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of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Based upon that evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial
Officer concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures are effective in ensuring that all information required to be
filed in this annual report was recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time period required by the rules and
regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
There have been no changes in internal controls over financial reporting, that occurred during the last fiscal quarter that have
materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting.
(b) Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
The management of TJX is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting.
Internal control over financial reporting is defined in Rule 13a-15(f ) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, as a process designed by, or under the supervision of, the company’s principal executive and principal financial officers and
effected by the company’s board of directors, management and other personnel, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the
reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also,
projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of
changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
Under the supervision and with the participation of the Company’s management, including its Chief Executive Officer and
Chief Financial Officer, the Company conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting as
of January 29, 2005 based on the framework in Internal Control — Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring
Organizations of the Treadway Commission (‘‘COSO’’). Based on that evaluation, management concluded that its internal control
over financial reporting was effective as of January 29, 2005.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, who audited and reported on the consoli-
dated financial statements of The TJX Companies, Inc., has audited management’s assessment of our internal control over financial
reporting as of January 29, 2005, as stated in their report which is included herein.
(c) Attestation report of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Management’s assessment of the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of January 29, 2005
has been audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their report which
appears herein.
ITEM 9B. OTHER INFORMATION
None.
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