Credit Card Receivables Transaction	3 Months Ended
May 04, 2013
Credit Card Receivables Transaction
Credit Card Receivables Transaction	2. Credit Card Receivables Transaction On October 22, 2012, we reached an agreement to sell our entire U.S. consumer credit card portfolio to TD Bank Group (TD) for cash consideration equal to the gross (par) value of the outstanding receivables at the time of closing. Historically, our credit card receivables were recorded at par value less an allowance for doubtful accounts. Following this agreement, our receivables were classified as held for sale and recorded at the lower of cost (par) or fair value. On March 13, 2013, we completed the sale of our entire U.S. consumer credit card portfolio to TD Bank Group (TD) for cash consideration of $5.7 billion, equal to the gross (par) value of the outstanding receivables at the time of closing. This transaction was accounted for as a sale, and the receivables are no longer reported in our Consolidated Statements of Financial Position. Concurrent with the sale of the portfolio, we repaid the nonrecourse debt collateralized by credit card receivables (2006/2007 Series Variable Funding Certificate) at par of $1.5 billion, resulting in net cash proceeds of $4.2 billion. TD now underwrites, funds and owns Target Credit Card and Target Visa consumer receivables in the U.S. TD controls risk management policies and oversees regulatory compliance, and we perform account servicing and primary marketing functions. We earn a substantial portion of the profits generated by the Target Credit Card and Target Visa portfolios. Income from the TD profit-sharing arrangement and our related account servicing expenses are classified within SG&A expenses in the U.S. Segment. In the first quarter of 2013, we recognized a gain on sale of $391 million related to consideration received in excess of the recorded amount of the receivables. Consideration received included cash of $5.7 billion and a $225 million beneficial interest asset. The beneficial interest asset effectively represents a receivable for the present value of future profit-sharing we expect to receive on the receivables sold. As a result, a portion of the profit-sharing payments we receive from TD will reduce the beneficial interest asset and will not be recorded as income in our Consolidated Statements of Operations. Based on historical payment patterns, we estimate that the beneficial interest asset will be reduced over a four-year period, with larger reductions in the early years. During the three months ended May 4, 2013, the U.S. Segment earned credit card revenues prior to the close of the transaction and $105 million of profit-sharing income from TD after the close of the transaction. On a consolidated basis, this profit-sharing income is offset by a $17 million reduction in the beneficial interest asset, for a net $88 million impact. These amounts are classified within SG&A expenses in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. The $225 million beneficial interest asset was reduced during the quarter ended May 4, 2013 by $15 million of profit-sharing payments related to sold receivables, and it was also reduced by a $2 million income statement charge due to revaluing the remaining asset. As of May 4, 2013, $208 million of a beneficial interest asset remains and is recorded within other current assets and other noncurrent assets in our Consolidated Statements of Financial Position.

2. Credit Card Receivables Transaction

On October 22, 2012, we reached an agreement to sell our entire U.S. consumer credit card portfolio to TD Bank Group (TD) for cash consideration equal to the gross (par) value of the outstanding receivables at the time of closing. Historically, our credit card receivables were recorded at par value less an allowance for doubtful accounts. Following this agreement, our receivables were classified as held for sale and recorded at the lower of cost (par) or fair value.

On March 13, 2013, we completed the sale of our entire U.S. consumer credit card portfolio to TD Bank Group (TD) for cash consideration of $5.7 billion, equal to the gross (par) value of the outstanding receivables at the time of closing. This transaction was accounted for as a sale, and the receivables are no longer reported in our Consolidated Statements of Financial Position. Concurrent with the sale of the portfolio, we repaid the nonrecourse debt collateralized by credit card receivables (2006/2007 Series Variable Funding Certificate) at par of $1.5 billion, resulting in net cash proceeds of $4.2 billion.

TD now underwrites, funds and owns Target Credit Card and Target Visa consumer receivables in the U.S. TD controls risk management policies and oversees regulatory compliance, and we perform account servicing and primary marketing functions. We earn a substantial portion of the profits generated by the Target Credit Card and Target Visa portfolios. Income from the TD profit-sharing arrangement and our related account servicing expenses are classified within SG&A expenses in the U.S. Segment.

In the first quarter of 2013, we recognized a gain on sale of $391 million related to consideration received in excess of the recorded amount of the receivables. Consideration received included cash of $5.7 billion and a $225 million beneficial interest asset. The beneficial interest asset effectively represents a receivable for the present value of future profit-sharing we expect to receive on the receivables sold. As a result, a portion of the profit-sharing payments we receive from TD will reduce the beneficial interest asset and will not be recorded as income in our Consolidated Statements of Operations. Based on historical payment patterns, we estimate that the beneficial interest asset will be reduced over a four-year period, with larger reductions in the early years.

During the three months ended May 4, 2013, the U.S. Segment earned credit card revenues prior to the close of the transaction and $105 million of profit-sharing income from TD after the close of the transaction. On a consolidated basis, this profit-sharing income is offset by a $17 million reduction in the beneficial interest asset, for a net $88 million impact. These amounts are classified within SG&A expenses in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

The $225 million beneficial interest asset was reduced during the quarter ended May 4, 2013 by $15 million of profit-sharing payments related to sold receivables, and it was also reduced by a $2 million income statement charge due to revaluing the remaining asset. As of May 4, 2013, $208 million of a beneficial interest asset remains and is recorded within other current assets and other noncurrent assets in our Consolidated Statements of Financial Position.