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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-21-116447
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	DEFA14A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20210414
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20210414

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			KOHLS Corp
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000885639
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	RETAIL-DEPARTMENT STORES [5311]
		IRS NUMBER:				391630919
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			WI
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0130

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DEFA14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-11084
		FILM NUMBER:		21826385

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		N56 W17000 RIDGEWOOD DR
		CITY:			MENOMONEE FALLS
		STATE:			WI
		ZIP:			53051
		BUSINESS PHONE:		262 703 7000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		N56 W17000 RIDGEWOOD DR
		CITY:			MENOMONEE FALLS
		STATE:			WI
		ZIP:			53051

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	KOHLS CORPORATION
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19930328
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(AMENDMENT NO. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;) </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:22pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>KOHL&#146;S CORPORATION </B></P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"><I>Margaret Jenkins, Thomas Kingsbury and Former lululemon athletica CEO Christine Day to join Kohl&#146;s Board
as independent directors </I> </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"><I>New directors bring strong retail, apparel and leadership expertise to support transformational strategy and
continued momentum</I> </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"><I>Board expands existing share repurchase authorization to $2</I><I></I><I>&nbsp;billion </I>
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MENOMONEE FALLS, Wis. &#150; April&nbsp;14, 2021 &#150; Kohl&#146;s Corporation (NYSE: KSS) (&#147;Kohl&#146;s&#148; or the
&#147;Company&#148;) today announced that it has entered into a settlement agreement with Macellum Advisors GP, LLC, Ancora Holdings, Inc., Legion Partners Asset Management, LLC, and 4010 Capital, LLC (collectively, the &#147;Investor Group&#148;),
which collectively own 9.3% of Kohl&#146;s outstanding common stock, including options. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As part of the agreement, two new independent directors nominated
by the Investor Group, Margaret Jenkins and Thomas Kingsbury, will join the Kohl&#146;s Board of Directors (the &#147;Board&#148;), as of the close of the 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. An additional independent director identified by
Kohl&#146;s, and agreed to by the Investor Group, Christine Day, will join the Board at the same time. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;We are pleased to further strengthen our
Board with the addition of Christine, Margaret and Tom as part of our continued refreshment process&#148; said Kohl&#146;s Chairman Frank Sica. &#147;Today&#146;s agreement reflects our Board&#146;s ongoing dialogue with our shareholders and our
commitment to maximizing long-term value for all stakeholders. We welcome the new directors and look forward to their perspectives as we continue to execute Kohl&#146;s growth strategy.&#148; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Kohl&#146;s CEO Michelle Gass said, &#147;I look forward to working with our newly expanded Board to further advance our transformative strategy and deliver
results for shareholders. Amidst ongoing industry disruption and evolving consumer trends, we are uniquely positioned to build on our momentum and accelerate growth and profitability.&#148; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Investor Group stated: &#147;These new directors are all proven leaders in retail who will add valuable expertise to the Board. We are pleased to have
been able to reach this constructive resolution with the Company, and we are confident these changes will help further our shared goal of creating long-term value for shareholders. We are excited for the future at
Kohl&#146;s.&#148;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Additionally, the Company announced that it received notice from Steve Burd that he will retire from the Board
at the end of August 2021, and from Frank Sica that he will retire from the Board next year in connection with the Company&#146;s 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Also, as part of the agreement: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">The Board&#146;s existing ad hoc finance committee will become a standing Finance Committee of the Board, which
Thomas Kingsbury will join. The purpose of the Committee will include assisting the Board on its oversight of capital allocation decisions made by the Company. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">The Board expanded its existing share repurchase authorization to $2&nbsp;billion. Similar to past practices, the
authorization may be utilized to repurchase shares at the Company&#146;s discretion, subject to market conditions and other factors. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Investor Group will not be submitting WHITE Proxy Cards for tabulation for the 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and encourages stockholders to submit a
BLUE proxy card in support of the Board&#146;s recommendations on each proposal. All votes previously submitted on WHITE proxy cards (whether with respect to withdrawn directors or other agenda matters) will be disregarded in entirety. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Investor Group has also agreed to abide by certain customary standstill provisions until 30 days prior to the close of the nomination window for the
Company&#146;s 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. </P>
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(&#147;SEC&#148;) as an exhibit to the Current Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K.</FONT> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>About the New Directors </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Christine Day </B>brings extensive expertise in retail, including experience in athleisure. Ms.&nbsp;Day is
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">co-founder</FONT> and the Executive Chairman of The House of LR&amp;C, a new concept in retail with a focus on fashion and sustainability and doing good, and currently serves on the board of directors of Performance
Kitchen. From 2008 to 2013, Ms.&nbsp;Day served as the CEO of lululemon athletica, where she was a key driver in the company&#146;s significant growth in sales from less than $300&nbsp;million to $1.5&nbsp;billion and grew stores from less than 100
to 250. Prior to lululemon she spent more than 20 years at the Starbucks Corporation, in a variety of leadership positions including most recently as President of the Asia Pacific Group. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Margaret Jenkins </B>has<B> </B>extensive background in retail and consumer marketing management and advertising. Ms.&nbsp;Jenkins has served as a director
for clothing retailer Citi Trends Inc. as well as for PVH Corp., an international apparel manufacturer and retailer. She has also served as Chief Marketing Officer of restaurant corporations Denny&#146;s Corporation and El Pollo Loco.
Ms.&nbsp;Jenkins also held several management positions with Taco Bell Corp. and PepsiCo International Foodservice. Ms.&nbsp;Jenkins is Chair of the Board of Directors of Prisma Health &#150; Upstate, one of the largest healthcare providers in the
Southeast. <B></B> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Thomas A. Kingsbury</B> brings more than 40 years of experience in the retail industry. Mr.&nbsp;Kingsbury serves as an independent
director at Big Lots, Inc, BJ&#146;S Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc., and at Tractor Supply Co. Most recently, he served as the President and CEO of Burlington Stores, Inc. from 2008 until his retirement in September 2019. Mr.&nbsp;Kingsbury also
served as a member of the board of directors of Burlington Stores from 2008 until February 2020, including as Chairman from May 2014 to September 2019 and as Executive Chairman from September 2019 to February 2020. Prior to Burlington Stores,
Kingsbury held various leadership positions at retail companies including Kohl&#146;s and The May Department Stores Company. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Cautionary Statement
Regarding Forward-Looking Information </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This press release contains &#147;forward-looking statements&#148; within the meaning of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The Company intends forward-looking terminology such as &#147;believes,&#148; &#147;expects,&#148; &#147;may,&#148; &#147;will,&#148; &#147;should,&#148; &#147;anticipates,&#148; &#147;strategy,&#148;
&#147;preliminary,&#148; &#147;plans,&#148; or similar expressions to identify forward-looking statements. Such statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, which could cause the Company&#146;s actual results to differ materially from
those anticipated by the forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, our ability to execute on and realize the benefits of our strategic plan, market conditions beyond our control, including the ongoing
and evolving impact of the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">COVID-19</FONT> pandemic, that may negatively impact our stock price <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">vis-&agrave;-vis</FONT></FONT> industry analyst
expectations and the risks described more fully in Item 1A in the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K,</FONT> which is expressly incorporated herein by reference, and other factors as may periodically be
described in the Company&#146;s filings with the SEC. Forward-looking statements relate to the date initially made, and Kohl&#146;s undertakes no obligation to update them. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>About Kohl&#146;s </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Kohl&#146;s (NYSE: KSS) is a leading
omnichannel retailer. With more than 1,100 stores in 49 states and the online convenience of Kohls.com and the Kohl&#146;s App, Kohl&#146;s offers amazing national and exclusive brands at incredible savings for families nationwide. Kohl&#146;s is
uniquely positioned to deliver against its strategy and its vision to be the most trusted retailer of choice for the active and casual lifestyle. Kohl&#146;s is committed to progress in its diversity and inclusion pledges, and the company&#146;s
environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) stewardship. For a list of store locations or to shop online, visit Kohls.com. For more information about Kohl&#146;s impact in the community or how to join our winning team, visit
Corporate.Kohls.com or follow @KohlsNews on Twitter. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Investor Relations: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Mark Rupe, (262) <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">703-1266,</FONT> mark.rupe@kohls.com </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Media: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Jen Johnson, (262) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">703-5241,</FONT> <U>jen.johnson@kohls.com</U> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Lex Suvanto, (646) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">775-8337,</FONT> <U>lex.suvanto@edelman.com</U> </P>
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