PORTIONS OF CERTAIN EXHIBITS TO THIS AGREEMENT HAVE BEEN OMITTED AND WILL BE FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION PURSUANT TO A CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUEST EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT DATED AS OF JANUARY 29, 2010 BETWEEN AND AMONG...

Exhibit 10.7
PORTIONS OF CERTAIN EXHIBITS TO THIS AGREEMENT HAVE BEEN OMITTED AND WILL BE FILED SEPARATELY
WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION PURSUANT TO A CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUEST
DATED AS OF JANUARY 29, 2010
BETWEEN AND AMONG
XXXX XXXXXXXXXX, TJX UK, AND THE TJX COMPANIES, INC.

 

 

INDEX
         
    PAGE
1. EFFECTIVE DATE; TERM OF AGREEMENT
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2. SCOPE OF EMPLOYMENT
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3. COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS
     2  
 
        
4. TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT; IN GENERAL
     3  
 
        
5. BENEFITS UPON NON-VOLUNTARY TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT
     4  
 
        
6. OTHER TERMINATION
     6  
 
        
7. BENEFITS UPON CHANGE OF CONTROL
     7  
 
        
8. AGREEMENT NOT TO SOLICIT OR COMPETE
     7  
 
        
9. ASSIGNMENT
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10. NOTICES
     11  
 
        
11. WITHHOLDING; CERTAIN TAX MATTERS; CERTAIN DEDUCTIONS
     11  
 
        
12. GOVERNING LAW
     12  
 
        
13. CERTAIN STOCK-BASED RIGHTS
     12  
 
        
14. TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT AND SEPARATION FROM SERVICE
     12  
 
        
15. ENTIRE AGREEMENT
     12  
 
        
EXHIBIT A Certain Definitions
     A-1  
 
        
EXHIBIT B Definition of “Change of Control”
     B-1  
 
        
EXHIBIT C Change of Control Benefits
     X-0  
 
        
XXXXXXX X Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
     X-0  
 
        
EXHIBIT E Certain International Benefits and Related Provisions
     E-1  

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XXXX XXXXXXXXXX
     AGREEMENT dated as of January 29, 2010 between and among Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxx (“Executive”), TJX UK (the “Company”), and The TJX Companies, Inc. (“Parent”).
RECITALS
     The Company and Executive intend that Executive shall be employed by the Company and be entitled to receive compensation and benefits from the Company and Parent on the terms set forth below and, to that end, deem it desirable and appropriate to enter into this Agreement.
AGREEMENT
     The parties hereto, in consideration of the mutual agreements hereinafter contained, agree as follows:
     1. EFFECTIVE DATE; TERM OF AGREEMENT. This Agreement shall become effective as of January 29, 2010 (the “Effective Date”). Upon effectiveness of this Agreement on the Effective Date, the Employment Agreement between the Company and the Executive dated as of January 28, 2007 (as amended, the “Prior Agreement”) shall terminate and be of no further force and effect. Subject to earlier termination as provided herein, Executive’s employment hereunder shall continue on the terms provided herein until February 2, 2013 (the “End Date”). The period of Executive’s employment by the Company from and after the Effective Date, whether under this Agreement or otherwise, is referred to in this Agreement as the “Employment Period,” it being understood that nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as entitling Executive to continuation of his employment beyond the End Date and that any such continuation shall be subject to the agreement of the parties. Executive’s previous employment with the Company shall count as part of his continuous employment, which therefore began on November 15, 1993. This Agreement is intended to comply with the applicable requirements of Section 409A and shall be construed accordingly.
     2. SCOPE OF EMPLOYMENT.
     (a) Nature of Services. Executive shall diligently perform such duties and assume such responsibilities as shall from time to time be specified by the Company Board.
     (b) Extent of Services. Except for illnesses and vacation periods, Executive shall devote substantially all his working time and attention and his best efforts to the performance of his duties and responsibilities under this Agreement. However, Executive may (i) make any passive investments where he is not obligated or required to, and shall not in fact, devote any managerial efforts, (ii) subject to approval by Parent’s Chief Executive Officer (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or withdrawn), participate in charitable or community activities or in trade or professional organizations, and (iii) subject to approval by Parent’s Chief Executive Officer (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or withdrawn), hold directorships in

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public companies, except only that Parent’s Chief Executive Officer shall have the right to limit such services as a director or such participation in charitable or community activities or in trade or professional organizations whenever Parent’s Chief Executive Officer shall believe that the time spent on such activities infringes in any material respect upon the time required by Executive for the performance of his duties under this Agreement or is otherwise incompatible with those duties.
     3. COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS.
     (a) Base Salary. Executive shall be paid a base salary at the rate hereinafter specified, such Base Salary to be paid in the same manner and at the same times as the Company shall pay base salary to other executive employees. Executive’s Base Salary shall be £462,000 per year. Effective as of February 1, 2010 (the “Designated Date”), Executive’s Base Salary shall be $850,000 per year (subject to conversion as described below) or such other amount (not less than $850,000 per year and subject to conversion as described below) as the Company Board with the approval of the Committee may determine from time to time, after review not less frequently than annually (any such Base Salary that is denominated in U.S. dollars, the “U.S. Reference Salary”). On the Designated Date, the U.S. Reference Salary shall be converted into an amount in pounds sterling based on the U.S. dollar/pound exchange rate of $1 to £0.6177 (i.e., £525,045). If effective as of any date following the Designated Date the Company Board, with the approval of the Committee, determines to adjust the U.S. Reference Salary (to an amount not less than $850,000 per year), such Base Salary, as so adjusted, shall be converted into an amount in pounds sterling based on the U.S. dollar/pound exchange rate in effect on the effective date of the salary adjustment (such date, a “Determination Date”); it being understood that if the rate of Executive’s Base Salary in pounds sterling on any Determination Date would be less than the rate of Executive’s Base Salary in pounds sterling immediately prior to such Determination Date solely as a result of the U.S. dollar/pound exchange rate in effect on the applicable Determination Date, the U.S. Reference Salary shall be increased to a level that will provide Executive with a rate of Base Salary in pounds sterling equal to the rate of Executive’s Base Salary in pounds sterling immediately prior to such Determination Date. All determinations necessary to construe or effectuate the foregoing, including, without limitation, the determination of the exchange rate, shall be made by the Parent.
     (b) Existing Awards. Reference is made to outstanding awards to Executive of stock options and of performance-based restricted stock made prior to the Effective Date under Parent’s Stock Incentive Plan (including any successor, the “Stock Incentive Plan”), to the award opportunity granted to Executive for FYE 2010 under Parent’s Management Incentive Plan (“MIP”), and to award opportunities granted to Executive under Parent’s Long Range Performance Incentive Plan (“LRPIP”) for cycles beginning before the Effective Date. Each of such awards outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Date shall continue for such period or periods and in accordance with such terms as are set out in the applicable grant, award certificate, award agreement, and other governing documents relating to such awards, and shall not be affected by the terms of this Agreement except as otherwise expressly provided herein.
     (c) New Stock Awards. Consistent with the terms of the Stock Incentive Plan, during the Employment Period, Executive will be entitled to stock-based awards under the Stock Incentive

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Plan at levels commensurate with his position and responsibilities and subject to such terms as shall be established by the Committee.
     (d) LRPIP. During the Employment Period, Executive will be eligible to participate in annual grants under LRPIP at a level commensurate with his position and responsibilities and subject to such terms as shall be established by the Committee.
     (e) MIP. During the Employment Period, Executive will be eligible to participate in annual awards under MIP at a level commensurate with his position and responsibilities and subject to such terms as shall be established by the Committee.
     (f) Retirement and Other Deferred Compensation Plans. Executive shall be entitled during the Employment Period to participate in the Company’s retirement and profit-sharing plans, in each case in accordance with the terms of the applicable plan (including, for the avoidance of doubt and without limitation, the amendment and termination provisions thereof). In particular, Executive shall be entitled to participate in The T.K. Maxx Pension Plan (the “Company Pension”) and the Company shall match Executive’s contributions to the Company Pension, up to an amount equivalent to 8.0% of Executive’s pensionable salary, subject to its rule from time to time in force and any statutory limits imposed from time to time. The Company reserves the right to vary the benefits payable under the Company Pension or terminate or substitute another pension scheme for the existing Company Pension at any time.
     (g) Policies and Fringe Benefits. Executive shall be subject to policies of Parent and/or the Company applicable to executives generally, and shall be entitled to receive all such fringe benefits as shall from time to time be made available to other executives of Parent and its Subsidiaries generally (subject to the terms of any applicable fringe benefit plan). In addition, in connection with Executive’s performance of services in the United States for Parent and its affiliates, Executive shall be entitled to receive the benefits described in Exhibit E (subject to the limitations set forth therein).
     (h) Other. The Company is entitled to terminate Executive’s employment notwithstanding the fact that Executive may lose entitlement to benefits under the arrangements described above. Upon termination of his employment, Executive shall have no claim against the Company or Parent for loss arising out of ineligibility to exercise any stock options granted to him or otherwise in relation to any of the stock options or other stock-based awards granted to Executive, and the rights of Executive shall be determined solely by the rules of the relevant award document and plan.
     4. TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT; IN GENERAL.
     (a) The Company shall have the right to end Executive’s employment at any time and for any reason, with or without Cause.
     (b) Executive’s employment shall terminate upon written notice by the Company to Executive (or, if earlier, to the extent consistent with the requirements of Section 409A, upon the expiration of the twenty-nine (29)-month period commencing upon Executive’s absence from work) if, by reason of Disability, Executive is unable to perform his duties for at least six continuous months. Any termination pursuant to this Section 4(b) shall be treated for purposes

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of Section 5 and the definition of “Change of Control Termination” at subsection (e) of Exhibit A as a termination by reason of Disability.
     (c) Whenever his employment shall terminate, Executive shall resign all offices or other positions he shall hold with the Company, Parent and any affiliated corporations. For the avoidance of doubt, the Employment Period shall terminate upon termination of Executive’s employment for any reason.
     (d) During any period following notice of termination of employment (whether given by the Company or Executive), the Company shall be under no obligation to assign any duties to Executive and shall be entitled to exclude him from its premises, and require Executive not to contact any customers, suppliers or employees, provided that this shall not affect Executive’s entitlement, if any, during such period of exclusion to receive his Base Salary in accordance with Section 3(a) and benefits in accordance with Section 3(g). During any such period of exclusion Executive will continue to be bound by all of the provisions of this Agreement and shall at all times conduct himself with good faith towards the Company, Parent, and its Subsidiaries.
     5. BENEFITS UPON NON-VOLUNTARY TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT.
     (a) Certain Terminations Prior to the End Date. If the Employment Period shall have terminated prior to the End Date by reason of (I) death or Disability of Executive, (II) termination by the Company for any reason other than Cause or (III) a Constructive Termination, then all compensation and benefits for Executive shall be as follows:
     (i) For a period of twelve (12) months after the Date of Termination (the “termination period”), the Company will pay to Executive or his legal representative, without reduction for compensation earned from other employment or self employment, continued Base Salary at a rate equal to Executive’s U.S. Reference Salary in effect at termination of employment (without regard to the rate of Executive’s Base Salary in pounds sterling at such time), which U.S. Reference Salary shall be converted to pounds sterling based on the U.S. dollar/pound exchange rate in effect on the Date of Termination, such Base Salary to be paid in accordance with its regular payroll practices for executive employees of the Company (but not less frequently than monthly); provided, that if Executive is a Specified Employee at the relevant time, the Base Salary that would otherwise be payable during the six-month period beginning on the Date of Termination shall instead be accumulated and paid, without interest, in a lump sum on the date that is six (6) months and one day after such date (or, if earlier, the date of Executive’s death); and further provided, that if Executive is eligible for long-term disability compensation benefits under the Company’s long-term disability plan, the amount payable under this clause shall be paid at a rate equal to the excess of (a) the rate of Base Salary determined as provided above in this Section 5(a)(i), over (b) the long-term disability compensation benefits for which Executive is approved under such plan.
     (ii) The Company will pay to Executive or his legal representative, without offset for compensation earned from other employment or self-employment, (A) any unpaid amounts to which Executive is entitled under MIP for the fiscal year of Parent ended immediately prior to Executive’s termination of employment, plus (B) any unpaid

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amounts owing with respect to LRPIP cycles in which Executive participated and which were completed prior to termination. These amounts will be paid at the same time as other awards for such prior year or cycle are paid.
     (iii) For any MIP performance period in which Executive participates that begins before and ends after the Date of Termination, and at the same time as other MIP awards for such performance period are paid, but in no event later than by the 15th day of the third month following the close of the fiscal year to which such MIP award relates, the Company will pay to Executive or his legal representative, without offset for compensation earned from other employment or self-employment, an amount equal to (A) the MIP award, if any, that Executive would have earned and been paid had he continued in office through the end of such fiscal year, determined without regard to any adjustment for individual performance factors, multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is three hundred and sixty-five (365) plus the number of days during such fiscal year prior to termination, and the denominator of which is seven hundred and thirty (730); provided, however, that if the Employment Period shall have terminated by reason of Executive’s death or Disability, this clause (iii) shall not apply and Executive instead shall be entitled to the MIP benefit described in Section 5(a)(vii) below; and further provided, that if Executive is a Specified Employee at the relevant time, the amounts described in this clause (iii) shall be paid not sooner than six (6) months and one day after termination.
     (iv) For each LRPIP cycle in which Executive participates that begins before and ends after the Date of Termination, and at the same time as other LRPIP awards for such cycle are paid, but in no event later than by the 15th day of the third month following the close of the last of Parent’s fiscal years in such cycle, the Company will pay to Executive or his legal representative, without offset for compensation earned from other employment or self-employment, an amount equal to (A) the LRPIP award, if any, that Executive would have earned and been paid had he continued in office through the end of such cycle, determined without regard to any adjustment for individual performance factors, multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of full months in such cycle completed prior to termination of employment and the denominator of which is the number of full months in such cycle; provided, that if Executive is a Specified Employee at the relevant time, the amounts described in this clause (iv) shall be paid not sooner than six (6) months and one day after termination.
     (v) In addition, Executive or his legal representative shall be entitled to the Stock Incentive Plan benefits described in Section 3(b) (Existing Awards) and Section 3(c) (New Stock Awards), in each case in accordance with and subject to the terms of the applicable arrangement, and to payment of his vested benefits, if any, under the plans described in Section 3(f) (Retirement and Other Deferred Compensation Plans).
     (vi) If termination occurs by reason of Disability, Executive shall also be entitled to such compensation, if any, as is payable pursuant to the Company’s long-term disability plan. If for any period Executive receives long-term disability compensation payments under a long-term disability plan of the Company as well as payments under Section 5(a)(i) above, and if the sum of such payments (the “combined salary/disability

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benefit”) exceeds the payment for such period to which Executive is entitled under Section 5(a)(i) above (determined without regard to the proviso set forth therein), he shall promptly pay such excess in reimbursement to the Company; provided, that in no event shall application of this sentence result in reduction of Executive’s combined salary/disability benefit below the level of long-term disability compensation payments to which Executive is entitled under the long-term disability plan or plans of the Company.
     (vii) If termination occurs by reason of death or Disability, Executive shall also be entitled to an amount equal to Executive’s MIP Target Award for the year of termination, without proration. This amount will be paid at the same time as other MIP awards for such performance period are paid.
     (viii) Except as expressly set forth above or as required by law, Executive shall not be entitled to continue participation during the termination period in any employee benefit or fringe benefit plans, except for continuation of any automobile allowance which shall be added to the amounts otherwise payable under Section 5(a)(i) above during the continuation of such coverage but not beyond the end of the termination period.
     (b) Termination on the End Date. Unless earlier terminated or except as otherwise mutually agreed by Executive and the Company, Executive’s employment with the Company shall terminate on the End Date. Unless the Company in connection with such termination shall offer to Executive continued service in a position on reasonable terms, Executive shall be treated as having been terminated under Section 5(a)(II) on the day immediately preceding the End Date and shall be entitled to the compensation and benefits described in Section 5(a) in respect of such a termination, subject, for the avoidance of doubt, to the other provisions of this Agreement including, without limitation, Section 8. If the Company in connection with such termination offers to Executive continued service in a position on reasonable terms, and Executive declines such service, he shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having terminated his employment voluntarily on the End Date and he shall be entitled only to those benefits to which he would be entitled under Section 6(a) (“Voluntary termination of employment”). For purposes of the two preceding sentences, “service in a position on reasonable terms” shall mean service in a position comparable to the position in which Executive was serving immediately prior to the End Date, as reasonably determined by the Committee.
     6. OTHER TERMINATION.
     (a) Voluntary termination of employment. If Executive terminates his employment voluntarily, Executive or his legal representative shall be entitled (in each case in accordance with and subject to the terms of the applicable arrangement) to any Stock Incentive Plan benefits described in Section 3(b) (Existing Awards) or Section 3(c) (New Stock Awards) and to any vested benefits under the plans described in Section 3(f) (Retirement and Other Deferred Compensation Plans). In addition, the Company will pay to Executive or his legal representative any unpaid amounts to which Executive is entitled under MIP for the fiscal year of the Company ended immediately prior to Executive’s termination of employment, plus any unpaid amounts owing with respect to LRPIP cycles in which Executive participated and which were completed prior to termination, in each case at the same time as other awards for such prior year or cycle are

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paid. No other benefits shall be paid under this Agreement upon a voluntary termination of employment.
     (b) Termination for Cause. If the Company should end Executive’s employment for Cause all compensation and benefits otherwise payable pursuant to this Agreement shall cease, other than (i) any vested benefits to which Executive is entitled by law under the Company’s retirement plans; and (ii) Stock Incentive Plan benefits, if any, to which Executive may be entitled (in each case in accordance with and subject to the terms of the applicable arrangement) under Sections 3(b) (Existing Awards) and 3(c) (New Stock Awards).
     7. BENEFITS UPON CHANGE OF CONTROL. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, in the event of a Change of Control, the determination and payment of any benefits payable thereafter with respect to Executive shall be governed exclusively by the provisions of Exhibit C; provided, for the avoidance of doubt, that the provisions of Section 11 of this Agreement shall also apply to the determination and payment of any payments or benefits pursuant to Exhibit C.
     8. AGREEMENT NOT TO SOLICIT OR COMPETE.
     (a) During the Employment Period and for a period of twelve (12) months thereafter (the “Nonsolicitation Period”), Executive shall not, and shall not direct any other individual or entity to, directly or indirectly (including as a partner, shareholder, joint venturer or other investor) (i) hire, offer to hire, attempt to hire or assist in the hiring of, any protected person as an employee, director, consultant, advisor or other service provider, (ii) recommend any protected person for employment or other engagement with any person or entity other than Parent and its Subsidiaries, (iii) solicit for employment or other engagement any protected person, or seek to persuade, induce or encourage any protected person to discontinue employment or engagement with Parent or its Subsidiaries, or recommend to any protected person any employment or engagement other than with Parent or its Subsidiaries, (iv) accept services of any sort (whether for compensation or otherwise) from any protected person, or (v) participate with any other person or entity in any of the foregoing activities.
     Any individual or entity to which Executive provides services (as an employee, director, consultant, advisor or otherwise) or in which Executive is a shareholder, member, partner, joint venturer or investor, excluding interests in the common stock of any publicly traded corporation of one percent (1%) or less, and any individual or entity that is affiliated with any such individual or entity, shall, for purposes of the preceding sentence, be irrebuttably presumed to have acted at the direction of Executive with respect to any “protected person” who worked with Executive at any time during the six months prior to termination of the Employment Period.
     A “protected person” is a person who at the time of termination of the Employment Period, or within six months prior thereto, is or was employed by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries either in a position of Assistant Vice President or higher, or in a salaried position in any merchandising group.
     As to (I) each “protected person” to whom the foregoing applies, (II) each subcategory of “protected person,” as defined above, (III) each limitation on (A) employment or other

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engagement, (B) solicitation and (C) unsolicited acceptance of services, of each “protected person” and (IV) each month of the period during which the provisions of this subsection (a) apply to each of the foregoing, the provisions set forth in this subsection (a) shall be deemed to be separate and independent agreements. In the event of unenforceability of any one or more such agreement(s), such unenforceable agreement(s) shall be deemed automatically reformed in order to allow for the greatest degree of enforceability authorized by law or, if no such reformation is possible, deleted from the provisions hereof entirely, and such reformation or deletion shall not affect the enforceability of any other provision of this subsection (a) or any other term of this Agreement.
     (b) During the course of his employment, Executive will have learned vital trade secrets of Parent and its Subsidiaries and will have access to confidential and proprietary information and business plans of Parent and its Subsidiaries. Therefore, during the Employment Period and for a period of twelve (12) months thereafter (the “Noncompetition Period”), Executive will not, directly or indirectly, be a shareholder, member, partner, joint venturer or investor (disregarding in this connection passive ownership for investment purposes of common stock representing one percent (1%) or less of the voting power or value of any publicly traded corporation) in, serve as a director or manager of, be engaged in any employment, consulting, or fees-for-services relationship or arrangement with, or advise with respect to the organization or conduct of, or any investment in, any “competitive business” as hereinafter defined or any Person that engages in any “competitive business” as hereinafter defined, nor shall Executive undertake any planning to engage in any such activities; provided, however, that this restriction shall apply only in North America (including, for the avoidance of doubt, Mexico) and Europe, and in such countries outside of North America and Europe if Parent or any Subsidiary was engaged, with Executive’s involvement, in business in such country at any time during the 12-month period immediately preceding the Date of Termination.
     The term “competitive business” (i) shall mean any business (however organized or conducted) that competes with a business in which Parent or any of its Subsidiaries was engaged, or in which Parent or any Subsidiary was planning to engage, at any time during the 12-month period immediately preceding the date on which the Employment Period ends, and (ii) shall conclusively be presumed to include, but shall not be limited to, (A) any business specified on Exhibit D to this Agreement, and (B) any other off-price, promotional, or warehouse-club-type retail business, however organized or conducted, that sells apparel, footwear, home fashions, home furnishings, jewelry, accessories, or any other category of merchandise sold by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries at the termination of the Employment Period.
     For purposes of this subsection (b), a “Person” means an individual, a corporation, a limited liability company, an association, a partnership, an estate, a trust and any other entity or organization, other than Parent or its Subsidiaries.
     For purposes of this subsection (b), reference to any Person (the “first Person”) shall be deemed to include any other Person that controls, is controlled by or is under common control with the first Person.
     If, at any time, pursuant to action of any court, administrative, arbitral or governmental body or other tribunal, the operation of any part of this subsection shall be determined to be

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unlawful or otherwise unenforceable, then the coverage of this subsection shall be deemed to be reformed and restricted as to substantive reach, duration, geographic scope or otherwise, as the case may be, to the extent, and only to the extent, necessary to make this paragraph lawful and enforceable to the greatest extent possible in the particular jurisdiction in which such determination is made.
     (c) Executive shall never use or disclose any confidential or proprietary information of Parent or its Subsidiaries other than as required by applicable law or during the Employment Period for the proper performance of Executive’s duties and responsibilities to Parent and its Subsidiaries. This restriction shall continue to apply after Executive’s employment terminates, regardless of the reason for such termination. All documents, records and files, in any media, relating to the business, present or otherwise, of Parent and its Subsidiaries and any copies (“Documents”), whether or not prepared by Executive, are the exclusive property of Parent and its Subsidiaries. Executive must diligently safeguard all Documents, and must surrender to the Company at such time or times as the Company may specify all Documents then in Executive’s possession or control. In addition, upon termination of employment for any reason other than the death of Executive, Executive shall immediately return all Documents, and shall execute a certificate representing and warranting that he has returned all such Documents in Executive’s possession or under his control. This Section 8(c) shall only bind Executive to the extent allowed by the applicable law of the jurisdiction in which enforcement is sought, and nothing in this Section 8(c) shall prevent Executive from making a statutory disclosure.
     (d) If, during the Employment Period or at any time following termination of the Employment Period, regardless of the reason for such termination, Executive breaches any provision of this Section 8, the Company’s obligation, if any, to pay benefits under Section 5 hereof shall forthwith cease and Executive shall immediately forfeit and disgorge to the Company, or in the case of any stock-based benefits to Parent, with interest at the prime rate in effect at Bank of America, or its successor, all of the following: (i) any benefits theretofore paid to Executive under Section 5; (ii) any unexercised stock options and stock appreciation rights held by Executive; (iii) if any other stock-based award vested in connection with termination of the Employment Period, whether occurring prior to, simultaneously with, or following such breach, or subsequent to such breach and prior to termination of the Employment Period, the value of such stock-based award at time of vesting plus any additional gain realized on a subsequent sale or disposition of the award or the underlying stock; and (iv) in respect of each stock option or stock appreciation right exercised by Executive within six (6) months prior to any such breach or subsequent thereto and prior to the forfeiture and disgorgement required by this Section 8(d), the excess over the exercise price (or base value, in the case of a stock appreciation right) of the greater of (A) the fair market value at time of exercise of the shares of stock subject to the award, or (B) the number of shares of stock subject to such award multiplied by the per-share proceeds of any sale of such stock by Executive.
     (e) Executive shall notify the Company and Parent immediately upon securing employment or becoming self-employed at any time within the Noncompetition Period or the Nonsolicitation Period, and shall provide to the Company and Parent such details concerning such employment or self-employment as either of them may reasonably request in order to ensure compliance with the terms hereof.

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     (f) Executive hereby advises the Company that Executive has carefully read and considered all the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including the restraints imposed on Executive under this Section 8, and agrees without reservation that each of the restraints contained herein is necessary for the reasonable and proper protection of the good will, confidential information and other legitimate business interests of Parent and its Subsidiaries, that each and every one of those restraints is reasonable in respect to subject matter, length of time and geographic area; and that these restraints will not prevent Executive from obtaining other suitable employment during the period in which Executive is bound by them.
     Executive agrees that Executive will never assert, or permit to be asserted on his behalf, in any forum, any position contrary to the foregoing.
     Executive also acknowledges and agrees that, were Executive to breach any of the provisions of this Section 8, the harm to Parent and its Subsidiaries would be irreparable. Executive therefore agrees that, in the event of such a breach or threatened breach, the Company and/or Parent shall, in addition to any other remedies available to it, have the right to obtain preliminary and permanent injunctive relief against any such breach or threatened breach without having to post bond, and will additionally be entitled to an award of attorney’s fees incurred in connection with enforcing its rights hereunder.
     Executive further agrees that, in the event that any provision of this Agreement shall be determined by any court of competent jurisdiction to be unenforceable by reason of its being extended over too great a time, too large a geographic area or too great a range of activities, such provision shall be deemed to be modified to permit its enforcement to the maximum extent permitted by law.
     Finally, Executive agrees that the Nonsolicitation Period and the Noncompetition Period shall be tolled, and shall not run, during any period of time in which Executive is in violation of any of the terms of this Section 8, in order that the Company shall have the agreed-upon temporal protection recited herein.
     (g) Executive agrees that if any of the restrictions in this Section 8 is held to be void or ineffective for any reason but would be held to be valid and effective if part of its wording were deleted, that restriction shall apply with such deletions as may be necessary to make it valid and effective. The Executive further agrees that the restrictions contained in each subsection of this Section 8 shall be construed as separate and individual restrictions and shall each be capable of being severed without prejudice to the other restrictions or to the remaining provisions.
     (h) Executive expressly consents to be bound by the provisions of this Agreement for the benefit of the Company, Parent and its Subsidiaries, and any successor or permitted assign to whose employ Executive may be transferred, without the necessity that this Agreement be re-signed at the time of such transfer. Executive further agrees that no changes in the nature or scope of his employment with the Company will operate to extinguish the terms and conditions set forth in Section 8, or otherwise require the parties to re-sign this Agreement.
     (i) The provisions of this Section 8 shall survive the termination of the Employment Period and the termination of this Agreement, regardless of the reason or reasons therefor, and

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shall be binding on Executive regardless of any breach by the Company of any other provision of this Agreement.
     9. ASSIGNMENT. The rights and obligations of the Company and Parent shall inure to the benefit of and shall be binding upon their respective successors and assigns. The rights and obligations of Executive are not assignable, except only that stock issuable, awards and payments payable to him after death shall be made to his estate, except as otherwise provided by the applicable plan or award documentation, if any.
     10. NOTICES. All notices and other communications required hereunder shall be in writing and shall be given by mailing the same by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid. If sent to the Company, the same shall be mailed to the Company, with a copy to Parent, in each case at 000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Chairman of the Executive Compensation Committee, or such other address as the Company (with respect to the Company) or Parent (with respect to Parent) may hereafter designate by notice to Executive; and, if sent to Executive, the same shall be mailed to Executive at his address as set forth in the records of the Company or at such other address as Executive may hereafter designate by notice to the Company with a copy to Parent.
     11. WITHHOLDING; CERTAIN TAX MATTERS; CERTAIN DEDUCTIONS. Anything to the contrary notwithstanding, (a) all payments required to be made by the Company hereunder to Executive shall be subject to the withholding of such amounts, if any, relating to tax and other payroll deductions as the Company may reasonably determine it should withhold pursuant to any applicable law or regulation, and (b) to the extent any payment hereunder that is payable by reason of termination of Executive’s employment constitutes “nonqualified deferred compensation” subject to Section 409A and would otherwise have been required to be paid during the six (6)-month period following such termination of employment, it shall instead (unless at the relevant time Executive is no longer a Specified Employee) be delayed and paid, without interest, in a lump sum on the date that is six (6) months and one day after Executive’s termination (or, if earlier, the date of Executive’s death). Executive acknowledges that he has reviewed the provisions of this Agreement with his advisors and agrees that except for any benefit under any tax equalization policy or program maintained by Parent or the Company in which Executive participates, as any such policy or program may be amended and in effect from time to time, neither the Company nor Parent shall be liable to make Executive whole for any taxes that may become due or payable by reason of this Agreement or any payment, benefit or entitlement hereunder.
     Without limiting any other provision of this agreement, Executive hereby authorizes the Company, Parent, and any of their affiliates to deduct from his remuneration, to the extent consistent with the offset-limitation and related provisions of Section 409A, any sums then due from him to the Company, Parent, or any of their affiliates, including, without limitation, any overpayments of salary, overpayments of holiday pay whether in respect of holiday taken in excess of that accrued during the holiday year or otherwise, loans or advances (if any) permitted under applicable law (including without limitation U.S. law) to be made to him by the Company, Parent, or any of their affiliates, any fines incurred by Executive and paid by the Company, Parent, or any of their affiliates, the cost of repairing any damage or loss to the property of the Company, Parent, or any of their affiliates caused by him and all losses suffered by the

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Company, Parent, or any of their affiliates as a result of any negligence or breach of duty by Executive.
     12. GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement and the rights and obligations of the parties hereunder shall be governed, except as provided in Section 13, by the laws of the England.
     13. CERTAIN STOCK-BASED RIGHTS. Executive acknowledges that the stock-based rights to which reference is made under Section 8 of this Agreement consist currently of awards made under the Stock Incentive Plan or a predecessor plan of Parent and may include awards made in the future under the Stock Incentive Plan (the “subject awards”). Executive agrees that, notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the provisions of Section 8(d), insofar as they pertain to the subject awards, as well as the provisions of this Section 13, shall be construed and shall be enforceable under, and shall be subject to, the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, applied without regard to the choice of laws provisions thereof. Executive further agrees that he will not assert as a defense to any attempted enforcement of Section 8(d) or this Section 13, or otherwise, the purported applicability of the laws of any other jurisdiction. The provisions of this Section 13 shall survive the termination of the Employment Period.
     14. TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT AND SEPARATION FROM SERVICE. All references in the Agreement to termination of employment, a termination of the Employment Period, or separation from service, and correlative terms, that result in the payment or vesting of any amounts or benefits that constitute “nonqualified deferred compensation” within the meaning of Section 409A shall be construed to require a Separation from Service, and the Date of Termination in any such case shall be construed to mean the date of the Separation from Service.
     15. ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement, including Exhibits, represents the entire agreement between the parties relating to the terms of Executive’s employment by the Company and supersedes all prior written or oral agreements, including, without limitation, the Prior Agreement, between them.
         
     
  /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxx    
  Executive   
     
 
  TJX UK
 		  
By:   /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx    
       
       
 
  THE TJX COMPANIES, INC.
 		  
By:   /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx    
       
       

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EXHIBIT A
Certain Definitions
     (a) “Base Salary” means, for any period, the amount described in Section 3(a).
     (b) “Cause” means dishonesty by Executive in the performance of his duties, conviction of a felony (other than a conviction arising solely under a statutory provision imposing criminal liability upon Executive on a per se basis due to the Company or Parent offices held by Executive, so long as any act or omission of Executive with respect to such matter was not taken or omitted in contravention of any applicable policy or directive of the Company Board or the Parent Board), gross neglect of duties (other than as a result of Disability or death), or conflict of interest which conflict shall continue for thirty (30) days after the Company gives written notice to Executive requesting the cessation of such conflict.
     In respect of any termination during a Standstill Period, Executive shall not be deemed to have been terminated for Cause until the later to occur of (i) the 30th day after notice of termination is given and (ii) the delivery to Executive of a copy of a resolution duly adopted by the affirmative vote of not less than a majority of the directors of the Parent Board at a meeting called and held for that purpose (after reasonable notice to Executive), and at which Executive together with his counsel was given an opportunity to be heard, finding that Executive was guilty of conduct described in the definition of “Cause” above, and specifying the particulars thereof in detail; provided, however, that the Company may suspend Executive and withhold payment of his Base Salary from the date that notice of termination is given until the earliest to occur of (A) termination of Executive for Cause effected in accordance with the foregoing procedures (in which case Executive shall not be entitled to his Base Salary for such period), (B) a determination by a majority of the directors of the Parent Board that Executive was not guilty of the conduct described in the definition of “Cause” effected in accordance with the foregoing procedures (in which case Executive shall be reinstated and paid any of his previously unpaid Base Salary for such period), or (C) ninety (90) days after notice of termination is given (in which case Executive shall then be reinstated and paid any of his previously unpaid Base Salary for such period). If Base Salary is withheld and then paid pursuant to clause (B) or (C) of the preceding sentence, the amount thereof shall be accompanied by simple interest, calculated on a daily basis, at a rate per annum equal to the prime or base lending rate, as in effect at the time, of the Company’s principal commercial bank. The Company shall exercise its discretion under this paragraph consistent with the requirements of Section 409A or the requirements for exemption from Section 409A.
     (c) “Change in Control Event” means a “change in control event” (as that term is defined in section 1.409A-3(i)(5) of the Treasury Regulations under Section 409A) with respect to the Company.
     (d) “Change of Control” has the meaning given it in Exhibit B.

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     (e) “Change of Control Termination” means the termination of Executive’s employment during a Standstill Period (1) by the Company other than for Cause, or (2) by Executive for good reason, or (3) by reason of death or Disability.
     For purposes of this definition, termination for “good reason” shall mean the voluntary termination by Executive of his employment within one hundred and twenty (120) days after the occurrence without Executive’s express written consent of any one of the events described below, provided, that Executive gives notice to the Company within sixty (60) days of the first occurrence of any such event or condition, requesting that the pertinent event or condition described therein be remedied, and the situation remains unremedied upon expiration of the thirty (30)-day period commencing upon receipt by the Company of such notice:
  (I)   the assignment to him of any duties inconsistent with his positions, duties, responsibilities, and status with the Company immediately prior to the Change of Control, or any removal of Executive from or any failure to reelect him to such positions, except in connection with the termination of Executive’s employment by the Company for Cause or by Executive other than for good reason, or any other action by the Company which results in a diminishment in such position, authority, duties or responsibilities; or
 
  (II)   if Executive’s rate of Base Salary for any fiscal year is less than 100% of the rate of Base Salary paid to Executive in the completed fiscal year immediately preceding the Change of Control or if Executive’s total cash compensation opportunities, including salary and incentives, for any fiscal year are less than 100% of the total cash compensation opportunities made available to Executive in the completed fiscal year immediately preceding the Change of Control; or
 
  (III)   the failure of Parent or its Subsidiaries to continue in effect any benefits or perquisites, or any pension, life insurance, medical insurance or disability plan in which Executive was participating immediately prior to the Change of Control unless Parent or its Subsidiaries provide Executive with a plan or plans that provide substantially similar benefits, or the taking of any action by Parent or its Subsidiaries that would adversely affect Executive’s participation in or materially reduce Executive’s benefits under any of such plans or deprive Executive of any material fringe benefit enjoyed by Executive immediately prior to the Change of Control; or
 
  (IV)   any purported termination of Executive’s employment by the Company for Cause during a Standstill Period which is not effected in compliance with paragraph (b) above; or
 
  (V)   any relocation of Executive of more than forty (40) miles from the place where Executive was located at the time of the Change of Control; or
 
  (VI)   any other breach by the Company of any provision of this Agreement; or

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  (VII)   Parent sells or otherwise disposes of, in one transaction or a series of related transactions, assets or earning power aggregating more than 30% of the assets (taken at asset value as stated on the books of Parent determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied) or earning power of Parent (on an individual basis) or Parent and its Subsidiaries (on a consolidated basis) to any other Person or Persons (as those terms are defined in Exhibit B)..
     (f) “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
     (g) “Committee” means the Executive Compensation Committee of the Parent Board.
     (h) “Company” means TJX UK.
     (i) “Company Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.
     (j) “Constructive Termination” means a termination of employment by Executive occurring within one hundred twenty (120) days of a requirement by the Company that Executive relocate, without his prior written consent, more than forty (40) miles from the current corporate headquarters of the Company, but only if (i) Executive shall have given to the Company notice of intent to terminate within sixty (60) days following notice to Executive of such required relocation and (ii) the Company shall have failed, within thirty (30) days thereafter, to withdraw its notice requiring Executive to relocate. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the one hundred twenty (120) day period shall commence upon the end of the thirty (30)-day cure period, if the Company fails to cure within such period.
     (k) “Date of Termination” means the date on which Executive’s employment terminates.
     (l) “Disabled”/“Disability” means a medically determinable physical or mental impairment that (i) can be expected either to result in death or to last for a continuous period of not less than six months and (ii) causes Executive to be unable to perform the duties of his position of employment or any substantially similar position of employment to the reasonable satisfaction of the Committee.
     (m) “End Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 1 of the Agreement.
     (n) “LRPIP” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(b) of the Agreement.
     (o) “MIP” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(b) of the Agreement.
     (p) “Parent” means The TJX Companies, Inc.
     (q) “Parent Board” means the Board of Directors of Parent.
     (r) “Section 409A” means Section 409A of the Code.
     (s) “Separation from Service” shall mean a “separation from service” (as that term is defined at Section 1.409A-1(h) of the Treasury Regulations under Section 409A) from the

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Company and from all other corporations and trades or businesses, if any, that would be treated as a single “service recipient” with the Company under Section 1.409A-1(h)(3) of such Treasury Regulations. The Committee may, but need not, elect in writing, subject to the applicable limitations under Section 409A, any of the special elective rules prescribed in Section 1.409A-1(h) of the Treasury Regulations for purposes of determining whether a “separation from service” has occurred. Any such written election shall be deemed part of the Agreement.
     (t) “Specified Employee” shall mean an individual determined by the Committee or its delegate to be a specified employee as defined in subsection (a)(2)(B)(i) of Section 409A. The Committee may, but need not, elect in writing, subject to the applicable limitations under Section 409A, any of the special elective rules prescribed in Section 1.409A-1(i) of the Treasury Regulations for purposes of determining “specified employee” status. Any such written election shall be deemed part of the Agreement.
     (u) “Standstill Period” means the period commencing on the date of a Change of Control and continuing until the close of business on the earlier of the day immediately preceding the End Date or the last business day of the 24th calendar month following such Change of Control.
     (v) “Stock” means the common stock, $1.00 par value, of the Company.
     (w) “Stock Incentive Plan” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(b) of the Agreement.
     (x) “Subsidiary” means any corporation in which Parent owns, directly or indirectly, 50% or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock.

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EXHIBIT B
Definition of “Change of Control”
     “Change of Control” shall mean the occurrence of any one of the following events:
     (a) there occurs a change of control of Parent of a nature that would be required to be reported in response to Item 5.01 of the Current Report on Form 8-K (as amended in 2004) pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) or in any other filing under the Exchange Act; provided, however, that no transaction shall be deemed to be a Change of Control (i) if the person or each member of a group of persons acquiring control is excluded from the definition of the term “Person” hereunder or (ii) unless the Committee shall otherwise determine prior to such occurrence, if Executive or an Executive Related Party is the Person or a member of a group constituting the Person acquiring control; or
     (b) any Person other than Parent, any wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent, or any employee benefit plan of Parent or such a subsidiary becomes the owner of 20% or more of Parent’s Common Stock and thereafter individuals who were not directors of Parent prior to the date such Person became a 20% owner are elected as directors pursuant to an arrangement or understanding with, or upon the request of or nomination by, such Person and constitute a majority of Parent’s Board of Directors; provided, however, that unless the Committee shall otherwise determine prior to the acquisition of such 20% ownership, such acquisition of ownership shall not constitute a Change of Control if Executive or an Executive Related Party is the Person or a member of a group constituting the Person acquiring such ownership; or
     (c) there occurs any solicitation or series of solicitations of proxies by or on behalf of any Person other than Parent’s Board of Directors and thereafter individuals who were not directors of Parent prior to the commencement of such solicitation or series of solicitations are elected as directors pursuant to an arrangement or understanding with, or upon the request of or nomination by, such Person and constitute a majority of Parent’s Board of Directors; or
     (d) Parent executes an agreement of acquisition, merger or consolidation which contemplates that (i) after the effective date provided for in the agreement, all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of Parent shall be owned, leased or otherwise controlled by another Person and (ii) individuals who are directors of Parent when such agreement is executed shall not constitute a majority of the board of directors of the survivor or successor entity immediately after the effective date provided for in such agreement; provided, however, that unless otherwise determined by the Committee, no transaction shall constitute a Change of Control if, immediately after such transaction, Executive or any Executive Related Party shall own equity securities of any surviving corporation (“Surviving Entity”) having a fair value as a percentage of the fair value of the equity securities of such Surviving Entity greater than 125% of the fair value of the equity securities of Parent owned by Executive and any Executive Related Party immediately prior to such transaction, expressed as a percentage of the fair value of all equity securities of Parent immediately prior to such transaction (for purposes of this paragraph ownership of equity securities shall be determined in the same manner as ownership of Common Stock); and provided, further, that, for purposes of this paragraph (d), a Change of Control shall not be deemed to have taken place unless and until the acquisition, merger, or consolidation

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contemplated by such agreement is consummated (but immediately prior to the consummation of such acquisition, merger, or consolidation, a Change of Control shall be deemed to have occurred on the date of execution of such agreement).
     In addition, for purposes of this Exhibit B the following terms have the meanings set forth below:
     “Common Stock” shall mean the then outstanding Common Stock of Parent plus, for purposes of determining the stock ownership of any Person, the number of unissued shares of Common Stock which such Person has the right to acquire (whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time) upon the exercise of conversion rights, exchange rights, warrants or options or otherwise. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term Common Stock shall not include shares of Preferred Stock or convertible debt or options or warrants to acquire shares of Common Stock (including any shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon the conversion or exercise thereof) to the extent that the Board of Directors of Parent shall expressly so determine in any future transaction or transactions.
     A Person shall be deemed to be the “owner” of any Common Stock:
     (i) of which such Person would be the “beneficial owner,” as such term is defined in Rule 13d-3 promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Exchange Act, as in effect on March 1, 1989; or
     (ii) of which such Person would be the “beneficial owner” for purposes of Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the rules of the Commission promulgated thereunder, as in effect on March 1, 1989; or
     (iii) which such Person or any of its affiliates or associates (as such terms are defined in Rule 12b-2 promulgated by the Commission under the Exchange Act, as in effect on March 1, 1989), has the right to acquire (whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time) pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding or upon the exercise of conversion rights, exchange rights, warrants or options or otherwise.
     “Person” shall have the meaning used in Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, as in effect on March 1, 1989.
     An “Executive Related Party” shall mean any affiliate or associate of Executive other than Parent or a majority-owned subsidiary of Parent. The terms “affiliate” and “associate” shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act (the term “registrant” in the definition of “associate” meaning, in this case, Parent).

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EXHIBIT C
Change of Control Benefits
     C.1. Benefits Upon a Change of Control Termination.
     (a) The Company shall pay the following to Executive (i) as hereinafter provided an amount equal to two times his Base Salary for one year at the rate equal to Executive’s U.S. Reference Salary in effect immediately prior to the Date of Termination or the Change of Control, whichever is higher (and without regard to the rate of Executive’s Base Salary in pounds sterling at such times), which U.S. Reference Salary shall be converted to pounds sterling based on the U.S. dollar/pound exchange rate in effect on the Date of Termination, plus (ii) within thirty (30) days following the Change of Control Termination, the accrued and unpaid portion of his Base Salary through the Date of Termination, subject to the following. If Executive is eligible for long-term disability compensation benefits under the Company’s long-term disability plan, the amount payable under (i) shall be reduced by the annual long-term disability compensation benefit for which Executive is eligible under such plan for the two-year period over which the amount payable under (i) is measured. If for any period Executive receives long-term disability compensation payments under a long-term disability plan of the Company as well as payments under the first sentence of this subsection (a), and if the sum of such payments (the “combined Change of Control/disability benefit”) exceeds the payment for such period to which Executive is entitled under the first sentence of this subsection (a) (determined without regard to the second sentence of this subsection (a)), he shall promptly pay such excess in reimbursement to the Company; provided, that in no event shall application of this sentence result in reduction of Executive’s combined Change of Control/disability benefit below the level of long-term disability compensation payments to which Executive is entitled under the long-term disability plan or plans of the Company. If the Change of Control Termination occurs in connection with a Change of Control that is also a Change in Control Event, the amount described in subsection (a)(i) shall be paid in a lump sum on the date that is six (6) months and one day following the date of the Change of Control Termination (or, if earlier, the date of Executive’s death), unless the Executive is not a Specified Employee on the relevant date, in which case the amount described in this subsection (a) shall instead be paid thirty (30) days following the date of the Change of Control Termination. If the Change of Control Termination occurs in connection with a Change of Control that is not a Change in Control Event, the amount described in subsection (a)(i) above shall be paid, except as otherwise required by Section 11 of the Agreement, in the same manner as it would have been paid in the case of a termination by the Company other than for Cause under Section 5(a), and in lieu of the MIP and LRPIP benefits described in Section C.2, Executive shall be entitled to the MIP and LRPIP benefits, if any, described in Section 5(a)(iii) and Section 5(a)(iv) of the Agreement, payable in accordance with such Sections.
     (b) Until the second anniversary of the Date of Termination, the Company shall maintain in full force and effect for the continued benefit of Executive and his family all life insurance and medical insurance plans and programs in which Executive was entitled to participate immediately prior to the Change of Control, provided, that Executive’s continued participation is possible under the general terms and provisions of such plans and programs. In the event that Executive is ineligible to participate in such plans or programs, the Company shall arrange upon

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comparable terms to provide Executive with benefits substantially similar to those which he is entitled to receive under such plans and programs. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company’s obligations hereunder with respect to life or medical coverage or benefits shall be deemed satisfied to the extent (but only to the extent) of any such coverage or benefits provided by another employer.
     (c) On the date that is six (6) months and one day following the date of the Change of Control Termination (or, if earlier, the date of Executive’s death), the Company shall pay to Executive or his estate, in lieu of any automobile allowance, the present value of the automobile allowance (at the rate in effect prior to the Change of Control) it would have paid for the two years following the Change of Control Termination (or until the earlier date of Executive’s death, if Executive dies prior to the date of the payment under this Section C.1(c)); provided, that if the Change of Control is not a Change of Control Event, such amount shall instead be paid in the same manner as Executive’s automobile allowance would have been paid in the case of a termination by the Company other than for Cause under Section 5(a); and further provided, that if Executive is not a Specified Employee on the relevant date, any lump sum payable under this Section C.1(c) shall instead by paid within thirty (30) days following the Change of Control Termination.
     C.2. Incentive Benefits Upon a Change of Control. Within thirty (30) days following a Change of Control that is also a Change in Control Event, whether or not Executive’s employment has terminated or been terminated, the Company shall pay to Executive, in a lump sum, the sum of (i) and (ii), where:
     (i) is the sum of (A) the “Target Award” under MIP or any other annual incentive plan which is applicable to Executive for the fiscal year in which the Change of Control occurs, plus (B) an amount equal to such Target Award prorated for the period of active employment during such fiscal year through the Change of Control, plus (C) any unpaid amounts to which Executive is entitled under MIP with respect to any fiscal year completed prior to the Change of Control; and
     (ii) the sum of (A) for Performance Cycles not completed prior to the Change of Control, an amount with respect to each such cycle equal to the maximum Award under LRPIP specified for Executive for such cycle, plus (B) any unpaid amounts owing with respect to LRPIP cycles completed prior to the Change of Control.
If the Change of Control is not also a Change in Control Event, for the avoidance of doubt, Executive shall continue to participate in MIP and LRPIP (or such other incentive plans, if any, in which Executive was participating) in accordance with their terms, subject to Section C.1. above, and shall not be entitled to the supplemental or accelerated payments described in Section C.2.(i) and Section C.2.(ii) above.
     C.3. Payment Adjustment. Payments under Section C.1. and Section C.2. of this Exhibit shall be made without regard to whether the deductibility of such payments (or any other payments or benefits to or for the benefit of Executive) would be limited or precluded by Section 280G of the Code (“Section 280G”) and without regard to whether such payments (or any other payments or benefits) would subject Executive to the federal excise tax levied on

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certain “excess parachute payments” under Section 4999 of the Code (the “Excise Tax”); provided, that if the total of all payments to or for the benefit of Executive, after reduction for all federal taxes (including the excise tax under Section 4999 of the Code) with respect to such payments (“Executive’s total after-tax payments”), would be increased by the limitation or elimination of any payment under Section C.1. or Section C.2. of this Exhibit, or by an adjustment to the vesting of any equity-based awards that would otherwise vest on an accelerated basis in connection with the Change of Control, amounts payable under Section C.1. and Section C.2. of this Exhibit shall be reduced and the vesting of equity-based awards shall be adjusted to the extent, and only to the extent, necessary to maximize Executive’s total after-tax payments. Any reduction in payments or adjustment of vesting required by the preceding sentence shall be applied, first, against any benefits payable under Section C.1(a)(i) of this Exhibit, then against any benefits payable under Section C.2. of this Exhibit, then against the vesting of any performance-based restricted stock awards that would otherwise have vested in connection with the Change of Control, then against the vesting of any other equity-based awards, if any, that would otherwise have vested in connection with the Change of Control, and finally against all other payments, if any. The determination as to whether Executive’s payments and benefits include “excess parachute payments” and, if so, the amount and ordering of any reductions in payment required by the provisions of this Section C.3. shall be made at the Company’s expense by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP or by such other certified public accounting firm as the Committee may designate prior to a Change of Control (the “accounting firm”). In the event of any underpayment or overpayment hereunder, as determined by the accounting firm, the amount of such underpayment or overpayment shall forthwith and in all events within thirty (30) days of such determination be paid to Executive or refunded to the Company, as the case may be, with interest at the applicable Federal rate provided for in Section 7872(f)(2) of the Code.
     C.4. Other Benefits. In addition to the amounts described in Sections C.1. and C.2., Executive or his legal representative shall be entitled to his Stock Incentive Plan benefits, if any, under Section 3(b) (Existing Awards) and Section 3(c) (New Stock Awards), and to the payment of his vested benefits under the plans described in Section 3(f) (Retirement and Other Deferred Compensation Plans).
     C.5. Noncompetition; No Mitigation of Damages; etc.
     (a) Noncompetition. Upon a Change of Control, any agreement by Executive not to engage in competition with Parent and its Subsidiaries subsequent to the termination of his employment, whether contained in an employment agreement or other agreement, shall no longer be effective.
     (b) No Duty to Mitigate Damages. Executive’s benefits under this Exhibit C shall be considered severance pay in consideration of his past service and his continued service from the date of this Agreement, and his entitlement thereto shall neither be governed by any duty to mitigate his damages by seeking further employment nor offset by any compensation which he may receive from future employment.
     (c) Legal Fees and Expenses. The Company shall pay all legal fees and expenses, including but not limited to counsel fees, stenographer fees, printing costs, etc. reasonably incurred by Executive in contesting or disputing that the termination of his employment during a

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Standstill Period is for Cause or other than for good reason (as defined in the definition of Change of Control Termination) or obtaining any right or benefit to which Executive is entitled under this Agreement following a Change of Control. Any amount payable under this Agreement that is not paid when due shall accrue interest at the prime rate as from time to time in effect at Bank of America, or its successor, until paid in full. All payments and reimbursements under this Section shall be made consistent with the applicable requirements of Section 409A.
     (d) Notice of Termination. During a Standstill Period, Executive’s employment may be terminated by the Company only upon thirty (30) days’ written notice to Executive.
     (e) Continued Affiliation With Parent A Condition Precedent. The provisions of this Exhibit C shall not apply unless, at the time of the Change of Control, the Company is a Subsidiary of Parent.

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EXHIBIT D
Competitive Businesses
The following businesses (together with any subsidiaries and affiliates) are the specified businesses referred to in Section 8(b)(ii)(A) of the Agreement:
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EXHIBIT E
Certain International Benefits and Related Provisions
E.1. From and after the Effective Date, and for so long as Executive’s duties and responsibilities include the performance of services in the United States for Parent or its affiliates, Executive shall be eligible to receive the following compensation and benefits from Parent or its affiliates in respect of such services:
  (a)   the provision of rental housing in the Boston area, the cost of which is paid by Parent or its affiliates and subject to a cap of $7,200 per month or such higher amount, if any, as may be approved in writing by Parent or its affiliates to reflect reasonable increases in the cost of rental housing in such area;
 
  (b)   the payment of immigration expenses associated with Executive’s visa enabling him to work in the United States.
All benefits under this Section E.1 shall cease upon the termination of Executive’s employment for any reason.
E.2. The Company or its affiliates shall provide, in accordance with any tax equalization policy or program maintained by Parent or its affiliates, as any such policy or program may be amended and in effect from time to time, (i) tax equalization assistance for any additional tax liability Executive incurs in respect of his services in the United States that Executive would not have incurred had he only provided services and remained located in the United Kingdom, (ii) a tax-gross-up payment or payments for applicable U.S. federal, state, and local and U.K. taxes paid by Executive in connection with the compensation and benefits paid to Executive under Section E.1, and (iii) tax preparation assistance to Executive for filing his U.S. federal and Massachusetts tax returns. Payments under this Section E.2 are intended to be consistent with the requirements of Section 409A or an exemption from Section 409A; provided, that in no event shall Parent or its affiliates be liable by reason of any failure of such arrangements, or any of them, to comply with Section 409A or the requirements for an exemption from Section 409A. Any tax equalization payments under this Section E.2 with respect to Executive’s compensation for a particular year (a “compensation year”) shall be paid no later than the end of the second calendar year following the calendar year in which Executive’s U.S. federal tax return is required to be filed (including any extensions) for the compensation year, or at such other time consistent with the requirements for an exemption from Section 409A under Treasury Regulation § 1.409A-1(b)(8)(iii). Any tax gross-up payments under this Section E.2 shall be paid no later than the end of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the underlying taxes were paid by Executive. Executive shall cooperate with the Company to provide any documentation necessary for the determination of any tax equalization assistance due to Executive under this Section E.2.
E.3. Parent’s 409A Reimbursement Policy is hereby incorporated by reference. For the avoidance of doubt, all reimbursements, benefits, and payments under this Exhibit E shall be subject to the terms of Parent’s 409A Reimbursement Policy, as amended and in effect from time to time, to the extent applicable.

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Filed: May 28th, 2010
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