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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * ROTH STEVEN   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) (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O VORNADO REALTY TRUST, 888 SEVENTH AVENUE 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 10/08/2012 (Street) NEW YORK, NY 10019 4. If Amendment, Date 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 (City) (State) (Zip) 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) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price

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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 Underlying Securities (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 of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Contract (3) (4)

(3) (4)

10/08/2012(3)(4)

10/08/2012

J

V

0 (3) (4)

10/07/2010

10/08/2022

Common Stock

4,815,990 (1) (2)

(3) (4)

4,815,990 (1) (2)

I (1) (2)

By VSPS I L.L.C. (1) (2)

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
ROTH STEVEN C/O VORNADO REALTY TRUST 888 SEVENTH AVENUE NEW YORK, NY 10019	X

Signatures

/s/ Steven Roth		10/09/2012
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(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 fo 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.
(3)	On October 7, 2010, VSPS entered into a share forward transaction with Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch ("DB") (the "Forward Transaction"). On October 8, 2012, VSPS and DB amended and restated the confirmation for the Forward Transaction, pursuant to which DB has agreed to sell to VSPS, for settlement no later than October 8, 2022, 4,815,990 shares of Common Stock of J.C. Penney Company, Inc. ("Common Shares") at a per share forward price determined based on a formula. At any time during the term of the Forward Transaction, VSPS may accelerate settlement of the Forward Transaction, in whole or in part, upon one business day's prior notice to DB, and DB may accelerate settlement of the Forward Transaction, in whole or in part, (a) in the case of a credit downgrade of VSPS, upon one business day's prior notice to VSPS or (b) on October 8, 2014, or any one or two year anniversary thereof (as applicable), by twenty business days' prior notice.
(4)	The Forward Transaction may be settled, at the election of VSPS, in cash or by delivery of Common Shares in exchange for payment by VSPS of the forward price per share. VSPS has agreed with DB that, while the Forward Transaction is outstanding, VSPS and its affiliates will not own or otherwise have economic exposure to more than 15.4% of the Common Shares outstanding at such time. The amendment and restatement of the confirmation for the Forward Transaction is a transaction described in Rule 16a-4(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

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