FORM 8-K
 
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
 
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 18, 2009
THE CATO CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
         
Delaware   1-31340   56-0484485
         
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
  (Commission
File Number)
  (IRS Employer
Identification No.)
     
8100 Denmark Road, Charlotte, NC   28273-5975
     
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)
(704) 554-8510
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Item 5.02.   Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
Effective June 18, 2009, Robert W. Bradshaw, Jr. retired from the Company’s Board of Directors. There were no disagreements between Mr. Bradshaw and the registrant in regard to his retirement.

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SIGNATURES
     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 CATO CORPORATION
 
   
June 24, 2009
  /s/ John P. Derham Cato
 
   
Date
  John P. Derham Cato
 
  Chairman, President and
 
  Chief Executive Officer

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