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Pension Plans and Other Retirement Benefits (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Apr. 29, 2017

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
In thousands		April 29, 2017				April 30, 2016				April 29, 2017				April 30, 2016
Service cost		$	11,805			$	11,209			$	588			$	541
Interest cost			13,759				14,362				843				875
Expected return on plan assets			(17,382	)			(17,935	)			—				—
Recognized actuarial losses			5,580				7,209				831				865
Total expense		$	13,762			$	14,845			$	2,262			$	2,281

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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=65897934&loc=d3e1928-114920

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