PLEASANTON, Calif., May 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ross Stores, Inc. (Nasdaq: ROST) announced today that the Company's Board of Directors declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $.05 per common share, payable on or about July 1, 2005 to stockholders of record as of June 13, 2005.

Ross Stores, Inc., a Fortune 500 and Nasdaq 100 (ROST) company headquartered in Pleasanton, California, is the nation's second largest off- price company with fiscal 2004 revenues of $4.2 billion. As of April 30, 2005, the Company operated 663 Ross stores in 26 states and Guam and ten dd's DISCOUNTS(SM) store locations in California. Ross Stores offers first- quality, in-season, name brand and designer apparel, accessories, footwear and home fashions for the entire family at everyday savings of 20 to 60 percent off department and specialty store regular prices. dd's DISCOUNTS(SM) features a more moderately-priced assortment of first-quality, in-season, name brand apparel, accessories, footwear and home fashions for the entire family at everyday savings of 20 to 70 percent off moderate department and discount store regular prices. Additional information is available on the Company's website at www.rossstores.com.

SOURCE Ross Stores, Inc.
05/19/2005
CONTACT: John G. Call, Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, +1-925-965-4315,
or Katie Loughnot, Vice President, Investor Relations, +1-925-965-4509 or katie.loughnot@ros.com,
both of Ross Stores, Inc.
Web site: http://www.rossstores.com
(ROST)