Current Report Filing (8-k)

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 1, 2016

 

 

SEARS HOLDINGS CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

 

Delaware		000-51217, 001-36693		20-1920798
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

3333 Beverly Road

Hoffman Estates, Illinois 60179

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: [phone]

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report): Not Applicable

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Item 5.02.

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On December 1, 2016, Mr. Steven T. Mnuchin, a director of Sears Holdings Corporation (the “Company”), informed the Company that he will be resigning as a director, effective December 2, 2016, as a result of his anticipated nomination to become the Secretary of the United States Department of the Treasury.

The Company issued a press release, attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1, regarding Mr. Mnuchin’s resignation.

 

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit 99.1		Press Release, dated December 2, 2016.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

SEARS HOLDINGS CORPORATION
By:		/s/ Robert A. Riecker
		Robert A. Riecker, Controller and Head of Capital Market Activities

Date: December 2, 2016

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit 99.1		Press Release, dated December 2, 2016.