-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, PLj1rnwqTM5vd4R7ltI1SO5DopDs0eEWGvEFj9hRBrXVpRwVK2CAqScQ4Kr5Fpv4 3uXzcym1bur6MJiSQn7KaA== 0001104659-09-035098.txt : 20090527 0001104659-09-035098.hdr.sgml : 20090527 20090527160513 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-09-035098 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: DEFA14A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 3 FILED AS OF DATE: 20090527 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20090527 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20090527 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: TARGET CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000027419 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RETAIL-VARIETY STORES [5331] IRS NUMBER: 410215170 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MN FISCAL YEAR END: 0131 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: DEFA14A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-06049 FILM NUMBER: 09854584 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1000 NICOLLET MALL CITY: MINNEAPOLIS STATE: MN ZIP: 55403 BUSINESS PHONE: 6123046073 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1000 NICOLLET MALL CITY: MINNEAPOLIS STATE: MN ZIP: 55403 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: DAYTON HUDSON CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: DAYTON CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19690728 DEFA14A 1 a09-14168_8defa14a.htm DEFA14A

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

SCHEDULE 14A

 

Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No.     )

 

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Definitive Proxy Statement

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Soliciting Material Pursuant to §240.14a-12

 

Target Corporation

(Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)

 

 

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TARGET

 

1000 Nicollet Mall, TPS-3255
Minneapolis, MN 55403

 

Timothy R. Baer
Executive Vice President and General Counsel

 

Phone: 612/696-6648

 

Email: tim.baer@target.com

Fax: 612/696-6909

 

 

 

May 27, 2009

 

Mr. Roy J. Katzovicz

Chief Legal Officer

Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P.

888 Seventh Avenue, 42nd Floor

New York, NY 10019

 

Dear Mr. Katzovicz:

 

I have your letter dated May 26, 2009 concerning vote splitting at the Annual Meeting of Target Corporation.

 

As Target has stated previously, we support the review being undertaken by the Securities and Exchange Commission of the corporate proxy process. As you know, the SEC has voted to propose rule amendments which, once prepared and publicized, will be subject to a 60-day public comment period.

 

Until the SEC review yields changes by the SEC to the current, well tested and well understood system for voting in U.S. public corporations, we believe the current system provides the appropriate framework in which Target should conduct its 2009 Annual Meeting. We decline your latest invitation, received only two days before the Annual Meeting, to depart from this well tested system designed to protect the integrity of the shareholder vote.

 

It is clear that a shareholder of record can split votes by attending the Annual Meeting and voting by ballot, as can a beneficial owner who obtains appropriate documentation from the record holder. In any case, Target’s proxy solicitors remain available to assist any shareholder desiring to cast a split vote, and we assume that Pershing Square’s proxy solicitors are available to do the same.

 

Your suggestion to make joint use of both the white and gold proxy cards to achieve vote splitting would raise serious issues under Minnesota law, which governs Target’s voting procedures. Your analogy to the CSX contest fails to recognize the significant difference in the underlying corporate statutes as they relate to voting. As set forth in CSX’s public filings, CSX relied on a unique provision of Virginia law that is not found in the Minnesota statutes.

 

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We believe that both Target and Pershing Square have had a full and fair opportunity to make their respective arguments to the shareholders of Target. The voting procedures already in place provide an impartial and reliable structure in which the shareholders can make their choice known.

 

 

Very truly yours,

 

GRAPHIC

 

Timothy R. Baer

 

 

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Important Information

 

Target, its directors, and certain of its officers and other employees are participants in the solicitation of proxies from Target’s shareholders in connection with Target’s 2009 Annual Meeting.  Important information concerning the identity and interests of these persons is available in the proxy statement that Target filed with the SEC on April 21, 2009 and the Schedule 14A that Target filed with the SEC on May 7, 2009.

 

Target has filed a definitive proxy statement in connection with its 2009 Annual Meeting.  The definitive proxy statement, any other relevant documents, and other materials filed with the SEC concerning Target are available free of charge at http://www.sec.gov and http://investors.target.com.  Shareholders should read carefully the definitive proxy statement and the accompanying WHITE proxy card before making any voting decision.

 


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