ROSS STORES, INC. — Director's Dealing 2016

Mar 18, 2016

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ROSS STORES INC (ROST)
CIK: 0000745732
Period of Report: 2016-03-16

Reporting Person: BALMUTH MICHAEL (Director, Chairman, Executive)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2016-03-16	Common Stock	A	85696	—	Acquired	300466	Direct
2016-03-16	Common Stock	S	25710	$57.9879	Disposed	274756	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Shares issued pursuant to settlement of a performance share award under the terms of the 2008 Equity Incentive Plan. Shares become vested as follows: 25,710 shares vest as of March 16, 2016, 25,708 shares vest as of March 14, 2017, and 34,278 shares vest as of March 12, 2018.

F2: The Securities Beneficially Owned reflects a 2:1 stock split effected in the form of a stock dividend paid on 6/11/2015 to all holders of record on 4/22/15.

F3: Securities Beneficially Owned includes shares acquired pursuant to issuer's employee stock purchase plan in a transaction exempt under Rule 16b-3.

F4: The price reported is a weighted average price. The shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $57.45 to $58.27, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to Ross Stores, Inc., any security holder of Ross Stores, Inc., and to the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission upon request, full information regarding the numbers of shares sold at each separate price within this price range.