UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.
20549
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Form
8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT
OF 1934
Date of report (date of earliest event
reported):
November 20,
2007
ROSS STORES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant
as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 0-14678 | 94-1390387 |
| (State or other jurisdiction of | (Commission File No.) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification |
| incorporation) | No.) |
4440 Rosewood Drive, Pleasanton,
California, 94588-3050
(Address of principal executive
offices)
Registrant’s telephone number, including
area code:
(925) 965-4400
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| ROSS STORES, INC. | 4440 Rosewood Drive, Pleasanton, California 94588-3050 | (925) 965-4400 |
Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
(d) On November 20, 2007, Mr. John W. Froman was appointed as a member of the Board of Directors of Ross Stores, Inc. (the “Company”), with an initial term expiring at the Company’s 2010 Annual Stockholders’ Meeting. Mr. Froman was also named to the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors. Mr. Froman is an independent director under the listing standards of the Marketplace Rules of the NASDAQ Stock Market.
Mr. Froman will receive cash compensation and will be granted stock options for his services on the Board of Directors and the applicable committees in accordance with the Company’s Standard Fee Arrangements and Stock Option Grant Formula for non-employee directors.
A copy of the press release announcing Mr. Froman’s appointment is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
| Exhibit | ||
| No. | Description | |
| 99.1 | November 21, 2007 Press Release by Ross Stores, Inc. |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Date: November 21, 2007
| ROSS STORES, INC. | |||
| Registrant | |||
| By: | /s/J. Call | ||
| John G. Call | |||
| Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Principal | |||
| Accounting Officer and Corporate Secretary | |||
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Exhibit Index
| Exhibit | |||
| No. | Description | ||
| 99.1 | November 21, 2007 Press Release by Ross Stores, Inc. | ||
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