Document:

EX-4.2

 Exhibit 4.2 

The TJX Companies, Inc. 

and 
 U.S. Bank National
Association, 
 as Trustee 

SIXTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE 

Dated as of November 30, 2020 

to the Indenture dated as of April 1, 2020 

1.600% Notes due 2031 
  

 TABLE OF CONTENTS 

 

							
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	 ARTICLE 1 APPLICATION OF SIXTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
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	 Section 1.01.
	 	 Application of Sixth Supplemental Indenture
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	 ARTICLE 2 DEFINITIONS
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	 Section 2.01.
	 	 Certain Terms Defined in the Indenture
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	 Section 2.02.
	 	 Definitions
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	 ARTICLE 3 FORM AND TERMS OF THE NOTES
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	 Section 3.01.
	 	 Form and Dating
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	 Section 3.02.
	 	 Terms of the Notes
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	 Section 3.03.
	 	 Optional Redemption
	  	 	8	 
	 Section 3.04.
	 	 Repurchase of Notes upon a Change of Control
	  	 	8	 
	 Section 3.05.
	 	 Certain Interest Payments
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	 ARTICLE 4 CERTAIN COVENANTS
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	 Section 4.01.
	 	 Restrictions on Secured Debt
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	 Section 4.02.
	 	 Restrictions on Sale and Leaseback Transactions
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	 Section 4.03.
	 	 Exempted Debt
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	 Section 4.04.
	 	 Limitations Upon Permitting Restricted Subsidiaries to become
Non-Restricted Subsidiaries and Non-Restricted Subsidiaries to become Restricted Subsidiaries
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	 ARTICLE 5 EVENTS OF DEFAULT
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	 Section 5.01.
	 	 Events of Default
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	 ARTICLE 6 MISCELLANEOUS
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	 Section 6.01.
	 	 Trust Indenture Act Controls
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	 Section 6.02.
	 	 New York Law to Govern
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	 Section 6.03.
	 	 Counterparts
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	 Section 6.04.
	 	 Severability
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	 Section 6.05.
	 	 Ratification
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	 Section 6.06.
	 	 Effectiveness
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	 Section 6.07.
	 	 Trustee Makes No Representation
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	 EXHIBIT A – Form of 1.600% Note due 2031
	  	 	A-1	 

  
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 SIXTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE 

SIXTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “Sixth Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of November 30, 2020, between The TJX Companies,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”). 

RECITALS OF THE COMPANY 

WHEREAS, the Company and the Trustee executed and delivered an Indenture, dated as of April 1, 2020 (the “Base
Indenture,” and together with this Sixth Supplemental Indenture, the “Indenture”), to provide for the issuance by the Company from time to time of Securities to be issued in one or more series as provided in the Indenture; 

WHEREAS, Section 9.1 of the Base Indenture provides, among other things, that the Company and the Trustee may enter into
indentures supplemental to the Base Indenture, without the consent of any Holders of Securities, to establish the form of any Security, as permitted by Section 2.1 of the Base Indenture, and to provide for the issuance of the Notes (as defined
below), as permitted by Section 3.1 of the Base Indenture, and to set forth the terms thereof; 
 WHEREAS, the Company desires
to execute this Sixth Supplemental Indenture, pursuant to Section 2.1 of the Base Indenture, to establish the form and, pursuant to Section 3.1 of the Base Indenture, to provide for the issuance, of a series of its senior notes designated
as its 1.600% Notes due 2031 (the “Notes”), in an initial aggregate principal amount of $500,000,000. The Notes are a series of securities as referred to in Section 3.1 of the Base Indenture; 

WHEREAS, the Company has requested that the Trustee execute and deliver this Sixth Supplemental Indenture; 

WHEREAS, all things necessary have been done by the Company to make this Sixth Supplemental Indenture, when executed and delivered by
the Company, a valid supplement to the Indenture; and 
 WHEREAS, all things necessary have been done by the Company to make the
Notes, when executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture, the valid obligations of the Company; 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises stated herein and the purchase of the Notes by the Holders thereof, the Company
and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and proportionate benefit of the respective Holders from time to time of the Notes as follows: 

ARTICLE 1 
 APPLICATION
OF SIXTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE 
 Section 1.01. Application of Sixth Supplemental Indenture. 

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Sixth Supplemental Indenture, all provisions of this Sixth Supplemental Indenture are expressly and
solely for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, and any such provisions shall not be deemed to apply to any other securities issued under the Base Indenture and shall not be deemed to amend, modify or supplement the Base Indenture for any
purpose other than with respect to the Notes. Unless otherwise expressly specified, references in this Sixth Supplemental Indenture to specific Article numbers or Section numbers refer to Articles and Sections

  
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contained in this Sixth Supplemental Indenture as they amend or supplement the Base Indenture, and not the Base Indenture or any other document. All Initial Notes and Additional Notes, if any,
shall be treated as a single class for all purposes of this Indenture, including waivers, amendments, redemptions and offers to purchase. 

ARTICLE 2 
 DEFINITIONS

 Section 2.01. Certain Terms Defined in the Indenture. 

For purposes of this Sixth Supplemental Indenture, all capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such
terms in the Base Indenture, as amended hereby. 
 Section 2.02. Definitions. (a) For the benefit of the Holders of the
Notes, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth in this Section 2.02: 
 “Additional Notes” has the meaning
specified in Section 3.02(b) of this Sixth Supplemental Indenture. 
 “Attributable Debt” in respect of a Sale and Leaseback
Transaction means, at the time of determination, the present value (discounted at the imputed rate of interest of such transaction determined in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles) of the obligation of the lessee for net
rental payments during the remaining term of the lease included in such arrangement (including any period for which such lease has been extended or may, at the option of the lessor, be extended). The term “net rental payments” under any
lease for any period shall mean the sum of the rental and other payments required to be paid in such period by the lessee thereunder, not including any amounts required to be paid by such lessee (whether or not designated as rental or additional
rental) on account of maintenance and repairs, insurance, taxes, assessments, water rates or similar charges required to be paid by such lessee thereunder or any amounts required to be paid by such lessee thereunder contingent upon the amount of
sales, maintenance and repairs, insurance, taxes, assessments, water rates or similar charges. 
 “Change of Control” means the
occurrence of any of the following: (1) the direct or indirect sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or more series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of
the Company’s assets and the assets of its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any person, other than the Company or one of its Subsidiaries; (2) the consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, any merger or
consolidation) the result of which is that any person (other than the Company or one of its wholly owned subsidiaries) becomes the beneficial owner (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and
13d-5 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the Company’s outstanding Voting Stock or other Voting Stock into which the Company’s Voting Stock is reclassified,
consolidated, exchanged or changed, measured by voting power rather than number of shares; or (3) the adoption of a plan relating to the Company’s liquidation or dissolution. 

The term “person”, as used in this definition, has the meaning given thereto in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act. 

“Change of Control Triggering Event” means the occurrence of both a Change of Control and a Rating Event. 

  
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 “Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security or
securities selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having an actual or interpolated maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Notes to be redeemed, to the Par Call Date, that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in
accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of a comparable maturity to the remaining term of such Notes assuming, for this purpose, the Notes mature on the Par Call Date. 

“Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, (A) the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer
Quotations for such Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest of such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (B) if the Company obtains fewer than five of such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such
quotations. 
 “Consolidated Net Tangible Assets” means, at the time of determination, the total amount of assets (less
depreciation and valuation reserves and other reserves and items deductible from the gross book value of specific asset accounts under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles) that under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles would be
included on the Company’s and its Restricted Subsidiaries’ most recent annual consolidated balance sheet after deducting therefrom (i) amounts that would, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, be included
as current liabilities on such most recent annual consolidated balance sheet (other than (x) the current portion of any Funded Debt, the current portion of any Finance Lease Obligations and the current portion of operating lease liability,
(y) the current portion of accrued interest and (z) the current portion of current and deferred income taxes), (ii) all goodwill, trade names, trademarks, patents, unamortized debt discount and expense and other like intangibles (other
than leasehold costs), which in each such case would be so included on such most recent annual balance sheet, and (iii) all amounts which would be so included on such most recent annual balance sheet in respect of Investments (less applicable
reserves) in Non-Restricted Subsidiaries in excess of the amount of such Investments as at February 1, 2020. 

“Finance Lease” means any lease of property (whether real or personal) classified as a “finance lease” under U.S.
generally accepted accounting principles, but excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any Operating Leases or any other non-finance leases. 

“Finance Lease Obligations” of any Person means the amount of the obligations of such Person under Finance Leases which would be
shown as a liability on a balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. 

“Funded Debt” of any Person means Indebtedness, whether incurred, assumed or guaranteed, maturing by its terms more than one year
from the date of creation thereof, or that is extendable or renewable at the sole option of the obligor so that it may become payable more than one year from the date of creation thereof; provided, however, that Funded Debt shall not include
(i) obligations created pursuant to leases, (ii) any Indebtedness or portion thereof maturing by its terms within one year from the time of any computation of the amount of outstanding Funded Debt unless such Indebtedness shall be
extendable or renewable at the sole option of the obligor in such manner that it may become payable more than one year from such time, or (iii) any Indebtedness for the payment or redemption of which money in the necessary amount shall have
been deposited in trust either at or before the maturity date thereof. 
 “Global Notes” means the Notes in the form of Global
Securities issued to the Depositary or its nominee, substantially in the form of Exhibit A. 
 “Independent Investment
Banker” means one of the Reference Treasury Dealers appointed by the Company. 

  
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 “Initial Notes” has the meaning specified in Section 3.02(b) of this Sixth
Supplemental Indenture. 
 “Investment” means and includes any investment in stock, evidences of indebtedness, loans or advances,
however made or acquired, but shall not include the Company’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s accounts receivable arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, or any evidences of indebtedness, loans or advances made in
connection with the sale to any Subsidiary of the Company’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s accounts receivable arising from transactions in the Company’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s ordinary course of business. 

“Investment Grade Rating” means a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or the equivalent) by Moody’s and BBB– (or the
equivalent) by S&P and the equivalent investment grade credit rating from any replacement Rating Agency or Rating Agencies selected by the Company. 

“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., and any successor to its rating agency business. 

“Mortgage” and “Mortgages” have the meaning specified in Section 4.01(a) of this Sixth Supplemental Indenture. 

“Net Proceeds” means the aggregate cash proceeds received by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of any
Sale and Leaseback Transaction, net of the direct costs relating to such Sale and Leaseback Transaction, including (i) legal, accounting and investment banking fees, and brokerage and sales commissions, (ii) any relocation expenses
incurred as a result thereof, (iii) taxes paid or payable as a result thereof (after taking into account any available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements), (iv) amounts required to be applied to the repayment of
principal, premium, if any, and interest on Indebtedness secured by the Operating Property disposed of and required to be paid as a result of such transaction and (v) any deduction of appropriate amounts to be provided by the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary as a reserve in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles against any liabilities associated with the Operating Property disposed of in such transaction and retained by the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary after such sale or other disposition thereof. 
 “Non-Restricted Subsidiary”
means any Subsidiary other than a Restricted Subsidiary. 
 “Notes” has the meaning specified in the recitals of this Sixth
Supplemental Indenture. 
 “Operating Lease” means any lease of property (whether real or personal) classified as an
“operating lease” under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. 
 “Operating Property” means all real property
and improvements thereon owned by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary constituting, without limitation, any store, warehouse, service center or distribution center wherever located; provided that such term shall not include any store, warehouse,
service center or distribution center that the Company’s Board of Directors (or any authorized committee thereof) declares by resolution not to be of material importance to the Company’s and its Restricted Subsidiaries’ business taken
as a whole. Operating Property is treated as having been “acquired” on the day the Operating Property is placed in operation by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary after the later of (a) its acquisition from a third party,
including a Non-Restricted Subsidiary, (b) completion of its original construction or (c) completion of its substantial reconstruction, renovation, remodeling, expansion or improvement (whether or
not constituting an Operating Property prior to such reconstruction, renovation, remodeling, expansion or improvement). 

  
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 “Par Call Date” has the meaning specified in Section 3.03(b) of this Sixth
Supplemental Indenture. 
 “Rating Agencies” means (1) each of Moody’s and S&P; and (2) if either of
Moody’s or S&P ceases to rate the Notes or fails to make a rating of the Notes publicly available for reasons outside of the Company’s control, a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” within the meaning of
Section 3(a)(62) under the Exchange Act selected by the Company as a replacement agency for Moody’s or S&P, or both of them, as the case may be. 

“Rating Event” means the rating on the Notes is lowered by both Rating Agencies and the Notes are rated below an Investment Grade
Rating by both Rating Agencies, in any case on any day during the period (which period will be extended so long as the rating of the Notes is under publicly announced consideration for a possible downgrade by any of the Rating Agencies) commencing
upon the first public notice of the occurrence of a Change of Control or the Company’s intention to effect a Change of Control and ending 60 days following the consummation of the Change of Control; provided that a Rating Event otherwise
arising by virtue of a particular reduction in rating shall not be deemed to have occurred in respect of a particular Change of Control (and thus shall not be deemed a Rating Event for purposes of the definition of Change of Control Triggering Event
hereunder) if any of the Rating Agencies making the reduction in rating to which this definition would otherwise apply does not announce or publicly confirm or inform the Trustee in writing at its request that the reduction was the result, in whole
or in part, of any event or circumstance comprised of or arising as a result of, or in respect of, the applicable Change of Control (whether or not the applicable Change of Control shall have occurred at the time of the Rating Event). 

“Reference Treasury Dealer” means each of BofA Securities, Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, or
their affiliates that are primary U.S. Government securities dealers, and two other primary U.S. Government securities dealers in the City of New York selected by us, and their respective successors; provided, however, that if any of the foregoing
or their affiliates shall cease to be a primary U.S. Government securities dealer in The City of New York, we shall substitute therefor another such primary U.S. Government securities dealer. 

“Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date, the average,
as determined by the Company, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Company by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 3:30 p.m. New York
time on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date. 
 “Restricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary so designated by
the Company’s Board of Directors or a duly authorized Officer of the Company provided that (a) the Company’s Board of Directors or a duly authorized Officer of the Company may, subject to certain limitations, designate any Non-Restricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary and any Restricted Subsidiary as a Non-Restricted Subsidiary and (b) any Subsidiary of which the majority of the
Voting Stock is owned directly or indirectly by one or more Non-Restricted Subsidiaries shall be a Non-Restricted Subsidiary. 

“Sale and Leaseback Transaction” has the meaning specified in Section 4.02 of this Sixth Supplemental Indenture. 

“Senior Funded Debt” means all of the Company’s Funded Debt (except Funded Debt, the payment of which is expressly subordinated
to the payment of the Notes). 

  
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 “S&P” means S&P Global Ratings, a division of S&P Global Inc., and any
successor to its rating agency business. 
 “Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the rate per annum equal
to the semiannual equivalent yield to maturity or interpolated maturity (on a day count basis) of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the
Comparable Treasury Price for such Redemption Date. 
 “Voting Stock” means, with respect to any specified “person” (as
that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) as of any date, the capital stock of such person that is at the time entitled to vote generally in the election of the board of directors of such person. 

“Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary, all of the capital stock of which, other than directors’
qualifying shares and shares required to be issued to foreign nationals under applicable law, is owned by the Company and its other Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiaries. 

(b) For the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, the definition of “Indebtedness” in Section 1.1 of the Base Indenture shall be
amended by deleting the definition in its entirety and replacing the definition with the following: 
 “Indebtedness” of any
Person means indebtedness for borrowed money and indebtedness under purchase money mortgages or other purchase money liens or conditional sales or similar title retention agreements, in each case where such indebtedness has been created, incurred,
or assumed by such Person to the extent such indebtedness would appear as a liability upon a balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (as in effect on the issue date of the Notes),
guarantees by such Person of such indebtedness, and indebtedness for borrowed money secured by any mortgage, pledge or other lien or encumbrance upon property owned by such Person, even though such Person has not assumed or become liable for the
payment of such indebtedness (but not exceeding the amount of indebtedness secured by such mortgage, pledge, lien or encumbrance). 

ARTICLE 3 
 FORM AND
TERMS OF THE NOTES 
 Section 3.01. Form and Dating. 

a) The Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A
attached hereto. The Notes shall be executed on behalf of the Company by an Officer of the Company. The Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rules or usage. Each Note shall be dated the date of its
authentication. The Notes and any beneficial interest in the Notes shall be in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. 

b) The terms and notations contained in the Notes shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of the Indenture, and the Company and
the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Sixth Supplemental Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby. 

c) Global Notes. The Notes shall be issued initially in the form of fully registered Global Securities (the “Global Notes”),
which shall be deposited on behalf of the purchasers of the Notes represented thereby with The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York (the “Depositary”) and registered in the name of Cede & Co., the Depositary’s
nominee, duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee. 

  
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 d) Book-Entry Provisions. This Section 3.01(d) shall apply only to the Global
Notes deposited with or on behalf of the Depositary. The Company shall execute and the Trustee shall, in accordance with this Section 3.01(d), authenticate and deliver the Global Notes that shall be registered in the name of the Depositary or
the nominee of the Depositary and shall be delivered by the Trustee to the Depositary or pursuant to the Depositary’s instructions. 

e) Paying Agent. The Company initially appoints the Trustee as Paying Agent for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any)
and interest on the Notes and the office of the Trustee at U.S. Bank National Association, One Federal Street, 10th Floor, Boston, Massachusetts 02110, is hereby designated as the Place of Payment
where the Notes may be presented for payment. 
 Section 3.02. Terms of the Notes. The following terms relating to the Notes are
hereby established: 
 a) Title. The Notes shall constitute a series of Securities having the title “1.600% Notes due 2031”.

 b) Principal Amount. The aggregate principal amount of the Notes that may be initially authenticated and delivered under the
Indenture (the “Initial Notes”) shall be $500,000,000 (except for Notes authenticated and delivered upon registration of, transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Notes pursuant to Sections 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 9.6 or 11.7 of the
Base Indenture). The Company may from time to time, without the consent of the Holders of Notes, issue additional Notes (in any such case “Additional Notes”) having the same ranking and the same interest rate, Maturity and other terms as
the Initial Notes. Any Additional Notes and the Initial Notes shall constitute a single series under the Indenture and all references to the Notes shall include the Initial Notes and any Additional Notes unless the context otherwise requires. 

c) Maturity Date. The entire outstanding principal amount of the Notes shall be payable on May 15, 2031. 

d) Interest Rate. The rate at which the Notes shall bear interest shall be 1.600% per annum; the date from which interest shall accrue
on the Notes shall be November 30, 2020, or the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or provided for; the Interest Payment Dates for the Notes shall be May 15 and November 15 of each year, beginning
May 15, 2021; the interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date, will be paid, in immediately available funds, to the Persons in whose names the Notes (or predecessor Notes) are registered (which
shall initially be the Depositary) at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the May 1 or November 1, as the case may be, preceding such Interest Payment Date. Interest shall be computed on the
basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months. For so long as the Notes are represented in global form by one or more Global Securities, all payments of
principal (and premium, if any) and interest shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the Depositary or its nominee, as the case may be, as the registered owner of the Global Security representing such Notes. In the event
that definitive Notes shall have been issued, all payments of principal (and premium, if any) and interest shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts of the registered Holders thereof; provided, that the
Company may elect to make such payments at the office of the Paying Agent in The City of Boston, Massachusetts; and provided further, that the Company may at its option pay interest by check to the registered address of each Holder of
a definitive Note. 

  
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 e) Currency. The currency of denomination of the Notes is United States Dollars.
Payment of principal of and interest and premium, if any, on the Notes shall be made in United States Dollars. 
 f) Sinking Fund. The
Notes are not subject to any sinking fund. 
 Section 3.03. Optional Redemption. 

a) The provisions of Article XI of the Base Indenture, as supplemented by the provisions of this Sixth Supplemental Indenture, shall apply
to the Notes. 
 b) The Notes shall be redeemable as a whole or in part, at the Company’s option, at any time and from time to time at
the following Redemption Prices: 
 (i) upon redemption prior to February 15, 2031 (the “Par Call Date”), the
Company shall pay a Redemption Price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed and (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon
(exclusive of interest accrued and unpaid to the Redemption Date) that would be due if the Notes matured on the Par Call Date, discounted to the Redemption Date on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year
consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 15 basis points, plus in each case accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but not including, the Redemption Date; and 

(ii) upon redemption on and after the Par Call Date, the Company shall pay a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the aggregate
principal amount of the Notes being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to, but not including, the Redemption Date. 
 Further,
installments of interest on the Notes to be redeemed that are due and payable on the Interest Payment Dates falling on or prior to a Redemption Date shall be payable on the Interest Payment Date to the registered Holders as of the close of business
on the relevant Regular Record Date for the Notes. 
 Section 3.04. Repurchase of Notes upon a Change of Control. 

a) If a Change of Control Triggering Event occurs with respect to the Notes, unless the Company has exercised its option to redeem the Notes as
provided in Section 3.03 hereof, the Company shall make an offer (a “Change of Control Offer”) to each Holder of the Notes to repurchase all or any part (equal to any integral multiple of $1,000, such that any remaining portion held
by such Holder is at least $2,000) of that Holder’s Notes on the terms set forth in this Section 3.04 and in the Notes. In a Change of Control Offer, the Company shall offer payment in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount
of Notes repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes repurchased to the date of repurchase (a “Change of Control Payment”). Within 30 days following any Change of Control Triggering Event or, at the Company’s
option, prior to any Change of Control, but after public announcement of the transaction that constitutes or may constitute the Change of Control, the Company shall send a notice to Holders of the Notes, describing the transaction that constitutes
or may constitute the Change of Control Triggering Event and offering to repurchase the Notes on the date specified in the applicable notice, which date shall be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is sent (a
“Change of Control Payment Date”). The notice shall, if sent prior to the date of consummation of the Change of Control, state that the Change of Control Offer is conditioned on the Change of Control Triggering Event occurring on or prior
to the applicable Change of Control Payment Date; provided, that the expiration of the Change of Control Offer prior to consummation of such Change of Control shall not relieve the Company of its obligation under this Section 3.04 if such
Change of Control subsequently occurs. 

  
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 b) On each Change of Control Payment Date, the Company shall, to the extent lawful: 

(i) accept for payment all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered pursuant to the applicable Change of Control Offer;

 (ii) deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment in respect of all Notes or portions of
Notes properly tendered; and 
 (iii) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes properly accepted together
with an Officer’s Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes or portions of Notes being repurchased. 
 c) The Company
shall not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Triggering Event if a third party makes such an offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements for an offer made
by the Company and the third party purchases all Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn under its offer. In addition, the Company shall not repurchase any Notes if there has occurred and is continuing on the Change of Control Payment Date an
Event of Default under the Indenture, other than a default in the payment of the Change of Control Payment. 
 d) The Company shall comply
with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act, and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of
the Notes as a result of a Change of Control Triggering Event. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the Change of Control Offer provisions of the Notes, the Company shall comply with those securities
laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the Change of Control Offer provisions of the Notes by virtue of any such conflict and compliance. 

Section 3.05. Certain Interest Payments. 

Installments of interest that are due and payable on Notes to be repurchased or redeemed on a Change of Control Payment Date or Redemption
Date, as the case may be, between a Regular Record Date and an Interest Payment Date shall be payable on the Change of Control Payment Date or Redemption Date, as the case may be, to the registered Holders as of the close of business on the relevant
Regular Record Date according to the Notes and the Indenture. 
 ARTICLE 4 

CERTAIN COVENANTS 
 The
following covenants shall be applicable to the Company for so long as any of the Notes are Outstanding. Nothing in this Article will, however, affect the Company’s rights or obligations under any other provision of the Base Indenture or this
Sixth Supplemental Indenture. 

  
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 Section 4.01. Restrictions on Secured Debt. 

a) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, issue, assume or guarantee any Indebtedness secured by any
mortgage, security interest, pledge, lien or other encumbrance (herein referred to as a “Mortgage” or “Mortgages”) upon any Operating Property of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, whether such Operating Property is now
owned or hereafter acquired, without in any such case effectively providing concurrently with the issuance, assumption or guarantee of any such Indebtedness that the Notes (together with, if the Company shall so determine, any other Indebtedness
ranking equally with the Notes other than debt securities not having the benefit of this provision) shall be secured equally and ratably with such Indebtedness, except that the foregoing restrictions shall not apply to: 

(i) the giving, no later than 180 days after the later of (a) the acquisition or completion of construction or completion
of substantial reconstruction, renovation, remodeling, expansion or improvement (each a “substantial improvement”) of such property, and (b) the placing in operation of such property after the acquisition or completion of any such
construction or substantial improvement, of any purchase money Mortgage, or the acquiring of property not theretofore owned by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary subject to any then existing Mortgage securing Indebtedness (whether or not
assumed) including Indebtedness incurred for reimbursement of funds previously expended for any such purpose, provided that in each case (x) such Mortgage is limited to such property, including accretions thereto and any such construction or
substantial improvement; (y) the principal amount of the Indebtedness being incurred that is secured by such Mortgage shall not exceed the cost of such acquired property, construction or substantial improvement, as the case may be; and
(z) the principal amount of the Indebtedness secured by such Mortgage, together with all other Indebtedness to Persons other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary secured by Mortgages on such property, shall not exceed the total cost of
such property, including any such construction or substantial improvement; 
 (ii) the giving by the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary of a Mortgage on real property that is the sole security for Indebtedness (w) incurred within three years after the latest of (1) the date of acquisition of such real property or (2) the date of completion of construction
or substantial improvement made thereon by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, (x) incurred for the purpose of reimbursing itself for the cost of acquisition and/or the cost of improvement of such real property, (y) the amount of
which does not exceed the aggregate cost of such real property and improvements, and (z) the holder of which shall be entitled to enforce payment of such Indebtedness solely by resorting to the security therefor, without any liability on the
part of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary for any deficiency; 
 (iii) (x) any Mortgage on the Company’s or any
Subsidiary’s assets existing on the date of this Sixth Supplemental Indenture, (y) any Mortgage on the assets of any Person on the date it became a Subsidiary or is merged into or consolidated with the Company or any Subsidiary or
(z) any Mortgage on the assets of a Subsidiary that is newly designated as a Restricted Subsidiary, if such Mortgage was created while such Subsidiary was a Non-Restricted Subsidiary, and such Mortgage
would have been permitted under the provisions of this paragraph if such Subsidiary had been a Restricted Subsidiary at the time such Mortgage was created; 

(iv) any Mortgage incurred in connection with any refinancing, refunding or extension of Indebtedness secured by a Mortgage
permitted under clauses (i) to (iii) above, provided that the principal amount of the refinancing, refunding or extending Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount of the Indebtedness so refinanced, refunded or extended and that such
Mortgage applies only to the same property or assets subject to the prior permitted Mortgage and fixtures and building improvements thereon (and if the prior Mortgage was incurred under clause (ii) above, the requirements of clause
(z) thereof are satisfied); or 
 (v) any Mortgage given in favor of the Company or any Wholly Owned Restricted
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 Section 4.02. Restrictions on Sale and Leaseback Transactions. 

The Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, enter into any arrangement with any Person providing for the leasing
by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of any Operating Property that has been or is to be sold or transferred by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary to such Person subsequent to the date of this Sixth Supplemental Indenture with the
intention of taking back a lease of such property (a “Sale and Leaseback Transaction”) unless the terms of such sale or transfer have been determined by the Company to be fair and arm’s length and, no later than 180 days after the
receipt of the proceeds of such sale or transfer, the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (1) apply an amount equal to the Net Proceeds of such sale or transfer of such Operating Property at the time of such sale or transfer to the prepayment
or retirement (other than any mandatory prepayment or retirement) of Senior Funded Debt of the Company or Funded Debt of such Restricted Subsidiary or (2) reinvest the Net Proceeds of such sale or transfer in assets used or useful for the
Company’s and its Restricted Subsidiaries’ business. The foregoing restriction shall not apply to (i) any Sale and Leaseback Transaction for a term of not more than three years including renewals, (ii) any Sale and Leaseback
Transaction with respect to Operating Property if a binding commitment with respect thereto is entered into within three years after the date such property was acquired (as the term “acquired” is used in the definition of Operating
Property), or (iii) any Sale and Leaseback Transaction between the Company and a Restricted Subsidiary or between Restricted Subsidiaries provided that the lessor shall be the Company or a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary. 

Section 4.03. Exempted Debt. 

Notwithstanding the restrictions on Mortgages and on Sale and Leaseback Transactions provided in Sections 4.01 and 4.02 hereof, the Company and
its Restricted Subsidiaries may create or assume Mortgages, and renew, extend or replace such Mortgages, or enter into Sale and Leaseback Transactions, provided that, immediately after giving effect thereto, the aggregate principal amount of all
Indebtedness secured by Mortgages, which would otherwise be subject to Sections 4.01 and 4.02 hereof (other than any Indebtedness secured by Mortgages permitted by clauses (i) through (v) of Section 4.01 hereof), together with all
Attributable Debt with respect to Sale and Leaseback Transactions, which would otherwise be subject to these restrictions (other than with respect to Sale and Leaseback Transactions that are permitted as provided under Section 4.02 hereof),
does not exceed 15% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets. 
 Section 4.04. Limitations Upon Permitting Restricted Subsidiaries to
become Non-Restricted Subsidiaries and Non-Restricted Subsidiaries to become Restricted Subsidiaries. 

a) The Company shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to be designated as or otherwise to become a
Non-Restricted Subsidiary unless immediately after such Restricted Subsidiary becomes a Non-Restricted Subsidiary, it will not own, directly or indirectly, any Capital
Stock of any other Restricted Subsidiary or any Mortgage on property of any other Restricted Subsidiary. 
 b) The Company shall not permit
any Non-Restricted Subsidiary that has previously been a Restricted Subsidiary to be designated as a Restricted Subsidiary unless such Non-Restricted Subsidiary shall
not, at any time after it ceased to be a Restricted Subsidiary have participated in any sale and leaseback transaction involving any Operating Property owned by such Subsidiary, the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than in a transaction
permitted under Section 4.02 hereof for such Subsidiary if it had been a Restricted Subsidiary at the time), unless the Operating Property involved in such transaction shall no longer be leased by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or
such Subsidiary or shall be owned by the Company or a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary. 

  
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 c) Promptly after the adoption of any Board Resolution designating a Restricted Subsidiary
as a Non-Restricted Subsidiary or a Non-Restricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, or the making of an election by a duly authorized Officer of the Company to
effect any such designation, a copy of such Board Resolution or a written statement as to such designation signed by such Officer shall be delivered to the Trustee, together with an Officer’s Certificate stating that the provisions of this
Section 4.04 have been complied with in connection with such designation, and, in case of the designation of a Restricted Subsidiary as a Non-Restricted Subsidiary, setting forth the name of each other
Subsidiary (if any) that has become a Non-Restricted Subsidiary as a result of such designation. 

ARTICLE 5 
 EVENTS OF
DEFAULT 
 Section 5.01. Events of Default. 

Solely for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, Section 5.1 of the Base Indenture is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with
the following: 
 “Section 5.1 Events of Default 

“Event of Default”, wherever used herein with respect to the Notes, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for
such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body): 

(1) default in the payment of any interest upon any Notes when it becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30
days; 
 (2) default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any Notes at its Maturity; 

(3) [intentionally omitted] 
 (4)
default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant of the Company in this Indenture (other than a covenant a default in whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere in Section 5.1 hereof specifically dealt with or which has expressly been
included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of a series of Securities other than the Notes in respect of which the Event of Default is being determined), and continuance of such default or breach for a period of 60 days after there has been
sent to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes a written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such
notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder; 
 (5) the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of (A) a decree or
order for relief in respect of the Company in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or (B) a decree or order adjudging the Company a bankrupt or
insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Company under any applicable federal or state law, or appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee,
trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or of any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order for relief or any such other decree
or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or 

  
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 (6) the commencement by the Company of a voluntary case or proceeding under any applicable
federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or of any other case or proceeding to be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by it to the entry of a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company in
an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or to the commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency case or proceeding against it, or the filing by it of a
petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under any applicable federal or state law, or the consent by it to the filing of such petition or to the appointment of or taking possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator,
assignee, trustee, sequestrator or similar official of the Company or of any substantial part of its property, or the making by the Company of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the admission by the Company in writing of its inability to
pay its debts generally as they become due, or the taking of corporate action by the Company in furtherance of any such action. 
 Subject
to the provisions of Section 6.1 hereof, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of an Event of Default hereunder (except for those described in paragraphs (1) and (2) above) unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall
have actual knowledge thereof or shall have received written notice thereof and such notice references the Notes and this Indenture.” 

ARTICLE 6 
 MISCELLANEOUS

 Section 6.01. Trust Indenture Act Controls. 

If any provision of this Sixth Supplemental Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision which is required to be included in
this Sixth Supplemental Indenture by the Trust Indenture Act, the required provision shall control. If any provision of this Sixth Supplemental Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust Indenture Act which may be so modified or
excluded, the latter provision shall be deemed to apply to this Sixth Supplemental Indenture as so modified or to be excluded, as the case may be. 

Section 6.02. New York Law to Govern. 

This Sixth Supplemental Indenture and the Notes shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York. 

Section 6.03. Counterparts. 

This Sixth Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original,
but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. The exchange of copies of this Sixth Supplemental Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or electronic transmissions (in ‘.pdf’ or other format)
shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Sixth Supplemental Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Sixth Supplemental Indenture for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by
facsimile or electronically (in ‘.pdf’ or other format) shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes. For the avoidance of doubt, all notices, approvals, consents, requests and any communications hereunder or with
respect to the Notes must be in writing (provided that any communication sent to the Trustee hereunder must be in the form of a document that is signed manually or by way of a digital signature provided by DocuSign or Adobe (or such other digital
signature provider as specified in writing to the Trustee by the authorized representative), in English. The Company agrees to assume all risks arising out of the use of using digital signatures and electronic methods to submit communications
to the Trustee, including without limitation the risk of the Trustee acting on unauthorized instructions, and the risk of interception and misuse by third parties. 

  
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 Section 6.04. Severability. If any provision of this Sixth Supplemental
Indenture or the Notes shall be held to be illegal or unenforceable under applicable law, then the remaining provisions hereof shall be construed as though such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision were not contained therein. 

Section 6.05. Ratification. 

The Base Indenture, as supplemented and amended by this Sixth Supplemental Indenture, is in all respects ratified and confirmed. The Indenture
shall be read, taken and construed as one and the same instrument. All provisions included in this Sixth Supplemental Indenture supersede any conflicting provisions included in the Base Indenture unless not permitted by law. The Trustee accepts the
trusts created by the Indenture, and agrees to perform the same upon the terms and conditions of the Indenture. 
 Section 6.06.
Effectiveness. 
 The provisions of this Sixth Supplemental Indenture shall become effective as of the date hereof. 

Section 6.07. Trustee Makes No Representation. 

The recitals contained herein are made by the Company and not by the Trustee, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness
thereof. The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this Sixth Supplemental Indenture. All rights, protections, privileges, indemnities and benefits granted or afforded to the Trustee under the Indenture shall be deemed
incorporated herein by this reference and shall be deemed applicable to all actions taken, suffered or omitted by the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act under this Sixth
Supplemental Indenture. 
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Sixth Supplemental Indenture to be
duly executed as of the date first above written. 
  

			
	The TJX Companies, Inc.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Erica M. Farrell

		 	Name: Erica M. Farrell
		 	Title:   Senior Vice President, Treasurer

 [Signature Page to Supplemental Indenture] 

 
			
	U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Karen R. Beard

		 	Name: Karen R. Beard
		 	Title: Vice President

 [Signature Page to Supplemental Indenture] 

 EXHIBIT A 

THIS NOTE IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE
INDENTURE) OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS GLOBAL SECURITY IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE AND, UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS
EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR SECURITIES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE
OF THE DEPOSITARY, OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY. 
 UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE
IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE COMPANY (AS DEFINED BELOW) OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY SECURITY ISSUED IS
REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC),
ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN. 

THE TJX COMPANIES, INC. 
 1.600%
Note due 2031 
  

			
	No. [●]	  	Principal Amount
	CUSIP No. 872540 AW9	  	$[●]

 The TJX Companies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (hereinafter called the “Company”, which term
includes any successor Person under the Indenture referred to below), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., or registered assigns, the principal sum of [●] U.S. Dollars (U.S. $[●]) on May 15, 2031 and to
pay interest thereon from November 30, 2020 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on May 15 and November 15 in each year (each an “Interest Payment
Date”), beginning May 15, 2021 at the rate of 1.600% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or duly made available for payment. The interest so payable and punctually paid or duly provided for on any Interest Payment Date shall, as
provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the May 1 or November 1
(whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest which is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall forthwith cease to be payable to the
Holder hereof on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and may be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for
the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of the Notes not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or may be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent
with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Notes may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture. 

  
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 Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and the interest on this Note shall be
made at the designated office of the Trustee (as defined below) at U.S. Bank National Association, One Federal Street, 10th Floor, Boston, Massachusetts 02110, in such currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal
tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, for so long as the Notes are represented in global form by one or more Global Securities, all payments of principal (and premium, if any) and interest shall be made by
wire transfer of immediately available funds to the Depositary or its nominee, as the case may be, as the registered owner of the Global Security representing such Notes. In the event that definitive Notes shall have been issued, all payments of
principal (and premium, if any) and interest shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts of the registered Holders thereof; provided, that the Company may elect to make such payments at the office of the
Paying Agent in The City of Boston, Massachusetts; and provided further, that the Company may at its option pay interest by check to the registered address of each Holder of a definitive Note. 

This Note is one of the duly authorized series of Securities of the Company, designated as the Company’s “1.600% Notes due
2031”, initially limited to an aggregate principal amount of $500,000,000, all issued or to be issued under and pursuant to an Indenture (the “Base Indenture”), dated as of April 1, 2020, between the Company and U.S. Bank
National Association, as trustee (hereinafter referred to as the “Trustee”), as supplemented by the Sixth Supplemental Indenture thereto, dated as of November 30, 2020 (the “Sixth Supplemental Indenture”, and together with
the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”). Reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a description of the respective rights, limitation of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Company and the Holders of
the Notes. 
 The Company may redeem the Notes as a whole or in part, at the Company’s option, at any time and from time to time, at a
Redemption Price (a) prior to February 15, 2031 (the “Par Call Date”), equal to the greater of: (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed; and (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining
scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon (exclusive of interest accrued and unpaid to the Redemption Date) that would be due if the Notes matured on the Par Call Date, discounted to the Redemption Date on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate (as defined below), plus 15 basis points, plus in each case accrued and unpaid interest thereon
to, but not including, the Redemption Date; or (b) on and after the Par Call Date, equal to 100% of the principal amount of such Notes to be redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to, but not including, the Redemption Date.
Further, installments of interest on the Notes to be redeemed that are due and payable on the Interest Payment Dates falling on or prior to a Redemption Date shall be payable on the Interest Payment Date to the registered Holders as of the close of
business on the relevant Regular Record Date for the Notes. 
 For purposes of the optional redemption provisions of this Note, the
following terms shall be applicable: 
 “Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security or securities
selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having an actual or interpolated maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Notes to be redeemed, to the Par Call Date, that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with
customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of a comparable maturity to the remaining term of such Notes assuming, for this purpose, the Notes mature on the Par Call Date. 

  
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 “Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any Redemption Date,
(A) the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest of such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (B) if the Company obtains fewer than five of such Reference
Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations. 
 “Independent Investment Banker” means one of the Reference
Treasury Dealers appointed by the Company. 
 “Reference Treasury Dealer” means each of BofA Securities, Inc., Deutsche Bank
Securities Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, or their affiliates that are primary U.S. Government securities dealers, and two other primary U.S. Government securities dealers in the City of New York selected by us, and their respective
successors; provided, however, that if any of the foregoing or their affiliates shall cease to be a primary U.S. Government securities dealer in The City of New York, we shall substitute therefor another such primary U.S. Government securities
dealer. 
 “Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date,
the average, as determined by the Company, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Company by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 3:30 p.m.
New York time on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date. 
 “Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any Redemption
Date, the rate per annum equal to the semiannual equivalent yield to maturity or interpolated maturity (on a day count basis) of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its
principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Redemption Date. 
 Notice of any redemption shall be sent at least 15
days but not more than 45 days before the Redemption Date to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed; provided that notice of redemption may be sent, in the Company’s discretion, more than 45 days prior to the Redemption Date if the notice is
issued in connection with a satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture or a defeasance of the Notes pursuant to Articles IV or XIII of the Base Indenture. 

If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed, the Notes to be redeemed shall be selected by the Trustee by lot or any other such method as
the Trustee deems to be fair and appropriate, subject to the redemption procedures of the Depositary. 
 Unless the Company defaults in
payment of the Redemption Price, on and after the Redemption Date, interest shall cease to accrue on the Notes or portions thereof called for redemption. 

If a Change of Control Triggering Event (as defined below) occurs with respect to the Notes, unless the Company has exercised its option to
redeem the Notes as described above, the Company shall make an offer (a “Change of Control Offer”) to each Holder of the Notes to repurchase all or any part (equal to any integral multiple of $1,000, such that any remaining portion held by
such Holder is at least $2,000) of that Holder’s Notes on the terms set forth herein. In a Change of Control Offer, the Company shall offer payment in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes repurchased, plus accrued and
unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes repurchased to the date of repurchase (a “Change of Control Payment”). 

  
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 Within 30 days following any Change of Control Triggering Event or, at the Company’s
option, prior to any Change of Control (as defined below), but after public announcement of the transaction that constitutes or may constitute the Change of Control, the Company shall send a notice to Holders of the Notes, describing the transaction
that constitutes or may constitute the Change of Control Triggering Event and offering to repurchase the Notes on the date specified in the applicable notice, which date shall be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date such
notice is sent (a “Change of Control Payment Date”). The notice shall, if sent prior to the date of consummation of the Change of Control, state that the Change of Control Offer is conditioned on the Change of Control Triggering Event
occurring on or prior to the applicable Change of Control Payment Date; provided, that the expiration of the Change of Control Offer prior to consummation of such Change of Control will not relieve the Company of its obligation herein if such Change
of Control subsequently occurs. 
 On each Change of Control Payment Date, the Company shall, to the extent lawful: 

 

	 	(i)	 accept for payment all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered pursuant to the applicable Change of
Control Offer; 

  

	 	(ii)	 deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment in respect of all Notes or
portions of Notes properly tendered; and 

  

	 	(iii)	 deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes properly accepted together with an Officer’s
Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes or portions of Notes being repurchased. 

 The Company shall
not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Triggering Event if a third party makes such an offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements for an offer made by the
Company and the third party purchases all Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn under its offer. In addition, the Company shall not repurchase any Notes if there has occurred and is continuing on the Change of Control Payment Date an Event of
Default under the Indenture, other than a default in the payment of the Change of Control Payment. 
 The Company shall comply with the
requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent those laws and
regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Notes as a result of a Change of Control Triggering Event. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the Change of Control Offer
provisions of the Notes, the Company shall comply with those securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the Change of Control Offer provisions of the Notes by virtue of any such conflict and
compliance. 
 Installments of interest that are due and payable on Notes to be repurchased on a Change of Control Payment Date between a
Regular Record Date and an Interest Payment Date shall be payable on the Change of Control Payment Date to the registered Holders as of the close of business on the relevant Regular Record Date according to this Note and the Indenture. 

For purposes of the Change of Control Offer provisions of the Notes, the following terms shall be applicable: 

“Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following: 

 

	 	(1)	 the direct or indirect sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or
consolidation), in one or more series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets and the assets of its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any person, other than the Company or one of its Subsidiaries;

  
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	 	(2)	 the consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, any merger or consolidation) the result of
which is that any person (other than the Company or one of its wholly owned subsidiaries) becomes the beneficial owner (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the
Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the Company’s outstanding Voting Stock or other Voting Stock into which the Company’s Voting Stock is reclassified, consolidated, exchanged or changed, measured by voting power
rather than number of shares; or 

  

	 	(3)	 the adoption of a plan relating to the Company’s liquidation or dissolution. 

The term “person,” as used in this definition, has the meaning given thereto in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act. 

“Change of Control Triggering Event” means the occurrence of both a Change of Control and a Rating Event. 

“Investment Grade Rating” means a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or the equivalent) by Moody’s and BBB- (or the equivalent) by S&P and the equivalent investment grade credit rating from any replacement Rating Agency or Rating Agencies selected by the Company. 

“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., and any successor to its rating agency business. 

“Rating Agencies” means (1) each of Moody’s and S&P; and (2) if either of Moody’s or S&P ceases to rate
the Notes or fails to make a rating of the Notes publicly available for reasons outside of the Company’s control, a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” within the meaning of Section 3(a)(62) under the Exchange
Act selected by the Company as a replacement agency for Moody’s or S&P, or both of them, as the case may be. 
 “Rating
Event” means the rating on the Notes is lowered by both Rating Agencies and the Notes are rated below an Investment Grade Rating by both Rating Agencies, in any case on any day during the period (which period shall be extended so long as the
rating of the Notes is under publicly announced consideration for a possible downgrade by any of the Rating Agencies) commencing upon the first public notice of the occurrence of a Change of Control or the Company’s intention to effect a Change
of Control and ending 60 days following the consummation of the Change of Control; provided that a Rating Event otherwise arising by virtue of a particular reduction in rating shall not be deemed to have occurred in respect of a particular
Change of Control (and thus shall not be deemed a Rating Event for purposes of the definition of Change of Control Triggering Event hereunder) if any of the Rating Agencies making the reduction in rating to which this definition would otherwise
apply does not announce or publicly confirm or inform the Trustee in writing at its request that the reduction was the result, in whole or in part, of any event or circumstance comprised of or arising as a result of, or in respect of, the applicable
Change of Control (whether or not the applicable Change of Control shall have occurred at the time of the Rating Event). 

“S&P” means S&P Global Ratings, a division of S&P Global Inc., and any successor to its rating agency business. 

  
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 “Voting Stock” means, with respect to any specified “person” (as that
term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) as of any date, the capital stock of such person that is at the time entitled to vote generally in the election of the board of directors of such person. 

The Notes are not subject to any sinking fund. 

If an Event of Default with respect to the Notes shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Notes may be declared due and payable in
the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. 
 The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the
Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series affected thereby. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in aggregate
principal amount of the Securities of any series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder
of this Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent
or waiver is made upon this Note. 
 No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall alter or
impair the right of the Holder of this Note, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of and interest on this Note at the times herein and in the Indenture prescribed and to institute suit for the enforcement of any
such payment unless the Holder of this Note shall have consented to the impairment of such right. 
 As provided in the Indenture and
subject to certain limitations set forth therein, the transfer of this Note may be registered in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal
of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Note are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or by his
attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes of this series and of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount and tenor, shall be issued to the designated transferee or transferees. 

The Notes are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.
Subject to certain limitations therein set forth in the Indenture and in this Note, the Notes are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of this series in different authorized denominations, as requested by the Holders
surrendering the same. 
 No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or for exchange of this Note, but the
Company or the Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of a Note, other than in certain cases provided in the
Indenture. 
 Prior to due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or
the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Note be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

  
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 The Indenture contains provisions whereby (i) the Company may be discharged from its
obligations with respect to the Notes (subject to certain exceptions) or (ii) the Company may be released from its obligations under specified covenants and agreements in the Indenture, in each case if the Company irrevocably deposits with the
Trustee money or U.S. Government Obligations sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on all Notes of this series, and satisfies certain other conditions, all as more fully provided in the Indenture. 

This Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York. 

All terms used in this Note which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture. 

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by or on behalf of the Trustee under the Indenture by the manual signature
of one of its authorized signatories, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefits under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose. 

  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed. 

Dated: _____________, 2020 
  

			
	THE TJX COMPANIES, INC.
		
	By:	 	
                 

		 	Name:
		 	Title:

 [Signature Page to Global Note] 

 TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION 

This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture. 

Dated: _____________, 2020 
  

			
	U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
		
	By:	 	              

		 	Authorized Signatory

 [Signature Page to Global Note] 

 ABBREVIATIONS 

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out
in full according to applicable laws or regulations. 
  

									
	TEN COM -	 	as tenants in common	 		 	UNIF GIFT MIN ACT - . . .Custodian
		 		 		 	                            	  	 (Cust) (Minor)

	TEN ENT -	 	as tenants by the entireties	 		 		  	 Under Uniform Gifts to

		 		 		 		  	 Minor Act

	JT TEN -	 	as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common	 		 		  	  

                       
                 
 (State)

 Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list. 

 
 FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby
sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto 
  

                          
                                         
                                         
                                         
        
 (Please insert Assignee’s legal name) 

 

                          
                                         
                                         
                                         
        
 (Please insert Social Security or other identifying number of Assignee) 

                          
                                         
                                         
                                         
        

                          
                                         
                                         
                                         
        
 (Please print or typewrite name and address including postal zip code of Assignee) 

the within Note of THE TJX COMPANIES, INC. and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint _________________attorney to transfer the said Note on the books
of the Company, with full power of substitution in the premises. 
 Dated:___________________________ 

 

			
	Your Signature:	 	
                 

		 	 (Sign exactly as your name appears

on the face of this Note)

  

[NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the within instrument in every particular, without
alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.]Document

Exhibit 10.1

SECUREWORKS CORP.
2016 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN
RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AGREEMENT
EXECUTIVE FORM
COVER SHEET

SecureWorks Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), hereby grants restricted stock units (the “RSUs”) relating to shares of the Company’s Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Stock”), to the Grantee named below, subject to the vesting conditions set forth below.  Additional terms and conditions of the RSUs are set forth on this cover sheet and in the attached Restricted Stock Unit Agreement (together, the “Agreement”) and in the SecureWorks Corp. 2016 Long-Term Incentive Plan (as amended from time to time, the “Plan”).
									
	

Grant Date:
		
	

Name of Grantee:
		
	

Number of Shares of Stock Covered by the RSUs:
		
	

Vesting Schedule:
		

If you continue in Service (as defined below) on each applicable vesting date, the RSUs shall vest in [    ] equal annual installments on each of the [    ] anniversaries of the Grant Date. 

    
By your signature below or by your electronic acknowledgement of this Agreement, you agree to all of the terms and conditions described in the Agreement and in the Plan (if this is in paper form, a copy of the Plan is attached and if this is in electronic form, a copy of the Plan is available on this website).  You acknowledge that you have carefully reviewed the Plan and agree that the Plan shall control in the event any provision of this Agreement should appear to be inconsistent with the Plan.  You must accept your award no later than 4pm Eastern Time, five (5) business days prior to the first vesting date or your entire award will be cancelled.

																		
	Grantee:	 	 	Date:	 	 
	 	(Signature)	 	 	 	 
	Company:	 	 	Date:	 	 
	 	(Signature)	 	 	 	 
	

Name:
					
	

Title:
					

Attachment
This is not a stock certificate or a negotiable instrument.
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SECUREWORKS CORP.
2016 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN
RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AGREEMENT
EXECUTIVE FORM

						
	Restricted Stock Units	This Agreement evidences an award of RSUs in the number set forth on the cover sheet and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Agreement and the Plan.
	Transferability
	Your RSUs may not be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged, hypothecated, or otherwise encumbered, whether by operation of law or otherwise, nor may the RSUs be made subject to execution, attachment, or similar process.  If you attempt to do any of these things, you will immediately and automatically forfeit your RSUs.
	Vesting	Your RSUs shall vest in accordance with the vesting schedule set forth on the cover sheet of this Agreement, so long as you continue in Service (as defined in this Agreement) on each applicable vesting date.  
The determination of the number of RSUs that may vest on each applicable vesting date shall be subject to the rounding convention approved by the Committee (or its designee), which convention may rely on rounding down fractional shares.
You may not vest in more than the number of shares of Stock covered by your RSUs, as set forth on the cover sheet of this Agreement.
Notwithstanding your vesting schedule, the RSUs shall become 100% vested upon your termination of Service due to your death or Disability.  Subject to the Change in Control provisions of this Agreement, no additional portion of your RSUs shall vest after your Service has terminated for any other reason. 
Notwithstanding the Plan definitions of “Service” and “Service Provider,” for purposes of this Agreement, “Service” shall mean service qualifying a Grantee as a Service Provider to the Company or a Subsidiary, but not to an Affiliate that is not a Subsidiary.  The Grantee’s change in position or duties shall not result in interrupted or terminated Service, so long as such Grantee continues to be a Service Provider to the Company or a Subsidiary.  Subject to the preceding sentence, any determination by the Committee whether a termination of Service shall have occurred for purposes of the Plan shall be final, binding, and conclusive.  If the Grantee’s employment or other Service relationship is with a Subsidiary and the applicable entity ceases to be a Subsidiary, a termination of Service shall be deemed to have occurred when such entity ceases to be a Subsidiary, unless the Grantee transfers his or her employment or other Service relationship to the Company or any other Subsidiary.

	Leaves of Absence	For purposes of this Agreement, your Service does not terminate when you go on a bona fide leave of absence that was approved by your employer in writing if the terms of the leave provide for continued Service crediting, or when continued Service crediting is required by Applicable Laws.  Your Service terminates in any event when the approved leave ends unless you immediately return to active employee work.

		Your employer may determine, in its discretion, which leaves count for this purpose and when your Service terminates for all purposes under the Plan in accordance with the provisions of the Plan.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may determine, in its discretion, that a leave counts for this purpose even if your employer does not agree.

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	Change in Control	Notwithstanding the vesting schedule set forth above, upon the consummation of a Change in Control, if assumed or substituted for, the RSUs shall become 100% vested upon your Involuntary Termination within the twelve (12)-month period following the consummation of the Change in Control.
		“Involuntary Termination” means termination of your Service by reason of (i) your involuntary dismissal by the Company, a Subsidiary, or their successors for reasons other than Cause; or (ii) your voluntary resignation for “good reason” as defined in a written employment or other written compensatory agreement between you and the Company or a Subsidiary, or if none, then your voluntary resignation following the occurrence, without your written consent, of one or more of the following: (x) a material reduction in your base salary, target annual or long-term incentive compensation (whether payable in cash or otherwise), or health and welfare benefits, unless such reduction is part of an across-the-board reduction for all employees who are in the same salary grade as you as of the time of such reduction, (y) your demotion of more than one job grade, or (z) relocation of your principal work location to a location more than fifty (50) miles from the work location to which you are currently assigned.  For a voluntary resignation to qualify as for “good reason,” you must provide written notice to the Company or its successor of any of the foregoing occurrences within ninety (90) days of the initial occurrence; the Company must fail to remedy such occurrence within the thirty (30)-day cure period following the date of such written notice; and you must resign within sixty (60) days after the Company’s cure period has ended.

	Forfeiture of Unvested RSUs	Unless the termination of your Service triggers accelerated vesting or other treatment of your RSUs pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, the Plan, a written employment or other written compensatory agreement between you and the Company or a Subsidiary, or a written compensatory program or policy of the Company or a Subsidiary otherwise applicable to you, you will immediately and automatically forfeit to the Company all of your unvested RSUs in the event your Service terminates for any reason. 
  

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	Forfeiture of Rights	You understand and agree that if the Company, acting through the Committee, determines that you engaged in Conduct Detrimental to the Company during your Service or during the twelve (12)-month period following the termination of your Service, (i) your unvested RSUs shall immediately and automatically expire; and (ii) if you have vested in any RSUs during the twenty-four (24)-month period prior to your actions, you will owe the Company a cash payment (or forfeiture of shares of Stock) in an amount determined as follows: (a) for any shares of Stock that you have sold prior to receiving notice of the foregoing determination from the Company, the amount will be the proceeds received from any and all sales of those shares of Stock, and (b) for any shares of Stock that you still own, the amount will be the number of shares of Stock owned times the Fair Market Value of the shares of Stock on the date you receive such notice from the Company (provided, that the Company may require you to satisfy your payment obligations hereunder either by forfeiting and returning to the Company the shares or any other shares of Stock or making a cash payment or a combination of these methods as determined by the Company in its sole discretion).  You understand and agree that the forfeiture and/or repayment under this Agreement is separate from and does not preclude the Company from seeking relief based on your conduct that constitutes Conduct Detrimental to the Company.

For purposes of this provision, “Conduct Detrimental to the Company” means: 

(i)You engage in serious misconduct, whether or not such serious misconduct is discovered by the Company prior to the termination of your Service; 

(ii)You breach your obligations to the Company or an Affiliate under any of yor written agreements with the Company or an Affiliate; or

(iii)You engage in Conflicting Activities (as defined below).

For purposes of this Agreement, “Conflicting Activities” means, without advance, express, written consent of the Company’s Chief Legal and Administrative Officer: 

(i)You are or become a principal, owner, officer, director, shareholder, or other equity owner (other than a holder of less than 5% of the outstanding shares or other equity interests of a publicly traded company) of a Direct Competitor (as defined below); 

(ii)You are or become a partner or joint venturer in any business or other enterprise or undertaking with a Direct Competitor; 

(iii) You work or perform services (including contract, consulting, or advisory services) for a Direct Competitor in any geographic area where the Company or an Affiliate materially conducts business, if your services are similar in any material way to the services you performed for the Company or an Affiliate in the twelve (12) months preceding the termination of your Service;

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		(iv)Except for communications made on behalf of the Company or an Affiliate in the scope of your Service, you advise, assist, attempt to influence or otherwise induce or persuade (or assist any other person in advertising, attempting to influence or otherwise induce or persuade) any person employed by the Company or an Affiliate to end such employment with the Company or an Affiliate; or

(v)You solicit, divert, take away, or attempt to solicit, divert or take away, directly or by assistance of others, any business from the clients or customers of the Company or an Affiliate, including actively sought clients or customers, with whom you have or have had material contact during your Service for purposes of providing products or services that are competitive with those provided by the Company or an Affiliate.

For purposes of this Agreement, the term “Direct Competitor” means any entity or other business concern that offers or plans to offer products or services that are materially competitive with any of the products or services being manufactured, offered, marketed, or actively developed by the Company or an Affiliate as of the date your Service ends.  By way of illustration, and not by limitation, the following companies are Direct Competitors: Qualys, Tenable, Symantec, IBM, Verizon, Accenture, FireEye, Splunk, Cisco, NTT, CrowdStrike, and Rapid7.  You understand and agree that the foregoing list of Direct Competitors represents only an illustrative list of the Company’s Direct Competitors as of the date of execution of this Agreement, that other entities are Direct Competitors as of the date of this Agreement, and that other entities may become Direct Competitors in the future.

You understand and agree that neither this provision nor any other provision of this Agreement prohibits you from engaging in Conflicting Activities but only requires the forfeiture and/or repayment as set forth herein if you engage in Conflicting Activities.  If you desire to engage in Conflicting Activities, you agree to seek written consent from the Company’s 
Chief Legal and Administrative Officer prior to engaging in the Conflicting Activities.  If you enter into any business, employment, or service relationship during your Service or within the twelve (12) months following the termination of your Service, you agree to provide the Company sufficient information regarding the relationship to enable the Company to determine whether that relationship constitutes Conflicting Activities.  You agree to provide such information within five (5) business days after entering into the business, employment, or service relationship

	Delivery	Delivery of the shares of Stock represented by your vested RSUs shall be made as soon as practicable after the date on which your RSUs vest and, in any event, by no later than March 15th of the calendar year after your RSUs vest.
	Evidence of Issuance	The issuance of the shares of Stock with respect to the RSUs shall be evidenced in such a manner as the Company, in its discretion, deems appropriate, including, without limitation, by (i) book-entry registration or (ii) issuance of one or more share certificates.

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	Withholding	You agree as a condition of this Agreement that you will make acceptable arrangements to pay any withholding or other taxes that may be due relating to the RSUs or the issuance of shares of Stock with respect to the RSUs.  In the event that the Company or a Subsidiary determines that any federal, state, local, or foreign tax or withholding payment is required relating to the RSUs or the issuance of shares of Stock with respect to the RSUs, the Company or a Subsidiary shall have the right to (i) require you to tender a cash payment, (ii) deduct the tax or withholding payment from payments of any kind otherwise due to you, (iii) permit or require you to enter into a “same day sale” commitment with a broker-dealer that is a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (a “FINRA Dealer”), whereby you irrevocably elect to sell a portion of the shares of Stock to be delivered in connection with the RSUs to satisfy withholding obligations and whereby the FINRA Dealer irrevocably commits to forward the proceeds necessary to satisfy the withholding obligations directly to the Company or a Subsidiary, or (iv) withhold the delivery of vested shares of Stock otherwise deliverable under this Agreement to meet such obligations, provided that, to the extent required to avoid adverse accounting consequences to the Company, the shares of Stock so withheld will have an aggregate Fair Market Value not exceeding the minimum amount of tax required to be withheld by Applicable Laws.
You agree that the Company or a Subsidiary shall be entitled to use whatever method it may deem appropriate to recover such taxes.  You further agree that the Company or a Subsidiary may, as it reasonably considers necessary, amend or vary this Agreement to facilitate such recovery of taxes.

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	Trading Restrictions

Stockholder Rights
	If you are subject to any Company “blackout” policy or other trading restriction imposed by the Company (a “Restricted Period”) on the date a distribution would otherwise be made pursuant to this Agreement, such distribution shall instead be made as of the earlier of (i) the first date you are not subject to any such policy or restriction and (ii) the later of (A) the last day of the calendar year in which such distribution would otherwise have been made, and (B) a date that is immediately prior to the expiration of two and one-half months following the date such distribution would otherwise have been made hereunder.  For purposes of this provision, you acknowledge that you may be subject to a Restricted Period for any reason that the Company determines appropriate, including Restricted Periods generally applicable to employees or groups of employees or Restricted Periods applicable to you during an investigation of allegations of misconduct or Conduct Detrimental to the Company by you.
You have no rights as a stockholder with respect to the RSUs unless and until shares of Stock relating to the RSUs have been issued to you and either a certificate evidencing your Stock has been issued or an appropriate entry has been made on the Company’s books.  No adjustments to your Stock shall be made for dividends, distributions, or other rights on or with respect to the Stock generally if the applicable record date for any such dividend, distribution, or right occurs before your certificate is issued (or an appropriate book entry is made), except as described in the Plan.  You may at any time obtain a copy of the prospectus related to your Award pursuant to this Agreement by accessing the prospectus at SecureWorks Corp., One Concourse Parkway NE, Suite 500, Atlanta, Georgia 30328.  Additionally, you may receive a paper copy of the prospectus free of charge from the Company by contacting:

Stock Option Administration
SecureWorks Corp.
One Concourse Parkway NE, Suite 500
Atlanta, GA 30328
+1 877 838 7947
Stock_Option_Administrator@SecureWorks.com

	No Right to Continued Employment or Other Service	This Agreement and the RSUs evidenced by this Agreement do not give you the right to expectation of employment or other Service by, or to continue in the employment or other Service of, the Company or a Subsidiary.  Unless otherwise specified in a written employment or other written compensatory agreement between you and the Company or a Subsidiary, the Company or a Subsidiary, as applicable, reserves the right to terminate your employment or other Service relationship with the Company or a Subsidiary at any time and for any reason.

	Corporate Activity	Your RSUs shall be subject to the terms of any applicable agreement of merger, liquidation, or reorganization in the event the Company is subject to such corporate activity, consistent with Article 16 of the Plan.

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	Clawback	The RSUs are subject to mandatory repayment by you to the Company in the circumstances specified in the Plan, including to the extent you are or in the future become subject to any Company “clawback” or recoupment policy or Applicable Laws that require the repayment by you to the Company of compensation paid by the Company to you in the event that you fail to comply with, or violate, the terms or requirements of such policy or Applicable Laws.
If the Company is required to prepare an accounting restatement due to the material noncompliance of the Company, as a result of misconduct, with any financial reporting requirement under Applicable Laws and you knowingly engaged in the misconduct, were grossly negligent in engaging in the misconduct, knowingly failed to prevent the misconduct, or were grossly negligent in failing to prevent the misconduct, you shall reimburse the Company the amount of any payment in settlement of the RSUs earned or accrued during the twelve (12)-month period following the first public issuance or filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (whichever first occurred) of the financial document that contained such material noncompliance.

	Governing Law & Venue	You understand and agree that the Company is a Delaware corporation with global operations and that your RSUs may be part of a contemporaneous grant of many similar awards to individuals located in numerous jurisdictions.  You agree that this Agreement and the Plan shall be governed by, and construed and interpreted in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, United States of America, other than any conflicts or choice of law rule or principle that might otherwise refer construction or interpretation of this Agreement to the substantive law of any other jurisdiction.  
The exclusive venue for any and all disputes arising out of or in connection with this Agreement shall be New Castle County, Delaware, United States of America, and the courts sitting exclusively in New Castle County, Delaware, United States of America shall have exclusive jurisdiction to adjudicate such disputes.  Each party hereby expressly consents to the exercise of jurisdiction by such courts and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to such laying of venue (including the defense of inconvenient forum).

	Compliance with Foreign Exchange Laws	Local foreign exchange laws may affect your RSUs or the vesting of your RSUs.  You are responsible for obtaining any exchange control approval that may be required in connection with such events.  Neither the Company nor any of its Affiliates will be responsible for obtaining such approvals or liable for the failure on your part to obtain or abide by such approvals.  This statement does not constitute legal or tax advice upon which you should rely.  You should consult with your personal legal and tax advisers to ensure your compliance with local laws.  You agree to comply with all Applicable Laws and pay any and all applicable taxes associated with the grant or vesting of the RSUs.

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	The Plan	The text of the Plan is incorporated into this Agreement by reference. 
Certain capitalized terms used in this Agreement are defined in the Plan and have the meaning set forth in the Plan.
This Agreement and the Plan constitute the entire understanding between you and the Company regarding the RSUs.  Any prior agreements, commitments, or negotiations concerning the RSUs are superseded, except that any written employment, consulting, confidentiality, non-competition, non-solicitation, and/or severance agreement between you and the Company or an Affiliate, as applicable, shall supersede this Agreement with respect to its subject matter.

	Disclaimer of Rights	The grant of RSUs under this Agreement will in no way be interpreted to require the Company to transfer any amounts to a third-party trustee or otherwise hold any amounts in trust or escrow for payment to you.  You will have no rights under this Agreement or the Plan other than those of a general unsecured creditor of the Company.  RSUs represent unfunded and unsecured obligations of the Company, subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan and this Agreement.
	Data Privacy	As a condition of the grant of the RSUs, you consent to the collection, use and transfer of personal data as described in this paragraph. You understand that the Company and its Affiliates hold certain personal information about you, including your name, home address and telephone number, date of birth, social security number or equivalent, salary, nationality, job title, ownership interests or directorships held in the Company or its Affiliates, and details of all equity awards or other entitlements to shares of Stock awarded, cancelled, exercised, vested or unvested (“Data”).  You further understand that the Company and its Affiliates will transfer Data amongst themselves as necessary for the purposes of implementation, administration and management of your participation in the Plan, and that the Company and any of its Affiliates may each further transfer Data to any third parties assisting the Company in the implementation, administration and management of the Plan.  You understand that these recipients may be located in the Asia Pacific region, the Latin American region, the European Economic Area, Canada or elsewhere, such as the United States of America.  You authorize them to receive, possess, use, retain and transfer such Data as may be required for the administration of the Plan or the subsequent holding of shares of Stock on your behalf, in electronic or other form, for the purposes of implementing, administering, and managing your participation in the Plan, including any requisite transfer to a broker or other third party with whom you may elect to deposit any shares of Stock acquired under the Plan. You understand that you may, at any time, view such Data or require any necessary amendments to the Data.

	Notice Delivery	By accepting the RSUs, you agree that notices may be given to you in writing either at your home or mailing address as shown in the records of the Company or an Affiliate or by electronic transmission (including e-mail or reference to a website or other URL) sent to you through the normal process employed by the Company or the Affiliate, as applicable, for communicating electronically with its employees.

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	Code Section 409A	The grant of RSUs under this Agreement is intended to comply with the short-term deferral exemption from Code Section 409A (“Section 409A”) and, accordingly, to the maximum extent permitted, this Agreement shall be interpreted and administered to be in compliance with the exemption.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan or this Agreement, none of the Company, its Affiliates, the Board, or the Committee will have any obligation to take any action to prevent the assessment of any excise tax or penalty on you under Section 409A, and none of the Company, its Affiliates, the Board, or the Committee will have any liability to you for such tax or penalty.
To the extent that the RSUs constitute “deferred compensation” under Section 409A, a termination of Service occurs only upon an event that would be a Separation from Service within the meaning of Section 409A.  If, at the time of your Separation from Service, (i) you are a “specified employee” within the meaning of Section 409A, and (ii) the Company makes a good faith determination that an amount payable on account of your Separation from Service constitutes deferred compensation (within the meaning of Section 409A), the payment of which is required to be delayed pursuant to the six (6)-month delay rule set forth in Section 409A to avoid taxes or penalties under Section 409A (the “Delay Period”), then the Company will not pay such amount on the otherwise scheduled payment date but will instead pay it in a lump sum on the first business day after the Delay Period (or upon your death, if earlier), without interest.  Each installment of RSUs that vest under this Agreement (if there is more than one installment) will be considered one of a series of separate payments for purposes of Section 409A.

By accepting this Agreement, you agree to all of 
the terms and conditions described above and in the Plan.

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