UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of report (earliest event reported): June 6, 2005 
TAUBMAN CENTERS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 	 	 	 	 	
Michigan
(State of other jurisdiction
of incorporation)	 	1-11530
(Commission
File Number)	 	38-2033632
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)	
 	 	 	 	 	
200 East Long Lake Road, Suite 300,
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
(Address of principal executive office)	 	 	 	48303-0200
(Zip Code)	
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (248) 258-6800
Not applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Item 5.02     Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers.
     On June 6, 2005, Taubman Centers, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that Lisa A. Payne has been appointed Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer and William S. Taubman has been appointed Chief Operating Officer. Ms. Payne and Mr. Taubman also continue to serve on the Company’s board of directors.
     Ms. Payne, who is 46, has been Executive Vice President and Chief Financial and Administrative Officer and a director of the Company since 1997. Mr. Taubman, who is 46, has been Executive Vice President of the Company since 1994 and a director of the Company since 2000. Mr. Taubman is the brother of Robert S. Taubman, the Company’s Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer.
      Ms. Payne has an existing employment agreement with the Company, entered into in January 1997, and an existing change in control agreement with the Company, entered into in May 2003, which remain in place. A description of such agreements is contained in the Company’s proxy statement for its 2005 annual meeting of shareholders, a copy of which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 5, 2005.

 
SIGNATURES
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date: June 6, 2005	 	TAUBMAN CENTERS, INC.	
 	 	 	
	 	/s/ Lisa A. Payne	
	 	 	
	 	Lisa A. Payne
Vice Chairman and
Chief Financial Officer