SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* CALL JOHN G (Last) (First) (Middle) 4440 ROSEWOOD DR. (Street) PLEASANTON CA 94588 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol ROSS STORES INC [ ROST ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) Group Senior Vice President
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 03/18/2013
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	03/18/2013		A		5,649(1)	A	$0.00	81,580(2)	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

1. Shares issued pursuant to settlement of a performance share award under the terms of the 2008 Equity Incentive Plan. Shares vest as of 30% on settlement date of March 18, 2013, 30% to vest on first anniversary of settlement date, and 40% to vest on second anniversary of settlement date.

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

	/s/John Call Group Senior Vice President	03/19/2013
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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ROSS STORES, INC.
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned hereby authorizes Deon Riley, Senior
Vice President, Human Resources; Ken Jew, Vice
President, Corporate Counsel and Assistant Corporate
Secretary; and Monte Young, Senior Director,
Compensation-HRIM 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 and Passwords 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 caused this
Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 22nd day
of February, 2013.

 /s/ John G. Call





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