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  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June&nbsp;8, 2004
  
  
  
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  <P align="center" style="font-size: 14pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
  
  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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  <P align="center" style="font-size: 18pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
  
  
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  UNDER<BR>
  THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  
  
  
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  <P align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>The TJX Companies, Inc.</B>
  
  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>
  
  
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>04-2207613</B></TD>
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      <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or other jurisdiction<BR>
  of incorporation or organization)
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  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>770 Cochituate Road<BR>
  Framingham, MA 01701</B><BR>
  (Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
  
  
  
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  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN</B><BR>
  (Full title of the plan)
  
  
  
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  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Jeffrey G. Naylor<BR>
  Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer<BR>
  The TJX Companies, Inc.<BR>
  770 Cochituate Road<BR>
  Framingham, MA 01701<BR>
  (508)&nbsp;390-1000</B><BR>
  (Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
  
  
  
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Jay H. Meltzer, Esq.
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Mary E. Weber, Esq.</TD>
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">The TJX Companies, Inc.
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Ropes &#038; Gray LLP</TD>
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">770 Cochituate Road
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Framingham, MA 01701
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">(508) 390-1000
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Proposed Maximum</B></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Proposed Maximum</B></TD>
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      <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Title of Each Class of</B></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Amount to be</B></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Offering Price Per</B></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Aggregate Offering</B></TD>
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      <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Amount of</B></TD>
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      <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Securities to be Registered</B></TD>
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      <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Share(1)</B></TD>
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      <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Price(1)</B></TD>
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Common Stock, $1.00
  par value per share
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">36,000,000 shares<I>(2)</I>
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">$25.11
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">$903,960,000
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">$114,532</TD>
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      <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(1)</TD>
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      <TD width="96%">Pursuant to Rules 457(c) and 457(h)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933,
  the proposed maximum offering price per share and the maximum aggregate
  offering price for the shares have been calculated solely for the purpose
  of computing the registration fee on the basis of the average high and low
  prices of the Common Stock as reported by the New York Stock Exchange on
  June &nbsp;1, 2004 to be $25.40 and $24.82, respectively.</TD>
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      <TD width="96%">Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, this
  registration statement also covers such additional shares of Common Stock
  as may issued to prevent dilution from stock splits, stock dividends and
  similar transactions.</TD>
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  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">This Registration Statement registers 36,000,000 additional shares of Common
  Stock, $1.00 par value, to be offered pursuant to the Stock Incentive Plan of
  The TJX Companies, Inc. Registration Statement (No.&nbsp;33-49747), Registration
  Statement (No.&nbsp;333-35073), and Registration Statement (No.&nbsp;333-86966) are
  currently effective and the contents of these Registration Statements are
  incorporated herein by reference.
  
  
  
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  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
  certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
  requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
  Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
  authorized, in the City of Framingham, The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on
  this 8<SUP> th </SUP> day of June, 2004.
  
  
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      <TD colspan="3">THE TJX COMPANIES, INC.<BR>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/ Jeffrey G. Naylor
  &nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD valign="top">Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>Jeffrey G. Naylor&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD valign="top">Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>Senior Executive Vice
  President and
  Chief Financial Officer&nbsp;</TD>
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  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
  
  
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
  this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
  capacities and on the dates indicated. Each person whose signature appears
  below constitutes and appoints Edmond J. English, Jeffrey G. Naylor, and Jay H.
  Meltzer and each of them singly, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact
  and agent with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her
  and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any
  and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration
  Statement on Form S-8 to be filed by The TJX Companies, Inc., and to file the
  same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith,
  with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
  attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to be done in and about
  the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could
  do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact
  and agents, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
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      <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Edmond J. English<BR>
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  EDMOND J. ENGLISH</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">
  President and Chief Executive Officer<BR>
  (Principal Executive Officer and Director)
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">June 1, 2004</TD>
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      <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Jeffrey G. Naylor<BR>
  <HR size="1" noshade>
  JEFFREY G. NAYLOR</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">
  Senior Executive Vice President and Chief<BR>
  Financial Officer<BR>
  (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">June 1, 2004</TD>
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      <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ David A. Brandon<BR>
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  DAVID A. BRANDON</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">
  Director
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">June 1, 2004</TD>
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      <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Bernard Cammarata<BR>
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  BERNARD CAMMARATA</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">
  Director
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">June 1, 2004</TD>
  </TR>
  
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      <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Gary L. Crittenden<BR>
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  GARY L. CRITTENDEN</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">
  Director
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">June 1, 2004</TD>
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      <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Gail Deegan<BR>
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  GAIL DEEGAN</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">
  Director
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">June 1, 2004</TD>
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      <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Dennis F. Hightower<BR>
  <HR size="1" noshade>
  DENNIS F. HIGHTOWER</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">
  Director
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">June 1, 2004</TD>
  </TR>
  
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      <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Richard G. Lesser<BR>
  <HR size="1" noshade>
  RICHARD G. LESSER</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">
  Director
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">June 1, 2004</TD>
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      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;<BR>
  <HR size="1" noshade>
  JOHN F. O&#146;BRIEN</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">
  Director
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;, 2004</TD>
  </TR>
  
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      <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Robert F. Shapiro<BR>
  <HR size="1" noshade>
  ROBERT F. SHAPIRO</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">
  Director
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">June 1, 2004</TD>
  </TR>
  
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      <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Willow B. Shire<BR>
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  WILLOW B. SHIRE</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">
  Director
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">June 1, 2004</TD>
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      <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Fletcher H. Wiley<BR>
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  FLETCHER H. WILEY</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">
  Director
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Jay H. Meltzer, Esq., General Counsel and Secretary to The TJX Companies, Inc.</TD>
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      <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Jay H. Meltzer, Esq., General Counsel and
  Secretary to The TJX Companies, Inc. (included in the opinion filed
  as Exhibit&nbsp;5 hereto).</TD>
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  II).</TD>
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text: THE TJX COMPANIES, INC.
  Table of Contents
  As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 8, 2004
  Registration No. 333-_______
  UNITED STATES
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  Washington, D.C. 20549
  FORM S-8
  REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  UNDER
  THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  The TJX Companies, Inc.
  (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  DELAWARE
  04-2207613
  (State or other jurisdiction
  of incorporation or organization)
  (I.R.S. Employer
  Identification No.)
  770 Cochituate Road
  Framingham, MA 01701
  (Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
  STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
  (Full title of the plan)
  Jeffrey G. Naylor
  Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  The TJX Companies, Inc.
  770 Cochituate Road
  Framingham, MA 01701
  (508) 390-1000
  (Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
  Please send copies of all communications to:
  Jay H. Meltzer, Esq.
  Mary E. Weber, Esq.
  The TJX Companies, Inc.
  Ropes & Gray LLP
  770 Cochituate Road
  One International Place
  Framingham, MA 01701
  Boston, MA 02110
  (508) 390-1000
  (617) 951-7000
  Table of Contents
  CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
  Proposed Maximum
  Proposed Maximum
  Title of Each Class of
  Amount to be
  Offering Price Per
  Aggregate Offering
  Amount of
  Securities to be Registered
  Registered
  Share(1)
  Price(1)
  Registration Fee
  Common Stock, $1.00
  par value per share
  36,000,000 shares
  (2)
  $25.11
  $903,960,000
  $114,532
  (1)
  Pursuant to Rules 457(c) and 457(h)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933,
  the proposed maximum offering price per share and the maximum aggregate
  offering price for the shares have been calculated solely for the purpose
  of computing the registration fee on the basis of the average high and low
  prices of the Common Stock as reported by the New York Stock Exchange on
  June  1, 2004 to be $25.40 and $24.82, respectively.
  (2)
  Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, this
  registration statement also covers such additional shares of Common Stock
  as may issued to prevent dilution from stock splits, stock dividends and
  similar transactions.
  EXPLANATORY NOTE
  This Registration Statement registers 36,000,000 additional shares of Common
  Stock, $1.00 par value, to be offered pursuant to the Stock Incentive Plan of
  The TJX Companies, Inc. Registration Statement (No. 33-49747), Registration
  Statement (No. 333-35073), and Registration Statement (No. 333-86966) are
  currently effective and the contents of these Registration Statements are
  incorporated herein by reference.
  TABLE OF CONTENTS
  SIGNATURES
  EXHIBIT INDEX
  EX-5 OPINION OF JAY H. MELTZER
  EX-23.1 CONSENT OF PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
  Table of Contents
  SIGNATURES
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
  certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
  requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
  Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
  authorized, in the City of Framingham, The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on
  this 8
  th
  day of June, 2004.
  THE TJX COMPANIES, INC.
  By:
  /s/ Jeffrey G. Naylor
  Name:
  Jeffrey G. Naylor
  Title:
  Senior Executive Vice
  President and
  Chief Financial Officer
  POWER OF ATTORNEY
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
  this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
  capacities and on the dates indicated. Each person whose signature appears
  below constitutes and appoints Edmond J. English, Jeffrey G. Naylor, and Jay H.
  Meltzer and each of them singly, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact
  and agent with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her
  and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any
  and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration
  Statement on Form S-8 to be filed by The TJX Companies, Inc., and to file the
  same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith,
  with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
  attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to be done in and about
  the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could
  do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact
  and agents, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
  hereof.
  Signature
  Title
  Date
  /s/ Edmond J. English
  EDMOND J. ENGLISH
  President and Chief Executive Officer
  (Principal Executive Officer and Director)
  June 1, 2004
  /s/ Jeffrey G. Naylor
  JEFFREY G. NAYLOR
  Senior Executive Vice President and Chief
  Financial Officer
  (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
  June 1, 2004
  /s/ David A. Brandon
  DAVID A. BRANDON
  Director
  June 1, 2004
  /s/ Bernard Cammarata
  BERNARD CAMMARATA
  Director
  June 1, 2004
  /s/ Gary L. Crittenden
  GARY L. CRITTENDEN
  Director
  June 1, 2004
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  Signature
  Title
  Date
  /s/ Gail Deegan
  GAIL DEEGAN
  Director
  June 1, 2004
  /s/ Dennis F. Hightower
  DENNIS F. HIGHTOWER
  Director
  June 1, 2004
  /s/ Richard G. Lesser
  RICHARD G. LESSER
  Director
  June 1, 2004
  JOHN F. O'BRIEN
  Director
  June   , 2004
  /s/ Robert F. Shapiro
  ROBERT F. SHAPIRO
  Director
  June 1, 2004
  /s/ Willow B. Shire
  WILLOW B. SHIRE
  Director
  June 1, 2004
  /s/ Fletcher H. Wiley
  FLETCHER H. WILEY
  Director
  June 1, 2004
  Table of Contents
  EXHIBIT INDEX
  Number
  Title of Exhibit
  5
  Opinion of Jay H. Meltzer, Esq., General Counsel and Secretary to The TJX Companies, Inc.
  23.1
  Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
  23.2
  Consent of Jay H. Meltzer, Esq., General Counsel and
  Secretary to The TJX Companies, Inc. (included in the opinion filed
  as Exhibit 5 hereto).
  24
  Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page in Part
  II).