UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of The
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): August 24, 2007
THE TJX COMPANIES, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
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1-4908
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04-2207613 |
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(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
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(Commission File
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(I.R.S. Employer
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770 Cochituate Road, Framingham, MA 01701
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
(508) 390-1000
Registrant’s Telephone Number (Including Area Code)
N/A
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ITEM 8.01. OTHER EVENTS.
On August 24, 2007 and August 27, 2007, certain executive officers of The TJX Companies, Inc.
(“TJX”) entered into trading plans in accordance with Rule 10b5-1 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended. The executive officers who entered into trading plans are Arnold Barron, Senior
Executive Vice President, Group President; Ernie Herrman, Senior Executive Vice President, The
Marmaxx Group; Jerome Rossi, Senior Executive Vice President, Group President; and Paul Sweetenham,
Senior Executive Vice President, Group President Europe. Options will
be exercised and shares will be sold under the plans on the
open market over the periods of time and according to the other parameters set forth under each
executive officer’s plan. Rule 10b5-1 allows individuals when they are not in possession of
material nonpublic information to adopt written, pre-arranged trading plans to sell securities
under specified conditions.
Sales of shares by the executive officers pursuant to the trading plans will be in compliance with
TJX’s stock ownership guidelines. Rule 10b5-1 trading plans are permitted under TJX’s insider
trading policy, and transactions under the trading plans will be disclosed publicly through Form
144 and/or Form 4 filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The information in this Form 8-K shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that
section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, regardless of any general incorporation language in such
filing.