Subsequent Events

12 Months Ended

Jan. 28, 2023

Subsequent Events [Abstract]

Subsequent Events

NOTE 15: SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

Wind-down of Business Operations in Canada

On March 2, 2023, as part of our initiatives to drive long-term profitable growth and enhance shareholder value, and after careful consideration of all reasonably available options, we announced the decision to discontinue support for Nordstrom Canada’s operations. Accordingly, Nordstrom Canada has commenced a wind-down of its business operations, obtaining an Initial Order from the Ontario Superior Court of Justice under the CCAA on March 2, 2023 to facilitate the wind-down in an orderly fashion. Nordstrom Canada intends to wind down its Nordstrom and Nordstrom Rack stores across Canada, with the help of a third-party liquidator, and its Canadian ecommerce platform. The ecommerce platform ceased operations on March 2, 2023. The in-store wind-down is anticipated to be completed by late June 2023.

As a result of this filing, we expect to deconsolidate Nordstrom Canada as of March 2, 2023. We expect to incur pre-tax charges of approximately $300 to $350 related to the wind-down in the first quarter of 2023, driven primarily by the write-down of our investment in Nordstrom Canada. Given the early stage of the exit activities, our estimates of losses are based on currently available information and our assessment of the validity of certain claims. These estimates may change as new information becomes available and it is reasonably possible that we may incur a material loss in excess of the estimated amounts.

Amendment of Revolver Agreement

On March 1, 2023, in contemplation of a wind-down of Nordstrom Canada, we entered into an amendment to the Revolver originally dated May 6, 2022. Prior to this amendment, Nordstrom Canada Retail, Inc. was a loan party under the Revolver and the obligations under the Revolver were secured, in part, by the assets of this subsidiary. As a result of this amendment, Nordstrom Canada Retail, Inc. has been removed as a loan party and obligations under the Revolver will no longer be secured by these assets. In addition, this amendment excludes as subsidiaries or affiliates all Nordstrom Canada entities and carves out certain CCAA-related expenses and obligations from financial covenants under the Revolver.