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):  May 1, 2007

TARGET CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Minnesota

 

1-6049

 

No. 41-0215170

(State or other jurisdiction

 

(Commission File

 

(IRS Employer

of incorporation)

 

Number)

 

Identification No.)

 

1000 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55403

(Address of principal executive offices)  (Zip Code)

(612) 304-6073

(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:

o     Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

o     Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

o     Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

o     Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 




Item 9.01.                                               Financial Statements and Exhibits

Exhibits are filed herewith in connection with the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-139870) filed by Target Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission.  On May 1, 2007, Target Corporation issued $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.375% Notes due 2017 (the “Notes”).  This Current Report is being filed in connection with the offer and sale of the Notes and to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission the documents and instruments attached hereto as exhibits.

(d)                                  Exhibits

4.1                   First Supplemental Indenture dated as of May 1, 2007 to Indenture dated as of August 4, 2000 between Target Corporation and The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. (as successor in interest to Bank One Trust Company, N.A.).

4.2                   Form of 5.375% Notes due 2017.

5.1                   Opinion of Faegre & Benson LLP.

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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, thereunto duly authorized, on May 1, 2007.

TARGET CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

By

/s/ Timothy R. Baer

 

 

 

 

Timothy R. Baer

 

 

 

 

Executive Vice President, General Counsel and

 

 

Corporate Secretary

 

 

 

 

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Index to Exhibits

Exhibit No.

 

Description

 

Method of Filing

4.1

 

First Supplemental Indenture dated as of May 1, 2007 to Indenture dated as of August 4, 2000 between Target Corporation and The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. (as successor in interest to Bank One Trust Company, N.A.).

 

Electronic Transmission

 

 

 

 

 

4.2

 

Form of 5.375% Notes due 2017.

 

Electronic Transmission

 

 

 

 

 

5.1

 

Opinion of Faegre & Benson LLP.

 

Electronic Transmission

 

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Exhibit 4.1

TARGET CORPORATION

AND

THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY, N.A.

Trustee


FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

Dated as of May 1, 2007

to

INDENTURE

Dated as of August 4, 2000


Senior Debt Securities




FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of May 1, 2007, between TARGET CORPORATION, a Minnesota corporation (hereinafter called the “ Company ”) having its principal place of business at 1000 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, Minnesota  55403, and THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY, N.A. (as successor in interest to Bank One Trust Company, N.A.), not in its individual capacity but solely as trustee under the Indenture referred to herein and under this First Supplemental Indenture (hereinafter called the “ Trustee ”), having its Corporate Trust Office at 2 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois  60602.  For all purposes of this First Supplemental Indenture, capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Indenture.

RECITALS OF THE COMPANY

The Company and the Trustee have heretofore executed and delivered a certain Indenture, dated as of August 4, 2000 (the “ Indenture ”), providing for the issuance from time to time of Debt Securities;

Section 901 of the Indenture provides that a supplemental indenture may be entered into by the Company and the Trustee without the consent of any Holders to change or eliminate any of the provisions of the Indenture, provided that any such change or elimination (i) shall become effective only when there is no Debt Security Outstanding of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture which is entitled to the benefits of such provisions or (ii) shall not apply to any Debt Security Outstanding; and

The conditions set forth in the Indenture for the execution and delivery of this First Supplemental Indenture have been satisfied and all things necessary have been done to make this First Supplemental Indenture a valid agreement of the Company, in accordance with its terms, and a valid amendment of, and supplement to, the Indenture.

NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:

For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of Debt Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and ratable benefit of all Holders of Debt Securities of any series created on or after the date hereof (including, without limitation, the Company’s 5.375% Notes due 2017), that the Indenture is supplemented and amended, to the extent expressed herein, as follows:

ARTICLE ONE

AMENDMENT TO EVENTS OF DEFAULT

Section 101.  Events of Default.  Clause (5) of the definition of “Event of Default” set forth in Section 501 of the Indenture shall be amended, solely with respect to Debt Securities Outstanding of any series created on or after the date hereof (including, without limitation, the Company’s 5.375% Notes due 2017), as follows:

(5)           a default under any Indebtedness for money borrowed by the Company or any Subsidiary (including a default with respect to Debt Securities of any series other than that series) or under any Mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there may be issued or by which there may be secured or evidenced any Indebtedness for money borrowed by the Company or any Subsidiary (including this Indenture), whether such Indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be created, which default shall have resulted in such Indebtedness in an outstanding principal amount in excess of $100 million

 




becoming or being declared due and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise have become due and payable, without such acceleration having been rescinded or annulled, or such Indebtedness having been discharged, within a period of 10 days after there shall have been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series a written notice specifying such default and requiring the Company to cause such acceleration to be rescinded or annulled or cause such Indebtedness to be discharged and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder; or

ARTICLE TWO

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 201.  Effect of Headings.  The Article and Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

Section 202.  Successors and Assigns.  All covenants and agreements in this First Supplemental Indenture by the Company shall bind its successors and assigns, whether expressed or not.

Section 203.  Separability.  In case any provision of this First Supplemental Indenture shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

Section 204.  Governing Law.  THIS FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA.

Section 205.  No Representations by Trustee.  The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this First Supplemental Indenture. The recitals and statements herein are deemed to be those of the Company and n ot of the Trustee.

* * * *

This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this First Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed, all as of the day and year first above written.

TARGET CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Sara Ross

 

 

 

Name: Sara Ross

 

 

Title: Assistant Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,

 

as Trustee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Sharon McGrath

 

 

 

Name: Sharon McGrath

 

 

Title: Vice President

 

 



Exhibit 4.2

[Face of Note]

Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation (“DTC”), to the Issuer or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and any payment is made to Cede & Co. or such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.

CUSIP NO.

PRINCIPAL AMOUNT: $

ISIN

 

Common Code No.

 

 

REGISTERED NO.

TARGET CORPORATION

5.375 % Notes due 2017

TARGET CORPORATION, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Minnesota (hereinafter called the “ Company ,” which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., or registered assigns, the principal sum of                             ($                    ) on May 1, 2017 and to pay interest thereon from May 1, 2007 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for semi-annually on May 1 and November 1 of each year, commencing November 1, 2007, at the rate of 5.375% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment.  The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest next preceding such Interest Payment Date. The Regular Record Date for an Interest Payment Date shall be the date 15 calendar days prior to that Interest Payment Date (whether or not a Business Day).  As used herein, “ Business Day ” means a day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, that is neither a legal holiday nor a day on which banking institutions are authorized or required by law or regulation to close in New York, New York.

Any interest not punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a




Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in the Indenture.

Payment of interest on this Security shall be made in immediately available funds at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in New York, New York in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however , that, at the option of the Company, payment of interest may be paid by check mailed to the Person entitled thereto at such Person’s last address as it appears in the Security Register or by wire transfer to such account as may have been designated by such Person.  Payment of principal of and interest on this Security at Maturity shall be made against presentation of this Security at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in New York, New York.

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.




IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed under its corporate seal.

DATED:  May 1, 2007

 

TARGET CORPORATION

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

[SEAL]

 

 

Attest:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF

AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Securities of the

series designated therein referred to

in the within-mentioned Indenture.

THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,

as Trustee

 

By:

 

 

 

Authorized Signatory

 




[Reverse of Note]

TARGET CORPORATION

5.375% Notes due 2017

This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the “ Securities ”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture dated as of August 4, 2000 between the Company and The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. (as successor in interest to Bank One Trust Company, N.A.), as trustee, as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture dated as of May 1, 2007, between the Company and The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as trustee, and as further amended or supplemented from time to time (herein called the “ Indenture ”) (in its capacity as trustee, The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., being herein called the “ Trustee ,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities, and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered.  This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof, such series being limited in initial aggregate principal amount to $                    ; provided, however , that the Company may, without the consent of the Holders of the Securities of this series, issue additional Securities with the same terms as the Securities of this series, and such additional Securities shall be considered part of the same series under the Indenture as the Securities of this series.

The Securities of this series shall not be entitled to any sinking fund.

Optional Redemption

The Securities of this series are redeemable at the option of the Company at any time, in whole or in part, at a Redemption Price equal to the greater of the following amounts, plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the Redemption Date:  (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed; and (ii) the sum of the present values of the Remaining Scheduled Payments.

In determining the present values of the Remaining Scheduled Payments, such payments shall be discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate plus 0. 125 % ( 12.5 basis points).

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Treasury Rate ” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity or interpolated yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue.  In determining this rate, the price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) shall be assumed to be equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Redemption Date.

Comparable Treasury Issue ” means the United States Treasury security selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having an actual or interpolated maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Securities of this series to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of such Securities.

Independent Investment Banker ” means each of J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., Banc of America Securities LLC and Lehman Brothers Inc. or their respective successors as may be appointed from time to time by the Quotation Agent after consultation with the Company; provided, however , that if any of the foregoing shall cease to be a primary U.S. Government securities dealer in New York City (a “ primary treasury dealer ”), another primary treasury dealer shall be substituted therefor by the Company.

Comparable Treasury Price ” means (A) the arithmetic average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Redemption Date after excluding the highest and lowest Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (B) if the Quotation Agent obtains fewer than three Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the arithmetic average of all Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Redemption Date.

Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations ” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date, the arithmetic average, as determined by the Quotation Agent, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Quotation Agent by such Reference Treasury Dealer by 3:30 p.m. on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.

Reference Treasury Dealer ” means each of J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., Banc of America Securities LLC and Lehman Brothers Inc. or their respective successors and any other primary treasury dealer selected by the Quotation Agent after consultation with the Company.

Remaining Scheduled Payments ” means, with respect to any Security of this series, the remaining scheduled payments of the principal and interest thereon that would be due after the related Redemption Date but for such redemption; provided, however , that, if such Redemption Date is not an Interest Payment Date with respect to such Security, the amount

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of the next scheduled interest payment thereon shall be reduced by the amount of interest accrued thereon to such Redemption Date.

Quotation Agent ” means, for purposes of determining the Redemption Price, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. or such other primary treasury dealer as may be selected by the Company.

A partial redemption of the Securities of this series may be effected by such method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate and may provide for the selection for redemption of a portion of the principal amount of the Securities of this series equal to an authorized denomination.

Notice of any redemption shall be mailed at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each Holder of the Securities of this series to be redeemed.

Unless the Company defaults in payment of the Redemption Price, on and after the Redemption Date interest shall cease to accrue on the Securities of this series or portions thereof called for redemption.

Change of Control Offer

If a Change of Control Triggering Event occurs, unless the Company has exercised its option to redeem the Securities of this series, the Company shall be required to make an offer (the “ Change of Control Offer ”) to each Holder of the Securities of this series to repurchase all or any part (equal to $100,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) of that Holder’s Securities on the terms set forth herein.  In the Change of Control Offer, the Company shall be required to offer payment in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Securities of this series repurchased to the date of repurchase (the “ Change of Control Payment ”).  Within 30 days following any Change of Control Triggering Event or, at the Company’s option, prior to any Change of Control, but after public announcement of the transaction that constitutes or may constitute the Change of Control, a notice shall be mailed to Holders of the Securities of this series describing the transaction that constitutes or may constitute the Change of Control Triggering Event and offering to repurchase such Securities on the date specified in the notice, which date shall be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed (the “ Change of Control Payment Date ”).  The notice shall, if mailed prior to the date of consummation of the Change of Control, state that the offer to purchase is conditioned on the Change of Control Triggering Event occurring on or prior to the Change of Control Payment Date.

In order to accept the Change of Control Offer, the Holder must deliver to the Paying Agent, at least five Business Days prior to the Change of Control Payment Date, this Security together with the form entitled “Election Form” (which form is annexed hereto)

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duly completed, or a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or a letter from a member of a national securities exchange, or the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. or a commercial bank or trust company in the United States setting forth:

(i)                              the name of the Holder of this Security;

(ii)                           the principal amount of this Security;

(iii)                        the principal amount of this Security to be repurchased;

(iv)                       the certificate number or a description of the tenor and terms of this Security;

(v)                          a statement that the Holder is accepting the Change of Control Offer; and

(vi)                       a guarantee that this Security, together with the form entitled “Election Form” duly completed, will be received by the Paying Agent at least five Business Days prior to the Change of Control Payment Date.

Any exercise by a Holder of its election to accept the Change of Control Offer shall be irrevocable. The Change of Control Offer may be accepted for less than the entire principal amount of this Security, but in that event the principal amount of this Security remaining outstanding after repurchase must be equal to $100,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof.

On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company shall, to the extent lawful:

(i)                         accept for payment all Securities of this series or portions of such Securities properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer;

(ii)                      deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment in respect of all Securities of this series or portions of such Securities properly tendered; and

(iii)                   deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Securities of this series properly accepted together with an Officers’ Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series or portions of such Securities being repurchased.

The Company shall not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Triggering Event if a third party makes such an offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements for an offer made by the Company and the third party purchases all Securities of this series properly tendered and not withdrawn under its offer.  In addition, the Company shall not repurchase

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any Securities of this series if there has occurred and is continuing on the Change of Control Payment Date an Event of Default under the Indenture, other than a default in the payment of the Change of Control Payment upon a Change of Control Triggering Event.

The Company shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Securities of this series as a result of a Change of Control Triggering Event. To the extent that the provisions of any such securities laws or regulations conflict with the Change of Control Offer provisions of the Securities of this series, the Company shall comply with those securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the Change of Control Offer provisions of the Securities of this series by virtue of any such conflict.

For purposes of the Change of Control Offer provisions of the Securities of this series, the following terms are applicable:

Change of Control ” means the occurrence of any of the following: (1) the consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, any merger or consolidation) the result of which is that any “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) (other than the Company or a Subsidiary) becomes the beneficial owner (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the Company’s Voting Stock or other Voting Stock into which the Company’s Voting Stock is reclassified, consolidated, exchanged or changed, measured by voting power rather than number of shares; (2) the direct or indirect sale, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or more series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to one or more Persons (other than the Company or a Subsidiary); or (3) the first day on which a majority of the members of the Company’s Board of Directors are not Continuing Directors. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a transaction shall not be deemed to involve a Change of Control if (1) the Company becomes a direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of a holding company and (2)(A) the direct or indirect holders of the Voting Stock of such holding company immediately following that transaction are substantially the same as the holders of the Company’s Voting Stock immediately prior to that transaction or (B) immediately following that transaction no “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), other than a holding company satisfying the requirements of this sentence, is the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the Voting Stock of such holding company.

Change of Control Triggering Event ” means the occurrence of both a Change of Control and a Rating Event.

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Continuing Directors ” means, as of any date of determination, any member of the Company’s Board of Directors who (1) was a member of such Board of Directors on the date the Securities of this series were issued or (2) was nominated for election, elected or appointed to such Board of Directors with the approval of a majority of the Continuing Directors who were members of such Board of Directors at the time of such nomination, election or appointment (either by a specific vote or by approval of the Company’s proxy statement in which such member was named as a nominee for election as a director, without objection to such nomination).

Fitch ” means Fitch Ratings.

Investment Grade Rating ” means a rating equal to or higher than BBB- (or the equivalent) by Fitch, Baa3 (or the equivalent) by Moody’s and BBB- (or the equivalent) by S&P, and the equivalent investment grade credit rating from any additional rating agency or rating agencies selected by the Company.

Moody’s ” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.

Rating Agencies ” means (1) each of Fitch, Moody’s and S&P; and (2) if any of Fitch, Moody’s or S&P ceases to rate the Securities of this series or fails to make a rating of such Securities publicly available for reasons outside of the Company’s control, a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” within the meaning of Rule 15c3-1(c)(2)(vi)(F) under the Exchange Act selected by the Company (as certified by a resolution of the Company’s Board of Directors) as a replacement agency for Fitch, Moody’s or S&P, or all of them, as the case may be.

Rating Event ” means the rating on the Securities of this series is lowered by each of the Rating Agencies and the Securities of this series are rated below an Investment Grade Rating by each of the Rating Agencies on any day within the 60-day period (which 60-day period shall be extended so long as the rating of the Securities of this series is under publicly announced consideration for a possible downgrade by any of the Rating Agencies) after the earlier of (1) the occurrence of a Change of Control and (2) public notice of the occurrence of a Change of Control or the Company’s intention to effect a Change of Control; provided, however, that a Rating Event otherwise arising by virtue of a particular reduction in rating shall not be deemed to have occurred in respect of a particular Change of Control (and thus shall not be deemed a Rating Event for purposes of the definition of Change of Control Triggering Event) if the Rating Agencies making the reduction in rating to which this definition would otherwise apply do not announce or publicly confirm or inform the Trustee in writing at the Company’s or the Trustee’s request that the reduction was the result, in whole or in part, of any event or circumstance comprised of or arising as a result of, or in respect of, the applicable Change of Control (whether or not the applicable Change of Control has occurred at the time of the Rating Event).

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S&P ” means Standard & Poor’s Rating Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

Voting Stock ” means, with respect to any specified “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) as of any date, the capital stock of such person that is at the time entitled to vote generally in the election of the board of directors of such person.

The provisions of Article Thirteen of the Indenture shall apply to the Change of Control Offer provisions of this Security except as and to the extent otherwise specified in this Security.  For purposes of the Indenture, a Change of Control Payment Date shall be deemed to be a Repayment Date.

Other Provisions

If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series as set forth in the Indenture shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected.  The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences.  Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.

The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of (i) the entire indebtedness on this Security and (ii) certain restrictive covenants and certain Events of Default, upon compliance by the Company with certain conditions set forth therein, which provisions apply to this Security.

Upon due presentment for registration of transfer of this Security at the office or  agency of the Company in New York, New York, a new Security or Securities of this series in authorized denominations for an equal aggregate principal amount shall be issued to the transferee in exchange herefor, as provided in the Indenture and subject to the limitations provided therein and to the limitations described below, without charge except for any tax or other governmental charge imposed in connection therewith.

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This Security is exchangeable for definitive Securities in registered form only if (i) the Depositary notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for this Security or if at any time the Depositary ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and a successor depositary is not appointed within 90 days, (ii) the Company, in its sole discretion, determines that this Security shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities in registered form and notifies the Trustee thereof or (iii) an Event of Default with respect to the Securities represented hereby has occurred and is continuing.  If this Security is exchangeable pursuant to the preceding sentence, it shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities in registered form, bearing interest at the same rate, having the same date of issuance, redemption provisions, Stated Maturity and other terms and of authorized denominations aggregating a like amount.

This Security may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor of the Depositary or a nominee of such successor.  Except as provided above, owners of beneficial interests in this global Security shall not be entitled to receive physical delivery of Securities in definitive form and shall not be considered the Holders hereof for any purpose under the Indenture.

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed, except that in the event the Company deposits money or Government Obligations as provided in Section 401 or 403 of the Indenture, such payments shall be made only from proceeds of such money or Government Obligations.

Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of or the interest on this Security, or for any claim based hereon, or otherwise in respect hereof, or based on or in respect of the Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto, against any incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, as such, past, present or future, of the Company or any successor corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise, all such liability being, by the acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issuance hereof, expressly waived and released.

All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture unless otherwise defined in this Security.

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ABBREVIATIONS

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:

TEN COM

as tenants in common

 

 

 

TEN ENT

as tenants by the entireties

 

 

 

JT TEN

as joint tenants with right

 

 

of survivorship and not

 

 

as tenants in common

 

 

 

UNIF GIFT MIN ACT —

 

Custodian

 

 

 

(Cust)

 

(Minor)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(State)

 

 

 

 

 

Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s) and transfer(s) unto

Please Insert Social Security or

Other Identifying Number of Assignee

 

 

 

 

 

(PLEASE PRINT OR TYPE NAME AND ADDRESS INCLUDING POSTAL ZIP CODE OF ASSIGNEE)

 




the within Security of TARGET CORPORATION and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint                                      attorney to transfer the said Security on the books of the Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.

Dated:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOTICE:  The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the within instrument in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.





 

ELECTION FORM

TO BE COMPLETED ONLY IF THE HOLDER

ELECTS TO ACCEPT THE CHANGE OF CONTROL OFFER


 

The undersigned hereby irrevocably requests and instructs the Company to repurchase the within Security (or the portion thereof specified below), pursuant to its terms, on the Change of Control Payment Date specified in the Change of Control Offer, for the Change of Control Payment specified in the within Security, to the undersigned,                                                                         , at                                                                        (please print or typewrite name and address of the undersigned).

For this election to accept the Change of Control Offer to be effective, the Company must receive, at the address of the Paying Agent set forth below or at such other place or places of which the Company shall from time to time notify the Holder of the within Security, either (i) this Security with this “Election Form” form duly completed, or (ii) a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or a letter from a member of a national securities exchange or the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. or a commercial bank or a trust company in the United States setting forth (a) the name of the Holder of the Security, (b) the principal amount of the Security, (c) the principal amount of the Security to be repurchased, (d) the certificate number or description of the tenor and terms of the Security, (e) a statement that the option to elect repurchase is being exercised, and (f) a guarantee stating that the Security to be repurchased, together with this “Election Form” duly completed will be received by the Paying Agent five Business Days prior to the Change of Control Payment Date.  The address of the Paying Agent is The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., c/o The Bank of New York, 101 Barclay Street, New York, New York 10286.

If less than the entire principal amount of the within Security is to be repurchased, specify the portion thereof (which principal amount must be $100,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) which the Holder elects to have repurchased:  $               .

 



Exhibit 5.1

May 1, 2007

Target Corporation
1000 Nicollet Mall
Minneapolis, Minnesota  55403-2467

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as counsel for Target Corporation (the “Company”) in connection with the preparation of a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the “Registration Statement”) of the Company filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), relating to the proposed offer and sale from time to time of the securities referred to therein, and a Prospectus Supplement dated April 26, 2007 to the Prospectus dated January 9, 2007 (together, the “Prospectus”) relating to the offer and sale by the Company under the Registration Statement of $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.375% Notes due 2017 (the “Notes”).  The Notes are to be issued under the Indenture dated as of August 4, 2000 entered into by the Company and The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. (as successor in interest to Bank One Trust Company, N.A.), as trustee, as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture dated as of May 1, 2007 (the “Indenture”) and sold pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement dated April 26, 2007 between the Company and the Underwriters named therein (the “Underwriting Agreement”).

We have examined such documents, records, and instruments as we have deemed necessary or appropriate for the purposes of this opinion.

Based on the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the Notes have been duly authorized and, when duly executed by the Company, authenticated in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture, and delivered to and paid for by the Underwriters pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, the Notes will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms subject, as to their legality, validity, binding effect and enforceability, to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally from time to time in effect and subject to general equity principles (regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and except further as enforcement thereof may be limited by any governmental authority that limits, delays or prohibits the making of payments outside the United States.




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May 1, 2007
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We have relied as to certain relevant facts upon certificates of officers of the Company as to the accuracy of such factual matters and upon representations of the Company in the Underwriting Agreement without independent verification thereof or other investigation.  We have also relied, without investigation, upon the following assumptions:  (i) natural persons acting on behalf of the Company have sufficient legal capacity to enter into and perform, on behalf of the Company, the transaction in question; (ii) each party to agreements or instruments relevant hereto other than the Company has satisfied those legal requirements that are applicable to it to the extent necessary to make such agreements or instruments enforceable against it; (iii) each party to agreements or instruments relevant hereto other than the Company has complied with all legal requirements pertaining to its status as such status relates to its rights to enforce such agreements or instruments against the Company; (iv) each document submitted to us for review is accurate and complete, each such document that is an original is authentic, each such document that is a copy conforms to an authentic original, and all signatures on each such document are genuine; (v) there has not been any mutual mistake of fact or misunderstanding, fraud, duress or undue influence; and (vi) all statutes, judicial and administrative decisions, and rules and regulations of governmental agencies, constituting the law of the opining jurisdictions, are publicly available to lawyers practicing in Minnesota.

Without limiting any other qualifications set forth herein, the opinions expressed herein regarding the enforceability of the Notes are subject to the effect of generally applicable laws that (i) provide for the enforcement of oral waivers or modifications where a material change of position in reliance thereon has occurred or provide that a course of performance may operate as a waiver, (ii) limit the availability of a remedy under certain circumstances where another remedy has been elected, (iii) may, where less than all of a contract may be unenforceable, limit the enforceability of the balance of the contract to circumstances in which the unenforceable portion is not an essential part of the agreed exchange, (iv) govern and afford judicial discretion regarding the determination of damages and entitlement to attorneys’ fees and other costs, (v) may permit a party who has materially failed to render or offer performance required by a contract to cure that failure unless either permitting a cure would unreasonably hinder the aggrieved party from making substitute arrangements for performance or it is important under the circumstances to the aggrieved party that performance occur by the date stated in the contract, and (vi) may limit the enforceability of provisions imposing increased interest rates or late payment charges upon delinquency in payment or default or for the payment of premiums upon mandatory prepayment or for the payment of liquidated damages to the extent any such payment constitutes, or is deemed to constitute, a penalty or forfeiture.

We express no opinion as to the laws of any jurisdiction other than the laws of the State of Minnesota and the federal laws of the United States of America.  In addition, we express no opinion as to whether, or the extent to which, the laws of any particular jurisdiction apply to the subject matter hereof, including, without limitation, the enforceability of the governing law provision contained in the Notes.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to a Current Report on Form 8-K of the Company filed with the Commission and thereby incorporated by reference into




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May 1, 2007
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the Registration Statement.  In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act.

 

Very truly yours,

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Faegre & Benson LLP

 

 

 

FAEGRE & BENSON LLP