Chief Executive Officer and President · The TJX Companies, Inc. (TJX)

Ernie Herrman

A named executive officer of TJX Companies in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2016 to FY2026. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

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Total disclosed compensation, FY2026

$26,603,537

FY2025: $23,482,528

1st of 5 named executive officers at TJX Companies by FY2026 total.

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 30, 2026 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-07.

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Ernie Herrman compensation by year

TJX Companies Summary Compensation Table · all 11 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as TJX Companies reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026
Salary$1,382,309$1,525,001$1,619,232$1,600,001$1,600,001$1,489,232$1,600,001$1,700,002$1,732,695$1,700,002$1,700,000
Bonus$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$14,106,551$9,000,025$9,000,001$9,632,857$9,632,872$7,862,971$21,754,956$10,900,034$10,900,088$12,600,163$14,300,173
Option awards$527,072$613,574$618,910$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$3,614,627$5,036,974$3,069,753$5,567,597$5,030,082$3,014,278$7,537,124$7,508,796$7,950,096$6,947,907$8,386,100
Pension and deferred compensation$160,103$793,306$1,286,199$409,260$2,205,544$1,909,764$305,528$0$993,435$1,593,081$1,557,824
All other$390,093$1,567,986$1,286,076$1,613,055$615,177$265,492$604,391$416,536$646,455$641,375$659,440
Total$20,180,755$18,536,866$16,880,171$18,822,770$19,083,676$14,541,737$31,802,000$20,525,368$22,222,769$23,482,528$26,603,537

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: The TJX Companies, Inc. DEF 14A filed April 30, 2026, accession 0000109198-26-000015, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the The TJX Companies, Inc. filed document, accession 0000109198-26-000015. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 30, 2026.

$20.2M
$18.5M
$16.9M
$18.8M
$19.1M
$14.5M
$31.8M
$20.5M
$22.2M
$23.5M
$26.6M
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FY26
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2026 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU316,361$47,394,041—
RSU308,538$46,222,078—

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in The TJX Companies, Inc.'s FY2026 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Insider transactions since the last proxy

3 Form 4 lines since the FY2026 proxy (filed April 30, 2026)
current to 2026-11-07 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-06-05Sale—10,002$160.68514,848
2026-06-04Sale—28,000$158.32524,850
2026-06-03Sale—29,549$157.46552,850

The 3 most recent of 3 lines, each as reported on the Form 4. "10b5-1" marks a trade the filing reports under a pre-arranged trading plan. View every Form 4 filing on EDGAR →

Change-in-control & termination

estimated payments TJX Companies discloses, by trigger · FY2026
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Death$3,400,000$19,771,853$139,697$25,011,550
Disability$3,400,000$19,771,853$139,697$25,011,550
Retirement—$19,771,853—$21,471,853
Change in control and resignation for good reason$10,200,001$33,496,340$148,665—
Voluntary resignation—$19,771,853—$21,471,853
Involuntary termination without cause$3,400,000$19,771,853$139,697$25,011,550
Change in control, no termination—$12,024,044—$15,424,044
Change in control and involuntary termination$10,200,001$33,496,340$148,665—

Per the Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control table in The TJX Companies, Inc.'s FY2026 proxy. Estimates as the company printed them; a dash means it printed no figure.

TJX Companies’s named executive officers, FY2026

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2026 total
Ernie Herrman · this pageChief Executive Officer and President$26,603,537
Carol MeyrowitzExecutive Chairman$13,371,631
Kenneth CanestrariSEVP, Group President$8,147,168
Douglas MizziSEVP, Group President$8,068,565
John KlingerSEVP, Chief Financial Officer$6,962,372

Board service

TJX Companies board · FY2021–FY2026
Director compensation in US dollars, as TJX Companies reports it. Most recent year first; a dash means the company reported no figure in that column.
Fiscal yearCash feesStock awardsOption awardsOtherTotal
FY2026$0$0$0$659,440$659,440
FY2025$0$0$0$0—
FY2024$0$0$0$0—
FY2023$0$0$0$0—
FY2021—————

Each year as the company reported it in TJX Companies's director compensation table. Totals are the company's own disclosed totals.

How this board is paid

Company policy: TJX Companies pays directors a $110,000 cash retainer and $200,000 in Deferred Stock Awards. As stated in TJX Companies's FY2026 proxy.

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