Amended Current Report Filing (8-k/a)

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549
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Form 8-K/A

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (date of earliest event reported):

March 20, 2017

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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Explanatory Note : This Form 8-K/A amends the Form 8-K previously filed on November 24, 2015, to provide updated information reported under Item 5.02(b).

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

(b) On March 20, 2017, Ross Stores, Inc. (the “Company”) and James S. Fassio, the Company’s President and Chief Development Officer ("CDO"), entered into an amendment (the “Amendment”) to his Executive Employment Agreement dated November 19, 2015, setting forth revised terms and timing relating to Mr. Fassio’s planned retirement.

The Amendment extends the previous dates of employment, and contemplates that Mr. Fassio will continue to serve in his current position as President and CDO through March 31, 2019, and then cease to serve in that position and transition to the position of Senior Advisor from April 1, 2019 through March 31, 2021.

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: March 22, 2017