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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 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 10, 2020

Target Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Minnesota   1-6049   41-0215170
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)   (Commission File Number)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

1000 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55403
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(612) 304-6073
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class Trading Symbol(s) Name of each exchange on which registered
Common stock, par value $0.0833 per share TGT New York Stock Exchange
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company   ☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. o 



Item 5.07.Submission of Matters to a Vote of Shareholders.

On June 10, 2020, Target Corporation (the “Company”) held its 2020 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) to: (1) elect each of the Company’s directors for a one-year term; (2) ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm; (3) approve, on an advisory basis, the Company’s executive compensation (“Say on Pay”); and (4) approve the Target Corporation 2020 Long-Term Incentive Plan.

At the close of business on April 13, 2020, the record date of the Annual Meeting, the Company had 499,828,552 shares of common stock issued and outstanding. The holders of a total of 442,601,633 shares of common stock were present at the Annual Meeting, either in person or by proxy, which total constituted a majority of the issued and outstanding shares on the record date for the Annual Meeting.

The final voting results and the votes used to determine the results for each proposal under the voting approval standard disclosed in the 2020 Proxy Statement (as indicated by the borders) are set forth below:

1.The shareholders elected each of the following nominees as directors for a one-year term:

For Against Broker
Nominee Shares % Shares % Abstain Non-Votes
Douglas M. Baker, Jr. 365,599,536 97.9 7,882,450 2.1 9,339,553 59,780,094
George S. Barrett 379,715,944 99.5 1,911,932 0.5 1,193,663 59,780,094
Brian C. Cornell 356,676,283 93.8 23,520,223 6.2 2,625,033 59,780,094
Calvin Darden 367,302,683 96.2 14,417,866 3.8 1,100,990 59,780,094
Robert L. Edwards 378,876,208 99.3 2,754,444 0.7 1,190,887 59,780,094
Melanie L. Healey 378,382,432 99.1 3,386,853 0.9 1,052,254 59,780,094
Donald R. Knauss 379,793,590 99.5 1,891,499 0.5 1,136,450 59,780,094
Monica C. Lozano 379,128,774 99.3 2,708,267 0.7 984,498 59,780,094
Mary E. Minnick 367,105,766 96.1 14,732,800 3.9 982,973 59,780,094
Kenneth L. Salazar 373,770,998 97.9 7,990,301 2.1 1,060,240 59,780,094
Dmitri L. Stockton 377,510,869 98.9 4,146,777 1.1 1,163,893 59,780,094

2.The shareholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2020:

For: Shares 416,894,624   
% 94.2   
Against: Shares 24,691,951   
% 5.6   
Abstain: Shares 1,015,058   
% 0.2   



3.The shareholders approved, on an advisory basis, the Company’s executive compensation:

For: Shares 356,593,183   
% 93.6   
Against: Shares 24,250,993   
% 6.4   
Abstain: Shares 1,977,363   
Broker Non-Votes: Shares 59,780,094   

4.The shareholders approved the Target Corporation 2020 Long-Term Incentive Plan:

For: Shares 358,659,686   
% 93.7   
Against: Shares 22,658,750   
% 5.9   
Abstain: Shares 1,503,103   
% 0.4   
Broker Non-Votes: Shares 59,780,094   

Item 9.01.Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)Exhibits.

(10)D
104   
Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as inline XBRL).




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.
 
  TARGET CORPORATION
   
Date: June 11, 2020 /s/ Don H. Liu
  Don H. Liu
  Executive Vice President and Chief Legal & Risk Officer


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