Belk (BLKIA) Form 4 BELK / THOMAS M BELK JR ownership change

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

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

BELK THOMAS M JR

(Last) (First) (Middle)

C/O BELK, INC.

2801 WEST TYVOLA ROAD

(Street)

CHARLOTTE NC 28217-4500

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
BELK INC [ NONE ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

X	Director	X	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)		Other (specify below)
Chairman & CEO

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
07/16/2015

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	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
Class A Common Stock								654,411(1)	D
Class A Common Stock								154,890(2)	I	Trustee GRAT #1
Class A Common Stock								142,304(3)	I	Trustee GRAT #2
Class A Common Stock								35,201(4)	I	Spouse
Class A Common Stock								14,761(5)	I	Custodian
Class A Common Stock								147,527(6)	I	Trustee
Class A Common Stock								144,566(7)	I	Trustee
Class A Common Stock								143,515(8)	I	Trustee
Class A Common Stock								124,210(9)	I	Trustee
Class A Common Stock	07/16/2015		J		82,400(10)	D	$0.00	402,284(11)	I	Trustee
Class A Common Stock								183,825(12)	I	Trusts, spouse and child are trustees
Class A Common Stock								23,750(13)	I	Trustee, Family Wealth Preservation Trust
Class A Common Stock								1,221,842(14)	I	Brothers Investment Company
Class A Common Stock								444,212(15)	I	Milburn Investment Company
Class A Common Stock								228,016(16)	I	Trustee
Class B Common Stock								40,177(17)	D
Class B Common Stock								312(18)	I	Custodian
Class B Common Stock								1,720(19)	I	Trustee
Class B Common Stock								4,681(20)	I	Trustee
Class B Common Stock								5,732(21)	I	Trustee
Class B Common Stock								25,037(22)	I	Trustee

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

Explanation of Responses:

1. 654,411 shares of Class A common stock are held in Reporting Person's name and/or Thomas M. Belk, Jr., Trustee U/A dated 1/18/94, Reporting Person's grantor trust.

2. 154,890 shares of Class A common stock are held by Thomas M. Belk, Jr., Grantor Retained Annuity Trust dated January 27, 2006. Reporting Person is the Trustee.

3. 142,304 shares of Class A common stock are held by Thomas M. Belk, Jr., Grantor Retained Annuity Trust dated 12-17-2010. Reporting Person is the Trustee.

4. 35,201 shares of Class A common stock are held by Reporting Person's spouse, Sarah F. Belk and/or her grantor trust, Sarah Fortune Belk Revocable Trust dated 12-11-07.

5. 14,761 shares of Class A common stock are held by Reporting Person as custodian of his minor child.

6. 147,527 shares of Class A common stock are held by Adelaide Lucinda Fortune Belk Irrevocable Trust dated August 23, 2010. Voting and investment power is shared by Adelaide Lucinda Fortune Belk, Thomas M. Belk, Jr. and Sarah F. Belk, the trustees.

7. 144,566 shares of Class A common stock are held by Thomas M. Belk, III Irrevocable Trust dated 9-7-2010. Voting and investment power is shared by Thomas M. Belk, III, Thomas M. Belk, Jr. and Sarah F. Belk, the trustees.

8. 143,515 shares of Class A common stock are held by Katherine McKay Belk Irrevocable Trust dated August 29, 2012. Voting and investment power is shared by Katherine McKay Belk, Thomas M. Belk, Jr. and Sarah F. Belk, the trustees.

9. 124,210 shares of Class A common stock are held by Margaret Elizabeth Belk Irrevocable Trust dated March 27, 2015. Voting and investment power is shared by Margaret Elizabeth Belk, Thomas M. Belk, Jr. and Sarah F. Belk, the trustees.

10. 82,400 shares of Class A common stock were distributed to Katherine McKay Belk, the Grantor, by the Trustees of Katherine M. Belk Irrevocable Trust dated November 6, 2000.

11. 402,284 shares of Class A common stock are held by Katherine McKay Belk Irrevocable Trust dated November 6, 2000. Voting and investment power is shared by Katherine McKay Belk, Thomas M. Belk, Jr., H.W. McKay Belk, John R. Belk and Katherine Belk Morris.

12. 36,765 shares of Class A common stock are held by each of the following trusts: Thomas M. Belk, Jr. & Sarah F. Belk Family Wealth Preservation Trust dated November 28, 2012, f/b/o Adelaide Lucinda Fortune Belk; Thomas M. Belk, Jr. & Sarah F. Belk Family Wealth Preservation Trust dated November 28, 2012, f/b/o Thomas Milburn Belk, III; Thomas M. Belk, Jr. & Sarah F. Belk Family Wealth Preservation Trust dated November 28, 2012, f/b/o Katherine Whitner Belk; Thomas M. Belk, Jr. & Sarah F. Belk Family Wealth Preservation Trust dated November 28, 2012, f/b/o Margaret Elizabeth Belk; and Thomas M. Belk, Jr. & Sarah F. Belk Family Wealth Preservation Trust dated November 28, 2012, f/b/o Louisa Alexandra Belk. Sarah F. Belk, Reporting Person's wife, and the child that is beneficiary of the trust are trustees of each trust.

13. 23,750 shares of Class A common stock are held by The Katherine McKay Belk FWP Trust f/b/o Thomas M. Belk, Jr. Descendants dated June 3, 2015. Reporting Person is the Trustee.

14. 1,221,842 shares of Class A common stock are held by Brothers Investment Company, which corporation is equally owned by John M. Belk QTIP GST Non-Exempt Marital Trust, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Susan N. Jamison and Katherine B. Morris, Co-Trustees ("John M. Belk QTIP GST Non-Exempt Marital Trust") and the heirs of Thomas M. Belk. The co-trustees of John M. Belk QTIP GST Non-Exempt Marital Trust and Katherine McKay Belk, Thomas M. Belk, Jr., H.W. McKay Belk, John R. Belk and Katherine Belk Morris, heirs of Thomas M. Belk, share voting and investment power.

15. 444,212 shares of Class A common stock are held by Milburn Investment Company. Voting and investment power is shared by Katherine McKay Belk, Thomas M. Belk, Jr., H.W. McKay Belk, John R. Belk and Katherine Belk Morris.

16. 228,016 Class A shares held in a trust established by the Will of W.H. Belk for the benefit of Thomas M. Belk. Sarah Belk Gambrell, Katherine Belk Morris, Thomas M. Belk, Jr., H.W. McKay Belk and John R. Belk, the trustees, share voting and investment power.

17. 18,552 shares of Class B common stock are held in Reporting Person's name and/or Thomas M. Belk, Jr., Trustee U/A dated 1/18/94, Reporting Person's grantor trust. 21,625 of the shares from the Belk, Inc. Executive Long Term Incentive Compensation Plan XV are not payable to the Reporting Person until 2016.

18. 312 shares of Class B common stock are held by Reporting Person as custodian of his minor child.

19. 1,720 shares of Class B common stock are held by Adelaide Lucinda Fortune Belk Irrevocable Trust dated August 23, 2010. Voting and investment power is shared by Adelaide Lucinda Fortune Belk, Thomas M. Belk, Jr. and Sarah F. Belk, the trustees.

20. 4,681 shares of Class B common stock are held by Thomas M. Belk, III Irrevocable Trust dated 9-7-2010. Voting and investment power is shared by Thomas M. Belk, III, Thomas M. Belk, Jr. and Sarah F. Belk, the trustees.

21. 5,732 shares of Class B common stock are held by Katherine McKay Belk Irrevocable Trust dated August 29, 2012. Voting and investment power is shared by Katherine McKay Belk, Thomas M. Belk, Jr. and Sarah F. Belk, the trustees.

22. 25,037 shares of Class B common stock are held by Margaret Elizabeth Belk Irrevocable Trust dated March 27, 2015. Voting and investment power is shared by Margaret Elizabeth Belk, Thomas M. Belk, Jr. and Sarah F. Belk, the trustees.

Remarks:

	Thomas M. Belk, Jr. by Holly C. Williamson, POA	07/27/2015
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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