EXHIBIT 10.19

                             THE TJX COMPANIES, INC.

                             EXECUTIVE SAVINGS PLAN

                                 Third Amendment

      Pursuant to Section 9.1 of The TJX Companies, Inc. Executive Savings Plan
(the "ESP"), Section 11.5 of the ESP is hereby amended and clarified as follows,
effective as of January 1, 2004 except as hereinafter provided:

            "11.5. RETIREMENT EQUALIZATION BENEFITS. At the time a benefit is
      paid to a Participant under The TJX Companies, Inc. Retirement Plan (the
      "Retirement Plan") or The TJX Companies, Inc. Supplemental Executive
      Retirement Plan (the "SERP") (the "Retirement Plan" and the "SERP" being
      hereinafter referred to as the "Pension Plans"), the Participant shall be
      entitled to receive a retirement equalization benefit having a value equal
      to the difference between (a) the amount such Participant would have been
      entitled to receive under the Pension Plans if none of his or her Salary
      had been deferred under this Plan and (b) the amount such Participant
      actually receives under the Pension Plans. Such retirement equalization
      benefit shall be payable in the same form that the Participant elects to
      receive benefits under the Pension Plans. Such retirement equalization
      benefit shall not be payable to the extent that the Participant is
      entitled to receive an equalization benefit of comparable value under the
      SERP or any other plan. For the avoidance of doubt, any benefit under the
      Retirement Plan that is supplemental to the formula benefit described in
      Article 7 thereof shall be treated as an equalization benefit for purposes
      of this Section 11.5 unless the E.C.C. expressly provides otherwise."

The action set forth herein with respect to the ESP is not intended to
constitute a "material modification" of the ESP as that term is used in Section
885(d)(2)(B) of the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004, and shall be construed
and applied accordingly.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, The TJX Companies, Inc. has caused this instrument of
amendment to be executed by its duly authorized officer this 16th day of
December, 2004.


                                     THE TJX COMPANIES, INC.

                                     By:       /s/ Donald G. Campbell
                                               ----------------------

                                     Title:    Senior Executive Vice President
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                            THE TJX COMPANIES, INC.
                             EXECUTIVE SAVINGS PLAN

                                FOURTH AMENDMENT

      The TJX Companies, Inc. hereby amends its Executive Savings Plan (the
"Plan"), effective as of January 1, 2005, by adding the following new Section
11.5:

            "11.5 SECTION 409A. Reference is made to Section 409A of the Code
      and to the guidance (including transition rules and exemptive relief
      provisions) issued thereunder ("Section 409A"). Consistent with Section
      409A, it is intended that with respect to amounts deferred under the Plan
      prior to January 1, 2005 that were both earned and vested prior to January
      1, 2005, the Plan will be administered consistent with the objective of
      preserving for such amounts "grandfathered" status under Section 409A,
      that is, the status of deferred compensation not subject to the
      requirements and limitations of Section 409A. All other deferrals under
      the Plan shall be administered in compliance with the requirements of
      Section 409A. It is intended in this regard that the Plan will be
      comprehensively amended to comply with final rules under Section 409A
      following the issuance of such rules or at such earlier time as may be
      required under Section 409A or determined by the Administrator. Without
      limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Plan shall be deemed amended
      by this Section 11.5 to permit, with respect to any deferrals hereunder
      that are subject to Section 409A, any transition-period elections
      permitted under Section 409A that are authorized by the Senior Executive
      Vice President - Chief Administrative and Business Development Officer of
      the Company, the Senior Executive Vice President - Chief Financial Officer
      of the Company, or the successor of either (a "specified Company officer")
      and any cancellations and withdrawals of such any such amounts that are
      authorized by a specified Company officer, except that any such action by
      a specified Company officer that relates to his or her own benefit shall
      require the approval of a member of the E.C.C. Notwithstanding the
      foregoing, neither the Company nor any of its officers or directors, nor
      any other person charged with administrative responsibilities under the
      Plan, shall be liable to any Eligible Person or to any beneficiary of any
      Eligible Person by reason of the failure of any deferral hereunder to
      comply with, or be exempt from, the requirements of Section 409A."

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, The TJX Companies, Inc. has caused this instrument of
amendment to be executed by its duly authorized officer this 12th day of
December, 2005.

                                             THE TJX COMPANIES, INC.

                                   By:       /s/ Donald G. Campbell
                                             ----------------------
                                   Title:    Senior Executive Vice President