UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 11-K
[X] ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT
OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003
OR
[ ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from ______________ to ______________
Commission file number 001-15059
A. Full title of the plan and the address of the plan, if different from
that of the issuer below:
Nordstrom 401(k) Plan & Profit Sharing
B. Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and the
address of its principal executive office:
Nordstrom, Inc.
1617 Sixth Avenue, Seattle, Washington 98101
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Required Information
1. Not applicable
2. Not applicable
3. Not applicable
4. The Nordstrom 401(k) Plan & Profit Sharing is subject to the requirements
of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA"). Plan
financial statements and schedules prepared in accordance with the financial
reporting requirements of ERISA are filed as Exhibit 99.1.
The Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm is filed as
Exhibit 23.1.
The Exhibit Index is located on page 4
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
trustees (or other persons who administer the employee benefit plan) have duly
caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned
hereunto duly authorized.
Nordstrom 401(k) Plan & Profit Sharing
Date: June 28, 2004 /s/ Michael G. Koppel
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Michael G. Koppel
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
of Nordstrom, Inc.
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Nordstrom 401(k) Plan & Profit Sharing
FORM 11-K Exhibit Index
This exhibit list is provided pursuant to the requirement of the Securities
Exchange Act section 240.0-3.
Exhibit Method of Filing
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23.1 Consent of Independent Registered Filed herewith electronically
Public Accounting Firm
99.1 Nordstrom 401(k) Plan & Profit Filed herewith electronically
Sharing Financial Statements
99.2 Nordstrom 401(k) Plan & Profit Filed herewith electronically
Sharing, as amended and
restated on January 1, 2004
99.3 Nordstrom Direct, Inc. (formerly Incorporated by reference from the
Nordstrom.com) 401(k) Plan Plan's Form 11-K/A for the year
ended December 31, 2001, Exhibit
99.9
99.4 Amendment 2001-1 to the Incorporated by reference from the
Nordstrom Direct, Inc. (formerly Plan's Form 11-K/A for the year
Nordstrom.com) 401(k) Plan ended December 31, 2001, Exhibit
99.9
99.5 Amendment 2002-1 to the Incorporated by reference from the
Nordstrom Direct, Inc. (formerly Plan's Form 11-K/A for the year
Nordstrom.com) 401(k) Plan ended December 31, 2001, Exhibit
99.10
99.6 Amendment 2002-2 to the Incorporated by reference from the
Nordstrom Direct, Inc. (formerly Plan's Form 11-K for the year
Nordstrom.com) 401(k) Plan ended December 31, 2002, Exhibit
99.9
99.7 Nordstrom Direct, Inc. Profit Incorporated by reference from the
Sharing Plan Plan's Form 11-K for the year
ended December 31, 2002, Exhibit
99.10
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