FORM 8-K
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report - August 16, 2002
Date of earliest event reported - August 16, 2002
THE MAY DEPARTMENT STORES COMPANY
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware I-79 43-1104396
(State or other (Commission (IRS Employer
jurisdiction of File Number) Identification No.)
incorporation)
611 Olive Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63101
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code:
(314) 342-6300
Item 9. Regulation FD Disclosure.
On August 16, 2002, the Principal Executive Officer, Eugene
S. Kahn, and the Principal Financial Officer, Thomas D.
Fingleton, of The May Department Stores Company, submitted to the
SEC sworn statements pursuant to Securities and Exchange
Commission Order No. 4-460.
A copy of each of these statements is filed hereto as an
Exhibit.
Exhibit No. Exhibit
99.1 Statement Under Oath of Principal Executive
Officer, dated August 16, 2002.
99.2 Statement Under Oath of Principal Financial
Officer, dated August 16, 2002.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
THE MAY DEPARTMENT STORES COMPANY
Dated: August 16, 2002 By: /s/ Richard A. Brickson
Richard A. Brickson
Secretary and Senior Counsel
EXHIBIT 99.1
Statement Under Oath of Principal Executive Officer
Regarding Facts and Circumstances Relating to
Exchange Act Filings
I, Eugene S. Kahn, state and attest that:
(1) To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the
covered reports of The May Department Stores Company, and,
except as corrected or supplemented in a subsequent covered
report:
- no covered report contained an untrue statement of a
material fact as of the end of the period covered by such
report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or
definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it
was filed); and
- no covered report omitted to state a material fact
necessary to make the statements in the covered report,
in light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading as of the end of the period covered by
such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or
definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it
was filed).
(2) I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the
Company's audit committee.
(3) In this statement under oath, each of the following, if
filed on or before the date of this statement, is a "covered
report":
- The May Department Stores Company's Annual Report on Form
10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended February 2, 2002, filed
with the Commission on April 5, 2002;
- all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all
definitive proxy materials of The May Department Stores
Company filed with the Commission subsequent to the
filing of the Form 10-K identified above; and
- any amendments to any of the foregoing.
/s/ Eugene S. Kahn Subscribed and sworn to before
Eugene S. Kahn me this 16th day of August, 2002.
Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer /s/ Laura J. Siebels
August 16, 2002 Notary Public
My Commission Expires: 3/1/05
EXHIBIT 99.2
Statement Under Oath of Principal Financial Officer
Regarding Facts and Circumstances Relating to
Exchange Act Filings
I, Thomas D. Fingleton, state and attest that:
(1) To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the
covered reports of The May Department Stores Company, and,
except as corrected or supplemented in a subsequent covered
report:
- no covered report contained an untrue statement of a
material fact as of the end of the period covered by
such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or
definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it
was filed); and
- no covered report omitted to state a material fact
necessary to make the statements in the covered report,
in light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading as of the end of the period covered
by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K
or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which
it was filed).
(2) I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the
Company's audit committee.
(3) In this statement under oath, each of the following, if
filed on or before the date of this statement, is a "covered
report":
- The May Department Stores Company's Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended February 2, 2002,
filed with the Commission on April 5, 2002;
- all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and
all definitive proxy materials of The May Department
Stores Company filed with the Commission subsequent to
the filing of the Form 10-K identified above; and
- any amendments to any of the foregoing.
/s/ Thomas D. Fingleton Subscribed and sworn to before
Thomas D. Fingleton me this 16th day of August, 2002.
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer /s/ Laura J. Siebels
August 16, 2002 Notary Public
My Commission Expires: 3/1/05