ROSS STORES, INC. — Director's Dealing 2012

Mar 21, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ROSS STORES INC (ROST)
CIK: 0000745732
Period of Report: 2012-03-19

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

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-03-19	Common Stock	S	129033	$55.8615	Disposed	673295	Direct
2012-03-20	Common Stock	S	129033	$55.9362	Disposed	544262	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2012-03-19	Share Rights	$	A	150673	Acquired		Common Stock (150673)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Range of prices: $55.52 - $56.11

F2: Range of prices: $55.86 - $56.04

F3: Each share right represents the right to receive one share of ROST common stock.

F4: The share rights vest on 2/2/13, subject to continued employment, and vested share rights will be settled in ROST common stock on 1/13/2014.