Notice of Award of Performance Share Units

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                          Nordstrom, Inc.

             Notice of Award of Performance Share Units

First Name, Last Name

Employee No:

Award No:

On _______, Nordstrom, Inc. awarded _________Performance Share

Units (PSUs) to you.  

Your PSUs are earned based on the Nordstrom Total Shareholder

Return (TSR) relative to the performance of our retail comparator

group over the three-year period ending on February 2, 2008. At the

end of the three-year period, if Nordstrom TSR