Financial Instruments

12 Months Ended

Feb. 03, 2024

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]

As a result of its operating and financing activities, TJX is exposed to market risks from changes in interest and foreign currency exchange rates and fuel costs. These market risks may adversely affect TJX’s operating results and financial position. TJX seeks to minimize risk from changes in interest and foreign currency exchange rates and fuel costs through the use of derivative financial instruments when and to the extent deemed appropriate. TJX does not use derivative financial instruments for trading or other speculative purposes and does not use any leveraged derivative financial instruments. TJX recognizes all derivative instruments as either assets or liabilities in the Consolidated Balance Sheet and measures those instruments at fair value. The fair values of the derivatives are classified as assets or liabilities, current or non-current, based upon valuation results and settlement dates of the individual contracts. Changes to the fair value of derivative contracts that do not qualify for hedge accounting are reported in earnings in the period of the change. For derivatives that qualify for hedge accounting, changes in the fair value of the derivatives are either recorded in shareholders’ equity as a component of Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income or are recognized currently in earnings, along with an offsetting adjustment against the basis of the item being hedged. Gains and losses on derivative instruments are reported in the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows in operating activities, under Other, net.

Diesel Fuel Contracts

TJX hedges portions of its estimated notional diesel fuel requirements based on the diesel fuel expected to be consumed by independent freight carriers transporting TJX’s inventory. Independent freight carriers transporting TJX’s inventory charge TJX a mileage surcharge based on the price of diesel fuel. The hedge agreements are designed to mitigate the volatility of diesel fuel pricing, and the resulting per mile surcharges payable by TJX, by setting a fixed price per gallon for the period being hedged. During fiscal 2024, TJX entered into agreements to hedge a portion of its estimated notional diesel fuel requirements for fiscal 2025. The hedge agreements outstanding at February 3, 2024 relate to approximately 50% of TJX’s estimated notional diesel fuel requirements for fiscal 2025. These diesel fuel hedge agreements will settle throughout fiscal 2025 and the first month of fiscal 2026. Upon settlement, the realized gains and losses on these contracts are offset by the realized gains and losses of the underlying item in Cost of sales, including buying and occupancy costs. TJX elected not to apply hedge accounting to these contracts.

Foreign Currency Contracts

TJX enters into forward foreign currency exchange contracts to obtain economic hedges on portions of merchandise purchases made and anticipated to be made by the Company’s operations in currencies other than their respective functional currencies. The contracts outstanding at February 3, 2024 cover merchandise purchases the Company is committed to over the next several months in fiscal 2025. Additionally, TJX’s operations in Europe are subject to foreign currency exposure as a result of their buying function being centralized in the U.K. Merchandise is purchased centrally in the U.K. and then shipped and billed to the retail entities in other countries. This intercompany billing to TJX’s European businesses’ Euro denominated operations creates exposure to the central buying entity for changes in the exchange rate between the Euro and British Pound. A portion of the inflows of Euros to the central buying entity provides a natural hedge for Euro denominated merchandise purchases from third-party vendors. TJX calculates any excess Euro exposure each month and enters into forward contracts of approximately 30 days’ duration to mitigate this excess exposure. Upon settlement, the realized gains and losses on these contracts are offset by the realized gains and losses of the underlying item in Cost of sales, including buying and occupancy costs.

TJX also enters into derivative contracts, generally designated as fair value hedges, to hedge intercompany debt. The changes in fair value of these contracts are recorded in Selling, general and administrative expenses and are offset by marking the underlying item to fair value in the same period. Upon settlement, the realized gains and losses on these contracts are offset by the realized gains and losses of the underlying item in Selling, general and administrative expenses.

The following is a summary of TJX’s derivative financial instruments, related fair value and balance sheet classification at February 3, 2024:


In millions		Pay	Receive		Blended Contract Rate	Balance Sheet Location	Current Asset U.S.$		Current (Liability) U.S.$		Net Fair Value in U.S.$ at February 3, 2024
Fair value hedges:
Intercompany balances, primarily debt:

	€	78	£	67	0.8622	Prepaid Exp / (Accrued Exp)	$	0.1	$	(0.1)	$	0.0
	A$	140	U.S.$	95	0.6751	Prepaid Exp	2.7		—		2.7
	U.S.$	70	£	55	0.7898	(Accrued Exp)	—		(0.2)		(0.2)
	£	100	U.S.$	127	1.2727	Prepaid Exp	0.8		—		0.8
	€	200	U.S.$	219	1.0969	Prepaid Exp / (Accrued Exp)	3.0		(0.3)		2.7
Economic hedges for which hedge accounting was not elected:
	Diesel fuel contracts	Fixed on 3.0M - 3.8M gal per month		Float on 3.0M - 3.8M gal per month	N/A	(Accrued Exp)	—		(7.2)		(7.2)
Intercompany billings in TJX International, primarily merchandise:
	€	130	£	112	0.8604	Prepaid Exp	0.9		—		0.9
Merchandise purchase commitments:
	C$	668	U.S.$	495	0.7408	Prepaid Exp / (Accrued Exp)	1.4		(3.6)		(2.2)
	C$	29	€	20	0.6797	(Accrued Exp)	—		(0.3)		(0.3)
	£	353	U.S.$	443	1.2549	Prepaid Exp / (Accrued Exp)	1.5		(5.0)		(3.5)
	zł	508	£	98	0.1930	Prepaid Exp / (Accrued Exp)	0.0		(3.1)		(3.1)
	A$	82	U.S.$	55	0.6620	Prepaid Exp / (Accrued Exp)	0.8		(0.1)		0.7
	U.S.$	109	€	100	0.9191	Prepaid Exp / (Accrued Exp)	0.3		(1.0)		(0.7)
Total fair value of derivative financial instruments							$	11.5	$	(20.9)	$	(9.4)

The following is a summary of TJX’s derivative financial instruments, related fair value and balance sheet classification at January 28, 2023:


In millions		Pay	Receive		Blended Contract Rate	Balance Sheet Location	Current Asset U.S.$		Current (Liability) U.S.$		Net Fair Value in U.S.$ at January 28, 2023
Fair value hedges:
Intercompany balances, primarily debt:

	€	60	£	53	0.8807	(Accrued Exp)	$	—	$	(0.3)	$	(0.3)
	A$	150	U.S.$	105	0.7003	(Accrued Exp)	—		(2.6)		(2.6)
	U.S.$	69	£	55	0.8010	(Accrued Exp)	—		(0.3)		(0.3)
	£	200	U.S.$	244	1.2191	(Accrued Exp)	—		(5.5)		(5.5)
	€	200	U.S.$	213	1.0652	Prepaid Exp / (Accrued Exp)	0.8		(7.0)		(6.2)
Economic hedges for which hedge accounting was not elected:
	Diesel fuel contracts	Fixed on 3.2M - 3.6M gal per month		Float on 3.2M - 3.6M gal per month	N/A	Prepaid Exp	3.9		—		3.9
Intercompany billings in TJX International, primarily merchandise:
	€	146	£	129	0.8834	Prepaid Exp	0.8		—		0.8
Merchandise purchase commitments:
	C$	705	U.S.$	525	0.7449	Prepaid Exp / (Accrued Exp)	2.2		(7.1)		(4.9)
	C$	23	€	16	0.7064	Prepaid Exp / (Accrued Exp)	0.4		(0.0)		0.4
	£	299	U.S.$	356	1.1916	Prepaid Exp / (Accrued Exp)	0.1		(15.4)		(15.3)
	zł	507	£	91	0.1788	(Accrued Exp)	—		(3.6)		(3.6)
	A$	104	U.S.$	71	0.6819	(Accrued Exp)	—		(3.3)		(3.3)
	U.S.$	85	€	82	0.9634	Prepaid Exp	4.3		—		4.3
Total fair value of derivative financial instruments							$	12.5	$	(45.1)	$	(32.6)

The impact of derivative financial instruments on the Consolidated Statements of Income is presented below:


	Location of (Loss) Gain Recognized in Income by Derivative	Amount of (Loss) Gain Recognized in Income by Derivative
In millions		February 3, 2024		January 28, 2023		January 29, 2022
		(53 weeks)
Fair value hedges:
Intercompany balances, primarily debt	Selling, general and administrative expenses	$	20	$	12	$	36
Economic hedges for which hedge accounting was not elected:

Diesel fuel contracts	Cost of sales, including buying and occupancy costs	(19)		55		43
Intercompany billings in TJX International, primarily merchandise	Cost of sales, including buying and occupancy costs	5		(9)		5

Merchandise purchase commitments	Cost of sales, including buying and occupancy costs	(7)		71		24
(Loss) gain recognized in income		$	(1)	$	129	$	108

Included in the table above are realized losses of $23 million in fiscal 2024 and realized gains of $200 million in fiscal 2023 and $54 million in fiscal 2022, all of which were largely offset by gains and losses on the underlying hedged item.