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Item€9.€€€€Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure
Not applicable.
Item€9A.€€€€Controls and Procedures
Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the most recently completed
fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over
financial reporting.
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
As of the end of the period covered by this Annual Report, we conducted an evaluation, under supervision and with
the participation of management, including the chief executive officer and chief financial officer, of the effectiveness
of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures pursuant to Rules€13a-15 and 15d-15 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (Exchange Act). Based upon that evaluation, our chief executive officer
and chief financial officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures are effective. Disclosure controls and
procedures are defined by Rules€13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Exchange Act as controls and other procedures that
are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in reports filed with the SEC under the Exchange
Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC's rules and forms.
Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that
information required to be disclosed by us in reports filed under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated
to our management, including our principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar
functions, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
For the Report of Management on Internal Control and the Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
on Internal Control over Financial Reporting, see Item€8, Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.
Item€9B.€€€€Other Information
Not applicable.
PART III
Certain information required by Part€III is incorporated by reference from Target's definitive Proxy Statement to be filed
on or about April€25, 2016. Except for those portions specifically incorporated in this Form€10-K by reference to Target's
Proxy Statement, no other portions of the Proxy Statement are deemed to be filed as part of this Form€10-K.
Item€10.€€€€Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance
The following sections of Target's Proxy Statement to be filed on or about April€25, 2016, are incorporated herein by
reference:
• Item One--Election of Directors
• Stock Ownership Information--Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance
• General Information About Corporate Governance and the Board of Directors
◦ Business Ethics and Conduct
◦ Committees
• Questions and Answers About Our Annual Meeting and Voting-Question 14
See also Item€4A, Executive Officers of Part€I hereof.
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