SEC Form 4 
FORM 4	UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 	  
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	Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).			
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
ENGLISH EDMOND J	

(Last)	(First)	(Middle)	
THE TJX COMPANIES, INC.	
770 COCHITUATE ROAD	

(Street) 
FRAMINGHAM	MA	01701	

(City)	(State)	(Zip)	
	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol 
TJX COMPANIES INC /DE/ [ TJX ] 	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer 
(Check all applicable) 
X	Director		10% Owner	
X	Officer (give title below)		Other (specify below)	
President and CEO	
		
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
08/13/2003 		
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) 
X	Form filed by One Reporting Person	
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person	
	
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned	
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) 	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 	4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 	5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) 	
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price				
Common Stock	08/13/2003		M		160,000	A	$10.375 	814,132	D		
Common Stock	08/13/2003		S		112,000	D	$20.6 	702,132	D		
Common Stock	08/13/2003		S		1,100	D	$20.61 	701,032	D		
Common Stock	08/13/2003		S		1,800	D	$20.62 	699,232	D		
Common Stock	08/13/2003		S		3,200	D	$20.63 	696,032	D		
Common Stock	08/13/2003		S		7,500	D	$20.64 	688,532	D		
Common Stock	08/13/2003		S		7,600	D	$20.65 	680,932	D		
Common Stock	08/13/2003		S		3,600	D	$20.66 	677,332	D		
Common Stock	08/13/2003		S		5,000	D	$20.67 	672,332	D		
Common Stock	08/13/2003		S		400	D	$20.68 	671,932	D		
Common Stock	08/13/2003		S		5,100	D	$20.69 	666,832	D		
Common Stock	08/13/2003		S		800	D	$20.7 	666,032	D		
Common Stock	08/13/2003		S		1,700	D	$20.71 	664,332	D		
Common Stock	08/13/2003		S		3,200	D	$20.77 	661,132	D		
Common Stock	08/13/2003		S		3,600	D	$20.78 	657,532	D		
Common Stock	08/13/2003		S		1,900	D	$20.79 	655,632	D		
Common Stock	08/13/2003		S		1,500	D	$20.8 	654,132	D		
Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) 	
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) 	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 	5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 	6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)	7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4) 	8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) 	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) 	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) 	
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares					
Option(1) 	$10.375 	08/13/2003		M			133,334	09/05/2001	09/05/2010	Common Stock	266,666	$10.375 	133,332	D		
Option(1) 	$10.375 	08/13/2003		M			26,666	09/05/2001	09/05/2010	Common Stock	53,332	$10.375 	26,666	D		
Explanation of Responses:	
1. Right to buy. Includes right to have shares withheld to satisfy tax withholding obligations upon exercise.	
Remarks:	
	
	Mary B. Reynolds, by Power of Attorney dated January 28, 2002, attached hereto as Exhibit 24	08/13/2003	
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date	
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 LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR
SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS

POWER
OF ATTORNEY
For Executing Forms 3, 4 and 5

        Know all by these
presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Jay
H. Meltzer, Donald G. Campbell and Mary B. Reynolds, signing singly, the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

        (1)     execute for and
on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer
and/or director of The TJX Companies, Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4 and
5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities and Exchange Act of
1934 and the rules thereunder;

        (2)     do and perform any and all acts for
and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to
complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 and 5 and timely file such form
with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock
exchange or similar authority; and

        (3)     take any other action or any
type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of
such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or
legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the
documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned
pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain
such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
attorney-in-fact's discretion.

        The undersigned hereby grants to each
such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and
every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or proper to be done in
the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to
all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally
present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's
substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  The
undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving
in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor
is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to
comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

        This
Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to
the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the
Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing
delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this
28th day of January, 2002.

                                                /s/ Edmond J.
English
        Signature

                                                Edmond J. English
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