Form 144

UNITED STATES

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM 144

SEC USE ONLY


NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES
PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

DOCUMENT SEQUENCE NO.


ATTENTION: Transmit for filing 3 copies of this form concurrently with either placing an order with a broker to execute sale
                    or executing a sale directly with a market maker.

CUSIP NUMBER

1 (a) NAME OF ISSUER (Please type or print)

Federated Department Stores, Inc.

(b) IRS IDENT. NO.

13-3324058

(c) S.E.C. FILE NO.

794367

 

WORK LOCATION

1(d) ADDRESS OF ISSUER STREET CITY STATE ZIP CODE

(e) TELEPHONE NO.


7 West Seventh Street Cincinnati Ohio 45202

AREA CODE

513

NUMBER

579-7000

2 (a) NAME OF PERSON FOR WHOSE ACCOUNT THE SECURITIES
ARE TO BE SOLD

Janet E. Grove

(b IRS IDENT. NO.

(c) RELATIONSHIP TO
ISSUER

Officer

(d) ADDRESS STREET CITY STATE ZIP CODE
c/o Federated Department Stores, Inc.
7 West 7th Street                           Cincinnati               OH         45202


INSTRUCTION: The person filing this notice should contact the issuer to obtain the IRS. Identification Number and the S.E.C. File Number.

3 (a)

(b)

SEC USE ONLY

(c)

(d)

(e)

(f)

(g)

Title of the
Class of
Securities
To Be Sold


Name and Address of Each Broker Through Whom the
Securities are to be Offered or Each Market Maker
who is Acquiring the Securities


Broker-Dealer
File Number

Number of Shares
or Other Units
To Be Sold

(See instr. 3(c))

Aggregate
Market
Value

(See instr. 3(d))

Number of Shares
or Other Units
Outstanding

(See instr. 3(e))

Approximate
Date of Sale

(See instr. 3(f))
(MO DAY YR)

Name of Each
Securities
Exchange

(See instr. 3(g))

Common Stock

UBS Financial Services
200 Park Avenue, 11th Floor
New York, NY 10166

 

523

$23,650.06

(as of 4/17/07)

454,663,061

(as of 3/2/07)

4/18/07

New York Stock Exchange

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 


INSTRUCTIONS:

1. (a) Name of issuer
(b) Issuer's I.R.S. Identification Number
(c) Issuer's S.E.C. file number, if any
(d) Issuer's address, including zip code
(e) Issuer's telephone number, including area code
2. (a) Name of person for whose account the securities are to be sold
(b) Such person's Social Security or I.R.S. identification number
(c) Such person's relationship to the issuer (e.g., officer, director, 10%
stockholder, or member of immediate family of any of the foregoing)
(d) Such person's address, including zip code

3. (a) Title of the class of securities to be sold
(b) Name and address of each broker through whom the securities are intended to be sold
(c) Number of shares or other units to be sold (if debt securities, give the aggregate face amount)
(d) Aggregate market value of the securities to be sold as of a specified date within 10 days prior to the filing of this notice
(e) Number of shares or other units of the class outstanding, or if debt securities the face amount thereof outstanding, as shown
by the most recent report or statement published by the issuer
(f) Approximate date on which the securities are to be sold
(g) Name of each securities exchange, if any, on which the securities are intended to be sold

Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not
      required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB control number. SEC 1147 (01-04)

TABLE I - SECURITIES TO BE SOLD
Furnish the following information with respect to the acquisition of the securities to be sold
and with respect to the payment of all or any part of the purchase price or other consideration therefor:

Title of
the Class

Date You
Acquired

Nature of Acquisition Transaction 

Name of Person from Whom Acquired
(If gift, also give date donor acquired)

Amount of
Securities Acquired

Date of
Payment

Nature of Payment

Common Stock

 

Common Stock

Common Stock

3/26/04

 

6/9/06


3/26/04

Acquired pursuant to the 1995 Executive Equity Incentive Plan

Federated Department Stores, Inc. had a 2 for 1 stock split on June 9, 2006

Acquired pursuant to the 1995 Executive Equity Incentive Plan and adjusted for the 2 for 1 stock split on June 9, 2006

Federated Department Stores, Inc.

 

Federated Department Stores, Inc.

 

Federated Department Stores, Inc.

131

 

131

 

261

N/A


N/A

 

N/A

N/A

 

N/A

 

N/a

INSTRUCTIONS: If the securities were purchased and full payment therefor was not made in cash at the time of purchase, explain in the table or in a note thereto the nature of the consideration given. If the consideration consisted of any note or other obligation, or if payment was made in installments describe the arrangement and state when the note or other obligation was discharged in full or the last installment paid.


TABLE II - SECURITIES SOLD DURING THE PAST 3 MONTHS
Furnish the following information as to all securities of the issuer sold during the past 3 months by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold.


Name and Address of Seller


Title of Securities Sold


Date of Sale

Amount of
Securities Sold


Gross Proceeds

Janet E. Grove
c/o Federated Department Stores, Inc.

7 West Seventh Street

Cincinnati, OH 45202

Janet E. Grove
c/o Federated Department Stores, Inc.

7 West Seventh Street

Cincinnati, OH 45202

Common Stock




Common Stock

03/02/07




4/17/07

72,000




130,000

$3,190,385.40




$5,889,364.00


REMARKS:

(1) The filing of this Form 144 shall not be construed as an admission that the undersigned is an Affiliate of the Issuer..

INSTRUCTIONS:
See the definition of "person" in paragraph (a) of Rule 144. Information is to be given not only as to the person for whose account the securities are to be sold but also as to all other persons included in that definition. In addition, information shall be given as to sales by all persons whose sales are required by paragraph (e) of Rule 144 to be aggregated with sales for the account of the person filing this notice.

ATTENTION:
The person for whose account the securities to which this notice relates are to be sold hereby represents by signing this notice that he does not know any materiel adverse information in regard to the current and prospective operations of the Issuer of the securities to be sold which has not been publicly disclosed.

                                              4/18/07                                                    
DATE OF NOTICE

      /s/ Christopher M Kelly        (1)              
Christopher M. Kelly, as attorney-in-fact for
Janet E. Grove pursuant to a Power of Attorney

The notice shall be signed by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold. At least one copy of the notice shall be manually signed.
Any copies not manually signed shall bear typed or printed signatures.

ATTENTION: Intentional misstatements or omission of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations (See 18 U.S.C. 1001).

SEC 1147 (01-04)