Pershing Square Announces Offering of Its Shares of J.C. Penney Company, Inc. Common Stock

NEW YORK, Aug. 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P., on behalf of its investment funds (the "Selling Stockholders"), announced today the underwritten offering of 39,075,771 shares of J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE: JCP) common stock owned by them. J.C. Penney will not receive any proceeds from the sale of the shares by the Selling Stockholders in this offering.

The offering will be made under J.C. Penney's registration statement on Form S-3 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Citigroup is acting as sole bookrunning manager and underwriter for the offering. 

This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy these securities, nor does it constitute an offer, solicitation or sale of these securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale is unlawful. The offering may be made only by means of a prospectus and a related prospectus supplement, copies of which may be obtained from Citigroup, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717 (tel: 800-831-9146), Attention: Prospectus Department.

About Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P.

Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P., based in New York City, is an SEC registered investment advisor to private investment funds. Pershing Square manages funds that are in the business of trading - buying and selling - securities and other financial instruments. Funds managed by Pershing Square have long positions in stock and other financial instruments tied to the performance of J.C. Penney's stock.

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SOURCE Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P.