ROSS STORES, INC. — Director's Dealing 2010

Oct 13, 2010

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ROSS STORES INC (ROST)
CIK: 0000745732
Period of Report: 2010-10-12

Reporting Person: BALMUTH MICHAEL (Director, Vice Chairman and CEO)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2010-10-12	Common Stock	M	26370	$34.37	Acquired	550111	Direct
2010-10-12	Common Stock	S	26370	$56.2722	Disposed	523741	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2010-10-12	Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$34.37	M	26370	Disposed	2017-03-22	Common Stock (26370)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Securities Beneficially Owned reflects shares acquired pursuant to issuer's employee stock purchase plan in a transaction exempt under Rule 16b-3.

F2: The shares become vested as follow: 40% of shares granted vest monthly from January 29, 2009 through January 29, 2010 and 60% of shares granted vest monthly from January 29, 2010 through January 29, 2011.