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 8, 2011

 

 

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:

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 



 

Item 5.02.              Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

On June 8, 2011, Target Corporation (the “Company”) held its 2011 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”), at which our shareholders approved the Target Corporation 2011 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “2011 Plan”).  The full text of the 2011 Plan is attached as Appendix A to the Company’s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the SEC on April 28, 2011, and is incorporated herein by reference.

 



 

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

 

On June 8, 2011, Target Corporation (the “Company”) held its 2011 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) to:  (1) elect directors for a one-year term; (2) ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered accounting firm; (3) approve the Target Corporation 2011 Long-Term Incentive Plan; (4) cast a non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation (“Say-on-Pay”); (5) cast a non-binding advisory vote on the frequency of Say-on-Pay votes; (6) vote on a shareholder proposal on compensation benchmarking; and (7) vote on a shareholder proposal on electronics recycling.

 

At the close of business on April 11, 2011, the record date of the Annual Meeting, the Company had 689,133,340 shares of common stock issued and outstanding.  The holders of a total of 597,048,707 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 are set forth below:

 

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

 

 

 

For

 

Against

 

 

 

Broker

 

Nominee

 

No.

 

%

 

No.

 

%

 

Abstain

 

Non-Votes

 

Roxanne S. Austin

 

511,402,490

 

97.8

 

11,319,547

 

2.2

 

2,895,903

 

71,430,767

 

Calvin Darden

 

503,363,653

 

96.2

 

19,760,089

 

3.8

 

2,494,198

 

71,430,767

 

Mary N. Dillon

 

505,667,849

 

96.7

 

17,001,169

 

3.3

 

2,948,922

 

71,430,767

 

James A. Johnson

 

497,379,071

 

95.2

 

25,234,095

 

4.8

 

3,004,774

 

71,430,767

 

Mary E. Minnick

 

512,886,029

 

98.1

 

9,795,744

 

1.9

 

2,936,167

 

71,430,767

 

Anne M. Mulcahy

 

459,952,288

 

88.0

 

62,851,063

 

12.0

 

2,814,589

 

71,430,767

 

Derica W. Rice

 

511,880,341

 

98.0

 

10,561,503

 

2.0

 

3,176,096

 

71,430,767

 

Stephen W. Sanger

 

499,544,372

 

95.6

 

23,160,725

 

4.4

 

2,912,843

 

71,430,767

 

Gregg W. Steinhafel

 

505,870,362

 

96.6

 

18,021,909

 

3.4

 

1,725,669

 

71,430,767

 

John G. Stumpf

 

505,005,310

 

96.6

 

17,546,012

 

3.4

 

3,066,618

 

71,430,767

 

Solomon D. Trujillo

 

514,007,883

 

98.3

 

9,045,714

 

1.7

 

2,564,343

 

71,430,767

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.             The shareholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered accounting firm for 2011:

 

For:

No.

576,424,611

 

 

%

96.6

 

Against:

No.

17,571,417

 

 

%

2.9

 

Abstain:

No.

3,052,679

 

 

%

0.5

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

3.             The shareholders approved the Target Corporation 2011 Long-Term Incentive Plan:

 

For:

No.

445,031,406

 

 

%

84.7

 

Against:

No.

76,494,227

 

 

%

14.5

 

Abstain:

No.

4,092,307

 

 

%

0.8

 

Broker Non-Votes:

No.

71,430,767

 

 

4.             The shareholders approved a non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation (“Say-on-Pay”):

 

For:

No.

479,768,160

 

 

%

92.2

 

Against:

No.

40,356,470

 

 

%

7.8

 

Abstain:

No.

5,493,310

 

Broker Non-Votes:

No.

71,430,767

 

 

5.             The shareholders selected a term of “1 Year” as the non-binding advisory recommendation for the frequency of Say-on-Pay votes:

 

1 Year:

No.

473,094,566

 

 

%

90.7

 

2 Years:

No.

2,407,149

 

 

%

0.5

 

3 Years:

No.

45,822,854

 

 

%

8.8

 

Abstain:

No.

4,293,371

 

Broker Non-Votes

No.

71,430,767

 

 

6.             The shareholders did not approve a shareholder proposal on compensation benchmarking:

 

For:

No.

155,251,396

 

 

%

29.5

 

Against:

No.

363,725,892

 

 

%

69.2

 

Abstain:

No.

6,640,652

 

 

%

1.3

 

Broker Non-Votes:

No.

71,430,767

 

 



 

7.             The shareholders did not approve a shareholder proposal on electronics recycling:

 

For:

No.

129,256,300

 

 

%

24.6

 

Against:

No.

290,378,258

 

 

%

55.2

 

Abstain:

No.

105,983,382

 

 

%

20.2

 

Broker Non-Votes:

No.

71,430,767

 

 

The Board of Directors has determined to include a non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation at each Annual Meeting of Shareholders until the next required vote on the frequency of shareholder votes on executive compensation.

 

Item 9.01.              Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)           Exhibits

 

(10)A

Target Corporation 2011 Long-Term Incentive Plan (Incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the Target Corporation Proxy Statement filed April 28, 2011)

(99)

Target Corporation’s News Release dated June 10, 2011

 



 

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.

 

 

TARGET CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date: June 10, 2011

/s/ Timothy R. Baer

 

Timothy R. Baer

 

Executive Vice President, General Counsel

 

and Corporate Secretary

 



 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

 

Description

 

Method
of Filing

 

 

 

 

 

(10)A

 

Target Corporation 2011 Long-Term Incentive Plan

 

Incorporated by Reference

(99)

 

Target Corporation’s News Release dated June 10, 2011

 

Filed Electronically