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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><b>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</b></DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>The TJX Companies, Inc.</B>
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>04-2207613</B></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">770 Cochituate Road<BR>
Framingham, MA 01701<BR>
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)</DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>EXECUTIVE SAVINGS PLAN</B><BR>
(Full title of the plan)</DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>ANN MCCAULEY, ESQ.<BR>
Executive Vice President, General Counsel<BR>
The TJX Companies, Inc.<BR>
770 Cochituate Road<BR>
Framingham, MA 01701<BR>
(508)&nbsp;390-1000</B><BR>
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Please send copies of all communications to:</DIV>


<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>MARY WEBER, ESQ.<BR>
Ropes &#038; Gray LLP<BR>
One International Place<BR>
Boston, MA 02110<BR>
(617)&nbsp;951-7000</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated
filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
(Check one):
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Obligations(1)</DIV></TD>
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    <TD>The Deferred Compensation Obligations are unsecured obligations of the Registrant to pay
deferred compensation in the future in accordance with the terms of the Executive Savings
Plan.</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h)
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000"> PART I</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">PART II</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#003">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities</A></TD></TR>
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<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006">Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#008">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#009"> SIGNATURES AND POWER OF ATTORNEY</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#010"> EXHIBIT INDEX</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">EXPLANATORY NOTE
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Registration Statement registers $125,000,000 of additional Deferred Compensation
Obligations to be offered pursuant to the Executive Savings Plan. Pursuant to General Instruction E
of Form S-8, the registration statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 (No.&nbsp;333-63293), filed with the Commission on
September&nbsp;11, 1998 to register $40,000,000 Deferred Compensation Obligations pursuant to the
Executive Savings Plan is incorporated herein by reference.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART I</B>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Information required by Part&nbsp;I to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from
this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule&nbsp;428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;) and the Note to Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8.
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents filed by The TJX Companies, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) are incorporated herein by reference (excluding any
portions of such documents that have been &#147;furnished&#148; but not &#147;filed&#148; for purposes of the
Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;)) except to the extent any
statement or information therein is modified, superseded or replaced by a statement or information
contained in this document or in any other subsequently filed document incorporated herein by
reference:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for its fiscal year ended January&nbsp;30, 2010;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;The Company&#146;s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for its fiscal quarters ended May&nbsp;1, 2010 and
July&nbsp;31, 2010; and
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;The Company&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on April&nbsp;9, 2010 and
June&nbsp;4, 2010.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and
15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates that all
securities offered have been sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be
deemed to be incorporated by reference in the registration statement and to be part thereof from
the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed
to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of
this registration statement to the extent that a statement contained herein, or in any other
subsequently filed document which also is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein, modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not
be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this registration
statement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The validity of the securities has been passed upon by Ann McCauley, Executive Vice President,
General Counsel of the Company. Ms.&nbsp;McCauley is eligible to participate in the Executive Savings
Plan and owns or has rights to acquire an aggregate of less than 0.01% of the common stock of the
Company.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company is incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware. Section&nbsp;102(b)(7) of the
Delaware General Corporation Law permits a corporation to include in its certificate of
incorporation a provision eliminating or limiting the personal liability of a director to the
corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director,
provided that such provision shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director: (i)&nbsp;for any
breach of the director&#146;s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders; (ii)&nbsp;for acts or
omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law;
(iii)&nbsp;under Section&nbsp;174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, which relates to unlawful payment
of dividends and unlawful stock purchases and redemptions; or (iv)&nbsp;for any transaction from which
the director derived an improper personal benefit.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that a corporation may indemnify
any persons who were, are or are threatened to be made, parties to any threatened, pending or
completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative
(other than an action by or in the right of such corporation), by reason of the fact that such
person is or was an officer, director, employee or agent of such corporation, or is or was serving
at the request of such corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise. The indemnity may include
expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and
reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, provided
such person acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to
the corporation&#146;s best interests and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no
reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law further authorizes a corporation to
purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee
or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director,
officer, employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise, against any liability asserted
against him and incurred by him in any such capacity, arising out of his status as such, whether or
not the corporation would otherwise have the power to indemnify him under Section&nbsp;145 of the
Delaware General Corporation Law.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company&#146;s certificate of incorporation provides that its directors shall not be liable to
it or to its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except
to the extent that the exculpation from liabilities is not permitted under the Delaware General
Corporation Law as in effect at the time such liability is determined. In addition, the Company&#146;s
certificate of incorporation provides that it shall indemnify its directors to the maximum extent
permitted by the laws of the State of Delaware.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company&#146;s directors and officers are covered by insurance policies maintained by the
Company against specified liabilities for actions taken in their capacities as such, including
liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. In addition, the Company has entered
into indemnification agreements with each of its directors and executive officers that provide for
indemnification and expense advancement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not Applicable.
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    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Description </TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Ann McCauley, Executive Vice President, General Counsel of The TJX Companies, Inc.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">10.1</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">The TJX Companies, Inc. Executive Savings Plan, as amended and restated, as of January 1,</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">2010, is incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 10.14 to the Form 10-Q filed for the fiscal quarter ended
May 1, 2010.</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">23.1</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">23.2</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of General Counsel (included in Exhibit 5).</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">24</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Powers of Attorney (included under Signatures and Power of Attorney).</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">1.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement:</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left"></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>(i) To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of
1933;</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left"></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective
date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in
the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total
dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and
any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may
be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule
424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than
20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of
Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective registration statement.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left"></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution
not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to
such information in the registration statement.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">2.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of
1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">3.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to section
13(a) or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing
of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be
a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a
director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action,
suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with
the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Framingham, The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on
September&nbsp;10, 2010.
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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><FONT style="FONT-variant: SMALL-CAPS">The TJX Companies, Inc.</FONT><BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Ann McCauley
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">Ann McCauley&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left">Executive Vice President, General Counsel&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each of the undersigned hereby severally constitutes and appoints Carol Meyrowitz, Jeffrey G.
Naylor and Ann McCauley, and each of them singly, his or her true and lawful attorneys with full
power to them, and each of them singly, to sign for him or her and in his or her names in any or
all capacities, with power of substitution and resubstitution, any and all amendments, including
post-effective amendments, this Registration Statement (any of which amendments may make such
changes and additions to this Registration Statement as such attorneys-in-fact may deem necessary
or appropriate) and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and any other documents that may
be required in connection therewith, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and
authority to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration
Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on September&nbsp;10,
2010.
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    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Signature</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Title </TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Carol Meyrowitz
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
<FONT style="FONT-variant: SMALL-CAPS"><B>Carol Meyrowitz</B></FONT>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">President and Chief Executive Officer and Director<br>
(Principal Executive Officer)</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Jeffrey G. Naylor
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
<FONT style="FONT-variant: SMALL-CAPS"><B>Jeffrey G. Naylor</B></FONT>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Financial and <BR>
Administrative Officer
(Principal Financial Officer and <BR>
Principal Accounting Officer)</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">

<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Jose B. Alvarez
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
<FONT style="FONT-variant: SMALL-CAPS"><B>Jose B. Alvarez</B></FONT>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Alan M. Bennett
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
<FONT style="FONT-variant: SMALL-CAPS"><B>Alan M. Bennett</B></FONT>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ David A. Brandon
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
<FONT style="FONT-variant: SMALL-CAPS"><B>David A. Brandon</B></FONT>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Bernard Cammarata
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
<FONT style="FONT-variant: SMALL-CAPS"><B>Bernard Cammarata</B></FONT>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman of the Board of Directors&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ David T. Ching
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
<FONT style="FONT-variant: SMALL-CAPS"><B>David T. Ching</B></FONT>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Michael F. Hines
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
<FONT style="FONT-variant: SMALL-CAPS"><B>Michael F. Hines</B></FONT>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Amy B. Lane
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
<FONT style="FONT-variant: SMALL-CAPS"><B>Amy B. Lane</B></FONT>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="67%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Signature</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Title </TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ John F. O&#146;Brien
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
<FONT style="FONT-variant: SMALL-CAPS"><B>John F. O&#146;Brien</B></FONT>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Willow B. Shire
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
<FONT style="FONT-variant: SMALL-CAPS"><B>Willow B. Shire</B></FONT>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Fletcher H. Wiley
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
<FONT style="FONT-variant: SMALL-CAPS"><B>Fletcher H. Wiley</B></FONT>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Exhibit</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Description </TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Ann McCauley, Executive Vice President, General Counsel of The TJX Companies, Inc.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">10.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">The TJX Companies, Inc. Executive Savings Plan, as amended and restated, as of January&nbsp;1,
2010, is incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 10.14 to the Form 10-Q filed for the fiscal quarter ended
May 1, 2010.</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
The TJX Companies, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
04-2207613
(State or other jurisdiction
(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation or organization)
Identification No.)
770 Cochituate Road
Framingham, MA 01701
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
EXECUTIVE SAVINGS PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
ANN MCCAULEY, ESQ.
Executive Vice President, General Counsel
The TJX Companies, Inc.
770 Cochituate Road
Framingham, MA 01701
(508) 390-1000
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Please send copies of all communications to:
MARY WEBER, ESQ.
Ropes & Gray LLP
One International Place
Boston, MA 02110
(617) 951-7000
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated
filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
(Check one):
Large accelerated filer
þ
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
o
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Each Class of
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Amount of
Securities to be
Amount to be
Offering Price Per
Aggregate Offering
Registration
Registered
Registered
Share(2)
Price(2)
Fee
Deferred Compensation
Obligations(1)
$125,000,000
$125,000,000
$125,000,000
$8,912.50
(1)
The Deferred Compensation Obligations are unsecured obligations of the Registrant to pay
deferred compensation in the future in accordance with the terms of the Executive Savings
Plan.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h)
under the Securities Act of 1933.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I
PART II
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Item 4. Description of Securities
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
Item 8. Exhibits
Item 9. Undertakings
SIGNATURES AND POWER OF ATTORNEY
EXHIBIT INDEX
EX-5
EX-23.1
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement registers $125,000,000 of additional Deferred Compensation
Obligations to be offered pursuant to the Executive Savings Plan. Pursuant to General Instruction E
of Form S-8, the registration statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-63293), filed with the Commission on
September 11, 1998 to register $40,000,000 Deferred Compensation Obligations pursuant to the
Executive Savings Plan is incorporated herein by reference.
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Information required by Part I to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from
this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "Securities Act") and the Note to Part I of Form S-8.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed by The TJX Companies, Inc. (the "Company") with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") are incorporated herein by reference (excluding any
portions of such documents that have been "furnished" but not "filed" for purposes of the
Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, (the "Exchange Act")) except to the extent any
statement or information therein is modified, superseded or replaced by a statement or information
contained in this document or in any other subsequently filed document incorporated herein by
reference:
(a) The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for its fiscal year ended January 30, 2010;
(b) The Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for its fiscal quarters ended May 1, 2010 and
July 31, 2010; and
(c) The Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on April 9, 2010 and
June 4, 2010.
All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and
15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates that all
securities offered have been sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be
deemed to be incorporated by reference in the registration statement and to be part thereof from
the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed
to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of
this registration statement to the extent that a statement contained herein, or in any other
subsequently filed document which also is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein, modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not
be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this registration
statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
The validity of the securities has been passed upon by Ann McCauley, Executive Vice President,
General Counsel of the Company. Ms. McCauley is eligible to participate in the Executive Savings
Plan and owns or has rights to acquire an aggregate of less than 0.01% of the common stock of the
Company.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The Company is incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware. Section 102(b)(7) of the
Delaware General Corporation Law permits a corporation to include in its certificate of
incorporation a provision eliminating or limiting the personal liability of a director to the
corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director,
provided that such provision shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director: (i) for any
breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders; (ii) for acts or
omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law;
(iii) under Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, which relates to unlawful payment
of dividends and unlawful stock purchases and redemptions; or (iv) for any transaction from which
the director derived an improper personal benefit.
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Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that a corporation may indemnify
any persons who were, are or are threatened to be made, parties to any threatened, pending or
completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative
(other than an action by or in the right of such corporation), by reason of the fact that such
person is or was an officer, director, employee or agent of such corporation, or is or was serving
at the request of such corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise. The indemnity may include
expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and
reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, provided
such person acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to
the corporation's best interests and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no
reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law further authorizes a corporation to
purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee
or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director,
officer, employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise, against any liability asserted
against him and incurred by him in any such capacity, arising out of his status as such, whether or
not the corporation would otherwise have the power to indemnify him under Section 145 of the
Delaware General Corporation Law.
The Company's certificate of incorporation provides that its directors shall not be liable to
it or to its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except
to the extent that the exculpation from liabilities is not permitted under the Delaware General
Corporation Law as in effect at the time such liability is determined. In addition, the Company's
certificate of incorporation provides that it shall indemnify its directors to the maximum extent
permitted by the laws of the State of Delaware.
The Company's directors and officers are covered by insurance policies maintained by the
Company against specified liabilities for actions taken in their capacities as such, including
liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. In addition, the Company has entered
into indemnification agreements with each of its directors and executive officers that provide for
indemnification and expense advancement.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not Applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit
Description
5
Opinion of Ann McCauley, Executive Vice President, General Counsel of The TJX Companies, Inc.
10.1
The TJX Companies, Inc. Executive Savings Plan, as amended and restated, as of January 1,
2010, is incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 10.14 to the Form 10-Q filed for the fiscal quarter ended
May 1, 2010.
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
23.2
Consent of General Counsel (included in Exhibit 5).
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Powers of Attorney (included under Signatures and Power of Attorney).
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Item 9. Undertakings.
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
1.
To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of
1933;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective
date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in
the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total
dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and
any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may
be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule
424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than
20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of
Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement.
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution
not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to
such information in the registration statement.
2.
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of
1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
3.
To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to section
13(a) or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing
of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be
a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a
director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action,
suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with
the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES AND POWER OF ATTORNEY
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Framingham, The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on
September 10, 2010.
The TJX Companies, Inc.
By:
/s/ Ann McCauley
Name:
Ann McCauley
Title:
Executive Vice President, General Counsel
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Each of the undersigned hereby severally constitutes and appoints Carol Meyrowitz, Jeffrey G.
Naylor and Ann McCauley, and each of them singly, his or her true and lawful attorneys with full
power to them, and each of them singly, to sign for him or her and in his or her names in any or
all capacities, with power of substitution and resubstitution, any and all amendments, including
post-effective amendments, this Registration Statement (any of which amendments may make such
changes and additions to this Registration Statement as such attorneys-in-fact may deem necessary
or appropriate) and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and any other documents that may
be required in connection therewith, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and
authority to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration
Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on September 10,
2010.
Signature
Title
/s/ Carol Meyrowitz
Carol Meyrowitz
President and Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Jeffrey G. Naylor
Jeffrey G. Naylor
Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Financial and
Administrative Officer
(Principal Financial Officer and
Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ Jose B. Alvarez
Jose B. Alvarez
Director
/s/ Alan M. Bennett
Alan M. Bennett
Director
/s/ David A. Brandon
David A. Brandon
Director
/s/ Bernard Cammarata
Bernard Cammarata
Chairman of the Board of Directors
/s/ David T. Ching
David T. Ching
Director
/s/ Michael F. Hines
Michael F. Hines
Director
/s/ Amy B. Lane
Amy B. Lane
Director
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Signature
Title
/s/ John F. O'Brien
John F. O'Brien
Director
/s/ Willow B. Shire
Willow B. Shire
Director
/s/ Fletcher H. Wiley
Fletcher H. Wiley
Director
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Description
5
Opinion of Ann McCauley, Executive Vice President, General Counsel of The TJX Companies, Inc.
10.1
The TJX Companies, Inc. Executive Savings Plan, as amended and restated, as of January 1,
2010, is incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 10.14 to the Form 10-Q filed for the fiscal quarter ended
May 1, 2010.
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
23.2
Consent of General Counsel (included in Exhibit 5).
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Powers of Attorney (contained in Part II hereof under Signatures and Power of Attorney).