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— Our ability to continue to generate cash flows to support capital expansion, general operating activities and stock repurchase
programs.
—General economic conditions in countries and regions where we operate that affect consumer demand including consumer
credit availability, consumer debt levels and delinquencies and default rates, financial market performance, inflation, commod-
ity prices and unemployment.
— Potential disruptions due to wars, other military actions, terrorist incidents, weather-related events and natural disasters.
— Changes in currency and exchange rates in countries where we operate or where we buy merchandise.
— Import risks, including potential disruptions in supply, duties, tariffs and quotas on imported merchandise, strikes and other
events affecting delivery; and economic, political or other problems in countries from or through which merchandise is
imported.
— Adverse outcomes for any significant litigation.
— Changes in laws and regulations and accounting rules and principles.
— Our ability to maintain adequate and effective internal control over financial reporting, given the limitations inherent in
internal control systems.
We do not undertake to publicly update or revise our forward-looking statements even if experience or future changes make it
clear that any projected results expressed or implied therein will not be realized.
SEC FILINGS
Copies of our annual reports on Form 10-K, proxy statements, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and current reports on
Form 8-K, and any amendments to those filings, are available free of charge on our website, www.tjx.com under ‘‘SEC Filings,’’ as
soon as reasonably practicable after they are filed electronically. They are also available free of charge from TJX Investor Relations,
770 Cochituate Road, Framingham, Massachusetts, 01701.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE INFORMATION
Also available on the ‘‘Corporate Governance’’ section of the TJX corporate website set forth above and in print free of
charge upon request sent to TJX Investor Relations at the above address are our Code of Conduct, our Code of Ethics for TJX
Executives, including any waiver from or amendment to the Code of Ethics given or made from time to time, our Code of Business
Conduct and Ethics for Directors, information about our Vendor Compliance Program, our Corporate Governance Principles and
Charters for our Board Committees.
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