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* Morrow Brian R. (Last) (First) (Middle) 5130 HACIENDA DRIVE (Street) DUBLIN CA 94568 (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) President, Merchandising
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 12/07/2015
	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	12/07/2015		A		92,903(1)	A	$0	92,903	D
Common Stock	12/07/2015		A		8,362(2)	A	$0	101,265	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 under the terms of the 2008 Equity Incentive Plan. Shares become vested as follows: 13,936 shares vest as of September 16, 2017, 23,226 shares vest as of March 12, 2018, 27,871 shares vest as of March 12, 2019, and 27,870 shares vest as of March 13, 2020.

2. Shares issued under the terms of the 2008 Equity Incentive Plan. Shares vest 100% on September 11, 2020.

Remarks:

Exhibit List: Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney

	/s/ John Call for Brian Morrow	12/08/2015
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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ROSS STORES, INC.
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned hereby authorizes John G. Call, Executive Vice President,
Finance and Legal, and Corporate Secretary; Deon Riley, Senior Vice
President, Human Resources; Ken Jew, Senior Vice President, Corporate Counsel
and Assistant Corporate Secretary; and Monte Young, Senior Director,
Executive Compensation 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 7th day of December 2015.
____/s/ Brian Morrow____
(Signature)  Brian Morrow