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-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, IXITedd2jn95iaCuxkFRTVmlgICCXPNePZErVPHom0AM/G53wmToWY1lenB4feLg VYSRx1O5wCJDJPSAQ8BYMg== 0001181431-06-032320.txt : 20060523 0001181431-06-032320.hdr.sgml : 20060523 20060523145616 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001181431-06-032320 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20060519 FILED AS OF DATE: 20060523 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20060523 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: J C PENNEY CO INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001166126 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RETAIL-DEPARTMENT STORES [5311] IRS NUMBER: 260037077 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0131 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 6501 LEGACY DRIVE CITY: PLANO STATE: TX ZIP: 75024-3698 BUSINESS PHONE: 9722431100 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: J C PENNEY HOLDINGS INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20020128 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Tallman Ann Marie CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001363212 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-15274 FILM NUMBER: 06861200 BUSINESS ADDRESS: BUSINESS PHONE: 972-431-1000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 6501 LEGACY DRIVE CITY: PLANO STATE: TX ZIP: 75024 3 1 rrd118949.xml FORM 3 X0202 3 2006-05-19 0 0001166126 J C PENNEY CO INC JCP 0001363212 Tallman Ann Marie 6501 LEGACY DRIVE PLANO TX 75024 1 0 0 0 Common Stock of 50 cent Par Value 0 D None None 0 D No Derivative Securities are beneficially owned. Exhibit List: Description List: Exhibit No. 24 - Power of Attorney (POA) ***Under continuing POA as filed with the S.E.C. /s/ Ralph H. Richardson*** 2006-05-23 EX-24. 2 rrd103948_116703.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY rrd103948_116703.html

Exhibit 24

Power of Attorney



	I, __Ann Marie Tallman____, hereby appoint and authorize Joanne L. Bober, Jeffrey J.
Vawrinek, Salil R. Virkar, and Ralph H. Richardson, together or individually to prepare, execute,
and file (electronically or otherwise), specifically on my behalf as my attorney-in-fact, Forms 3,
4 and 5, Forms 144, and any amendments thereto and any forms required to comply with Section
16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or similar provisions of securities laws and the rules
thereunder ("Section 16 Forms"), with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other
required public authority or stock exchange regarding my transactions in J. C. Penney Company,
Inc. stock or securities.  By signing below, I hereby adopt as my own signature any one or more
of the signatures of the individuals set forth above which may appear on such Section 16 Forms
filed on my behalf.
	This power of attorney shall be in full force and effect on and from the date below written
and shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Section
16 Forms with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in J. C. Penney
Company, Inc. stock or securities or until specifically rescinded.  By execution of this power of
attorney I hereby authorize and grant the powers stated herein.
Dated this __17th_____ day of  May, 2006.

							  /s/ Ann Marie Tallman
							 Ann Marie Tallman






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