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| Item 8.01. | Other Events. |
Notes Closing
On November 30, 2020, The TJX Companies, Inc. (the “Company”) completed the issuance and sale of (a) $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 1.150% notes due 2028 of the Company (the “2028 Notes”) and (b) $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 1.600% notes due 2031 of the Company (the “2031 Notes” and, together with the 2028 Notes, the “Notes”).
The Notes were registered pursuant to an automatically effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration Statement No. 333-237461) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, that was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 30, 2020.
The Notes were issued pursuant to a base indenture (the “Base Indenture”), as supplemented by the fifth supplemental indenture relating to the 2028 Notes (the “Fifth Supplemental Indenture”) and the sixth supplemental indenture relating to the 2031 Notes (the “Sixth Supplemental Indenture”), each dated November 30, 2020 and executed by and between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee. The Company is filing the executed Fifth Supplemental Indenture and Sixth Supplemental Indenture as exhibits 4.1 and 4.2, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
Tender Offer Initial Results
The Company announced on December 2, 2020 the initial results and upsizing, and announced on December 3, 2020 the pricing, of its previously announced tender offers for certain outstanding debt securities of the Company.
Copies of the press releases are attached as exhibits 99.1 and 99.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated herein by reference.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits.
SIGNATURE
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.
| THE TJX COMPANIES, INC. | ||||||
| Date: December 3, 2020 | By: | /s/ Alicia Kelly | ||||
| Name: | Alicia Kelly | |||||
| Title: | Executive Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel | |||||