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ROSS STORES, INC.
ROSS STORES, INC.
5130 HACIENDA
DRIVE
DUBLIN, CA 94568
Meeting Information
| Meeting Type: | Annual Meeting |
| For holders as of: | March 24, 2015 |
| Date: | May 20, 2015 | Time: | 1:00 p.m. PDT |
| Location: | Garden Court Hotel 520 Cowper Street Palo Alto, California 94301 |
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| Voting Items |
THE FOLLOWING NOMINEES, AND "FOR" EACH OF
PROPOSALS 2, 3, 4, AND 5:
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1. |
To elect eleven directors for a
one-year term as proposed in the | |
| Nominees: | ||
| 1a) | Michael Balmuth | |
| 1b) | K. Gunnar Bjorklund | |
| 1c) | Michael J. Bush | |
| 1d) | Norman A. Ferber | |
| 1e) | Sharon D. Garrett | |
| 1f) | Stephen D. Milligan | |
| 1g) | George P. Orban | |
| 1h) | Michael O'Sullivan | |
| 1i) | Lawrence S. Peiros | |
| 1j) | Gregory L. Quesnel | |
| 1k) | Barbara Rentler | |
| 2. |
To approve an amendment to the Company's Certificate of Incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of common stock from 600,000,000 to 1,000,000,000 shares. |
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To approve an amendment to the Company's Employee Stock Purchase Plan ("ESPP") to increase the ESPP's share reserve by 2,500,000 shares. |
| 4. |
Advisory vote to approve the resolution on the compensation of the named executive officers. |
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To ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending January 30, 2016. |
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NOTE: Such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof. | |