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  0001388774
  XXXXXXXX
  LIVE
  0000109198
  THE TJX COMPANIES, INC.
  001-04908
  770 Cochituate Road
  Attention: Treasurer
  Framingham
  MA
  01701
  508-390-1000
  Ernie Herrman
  Officer
  Director
  Common Stock
  Merrill Lynch
  500 Cummings Center
  Suite 1600
  Beverly
  MA
  01915
  43220
  3312813
  1149238467
  06/02/2023
  NYSE
  Common Stock
  09/14/2017
  Stock Option Exercise
  The TJX Companies, Inc.
  N
  43220
  06/02/2023
  Cash
  Y
  06/02/2023
  /s/ Ernie Herrman