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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)

September 13, 2002

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

8333 Central Avenue
Newark, California
(Address of principal executive offices)	
 	
94560-3433
(Zip Code)	
 	
(510) 505-4400
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits
 	 	99.1	 	Statement Under Oath of Principal Executive Officer Regarding Facts and Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings	

 	
99.2	
 	
Statement Under Oath of Principal Financial Officer Regarding Facts and Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings	
Item 9. Regulation FD Disclosure

        On September 13, 2002, the company submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission sworn statements signed by Michael Balmuth, the principal executive officer, and John G. Call, principal financial officer of Ross Stores, Inc. as required by the Securities and Exchange Commission in its Order No. 4-460. Copies of the two statements are furnished as Exhibit 99.1 and 99.2 to this report.

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.
 	 	ROSS STORES, INC.	

 	

 	

Date: September 13, 2002	
 	
By:	
 	
/s/  J. CALL      

John G. Call
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Principal Accounting Officer and Corporate Secretary	

EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit Number

	 	Description

	
99.1	 	Statement under Oath of Principal Executive Officer Regarding Facts and Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings	

99.2	
 	
Statement under Oath of Principal Financial Officer Regarding Facts and Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings	

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SIGNATURES
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Exhibit 99.1

	

Statement Under Oath of Principal Executive Officer Regarding Facts and
Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings

I, Michael Balmuth, state and attest that:

(1) To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports of Ross Stores, Inc., and, except as corrected or supplemented in a subsequent covered report:•
no covered report contained an untrue statement of a material fact as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed); and

•
no covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements in the covered report, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed).

(2)
I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the Company's Audit Committee.

(3)
In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or before the date of this statement, is a "covered report":

•
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended February 2, 2002, of Ross Stores, Inc., filed with the Commission on April 25, 2002;

•
all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all definitive proxy materials of Ross Stores, Inc. filed with the Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K identified above; and

•
any amendments to any of the foregoing.
Date: September 3, 2002
  
State of New York
County of New York	 	By:	 	/s/  MICHAEL BALMUTH      

Michael Balmuth
Vice-Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer	

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 3 rd day of September 2002	
 	
My Commission Expires:	

/s/  EILEEN M. FITZPATRICK      

Notary Public	
 	
July 5, 2006

	

[NOTARIAL SEAL]	

 	
 	
ROSS STORES, INC.            8333 Central Avenue, Newark, California 94560-3433            (510) 505-4400

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Exhibit 99.1
Statement Under Oath of Principal Executive Officer Regarding Facts and Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings

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Exhibit 99.2

	

Statement Under Oath of Principal Financial Officer Regarding Facts and
Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings

I, John G. Call, state and attest that:

(1) To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports of Ross Stores, Inc., and, except as corrected or supplemented in a subsequent covered report:•
no covered report contained an untrue statement of a material fact as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed); and

•
no covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements in the covered report, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed).

(2)
I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the Company's Audit Committee.

(3)
In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or before the date of this statement, is a "covered report":

•
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended February 2, 2002, of Ross Stores, Inc., filed with the Commission on April 25, 2002;

•
all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all definitive proxy materials of Ross Stores, Inc. filed with the Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K identified above; and

•
any amendments to any of the foregoing.
Date: September 3, 2002
  
State of California
County of Alameda	 	By:	 	/s/  J. CALL      

John G. Call
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Principal Accounting Officer and Corporate Secretary	

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 3rd day of September 2002	
 	
My Commission Expires:	

/s/  SANDRA H. BENSON      

Notary Public	
 	
June 26, 2003

	

[NOTARIAL SEAL]	

 	
 	
ROSS STORES, INC.            8333 Central Avenue, Newark, California 94560-3433            (510) 505-4400

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Exhibit 99.2
Statement Under Oath of Principal Financial Officer Regarding Facts and Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings