SEC FORM 4

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

ROTH STEVEN

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

C/O VORNADO REALTY TRUST

888 SEVENTH AVENUE

(Street)

NEW YORK

10019

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
J C PENNEY CO INC [ JCP ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

X	Director	10% Owner
	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
03/04/2013

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Common Stock, par value $0.50 per share ("Common Stock")	03/04/2013		S		10,000,000⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾	D	$16.03	6,184,610⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾	I⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾	By VNO Fashion LLC⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾
Common Stock								767,808⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾	I⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾	By Two Penn Plaza REIT JP Fashion LLC⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾
Common Stock								831,792⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾	I⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾	By H Street JP Fashion LLC⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾
Common Stock								799,800⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾	I⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾	By PCJ I Inc.⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)		10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Explanation of Responses:

1. Mr. Roth is a trustee and the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Vornado Realty Trust ("Vornado"), which is the general partner of Vornado Realty L.P. ("VRLP"). VRLP is the sole member of VNO Fashion LLC and VSPS I L.L.C. ("VSPS"). VRLP is the controlling shareholder of Two Penn Plaza REIT, INC. ("Two Penn Inc"). Two Penn Inc is the sole member of Two Penn Plaza REIT JP Fashion LLC ("Two Penn LLC"). VRLP is also the sole member of CESC H Street LLC ("CESC"). CESC is the controlling shareholder of H Street Building Corporation ("H Street Corp"). H Street Corp is the sole member of H Street JP Fashion LLC. VRLP is the sole shareholder of Vornado RTR, Inc. and Vornado RTR, Inc. is the sole shareholder of PCJ I Inc.

2. Mr. Roth was elected to the board of directors of the Issuer on February 9, 2011. As a trustee of Vornado, Mr. Roth may be deemed to have a pecuniary interest in certain of the shares of the Issuer beneficially owned by Vornado. Mr. Roth disclaims any beneficial ownership of securities of the Issuer.

Remarks:

	/s/ Steven Roth	03/06/2013
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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