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Ms. Panattoni has served as Group Executive Vice President, Merchandising for Ross Home, Men’s and Children’s since
December 2009. She joined the Company in January 2005 as Senior Vice President and General Merchandise Manager of Ross
Home and was promoted to Executive Vice President in October 2005. Prior to joining Ross, Ms. Panattoni was with The TJX
Companies, where she served as Senior Vice President of Merchandising and Marketing for HomeGoods from 1998 to 2004 and
as Divisional Merchandise Manager of the Marmaxx Home Store from 1994 to 1998.
Mr. Call has served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Offi cer since joining the Company in June 1997. From June 1997
to February 2009 he also served as Corporate Secretary. Mr. Call was Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Offi cer, Secretary
and Treasurer of Friedman’s from June 1993 until joining Ross in 1997. Prior to joining Friedman’s, Mr. Call held various positions
with Ernst & Young LLP.
PART II
ITEM 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND
ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES.
General information. See the information set forth under the caption “Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited)” under Note K of
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8 of this Annual Report, which is incorporated herein by reference. Our
stock is traded on The NASDAQ Global Select Market® under the symbol ROST. There were 808 stockholders of record as of
March 10, 2011 and the closing stock price on that date was $70.56 per share.
Cash dividends. In January 2011, our Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $.22 per common share,
payable on March 31, 2011. Our Board of Directors declared quarterly cash dividends of $.16 per common share in January, May,
August, and November 2010, cash dividends of $.11 per common share in January, May, August, and November 2009, and cash
dividends of $.095 per common share in January, May, August, and November 2008.
Issuer purchases of equity securities. Information regarding shares of common stock we repurchased during the fourth
quarter of fi scal 2010 is as follows:
Total number of Maximum number
Total shares (or units) (or approximate dollar
number of Average purchased as part value) of shares (or
shares price paid of publicly units) that may yet be
(or units) per share announced plans purchased under the
Period purchased1 (or unit) or programs plans or programs ($000)
November
(10/31/2010-11/27/2010) 274,487 $ 64.14 273,505 $ 445,000
December
(11/28/2010-01/01/2011) 618,931 $ 63.78 618,931 $ 406,000
January
(01/02/2011-01/29/2011) 478,275 $ 64.93 472,788 $ 375,000
Total 1,371,693 $ 64.25 1,365,224 $ 900,0002
¹ We acquired 6,469 shares of treasury stock during the quarter ended January 29, 2011. Treasury stock includes shares purchased from employees for tax withholding
purposes related to vesting of restricted stock grants. All remaining shares were repurchased under our publicly announced stock repurchase program.
² In January 2011, our Board of Directors approved a new two-year $900 million stock repurchase program for fi scal 2011 and 2012, replacing the $375 million remaining
under the prior two-year $750 million stock repurchase program approved in January 2010 for fi scal 2010 and 2011.
See Note H of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for equity compensation plan information. The information under
Item 12 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K under the caption “Equity compensation plan information” is incorporated herein by
reference.