Underwriting Agreement

Exhibit 1.1

July 11, 2006

To the Representatives named in Schedule I hereto
of the Underwriters named in Schedule II hereto

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Target Corporation, a Minnesota corporation (the “Company”), proposes, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein, to issue and sell to the Underwriters named in Schedule II hereto (the “Underwriters”), the principal amount set forth in Schedule II hereto of its debt securities identified on Schedule I hereto (the “Securities”), to be issued under an indenture, dated as of August 4, 2000, as amended or supplemented from time to time (the “Indenture”) between the Company and X.X. Xxxxxx Trust Company, National Association (as successor in interest to Bank One Trust Company, N.A.) as Trustee (the “Trustee”). If the firm or firms listed in Schedule II hereto include only the firm or firms listed in Schedule I hereto, then the terms “Underwriters” and “Representatives” as used herein shall each be deemed to refer to such firm or firms.

1. The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each of the Underwriters that:

(a) A registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-82500) (the “Initial Registration Statement”) relating to certain securities to be issued from time to time by the Company has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”); the Initial Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, each in the form heretofore delivered or to be delivered to the Representatives and, excluding exhibits to the Initial Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, but including all documents incorporated by reference in the prospectus contained therein, to the Representatives for each of the other Underwriters, have been declared effective by the Commission in such form; other than a registration statement, if any, increasing the size of the offering (a “Rule 462(b) Registration Statement”), filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), which became effective upon filing, no other document with respect to the Initial Registration Statement, any post-effective amendment thereto or any document incorporated by reference therein has heretofore been filed or transmitted for filing with the Commission (other than prospectuses filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act), each in the form heretofore delivered to the Representatives; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Initial Registration Statement, any post-effective

amendment thereto or the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, if any, has been issued, and no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act has been initiated or threatened by the Commission; the Initial Registration Statement, any post-effective amendment thereto and the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, if any, including all exhibits thereto and the documents incorporated by reference in the prospectus contained in the Initial Registration Statement at the time the Initial Registration Statement became effective but excluding the Statement of Eligibility and Qualification on Form T-1, each as amended at the time the Initial Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto became effective or the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, if any, became or hereafter becomes effective, are hereinafter collectively called the “Registration Statement”; the base prospectus filed as part of the Registration Statement, in the form in which it was most recently filed with the Commission prior to or on the date of this Agreement, is hereinafter called the “Base Prospectus”; the final prospectus supplement to such prospectus (including the Base Prospectus) relating to the Securities, in the form filed or to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act, is hereinafter called the “Prospectus”; any preliminary prospectus (including any preliminary prospectus supplement) relating to the Securities in the form filed or to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) is hereinafter called a “Preliminary Prospectus”; the Base Prospectus, as amended or supplemented immediately prior to the Applicable Time (as defined in Section 1(f) hereof), including, without limitation, any Preliminary Prospectus relating to the Securities, is hereinafter called the “Statutory Prospectus”; any reference in this Agreement to the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Statutory Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein that were filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or the Act, as the case may be, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, on or before the date of this Agreement or the issue date of any such prospectus; any reference to “amend”, “amendment”, “supplement” or similar terms with respect to the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Statutory Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any documents filed under the Exchange Act or the Act, as the case may be, after the date of this Agreement or the issue date of any such prospectus which are deemed to be incorporated by reference therein; and any “issuer free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 433 under the Act) relating to the Securities that (i) is required to be filed with the Commission by the Company or (ii) is exempt from filing pursuant to Rule 433(d)(5)(i) because it contains a description of the Securities or the offering that does not reflect the final terms is hereinafter called an “Issuer Free Writing Prospectus”;

(b) The documents incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus, when they were filed with the Commission or became effective, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Exchange Act or the Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder; none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and any further documents so filed and incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus, when such documents are filed with the Commission or become effective, as the case may be, will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Exchange Act or the Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a

material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made therein in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by an Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use therein;

(c) No order suspending or preventing the use of any Preliminary Prospectus, the Statutory Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus has been issued by the Commission;

(d) The Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Statutory Prospectus conform, and the Prospectus and any post-effective amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement orthe Prospectus will conform, in all material respects to the requirements of the Act and the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “Trust Indenture Act”), and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder; and (i) the Registration Statement and any amendment thereto, as of their applicable effective dates relating to the Securities, did not and will not contain any untrue statement of material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) any Preliminary Prospectus, the Statutory Prospectus, the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, as of their issue dates, did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading and (iii) the Prospectus and the Prospectus as amended or supplemented, if applicable, at the Time of Delivery (as defined in Section 4 hereof), will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made therein in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by an Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use therein;

(e) The Company has been, and continues to be, a “well-known seasoned issuer” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Act), and has not been, and continues not to be, an “ineligible issuer” (as such term is defined in Rule 405 under the Act), in each case as from the earliest time after the filing of the Registration Statement that the Company or another offering participant made a “bona fide” offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) under the Act) of the Securities;

(f) As used herein, the “General Disclosure Package” means, collectively, (i) the Statutory Prospectus, (ii) the Final Term Sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(a) hereof and (iii) any other Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is identified on Schedule III hereto; and the “Applicable Time” means 4:15 p.m. (New York City time) on the date of this Agreement. The General Disclosure Package, as of the Applicable Time, did not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus identified on Schedule III hereto does not conflict with the information contained in the

Registration Statement, the Statutory Prospectus or the Prospectus; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to statements or omissions made therein in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by an Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use therein;

(g) The Company has not made, and, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, will not make, any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an “issuer free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 433 under the Act) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company pursuant to Rule 433 under the Act; provided, however, that the prior written consent of the Representatives shall be deemed to have been given with respect to the Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses identified on Schedule III hereto; and the Company has complied, and will comply, with the requirements of Rule 433 under the Act applicable to any such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record-keeping;

(h) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has sustained, since the date of the latest audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus, any material loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; and, since the respective dates as of which information is given in the General Disclosure Package and in the Prospectus, there has not been, and prior to the Time of Delivery there will not be, any change in the capital stock (other than issuances of common stock pursuant to stock option and other compensatory plans and arrangements adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company, issuances of common stock upon conversions of convertible preferred stock and repurchases of common stock by the Company under its publicly announced stock buy-back programs authorized by the Company’s Board of Directors on November 9, 2005 or any increase in the long-term debt (excluding capital leases and commercial paper backed by long-term credit facilities and increases solely due to the provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 133 relating to interest rate swaps) of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the general affairs, management, financial position, shareholders’ investment or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus;

(i) The Company and its subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to all real property and good and marketable title to all personal property owned by them, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and defects except such as are described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or such as do not materially affect the value of such property and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and its subsidiaries; and any real property and buildings held under lease by the Company and its subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with such exceptions as are not

material and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property and buildings by the Company and its subsidiaries;

(j) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Minnesota, with power and authority (corporate and other) to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and has been duly qualified as a foreign corporation for the transaction of business and is in good standing under the laws of each other jurisdiction where, in light of the nature of the business transacted or the property owned by it, such qualification is necessary and the failure so to qualify might permanently impair title to property material to its operations or its right to enforce a material contract against others or expose it to substantial liabilities in such jurisdiction; and each subsidiary of the Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation and has been duly qualified as a foreign corporation for the transaction of business and is in good standing under the laws of each other jurisdiction where, in light of the nature of the business transacted or the property owned by it, such qualification is necessary and the failure so to qualify might permanently impair title to property material to its operations or its right to enforce a material contract against others or expose it to substantial liabilities in such jurisdiction;

(k) The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and all of the issued shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable; and all of the issued shares of capital stock of each subsidiary of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable, and (except for directors’ qualifying shares and certain outstanding shares of non-voting common stock of The Associated Merchandising Corporation) are owned directly or indirectly by the Company, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims;

(l) The Securities have been duly authorized and, when authenticated in accordance with the Indenture and issued and delivered pursuant to this Agreement, will have been duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered and will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms and entitled to the benefits of the Indenture, subject, as to enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization and other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles (regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law); the Indenture has been duly authorized and duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act and, as of the date hereof, constitutes, and at the Time of Delivery, will constitute, a valid and legally binding instrument of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, subject, as to enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization and other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles (regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law); and the Indenture conforms, and the Securities will conform, to the descriptions thereof contained in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus;

(m) The issue and sale of the Securities, the compliance by the Company with all of the provisions of the Securities, the Indenture, and this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein and therein contemplated will not conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to the terms of, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject, nor will such action result in any violation of the provisions of the Company’s Restated Articles of Incorporation or By-Laws or any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their properties; and no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or governmental agency or body is required for the issue and sale of the Securities or the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated by the Indenture or this Agreement, except such as have been, or will have been prior to the Time of Delivery, obtained under the Act and the Trust Indenture Act and such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws in the United States, regulations of the National Association of Securities Dealers (“NASD”), to the extent applicable, in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Securities by the Underwriters, or applicable foreign securities laws in jurisdictions outside the United States in which the Securities may be offered or sold;

(n) There are no legal or governmental proceedings pending to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or of which any property of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is the subject, other than as set forth in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and other than litigation or governmental proceedings which, individually or in the aggregate, do not and will not have a material adverse effect on the general affairs, management, financial position, shareholders’ investment or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole; and, to the best of the Company’s knowledge, no such proceedings are threatened or contemplated by governmental authorities or threatened by others; and

(o) Ernst & Young LLP, which have certified certain financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries and which have audited the Company’s internal control over financial reporting and management’s assessment thereof, are an independent registered public accounting firm as required by the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.

For purposes of this Section 1, as well as for Section 7 hereof, references to the “General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus” are to each of the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus as separate or stand-alone documentation (and not the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus taken together), so that representations, warranties, agreements, conditions and legal opinions will be made, given or measured independently in respect of each of the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

2. Subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to issue and sell to each of the Underwriters, and each of the Underwriters agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company, at a purchase price set forth in Schedule I hereto the principal amount of Securities set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule II hereto.

3. Upon the authorization by the Representatives of the release of the Securities, the several Underwriters propose to offer the Securities for sale upon the terms and conditions set forth in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

4. (a) The Securities to be purchased by each Underwriter hereunder will be delivered by or on behalf of the Company to the Representatives for the account of such Underwriter, against payment by such Underwriter or on its behalf of the purchase price therefor by wire transfer of Federal (same-day) funds, at the office of Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, at 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) on July 14, 2006, or at such other time and date as the Representatives and the Company may agree upon in writing, such time and date being herein called the “Time of Delivery.” The Securities will be delivered by the Company to the Representatives in the form of global Securities, representing all of the Securities, which will be deposited by the Representatives on behalf of the Underwriters, with The Depository Trust Company, or its nominee, for credit to the respective accounts of the Underwriters.

(b) Each Underwriter severally and not jointly represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Company that it and each of its affiliates have complied, and will comply, with the selling restrictions applicable to offers and sales of Securities in jurisdictions outside the United States as set forth in Schedule VI hereto. In the event that the offer or sale of the Securities by an Underwriter in a jurisdiction outside the United States requires any action on the part of the Company in or with respect to such jurisdiction, such Underwriter represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Company that, with respect to requirements as to which the Company or such Underwriter becomes aware, it will (i) inform the Company that the Company is required to take such action prior to the time such action is required to be taken and (ii) cooperate with and assist the Company in complying with such requirements. Each Underwriter, on behalf of itself and each of its affiliates, severally and not jointly, represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Company that it and each such affiliate have not offered, sold, purchased or delivered, and will not offer, sell, purchase or deliver, directly or indirectly, any of the Securities or distribute any offering material in relation thereto in any jurisdiction outside the United States except under circumstances that will, to the best of its or such affiliate’s knowledge, result in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations thereof.

(c) Each Underwriter severally and not jointly represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Company and the Representatives that it has not made, and unless it obtains the prior written consent of the Company and the Representatives, it will not make, any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an “issuer free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 433 under the Act) or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Act) required to be filed with the Commission. The Company represents that it has treated or agrees that it will treat any such issuer free writing prospectus or free writing prospectus to which it so consents as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and has complied and

will comply with the requirements of Rule 433 applicable thereto, including with respect to timely filing with the Commission, legending and record-keeping.

5. The Company agrees with each of the Underwriters:

(a) To prepare the Prospectus in a form approved by the Representatives and to file such Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act no later than the Commission’s close of business on the second business day following the date of this Agreement or, if applicable, such earlier time as may be required by Rule 424(b); to make no further amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement, the Statutory Prospectus or the Prospectus after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Time of Delivery which shall be disapproved by the Representatives promptly after reasonable notice thereof unless in the opinion of counsel to the Company such amendment or supplement is required by law, provided, however, that the Company shall only be required to provide the Company’s periodic filings to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act to Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, counsel to the Underwriters, on behalf of the Representatives, on the business day prior to the date on which such filings are to be transmitted for filing with the Commission; to prepare a final term sheet (the “Final Term Sheet”) reflecting the final terms of the Securities, substantially in the form of Schedule IV hereto, and to file such Final Term Sheet as an “issuer free writing prospectus” pursuant to Rule 433 under the Act prior to the close of business two business days after the date of this Agreement; provided, however, that the Company shall furnish the Representatives with copies of the Final Term Sheet a reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed filing and shall not use or file any such document which shall be disapproved by the Representatives; to file promptly any other Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or other material required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433 under the Act in accordance with Section 1(g) hereof; to file promptly all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of the Prospectus and for so long as the delivery of a prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Act) is required in connection with the offering or sale of the Securities; and, during such same period, to advise the Representatives, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of (i) the time when any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or any amended Prospectus has been filed with the Commission (provided that no such notification need be given in connection with any such amendment or supplement consisting of a document filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the Time of Delivery unless the Representatives have advised the Company that the Underwriters have not completed the distribution of the Securities), (ii) the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any order suspending or preventing the use of any prospectus relating to the Securities or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, (iii) the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, (iv) the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for any such purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Act, or (v) any request by the Commission for the amending or

supplementing of the Registration Statement or of the Prospectus or for additional information; and, in the event of the issuance of any such stop order or any such order preventing or suspending the use of any prospectus relating to the Securities or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or suspending any such qualification, or of any such notice of objection, to use promptly its best efforts to obtain the withdrawal of such order;

(b) Promptly from time to time to take such action as the Representatives may reasonably request to qualify the Securities for offering and sale under the securities laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may request and to comply with such laws so as to permit the continuance of sales and dealings therein in such jurisdictions for as long as may be necessary to complete the distribution or sale of the Securities; provided, however, that in connection therewith the Company shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to file a general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction;

(c) To furnish the Underwriters with copies of the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus in New York City in such quantities as the Representatives may from time to time reasonably request; and, if the delivery of a prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Act) is required at any time prior to the expiration of nine months after the time of issue of the Prospectus and if at such time any event shall have occurred as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made when such Prospectus is delivered, not misleading, or, if for any other reason it shall be necessary during such same period to amend or supplement the Prospectus or to file under the Exchange Act any document incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Act, the Exchange Act or the Trust Indenture Act, to notify the Representatives and upon their request to prepare and file such document and to furnish without charge to each Underwriter and to any dealer in securities as many copies as the Representatives may from time to time reasonably request of an amended Prospectus or a supplement to the Prospectus which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance; in case any Underwriter is required to deliver a prospectus in connection with sales of any of the Securities at any time nine months or more after the time of issue of the Prospectus, upon the Representatives’ request but at the expense of such Underwriter, to prepare and deliver to such Underwriter as many copies as the Representatives may request of an amended or supplemented Prospectus complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the Act; and if at any time prior to the Time of Delivery any event shall have occurred as a result of which the General Disclosure Package as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or if for any other reason it is necessary to amend or supplement the General Disclosure Package to comply with the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or the Trust Indenture Act, to notify the Representatives thereof and prepare and file with the Commission (to the extent required) and to furnish to the Underwriters and to any dealer as the Representatives may reasonably request, such amendments or supplements to the General Disclosure Package as will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance;

(d) To make generally available to its securityholders as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than eighteen months after the effective date of the Registration Statement (as defined in Rule 158(c) under the Act), an earnings statement of the Company and its subsidiaries (which need not be audited) complying with Section 11(a) of the Act (including, at the option of the Company, Rule 158);

(e) During the period beginning from the date hereof and continuing to and including the later of (i) the date on which the Representatives notify the Company of the termination of trading restrictions for the Securities and (ii) the Time of Delivery, not to offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of, except as provided hereunder, any securities of the Company that are substantially similar to the Securities (including, not without limitation, with respect to the maturity, interest rate and other material terms of the Securities) without the prior written consent of the Representatives;

(f) If the Company elects to rely upon Rule 462(b), the Company shall file a Rule 462(b) Registration Statement with the Commission in compliance with Rule 462(b) by 10:00 p.m., Washington, D.C. time, on the date of this Agreement, and the Company shall at the time of filing either pay to the Commission the filing fee for the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement or give irrevocable instructions for the payment of such fee pursuant to Rule 111(b) under the Act; and

(g) If required by Rule 430B(h) under the Act, to prepare a prospectus in a form approved by the Representatives and to file such prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act not later than may be required by such Rule; and to make no further amendment or supplement to such prospectus that shall be disapproved by the Representatives promptly after reasonable notice thereof.

6. The Company covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters that the Company will pay or cause to be paid the following: (i) the fees, disbursements and expenses of the Company’s counsel and accountants in connection with the registration of the Securities under the Act and all other expenses in connection with the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus and, except as otherwise expressly provided in Section 5(c) hereof, amendments and supplements thereto, and any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and the mailing and delivering of copies thereof to the Underwriters and dealers and any out-of-pocket costs associated with electronic delivery of any of the foregoing by the Underwriters to investors; (ii) the cost of printing this Agreement, the Indenture, and any Blue Sky and legal investment memoranda; (iii) all expenses in connection with the qualification of the Securities for offering and sale under state securities laws as provided in Section 5(b) hereof, including the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with such qualification and in connection with the Blue Sky and legal investment memoranda; (iv) any fees charged by securities rating services for rating the Securities; (v) the cost of preparing the Securities; (vi) the fees and expenses of the Trustee and any agent of the Trustee and the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Trustee and any such agent in connection with the Indenture and the Securities; and (vii) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder which are not otherwise specifically provided for in this Section 6. It is understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section 6 and Sections 8 and 11 hereof, the Underwriters will pay

all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, any transfer taxes on resale of any of the Securities by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make.

7. The obligations of the Underwriters hereunder shall be subject, in the discretion of the Representatives, to the condition that all representations and warranties and other statements of the Company herein are, at and as of the Time of Delivery, true and correct, the condition that the Company shall have performed all of its obligations hereunder theretofore to be performed, and the following additional conditions:

(a) Any Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act within the applicable time period prescribed for each such filing by the rules and regulations under the Act and in accordance with Section 5(a) hereof; (ii) the Final Term Sheet provided for in Section 5(a) hereof and any other Issuer Free Writing Prospectus relating to the Securities shall have been filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433 under the Act within the applicable time period prescribed for such filing by Rule 433 and in accordance with Section 5(a) hereof; (iii) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any part thereof or suspending or preventing the use of the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall have been issued, and no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A under the Act shall have been initiated or threatened by the Commission; and (iv) all requests for additional information on the part of the Commission shall have been complied with to the Representatives’ reasonable satisfaction;

(b) Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, shall have furnished to the Representatives their written opinion or opinions, dated the Time of Delivery, with respect to the incorporation of the Company, the validity of the Indenture and the Securities, the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus, and other related matters as you may reasonably request, and such counsel shall have received such documents and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters;

(c) Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx, Esq., Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of the Company, or another of the Company’s counsel satisfactory to the Representatives, shall have furnished to the Representatives his or her written opinion, dated the Time of Delivery, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives, to the effect that:

(i) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Minnesota, with power and authority (corporate and other) to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus;

(ii) The Company has been duly qualified as a foreign corporation for the transaction of business and is in good standing under the laws of each other jurisdiction where, in light of the nature of the business transacted or the property

owned by it, such qualification is necessary and the failure so to qualify might in such counsel’s opinion permanently impair title to property material to its operations or its right to enforce a material contract against others or expose it to substantial liabilities in such jurisdiction (such counsel being entitled to rely in respect of the opinion in this clause (ii) upon opinions of local counsel and in respect of matters of fact upon certificates of officers of the Company, provided that such counsel shall state that such counsel believes that both the Representatives and such counsel are justified in relying upon such opinions and certificates);

(iii) Each subsidiary of the Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation, and has been duly qualified as a foreign corporation for the transaction of business and is in good standing under the laws of each other jurisdiction where, in light of the nature of the business transacted or the property owned by it, such qualification is necessary and the failure so to qualify might in such counsel’s opinion permanently impair title to property material to its operations or its right to enforce a material contract against others or expose it to substantial liabilities in such jurisdiction (such counsel being entitled to rely in respect of the opinion in this clause (iii) upon opinions of local counsel and in respect of matters of fact upon certificates of officers of the Company or its subsidiaries, provided that such counsel shall state that such counsel believes that both the Representatives and such counsel are justified in relying upon such opinions and certificates);

(iv) All of the issued shares of capital stock of each subsidiary of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable; and all of the outstanding shares of capital stock of each such subsidiary (except for directors’ qualifying shares and certain outstanding shares of non-voting common stock of The Associated Merchandising Corporation) are owned directly or indirectly by the Company, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims (such counsel being entitled to rely in respect of the opinion in this clause (iv) upon opinions of local counsel and in respect of matters of fact upon certificates of officers of the Company or its subsidiaries, provided that such counsel shall state that such counsel believes that both the Representatives and such counsel are justified in relying upon such opinions and certificates);

(v) To the best of such counsel’s knowledge, there are no legal or governmental proceedings pending to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or of which any property of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is the subject, other than as set forth in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and other than litigation or governmental proceedings which, individually and in the aggregate, are not material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole; and to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, no such proceedings are threatened or contemplated by governmental authorities or threatened by others;

(vi) The issue and sale of the Securities and the compliance by the Company with all of the provisions of the Securities, the Indenture and this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions therein and herein contemplated will not conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to the terms of, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument known to such counsel to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject; and

(vii) The documents incorporated by reference in the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus or any amendment thereto prior to the Time of Delivery (other than the financial statements and related schedules therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion), as of the date when they were filed with the Commission or became effective, as the case may be, complied as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act or the Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder; such counsel has no reason to believe that any of such documents, when they were so filed or became effective, as the case may be, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made when such documents were so filed, not misleading; and such counsel does not know of any contracts or other documents of a character required to be filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement or required to be incorporated by reference into the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus or required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus which are not filed or incorporated by reference or described as required.

(d) Faegre & Xxxxxx LLP, counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to the Representatives their written opinion, dated the Time of Delivery, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives, to the effect that:

(i) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Minnesota, with corporate power and authority to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus;

(ii) The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus;

(iii) To the best of such counsel’s knowledge, there are no legal or governmental proceedings pending to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or to which any property of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is the subject, other than as set forth in the General Disclosure

Package and the Prospectus and other than litigation or governmental proceedings which, individually and in the aggregate, are not material to the Company and its subsidiaries; and to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, no such proceedings are threatened or contemplated by governmental authorities or threatened by others;

(iv) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company;

(v) The Securities have been duly authorized and executed and, when authenticated in accordance with the Indenture and delivered to and paid for by the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, will be duly issued and delivered and will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms and entitled to the benefits provided by the Indenture, subject, as to enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization and other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles (regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law); and the Securities and the Indenture conform to the descriptions thereof in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus;

(vi) The Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and constitutes a valid and legally binding instrument of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, subject, as to enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization and other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles (regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law); and the Indenture has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act;

(vii) The issue and sale of the Securities, the compliance by the Company with all of the provisions of the Securities, the Indenture and this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein and therein contemplated will not conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to the terms of, any document filed or incorporated by reference by the Company as an exhibit to its most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K or any subsequent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q or Current Report on Form 8-K or any other material contract known to such counsel, nor will such action result in any violation of the provisions of the Company’s Restated Articles of Incorporation or By-Laws or any statute or any order, rule or regulation applicable to the Company and known to such counsel of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their properties;

(viii) No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or governmental agency or body is required for

the issue and sale of the Securities or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by the Indenture and this Agreement, except such as have been obtained under the Act and the Trust Indenture Act and such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws or NASD regulations in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Securities by the Underwriters; and

(ix) The Registration Statement, the Statutory Prospectus, the Final Term Sheet and any other Issuer Free Writing Prospectus included in the General Disclosure Package, and the Prospectus and any post-effective amendments and supplements thereto made by the Company prior to the Time of Delivery (other than the financial statements and related schedules therein and documents incorporated by reference therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Act and the Trust Indenture Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder; and, although such counsel does not assume any responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (other than as set forth in paragraph (v) of this Section 8(d)), such counsel has no reason to believe that (A) as of its applicable effective dates relating to the Securities, the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement thereto prior to the Time of Delivery contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (B) as of the Applicable Time, the General Disclosure Package contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading, or (C) as of its issue date and as of the Time of Delivery, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto prior to the Time of Delivery contained or contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading (in the case of each of clause (A), (B) and (C) above, other than the financial statements and related schedules therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion or belief);

(e) At the Time of Delivery, Ernst & Young LLP shall have furnished to you a “comfort” letter or letters, dated the Time of Delivery, in form and substance satisfactory to you, to the effect set forth in Schedule V hereto;

(f) (i) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries shall have sustained since the date of the latest audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus any material loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree, other than as set forth or contemplated in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; and (ii) since the respective dates as of which information is given in the

Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus there shall not have been any change in the capital stock (other than issuances of common stock pursuant to stock option and other compensatory plans and arrangements adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company, issuances of common stock upon conversions of convertible preferred stock and repurchases of common stock by the Company under its publicly announced stock buy-back programs authorized by the Company’s Board of Directors on November 9, 2005) or any increase in the long-term debt (excluding capital leases and commercial paper backed by long-term credit facilities and increases solely due to the provisions of SFAS 133 relating to interest rate swaps) of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or a change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting the general affairs, management, financial position, shareholders’ investment or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the effect of which, in any such case described in clause (i) or (ii), is in your judgment so material and adverse as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus;

(g) On or after the date of this Agreement there shall not have occurred any of the following: (i) a suspension or material limitation in trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange; (ii) a suspension or material limitation in trading of any securities issued by the Company; (iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities declared by either Federal or New York State authorities; (iv) the outbreak or escalation of hostilities involving the United States or the declaration by the United States of a national emergency or war; or (v) the occurrence of any other calamity or crisis or any material adverse change in financial, political or economic conditions in or affecting the United States or a disruption in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services in the United States, if the effect of any such event specified in clause (iv) or (v) in the judgment of the Representatives makes it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated by the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus;

(h) On or after the date of this Agreement (i) no downgrading shall have occurred in the rating accorded the Company’s debt securities or preferred stock by any of Standard and Poor’s Rating Services, a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies, Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc. and Fitch Ratings Inc., and (ii) none of these rating organizations shall have publicly announced that it has under surveillance or review, with possible negative implications, its rating of any of the Company’s debt securities or preferred stock, the effect of which, in any event specified in clause (i) or (ii), in the judgment of the Representatives makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus;

(i) The Company shall have complied with the provisions of Section 5(c) hereof with respect to the furnishing of prospectuses and, to the extent applicable, correcting of information; and

(j) The Company shall have furnished or caused to be furnished to the Representatives at the Time of Delivery certificates of officers of the Company satisfactory to the Representatives as to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company herein at and as of the Time of Delivery and as to the performance by the Company of all of its obligations hereunder to be performed at or prior to the Time of Delivery and the Company also shall have furnished to the Representatives a certificate of officers of the Company satisfactory to the Representatives as to the matters set forth in Sections 7(a), 7(f) and 7(h) hereof.

8. (a) The Company will indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such Underwriter may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Statutory Prospectus, the Prospectus or any other prospectus relating to the Securities, or any amendment or supplement thereto, the General Disclosure Package, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and will reimburse each Underwriter for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Underwriter in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the Company shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Statutory Prospectus, the Prospectus or any other prospectus relating to the Securities, or any amendment or supplement thereto, the General Disclosure Package, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use therein.

(b) Each Underwriter will indemnify and hold harmless the Company against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Company may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Statutory Prospectus, the Prospectus or any other prospectus relating to the Securities, or any amendment or supplement thereto, the General Disclosure Package, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Statutory Prospectus, the Prospectus or any other prospectus relating to the Securities, or any amendment or supplement thereto, the General Disclosure Package, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use therein, and will reimburse the

Company for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred.

(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under Section 8(a) or 8(b) above of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under such Section 8(a) or 8(b), as the case may be, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under such Section 8(a) or 8(b), as the case may be. In case any such action shall be brought against any indemnified party and it shall notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it shall wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party (who shall not, except with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying party), and, after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to such indemnified party under such Section 8(a) or 8(b), as the case may be, for any legal expenses of other counsel or any other expenses, in each case subsequently incurred by such indemnified party, in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation. No indemnifying party shall, without the written consent of the indemnified party, effect the settlement or compromise of, or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to, any pending or threatened action or claim in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified party is an actual or potential party to such action or claim) unless such settlement, compromise or judgment (i) includes an unconditional release of the indemnified party from all liability arising out of such action or claim and (ii) does not include a statement as to, or an admission of, fault, culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of any indemnified party. An indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement effected by an indemnified party without its prior written consent, but if the settlement is made with such consent, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify the indemnified party from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement.

(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 8 is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under Section 8(a) or 8(b) above in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other, from the offering of the Securities. If, however, the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is not permitted by applicable law or if the indemnified party failed to give the notice required under Section 8(c) above, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to such amount paid or payable by such indemnified party in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other, in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof), as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other, shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting

expenses) received by the Company bear to the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover page of the Prospectus. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading relates to information supplied by the Company, on the one hand, or by the Underwriters, on the other, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 8(d) were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this Section 8(d). The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to above in this Section 8(d) shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 8(d), no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Securities underwritten by it and distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters’ obligations in this Section 8(d) to contribute are several in proportion to their respective underwriting obligations and not joint.

(e) The obligations of the Company under this Section 8 shall be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of the Act; and the obligations of the Underwriters under this Section 8 shall be in addition to any liability which the respective Underwriters may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each officer and director of the Company and to each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Act.

9. (a) If any Underwriter shall default in its obligation to purchase the Securities which it has agreed to purchase hereunder, the Representatives may in their discretion arrange for themselves or another party or other parties to purchase such Securities on the terms contained herein. If within thirty-six hours after such default by any Underwriter the Representatives do not arrange for the purchase of such Securities, then the Company shall be entitled to a further period of thirty-six hours within which to procure another party or other parties satisfactory to the Representatives to purchase such Securities on such terms. In the event that, within the respective prescribed periods, the Representatives notify the Company that the Representatives have so arranged for the purchase of such Securities, or the Company notifies the Representatives that it has so arranged for the purchase of such Securities, the Representatives or the Company shall have the right to postpone the Time of Delivery for a period of not more than seven days, in order to effect whatever changes may thereby be made necessary in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, or in any other documents or arrangements, and the Company agrees to file promptly any amendments to the Registration

Statement or the Prospectus which in the Representatives’ opinion may thereby be made necessary. The term “Underwriter” as used in this Agreement shall include any person substituted under this Section 9 with like effect as if such person had originally been a party to this Agreement with respect to such Securities.

(b) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Securities of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the Representatives and the Company as provided in Section 9(a) above, the aggregate principal amount of such Securities which remains unpurchased does not exceed one-eleventh of the aggregate principal amount of all the Securities, then the Company shall have the right to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase the principal amount of Securities which such Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder and, in addition, to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase its pro rata share (based on the principal amount of Securities which such Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder) of the Securities of such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters for which such arrangements have not been made; but nothing herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default.

(c) If after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Securities of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the Representatives and the Company as provided in Section 9(a) above, the aggregate principal amount of the Securities which remains unpurchased exceeds one-eleventh of the aggregate principal amount of all the Securities, as referred to in Section 9(b) above, or if the Company shall not exercise the right described in Section 9(b) above to require non-defaulting Underwriters to purchase the Securities of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters, then this Agreement shall thereupon terminate, without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter or the Company, except for the expenses to be borne by the Company and the Underwriters as provided in Section 6 hereof and the indemnity and contribution agreements in Section 8 hereof; but nothing herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default.

10. The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of the Company and the several Underwriters, as set forth in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of them, respectively, pursuant to this Agreement, shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation (or any statement as to the results thereof) made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or any controlling person of any Underwriter, or the Company, or any officer or director or controlling person of the Company, and shall survive delivery of and payment for the Securities.

11. If this Agreement shall be terminated pursuant to Section 9 hereof, the Company shall not then be under any liability to any Underwriter except as provided in Section 6 and Section 8 hereof; but if for any other reason the Securities are not delivered by or on behalf of the Company as provided herein, the Company will reimburse the Underwriters through the Representatives for all out-of-pocket expenses approved in writing by the Representatives, including fees and disbursements of counsel, reasonably incurred by the Underwriters in making preparations for the purchase, sale and delivery of the Securities, but the Company shall then be under no further liability to any Underwriter except as provided in Section 6 and Section 8 hereof.

12. The Company acknowledges and agrees that (a) the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement, including the determination of the public offering price of the Securities and any related discounts and commissions, is an arm’s-length commercial transaction between the Company, on the one hand, and the several Underwriters, on the other hand, (b) in connection with the offering contemplated hereby and the process leading to such transaction, each Underwriter is, and has been, acting solely as a principal and is not the agent or fiduciary of the Company directly or indirectly, (c) no Underwriter has assumed, or will assume, an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Company with respect to the offering contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether such Underwriter has advised or is currently advising the Company on other matters) and no Underwriter has any similar obligation to the Company with respect to the offering of the Securities contemplated hereby except the obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement, (d) the Underwriters and their respective affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Company and (e) the Underwriters have not provided any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect to the offering contemplated hereby, and the Company has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate.

13. In all dealings hereunder, the Representatives shall act on behalf of each of the Underwriters, and the Company shall be entitled to act and rely upon any statement, request, notice or agreement on behalf of any Underwriter made or given by the Representatives jointly or by any of the Representatives and may assume that such statement, request, notice or agreement has been duly authorized by such Underwriter.

All statements, requests, notices and agreements hereunder shall be in writing or by telephone if promptly confirmed in writing, and if to the Underwriters, shall be sufficient in all respects if delivered or sent by facsimile transmission or registered mail to the Representatives at the addresses set forth on Schedule I hereto; and if to the Company, shall be sufficient in all respects if delivered or sent by facsimile transmission or registered mail to Target Corporation, 0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Treasurer; provided, however, that any notice to an Underwriter pursuant to Section 8(c) hereof shall be delivered or sent by registered mail to such Underwriter at its address set forth in its Underwriters’ Questionnaire or telex constituting such Questionnaire delivered to the Company.

14. This Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure solely to the benefit of, the Underwriters, the Company and, to the extent provided in Sections 8 and 10 hereof, the officers and directors of the Company and each person who controls the Company or any Underwriter, and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns, and no other person shall acquire or have any right under or by virtue of this Agreement. No purchaser of any of the Securities from any Underwriter shall be deemed a successor or assign by reason merely of such purchase.

15. Time shall be of the essence of this Agreement. As used herein, the term “business day” shall mean any day when the Commission’s office in Washington, D.C. is open for business.

16. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings (written or oral) between the Company and the Underwriters, or any of them, with respect to the subject matter hereof.

17. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

18. This Agreement may be executed by any one or more of the parties hereto in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.

If the foregoing is in accordance with the Representatives’ understanding, please sign and return to us six (6) counterparts hereof, and upon the acceptance hereof by the Representatives, on behalf of each of the Underwriters, this letter and such acceptance hereof shall constitute a binding agreement between each of the Underwriters and the Company.

It is understood that the Representatives’ acceptance of this letter on behalf of each of the Underwriters is pursuant to the authority set forth in a form of a telex and an Agreement among Underwriters, copies of which, to the extent practicable and upon request, shall be submitted to the Company for examination, but without any representation or warranty on the Representatives’ part as to the authority of the senders thereof.

	Very truly yours,

	TARGET CORPORATION

	By:	/s/ Xxxx Xxxx
	Name: Xxxx Xxxx
	Title: Assistant Treasurer

Accepted as of the date first written above at New York,
New York:

MERRILL, LYNCH, XXXXXX, XXXXXX & XXXXX
INCORPORATED

By:		/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Title: Vice President

CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.

By:	/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Director
			/s/ Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co.
(Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co.)

Acting on behalf of themselves and
the several Underwriters named herein.

SCHEDULE I

TERMS OF SECURITIES AND OFFERING

Underwriting Agreement: dated July 11, 2006

Registration Statement No.: 333-82500

Representatives:

Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co.

Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated
0 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Office of General Counsel

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Fixed Income Capital Markets

Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co.
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Registration Department

Title of the Securities:

5.875% Notes Due 2016

Agreed Principal Amount:

$750,000,000

Denominations:

$100,000 and multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.

Price to Public:

99.962% of the principal amount of the Securities, plus accrued interest, if any, from July 14, 2006

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Purchase Price by Underwriters:

99.512% of the principal amount of the Securities, plus accrued interest, if any, from July 14, 2006

Maturity:

July 15, 2016

Interest Rate:

5.875% per annum

Interest Payment Dates:

January 15 and July 15 of each year, commencing January 15, 2007

Redemption Provisions:

The Securities will be redeemable at Issuer’s option at any time, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of such Securities and (ii) the sum of the present values of remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest (exclusive of interest accrued to the date of redemption) on such Securities discounted to the redemption date on a semi-annual basis at the Treasury Rate (as specified in Exhibit (99)A to the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K) plus 0.120% (12 basis points), plus accrued interest to the redemption date.

Sinking Fund Provisions:

None

Other Terms:

Defeasance provisions of the Indenture shall be applicable to the Securities.

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Closing Date, Time and Location: July 14, 2006 at 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) at the office of Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000

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SCHEDULE II

	Underwriter	Principal Amount of Securities to be Purchased

Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated		$ 202,500,000
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.		187,500,000
Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co.		187,500,000
Banc of America Securities LLC.		52,500,000
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc		52,500,000
Xxxxxx Brothers Inc		52,500,000
BNP Paribas Securities Corp.		7,500,000
HSBC Securities (USA) Inc		7,500,000
Total		$	750,000,000

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SCHEDULE III

ISSUER FREE WRITING PROSPECTUS

— Final Term Sheet, dated July 11, 2006, relating to the Securities, which will be filed pursuant to Rule 433 under the Act.

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SCHEDULE IV

Final Term Sheet
Filed Pursuant to Rule 433
Registration Statement No. 333-82500
July 11, 2006

TARGET CORPORATION

5.875% Notes Due 2016

Issuer:	Target Corporation


Aggregate Principal Amount
Offered:	$750,000,000


Maturity Date:	July 15, 2016

Coupon (Interest Rate):	5.875% per annum

Price to Public (Issue Price):	99.962% of principal amount, plus accrued interest from the expected settlement date

Yield to Maturity:	5.880%

Gross Spread:	0.450%

Net Proceeds:	$746,340,000 (before transaction expenses)

Benchmark Treasury:	UST 5.125% due May 15, 2016

Benchmark Treasury
Price and Yield:	100-6; 5.100%

Spread to Benchmark Treasury:	0.780% (78 basis points)

Interest Payment Dates:	Semi-annually on January 15 and July 15, commencing on January 15, 2007

Record Dates:	January 1 and July 1

Day Count:	30/360

Redemption:	The Notes will be redeemable at Issuer’s option at any time, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of such Notes and (ii) the sum of the present values of remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest (exclusive of interest accrued to the

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	date of redemption) on such Notes discounted to the redemption date on a semi-annual basis at the Treasury Rate (as specified in Exhibit (99)A to the Issuer’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K) plus 0.120% (12 basis points), plus accrued interest to the redemption date

Minimum Denominations:	$100,000 and multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof

Form:	Global notes through DTC

Tax Gross-Up:	None

Defeasance:	Defeasance as provided in Indenture (referred to below)

Indenture:	Indenture dated as of August 4, 2000 between Target Corporation and X.X. Xxxxxx Trust Company, National Association, as trustee

Governing Law:	State of Minnesota

Trade Date:	July 11, 2006

Settlement Date (T+3):	July 14, 2006

Underwriters:	Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Co., Citigroup, Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co., Banc of America Securities LLC, JPMorgan, Xxxxxx Brothers, BNP PARIBAS and HSBC

Type of Offering:	SEC registered (No. 333-82500)

Listing:	None

Long-term debt ratings:	Xxxxx’x, A2; S&P, A+; Fitch, A+

Note: A securities rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and may be subject to revision or withdrawal at any time

The issuer has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the SEC for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement and other documents the issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the issuer and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting XXXXX on the SEC Web site at xxx.xxx.xxx. Alternatively, the issuer, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus if you request it by calling toll-free (000) 000-0000 or (000) 000-0000.

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SCHEDULE V

FORM OF COMFORT LETTER

Pursuant to Section 7(e) of the Underwriting Agreement, the accountants shall furnish a “comfort” letter or letters to the Underwriters to the effect that:

(i) They are an independent registered public accounting firm with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries within the meaning of the Act and the applicable published rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board;

(ii) In their opinion, the financial statements and any supplementary financial information and schedules examined by them and included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Statutory Prospectus or the Prospectus comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the related published rules and regulations thereunder; and, if applicable, they have made a review in accordance with standards established by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board of the consolidated interim financial statements, selected financial data, pro forma financial information and/or condensed financial statements derived from audited financial statements of the Company for the periods specified in such letter, as indicated in their reports thereon, copies of which have been furnished to the Representatives;

(iii) In their opinion, the unaudited selected financial information with respect to the consolidated results of operations and financial position of the Company for the five most recent fiscal years included in the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus and included or incorporated by reference in Item 6 of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the most recent fiscal year agrees with the corresponding amounts (after restatement, where applicable) in the audited consolidated financial statements for such fiscal years which were included or incorporated by reference in the Company’s Annual Reports on Form 10-K for such fiscal years;

(iv) On the basis of limited procedures, not constituting an examination in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, consisting of a reading of the unaudited financial statements and other information referred to below, a reading of the latest available interim financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries, inspection of the minute books of the Company and its subsidiaries since the date of the latest audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus, inquiries of officials of the Company and its subsidiaries responsible for financial and accounting matters and such other inquiries and procedures as may be specified in such letter, nothing came to their attention that caused them to believe that:

(A) the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income, consolidated balance sheets and consolidated statements of changes in financial

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position included or incorporated by reference in the Company’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q incorporated by reference in the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus do not comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Exchange Act as they apply to Form 10-Q and the related published rules and regulations thereunder or are not in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles for interim financial statements applied on a basis substantially consistent with the basis for the audited consolidated statements of income, consolidated balance sheets and consolidated statements of changes in financial position included or incorporated by reference in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the most recent fiscal year;

(B) any other unaudited income statement data and balance sheet items included in the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus do not agree with the corresponding items in the unaudited consolidated financial statements from which such data and items were derived, and any such unaudited data and items were not determined on a basis substantially consistent with the basis for the corresponding amounts in the audited consolidated financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the most recent fiscal year;

(C) the unaudited financial statements which were not included in the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus but from which were derived the unaudited condensed financial statements referred to in clause (A) and any unaudited income statement data and balance sheet items included in the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus and referred to in clause (B) were not determined on a basis substantially consistent with the basis for the audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the most recent fiscal year;

(D) any unaudited pro forma consolidated condensed financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus do not comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act and the published rules and regulations thereunder or the pro forma adjustments have not been properly applied to the historical amounts in the compilation of those statements;

(E) as of a specified date not more than five days prior to the date of such letter, when compared with amounts shown in the latest balance sheet included or incorporated by reference in the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus, there has been:

· any change in the consolidated capital stock (other than issuances of common stock pursuant to stock option and other compensatory plans and arrangements adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company, issuances of common stock upon conversions of convertible preferred stock and repurchases of common stock by the Company under its

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publicly announced stock buy-back programs authorized by the Company’s Board of Directors on November 9, 2005), or

· any increase in the consolidated long-term debt (excluding capital leases and commercial paper backed by long-term credit facilities and increases solely due to the provisions of SFAS No. 133 relating to interest rate swaps) of the Company and its subsidiaries; or

· any decrease in consolidated working capital greater than 2.5% of the Company’s most recent fiscal year-end total consolidated assets (treating all commercial paper as a current liability); or

· any decrease in consolidated shareholders’ investment greater than 0.5% of the Company’s most recent fiscal year-end total consolidated assets (excluding decreases resulting from normally recurring dividends and repurchases of common stock by the Company under its publicly announced stock buy-back programs authorized by the Company’s Board of Directors on November 9, 2005); or

· any decrease or increase in other items specified by the Representatives,

in each case except for changes, increases or decreases which the Prospectus discloses have occurred or may occur or which are described in such letter; and

(F) for the period from the date of the latest financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus to the specified date referred to in clause (E), when compared with the comparable period of the preceding year and with any other period of corresponding length specified by the Representatives, there were:

· any decreases in consolidated net sales [or earnings before income taxes and extraordinary charges]*; or

· [any decreases in the total or per share amounts of consolidated net income or other items specified by the Representatives]*; or

· any increases in any items specified by the Representatives,

in each case except for increases or decreases which the Prospectus discloses have occurred or may occur or which are described in such letter; and

(v) In addition to the examination referred to in their report(s) included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus and the limited procedures, inspection of minute books, inquiries and other procedures referred to in

* To be included in comfort letter if such information is available for the applicable period.

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paragraphs (iii) and (iv) above, they have carried out certain specified procedures, not constituting an examination in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, with respect to certain amounts, percentages and financial information specified by the Representatives which are derived from the general accounting records of the Company and its subsidiaries, which appear in the Prospectus (excluding documents incorporated by reference), or in Part II of, or in exhibits and schedules to, the Registration Statement specified by the Representatives or in documents incorporated by reference in the Prospectus specified by the Representatives, and have compared certain of such amounts, percentages and financial information with the accounting records of the Company and its subsidiaries and have found them to be in agreement.

All references in this Schedule V to the Statutory Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to the Statutory Prospectus or the Prospectus (including, in each case, the documents incorporated by reference therein) as defined in this Agreement for purposes of the letter or letters delivered at the Time of Delivery.

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SCHEDULE VI

SELLING RESTRICTIONS FOR CERTAIN JURISDICTIONS OUTSIDE
THE UNITED STATES

(A) Each of the Underwriters hereby represents and warrants, and agrees, that, in relation to each Member State of the European Economic Area which has implemented the Prospectus Directive (each, a “Relevant Member State”), with effect from and including the date on which the Prospectus Directive is implemented in that Relevant Member State (the “Relevant Implementation Date”), it has not made, and will not make, an offer of Securities to the public in that Relevant Member State prior to the publication of a prospectus in relation to the Securities which has been approved by the competent authority in that Relevant Member State or, where appropriate, approved in another Relevant Member State and notified to the competent authority in that Relevant Member State, all in accordance with the Prospectus Directive, except that it may, with effect from and including the Relevant Implementation Date, make an offer of Securities to the public in that Relevant Member State at any time: (i) to legal entities which are authorized or regulated to operate in the financial markets, or, if not so authorized or regulated, whose corporate purpose is solely to invest in securities; or (ii) to any legal entity which has two or more of (1) an average of at least 250 employees during the last financial year, (2) a total balance sheet of more than €43,000,000 and (3) an annual net turnover of more than €50,000,000, as shown in its last annual or consolidated accounts. For the purpose of the foregoing provision, the term “an offer of Securities to the public” means, in relation to any Securities in any Relevant Member State, the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information of the terms of the offer and the Securities to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe for Securities, as the same may be varied in that Relevant Member State by any measure implementing the Prospectus Directive in that Relevant Member State, and the term “Prospectus Directive” means Directive 2003/71/EC and includes any relevant implementing measure in each Relevant Member State; and

(B) Each of the Underwriters hereby represents and warrants, and agrees, that: (i) (1) it is a person whose ordinary activities involve it in acquiring, holding, managing or disposing of investments (as principal or agent) for the purposes of its business and (2) it has not offered or sold and will not offer or sell the Securities other than to persons whose ordinary activities involve them in acquiring, holding, managing or disposing of investments (as principal or agent) for the purposes of their businesses where the issue of the Securities would otherwise constitute a contravention of Section 19 of the Financial Services and Markets Xxx 0000 (the “FSMA”) by the Company; (ii) it has only communicated or caused to be communicated and will only communicate or cause to be communicated an invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning of Section 21 of the FSMA) received by it in connection with the issue or sale of the Securities in circumstances in which Section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to the Company; and (iii) it has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of the FSMA with respect to anything done by it in relation to the Securities in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom.

(C) The Securities have not been and will not be registered under the Securities and Exchange Law of Japan (the Securities and Exchange Law) and each of the Underwriters agrees that it will not offer or sell any Securities, directly or indirectly, in Japan or to, or for the benefit of, any resident of Japan (which term as used herein means any person

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resident in Japan, including any corporation or other entity organized under the laws of Japan), or to others for re-offering or resale, directly or indirectly, in Japan or to a resident of Japan, except pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of, and otherwise in compliance with, the Securities and Exchange Law and any other applicable laws, regulations and ministerial guidelines of Japan.

(D) Each of the Underwriters hereby represents and warrants, and agrees, that: the Prospectus has not been registered as a prospectus with the Monetary Authority of Singapore. Accordingly, the Prospectus and any other document or material in connection with the offer or sale, or invitation for subscription or purchase, of the Securities may not be circulated or distributed, nor may the Securities be offered or sold, or be made the subject of an invitation for subscription or purchase, whether directly or indirectly, to persons in Singapore other than (i) to an institutional investor under Section 274 of the Securities and Futures Act, Chapter 289 of Singapore (the “SFA”), (ii) to a relevant person, or any person pursuant to Section 275(1A), and in accordance with the conditions, specified in Section 275 of the SFA or (iii) otherwise pursuant to, and in accordance with the conditions of, any other applicable provision of the SFA.

Where the Securities are subscribed or purchased under Section 275 by a relevant person which is: (a) a corporation (which is not an accredited investor) the sole business of which is to hold investments and the entire share capital of which is owned by one or more individuals, each of whom is an accredited investor; or (b) a trust (where the trustee is not an accredited investor) whose sole purpose is to hold investments and each beneficiary is an accredited investor, shares, debentures and units of shares and debentures of that corporation or the beneficiaries’ rights and interest in that trust shall not be transferable for 6 months after that corporation or that trust has acquired the Securities under Section 275 except: (1) to an institutional investor under Section 274 of the SFA or to a relevant person, or any person pursuant to Section 275(1A), and in accordance with the conditions, specified in Section 275 of the SFA; (2) where no consideration is given for the transfer; or (3) by operation of law.

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