0001179110-13-009014.txt : 20130523 0001179110-13-009014.hdr.sgml : 20130523 20130523195342 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001179110-13-009014 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20130522 FILED AS OF DATE: 20130523 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20130523 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BJORKLAND K GUNNAR CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001238924 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-14678 FILM NUMBER: 13869988 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ROSS STORES INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000745732 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RETAIL-FAMILY CLOTHING STORES [5651] IRS NUMBER: 941390387 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0131 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4440 ROSEWOOD DRIVE CITY: PLEASANTON STATE: CA ZIP: 94588-3050 BUSINESS PHONE: 9259654400 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4440 ROSEWOOD DRIVE CITY: PLEASANTON STATE: CA ZIP: 94588-3050 4 1 edgar.xml FORM 4 - X0306 4 2013-05-22 0 0000745732 ROSS STORES INC ROST 0001238924 BJORKLAND K GUNNAR 4440 ROSEWOOD DR. BUILDING 4 PLEASANTON CA 94588 1 0 0 0 Common Stock 2013-05-22 4 A 0 1918 0.00 A 17828 D Annual Award shall vest 1/3 on the first anniversary of the date of grant, 1/3 on the second anniversary of the date of grant, and 1/3 on the third anniversary of the date of grant. /s/John Call for Gunnar Bjorklund 2013-05-23 EX-24.TXT 2 ex24bjorklund.txt POWER OF ATTORNEY ROSS STORES, INC. POWER OF ATTORNEY Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby authorizes Mark Askanas, General Counsel, and John Call, Chief Financial Officer, and their designees, Mary Tanner, Vice President of Human Resources, and Chuck Kurth, Vice President of Finance and Treasurer, of Ross Stores, Inc. (the "Company"), to execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer or director of the Company, Form ID Uniform Application for Access Codes to File on EDGAR, Forms 4 and 5, and any amendments thereto, and cause such form(s) to be filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Act of 1934, relating to the undersigned's beneficial ownership of securities in the Company. The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of, and transactions in, securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has cause this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 16 day of May, 2003. /s/ K. Gunnar Bjorklund SV\340998.1