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Shareholder Meeting to Be Held on May 16, 2012.
 
 
ROSS STORES, INC.


 
 

 
Meeting Information
Meeting Type:         Annual Meeting
For holders as of:   March 20, 2012
Date:     May 16, 2012     Time:  1:00 p.m. PDT
Location:      Ross Stores, Inc.
  4440 Rosewood Drive
  Pleasanton, California 94588
   
 
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Voting Items          
The Board of Directors recommends you vote  
FOR the following:
    
1.       To elect three Class II Directors for a one-year
term as proposed in the accompanying
Proxy Statement

Nominees:
 
01)        Michael Balmuth
02)        K. Gunnar Bjorklund
03)        Sharon D. Garrett

The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following proposals:
2. Advisory vote to approve the resolution on the compensation of the named executive officers.
 
3. To ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending February 2, 2013.
 
The Board of Directors recommends you vote AGAINST the following proposal:
4. Stockholder proposal by the Sheet Metal Workers' National Pension Fund, if properly presented at the Meeting.
 
NOTE: Such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof.




 
 

 
 
 
 
 
Voting Instructions