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Pension Plans and Other Retirement Benefits (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2016

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

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

		Funded Plan								Unfunded Plan
		Thirteen Weeks Ended								Thirteen Weeks Ended
		April 30,				May 2,				April 30,				May 2,
In thousands		2016				2015				2016				2015
Service cost		$	11,209			$	13,055			$	541			$	693
Interest cost			14,362				12,949				875				871
Expected return on plan assets			(17,935	)			(19,493	)			—				—
Recognized actuarial losses			7,209				8,547				865				1,379
Total expense		$	14,845			$	15,058			$	2,281			$	2,943

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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=58740216&loc=d3e1928-114920

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