UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 11, 2015

 

 

THE TJX COMPANIES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

DELAWARE		1-4908		04-2207613
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

770 Cochituate Road, Framingham, MA 01701

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(508) 390-1000

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

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Item 5.07

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

The annual meeting of stockholders of The TJX Companies, Inc. (the “Company”) was held on June 11, 2015, at which the stockholders voted as follows:

Proposal 1: Each nominee for director was elected, each to serve until the next annual meeting of stockholders or until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified:

 

Nominee		For				Against				Abstaining				Broker Non-Votes
Zein Abdalla			571,721,684				1,309,085				1,221,350				33,294,178
José B. Alvarez			571,932,590				1,106,797				1,212,732				33,294,178
Alan M. Bennett			572,059,591				975,982				1,216,546				33,294,178
David T. Ching			571,790,670				1,258,876				1,202,573				33,294,178
Michael F. Hines			572,299,173				708,739				1,244,207				33,294,178
Amy B. Lane			570,343,366				2,726,758				1,181,995				33,294,178
Carol Meyrowitz			559,763,409				9,855,427				4,633,199				33,294,178
John F. O’Brien			559,262,230				13,745,748				1,244,141				33,294,178
Willow B. Shire			556,430,433				15,856,697				1,964,989				33,294,178
William H. Swanson			572,231,900				779,354				1,240,865				33,294,178

Proposal 2: The appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2016 was ratified:

 

For			596,574,809
Against			9,683,973
Abstaining			1,287,515

Proposal 3: On an advisory basis, the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers, as disclosed pursuant to the compensation disclosure rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, compensation tables and narrative discussion (the “say on pay vote”) was approved:

 

For			532,425,610
Against			27,240,616
Abstaining			14,585,893
Broker Non-Votes			33,294,178

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Dated: June 15, 2015