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Pension Plans and Other Retirement Benefits (Tables)

3 Months Ended

May 03, 2014

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

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

		Funded Plan								Unfunded Plan
		Thirteen Weeks Ended								Thirteen Weeks Ended
In thousands		May 3, 2014				May 4, 2013				May 3, 2014				May 4, 2013
Service cost		$	10,123			$	11,274			$	450			$	521
Interest cost			12,297				11,325				694				593
Expected return on plan assets			(16,303	)			(14,624	)			—				—
Amortization of prior service cost			—				—				1				1
Recognized actuarial losses			3,257				6,918				303				560
Total expense		$	9,374			$	14,893			$	1,448			$	1,675

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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=28361610&loc=d3e1928-114920

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