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Ms. Panattoni was named Group Executive Vice President, Merchandising for Ross Home, Men’s and Children’s in 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 became Group Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in February 2012. From June 1997 to January 2012, he
was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. He also served as Corporate Secretary from June 1997 to February 2009.
Mr. Call was Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer of Friedman’s from June 1993 until joining
Ross in 1997. For five years 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 794 stockholders of record as of March 8,
2012 and the closing stock price on that date was $55.36 per share.
Cash dividends. In January 2012, our Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $.14 per common share,
payable on March 30, 2012. Our Board of Directors declared quarterly cash dividends of $.11 per common share in January, May,
August, and November 2011, cash dividends of $.08 per common share in January, May, August, and November 2010, and cash
dividends of $.055 per common share in January, May, August, and November 2009.
Issuer purchases of equity securities. Information regarding shares of common stock we repurchased during the fourth
quarter of fiscal 2011 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 purchased1,2 (or unit)1 or programs plans or programs ($000)3
November
(10/30/2011-11/26/2011) 476,960 $ 43.88 476,960 $ 536,300
December
(11/27/2011-12/31/2011) 1,038,742 $ 47.87 1,038,334 $ 486,600
January
(01/01/2012-01/28/2012) 720,330 $ 51.31 713,760 $ 450,000
Total 2,236,032 $ 48.13 2,229,054 $ 450,000
1 All share and per share amounts have been adjusted for the two-for-one stock split effective December 15, 2011.
2 We acquired 6,978 shares of treasury stock during the quarter ended January 28, 2012. 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.
3 In January 2011, our Board of Directors approved a two-year $900 million stock repurchase program for fiscal 2011 and 2012.
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.