Company: TJX
Filing Date: 2025-05-01
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000109198-25-000024
Chunk: 98

Company: TJX COMPANIES INC /DE/
Filing Date: 2025-05-01
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 98
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 questions submitted in advance that are relevant to meeting matters, as time permits. PwC will also be available to respond to questions submitted in advance. We reserve the right to exclude questions that are not relevant to meeting matters or to edit profanity or other inappropriate language. We also may group together and respond collectively to questions that are substantially similar to avoid repetition. Questions and responses will be posted for review by shareholders during the meeting, following the guidelines noted above. Further information about the Annual Meeting question process is available at www.proxyvote.com.

#### 2025 Proxy Statement65

#### Voting and Meeting Requirements

### PROPOSALS AND NOMINATIONS FOR THE NEXT ANNUAL MEETING
A shareholder who intends to present a proposal for business other than director nominations at the 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and who wishes the proposal to be included in our proxy materials for that meeting pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act must submit the proposal in writing to us so that we receive it no later than January 1, 2026 and must otherwise comply with SEC rules in order for the proposal to be eligible for inclusion in our proxy materials for that meeting.

A shareholder who wishes to nominate a director at the 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and who wishes the nomination to be included in our proxy materials for that meeting must notify us in writing no earlier than December 2, 2025 and no later than January 1, 2026. The notice must be given in the manner and must include the information and representations required by our by- laws. Our by-laws, which are available on our website, TJX.com, describe the requirements for nominating directors at the annual meeting.

A shareholder who intends to present a proposal for business at the 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders but who does not wish the proposal to be included in our proxy materials for that meeting must provide written notice of the proposal to us no earlier than February 10, 2026 and no later than March 12, 2026. A shareholder who wishes to nominate a director at the 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders but who does not wish the nomination to be included in our proxy statement for that meeting, including shareholders who intend to solicit proxies in support of director nominees other than TJX nominees pursuant to the universal proxy rules, must notify us in writing no earlier than February 10, 2026 and no later than March 12, 2026. Notices must be given in the manner and must