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SEC FORM 4 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 		 
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Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
ORBAN GEORGE
(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)
X Director 10% Owner
Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
05/23/2018
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 05/23/2018 A 1,816(1) A $0 543,299 D
Common Stock 175,710 I Trust I
Common Stock 97,310 I Trust II
Common Stock 120,400 I Trust III
Common Stock 97,310 I Trust IV
Common Stock 42,000 I Trust V
Common Stock 120,400 I Trust VI
Common Stock 4,383,654 I by Partnership
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 2017 Equity Incentive Plan. Shares become vested as follows: 1/3 on May 20, 2019, 1/3 on May 20, 2020 and 1/3 on May 20, 2021.
/s/ Ken Jew for George P. Orban 05/25/2018
** 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; Michael
Hartshorn, Group Senior Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer; Deon Riley, Group Senior Vice President, Human Resources;
Ken Jew, Senior Vice President, General Counsel; Kevin Reimann,
Group Vice President, Total Rewards; and Monte Young, Vice
President, 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 6th day
of June 2017.
____/s/George Orban____
(Signature)  George Orban