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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

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):
December 16, 2022

ROSS STORES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
0-14678
94-1390387
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)(Commission File No.)(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

5130 Hacienda Drive, Dublin, California 94568
(Address of principal executive offices)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:
(925) 965-4400
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each classTrading symbolName of each exchange on which registered
Common stock, par value $.01ROSTNASDAQ Global Select Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(c) Appointment of Officer.

Effective December 16, 2022, the Board of Directors of Ross Stores, Inc. (the “Company”) has appointed Jeffrey Burrill, the Company’s Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller, as Chief Accounting Officer and designated him as principal accounting officer. Mr. Burrill will continue to report to Adam Orvos, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (who remains the Company’s principal financial officer and is no longer designated as principal accounting officer).

Mr. Burrill, 53, has served as the Company’s Corporate Controller since 2014 (as Senior Vice President since 2017 and previously as Group Vice President). Mr. Burrill previously served in various other finance roles since joining the Company in 2003.


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: December 20, 2022

ROSS STORES, INC.
Registrant
By: /s/Ken Jew
Ken Jew
Group Senior Vice President, General Counsel and
Corporate Secretary

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