Washington 98101
(Address of Principal Executive Offices,
including zip code)
Robert Sari
1700 Seventh Avenue, 7
th
Floor
Seattle, Washington 98101
(206) 628-2111
(Name, address and telephone number, including
area code, of agent for service)
Nordstrom Directors Deferred Compensation Plan ("DDCP")
Nordstrom Executive Deferred Compensation Plan ("EDCP")
(Full Title of Plans)
Copies to:
D. Wayne Gittinger
William W. Lin
Lane Powell PC
1420 Fifth Avenue, Suite 4100
Seattle, Washington 98101-2338
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 definition of "large accelerated filer,"
"accelerated filer" and smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act (Check one):
Large accelerated filer
þ
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
o
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Proposed
Maximum
Maximum
Title of Securities
Amount To Be
Offering Price Per
Aggregate Offering
Amount of
To Be Registered
Registered
Share
Price
Registration Fee
EDCP Deferred Compensation
Obligations (1)
$20,000,000(3)
100%
$20,000,000(3)
$1,116.00
DDCP Deferred Compensation
Obligations (2)
$3,000,000(4)
100%
$3,000,000(4)
$167.40
TOTAL:
$23,000,000
$1,283.40
(1)
The EDCP Deferred Compensation Obligations are unsecured obligations of Nordstrom, Inc. to pay
deferred compensation in the future in accordance with the terms of the Nordstrom Executive
Deferred Compensation Plan.
(2)
The DDCP Deferred Compensation Obligations are unsecured obligations of Nordstrom, Inc. to pay
deferred compensation in the future in accordance with the terms of the Nordstrom Directors
Deferred Compensation Plan.
(3)
The amount registered is based upon an estimate of the amount of compensation to be deferred by
participants in the EDCP and is estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee,
and pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
(4)
The amount registered is based upon an estimate of the amount of compensation to be deferred by
participants in the DDCP and is estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee,
and pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
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PART I
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
EX-5.1
EX-10.4
EX-10.5
EX-23.1
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN
THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS
Information required by Part I to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from this
Registration Statement in accordance with the Introductory Note to Part I of Form S-8.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN
THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed by Nordstrom, Inc. (the "Company" or "Registrant") 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, 2009, filed with the Commission on March 23, 2009;
(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 definitive proxy statement filed with the Commission on
April 9, 2009 and the Registrant's Quarterly Reports on Form
10-Q for the quarters ended
May 2, 2009 filed with the Commission on June 9, 2009 and
August 1, 2009 filed with the Commission on September 9, 2009, and the Registrant's current
reports on Form 8-K; and
(c)
The description of the Registrant's Common Stock contained in any registration
statement or report that the Registrant has filed under the Exchange Act, including any
amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
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 (such documents, and the documents listed above, being
hereinafter referred to as "Incorporated Documents").
Any statement contained in an Incorporated Document shall be deemed to be modified or superseded
for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in
any other subsequently filed Incorporated Document modifies or supersedes such statement. Any
statement contained herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this
Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained in any subsequently filed
Incorporated Document modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or
superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this
Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
The securities registered hereunder are deferred compensation obligations of the Company under (i)
the Nordstrom Executive Deferred Compensation Plan (2007 Restatement), as amended by Amendment
2008-1 and Amendment 2008-2 to the Nordstrom Executive Deferred Compensation Plan, and (ii) the
Nordstrom Directors Deferred Compensation Plan (2007 Restatement), as amended by Amendment 2009-1
to the Nordstrom Directors Deferred Compensation Plan (collectively, the "Plans"). These deferred
compensation obligations represent the contractual obligations of the Company to pay or distribute
when due to participants in the Plans cash or shares of Company
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common stock with respect to amounts deferred in accordance with the terms of the Plans. The right
of each participant in the Plans is that of a general, unsecured creditor of the Company. The Plans
are unfunded and the Company is not required to set aside assets to be used for payment of the
deferred compensation obligations under the Plans. A participant's interest under the Plans may
not be sold, transferred, pledged or otherwise encumbered.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Certain legal matters relating to the deferred compensation obligations will be passed upon for the
Registrant by Lane Powell PC, Seattle, Washington. As of August 31, 2009, D. Wayne Gittinger, a
shareholder at Lane Powell PC, was the beneficial owner of 15,471,634 shares of Nordstrom common
stock, including 66,984 shares held by him individually, 13,845,806 shares owned by his wife
individually, 3,644 shares held by his wife in the Registrant's 401(k) Plan and Profit Sharing, and
1,555,200 shares held by a trust of which his wife is a trustee and beneficiary.
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 of 1933, as amended (the 'Securities Act"). 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 in 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 the 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 Registrant's Amended and Restated
Articles of Incorporation 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.
Article XI of the Registrant's Bylaws provide for, among other things, the indemnification by the
Registrant of its directors and officers and the advancement of expenses. The Registrant's Bylaws
also permit the purchase and maintenance of insurance, the creation of trust funds, the grant of
security interests and the use of other means to secure the Registrant's indemnification
obligations. The Registrant has also entered into certain indemnification agreements with its
directors, the form of which is attached as Exhibit 10.1 to its Current Report on Form 8-K filed
with the Commission on March 3, 2009. The indemnification agreements provide the Registrant's
directors with indemnification to the full extent permitted by law.
Officers and directors of the Registrant are covered by insurance (with certain exceptions and
limitations) that indemnifies them against certain losses and liabilities, including liabilities
under the Securities Act. The effect of this insurance is to indemnify any officer or director of
the Registrant against liability and expenses incurred by such officer or director upon a
determination that such person acted in good faith.
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Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number
Description
5.1
Opinion of Lane Powell PC (filed herewith)
10.1
Nordstrom Executive Deferred Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference from the
Registrant's Form 8-K filed on November 19, 2007)
10.2
Nordstrom Directors Deferred Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference from the
Registrant's Form 8-K filed on November 19, 2007)
10.3
Amendment 2008-1 to the Nordstrom Executive Deferred Compensation Plan (incorporated
by reference from the Registrant's Form 8-K filed on November 24, 2008)
10.4
Amendment 2008-2 to the Nordstrom Executive Deferred Compensation Plan (filed herewith)
10.5
Amendment 2009-1 to the Nordstrom Directors Deferred Compensation Plan (filed herewith)
23.1
Consent of Deloitte & Touche
LLP, Independent Auditors (filed herewith)
23.2
Consent of Lane Powell PC (included in 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
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.
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(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 of 1933, 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
9
th
day
of September
2009.
NORDSTROM, INC.
/s/ MICHAEL G. KOPPEL
By:  Michael G. Koppel
Its:
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal
Financial Officer)
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose individual signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Michael G.
Koppel and Robert Sari, and either of them, as such person's true and lawful attorney-in-fact and
agent, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, to do any and all acts and things and
execute any and all instruments which said attorneys and agents, or any of them, may deem necessary
or advisable or which said attorneys and agents, or any of them, may deem necessary or advisable or
which may be required to enable the Company to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
and any rules, regulations or requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect
thereof, in connection with the filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission of a
Registration Statement on Form S-8 relating to the Nordstrom Director Deferred Compensation Plan
and the Nordstrom Executive Deferred Compensation Plan, including specifically but without limiting
the generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign in the name and on behalf of the
undersigned, in his or her capacity as a director and/or officer of the Company, any such Form S-8
and any and all amendments and supplements thereto and any other instruments or documents filed as
a part of or in connection therewith, and each of the undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm
all that said attorneys and agents or any of them, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on the 25th day of August 2009.
SIGNATURE
TITLE
/s/ Enrique Hernandez, Jr.
Enrique Hernandez, Jr.
Chairman of the Board and Director
/s/ Blake W. Nordstrom
Blake W. Nordstrom
President
(Principal Executive Officer and Director)
/s/ Michael G. Koppel
Michael G. Koppel
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ James A. Howell
James A. Howell
Vice President of Finance (Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ Phyllis J. Campbell
Phyllis J. Campbell
Director
/s/ Robert G. Miller
Robert G. Miller
Director
/s/ Erik B. Nordstrom
Erik B. Nordstrom
Director
/s/ Peter E. Nordstrom
Peter E. Nordstrom
Director
/s/ Philip G. Satre
Philip G. Satre
Director
/s/ Robert D. Walter
Robert D. Walter
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 PC (filed herewith)
10.1
Nordstrom Executive Deferred Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference from the
Registrant's Form 8-K filed on November 19, 2007)
10.2
Nordstrom Directors Deferred Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference from the
Registrant's Form 8-K filed on November 19, 2007)
10.3
Amendment 2008-1 to the Nordstrom Executive Deferred Compensation Plan (incorporated
by reference from the Registrant's Form 8-K filed on November 24, 2008)
10.4
Amendment 2008-2 to the Nordstrom Executive Deferred Compensation Plan (filed herewith)
10.5
Amendment 2009-1 to the Nordstrom Directors Deferred Compensation Plan (filed herewith)
23.1
Consent of Deloitte & Touche
LLP, Independent Auditors (filed herewith)
23.2
Consent of Lane Powell PC (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Power of Attorney (see signature page)
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