Canadian Leasehold Acquisition

6 Months Ended

Jul. 30, 2011

Canadian Leasehold Acquisition

Canadian Leasehold Acquisition

3.  Canadian Leasehold Acquisition

In January 2011, we entered into an agreement to purchase the leasehold interests in up to 220 sites in Canada currently operated by Zellers Inc. (Zellers), in exchange for C$1,825 million. We believe this transaction will allow us to open 125 to 135 Target stores in Canada, primarily during 2013. During the second quarter of 2011, we paid one-half of the purchase price and selected 105 sites.

We recorded the acquired assets in our Canadian Segment at their preliminary estimated fair values. The final allocation of the purchase price will be determined when the asset acquisition is completed in the third quarter of 2011. In the second quarter of 2011, we recorded capital lease assets, included in property and equipment, of $2,393 million and capital lease obligations, included in unsecured debt and other borrowings, of $1,012 million.

The acquired assets were subleased back to Zellers for terms through March 2013, or earlier at our option.

We have the right to select up to 115 additional leases before our final payment in the third quarter of 2011. We have also entered into an agreement with a third party retailer to sell our right to acquire leasehold interests in up to 39 of these sites.