Company: TJX
Filing Date: 2025-05-01
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000109198-25-000024
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Company: TJX COMPANIES INC /DE/
Filing Date: 2025-05-01
Form: DEF 14A
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 are included under “Change in Control” in this table to the extent the applicable service conditions were satisfied and the award would have been settled at target in connection with the change of control on February 1, 2025.

(4) Other benefits include amounts for continued health coverage, life insurance coverage, and/or automobile benefits. For health coverage, we estimated an amount sufficient after taxes to cover the cost of continuation of medical, dental, and vision benefits based on the COBRA rates in effect as of February 1, 2025 and assumed, in the case of a qualifying termination following a change of control, that employee contributions for health coverage will continue at rates in effect as of February 1, 2025.

(5) Under the 2022 Severance Plan, severance for Mr. Klinger in the event of a Change of Control followed by Qualifying Termination also includes a lump sum settlement for each applicable LRPIP cycle ending after February 1, 2025, plus any MIP award for an open fiscal year prorated between 50% and 100% based on days completed in the fiscal year, in each case assuming target performance.

(6) In the event of death on February 1, 2025, the beneficiaries of each of our NEOs would also have been entitled to a life insurance benefit of $1,500,000 under our management- and executive-level life insurance programs. Company-paid amounts for these programs are included and described above in the Summary Compensation Table under All Other Compensation for FY25.

#### 2025 Proxy Statement55

#### Compensation Tables

### CEO PAY RATIO
At the end of FY25, we operated over 5,000 retail stores and employed approximately 364,000 Associates worldwide. Approximately 86% of these Associates worked in our retail stores. Our total number of Associates, which is subject to seasonal variations, includes full-time, part-time, seasonal, and temporary employees. This workforce supports the execution of our flexible off-price business model, including the timing and frequency of store deliveries and the management of a rapidly changing mix of store inventory, throughout our global business.

As required by SEC rules, we are providing information regarding the ratio of annual total compensation for our CEO to that of our median employee. Our CEO’s annual total compensation for FY25, as reported in the “Total” column of the Summary Compensation Table above, was $23,482,528. In accordance with SEC rules, the median of the annual total compensation of all