ITEM 8.01. OTHER EVENTS.
On October 14, 2009, Jeffrey G. Naylor, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial and Administrative Officer of The TJX Companies, Inc. ("TJX"), entered into a trading plan in accordance with Rule 10b5-1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Options will be exercised and shares will be sold under the plan on the open market over the period of time and according to the other parameters set forth in the trading 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 pursuant to the trading plan 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.

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