As Of                Filer                Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size              Issuer               Agent

 1/06/05  Target Corp                       8-K:8,9     1/06/05    2:51K                                    Merrill Corp-MD/FA

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 8-K         Current Report                                      HTML     19K 
 2: EX-99       Miscellaneous Exhibit                               HTML     20K 

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) January 6, 2005

 

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)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)
1000 Nicollet Mall Minneapolis, Minnesota				55403
(Address of principal executive offices)				(Zip Code)

 

 

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

 

 

Item 8.01.                  Other Events.

 

On January 6, Target Corporation (the “Corporation”) issued a News Release relating to its December sales results.  The News Release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.  Comments regarding the Corporation’s sales results are provided periodically throughout the year on a recorded telephone message.  The message may be accessed by dialing (612) 761-6500.  Forward-looking statements in this release or on such recorded telephone messages should be considered in conjunction with the cautionary statements in Exhibit (99)C to the Corporation’s 2003 Form 10-K.

 

Item 9.01.                  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(c)	Exhibits.
	99.           News Release dated January 6, 2005.

 

 

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:  January 6, 2005	/s/ Douglas A. Scovanner
	Douglas A. Scovanner
	Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit		Description		Method of Filing
99.		News Release dated January 6, 2005		Filed Electronically