TARGET CORP
For the period ended Jun 11, 2025. Filed Apr 28, 2025.
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Jun 11, 2025 · Filed Apr 28, 2025
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
SCHEDULE 14A
PROXY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(a)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
(Amendment No. )
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2025 Proxy Statement &
Notice of Annual Meeting
of Shareholders
Wednesday, June 11, 2025 at 12:00 p.m. Central Daylight Time
Online atvirtualshareholdermeeting.com/TGT2025
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Notice of meeting and proxy
summary
This Meeting Notice & Proxy Summary highlights information described in other parts of this 2025 Proxy Statement and does not
contain all information you should consider in voting. Please read the entire 2025 Proxy Statement carefully before voting.
For the meaning of capitalized terms or acronyms used in the 2025 Proxy Statement, please see Appendix A “Commonly used or
defined terms” beginning on page 81.
To our shareholders,
You are invited to attend Target Corporation’s 2025 Annual Meeting to be held as follows:
| Date and TimeWednesday, June 11, 202512:00 p.m. Central Daylight Time | Place virtualshareholdermeeting.com/TGT2025 | Record DateApril 14, 2025 |
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Items of business
| Item | Board’s Recommendation |
|---|---|
| Election of 12 directors (page 17) | FOR each Director Nominee |
| Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm (page 67) | FOR |
| Advisory approval of executive compensation (Say on Pay) (page 70) | FOR |
| Shareholder proposal, if properly presented at the meeting (page 71) | AGAINST |
In addition, at the 2025 Annual Meeting we will conduct any other business that may properly come before the meeting. See
Question 11 of the “Questions and answers about the 2025 Annual Meeting” beginning on page 74 for more information. Following
the formal business of the 2025 Annual Meeting, our Chair & Chief Executive Officer will provide prepared remarks, followed by a
question and answer session.
Proxy solicitation
The Board is soliciting proxies for the 2025 Annual Meeting and any adjournment or postponement of the 2025 Annual Meeting.
Any proxy may be revoked at any time prior to its exercise at the 2025 Annual Meeting.
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Notice of meeting and proxy summary
Voting
You may vote if you held shares of Target common stock as of the record date (April 14, 2025). You are able to vote your shares
by providing instructions to the proxy holders who will then vote in accordance with your instructions. We urge you to read the
2025 Proxy Statement carefully and to vote in accordance with the recommendations of the Board.
Advance voting
If voting in advance of the 2025 Annual Meeting, you may do so as follows:
| Method(1) | Internet | Telephone | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Instruction | •Go to the website identified on the enclosed proxy card, VIF, or Internet Availability Notice.•Enter the control number on the proxy card, VIF, or Internet Availability Notice.•Follow the instructions on the website. | •Call the toll-free number identified on the enclosed proxy card or VIF or, after viewing the proxy materials on the website provided in your Internet Availability Notice, call the toll-free number for telephone voting identified on the website.•Enter the control number on the proxy card, VIF, or Internet Availability Notice.•Follow the recorded instructions. | •Mark your selections on the enclosed proxy card or VIF.•Date and sign your name exactly as it appears on the proxy card or VIF.•Promptly return the proxy card or VIF in the enclosed postage-paid envelope so the proxy card or VIF is received before the deadline. | ||
| Deadline | •Registered Shareholders or Beneficial Owners — 11:59 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on June 10, 2025.•Participants in the Target 401(k) Plan — 6:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time on June 9, 2025. | ||||
(1)Internet and Telephone voting is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week up to the applicable deadline. If you are a Beneficial
Owner holding shares outside of the Target 401(k) Plan, you may only vote by Internet and Telephone if your broker, trustee, bank,
or nominee makes those methods available to you. If you did not receive a proxy card or VIF and would like to vote by mail, you
must request a physical copy of the proxy materials, which will include a proxy card or VIF, by visiting www.proxyvote.com, dialing
1-800-579-1639, or emailing sendmaterial@proxyvote.com. If requesting a physical copy of the proxy materials, please be
prepared to provide your control number, which can be found in your Internet Availability Notice.
Attending and voting at the 2025 Annual Meeting
enter the 16-digit control number found on your proxy card, VIF, or Internet Availability Notice, as applicable. Shares held within
the Target 401(k) Plan may only be voted by the trustee pursuant to voting instructions received in advance of the 2025 Annual
Meeting, and may not be voted by a participant at the 2025 Annual Meeting.
We encourage you to review the “Questions and answers about the 2025 Annual Meeting” beginning on page 74 for answers to
common questions about the meeting, proxy materials, voting, and other related topics.
Thank you for your continued support.
Sincerely,
| Amy Tu | |
|---|---|
| Corporate Secretary | Approximate Date of Mailing of Proxy Materials orInternet Availability Notice: April 28, 2025 |
Your vote is important. Thank you forvoting.
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Table of contents
| Notice of meeting and proxy summary | 2 |
|---|---|
| General information about corporate governance and the Board | 5 |
| Corporate governance highlights | 5 |
| Our directors | 7 |
| Board leadership structure | 8 |
| Board and shareholder meeting attendance | 9 |
| Committees | 9 |
| Core functions of the Board | 12 |
| Director independence | 15 |
| Policy on transactions with related persons | 15 |
| Business ethics and conduct | 15 |
| Shareholder engagement | 16 |
| Item one Election of directors | 17 |
| Election and nomination process | 17 |
| Board and Committee evaluations | 18 |
| Board refreshment and composition | 18 |
| Board education, outside affiliations, and skills | 19 |
| 2025 nominees for director | 21 |
| Director compensation | 28 |
| Stock ownership information | 30 |
| Stock ownership guidelines | 30 |
| Beneficial ownership of directors and executive officers | 32 |
| Beneficial ownership of Target’s largest shareholders | 33 |
| Compensation & Human Capital Management Committee Report | 34 |
| Compensation Discussion and Analysis | 34 |
| Introduction | 34 |
| Executive summary | 35 |
| Our framework for executive compensation | 41 |
| Other benefit elements | 47 |
| Compensation governance | 48 |
| Compensation tables | 53 |
| Summary compensation table | 53 |
| Grants of plan-based awards in Fiscal 2024 | 55 | |
|---|---|---|
| Outstanding equity awards at Fiscal 2024 year-end | 56 | |
| Stock vested in Fiscal 2024 | 57 | |
| Pension benefits for Fiscal 2024 | 57 | |
| Nonqualified deferred compensation for Fiscal 2024 | 58 | |
| Potential payments upon termination or change-in-control | 59 | |
| Table of potential payments upon termination or change-in-control | 60 | |
| Pay ratio disclosure | 62 | |
| Pay versus performance disclosure | 62 | |
| Equity compensation plan information | 66 | |
| Management proposals | 67 | |
| Item two | Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm | 67 |
| Item three | Advisory approval of executive compensation (Say on Pay) | 70 |
| Shareholder proposal | 71 | |
| Item four | Shareholder proposal requesting a report on how affirmative action initiatives impact Target’s risks related to actual and perceived discrimination | 71 |
| Questions and answers about the2025 Annual Meeting | 74 | |
| General information | 74 | |
| Voting | 74 | |
| Meeting details | 77 | |
| Access to information | 78 | |
| Communications | 79 | |
| Forward-looking statements | 80 | |
| Appendix A | 81 | |
| Commonly used or defined terms | 81 |
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