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Pension Plans and Other Retirement Benefits (Tables)

3 Months Ended

May 04, 2013

Financial Information Related to Funded Defined Benefit Retirement Plan And Unfunded Supplemental Pension Plan

Presented below is financial information related to TJX’s funded defined benefit retirement plan (funded plan) and its unfunded supplemental pension plan (unfunded plan) for the periods shown.

		Funded Plan								Unfunded Plan
		Thirteen Weeks Ended								Thirteen Weeks Ended
In thousands		May 4, 2013				April 28, 2012				May 4, 2013				April 28, 2012
Service cost		$	11,274			$	9,825			$	521			$	339
Interest cost			11,325				10,263				593				570
Expected return on plan assets			(14,624	)			(13,926	)			—				—
Amortization of prior service cost			—				—				1				1
Recognized actuarial losses			6,918				7,097				560				475
Total expense		$	14,893			$	13,259			$	1,675			$	1,385

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- Definition

Tabular disclosure of the components of net benefit costs for pension plans and/or other employee benefit plans including service cost, interest cost, expected return on plan assets, gain (loss), prior service cost or credit, transition asset or obligation, and gain (loss) recognized due to settlements or curtailments.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 715

-SubTopic 20

-Section 50

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (h)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=21915506&loc=d3e1928-114920

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