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	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Breeden Capital Management LLC (Last) (First) (Middle) 100 NORTHFIELD STREET (Street) GREENWICH CT 06830 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol ZALE CORP [ ZLC ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 05/15/2012
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) Form filed by One Reporting Person X 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)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	05/15/2012		S(1)		256,343	D	$2.27	5,679,071	I	See footnote(1)(2)(3)(5)(4)

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)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Breeden Capital Management LLC (Last) (First) (Middle) 100 NORTHFIELD STREET (Street) GREENWICH CT 06830 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Breeden Partners L.P. (Last) (First) (Middle) 100 NORTHFIELD STREET (Street) GREENWICH CT 06830 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* BREEDEN PARTNERS (CALIFORNIA) L.P. (Last) (First) (Middle) 100 NORTHFIELD STREET (Street) GREENWICH CT 06830 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* BREEDEN PARTNERS (CALIFORNIA) II LP (Last) (First) (Middle) 100 NORTHFIELD STREET (Street) GREENWICH CT 06830 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* BREEDEN PARTNERS (NEW YORK) I L.P. (Last) (First) (Middle) 100 NORTHFIELD STREET (Street) GREENWICH CT 06830 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Breeden Capital Partners LLC (Last) (First) (Middle) 100 NORTHFIELD STREET (Street) GREENWICH CT 06830 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Breeden Richard C (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O BREEDEN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 100 NORTHFIELD STREET (Street) GREENWICH CT 06830 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

Explanation of Responses:

1. The shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Reporting Owners directly following the sale by Breeden Partners (New York) I L.P. of all of its 256,343 shares are as follows: 33,686 shares by Breeden Partners L.P., 4,882,668 shares by Breeden Partners (California) L.P., 743,657 shares by Breeden Partners (California) II L.P, 10,942 shares by Richard C. Breeden and 19,060 shares by Breeden Capital Partners LLC (reflecting a distribution of 19,060 shares from Breeden Partners Holdco Ltd.).

2. The shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Reporting Owners indirectly following sale by Breeden Partners (New York) I L.P. of all of its 256,343 shares are as follows: 5,660,011 shares by Breeden Capital Partners LLC, 5,679,071 shares by Richard C. Breeden (after indirectly selling 256,343 shares in the reported transactions) and 5,679,071 shares by Breeden Capital Management LLC (after indirectly selling 256,343 shares in the reported transaction); however, each such Reporting Owner disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares except to the extent of its pecuniary interest therein.

3. Richard C. Breeden is the managing member of Breeden Capital Partners, LLC, managing member and Chairman and Chief Executive of Breeden Capital Management LLC and the Key Principal of Breeden Partners (Cayman) Ltd., and, as such, may be deemed to be the indirect beneficial owner of the shares of Common Stock owned by Breeden Partners L.P., Breeden Partners (California) L.P., Breeden Partners (California) II L.P., and Breeden Partners (New York) I L.P., however, he disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.

4. Breeden Capital Management LLC is principally involved in the business of providing investment advisory and investment management services to Breeden Partners L.P., Breeden Partners (California) L.P., Breeden Partners(California) II L.P., and Breeden Partners (New York) I L.P., (together, the "Fund") and, among other things, exercises all voting and other powers and privileges attributable to any securities held for the account of the Fund and, as such, may be deemed to be the indirect beneficial owner of the shares of Common Stock owned by the Fund; however, it disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares except to the extent of its pecuniary interest therein.

5. Breeden Capital Partners LLC is the general partner of Breeden Partners L.P., Breeden Partners (California) L.P., Breeden Partners (California) II L.P. and Breeden Partners (New York) I L.P., and, as such, may be deemed to beneficially own the shares of common stock owned by Breeden Partners L.P., Breeden Partners (California) L.P., Breeden Partners (California) II L.P. and Breeden Partners (New York) I L.P.; however it disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares except to the extent of its pecuniary interest therein.

Remarks:

	/s/ Richard C. Breeden - See signatures included in Exhibit 99.1	05/17/2012
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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