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Defined Contribution Plans (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Jan. 30, 2016
Defined Contribution Plans |
Schedule of Prepaid Forward Contracts on Target Common Stock |
Prepaid Forward Contracts on Target Common Stock (millions, except per share data) | Number of Shares |  | Contractual Price Paid per Share |  | Contractual Fair Value |  | Total Cash Investment |
January 31, 2015 | 0.5 |  | $ | 41.11 |  | $ | 38 |  | $ | 21 |
January 30, 2016 | 0.4 |  | $ | 41.11 |  | $ | 32 |  | $ | 18 |
Schedule of Plan Expenses |
Plan Expenses |  |  |
(millions) | 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013 |
401(k) plan matching contributions expense | $ | 224 |  | $ | 220 |  | $ | 229 |
Nonqualified deferred compensation plans |  |  |
Benefits expense (a) | 5 |  | 52 |  | 41 |
Related investment expense (income) (b) | 15 |  | (45 | ) | (23 | )
Nonqualified plan net expense | $ | 20 |  | $ | 7 |  | $ | 18 |
(a) | Includes market-performance credits on accumulated participant account balances and annual crediting for additional benefits earned during the year.
(b) | Includes investment returns and life-insurance proceeds received from company-owned life insurance policies and other investments used to economically hedge the cost of these plans.

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of freestanding forward contracts issued by an entity that are indexed to, and potentially settled in an entity's own stock. The disclosure may include, but not be limited to: (i) the forward rate and the number of shares to which the contract is indexed, (ii) the settlement date or dates of the contract, (iii) the issuer's accounting for the contract, (iv) settlement alternatives (if applicable) including who controls the settlement alternatives and the maximum number of shares that could be required to be issued to net share settle the contract (if applicable), (v) the fact that a potentially infinite number of shares may be required to be issued to settle the contract, if a contract does not have a stated fixed or determinable maximum number of shares, and (vi) the contract's current fair value for each settlement alternative and how changes in the price of the issuer's equity instruments affect those settlement amounts. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 815 -SubTopic 40 -Section 50 -Paragraph 5 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6445032&loc=d3e90205-114008 + Details
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